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Macphee Wins Robbery Delayed Ept Berlin
The 29-year-old from Idaho beat Finnish player Ilari Tahkokallio heads-up to take down the largest poker tournament in German history and its massive €1 million first prize. A star in the online game that broke the PokerStars record for most Tournament Leader Board points in April 2008, accruing more than $100,000   More...

Added On: March 9th, 2010

The Sunday Scoop West Books Second Chance Win
West, who has close to $900k in live tournament earnings over the past four years, banked $51,853.44 for the win. But he wasn't the only well know pro to post some big numbers Sunday. Jordan "Octavian_C" Rich won the $215 H.O.R.S.E. on PokerStars beating a field of 143 players while Tyler "puffinmypurp"   More...

Added On: March 9th, 2010

Duke Dominates In Nbc Heads Up Win
"I'm so excited to win such a prestigious event and join the likes of Huck Seed, Chris Ferguson and Phil Hellmuth as Heads-Up Champion," said Duke, who became the first-ever woman to win the NBC Heads-Up title. "I came into this tournament really focused and it feels great to finally break   More...

Added On: March 9th, 2010

Isildur1 And Dwan Crush The Weekend
The first big session for Dwan came Saturday evening when he sat for 413 hands of heads-up $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha against Isildur1. Dwan left the session up $81k, logging off for the night. Eight hours later, before dawn on Sunday, Dwan sat for 360 hands of $300/$600 PLO against Patrik Antonius and   More...

Added On: March 9th, 2010

Women Rule The Day At Bay 101
After all, Bay 101 has seen deeper runs by women than any other venue on the World Poker Tour. At the 2007 edition of the popular bounty event, Joanne Liu made runner-up to Ted Forrest in an attempt to become the WPT's first female champion. Then last year, veteran pro Kathy Liebert   More...

Added On: March 9th, 2010

Partygaming Poker Revenues Drop
"Whilst the macroeconomic environment remains uncertain, we remain focused on executing our stated strategy and are confident about the Group's prospects," said PartyGaming CEO Jim Ryan. The Gibraltar-based company, which runs PartyPoker, dropped from a $66.9 million profit in 2008 as total revenue declined 6% to $446.2 million. The loss is being   More...

Added On: March 7th, 2010

Online Poker Rooms Gear Up For 2010 Wsop
PartyPoker is giving away a $14,000 WSOP Main Event package, including buy-in, accommodations and $2k in spending money, for absolutely nothing. The site just introduced a comprehensive range of WSOP qualifiers this week, starting with daily freerolls. Qualifiers are online now until June 13 with the main $700+$50 satellites taking place every   More...

Added On: March 7th, 2010

Isildur1 Takes On David Benefield
Including the session with Benefield, Isildur1 booked 4,700 hands yesterday on limits ranging from $25/$50 to $100/$200. Although almost all of his hands came from Pot-Limit Omaha, 99 of them went down at a couple of tables of $50/$100 Cap No-Limit Hold'em. Isildur1's match with Benefield began at $50/$100 PLO where he   More...

Added On: March 7th, 2010

Lapt Chile Cancelled
The earthquake struck 175 miles south of Viña del Mar, killing almost 300 people. PokerStars officials say the cancellation was forced by the effects of the earthquake and in light of current rescue and recovery efforts. The event was scheduled to be held at the Enjoy Viña del Mar Casino and Resort   More...

Added On: March 7th, 2010

Online Satellite Winner Takes Wpt Invitational Title
LeRon "Dream187" Washington, a 34-year-old West Virginia boxer and part-time poker player walked away with $75,000 in cash and a seat in the $25,000 WPT World Championship coming up this April. "It's a dream come true," he said. "I've been waiting for this day a long time." Washington beat 1,683 players in   More...

Added On: March 7th, 2010

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