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	13th Full Tilt FTOPS Schedule
	Full Tilt has the schedule for the Full Tilt Online Poker Series this August 2009. There will be a total guaranteed cash prize pool for $16M. FTOPS is always one of the best online tournaments and each tournament is hosted by a PRO from FullTiltPoker. Each pro will will conduct a Pro Chat, utilizing interactive chat software that allows players to submit questions to the pros. View the full schedule and more information about XIII FTOPS......
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	Posted on 2009-07-09 14:46:46
	WPT and bwin Team Up for Venice Poker Tournament
	The World Poker Tour partnered with Chili Poker, present a land-based tournament in Marrakech, Morocco last week. In a press release distributed on Monday by the roving poker tour, it was revealed that the WPT has teamed up with bwin to launch WPT Venice. In the storied Italian city, the action will take place at the Casino di Venezia, which is located on the scenic Grand Canal starting on May 6th and running through May 10th. The final table is listed to be televised online at bwins website. WPT Founder, President, and CEO Steve Lipscomb stated in a press release ob being delighted to launch the first ever brick and mortar WPT tournament offering in Italy and the strong partner with the right market position in the region is the bwin and by looking forward working with them to bring this event and the WPT brand to poker players in Italy and Europe. One of the marquee online poker rooms on the Ongame Network is bwin. It is flanked by sites such as Best Poker, Betsafe, Betsson, EuroBet, Hollywood Poker, Poker Loco, Poker Room, Red Kings, and Stryyke. The On game Network is the fifth leading worldwide in terms of player quantity in cash games according to traffic ranking site Poker Scout.com with a current boasting of seven-day running average of 3,150 ring game players with a 24 hour high of 6,006. Its top volume occurs during the evening hours in Europe since the On game Network does not agree to players from the United States......
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	Posted on 2009-03-30 00:04:02
	Semis Set For National Heads-Up Poker Championship
	The National Heads-Up Poker Championship semi-finals are set from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas after two and a half difficult days of play and ended to four amazing participants. Two members of Team PokerStars Pro will fight it out, as Vanessa Rousso will take on Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier simultaneously Huck Seed will meet off against Sam Farha. Vanessa Rousso's Las Vegas experience started on Thursday night by naming her as Go Daddy Girl. She appeared in last month's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, tied with Danica Patrick and original Go Daddy girl Candice Michelle as endorsers of the site and besting as 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and industry icon Doyle Brunson in the first round of play. She defeated Phil Ivey, who many regard as to have the top all-around poker skills in the business. She ended the National Heads-Up Championship run of Paul Wasicka by sinking Ivey’s ship and the runner up in the 2006 WSOP Main Event to Jamie Gold. This Sunday, she will advance to the Final Four with a win over fellow Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu. Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier is one to hold the titles on the World Poker Tour (WPT) and European Poker Tour (EPT), taking down the 2008 Festa al Lago and PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). By refreshing the months passed, he won the PCA's High Roller tournament for $433,000, beating Canadian Will Molson heads-up and riding to the semi-finals in Las Vegas began with a win over Fred Collins in the opening round. At that moment, he defeated young gun Ilari Sahamies, who made his debut on GSN's "High Stakes Poker" during Season 5, which kicked off 7 days ago and continues tonight at 9:00pm ET then trumped 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event winner John Juanda. In the quarterfinals, he beaten Ultimate Bet's Phil Hellmuth, who holds the record for the most number of WSOP bracelets won at 11. Grospellier now faces Rousso......
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	Posted on 2009-03-28 14:05:15
	Poker Computer Win Big
	The National Heads-Up Poker Championship semi-finals are set from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas after two and a half difficult days of play and ended to four amazing participants. Two members of Team PokerStars Pro will fight it out, as Vanessa Rousso will take on Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier simultaneously Huck Seed will meet off against Sam Farha. Vanessa Rousso's Las Vegas experience started on Thursday night by naming her as Go Daddy Girl. She appeared in last month's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, tied with Danica Patrick and original Go Daddy girl Candice Michelle as endorsers of the site and besting as 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and industry icon Doyle Brunson in the first round of play. She defeated Phil Ivey, who many regard as to have the top all-around poker skills in the business. She ended the National Heads-Up Championship run of Paul Wasicka by sinking Ivey’s ship and the runner up in the 2006 WSOP Main Event to Jamie Gold. This Sunday, she will advance to the Final Four with a win over fellow Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu. Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier is one to hold the titles on the World Poker Tour (WPT) and European Poker Tour (EPT), taking down the 2008 Festa al Lago and PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). By refreshing the months passed, he won the PCA's High Roller tournament for $433,000, beating Canadian Will Molson heads-up and riding to the semi-finals in Las Vegas began with a win over Fred Collins in the opening round. At that moment, he defeated young gun Ilari Sahamies, who made his debut on GSN's "High Stakes Poker" during Season 5, which kicked off 7 days ago and continues tonight at 9:00pm ET then trumped 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event winner John Juanda. In the quarterfinals, he beaten Ultimate Bet's Phil Hellmuth, who holds the record for the most number of WSOP bracelets won at 11. Grospellier now faces Rousso......
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	Posted on 2009-03-18 03:45:13
	Bluff Online Poker Challenge Begins Sunday March 1
	The LockPoker.com sponsored the Bluff Online Poker Challenge (BOPC) to kick off this March 1, Sunday with a field of full top online poker players vying the chance to be on the cover of the poker industry’s No.1 publication. Over 20 of the world’s top online poker players, the face off will get into it with 2008 BLUFF Magazine Online Poker Player of the Year David Chicotsky (the Maven) as well as Shaun Deeb (shaundeeb), Kevin Saul (BeLOWaBOVe) and Lock Poker qualifier Jeffrey Romano (Duralast). Eric Morris, publisher of BLUFF Magazine stated that the world’s best players are raring and after the month we’ll see who acquire skills and disciplines required to emerge victorious......
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	Posted on 2009-03-09 02:08:41
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