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2012 Aussie Millions Day Three: Matt Turk Leads Tim O’Shea After Short Day Of Play

After what turned out to be the shortest day of play yet at the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event, Matt Turk holds the lead over Day Two leader Tim O’Shea and a host of top professionals, including Phil Ivey, with Day Three in the books. 75 players were alive and kicking when the play began [...] Continue reading

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Ivey Rules Day 1c of Aussie Millions

Ivey, who was playing just his third major tournament since Black Friday, showed up and simply crushed the competition.
It was clear from the start of the tournament that Ivey came to play and in the first few levels of play he amassed over 180,000 chi… Continue reading

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Monster Pot Recap: Galfond Taken for $275k

Berdsen was on the losing side of the day’s biggest pot, a $127,186 monster, but thanks in part to winning the second and third biggest hands he finished up $144,343 on the day.
That session brings Berdsen’s 2012 net profit to just over $550,000 on… 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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John Dibella Wins 2012 PCA Main Event

At 43 years old, the amateur Dibella was by far the oldest player at the table and a heavy underdog coming in but managed to outlast some of the best young pros in the game for the win.
To make his ROI even sweeter, Dibella won his seat in the event vi… Continue reading

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David Shallow Wins WPT Ireland

David Shallow entered final table play at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ireland Main Event as the overwhelming chip leader.  It is commonplace to see someone with a healthy chip advantage to begin the final day – maybe a couple million chips – but leads like Shallow’s are something to see.  With 6,155,000 chips, he [...] Continue reading

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2012 PCA $100K Super High Roller, Day Two: Galen Hall Leads Stacked Final Table

On Friday afternoon, the final table for the first major event of the 2012 tournament poker season was determined in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure’s $100,000 Super High Roller event, with several top players looking to make some significant green. 18 men came back to the tables on Friday, looking to get down to at least [...] Continue reading

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Ilari FIN Wins $95k Pot From Galfond, mTw-DaviN

In the midst of an extended $50/$100 3-handed PLO session against Galfond and mTw-DaviN on PokerStars, Sahamies picked up K♦ 8♦ J♥ 9♥ against mTw-DaviN’s A♠ A♣ T♣ 2♥ and Galfond’s A♥ 4&hear… Continue reading

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Martin Finger Outlasts David Boyaciyan To Win EPT Prague

The final champion for the 2010 calendar year on the European Poker Tour has been determined, with Martin Finger outdueling David Boyaciyan to take home the crown at the Golden Prague Poker Room in the Hilton Prague Hotel, the Czech Republic. Of the eight men who came to the felt on Saturday, it was thought [...] Continue reading

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