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February, 2009
26th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Experienced Internet poker industry names involved
Poker Nations.com president Anthony Martino has revealed that his company is working on a new social networking website with a view to a late summer 2009 launch.
"Our team...
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26th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Dwan ahead in fourth session...but there are still 46 048 hands to go!
Tom 'durrr' Dwan's epic online poker match against Patrik Antonius, ultimately for million dollar stakes, saw the end of the...
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25th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Online poker site switches to Cake Network to retain US business
The speculation over a week back that online poker site Poker Host.com was switching fro...
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25th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Internet poker player takes home first prize of $213 136
PokerStars enjoyed another major turnout for one of its tournaments last weekend, signing up 8 799 entrants who g...
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25th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Poker wedding for two Kiwi lovebirds
The entertaining New Zealand edition of the international magazine Stuff reported last week on an all-in poker wedding sponsored by the Christchurch Casino in a "To Have and To Hold" innovative promotion for poker couples.
The promo saw nine engaged couples playing for two-and-a-half hours over the weeke...
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25th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Two great cash game players duke it out in instalments
Remember the million dollar challenge issued by online poker pro Tom "Durrr" Dwan? The first challenger, Patrik Antonius, has stepped forward and the two have been going at it over the weekend, playing in instalments between their other commitments.
For those readers unfamiliar with the...
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23rd of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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14 tournaments in one of the world's most exciting gambling locations
Pokerstars has released the final schedule for one of the world's most glamourous poker events, the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Grand Final, which star...
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23rd of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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462 vie for Euro 878 110 winner's prize
19-year-old Finn Jens Kyllonen is the latest Pokerstars European Poker Tour champion, having defeated a field of 462 entrants - many of them top Scandinavian players - in Copenhagen, Denmark to accept the main prize of Euro 878 110 (About DKK 6 541 920), appropriately donning an amusing pink "teenage mill...
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22nd of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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66 tourneys in 22 events planned
Online poker website PokerStars.com is about to roll out one of its largest and most ambitions promotions yet - the $30 million Spring Championship of Online Poker, which has been designed to accommodate players at all levels and pockets and will take place April 2-12. In some cases, the guaranteed prize-pools a...
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19th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Poker enterprise continues to battle in a worsening economic climate
The news from World Poker Tour Enterprises was not good this week as the troubled company released its Q4 and 2008 finals. The announcement followed the more positive news that WPT and Fox Sports had extended their broadcast agreement but that did little to sweeten a bitter...
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19th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Reports that online poker room is unhappy with exclusion of US players
Players at the Poker Host.com online poker venue, currently operating on the Microgaming Poker Network, have started speculating on Internet message boards that the site may soon be seeking a new home.
The current conjecture is that the owners are unhappy with excluding...
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19th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Deal will include soon-to-be-filmed episodes from Season VIII
Steve Lipscomb's World Poker Tour will continue to fill television screens for the forseeable future following an extension of the broadcast agreement between Fox Sports Network and the poker company signed this week.
The new deal will include episodes from Season VIII which begi...
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17th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Bad Beat jackpots on two online poker networks total over $2 million
The weekend saw over $2 million paid out in online poker badbeat jackpots at just two networks, Merge and Cereus.
On Saturday the Merge network reported that its $1.2 million bad...
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17th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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A South Carolina judge could be about to hand down another positive decision for poker
Online poker industry observers and legal experts are currently watching a key case play out in a South Carolina court, where Municipal Judge Larry Duffy has been hearing expert argument on the skill vs. chance poker issue, critical in establishing whether th...
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14th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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London analyst's advisory raises some intriguing possibilities
A recommendation this week from a London analyst firm, Daniel Stewart & Company, that investors switch their holdings from...
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14th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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FTOPS XI MILLIONAIRE EVENTS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE BIG MONEY
Event 17 winner collects $245 696.40
The latest of several million dollar prize pool events in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI has been concluded, earning the winner $245 696 and change. Event 17 was a $322 buy-in NLHE 6-max with rebuys which attracted 1 091 entrants. With a lar...
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12th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Event 12 - a thousand dollar buy-in NLHE tourney - in the currently running Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI produced a great return on investment for player "Zugwat" this week, earning him a $350 450 payday.
The event was just one of several $1.5 million guaranteed events in the current series, which has had ambitious Internet poker fans flock...
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12th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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As the new England state girds itself for another battle over land casinos, a controversial clause is axed
The so far unsuccessful attempt by Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick to introduce tax-raising land casinos to the New England state has entered its third year with a new bill introduced by Representatives Brian Wallace and Martin Walsh....
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11th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Six figures payouts for top three players in NLHE event
The eleventh edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued to attract large crowds of players this week, with Event 10, a $300+22 no-limit hold 'em tournament guaranteeing $1,5 million in prizes, pulling 'em in.
The event was supported by 5 325 entries, generating a prize pool...
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11th of February 2009 - latestpokerbonuses.com
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Higher player liquidity and prize pools flow from new powerhouse in poker
Ladbrokes Poker has announced the completion of its merge and migration to the Microgaming Poker Network this week, offering its players more action from higher player...
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