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LAPT5 Colombia: The luck of the Irish

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You have to love a guy who wears a t-shirt inspired by the movie The Big Lebowski. Robbie Renehan, a 29-year-old who qualified for the 2012 PokerStars.net Latin American P… Continue reading

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MicroMillions II: Coimbra’s girlfriend gets to vent

Oh, boy. It had to happen eventually didn’t it? Andre Coimbra’s girlfriend is just about to snap. And, heck, why wouldn’t she? You try living with a guy who is barely sleeping, playing poker all day and night, and making huge messes at 5am. Seriously, … Continue reading

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WSOP 2012: Dead or Alive, an educational, interactive blog post

In the anthropological study of the World Series of Poker, it takes a keen eye to tell the living from the dead. Like the beginning days of the future, inevitable apocalypse, the walking dead’s rot doesn’t really geting stinking for a few days. Given j… Continue reading

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WSOP 2012: The smile graveyard

Pius Heinz is a poker world champion. No…he’s the reigning poker world champion. He’s a multi-millionaire. He’s young. He doesn’t have gray hair. He’s thin and can probably eat as many carbohydrates as he wants without putting on a pound. And he look… Continue reading

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Nitsche Makes Strong Case for German Poker Players

Nitsche outlasted 4,620 players – the biggest field of the 2012 WSOP prelims – to win Event 59 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $654k.
Germany is the only European country to win multiple bracelets at the 2012 WSOP and is still coming off the high of … Continue reading

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Nitsche Makes Strong Case for German Poker Players

Nitsche outlasted 4,620 players – the biggest field of the 2012 WSOP prelims – to win Event 59 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $654k.
Germany is the only European country to win multiple bracelets at the 2012 WSOP and is still coming off the high of … Continue reading

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WSOP 2012: Still crazy after all this year…

Faced with a crowd of several hundred poker players, the view in the Amazon Room can begin to look samey. But in the field, between the magazine cover pros and the guy playing his first live event, are two players you may not have heard of before but… Continue reading

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WSOP Tweet Relief: All Hell Breaks Loose

Check the full blow-by-blow of the hand from our live coverage last night for the details, but the long and the short of it is this:
Shaun Deeb, Abe Mosseri and Nikolai Yakovenko got involved in a massive three-way Pot-Limit Omaha hand.
Thirty minutes … Continue reading

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WSOP Tweet Relief: All Hell Breaks Loose

Check the full blow-by-blow of the hand from our live coverage last night for the details, but the long and the short of it is this:
Shaun Deeb, Abe Mosseri and Nikolai Yakovenko got involved in a massive three-way Pot-Limit Omaha hand.
Thirty minutes … Continue reading

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Negreanu: Singling Ivey Out for Full Tilt Mess "Mind-Boggling"

The controversy mainly hinges on the fact that Ivey withdrew from the WSOP in 2011, saying it wasn’t fair for him to play while FTP’s customers hadn’t been paid back. Now, one year later, Full Tilt money is still frozen and Ivey is cashing for hu… Continue reading

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