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Poker Player Newspaper ends Print Magazine just as GPI launches One
With a wealth of poker news and information now available on the internet, many printed poker magazines are having a rough go of it these days. For Poker Player Newspaper, the pressure became too much as they ended their print edition after 30-plus years in the business. Owner Stan Sludikoff said that the costs of…
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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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Phil Ivey knocking on Door of WSOP Bracelet #9
It’s been a glorious return to the World Series of Poker for Phil Ivey since he’s made two final table thus far – and we’re not even halfway through the 2012 WSOP. After skipping the 2011 WSOP due to Full Tilt Poker negligently mishandling player deposits, Ivey has played remarkably. This being said, here’s a…
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Georges St-Pierre enters Poker World
While seeing mixed martial arts stars in the poker world isn’t anything new, seeing a star like Georges St-Pierre sign a 12-month poker contract is a pretty big deal. St-Pierre inked the deal with 888poker, and he’ll be representing them in major live events such as the World Series of Poker. The 30-year-old fighter is…
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WSOP November Nine Format Gone?
Since 2008, the World Series of Poker has been running their Main Event under the November Nine format, where the final nine players meet in November to decide the tournament results. Of course, since the first portion of the WSOP Main Event ends in July, this creates a four-month gap before the final table is…
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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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World Series Of Poker 2011 Schedule Announced
Whether you like to play in live tournaments yourself or just like to follow them to see who the big winners are, you’ll want to check out the schedule for the WSOP 2011, which was just announced last week. The series will consist of 58 events, which is one more than last year, and there…
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WSOP Bracelet Winners Cashing In On eBay
Last week I wrote about how Australian poker pro Tony G was trying to win Peter Eastgate’s WSOP Main Event bracelet for his dog Zasko in an auction on eBay. Unfortunately, Zasko won’t be able to sport the WSOP bling around his neck, as another mysterious bidder, “7***1”, won the bracelet with his (or her)…
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Will Tony G’s Dog Sport The First Ever WSOP Dog Bling?
Australian poker pro Tony G wants to get his first World Series Of Poker bracelet the easy way—by buying it. He announced on his blog that he wants to be the winning bidder for Peter Eastgate’s WSOP Main Event bracelet, which Eastgate is auctioning off on eBay. And what does he want to do with…
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Tom “durrr” Dwan Wins Nearly $1 Million In First Week Of August
Now that the World Series Of Poker is over, many of the world’s top poker players are making their way back to the world of online poker and Tom “durrr” Dwan is blowing all the other fish out of the water. Dwan won a whopping $911,148 within the first week of August. Can you imagine…