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Michael Phelps competes in First Major Poker Tournament
Olympic great Michael Phelps continues his flirtation with the poker world after competing in the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. This was actually Phelps’ first “major” live tournament and he admitted to being nervous about the experience. However, the nerves quickly subsided and he got some big hands early on to remain in contention.…
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Viktor “Isildur1” Blom dominating Online Poker
When Viktor “Isildur1” Blom first hit the online poker scene in 2009, his hyper-aggressive style and fearlessness baffled opponents. He was taking on the world’s top poker players just months after moving into high stakes games – and he was winning too! Unfortunately, Blom ran into a red-hot Brian Hastings, who was armed with ill-gotten…
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Sorel Mizzi opens up about Cheating Incidents
Sorel Mizzi doesn’t exactly have the best reputation in the poker world. He was caught buying somebody else’s account deep in a tournament at Full Tilt Poker, and let a friend use his account during a PokerStars tourney because he had to catch a flight. And while these acts don’t exactly measure up to the…
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Is Guy Laliberté really a Poker Pro?
A few days ago, Yahoo.com ran a very interesting article called “20 Inspiring Rags-to-Riches Stories.” As you can guess from the title, this piece dealt with a number of high-powered business people and CEO’s from around the world. Interestingly enough, Canadian billionaire and high stakes poker player Guy Laliberté found himself on the list too.…
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Daniel Negreanu appearing on Millionaire Matchmaker
Daniel Negreanu has accomplished just about everything one could hope for in the poker world. However, the 38-year-old divorcee has yet to conquer love, and he’ll appear on Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker to try and find his soulmate. Negreanu’s episode is appropriately entitled “Trying to Play the Cards Right,” and it will kick off the sixth…
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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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Sweden’s Tax Authority cracking down on Poker Pros
Skatteverket, which is Sweden’s tax authority, has suddenly taken a keen interest in their country’s poker players. Going further, the group is demanding that professional grinders pay taxes on money made “outside the European Economic Area” between the years of 2008 and 2011. The beginning of the letter sent to suspected pro players reads as…