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NURLAN81 beats BrynKenney to $244,979 in the Red Spade Open

When Bryn Kenny arrives at the final table of a $55 tournament you’ve got to say that a lot of the smart money would be backing him to win. He’s won some $2,848,699 in online tournaments at PokerStars and $2,267,981 in live tournaments, including a $64… Continue reading

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Sunday Million: BeN-Cls surges to the finish, banks $191k

In this game, we live by the river and we die by the river. Too many flops and turns to count have sent us into mega-tilted fits of rage, but river cards, good or bad, seem to stick the longest in our memory banks. Rivers have a power and a finality to… Continue reading

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Sunday Warm-Up: Poland takes home the gold, surud claims $88K

For the second straight week, the players got a bit greedy. Who can blame a person wanting $88,925.24 all to themselves as a shot for this kind of money does not happen every day unless you are someone with a massive bankroll playing high stakes open … Continue reading

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S00Z scoops Women’s Sunday top prize of $2,556.25

August is in full swing, and so is our Pinterest Mobile Summer photo contest. We got through the first week with a fair amount of submissions and awarded our first weekly PS Women goodie bag to the judge’s pick of best photo thus far. And every woman w… Continue reading

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LAPT5 Colombia: Experience falters

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I don’t know what the final three players ate on the dinner break. Usually players come back from dinner lethargic and not willing to mix it up. Here in Medellin, the firs… Continue reading

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LAPT5 Colombia: Centerpiece

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No long words today. No fancy metaphors or Medellin-related anecdotes. The central focus of today is poker. Some time in the next 8 to 12 hours, somebody is going to win 2… Continue reading

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LAPT5 Colombia: Anatomy of an elimination

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At this stage of the game, with the stacks shallow, getting lucky and getting good cards is as important as playing great poker. Because no matter how great you play, if y… Continue reading

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LAPT5 Colombia: The old guard

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“They” say that in 2012, poker has become a young man’s game. Young players have the focus to spend hours upon hours playing multiple tables online, shortening the learnin… Continue reading

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LAPT5 Colombia: Lucky star

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“Papa don’t preach. I’m in trouble deep,” crooned Madonna from the radio of the SUV as Arturo, our driver for the last few days, drove us from our hotel to the Allegre Cas… Continue reading

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LAPT5 Colombia: The rubber band point

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I made a note last hour of the fact that the average stack, in terms of big blinds, has been continuing to decline over the course of Day 2 here in Medellin, contrary to e… Continue reading

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