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Matt Perrins wins WSOP 2-7 Draw Lowball during First Time Playing
The World Series of Poker isn’t exactly the best place to try out a new poker game. After all, the WSOP is full of the best live poker players in the world. However, Matthew Perrins felt perfectly comfortable trying to parlay his Texas Hold’em skills into a 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament. And what’s funny about this…
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Victory Poker Closed – Failed to Diversify
Few poker sites in recent years have made the splash that Victory Poker has in its short existence. Victory aggressively marketed their room, they had a solid rakeback deal, and they signed an impressive roster of pro players that included Andrew Robl and Antonio Esfandiari. Not coincidentally, these two pros gained Victory even more exposure when they…
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WSOP Fantasy Draft
The world of fantasy sports is no doubt intoxicating as millions of people worldwide spend hours trying to think of every possible angle to improve their team. This being said, where does fantasy poker fit into this equation? While I love poker, it’s hard to see how one could get excited about fantasy poker since the…
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Unknown Ivan Freitez wins EPT Grand Final
It seems like the last few EPT events that I’ve seen have featured little known winners. And this trend definitely kept up after Ivan Freitez defeated fellow unknown Torsten Brinkmann to win the 2011 EPT Grand Live Final. Now this isn’t to say that Freitez was a total bum before he won the biggest EPT…
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PokerStars Affiliates Not Paid
A new wrinkle in the whole Black Friday drama has arisen since the owner of Tao of Poker (DrPauly) claims that PokerStars has refused to pay affiliates. DrPauly even furnished a letter on various poker forums that documented how Stars said they couldn’t pay him for March and April US affiliate earnings. The reason why…
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Questionable Bodog Poker Signings
One thing that I’ve been noticing a lot in the online poker world is some questionable signings. And what I mean by this is people who don’t necessarily show all of the merits that a typical signed player should. The prime suspect in this discussion is Bodog Poker, which has dumped all of its male…
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UB and Absolute Poker Bankruptcy is Not True
Both UB Poker and Absolute Poker have been embroiled in scandal ever since 2007 when “super user” incidents on both sites permanently damaged their reputations. Former WSOP champion-turned-villain Russ Hamilton was at the center of the UB scandal, as he could reportedly see other players’ hole cards while he was playing. Since the scandal, Hamilton…
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US Government causes Panic with PokerStars and Full Tilt Shutdown
US online poker players were shocked when they went to log onto several of the most popular sites. Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, UB Poker and Absolute Poker were all inaccessible to players, and they were greeted with a message that read, “This domain name has been seized by the FBI pursuant to an arrest warrant…
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Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Lex Veldhuis are Kickboxing
Who would have thought that a couple of former video game nerds would challenge each other in a sport that involves physical contact? Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Lex Veldhuis are currently working on the details regarding their kickboxing match against one another that will happen before the WSOP. These two dweebs have been friends ever…