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One of the largest online poker tournaments to be hosted weekly, the PokerStars Sunday Million attracted 7,999 players to create a prize pool of $1.,599,800 this past Sunday. Coming in as the chip leader was Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy with a stack of over 17 million in tournament chips. Following close behind was ultimate winner “kesher79”, [...]

Peter Eastgate and online pro Tom “durrrr” Dwan are now both slated to appear in the upcoming Party Poker Premier League III event in London. The multi-stage arrangement of the Premier League tournament pits the players up in six different rounds. The top four players on the leader board make the final table with the [...]

If you’ve ever logged into Full Tilt Poker, you’ve likely noticed that some player’s names appear in red in the lobby and at certain tables. This red color indicates that they are Full Tilt Poker “Red Pro” players and represent the site both online and in live events. They’re also entitled to other benefits that [...]

Perhaps signaling a slow down, or maybe just a well-deserved break as the seasons change, players have voted with their pockets in regards to the World Series of Poker Circuit event that’s taking place in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Only 132 players gained entry via satellite or paid their way into the $5,150.00 Main Event that [...]

For the second year in a row, Everest Poker has been awarded Poker Operation of the Year at the annual eGaming Review Awards ceremony in London.  Everest Poker is the exclusive “felt sponsor” of the World Series of Poker and is one of the world’s most popular poker sites, serving poker players in Europe and [...]

The 111th Congress will reconvene in Washington DC to delve into its work which includes looking at all of the bills that were introduced to the 110th Congress will have to be reintroduced once again. There are several bills that are amongst those that were introduced and, had they passed would have changed the entire [...]

There’s always a media type somewhere that’s writing about “the death of poker” and that fact that the games popularity is bound to dip and now is the time, yada yada yada. Bucking that trend for the 115th time this year, the World Series of Poker broadcast on ESPN attracted the largest audience in two [...]

Continuing his streak of solid finishes at WPT events, Season Six Player of the Year Jonathan Little took down the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals title and the $1.1 million dollars that went along with it. He had “Little” trouble taking down a few of the big names en route to his victory. [...]

Ylon Schwartz is the prototypical gamer. He’s played them all practically and in most cases, it was for money. At the ripe old age of 13, he was introduced to the game of Chess. This was a very popular game where he spent his younger years, right in the heart of Manhattan, New York at [...]

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