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Hand of the Week: So Long Isildur1 and Thanks for the $1.3m Pot
For over five years he's been perhaps the most infamous player at the online nosebleeds. Nobody has played more hands, nobody has played bigger pots, nobody has had larger swings and nobody has as...
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Kagome Kagome Returns to High-Stakes Scene with $500k Win
This week there were big pots shipped between Julius KagomeKagome Fletcher and Alexandre alexonmoon Luneau. The German managed to get the upper hand and added $522k to his bankroll. In addition...
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High-Stakes Report: Alexander Kostritsyn Can't Stop, Won't Stop
With WSOP APAC, EPT London and the WCOOP all cutting into the action the numbers were smaller than they were in September. The most profitable player – by a mile – was Alexander Kostritsyn, playing as...
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Hand of the Week: Fortune Swings Its Scales in Favor of Phil Ivey
As the poker world dreaded the "end" of online high-stakes poker after Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen left Full Tilt, Ivey has made sure there's still plenty of action to talk about. The man known as...
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High-Stakes Report: "TheCortster" Reaches $3 Million Mark
Luneau proved to be the biggest “investor” last week and nobody profited more from that than Cort Kibler-Melby. With almost $700k winnings last week the German-American player is now up to almost $3m...
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High-Stakes Report: Ivey Goes God-Mode, Kostritsyn Falls
No one has been more active in the high-stakes games than Ivey over the last week and no one has won as much. Ivey is leading a group of four Germans in the weekly profits table. At the other end of...
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PokerStars World Cup of Poker Returns, Goes All Online
The event will also take place entirely in heads-up No-Limit Hold’em, which should make for some exciting matches between countries. Also new this year is the switch to play money, which means anyone...
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PokerStars Adding Table Games, Sports Betting to Software
The site will begin with blackjack and roulette in select markets but will roll out more games in 2015. "We are taking the same principles, practices and integrity that make PokerStars such a...
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High-Stakes Report: Ivey Rises Like a Phoenix, Wins Everywhere
Action was abuzz at the nosebleed limits last week headed by accounts Atha Cliath and Eire Abu. Good weeks were also in the cards for SanIker, Phil Ivey and Vladimir Shchemelev. Alexander Kostritsyn,...
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USA vs. Canada in PokerStars World Cup of Poker
There were a large number of upsets in the qualifying stage with poker heavyweights Brazil, the U.K. and the Netherlands all getting eliminated. Brazil was a particularly big upset as they fell to...
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PokerStars Details Casino Rollout, Ability to Opt-out
Jeanne David, the Responsible Gaming Manager for the Rational Group, penned a blog post where she contended the company would continue to operate its games - no matter if they are poker or casino - in...
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Hand of the Week: Fedor Holz Teaches a Master Class
The Vienna-based German recently won the WCOOP main event as CrownUpGuy, he has five cashes and a win at EPT Barcelona. Only days ago he won the Mega Poker Series main event. Our Hand of the Week...
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High-Stakes Report: Hansen Returns, Ivey Collapses
The biggest winner of the week probably should have been Viktor Blom's old nemesis SanIker. The still unidentified German won hundreds of thousands early in the week but then proceeded to lose it all...
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Mizrachi, Matusow Behind New Bitcoin Poker Site Get Lucky Poker
The site, which already appears to be in beta and counts "1,011" players, is set to officially debut in January with Bitcoin the only currency accepted. Mizrachi enlisted Mike “The Mouth” Matusow,...
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William Hill Poker Giving Away £60 Gift Bags, Up to £1,200 Bonus
The William Hill Poker gift bag includes WHPS tokens, deposit match and 1,000 club points. New poker players will also gain access to the monthly New Depositors Gifts Palooza freeroll with a variety...
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Canada Upsets USA in PokerStars World Cup of Poker, Eight Teams Left
Canada defeated the USA in the latest elimination round of the contest, which also saw heavyweights Germany, France and Ukraine hit the rail. In the big match between Canada and USA there were more...
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November High-Stakes Report: SanIker Crushes, Luneau Craters
German player “SanIker” managed to turn a profit of over $1m, mainly playing Triple Draw, to lead all winners while France's Alex Luneau on the other hand had a very costly month. Russian Alexander...
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Millions to be Won in PokerStars December Festival
There is a wide selection of ways to win during the month of December starting with the special $1 Million Spin & Go’s. Players have a chance to turn just $5 into $1 million in the special promo....
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High-Stakes Report: Viktor Blom Comes Back with a Bang
The as-yet unidentified German played a lot of 2-7 Triple Draw against Cort Kibler-Melby and again came away with a big profit. The attention of the railbirds, however, was directed at one Viktor...
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$1m Guaranteed, 69 Events in PartyPoker NJ Garden State Super Series
Events will run from Jan. 11-25 across three buy-in levels and a range of poker formats including PLO, Seven-Card Stud, Mixes Games, Fixed Limit and No-Limit Hold'em. The marquee Main Event starts at...
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