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Online Poker News - May 8th, 2008 6:52 am EST
Isaac "the guru 11" Baron Wins First Event of FTOPS VIII


poker player isaac baron - the guru 11 - wins FTOPS VIII - 8 Isaac Baron overcame 4157 other entrants to take down the first event of FTOPS VIII.

The event was a $200+$16 No Limit Hold'em Six-Max tournament with a $750k guarantee. As mentioned, 4158 people participated, creating a total prize pool of $831k.

Baron entered the final table as a big favorite. He is easily one of the top poker players in the world, online or in a "live" setting. He is ...Full Story


poker king is not impressed with the latest potential ultimate bet scandal - bad beat jackpot Online Poker News - Posted May 7th, 2008 4:47 am EST
"dhc2lovr" Wins Bad Beat Jackpot On Ultimatebet Twice in a Month and a Half?


I received an interesting email from a reader of this site tonight. It said:

"Google the current Bad Beat Jackpot winner on Ultimatebet," the email said. "Notice anything strange?"

I headed over to the "Ultimat...Full Story
poker king talks about the partygaming annual report for 2007 - king analysis Online Poker News - Posted May 6th, 2008 4:49 am EST
Some Interesting Data From Partygaming's Annual Report


Most of Partygaming's 180-page plus, 2007 annual report was some pretty dry reading, as you can probably expect.

However there were extremely interesting nuggets of information buried deep in the report that give some insight...Full Story
pokerstars tournament - turbo takedown - 1 million dollars - poker stars - logo - promo Online Poker News - Posted May 5th, 2008 4:50 am EST
Pokerstars To Hold a $1 Million Turbo Takedown on the Last Sunday of Each Month


In mid February, Pokerstars held a two million dollar Turbo Takedown event. The event featured two million dollars in total guaranteed prize money, with the top 4000 finishers all getting paid. The tournament featured a unique buy-in - 10,0...Full Story
poker king is standing in front of th echeck logo - suggesting with his hands that everything will be ok and there is no need to worry about payment processing Online Poker News - Posted May 4th, 2008 5:41 am EST
ECheck Problems Abound Right Now


After EPassporte quickly decided to stop processing poker transactions last month, many North American residents decided to switch to EChecks. The major poker rooms, including Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars, opened up the funding option to ...Full Story



espn logo - wsop logo and harras casino logo - world series of poker final table television airing issue - topic Live Poker News - Posted May 2nd, 2008 1:49 am EST
More Details Emerge Regarding the World Series of Poker Final Table Announcement


There was a press conference earlier today to discuss the major changes that are coming to the World Series of Poker main event.

Late last night, USA Today reported that the World Series of Poker main event would be paused fo...Full Story
world series of poker logo - small - with shadow - wsop Live Poker News - Posted May 1st, 2008 4:29 am EST
World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table to Take Place in November


USA Today is reporting tonight that the World Series of Poker Main Event will be stretched out all the way until November.

The Main Event will start on July 3rd and play down until the final table on July 14th. Then, there wi...Full Story
poker king is drinking his morning coffee and talking about utlimate bet poker room - looking at the ub logo Online Poker News - Posted April 30th, 2008 5:35 am EST
Ultimatebet Trying To Win Back Old Customers


Ultimatebet is taking steps to try and win back some of the customers that have defected to other sites, especially over the past couple of years.

Ultimatebet have seen their market share drop over the past couple of years, d...Full Story
poker player phil ivey listening to his headphones and playing with poker chips - wearing a red cap and a nice watch Online Poker News - Posted April 28th, 2008 1:18 am EST
Phil Ivey Destroys the Sunday Competition on Full Tilt Poker


With the World Poker Tour Championship winding up on Saturday, most of the high stakes cash games in Vegas likely dried up as well. This led to the return of multiple high stakes cash game players on Full Tilt Poker, including Phil Ivey.Full Story




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poker player david chiu wins world poker tour event - wpt Live Poker News - Posted April 27th, 2008 2:51 am EST
David Chiu Wins the 2008 World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship


David Chiu overcame a massive chip deficit in heads-up play to come back and shock Gus Hansen, denying the "Great Dane" of his fourth major World Poker Tour title. Chiu took home $3.39 million dollars for his first place finish, while Hanse...Full Story
poker player gus hansen at the world poker tour - wpt - going for the title - chip leader - 2008 Live Poker News - Posted April 25th, 2008 10:19 pm EST
Can Gus Hansen Win His Fourth World Poker Tour Title?


The final table of the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT Championship) will take place on Saturday. The original 545 players have been whittled down to 6, and Gus Hansen is currently the chip leader. Can he win his fourth World Poker ...Full Story
world poker tour stock - wpte - going down - downstairs wpt - tumbling Online Poker News - Posted April 25th, 2008 5:06 am EST
World Poker Tour (WPTE) Stock Now Worth Less Than Its Cash Balance


Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for the stock of the World Poker Tour, they hit a new low.

