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Denoking Trips Up Isaac Haxton in Massive High-Stakes Pot
The return of Gus Hansen, Alex Kostritsyn and Isaac Haxton made for some fascinating battles in the high-stakes games on Full Tilt Poker this week.While each player had some compelling sessions we’re...
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Cort Kibler-Melby Goes on Shocking $1.7m Upswing in High Stakes
German-American poker player Cort Kibler-Melby just made more money playing on Full Tilt in seven days than most people will make in a lifetime.Kibler-Melby, who plays as thecortster, went on an...
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Fedor Holz Claims WCOOP Main Event for $1.3m, Isildur1 9th
Three astounding weeks of online poker culminated last night in a WCOOP Main Event finale that lived up to all expectations - especially for winner Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz.Outlasting a final table...
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Hand of the Week: Isildur1 Drops $121k Surprise on Mikael Thuritz
What would we do without Viktor Blom? Since Gus Hansen vanished from the high-stakes online scene a couple of weeks ago it’s Isildur1 who’s been mainly responsible for the high-stakes action online....
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Hand of the Week: So Long Isildur1 and Thanks for the $1.3m Pot
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has changed the face of online poker forever. For over five years he's been perhaps the most infamous player at the online nosebleeds. Nobody has played more hands, nobody has...
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High-Stakes Report: Ivey Rises Like a Phoenix, Wins Everywhere
Has Phil Ivey proven to be the best player, live or online, yet again this week? Action was abuzz at the nosebleed limits last week headed by accounts Atha Cliath and Eire Abu. Good weeks were also in...
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Hand of the Week: Fedor Holz Teaches a Master Class
At this point it feels like Fedor Holz has pretty much won everything he’s played this year.The Vienna-based German recently won the WCOOP main event as CrownUpGuy, he has five cashes and a win at EPT...
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November High-Stakes Report: SanIker Crushes, Luneau Craters
After a lull in October the action was back on big time at the online high-stakes tables in November and it created big winners and big losers.German player “SanIker” managed to turn a profit of over...
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High-Stakes Report: Ivey Lands Elusive 1-2 Punch; Still Not Enough
As the year winds to a close even the action on the online high-stakes poker tables has become a little more placid. That didn’t keep Phil Ivey from banking a big profit last week, though. Ivey even...
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High-Stakes Report: Trueteller Lives Up to Genius Reputation
The year is still young, but the nosebleed limits are already buzzing. The first "man of the year" so far? Mysterious Russian poker genius “Trueteller." On the losing side over the last week of...
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Somerville: "Twitch Is the Platform That Poker Needs to Live"
Televised poker shows have always been trying to get more viewers and Jason Somerville thinks he has the answer.“It’s hard to make poker content fit in hour-long blocks that are meant for an older...
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High-Stakes Report: Return of RugDoctor; Williams Battles Blom?
It’s only the second week of the year but the high-stakes tables are already buzzing again. A vast number of players are competing for big pots and some new faces are among them. “EireAbu” has had the...
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Hand of the Week: Tom Dwan, Profit Maximization Artist
Today we're going to dig into one of the finest cash-game hands ever. It was played in the year 2008 and it involves the work of two of the leading players at the time. With his ultra-aggressive,...
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Hand of the Week: Sahamies Hits the Nuts, Blows Up the Pot
One of the players in the ostensible "Champions League" of online poker for a long time is Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. Sometimes the eccentric Finn will disappear for a couple of months but eventually...
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High-Stakes Report: Blom Falls Off The Rails; Down $1m in 2015
Less than a month into the new year, we're starting to see where things are going. Alexander Kostritsyn is still in a class of his own. Viktor Blom keeps losing massive amounts of money (and nobody...
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Hand of the Week: The Curious Case of Tom Dwan and the Magic Six
Was 2009 the most glorious year in history for high-stakes online poker?Based on the volume of action and the astronomical blinds that were standard at time, it certainly has a very good case. Two of...
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Online High-Stakes Poker: Russia Dominates January
The Russians are coming.The first month of 2015 is complete and two Russian players - Trueteller and Alexander Kostritsyn - are the players beat after 30 days of action-packed online play. Ilari...
