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Shawn Cunix Wins World Poker Tour Jacksonville BestBet Open

After a roller coaster final table, Shawn Cunix has emerged victorious in the 2012 World Poker Tour Jacksonville BestBet Open main event, earning the title, the $400,000 first-place prize and …
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Shawn Cunix Wins WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open

On Shawn Cunix’s website, he writes that he is committed to the core purpose of “inspiring happiness.” We think that $400,600 could be quite the inspiration. This is what Cunix won Wednesday for his triumph in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open, along with a $25,500 into the season-ending WPT Championship and a [...] Continue reading

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Preview of Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic and WPT Championship

The luxurious Bellagio Hotel and Casino is once again preparing to host its prestigious Five Star World Poker Classic poker series, home of the season-ending $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship …
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WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open Final Table Set, Shawn Cunix Holds Chip Lead

The final table has been set at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open as the field was narrowed from 16 to just 6 players on Tuesday. Shawn Cunix will start the final table with a solid chip lead over the rest of the field, holding 2.77 million. That’s more than 600,000 more than [...] Continue reading

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WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open Day 2: Farid Jattin Shoots to the Top

The survivors from Days 1A and 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open combined into a single field Sunday, with half of the original 320 players sitting down for the start of Day 2. The field was trimmed almost exactly in half again, with 55 players making the cut for today’s Day [...] Continue reading

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WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open Day 1B: Amine Chabane Leads Day 1B Player, Darren Elias Overall Leader

Players turned out in droves for the second of two Day Ones at the World Poker Tour’s Jacksonville BestBet Open in Florida, pushing the overall entries over the 300 entries mark. With only 125 players on Friday stepping into the brand new BestBet Jacksonville poker room, there was a chance that the overall numbers for [...] Continue reading

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WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open Day 1A: Darren Elias Takes Lead, Final Numbers Not Determined

The World Poker Tour continues its swing through the state of Florida during the month of April, landing in Jacksonville for the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open, which kicked off yesterday with the first of two Day Ones. WPT officials decided to make the $5000 buy in tournament a re-entry event, meaning that anyone knocked out [...] Continue reading

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World Poker Tour Heads To Jacksonville For BestBet Open

The World Poker Tour has reached its next to last event of their Season Ten schedule, heading just up the coast of Florida from their last stop to land in Jacksonville, FL, tomorrow. Starting at noon tomorrow, the inaugural WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open will begin play in their $5000 Main Event. The tournament will be [...] Continue reading

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Doc Sands Among Leaders at EPT Grand Final Day 1A

In the number one spot after eight levels of poker is Martin Kabrhel from the Czech Republic who stacked 167,800 to Doc Sands’ 160,300.
All told 271 players made it to the first day of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event…. Continue reading

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Poker News Daily 2012-04-24 15:16:56

The game of poker, especially tournament poker, requires a lot of patience. As much as one might want action, a player can’t just throw out bets willy-nilly and hope to win. It often requires orbit after orbit of waiting for the right moment and the ability to take advantage of that moment to win a [...] Continue reading

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