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Can Martin Balaz play 40,000 SNG’s in 30 Days?
A few days ago, Czech online poker pro Martin Balaz announced that he’d be undergoing the insane task of playing 40,000 sit and go’s in 30 days. Getting into the specifics, the 22-year-old will be playing hyperturbo 6-max SNG’s, which makes the seemingly impossible task a little more realistic. But we emphasize the word “little”…
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Where do Shaun Deeb’s Five Scoop Titles fit into Poker Lore?
If you’ve been paying attention to the poker news lately, you may have heard that Shaun Deeb has pulled off the incredible feat of winning four tournaments in PokerStars’ 2012 SCOOP. In all, he’s now captured a total of five SCOOP victories, which is two better than anybody else in online poker history. That said, it’s…
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Hollywood High Stakes Poker Saga ends for Ponzi Victims
For quite some time now, we’ve heard a lot of talk about the high stakes poker ring that involved Tobey Maguire, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio. The ring made worldwide headlines after a crooked hedge fund manager named Bradley Ruderman lost $5.2 million to the players at these games. After defrauding his clients, Ruderman was…
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Tatjana Pasalic re-signs with Bodog Poker
If you’re looking for somebody to be the face of your poker site – both figuratively and physically – there’s nobody better than Tatjana Pasalic. After all, Pasalic is one of the most beautiful women in the poker industry, and she’s also one of the most skilled reporters too. Following the re-signing, the 27-year-old tweeted about…
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Lock Poker leaves Merge Network and purchases Cake
The recent troubles between Lock Poker and their network, Merge Gaming, seemed to have finally boiled over. Lock has now announced that they’re leaving Merge, and making a big purchase in the way of the Cake Poker Network. Lock Poker CEO Jennifer Larson made the following statement about her site’s big moves: We are very…
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Justin Bonomo wins Monte Carlo Super High Roller and €1.64m
Justin Bonomo captured the biggest victory of his already-illustrious poker career after winning the 2012 Monte Carlo Super High Roller along with €1,640,000 ($2,165,217). It’s also worth mentioning that this huge cash vaulted Bonomo to the top of the 2012 money list. It wasn’t easy for “ZeeJustin” to pull all of this off though since he had…
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PokerStars, Full Tilt Deal would be Huge
These past couple of days have been pretty hectic throughout the poker community with lots of talk surrounding PokerStars bid to buy Full Tilt. Now you may already know that, for the past several months, Groupe Bernard Tapie had been pursuing a deal with the US Department of Justice to buy Full Tilt Poker for…
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WSOP $1 Million Buy-in to break Records
What began as a vision several months ago has become reality since the WSOP $1 million buy-in tournament is definitely going to happen from July1st-3rd. Dubbed “The Big One for One Drop,” this tourney already has 30 players confirmed with some of the biggest names in poker having made a commitment. But before we get into…
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Georges St-Pierre enters Poker World
While seeing mixed martial arts stars in the poker world isn’t anything new, seeing a star like Georges St-Pierre sign a 12-month poker contract is a pretty big deal. St-Pierre inked the deal with 888poker, and he’ll be representing them in major live events such as the World Series of Poker. The 30-year-old fighter is…