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Nestola Tops Nicolas, Negreanu for LAPT Grand Final Title

Nestola, who more than doubled his career earnings with the win, came into the final table with the chip lead and held on for his first major tour win.
Nestola defeated Venezuelan Gasperino Nicolas heads-up after the two cut a deal for R$250,000 each, … Continue reading

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Juttelstad Thwarts Gagne for WPT Seminole Title

Juttelstad, who led or was in the top five in chips virtually wire-to-wire, earned $268,444 for the win – by far and away his largest live score ever.
All told, 303 hands were needed to play down from the final six but only about 30 of them were need… Continue reading

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Russia’s Rinat Bogdanov Wins WPT Venice Grand Prix

Battling through a twelve hour final table – as well as the uber-aggressive opponents surrounding him – Russia’s Rinat Bogdanov emerged as the champion of the World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix early Saturday morning (Venice time). When the final six men came to the table on Friday afternoon, Italy’s very own Andrea Dato held [...] Continue reading

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EPT Deauville Day 5: Paul Guichard Enters Final Table with Chip Lead

Just three tables were filled with players as the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event headed into its fifth day Sunday. While all 24 players seated were guaranteed at least €23,000, much more was just a few hours away, if they could survive that long. Those three tables had been trimmed to one by [...] Continue reading

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EPT Deauville Day 5: Paul Guichard Enters Final Table with Chip Lead

Just three tables were filled with players as the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event headed into its fifth day Sunday. While all 24 players seated were guaranteed at least €23,000, much more was just a few hours away, if they could survive that long. Those three tables had been trimmed to one by [...] Continue reading

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EPT Deauville Day Four: Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano Leads With 24 Players Remaining

After four days of play at the Casino Barriere, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano surged to the lead of the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France, with 24 players remaining. 54 players came to the felt on Saturday, looking to whittle the field down to the final three tables. Leading the pack was Samphane [...] Continue reading

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2012 Aussie Millions Day Five: Final Table Determined As Bjorn Li Leads Oliver Speidel

After battling through a difficult field of 659 players at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, the final table has been determined in the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event, with Bjorn Li holding a slightly more than 1.3 million chip lead over Oliver Speidel. Saturday’s play brought back the final twelve men in the event, [...] Continue reading

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2012 Aussie Millions Day 1C: Robert Lam Leads, Phil Ivey in the Hunt

As expected, Day 1C of the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event was the largest of the three starting flights. With 317 entrants, it almost beat Days 1A (153 players) and Day 1B (187) combined.  Two of the top three overall chip stacks emerged from Day 1C, with Robert Lam leading the way with 198,400. Right [...] Continue reading

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Monster Pot Recap: takechip Takes Two

The biggest online poker winner overall was actually BiatchPeople, who earned $150,000 yesterday playing 2-7 Triple Draw, but because of the Limit structure of that game none of the pots even came close to the behemoths built by Berndsen and D’Auteui… Continue reading

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John Dibella Defeats Kyle Julius To Win 2012 PCA Main Event

After fighting back from the short stack on Thursday and hitting a two outer to make his way to the final table, John Dibella emerged as the champion of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event late Friday night, defeating Kyle Julius in heads up play. The eight players who came to the felt Friday [...] Continue reading

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