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Joe Cada’s Split with PokerStars foreshadows Grim Future
The death of the sponsored poker pro is something that’s been discussed frequently over the past few years. But Joe Cada’s recent split with PokerStars has hammered the point home that sites are increasingly moving away from sponsored pros. In Cada’s case, all he wanted was 100% rakeback from PokerStars to continue representing them. And…
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Leo Margets signs with PokerStars
The world’s largest poker site has announced the addition of Leonor “Leo” Margets to Team PokerStars. Margets had previously been under contract with 888poker, but signed with Stars once that deal had expired. The 29-year-old is best known for finishing 27th in the 2009 WSOP Main Event, which earned her $352,832. What’s more is that,…
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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…