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A Hand from Colombia

Posted on July 6, 2012 by admin

My wife is from Colombia and we visit every year for 4-5 weeks. One of the great benefits of the international poker boom is that you can now often find games while playing internationally no matter where you are. Poker is booming in Latin America. Fiv… Continue reading →

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Ex-MTG Player Talks Winning Sixth Italian WSOP Bracelet

Posted on June 28, 2012 by admin

Fortunately for Palumbo there’s significantly more money in poker and he took down $464,464 for winning Event 44 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em.
“Winning a WSOP bracelet is like a dream to me,” said Palumbo. “It wasn’t just the cash but also the g… Continue reading →

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Esfandiari Melts Down, Misses Second WSOP Bracelet

Posted on June 22, 2012 by admin

Three-handed in Event 36, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout, Antonio Esfandiari had roughly 73 percent of the chips in play against American Jeremiah Fitzpatrick and Craig McCorkell.
It was such a prohibitive lead that at one point Esfandiari’s … Continue reading →

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WSOP 3-Bet: Femme Fatale, Booth Bounces, Marathon Match

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

Von Altizer added yet another fantastic performance by a female player at the 2012 WSOP while Randy Ohel and Benjamin Lazer went on to show their endurance in an epic heads-up match.
Finally the embattled Brad Booth recorded his first cash at this year… Continue reading →

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3-Time Bracelet Winner Matt Matros “Blessed by Poker Gods”

Posted on June 11, 2012 by admin

“I feel completely blessed that the poker gods decided to shine down on me these last three years,” Matros told PokerListings.com in Las Vegas.
“Forget about it being my third bracelet, you have to get incredibly lucky just to win a 1,600-person … Continue reading →

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Army Aviation Warrant Officer Schaefer Wins Long-Shot Bracelet

Posted on June 9, 2012 by admin

Schaefer decided to play one event at the 2012 WSOP on a whim because he was already going to the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.
In an improbable turn of events, Schaefer outlasted 1,138 players in Event 14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em to win $311… Continue reading →

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Jeans89 Soars, Ilari FIN Plummets in High Stakes

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

Kyllonen, who rocked February but crashed in March, has been steadily building momentum in April.
Last night he rattled off 810 hands of $25/$50 to $100/$200 Pot-Limit Omaha and dominated the high-profile 6-Max games.
It was no cakewalk for the young H… Continue reading →

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Jeans89 Hits $913k: Top 10 Weekly Winners/Losers

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

It helped that Kyllonen finished the week by going on a massive 2000-hand $350k winning session last night.
The former EPT Copenhagen winner is on his best run of the year and perhaps of his career.
He’s now up to $1.8 million in profit this year and… Continue reading →

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Football Manager

Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin

Abramovich, al Fayed, the Glazers. Let’s face it, you’re nobody these days unless you own a club in the Premiership. And now the Hendon Mob have taken their rightful place at football’s top table.
Well, almost. To be honest, this deal… Continue reading →

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Isildur1 Rebounds with $200k Victory

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin

Last night Blom returned to the high stakes tables on PokerStars and plowed through 6,383 hands of $50/$100 Pot-Limit Omaha.
This time around Blom mixed it up and switched between 6-handed games against Ben86, Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond, mTw-DaviN, … Continue reading →

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