May 18, 2012

Michael Mizrachi sued by Deliverance Poker

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Remember the first 20 tournaments of the 2010 WSOP? Me either since ESPN didn’t cover any of them this year with the exception of a few select events. IF you did get the see or play in any of these tournaments you would have witnessed one Michael Mizrachi donning the logos and hat of a [...]

Triple Stud Poker at PokerStars

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Editors Note: There are only two sites offering Triple Stud Poker – Great deposit bonus of $600.00 and the worlds largest poker site, you can’t go wrong here. Get a huge welcome bonus by using this link to sign up. And…   PokerStars recently released a new mixed game format called Triple Stud Poker. Stud [...]

High Stakes games online get serious this week

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Someone, somewhere, was yelling “DONK DOWN” waving a big white flag while Gus Hansen dropped 1.1 Million over the weekend. After crushing the Omaha-8 game earlier for around $400K, he fell victim to two bullies named Cole South and Phil Ivey. You normally see six and seven figure swings in the PLO games but as [...]

Baccarat winners put dent in Las Vegas May revenue

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Casinos have an interesting relationship with poker players, they’re playing for other players money – not the house money. They make a little scratch from the rake but poker rooms are far from a casino’s cash cow. Slot machines hold that honor followed by table games such as Let It Ride and Black Jack. Baccarat [...]

Full Tilt Poker – FTOPS XVI kicks off today

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All the cool kids know that FTOPS is the Full Tilt Online Poker Series and that it’s one of the richest online poker tournaments out there. The size and scale of this tournament rivals those of land based events such as the WSOP (with the exception of the Main Event), so it’s definitely worth checking [...]

Annie Duke announces new iPhone App

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Looks like that stint on Celebrity Apprentice turned Annie into a female Donald Trump – the poker entrepreneur has now launched her own iPhone App. Complete with poker tutorials as well as the obligatory link to her poker site of choice, the app is actually pretty good. You get free access to a poker odds calculator, poker tips, and [...]

Vegas is fighting over .vegas

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Rarely does a story originate from Sin City that is truly… unique. Sure, lots of crazy stuff happens in Vegas. That’s where the whole “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” tagline came from. However, you have to pay attention here because this one is a tall tale, indeed – It all started with a [...]

Durrrr Full Tilt Poker Commercial

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Tom “Durrrr” Dwan the next Full Tilt Poker Superstar? They’re sure working towards it – The newest Full Tilt Poker Commercial features Tom looking in a mirror in a “looking back in time” type sequence where he try’s to find his poker playing style. He first tries to emulate Gus Hansen, then Phil Ivey, and [...]

Slots.com up for auction

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Slots.com will soon wind up in the hands of a deep pocketed organization looking to capitalize on the recent trend of buying high-value gambling domains. Likely lured by the successful $1,000,000 transaction for poker.org, the owner of slots.com decided to put this one on the auction block as well. Internet forums are buzzing (so is [...]

Kentucky is at it again – puts a bad beat on Full Tilt Poker

Kentucky Poker Case

Way back in September of 2008, word broke that the State of Kentucky (more specifically the Governor) was making a bid to gain control of many of the top domain names in the online poker world. The list was (and is) a Who’s Who of the poker world, including Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, Absolute Poker, [...]