Sunday, September 21st was not just the first day of fall, but the grand opening of Poker Stars.com World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. 2,185 entrants posted the $5k buy-in, or skillfully worked their way into a free seat at the tables, jumping the $10m guaranteed prize pool by nearly another million, to [...]
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September has been an awesome month across the boards for online poker players and operators alike, but today’s top story comes from FullTiltPoker where five exceptionally talented online poker players have already earned over $1 million in September alone.
Topping the list is professional poker player Phil Ivey, known for his extreme skills, unwavering poker face, [...]
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The long-awaited 2008 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) finally got underway last weekend, and BodogPoker has found a way to keep its members right there in the action without the need to fly potentially halfway around the world.
BodogPoker is offering proposition bets on the outcome of WSOPE Events. For example, who will win one [...]
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The online poker tournament action at Full Tilt was as energetic as ever last Sunday as the weekly $750,000 Guarantee tournament got underway. Kudos to “acatlover” who outlasted the sizeable field to claim the top prize of $132,788.
To the elation of its tournament participants, Full Tilt Poker experienced yet another overlay in its most lucrative [...]
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BodogPoker held a WSOPE “Euro Main Event Semi-Final” Qualifier Sunday that guaranteed at least 2 seats in the upcoming WSOPE Main Event with prize packages worth $24,000. The top two finishers, Cory “Ozone23” Albertson and “syzygy3732”, will both be on their way to London later this month.
With a $500+$40 buy-in, it comes with some surprise [...]
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PKRPoker.com, reputed as the “next generation” of the online poker industry for its innovative 3D design, reached a historic landmark last week by registering its two-millionth customer.
PKRPoker.com is still considered one of the newer online poker rooms, having launched in 2006. Now, less than one year from announcing its one-millionth registrant, the company is extremely [...]
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The long awaited Poker Stars.com 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicked off Friday, September 5th with Events #1 and #2, followed by Event #3 and #4 on Saturday. The results are in, so let’s take a brief look at the winners of each PokerStars WCOOP Event.
PokerStars.com WCOOP Event #1: $200+$15 6-Max NL Hold’em, [...]
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While most of the world was enjoying a relaxing Sunday afternoon, much of the online poker community was poised to take on the weekly PokerStars.com Sunday Million, with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million.
7,212 online poker players leapt into the action at www.PokerStar.net last Sunday, resulting in something the online poker room is no [...]
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