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Is Patrik Antonius Online Poker’s Biggest Winner?
Thanks to their numerous TV and online poker battles, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius are two players whose careers are closely tied together. But these high stakes pros couldn’t be any further apart these days when considering their online results. Antonius is coming off a week where he made nearly $1 million under his ‘FinddaGrind’…
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Greg Merson looking to promote Himself and Poker More
As has been discussed many times over the past few months, Joe Hachem thinks that poker has a problem, and it starts with WSOP Main Event champs and younger pros. Greg Merson definitely saw Hachem’s rant and it’s forced the 2012 Main Event champ to rethink his views on everything from playing tournaments to interviews.…
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Antonio Esfandiari: Broke, Starving in Airport after buying out of No Sex Bet
These days, it seems like Antonio Esfandiari just can’t stay out of the poker news. Whether he’s doing his Strip Magic show for Ultimate Poker or entering into a no sex prop bet with Bill Perkins, Esfandiari is all across the headlines. Speaking of the latter, “The Magician” recently gave some intimate details on the…
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Where have the Poker Fish gone…to your Local Casino
Wondering where all of the online poker fish have gone over the past few years? A great place to check would be your local casino, at least according to The Atlantic, which wrote a great piece on the matter this week. The article follows a poker pro, who goes by the alias “John Calvin,” around…
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Sports Illustrated Pokes Fun at Rafael Nadal’s “Horrible Poker Face”
Rafael Nadal recently faced off against Vanessa Selbst in a heads-up poker game at Casino de Monte Carlo. This was quite an interesting pairing, given that Nadal started playing poker less than two years ago while Selbst is commonly called the world’s best female player, with nearly $10 million in tournament winnings. If there were…
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Phil Hellmuth gives away 11 of his WSOP Bracelets
In a day and age where WSOP champs are pawning their gold bracelets off or donating them to charity (Peter Eastgate), Phil Hellmuth is an exception to the norm. The Poker Brat recently tweeted about giving away 11 out of his record 13 WSOP bracelets, as you can see below: PIC: bye bye WSOP Bracelet…
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Trickett’s Hot Fiance, Natasha Sandhu, lands PokerTube Job
Those who are familiar with the poker career of Sam Trickett may have heard of his fiance, Natasha Sandhu. The beautiful model has been with Sam for nine years and is sometimes the subject of poker gossip. The reason why we’re discussing her now is because she’s landed a new gig with PokerTube. She’ll be…
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The Underground Atlanta Poker Scene
Outside of Hoyt Corkins (Alabama), Shannon Shorr (AL), Josh Arieh (Georgia) and Greg Raymer (North Carolina), there aren’t a lot of famed poker players from the United States’ “Dirty South.” But that doesn’t mean they don’t still like to play in this area, as evidenced by a recent special on Atlanta’s underground poker scene. PokerTube…
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Dan Cates angry over Viktor Blom’s $100k Debt
As many poker players know, there’s a lot of borrowing that goes on in the game. And high stakes online poker pros are certainly no stranger to this, with many of them getting loans from other players so they can keep grinding in the nosebleeds. Of course, when these loans aren’t paid back, things definitely…