Gomila Leads EPT Barcelona Final Table, Katchalov Guns for Triple Crown

A relatively short Day 4 at the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event saw Spaniard Tomeu Gomila preserve his start-of-day chip lead throughout the six-and-a-half hours of play to enter tomorrow's eight-handed final table as...

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31 Aug 2011

Carruggi, Pettersson Lead EPT Barcelona

Day 3 of the European Poker Tour's Barcelona main event will start with 141 players still gunning for part of the €4,000,000-plus prize pool and €850,000 first prize. The top 120 spots pay, meaning the...

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29 Aug 2011

Legislative News for Online Poker in the U.S.

Recent days have seen several stories emerge concerning possible legislation to license and regulate online poker in the United States, with activity picking up on both the federal and state levels. On the federal side,...

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28 Aug 2011

Poker Book Review: 'Mastering Omaha/8 Poker' by Mark Tenner and Lou Krieger

"It's like the difference between driving a car and flying a small airplane." So explain Mark Tenner and Lou Krieger early in Mastering Omaha/8 Poker, referring to the extensive differences that exist between hold'em and...

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26 Aug 2011

World Poker Tour Kicks Off Season X

The last decade has witnessed unprecedented growth in the popularity of poker worldwide, with the World Poker Tour having been a significant part of that story throughout. Today the WPT had a press conference to...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

25 Aug 2011

Alex Rodriguez Casino Visit Raises Eyebrows

All-Star New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is back in the headlines this week, with reports again focusing less on his play on the green grass of the baseball field in favor of speculating...

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23 Aug 2011

Second Class Action Complaint Brought Against Full Tilt Poker

This week came news that a class action lawsuit was filed on August 9th against Full Tilt Poker by two Canadian players, Zayn Jetha and Donald Whelan, representing themselves and any others unable to recover...

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20 Aug 2011

Shuffle Up and Study

The summer is nearly over, which means it is time for many to head back to campus and fill those empty classrooms. I'll be going back, too, to teach my "Poker in American Film and...

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19 Aug 2011

Online Grinders Relocating from U.S.

With the World Series of Poker having concluded for the summer, it's hard not to notice how the poker scene in America feels a bit like a post-party hangover. With the events of Black Friday...

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17 Aug 2011

David "Chino" Rheem Takes First Epic Poker League Title

A wild, drama-filled week in poker culminated just a few hours ago with the crowning of the first-ever Epic Poker League Main Event winner, David "Chino" Rheem. For besting a field comprised of 137 of...

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13 Aug 2011

The Place of Poker, circa 2011

They have played down from 137 to the final six-handed table at the first-ever $20K buy-in main event for the newly-launched Epic Poker League. With $400,000 having been added to the prize pool, that means...

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12 Aug 2011

World Poker Tour Announces Malta Stop

This week the World Poker Tour announced an addition to its Season X schedule, a new stop in Portomaso, Malta happening next month. The WPT will land at the Mediterranean archipelago for the week of...

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11 Aug 2011

Epic Poker League Set to Debut

While your faithful Betfair poker bloggers are traveling the world covering poker tournaments -- Matthew Pitt over at EPT Tallinn in Estonia and yours truly at LAPT Punta del Este in Uruguay -- much of...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

5 Aug 2011

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