WPTE closed at $1.26 on Thursday afternoon, giving the entire company a market capitalization of $25.82 million do...Full Story
poker player amir vahedi - world poker tour - chip leader - wpt Live Poker News - Posted April 24th, 2008 9:39 am EST
Amir Vahedi Leading the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship After Day 4


There are currently 17 players remaining in the WPT Championship at the Bellagio. All 17 players have their eyes on the first place prize of $3.38 million dollars. Amir Vahedi is the current chip leader with a stack of 3.9 million in chips....Full Story
poker player gus hansen - playing at the bellagio - world poker tour tournament - wpt Live Poker News - Posted April 23rd, 2008 2:12 am EST
Gus Hansen Chip Leader of the World Poker Tour Championship Heading into Day Four


With 55 of the original 545 players remaining, Gus Hansen is currently sitting atop the leaderboard with a monster stack of 2.24 million in chips. Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll is in second place with 1.9 million in total chips, and David Chiu cur...Full Story
poker player lee jones signs with cardrunners Online Poker News - Posted April 21st, 2008 7:42 pm EST
Lee Jones Joins Cardrunners as Chief Operating Officer


The team behind Cardrunners.com continues to make some big, big moves.

To start with, Cardrunners.com quietly assembled the best line-up of talent in the industry to produce instructional poker videos. This high-quality talen...Full Story
world poker tour - lawsuit Live Poker News - Posted April 21st, 2008 9:09 am EST
World Poker Tour Lawsuit Settled; No One Really Cares


The World Poker Tour announced late last week that it had settled a lawsuit involving some of the top poker players in the world.

This lawsuit, which was filed in the summer of 2006 by such "big-name" players as Chris "Jesus"...Full Story
poker king update - king laying down playing cards Online Poker News - Posted April 19th, 2008 5:40 am EST
ICallSoWhat, OMGClayAiken Continuing to Lead the Way in High Stakes Cash Games on Full Tilt Poker in April; Pekay and Zeleni_Jure Impressing


It's time again to recap the biggest winners and losers so far this month (April) in the high stakes Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold'em cash games on Full Tilt Poker. There are some familiar faces in the lists, and some new entries as wel...Full Story



poker player brandi hawbaker - rest in peace Online Poker News - Posted April 17th, 2008 11:01 pm EST
Brandi Hawbaker Takes Her Own Life


Brandi Hawbaker, aka Brandi Rose, aka Naami Dea, took her own life this past weekend according to numerous different sources. She was just 26 years old at the time of her death.

Brandi Hawbaker first burst onto the scene in 2...Full Story
pokerstars player - glen chorny - wins ept event - european poker tour Live Poker News - Posted April 17th, 2008 9:24 pm EST
Glen Chorny Wins EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo


Glen Chorny took down the EPT Grand Final event in Monte Carlo, outlasting an extremely talented field and taking home over 2 million Euros for his efforts (over three million US dollars). Denes Kalo was the second place finisher in the tou...Full Story
full tilt poker player phil galfond - OMGClayAiken Online Poker News - Posted April 16th, 2008 6:12 am EST
Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond Up Almost a Million Dollars on Full Tilt Poker So Far in April


Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, generally considered one of the top five online cash game players in the world, has put in an impressive April so far.

Galfond has made over $720k in total profits playing No Limit Hold'em so far ...Full Story
european poker tour - monte carlo - casino photo and ept logo Live Poker News - Posted April 14th, 2008 11:41 pm EST
Johnny Lodden, Joe Hachem and Sorel Mizzi Amongst the Leaders After Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo


Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is now in the books. An estimated 129 of the original 842 player field are still alive in the tournament, with many notable names still possessing some chips.

The total prize pool i...Full Story
epassporte credit card - processing house - is out of the online poker business Online Poker News - Posted April 14th, 2008 3:40 am EST
Epassporte Officially Pulls Out of Poker Business


When we last left you, there was a great deal of confusion running throughout the online poker industry. According to various rumors, Epassporte had stopped servicing poker transactions as of 1:00 pm PDT on Friday.

At first t...Full Story
logo epassporte - credit card Online Poker News - Posted April 11th, 2008 11:20 pm EST
Epassporte Shutting Down Their Service to Online Poker Players?


This story is still breaking, and we are still waiting for responses from the various poker rooms that we have emailed on this matter. We will update this page as we hear more about Epassporte.

Earlier today, a rumor was post...Full Story
full tilt poker sponsored player - eric seidel Live Poker News - Posted April 10th, 2008 5:43 am EST
Erik Seidel Takes Down 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic (WPT)


Erik Seidel outlasted a field of 345 other players to take down the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic on Wednesday, taking home a first place prize of $992,890.

Erik Seidel has to be considered one of the most under-appreciated pok...Full Story
donald trump - atlantic city casino - taj mahal Live Poker News - Posted April 7th, 2008 10:10 pm EST
Another Poker Murder - Death at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City


Just about a month and a half after a senseless, poker-related triple murder in Florida comes yet another death. This time it was 61-year old Arthur Prince, who was killed in the valet area just outside of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic Ci...Full Story




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