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High-Stakes Report: Demise of Blom Exaggerated; Gus Pops In
While the month of January was disastrous for Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, in February he's shown the world what he's made of.He did so in plenty of different games, too, as the big-time PLO games are back...
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Hand of the Week: Isaac Haxton Battles Ilari Sahamies
This week we’re taking a look at a slightly obscure hand between renowned cash-game experts Ike Haxton and Ilari Sahamies.While Sahamies is a PLO specialist and rather eccentric, Haxton is slightly...
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Full Tilt Drops Seat Selection, Heads-Up Tables in Major Update
Full Tilt Poker rolled out more drastic changes today designed to attract and retain more recreational players.Hinted at by Managing Director Dominic Mansour at the 2015 WSOP the changes are...
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Martins Adeniya: “New Changes Will Draw Rec Players to Full Tilt”
Full Tilt Ambassador Martins Adeniya says that the online poker room's recent changes might hurt traffic in the short term, but ultimately he believes they will draw more recreational poker players to...
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(Video) All-In Poker App is One-Stop Shop for Poker News, Strategy
Download the PokerListings All-In Poker App on your Apple or Android tablet to get access to a huge, free poker resource.The All-In Poker App puts the best of PokerListings.com's huge library of poker...
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Unibet Head of Poker: "Whole Site is Designed for Casual Players"
After several years of incredible growth rates, the online poker industry has experienced a slow decline since Black Friday changed the landscape dramatically.New players are harder to get and they...
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Deconstructing the Winning WCOOP of Patrick 'pads1161' Leonard
Patrick “pads1161” Leonard was one of a group of UK-born players with fantastic results at the 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).He had a series of deep runs, made a few final tables and...
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PokerStars Overhauls VIP Program, SuperNova Diminished
PokerStars is making some major changes to its VIP program with extremely high-volume grinders set to take a hit. The company announced the changes, which are set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2016, over...
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Stern, Galfond Lead High-Stakes Pros in Planned Three-Day Sit-Out
Several of poker's most high-profile, high-stakes players have joined forces for a planned sit-out Dec 1-3 to protest changes to PokerStars' rewards program.The changes, announced by PokerStars on...
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PokerStars Responds to Strike, Adds Four $1m Freerolls in 2016
PokerStars has responded to last week's high-stakes sit-out and simultaneously announced four separate $1 million free tournaments open to all players in 2016.Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was...
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Isildur1 Dominates Unusual Year in Online Poker in 2015
2015 was a strange year for super high-stakes online poker.The legendary nosebleed games on Full Tilt were finally shuttered as the site transitions into a poker room for recreational poker players....
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Unibet's David Pomroy: "I Genuinely See Us as Market Leader Eventually"
The live poker tournament scene is as saturated as ever.The World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Poker Tour (WPT) have a global network of events that spans all buy-in levels. The European Poker...
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PokerStars Launches Duel, New Heads-Up Challenge Mobile App
Do you play poker on your mobile device?Do you sometimes have to stop playing when you don’t want to? Are you annoyed by players who take too long to act? PokerStars’ brand new poker product “Duel”...
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Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz Chops WCOOP $102k SHR for $1.06m
German wunderkind Fedor Holz didn’t win the biggest buy-in tournament in online poker history earlier today but he did lock up nearly first-place money thanks to a deal with Swedish online player...
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Unibet 2.0 Hits Dec. 1; Win a 28-Day Trip Around the World!
The much-anticipated Unibet Poker 2.0 software client will hit all markets Dec. 1, 2016, and with it comes one of the most exciting online poker promos in ages.Not only will players get to log in to...
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$15 Million, 65-Event Turbo COOP Returns Jan. 18-29
PokerStars' annual TCOOP series arrived on the scene back in 2012 to join the SCOOP and WCOOP as one of online poker's must-play events.In 2017, that's still the case. The sixth edition will run from...
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350 Tourneys, $31m GTD in 3 Weeks Starts Now with TCOOP
If you have plans with an online poker player over the next three weeks, chances are pretty good you'll have to reschedule at some point.Starting today the next three weeks will be a very busy time...
