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Another successful session for Swedish high roller The still unidentified Swedish high stakes online poker player Isildur1 has had the satisfaction of another successful session against his favourite targets Cole South and Brian Hastings o...

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Veteran poker tourney will make way for a bigger Ultimatebet presence at existing major events The announcement by UB.com (Ultimatebet) this week that its Aruba Poker Classic is to be put on the backburner, at least for 2010, has triggered speculation that the superabundan...

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Version 9.6 has plenty of new features Titanpoker.com launched the new 9.6 version of its Playtech online poker software this week, claiming a slew of new features and functionalities, such as an updated Flash version (compatible for Mac users)...

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Following a profitable weekend, enigmatic Swede takes on two old enemies The still-unidentified Swedish high stakes poker phenom Isildur1 has been making himself known on the nosebleed tables at Full Tilt again over the past week, grinding away on the lower stakes to build bankroll and then moving up to take...

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Good cards seem to be eluding Antonius this year The Finnish high stakes poker pro Patrik Antonius continued to battle with a run of bad cards this week as h...

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Latest weekly stats from pokerscout show impressive gains for most top ten sites Pokerscout, the independent site that generates ongoing and accurate online poker statistics says in its report for the week ended March 7 that online poker traffic climbed 1 percent overall, with six of the top 10 sites and networks making useful gains....

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Peripatetic poker site is now moving to the Merge Network Fans on SBG Global's online poker site Pokerhost.com are probably quite expert at uninstalling and insta...

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Duke wins the 6th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship Top poker pro and Cereus network ambassador Annie Duke triumphed against the crème de la crème of the poker world to win the 6th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship this week at the Caesars P...

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EPT Berlin delivered more off-table adrenalin than on! Saturday afternoon's armed robber attack on the EPT Berlin tournament at the Grand Hyatt Berlin may have shaken up Kevin MacPhee (29), but not enough to stop him from winning the event against a tough final table to take home Euro 1 million and the trophy. The...

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Railbirds and players at the EPT Berlin got more excitement than expected The 400 entrants and numerous railbirds attending the PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Grand Hyatt Berlin over the weekend copped a little more excitment than they had bargained for as six armed robbers stormed the place and made off w...

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"I'm going to spend it all!" says winner of $1.78 million main prize Andras Koroknai, a professional player from Hungary, is the latest WPT L.A. Poker Classic champion after besting a final table of six players at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles this week. The final table crowned five days of hectic act...

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Chance Room closes its virtual doors With little notice and less fanfare, the Chance Room online poker site on GTechG2's IPN network closed its virtual doors this week after a mere 5 months in business. Owned by LGH Limited, the company started French and English language online operations in October 2009, w...

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Tragic earthquake prompts sponsors to call tournament off Chile, hamered this week by a 8.8 Richter scale earthquake and badly damaged as a consequence, will not be hosting its leg of the Pokerstars Latin Ame...

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Online gambling software developer launches 1Click Poker client Microgaming Poker Network has new technology to get players to the virtual tables faster. The company has launched its new 1Click Poker client for the first ti...

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Player feedback acknowledged Pokerstars' 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule has been tweaked following "constructive criticism" from players, according to the company's blog. There is now a brand new SCOOP schedule with more events and a bigger guaranteed prize pool: 38 total events with...

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