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Why Poker Freerolls can be more Frustrating than Real Money Play
A lot of online poker players initially get their start by playing freerolls. After all, if you’re leery about putting money on the line, open-entry freerolls (no entry requirements) are a great way to build a bankroll from scratch. But there’s also a big downside to starting out with open-entry freerolls. In fact, they can…
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Legal US Online Poker may not happen for Years
For the past few years, US residents have held out hope that their government would eventually regulate and legalize online poker on a federal level. Unfortunately, this isn’t going to happen in 2012 – and it may not happen for years to come either. Senators Harry Reid and Jon Kyl were hoping that Congress would…
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Phil Ivey returns to Full Tilt Poker under New Name
Following a long hiatus from the poker world, which coincided with Full Tilt Poker shutting down, Phil Ivey has been getting more and more involved in the game lately. First off, he returned to the 2012 WSOP and won five gold bracelets. Then he started a poker training website called IveyPoker. Now it appears as…
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Theo Jorgensen is Latest Robbery in Poker Community
One topic that we’ve discussed a few times in the past is how more and more poker players seem to be getting robbed these days. And the trend culminated last year with the grisly beating/robbery of 2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel. Unfortunately, we witnessed another robbery that was just as grisly as Duhamel’s…
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Gus Hansen – Still an Online Poker Loser
From 2009 to 2010, Gus Hansen became this lovable sort of online poker loser that just couldn’t stop spewing millions. It got so bad at one point that many people questioned his decision to keep battering his bankroll and reputation against the top online players. After hitting rock bottom in August of 2010 – when…
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Moving up Cash Game Stakes
The ultimate goal of online poker is to keep moving up stakes so that you can earn more profits in a shorter amount of time. Of course, this is easier said than done because as you move up in cash game limits, the competition gets collectively tougher. So if you’re going to do this successfully,…
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Liv Boeree and her Silly Mobile Poker Shoot
Liv Boeree is no doubt a very smart girl since she graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Astrophysics. So even she should know that a person can’t play mobile poker very well when they’re climbing a rock wall. However, a recent photo shoot she did for PokerStars mobile suggests otherwise. Expanding…