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PokerListings Pulse #18: Tana delle Tigri, 888poker Live, and So Much More!

Another week gone, another poker recap ready. While April draws to a close, the poker world is showing no sign of slowing down. Just the opposite, it's kicking into high…

May 6, 2024 | Iva Dozet
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WPT Global Spring Festival and Qualify Online for WPT Montreal

It's the month of online poker tournament series, WPT Global continues their popular trend of giving back value to its players. The Spring Festival officially kicked off last night, and…

May 6, 2024 | Melvin Schroen
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Top Five Mind-Blowing Dan Cates’ Podcasts

The famous high-roller poker player Daniel «Jungleman» Cates has been running his podcast Winning the Game of Life since March 19th, 2022. Up till May 2nd, 2024 Cates released a…

May 4, 2024 | Vasilisa Zyryanova
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888poker Live Heading to Barcelona in May!

For its next stop, the 888poker Live Series is heading to Barcelona, Spain between May 8th and May 20th. Combine great poker action with the sun, the sea, and La…

May 4, 2024 | Melvin Schroen
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Backing in Online Poker: Complete Guide in 2024

Backing is a pivotal part of the poker industry, potentially helping players reach their poker dreams faster. Still, backing has a lot of pitfalls you need to know about before…

May 3, 2024 | Vasilisa Zyryanova
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Kicking off the Mediterranean Poker Party – Mystery Bounty $1M GTD

The Mediterranean Poker Party 2024 has officially started with the $1,100 Mystery Bounty Event. For this event, the MPP joined forces with the EAPT Series. This time around, it's being held at…

May 2, 2024 | Melvin Schroen
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Tana delle Tigri Crowns Winner as Banco Casino Masters Gears Up!

The Tana delle Tigri Main Event finished strong over the weekend, crowning Italian Alessio Liscia as its new champion. After defeating a total of 964 entries, Liscia emerged victorious turning…

May 2, 2024 | Iva Dozet
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WSOP 1971 – The First Series of Tournaments and Johnny Moss’s Second Victory

The idea for the World Series of Poker had emerged a year earlier. The best players of the time had gathered at Binion's Horseshoe casino. They competed for the championship…

April 30, 2024 | Max Streltcoff
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Puggy Pearson

About Puggy Pearson Current ResidenceDeceasedBornJanuary 29, 1929Birth PlaceAdairvill, KY, USATotal Winnings$473.680 Puggy Pearson Trivia Only player present at every WSOP from 1970 to 2005Credited with creating the “freeze out” tournament styleMember of…

August 23, 2019 | Adam Lucas
Jennifer Tilly

About Jennifer Tilly Current ResidenceHarbor City, CA, USABornSeptember 16, 1958Birth PlaceHarbor City, CA, USATotal Winnings$1,034,348 Jennifer Tilly Trivia Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Bullets Over BroadwayFirst Hollywood…

August 23, 2019 | Elena D'Angelo
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John Juanda

About John Juanda Current ResidenceLas Vegas, NV, USABornApril 30, 1968Birth PlaceLos Angeles, CA, USATotal Winnings$25,295,171 John Juanda Trivia 5-time WSOP bracelet winnerHolds an MBA from Seattle UniversityFormer award-winning bible salesman Player Score7/10Aggressiveness7Looseness6Limit6No-limit8Side…

August 22, 2019 | Adam Lucas
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John Duthie

About John Duthie Current ResidenceLondon, United KingdomBornMay 13, 1958Birth PlaceYorkshire, United KingdomTotal Winnings$2.931.822 John Duthie Trivia Married with two childrenFormer Film and Television directorCreator, CEO and executive producer of the…

August 22, 2019 | Adam Lucas
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Hand of the Week: Holz Escapes Shak’s Rock & Hard Place

Last year 49 players paid $300,000 each to play in the Aria Super High Roller Bowl and fight for a $5 million top prize. Among them was German prodigy Fedor…

March 4, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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Hand of the Week: Petrangelo Stays Cool Under Aussie Heat

At the highest buy-in event so far this year, Mike Watson and Nick Petrangelo managed to outlast Fedor Holz and move on to heads-up play. Having knocked off the hottest…

February 25, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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The Success Principles of Poker: The Power of Silence

Phil Ivey is the greatest pound-for-pound poker player alive. Patrik Antonius made the online poker world his own. Phil Galfond is an uber-talented player well-respected by his esteemed peers. What…

February 22, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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Hand of the Week: A $1.6m Hero Call to Win Aussie Millions

In this year’s Aussie Millions main event amateur player Shurane Vijayaram didn’t just beat the world’s elite — he made a spectacular hero call in the final hand to do…

February 18, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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8 Biases That Are Making You Worse at Poker

It’s hard to escape your personal biases. That’s one of the main points behind celebrated Magic: The Gathering pro Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa’s excellent “8 Biases That Are Making…

February 14, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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Hand of the Week: Dwan Drops Sledgehammer on Bob Safai

Tom Dwan has been gone from the big poker stage for a while but he’s left us with several masterpieces of poker art. He was the star of the great…

February 11, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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Hand of the Week: Best Hand to Nuts to Second Nuts to Gone

When two world-class poker players clash, you have a recipe for excitement. This battle between Dan Colman and Christoph Vogelsang at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas had a couple of twists…

February 4, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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Hand of the Week: A Monster That Might Not Be the Nuts

A set of kings is a monster, usually. But by the river it isn’t necessarily the nuts. At the most expensive poker tournament of last year – the $300,000 Super…

January 28, 2017 | PokerListings Team
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