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Betfair Rolls Out New Multiplayer Games

2012-01-12 12:01:14 - A NEW suite of dice based, peer-to-peer games has been unveiled by Betfair, The World's Biggest Betting Community. Launched under the operator's Poker Cubed brand, the...

PokerStars 10th Anniversary Sunday Million - First-Eagle wins $1.14m first prize

2011-12-19 17:30:49 - 62116 players stumped up the $215 buy-in for a shot at the biggest guarantee in online poker history and the $2 million guaranteed first prize. With such a big field the...

Bitter war of words escalates between Scott and Mike Matusow

2011-11-17 13:41:09 - LAS VEGAS, NV - One of poker's most well known and colourful characters Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has had his family feud made public by his brother Scott in an open...

Duplicate Poker Nations' Cup kicks off November 17th in London

2011-11-17 11:04:46 - LONDON, UK - Thursday November 17th sees the International Federation of Poker put on its inaugral event as part of the London Mind Sports Festival. The event is the...

WSOP 2011 - Pius Heinz wins Main Event

2011-11-09 11:28:19 - LAS VEGAS, NV - Pius Heinz became the first ever German WSOP Main Event winner after nearly six hours of heads up play against Czech pro Martin Staszko on Tuesday...

WSOP 2011 Main Event - November Nine Betting Update

2011-11-03 17:48:21 - LAS VEGAS, NV - Over three months of waiting is nearly over for the November Nine as they return to the Rio Casino in Las Vegas on November 6th to play down to the final...

WSOPE 2011 Update - Stacked Final Table in Event #4

2011-10-13 14:06:30 - CANNES, FRANCE - The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe kicked off on Friday 7th October at Hôtel Majestic Barrière, Cannes. Three bracelets have already been awarded...

British Poker Awards 2011 - Jake Cody wins Player of the Year

2011-09-07 10:28:09 - LONDON - The second annual British Poker Awards were the highlight of this year's Poker in the Park festival. With most awards based on votes from the public, the awards...

Full Tilt Poker 9/2 to be offering real money poker on July 27th

2011-07-21 11:26:51 - DUBLIN - Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is quoting odds of 9/2 on Full Tilt Poker offering real money games on July 27th, the day after the company's hearing with the...

WSOP 2011 - November Nine Betting Preview

2011-07-20 19:15:27 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - With the final nine players of the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker Main Event decided in the early hours of Wednesday morning, bookmakers are...

WSOP Main Event 2011 - November Nine Decided; Staszko Leads

2011-07-20 11:48:55 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - Day 8 of the WSOP Main Event is over after the 22 players remaining at the start of the day were quickly reduced to the November Nine. The final...

WSOP Main Event Update - 22 remain going into Day 8, Makievskyi leads with 21 million

2011-07-19 09:24:58 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - The November Nine will be decided on Day 8 after 57 players were reduced to 22 by the end of Day 7. Ukraine's Anton Makievskyi leads the field...

WSOP Main Event Update - 57 remain going into Day 7; Lamb leads POY rankings

2011-07-18 08:20:34 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - Eight players from the remaining 57 in the WSOP Main Event will become millionaires but only one will become champion, taking home $8.7m as well...

WSOP Main Event 2011 - Day Three Report - Poirier and Jace break 1million mark

2011-07-15 09:18:01 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - Day 3 of the Main Event saw 1,864 players return to the Rio Casino's Pavilion and Amazon Rooms to do battle to make Day 4 and get a step closer...

WSOP Main Event 2011 - Day 2 in the books, Lamb Leads

2011-07-13 09:05:18 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - Day 2b of the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker Main Event has just been completed with two well known players at the top of the leaderboard...

WSOP 2011 - Week Six Headlines - Third Largest Main Event Ever, Binger and Anter win final two events, 2011 officially largest ever WSOP

2011-07-11 09:26:37 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - Day one of the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker Main Event is over after four flights and nearly 7,000 players took to the felt. 897 Players sat...

WSOP Main Event 2011 Odds and Betting Preview

2011-07-07 13:22:08 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - The countdown to the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker Main Event is nearly over as the first runners hit the felt of the biggest tournament in...

WSOP 2011 - Week Five Headlines - Hellmuth comes second again, Just two events to complete before Main Event, Joe Ebanks wins first $1m prize of the Series

2011-07-07 10:43:24 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - Just moments ago Phil Hellmuth claimed the first $1million prize of his career. The Poker Brat will be incredibly disappointed though, as he came...

Full Tilt Poker has Alderney gambling licence suspended

2011-06-29 12:58:43 - Full Tilt Poker's gambling licence in Alderney was suspended today after the regulator said that a special investigation had found irregularities in the company's...

WSOP 2011 - Week Four Headlines - Fabrice Soulier wins H.O.R.S.E Championship, Ben Lamb claims PLO Championship after 2nd in $3k PLO and November Niner Matt Jarvis wins Event #40

2011-06-28 11:34:21 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - With just over a week to go until the first day one of the Main Event, the 42nd World Series of Poker is going from strength to strength with...

