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Robert Baguley Triumphs at UKIPT Nottingham

The 60-year-old retiree Robert Baguley after winning UKIPT Nottingham (Photo: PokerStars)

The 60-year-old retiree Robert Baguley has become the latest champion on the PokerStars United Kingdom Ireland Poker Tour, besting a whopping field of 1,625 players at the Dusk Till Dawn poker club in Nottingham to...

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17 Apr 2012

Morten Christensen Captures WPT Vienna, €313,390 Score

Morten Christensen after claiming victory and first prize at WPT Vienna (Photo: World Poker Tour)

A week of exciting poker in Vienna, Austria has concluded with Danish player Morten Christensen topping a field of 396 to win the World Poker Tour Vienna event and capture the €313,390 first prize. Mortensen...

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16 Apr 2012

Black Friday, One Year Later

The events of April 15, 2011 profoundly affected poker in the U.S. and beyond.

It was early morning on the west coast, mid-day in the east, and dinner time in the U.K. and Europe on Friday, April 15, 2011 when word spread the United States Department of Justice had...

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13 Apr 2012

Scott Stanko Claims WSOP-C Council Bluffs Main Event Title and Ring

Scott Stanko earned over $101K for his WSOP-C win at Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Photo: PokerNews)

The latest stop on the World Series of Poker Circuit came to a close late Tuesday night in Council Bluffs, Iowa with Scott Stanko of Nebraska topping a field of 290 in the Main Event...

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11 Apr 2012

On Lotteries, Brackets, and Other Gambles

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The last week or so has seen America kind of swept up in a frenzy of gambling, with many who don't normally engage in such risk-taking finding reasons try their luck. Between the super-inflated jackpot...

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6 Apr 2012

Taking Hands Off

After winning a big pot, some players will instinctively fold the next hand or two.

Say you're in a no-limit hold'em cash game. After struggling for most of the session, you've just won a nice pot and now suddenly you're back in black. The next hand has begun, it folds...

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5 Apr 2012

Groupe Bernard Tapie Gearing Toward Full Tilt Poker Relaunch

Recent indications suggest the possibility that a relaunch of Full Tilt Poker by Groupe Bernard Tapie may well be happening soon

As the one-year anniversary of Black Friday approaches, it is starting to appear as though much-maligned Full Tilt Poker may be edging closer to a relaunch after more than nine months offline. In the last...

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5 Apr 2012

Jannick Wrang Wins EPT Campione, Busquet Runner-Up

Jannick Wrang of Denmark topped a field of 570 to win the EPT Campione Main Event (Photo: Neil Stoddart)

It's all over at the European Poker Tour Campione Main Event where Jannick Wrang of Denmark topped a field of 570 to claim the title and €640,000 first prize. Wrang survived five tough days of...

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1 Apr 2012

Soulier Leads EPT Campione Final Table, Busquet 2nd

Fabrice Soulier looks to add to his $3.6 million-plus lifetime earnings with a win at EPT Campione (Photo: Neil Stoddart)

A relatively quick day at the European Poker Tour Campione Main Event on Friday saw the field of 24 swiftly whittled down to eight, with the Frenchman Fabrice Soulier ending the day in front to...

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30 Mar 2012

2012 WSOP: "The Big One" Getting Even Bigger

We are less than two months away from the start of the 2012 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Starting May 27th a record 61 bracelet events will be contested through mid-July, plus a...

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30 Mar 2012

Light Three-Betting in No-Limit Hold'em

The decision to three-bet light often has more to do with your opponent, position, and stack sizes than with the cards you're dealt.

Once upon a time a preflop three-bet -- that is, a reraise over an opening raise -- was an unmistakable signal of strength in no-limit hold'em. When it came to preflop play, the vast majority...

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29 Mar 2012

Black Friday Defendants Chad Elie and John Campos Plead Guilty

By pleading guilty, Elie and Campos avoid standing trial in April. Both will be sentenced in October.

Just days after the news that former payment processor turned "supergrass" Daniel Tzvetkoff was to appear as a witness in the "Black Friday" trial of Chad Elie and John Campos, Elie avoided trial by entering...

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27 Mar 2012

Diaz Takes LAPT Chile Title; Huntly Claims ANZPT Sydney

On Sunday, Aliro Diaz (left) captured the LAPT Chile title, while Gordon Huntly (right) took down the ANZPT Sydney event (Photos: PokerNews)

Two champions were crowned on Sunday, one in Vina del Mar, Chile at the Latin American Poker Tour and another in Sydney, Australia at an Australia New Zealand Poker Tour stop. At the LAPT Chile...

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25 Mar 2012

Escobar Leads LAPT Chile; Heather Ahead at ANZPT Sydney

Sergio Escobar (left) leads LAPT Chile; Nicholas Heather (right) leads ANZPT Sydney (Photos: PokerNews)

A couple of big international tournaments are heading into their final days tomorrow, with both the Latin American Poker Tour Chile Main Event and the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Sydney Main Event scheduled to...

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24 Mar 2012

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