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$55m PokerStars SCOOP Biggest in History, Starts Apr. 30
The bar has been raised for online poker series yet again.On the heels of yesterday's $20 million Powerfest announcement, PokerStars has released the schedule for the upcoming 2017 Spring Championship...
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PKR Poker Goes Offline Due to Financial Issues
Microgaming has suspended operation of PKR Poker.The company posted an enigmatic statement about the future of the PKR Poker earlier today: Following a request from PKR on Wednesday 3 May 2017 at...
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SCOOP, XL Inferno, Powerfest Week 1: Linde, cal42688 Strike First
One of the heaviest online poker schedules in recent memories got off to a fast star this week with millions doled out by the biggest poker sites in the world. Over on PokerStars famous poker pros...
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SCOOP, XL Inferno, Powerfest: Non-Stop $1m-GTD Tournaments
It just might be the single biggest weekend in the history of online poker.SCOOP, XL Inferno and Powerfest all conclude this weekend with a staggering 11 different tournaments offering $1m-GTD or more...
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See Us, Hear Us: How to Win Back the Recreational Poker Player
We kill 1.2 billion animals a week to fill our bellies. But we never see these animals outside of a baby’s bedtime story book. The sterile process that deals with the cull is deliberately invisible...
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France, Spain, Italy & Portugal to Share Online Poker Pools
Universally accessed, border-free online poker - at least in Europe - is showing signs of resurgence from its ashes.At least that's the impression left after an announcement today from French gaming...
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New Chest-Based PokerStars Rewards Program Set for Release
Are you ready to crack open some virtual chests?PokerStars is hoping the answer is yes because its new chest-based rewards program is set to go live world-wide today. The rewards program rolled out...
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100+ Events, $4m GTD in PokerStars MicroMillions till Aug. 2
It started this past Sunday in the midst of the WSOP Main Event playdown but make no mistake: there's still a ton a value left in the 2017 PokerStars MicroMillions.The MicroMillions is PokerStars’...
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Kevin Martin Can't Wait for $22 Buy-In, $1M GTD MicroMillions
Recent Big Brother Canada winner Kevin Martin says his favorite online poker event is the PokerStars MicroMillions, running now.A big part of why is the series' finale on July 30, a $22 buy-in...
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partypoker Reloads Powerfest for September with $35m Guaranteed
It’s back and bigger than ever.partypoker is bringing back its popular Powerfest series this September with a gargantuan $35m in guaranteed prize pools. The series will take place Sept. 3-24 with a...
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TonkaaaP, Nitsche Power Through Big Weekend on 888poker
It was a busy weekend on the tables at 888poker and super-streamer Parker “TonkaaaaP” Talbot was one of the biggest winners making two final tables.TonkaaaaP wasn’t the only winner as polarizedOMG...
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888poker Announces XL Eclipse Schedule w/ 197 Events, $9m GTD
Hot on the heels of an actual solar eclipse, 888poker is prepping its biggest XL series ever, which is fittingly called XL Eclipse.Having rebranded and boosted the XL series, 888poker is about to...
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PokerStars Shows Off Power Up Poker Potential in Barcelona
At long last, PokerStars is ready to unleash its experimental Power Up Poker variant on the general public.Now scheduled to release in the fourth quarter of 2017 PokerStars hosted a demo of the game...
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900 Events, $117m GTD in Biggest Sept. in Online Poker History
Over 900 different online poker tournaments across four poker sites. Over $117 million in guaranteed (and likely much more in actual) prize pools. If you think you’ve seen a big month in online poker...
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partypoker Title Fight Upped to $500k GTD as of Oct. 1
partypoker's flagship Sunday poker tournament just doubled its guaranteed prize pool.On a surge lately with its booming new partypoker Live tour and massive Powerfest tournament series, partypoker is...
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iPoker Offers €100k in Merry Missions Freerolls
iPoker is giving players a chance to give themselves an early Christmas present with its new €100k Merry Missions.All players have to do to take part is complete one easily-achievable daily mission....
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