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Even though he has more than 50 years in the poker world under his belt, poker legend Doyle Brunson continues to be one of the leaders in the community, advocating suggestions for improvements to the industry.
After over 16 hours, CardPlayer CEO Barry Shulman defeated Team PokerStars Pro member and crowd favorite Daniel Negreanu to win the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe. Shulman earned £801,603.
As the World Series of Poker Europe reaches the money tonight, we're reminded of Mike McD's rhetorical question, "Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker every year?...
The news used to be a public service; now it’s mostly a thinly veiled ratings grab where octamoms and brainless starlets get more air time than messy issues like war and unemployment.
The Bellagio poker room in Las Vegas is one of the most famous poker rooms in the world, but it has been operating on less than modern day technology.
JP Kelly has captured his second bracelet of the year and is the first ever Brit to win a WSOPE bracelet.
Since I'll be heading out to Vegas one day soon to play a tournament, I started thinking about the old days in Glitter Gulch when gambling and just about everything else was influenced by Benny Binion.
Fans of televised poker will be relieved to hear that the popular program "High Stakes Poker" will be returning to GSN in early 2010. Poker News Daily has learned that the show will be filming new episodes in November that will begin airing in February of next year.
Over the last few months, in this space and in my Twitter feed, I have railed on about the dearth of limit hold'em games in Las Vegas that are bigger than $4-$8.
It’s rare that I relay an experience without detailing where it took place, but this is going to be one of those exceptions.
My last poker session of the day turned out to be the most Hunter S. Thompson-esque.
The most common rule in Vegas poker rooms is that $100 bills on the table are in play the same as chips (and are subject to the same buy-in cap), but other denominations of currency are not.
The Jamie Gold Charity Poker Tournament held during London?s Poker in the Park on Thursday was a sellout. A total of 50 celebrities and poker players from around the world descended upon the Shadow Lounge at the Casino at the Empire for the festivities.
Monday night at the Venetian the table was joined by an elderly gentleman who spoke with a German accent. I was in seat 2, he in seat 3.
It's not arrogance that causes me to think that I'm usually the best player at the table; it's just that it really doesn't take much to be the best at a typical Vegas casino $1-2 NLHE game.
I played the main event of Caesars Mega Stack tournament toward the end of the WSOP. 305 players put up the $1,000 entry fee and we got started with 50,000 chips (a mega stack, when you think of it).
With the final days of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) playing out and the eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) starting this week, poker has taken center stage in Las Vegas. Even with this activity, however, there are rumblings in one of the financial world's top publications.
It's already been a great World Series for the Brits with a haul of three bracelets and myriad other final table spots, totalling close to $4 million in winnings. Roland de Wolfe hinted that he saw some of these successes as potentially significant for British poker.
I am out of the 2009 $10k Buyin World Series Of Poker Main Event. It sucks. Whenever I lose the Main Event I feel like there's no point for me to be out there anymore.
Jordan Farmar is three years into his career as a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers but he's the ultimate rookie at the poker table. Nonetheless, just weeks removed from winning an NBA championship with the Lakers, Farmar is finding success at the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
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19th October 2009 3:08pmSource: Poker News HeadlinesIs SEGA Poker On The Way?
Video game provider SEGA could be set to launch their own poker and casino platforms following the granting of a gambling licence by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission today.
18th October 2009 10:25amSource: GoodLuck Poker BlogThe 5 Dumbest Things I Ever Did Playing Poker
As with anything new in someone's life - whether it's a new job, or a new recipe or even a new game, you have to learn about it before you can say you understand it. Same thing goes for poker.
17th October 2009 10:32pmSource: Poker News DailyFull Tilt Responds to Poker Bot Lawsuit
Online poker room Full Tilt Poker is known for keeping mum when it comes to its legal and business matters, but the company broke its silence to comment on a recent lawsuit by former customers Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotov.
16th October 2009 7:02pmSource: TJ CloutierFrom Canada to Texas: Football & Poker
Anybody who sees me at a poker table says that I look like a football player. And of course, that's what I was in my youth. After I got out of the Army, I signed on as with the Montreal Allouettes, where I played first string tight end until I was traded to the Toronto Argonauts.
14th October 2009 8:05pmSource: Poker News DailyDoyle Brunson Inducted into Hardin-Simmons University Athletic Hall of Fame
Legendary poker player Doyle Brunson will be feted yet again on Friday night, but not for any of his performances over his 50-plus year career in the game of poker.
13th October 2009 6:50pmSource: PokerListings.comWSOP introducing November Nine Academy
The final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event represents the pinnacle of a poker player's career, but every player has to start somewhere.
12th October 2009 10:05amSource: Poker King BlogA.J. Benza Out as Co-Host of High Stakes Poker
When "High Stakes Poker" returns for its sixth season in February of 2010, there will be one major change - A.J. Benza will no longer be a part of the show.
9th October 2009 5:18pmSource: Poker News DailyAaron Gustavson Defeats Peter Eastgate in EPT London
As the great wrestler Ric Flair said, ?To be the man, you gotta beat the man!? In this week?s finale of the European Poker Tour?s (EPT) London stop, Aaron Gustavson did just that, besting reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate heads-up.
7th October 2009 7:04pmSource: PokerListings.comdurrrr Challenge: The half way mark and more
Possibly getting underway with the half-way goal in mind, the latest session in the durrrr Challenge only ended after a total of 1,063 hands were played.
6th October 2009 6:36pmSource: Poker News DailyDoyle Brunson Advocates WSOP Europe Venue Change
Even though he has more than 50 years in the poker world under his belt, poker legend Doyle Brunson continues to be one of the leaders in the community, advocating suggestions for improvements to the industry.
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