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March 2012 - Bloggers

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

Poker in the Mainstream: Early Reviews of "All In: The Poker Movie"

As noted earlier this week, the new documentary All In: The Poker Movie premieres today in select theaters around the United States. Numerous reviews of the film have by now appeared in the mainstream press,...

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23 Mar 2012

Tzvetkoff to Testify Against Black Friday Defendants

Tzvetkoff is slated to appear in court on April 9 in the trial of

Daniel Tzvetkoff, the former payment processor from Australia and primary "Black Friday" informant, will be appearing as a key prosecution witness in the trial of two Black Friday defendants, according to the Australian Associated Press....

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22 Mar 2012

"All In: The Poker Movie" Premieres This Week

All In: The Poker Movie will be shown in select theaters over the next several weeks.

Several years in the making, All In: The Poker Movie finally receives an official premiere this week with a limited release to U.S. theaters. The film chronicles the story of poker, in particular focusing on...

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21 Mar 2012

No NBC National Heads-Up This Year, May Return in 2013

For seven years, the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was one of the most popular poker shows on television.

In the U.S. (and elsewhere), the phenomenon known as "March Madness" has arrived once again, that annual fever caught by NCAA college basketball fans as they gather to watch the season come to a close...

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16 Mar 2012

2012 World Series of Poker Europe Heading Back to Cannes

The path to WSOPE glory will again take players to the Casino Barrière de Cannes Croisette in 2012.

With this summer's 2012 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas fast approaching, the WSOP recently announced the schedule for this year's WSOP Europe series of events to take place in late September and early...

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13 Mar 2012

Moon Kim Rises Above Field to Win WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star

Moon Kim and friends celebrate his victory in the 2012 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event (Photo: World Poker Tour)

In a tournament that featured many of poker's biggest names, the 2012 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star saw an amateur, Moon Kim, rise above the field of 364 entrants to claim the title...

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10 Mar 2012

Skipping Steps in Poker Like the Underpants Gnomes

There is something obviously missing from the underpants gnomes' business plan

Poker is a game of decisions. Each session or tournament consists of numerous hands, with every hand involving numerous choices made by all players. Strategists often talk of the need to consider every "decision point"...

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9 Mar 2012

WSOP Announces Entry Criteria, Schedule for 2012 National Championship

Sam Barnhart won the inaugural WSOP National Championship event in 2011, pocketing a $300,000 first prize (Photo: WSOP)

The 2012 World Series of Poker schedule featuring a record-breaking 61 bracelet events was released early last month. Yesterday the WSOP announced details regarding one more significant event to take place this summer at the...

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6 Mar 2012

Sean Jazayeri Captures WPT L.A. Poker Classic

Sean Jazayeri celebrates after winning the 2012 WPT L.A. Poker Classic (Photo: World Poker Tour)

Sean Jazayeri overcame a final table full of more experienced and decorated poker pros Wednesday night to win the 2012 World Poker Tour Los Angeles Poker Classic, besting a field of 549 to take the...

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1 Mar 2012

The Squeeze Play

A well-planned squeeze play can put your opponents in a painful spot.

The term "squeeze play" is sometimes used loosely to describe all sorts of situations in "big bet" games like no-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha in which a player exerts pressure on another with a hefty...

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1 Mar 2012