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Robert Mizrachi is a WSOP Champion Once Again
When it comes to poker-playing brothers, few duos are more famous than Michael and Robert Mizrachi. Both players have had considerable success in tournaments and lay claim to almost $20 million in combined winnings. As for the WSOP, Robert was the first one to strike for a gold bracelet as he took down the 2007…
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Debate over Mike Matusow’s Excessive Celebration intensifies
A few days ago, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow was hit with an excessive celebration penalty in a 2014 WSOP $2.5k Omaha-8/Stud-8 event. Since then, many poker pros like Daniel Negreanu have jumped to his defense, saying that big personalities are good for the game and the penalty was uncalled for. As for The Mouth himself,…
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WSOP Seniors Event has another Banner Year
Last year, we discussed how the 2013 WSOP Seniors Hold’em tournament was a record-smashing event as it drew 4,407 players. Well, it doesn’t look like the popularity of this tourney has leveled off any because the 2014 WSOP $1k Seniors Hold’em event eclipsed last year’s mark by drawing 4,425 entrants. People often talk about how…
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Keven “Stammdogg” Stammen wins WPT Championship and $1.35m
Already leading the Global Poker Index’s Player of the Year standings, Keven “Stammdogg” Stammen vaulted himself even further ahead of the competition last night by winning the Season XII WPT World Championship along with $1.35 million. Stammen beat out a 328-player field to top the World Poker Tour’s most prestigious tournament. Interestingly enough, though, it…
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Deadspin explains “Why You’ll Never make A Living playing Live Poker Tournaments”
Many people are familiar with the website Deadspin.com, which covers major sports gossip. Given the focus of their site, Deadspin doesn’t exactly do a lot of poker features. That said, the piece they turned out on Why You’ll Never Make a Living Playing Poker Tournaments was quite impressive. The article takes off on a Bryan…
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Norway Finally legalizing Poker Tournaments
Norway has spawned several world-famous poker pros in Annette Obrestad, Johnny Lodden and Thor Hansen. This is quite amazing when you consider that these players can’t even enjoy a legal poker tournament on their home soil. Luckily, that’s set to change with Norway’s Culture Minister, Thorhild Widvey, calling for the legalization of poker tourneys. At…
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Royal Poker Tournament claims Winner will earn $50m
Think Antonio Esfandiari’s $18.3 million prize in the 2012 WSOP Big One for One Drop was huge? Then perhaps you haven’t heard about the proposed $1 million buy-in Royal Poker Challenge, which is set to pay $50 million to the winner. Okay, so if you’re having a hard time believing this one, you aren’t alone.…
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2014 WSOP ‘Big One’ could crown Poker’s Biggest Winner
Announcements regarding the 2014 WSOP schedule have been made, and a couple of very popular tournaments are returning. Both the $1,500 Millionaire Maker and $1 million Big One for One Drop will be back at the Rio for next year’s WSOP. The Big One is definitely the headliner here because last time it set some…