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Barbara Enright: Only Woman in the WSOP Hall of Fame

Barbara Enright: Only Woman in the WSOP Hall of Fame

April 3, 2011 by Mark Christopher · 1 Comment 

Okay, here’s a quick pop quiz: In the history of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), there has only been one woman to make it to the final table in the Main Event. Who was it and what year was it? If you... continued

Full Tilt Poker: durrrr Disqualification, Onyx Cup Announced

Full Tilt Poker: durrrr Disqualification, Onyx Cup Announced

April 1, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Full Tilt Poker recently ran a promotion called Challenge Durrrr in which players had an opportunity to compete in a promo with a slightly convoluted qualification process, the result being that one player... continued

World Series of Poker – Dwyte Pilgrim

World Series of Poker – Dwyte Pilgrim

March 31, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

At the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Regional Circuit Championship at Harrah’s Rincon, a revitalized Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu fresh off winning the rematch of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom’s... continued

Eugene Katchalov Signs with Team PokerStars Pro

Eugene Katchalov Signs with Team PokerStars Pro

March 24, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov is certainly not the showiest of poker professionals, as a matter of fact, many are surprised to learn he’s been around since 2004, and has won some of the biggest titles... continued

Rich Muny – Online Poker Engineer

Rich Muny – Online Poker Engineer

March 23, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Browsing an edition of the local Louisville, Kentucky newspaper, I happened upon the social events section. I was surprised to see the announcement of a poker tournament; not just any tourney, but the... continued

Did Prahlad Friedman Jump the Gun Accusing Fellow Poker Pros of Account Sharing?

Did Prahlad Friedman Jump the Gun Accusing Fellow Poker Pros of Account Sharing?

March 22, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Online poker pros Justin “Zeejustin” Bonomo and Isaac “Ike” Haxton took a twit-hit recently when Prahlad Friedman went on the warpath and accused the pair publicly on Twitter of conspiring to cheat... continued

Erik Seidel Tops All Time Money List

Erik Seidel Tops All Time Money List

March 10, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

January came in like a lion for PokerStars Poker pro Daniel Negreanu when he kick started his game with a runner-up finish at the $100k Super High Roller event at PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).... continued

PokerStars Sunday Million Anniversary Was Huge

PokerStars Sunday Million Anniversary Was Huge

March 8, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

When online poker giant PokerStars first announced they would hold a fifth anniversary of their wildly popular Sunday Million tournament, everyone knew it would be large, very large. But when the curtain... continued

Football Great Emmitt Smith Signs with Full Tilt

Football Great Emmitt Smith Signs with Full Tilt

March 3, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

All-time leading NFL rusher Emmitt Smith has formally entered into an agreement with the second largest online poker site FullTiltPoker, joining a roster of celebrity poker players including actor Mekhi... continued

Sorel Mizzi Accused of Cheating by November Niner John Racener

Sorel Mizzi Accused of Cheating by November Niner John Racener

February 28, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi has been publicly accused of cheating John Racener, the runner up to the 2010 WSOP Main Event. The details came to light in a TwoPlusTwo forum post recently through a somewhat... continued

$5 Million PokerStars Payday for Sunday Million Anniversary

$5 Million PokerStars Payday for Sunday Million Anniversary

February 26, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Whatever you do, leave this date open: Sunday, March 6. On that day, beginning at 16:30 EST, the largest online poker site PokerStars is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the most popular online tournament... continued

FTOPS XIX in the Record Books

FTOPS XIX in the Record Books

February 22, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

The ever-expanding, mega-popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is now officially over, having run from February 6 thru February 20, offering 45 separate poker tournaments and awarding well over... continued

PokerStars Team Online: New Members

PokerStars Team Online: New Members

February 14, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Leading online poker room PokerStars just announced the new Team Online members chosen for 2011. Some 4,500 poker players applied for the fifteen slots on the team, up from the roughly 2,000 that applied... continued

DoylesRoom Changes Poker Network

DoylesRoom Changes Poker Network

February 3, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

For old Texas Road Gambler Doyle Brunson, moving was a way of life.  And recently, Texas Dolly, legendary holder of a record Ten WSOP bracelets, has lamented the fact that the high stakes poker action... continued

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event

January 16, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

For sheer drama, this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event will be hard to match. It had Chris Moneymaker just fall short of making the final table, the last woman standing was the... continued

PokerStars Introduces Home Games – Revolutionary Software

PokerStars Introduces Home Games – Revolutionary Software

January 14, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

A lot of us learned to play poker in friendly home games where you got to hang with your buddies, maybe smoke a cigar or two, drink some beers, and maybe even get lucky and win a few bucks. It was more... continued

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

January 9, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

The online poker megasite sure knows how to throw a party. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) has been an annual tradition since 2004, and this year’s edition is by far the best yet. Not counting... continued

Prahlad Friedman – Signs with UB.com

Prahlad Friedman – Signs with UB.com

January 7, 2011 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

For 2011, it seems to be out with the old and in with the new at UB.com. Shortly after it was announced that Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke—pros who had been with UB almost from the beginning—were leaving,... continued

PokerStars Women’s Caribbean Adventure

PokerStars Women’s Caribbean Adventure

December 28, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Team PokerStars Pro has a lot of feminine talent, and they will be out in force and represented by the twin Vanessa’s—Vanessa Rousso and Vanessa Selbst, along with Liv Boeree, Vicky Coren and Katja... continued

Poker Ban Poker Enforcement in Russia Toothless

Poker Ban Poker Enforcement in Russia Toothless

December 20, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

What do Washington State and Russia have in common? They both have created laws banning poker, making it a crime for their citizens to engage in a pastime that probably originated when humans first came... continued

Johnny Moss – The First WSOP Texas Hold’em Champ

Johnny Moss – The First WSOP Texas Hold’em Champ

December 17, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Legendary Poker player Johnny Moss was taught how to play poker when he was ten-years-old by a ring of card cheats. He learned the art so well that as a teen he was hired by a local gambling parlor to... continued

John Racener Arrested for the Third Time

John Racener Arrested for the Third Time

December 16, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

On the surface, it would seem as if poker pro John “RCNR” Racener has what many want yet few attain: youth, wealth, fame, talent, opportunity knocking away, endless possibilities ahead. Yet for the... continued

Bellagio Casino Hit by Ocean’s Eleven Heist

Bellagio Casino Hit by Ocean’s Eleven Heist

December 15, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

In a daring early a.m. robbery this past Tuesday that many are comparing to the brazenness of the fictional character Danny Ocean, a lone biker made off with a $1.5 million dollar jackpot by robbing a... continued

Team PokerStars Pro – Isildur1 SuperStar Showdown

Team PokerStars Pro – Isildur1 SuperStar Showdown

December 10, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Isildur1 is an online enigma. No one knows for sure who he or she is. There are rumors, and most believe it is a he, and a known player from Sweden with the initials VB. What’s known for certain is that... continued

Vanessa Rousso – PokerStars Pro Selling Lamborghini on eBay

Vanessa Rousso – PokerStars Pro Selling Lamborghini on eBay

December 3, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment 

Did someone send around a memo? It seems recently pro poker players have discovered the online auction site eBay and as a result there has been an interesting grouping of exotic items being put up for... continued

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