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Antonio Esfandiari wows Vegas crowd with his Magic Skills
They don’t call him the “Magician” for nothing! Famed poker pro Antonio Esfandiari, who used to be a professional magician, recently did some street magic for a Las Vegas crowd. As you can see in the clip below, he does the classics to perfection by putting a cigarette through a quarter and guessing which card…
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David “Doc” Sands retires from Poker
David “Doc” Sands has become the latest famed poker pro to retire from the game. But unlike other players, Sands isn’t retiring because he’s burnt out or doing badly on the tables. Instead, he’ll be working for a hedge fund, as he told Doyle Brunson via twitter. Here’s a quick look at their twitter exchange:…
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Delaware and Nevada kick off Interstate Online Poker
Before it became reality, one of the more romanticized aspects of regulated US online poker was future interstate pacts between states. Such a proposal would create bigger player pools and tournaments, thus leading to benefits for everybody involved. Thanks to Delaware and Nevada, interstate online poker is now upon us less than a year after…
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Phil Ivey talks Macau Games, Strategy, $200k Golf Bet
Throughout his career, Phil Ivey has remained one of the quieter and more private poker stars. But ever since he began the process of transforming IveyPoker into a full-fledged training site, he’s been a lot more active in the social media world. Ivey also did a rare interview with PokerCast recently, where he discussed a…
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Deadspin explains “Why You’ll Never make A Living playing Live Poker Tournaments”
Many people are familiar with the website Deadspin.com, which covers major sports gossip. Given the focus of their site, Deadspin doesn’t exactly do a lot of poker features. That said, the piece they turned out on Why You’ll Never Make a Living Playing Poker Tournaments was quite impressive. The article takes off on a Bryan…
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Norway Finally legalizing Poker Tournaments
Norway has spawned several world-famous poker pros in Annette Obrestad, Johnny Lodden and Thor Hansen. This is quite amazing when you consider that these players can’t even enjoy a legal poker tournament on their home soil. Luckily, that’s set to change with Norway’s Culture Minister, Thorhild Widvey, calling for the legalization of poker tourneys. At…
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Should Poker really be covered like Winter Olympics?
It’s been about a week since Joe Hachem gave his interview on how WSOP Main Event champions need to step up their ambassadorship efforts. And the discussion hasn’t stopped, with Daniel Negreanu recently bringing up an interesting perspective on poker television coverage. Negreanu thinks that ESPN and 411 Productions could learn a thing or two…
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Tom Dwan to address Issues with Full Tilt Poker Soon
For over two years now, Tom Dwan has been taking heat for being uncooperative in finishing the Durrrr Challenge with Dan ‘Jungleman12’ Cates. But as it turns out, Full Tilt Poker may have a large role in why Dwan hasn’t continued playing the Challenge more recently. The famed high stakes player didn’t give out many…
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Haseeb Qureshi recounts $1m Running Bet with Ashton Griffin Again
One of the most famous prop bets of all-time definitely belongs to Ashton Griffin and Haseeb Qureshi. As some people will recall, these two booked a huge prop wager in 2011, whereby Griffin had to run 70 miles in 24 hours to win $285,000. And this bet is so interesting that it never hurts to…