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  • European Poker Awards Names 2012 Winners

    • No small number of fierce competitors were up for the 2012 Player of the Year title at the European Poker Awards-- in fact, the competition has been deadly all around, with names of major players appearing in every category. Even though very few of... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday January 30th 2012, 08:09
  • Melanie Weisner Is Lock Poker's Newest Rising Star

    • Lock Poker has added a new star to their LockPro Elite lineup: Melanie Weisner has become the latest name to join the poker site's team of pros, adding to an already impressive lineup that includes Chris Moorman and Matt Stout, along with many others... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday January 17th 2012, 08:07
  • Dusty Schmidt Returns to Golf

    • American poker player Dusty Schmidt has decided to pursue one of his greatest passions and has planned to return to golf, a sport to which he dedicated himself years ago. Schmidt is the most recent in a slew of American players who have taken a step... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Thursday January 5th 2012, 10:53
  • Meet the 2011 November Nine: Pius Heinz

    • The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event final table has no shortage of firsts, and Pius Heinz is no exception-- he is the first Main Event final table player to hail from Germany, and, as such, has already achieved a poker first. Should he win the... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Saturday October 29th 2011, 13:52
  • Meet the 2011 November Nine: Anton Makiievskyi

    • Anton Makiievskyi is in a precarious position. With the second-lowest stack against some very fierce players going into the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, he has his work cut out for him. If he can manage to pull it off, however, he'll... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Friday October 28th 2011, 08:27
  • Meet the 2011 November Nine: Eoghan O'Dea

    • Eoghan O'Dea (pronounced like “Owen”) has one of the more famous fathers in poker-- he's the son of Donnacha O'Dea, a former Olympic swimmer-turned-poker-pro who not only holds a World Series of Poker bracelet and two other final table appearance... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday September 14th 2011, 08:19
  • Chino Rheem is First EPL Winner... and Probation

    • Chino Rheem, who recently made headlines when he won the inaugural Main Event of the newly-formed Epic Poker League, taking home a $1,000,000 prize, has been suspended by the EPL due to a massive amount of outstanding debts. The EPL states that Rhee... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday August 23rd 2011, 10:43
  • Latest American Poker Player Emigration

    • When Canada won't have you, pick another country. That's what we're learning from Daniel “jungleman12” Cates and his posse as they plan to relocate-- this time to Portugal, after Cates found out the hard way that telling immigration officers tha... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday August 8th 2011, 14:35
  • Lock Poker Recruits Chris Moorman and Nicky Evans

    • Lock Poker has managed to further solidify their status since the Full Tilt meltdown last month by recruiting two new professional poker players: Chris Moorman and Nicky Evans. Jennifer Larson, the chief executive officer for Lock Poker, states that... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday July 25th 2011, 23:36
  • Chino Rheem Beats Phil Ivey in Bounty Poker Tournament

    • The Aria Resort and Casino, located in CityCenter in Las Vegas, celebrated the inauguration of its brand new poker room, which was set up in honour of top professional poker player Phil Ivey. Aria organized a $1 million freeroll, a bounty tournament... More >Comments: 0Renee, United Kingdom
      Friday May 28th 2010, 14:40
  • Annette Obrestad to Participate in WSOP 2010

    • Annette Obrestad wasn’t able to participate in the WSOP not because she lacks talents, but because she was too young. This amazing poker player started playing at the tender age of 15, as revealed by her user name “Annette_15”. However, now tha... More >Comments: 0Renee, United Kingdom
      Wednesday May 26th 2010, 16:35
  • Poker Player’s Vow to Donate WSOP Winnings to Charity Inspires Other Poker Pros

    • It is a rare occurrence to see someone win thousands of dollars in a poker game and then give it all away to charity – but that is just what Michael Karnjanaprakorn plans to do should he win the World Series of Poker 2010. More >Comments: 0Renee, United Kingdom
      Sunday May 9th 2010, 10:16
  • Phil Hellmuth

    • Probably no one who shows any interest in professional poker at all will be able to avoid the name Phil Hellmuth. To be honest the U.S. American does his part to be omni-present in the media and has been named Poker Brat for his sometimes rude behavi... More >Comments: 0Kurt, Austria
      Monday May 4th 2009, 11:07
  • Nico Behling

    • Today we want to take a look at a player who is still new to the world of professional poker and not yet such an established name as a Chris Ferguson, let alone Doyle Brunson. Nico Behling, 23 years of age, hasn't even seen a third of the springs tha... More >Comments: 0Kurt, Austria
      Friday May 1st 2009, 09:38
  • Doyle Brunson

    • Last time I wrote about my favourite poker player, a calm and analytical person - Chris Ferguson. Well, Doyle Brunson falls into the same category, regarding both his player personality as well as my personal admiration for him. He is definitely on m... More >Comments: 0Kurt, Austria
      Tuesday April 28th 2009, 12:27
  • Chris Ferguson

    • Today I want to talk about one of my favourite poker players. Why does he have that status with me? Apart from his magnificent carreer as poker player I simply admire his personality at and away from the table. I don't think highly of people who beli... More >Comments: 0Kurt, Austria
      Thursday April 23rd 2009, 21:21
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