Mark the date. On December 28, 2008 at 3:30pm ET, PokerStars plans to hold a tournament that will probably be known as the biggest cash tournament of all time—at least when it comes to field size. Wondering if this is all hype? Probably not. PokerStars has contacted the Guinness Book of World Records in [...]

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After a hard fought battle, Salvatore Bonavena finished on top at the Main Event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour in Prague. Bonavena’s final table odyssey was a roller-coaster ride as he lost and regained chip lead several times before finally being crowned champion. For his amazing victory versus fellow [...]

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If you have some extra time to spare this holiday season, you should pay a visit to Bodog. The online poker room will run a 45-event series aptly called, the “12 Days of Poker.” The series will run for 12 days from December 21 to January 1. As a Christmas gift, [...]

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It was a star-studded single-table tournament but this time, no one was playing for extra money in their bankrolls. PokerStars.Com Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Tournament of Champions invited APPT winners to come back and compete against each other for their respective charities. In the end, it was Vanessa Rousso who came out on [...]

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A lot of people may end up spending a lot less money during the World Series of Poker in 2009. WSOP Communications Director Seth Palanksy admitted that organizers are thinking of stopping rebuy events after several players voiced out their concerns. Hanah’s Entertainment and WSOP organizers are weighing the pros and cons of rebuy [...]

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The BC Open Poker Championships is one of Canada’s largest poker events. It shouldn’t be a surprise then that it was won by one of the most popular Canadians in the poker world. Daniel Negreanu, who has been playing great poker by the way if you look at his record in recent events, won in [...]

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Talk about a mad rush. For Danny ‘THE__D__RY’ Ryan, Sunday was a big payday waiting to happen. Ryan went on a poker rampage to wreak havoc on the two biggest online events on Sunday—PokerStars’ Sunday Million and Full Tilt’s $750,000 Guarantee. Ryan finished in 23rd place at Full Tilt’s online poker and came from behind [...]

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Amit Makhija, who is slowly but surely making a name for himself in the world of poker, has captured the “High Rollers’ title at Fill Tilt’s Online Poker Series (FTOPS X) last Sunday. Makhija paid the steep $5,000+200 buy-in (after all, there needs to be a reason why this was called the “High Rollers” [...]

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The wait is over. We now know the names of the poker luminaries added to the prestigious Poker Hall of Fame list. It has been announced that the 2008 inductees are Duane “Dewey’ Tomko and Henry Orenstein. The two will be the Poker Hall of Fame’s 36th and 37th inductees. Tomko and Orenstein will [...]

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The Money Mad Cash Giveaway promotion by mansionpoker.com this week has boosted its reputation as one of the world’s most thrilling poker rooms by giving away by as much as $200,000.

The Money Mad Cash Giveaway which ran for 5 weeks starting from September 2008 to October 2008 had options for its participants/customers [...]

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