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Is PokerStars moving to Zoom-Only?
It’s been a few weeks since PokerStars made the controversial decision to switch all of their regular high stakes games (50/100 NLHE, PLO and up) to Zoom Poker format. And Stars recently struck again by changing their $25/$50 PLO games to Zoom on February 1st. Given these huge changes, a poster on TwoPlusTwo raised a…
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Dan Cates describes going from Loner to Poker Star
These days, Dan “Jungleman12” Cates is known as one of the most successful No-Limit Hold’em players in the world. But there was once a time when Cates was an unknown, lonely high school student. Cates recently discussed his humble beginnings with iGaming.org, and here’s an excerpt from the interview: I didn’t get along with my…
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Will $82m in Full Tilt Repayments give Online Poker a Boost?
By now, much of the poker community has heard that the US Department of Justice has approved $82 million worth of Full Tilt Poker repayments. Over 30,000 players will be receiving money back that was previously locked up on Full Tilt. With the US DOJ’s approval now official, the Garden City Group can begin distributing…
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Will Zynga Poker’s Facebook Launch save their Stock?
Falling stock prices for Zynga are nothing new. The social gaming giant has struggled mightily ever since their initial public offering at the end of 2011. Zynga had hoped to give themselves a boost after partnering up with bwin.party and launching a real money poker client last year. Though only available to UK residents, the…
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Royal Poker Tournament claims Winner will earn $50m
Think Antonio Esfandiari’s $18.3 million prize in the 2012 WSOP Big One for One Drop was huge? Then perhaps you haven’t heard about the proposed $1 million buy-in Royal Poker Challenge, which is set to pay $50 million to the winner. Okay, so if you’re having a hard time believing this one, you aren’t alone.…
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Dan Bilzerian dishes on Ivey, Dwan and Degens of Poker
If ever there were a poker player who could rival the Dos Equis guy, it is Dan Bilzerian. For evidence of this, you need merely check Bilzerian’s twitter feed, which features numerous pictures of hot girls, guns, luxury cars and movie appearances. Given all of the cool things that Bilzerian can and has done, it’s…
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New Jersey Online Poker brings Pro Sports into the Mix
Aside from a few scandals (see 1919 Chicago White Sox), there has always been a clear separation between American professional sports teams and gambling. Sure people love to gamble on sports in the United States. But as for a pro sports team aligning itself with a gambling entity, well, that’s usually been a clear no-no…
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Tom Dwan made $800k in 2013 Online Poker Profits
Before 2013 began, there was one common assumption about Tom Dwan: the online high stakes games had passed him by. Sure, Dwan is rumored to be making big profits in the juicy Macau cash games. But the general consensus was that Asian whales are about the only players whom he can handle these days. Perhaps…
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Poker Player who lost $300k gives Cabbie a Big Reward
The most heartwarming poker story to come out of this holiday season involves a Las Vegas cabbie named Gerardo Gamboa. After taking a poker pro from the Cosmopolitan to Palms Place, Gamboa discovered that the player left a brown bag. Thinking it was probably just chocolates, the cabbie opened up the bag and was shocked…