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PokerStars.com APPT Auckland Day 2 Recap
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Final two tables, APPT Auckland - Day 2, 2008 Asia Pacific Poker Tour
Day 2 of PokerStars.com APPT Auckland had the potential to be the longest, slowest day of the tournament but instead was more reminiscent of an F1 race.
Aggression was the name of the game as 95 players were eliminated in nine hours of play. Just when you thought the action would slow as the bubble approached the players powered through and... Read More
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Falling For You! North American Poker Championship, Eh?
Friday, October 10, 2008
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Cory Carroll, North American Poker Championship - Day 1a
Poker fans in the great northern state of Canadia can rejoice: the game of poker has returned to that nation's icy shores with the World Poker Tour's third annual North American Poker Championship from frigid Niagara Falls, Canada.
In fairness to the Canucks, temperatures as play got underway in the Fallsview Casino and Resort overlooking... Read More
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PokerStars.com APPT Auckland Day 1b Recap
Friday, October 10, 2008
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James Honeybone, APPT Auckland - Day 1B, Asian Pacific Poker Tour
A total of 142 players including Team PokerStars pros Joe Hachem and Lee Nelson piled into the poker room of Skycity Casino to take part in Day 1b of PokerStars.com APPT Auckland.
The Day 1b field, when combined with the Day 1a runners, bumped the total number of entrants in APPT Auckland up to 306, which further proved just how poker-starved the... Read More
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What Credit Crunch?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
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Liz Lieu playing in Day 1a of the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event
While the rest of the world has been shocked by the stock market crash, I've been in some of the juiciest cash games I've seen in a long time.
The $400-$800 game has been spread lately at the Commerce, and a new Jamaican guy has turned it into an action party. I'd played a good game after shooting bullets at... Read More
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PokerStars.com APPT Auckland Day 1a Recap
Thursday, October 9, 2008
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Maori dancers, APPT Auckland - Day 1A, 2008 Asian Pacific Poker Tour
Day 1a of PokerStars.com APPT Auckland felt like another groundbreaking moment in the history of poker.
A total of 164 players bought in for Day 1a, and without having seen the final number of entrants for Day 1b, it's safe to say that the first APPT event held in New Zealand will be the biggest poker tournament ever played in the country.
One... Read More
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Top 5 Ways to Keep Sharp After Folding
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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Chad Brown playing in EPT London Day 1a
In live ring games, players tend to lose interest when they are not involved in hands and find their mind (and eyes) wandering elsewhere.
Unfortunately, too many players don't realize there's a plethora of valuable tidbits that can be learned during these moments after folding out of a hand.
This top list hopes to tackle this issue with five... Read More
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If You Fold, You Probably Will Not Win
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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John Guth wins Event 36, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight-or-Better at the 2007 WSOP
Most of the world's poker pros haven't learned the basic lesson in today's title - except for Daniel Negreanu, whose pockets are stuffed with $5 bills and who lives in a mansion on a hill surrounded by rattlesnakes.
The mathematical premise is fairly simple. At your average nine-player full-ring table, if the cards are distributed... Read More
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Mercier Wins PokerStars EPT London £1m Showdown!
Monday, October 6, 2008
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Jason Mercier wins the PokerStars EPT London £1m Showdown
In a battle between two of the hottest winning streaks in poker, Jason Mercier defeated John Juanda in heads-up play to capture the PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown on Monday night at the Vic.
Mercier, who shocked the poker world last April with a victory at... Read More
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Top 5 Skills That Separate Pros from Amateurs
Monday, October 6, 2008
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Daniel Negreanu playing in Day 2 of the WSOPE Main Event
The gap between pros and amateurs is always huge, whatever the game. Try watching an adult league hockey game and then watch the NHL.
It just doesn't compare - the game is faster, the players are stronger, the hits are bone-crushing; it's a whole different ball game.
In poker the edge isn't always quite so apparent. After all, both pros... Read More
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Luckbox Inc.: Martin Wins EPT London
Sunday, October 5, 2008
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The final table at PokerStars EPT London Season 5
It wasn't quite a chip and a chair, but Michael Martin's victory at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour's London leg featured about as dramatic a comeback as you're liable to see at the final table of a major poker tournament.
Down to his last two big blinds with four players remaining, the 24-year-old Pennsylvanian went on a card rush for... Read More
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Playing Heads-Up
Sunday, October 5, 2008
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Paul Wasicka on Day 1 of the 2008 NBC Heads-Up Championship
By Paul Wasicka -- Heads-up play is one of the most important aspects of poker, and many players could benefit from strengthening this part of their game.
Position is crucial in heads-up play. So is aggression and reading your opponent. In fact, playing aggressively in position can often be the deciding factor in... Read More
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Final Table Set at PokerStars EPT London
Saturday, October 4, 2008
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Marcin Horecki on Day 3 of EPT London Season 5
We're down to the hot and heavy at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour's London event as another day of reckoning has brought the final table and that £1 million first prize within the grasp of an elite eight.
Thirty-two players, comprising the final four tables, returned to the hallowed halls of the Vic for Day 3 action, all with a... Read More
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Rainy Night In Soho: EPT London Day 2
Friday, October 3, 2008
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Gus Hansen playing in Day 2 of PokerStars EPT London
With some 160-odd players entering the fray on this Day 2 of Pokerstars.com EPT London, one would think the Euro-donks had made their exits already and only the cream of the crop were left to settle the score.
But the speed with which the collective field was willing to ship it and run suggested otherwise. While getting down... Read More
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Oo-la-la
Friday, October 3, 2008
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Lacey Jones lingerie shoot sneak preview
Hey everyone! Well, I'm back in Las Vegas and off to a running start. Getting in from Philadelphia on a Sunday I went straight to the gym, then an appointment with Terry (my suntan guru), and finally crashed on top of the bed with my clothes and shoes on!
I must have been so tired because when my phone rang at 9 p.m. I had drool all over... Read More
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The Longest Day: Juanda Wins WSOPE ME
Friday, October 3, 2008
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John Juanda after his victory at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
Ivan Demidov came into the final table of the Betfair Poker World Series of Poker Europe Main Event the focal point. More than 21 hours later, however, it was John Juanda who had landed his name in the history books.
The introverted Indonesian-American pro claimed his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet - and first since 2003 - after... Read More