WSOP 2011 - Week Three Headlines - Hellmuth just misses out again; Mercier claims inaugral $5k 6-max PLO title and ElkY claims Triple Crown

2011-06-23 10:31:25 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - This year's Main Event draws ever closer and the excitement is building for the biggest tournament of the year. Since the last update, nineteen...

WSOP 2011 - No sign of Black Friday gloom as turnout high in first two weeks

2011-06-15 11:59:45 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - With two weeks of events already in the books at this year's World Series of Poker it is a good time to see how much Black Friday has affected...

WSOP 2011 - Week One and Two Headlines - Brits impress, Hellmuth misses out on bracelet #12

2011-06-13 10:03:47 - RIO CASINO, LAS VEGAS - The 42nd Annual World Series of Poker kicked off in the Rio Casino, Las Vegas on May 31st and since then fifteen bracelet events have been...

Poker News - Ten sites seized by US Department of Justice in poker related indictments; WSOP Odds

2011-05-24 10:53:13 - WASHINGTON D.C. - April 15th 2011 will forever be known as Black Friday in the online poker world. The big three online poker sites operating in the United States were...

PokerStars launch 60 Billionth Hand promotion

2011-03-22 11:29:57 - ISLE OF MAN - PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, is celebrating the fact that it is about to deal its 60 billionth hand. The 60 billionth hand dealt on...

Horseshoe Casino Announces Chicago Poker Classic Schedule

2011-03-10 12:34:04 - The new $500 million Horseshoe Casino, just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, is excited to announce the return of the Chicago Poker Classic beginning on Friday,...

South Carolina to change laws on gambling at home

2011-02-08 09:24:29 - COLUMBIA, South Carolina - Laws about gambling at home in South Carolina look almost certain to pass, ending a more than 200 year prohibition on games involving dice and...

Neil Channing's poker column - Toe Punt

2011-02-07 17:16:08 - From October to December, 2010 I spent most of my time stressing about The Grading.This was the third time we have run this experiment and I feel that we're getting...

Hugo Martin poker column: Not Too Grand

2011-01-31 12:54:44 - Hugo Martin is a columnist for Black Belt Poker - here he describes a couple of recent hands at The Vic, the centre of London's live poker scene. So I watched quite an...

Poker News - Full Tilt sign Jetten, IHateJuice has to change screen name, Phil Hellmuth leaves UB.com

2011-01-12 16:40:39 - JETTEN SIGNS FOR FULL TILT - In the big Poker news of this week, Full Tilt Poker announced the signing of Canadian pro Peter Jetten to their Red Pro roster. Jetten is...

Poker.com.au sells for $100,000

2011-01-07 10:08:03 - MELBOURNE, Australia - The domain name Poker.com.au has been sold for $100,000, despite the fact online gambling is current illegal in Australia. The domain was bought...

John Eames poker diary - 2010 round up

2011-01-05 16:57:16 - John Eames is regarded as one of the UK's hottest young talents, and in March he kicked off the year by winning the Euro City Poker Tour in Barcelona for €50,000. A...

Neil Channing's poker column - 2010 roundup and looking into 2011

2011-01-05 10:02:25 - When rushing around the country between events, I tend to get the train. People often moan about delays and cancellations, but I seem to run quite well. Not having a car...

Neil Channing poker column: Final Tour

2010-12-20 22:03:58 - Earlier this year, I made the conscious decision not to play so many smaller provincial tournaments. I was definitely not going to spend enormous amounts of time and...

Isaac Haxton first player to challenge Isildur1 in PokerStars Superstar Challenge

2010-12-18 21:29:59 - SWEDEN - Last week's big poker news was the announcement that PokerStars had signed high stakes online cash game player Isildur1 to their Team PokerStars Pro in one of...

Gus Hansen wins Full Tilt Poker Million IX

2010-12-13 12:29:59 - LONDON - Danish poker professional Gus Hansen is celebrating winning the Full Tilt Poker Million IX last weekend and beating some top players in an eight handed...

High Stakes legend Isildur1 joins Team PokerStars Pro

2010-12-08 10:37:08 - SWEDEN - Isildur1, the legendary unknown Swedish poker player who took on the best in the world, all at once, at the highest stakes possible online, has been signed up...

Hugo Martin column - Sometimes The Lamb Slaughters The Butcher

2010-12-06 16:07:41 - At first, I thought this £2/5 Not Limit Hold'em game at the Vic was terrible; traps 6, 7, 8 and 9 were two strong Scandies, Polish Chris and Freddy Carle respectively....

Richard Ashby poker column: Putting My Foot In It

2010-12-01 15:33:37 - This last year or so has been a bit of a rollercoaster poker wise for me. From the $2,000/$4,000 7-Game on Full Tilt to the $5 weekly League on Black Belt Poker, I’ve...

Adam Goulding poker column: A Sense of Nostalgia

2010-11-29 20:55:28 - Black Belt Poker's Adam Goulding is delighted to find that there are still a few square poker players around, even if he didn't win. 'Everyone's solid,' is a phrase I...

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