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Tom Breitling offers Reasons for Ultimate Poker Struggles
Ultimate Poker’s initial year in the US online gaming market didn’t exactly finish out in dream fashion. In Nevada, where they’ve been offering online poker since last April, Ultimate’s player base fell from 180-220 hourly-cash-game players last summer to its current low of 55 players. As for New Jersey, UP’s online poker revenue dropped from…
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PokerStars’ US Fast-Fold Patent gives them a Tremendous Advantage
PokerStars has struck out three times in their efforts to enter the US online poker market. Nevada flat-out denied them, New Jersey said wait two more years, and Delaware didn’t want an operation without an online casino. But while Stars has watched fellow competitors like 888 and partypoker enter the US market, they still hold…
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Debate over whether Full Tilt Players cheated Guy Laliberte
Earlier this week, Cirque du Soleil owner and high stakes poker player Guy Laliberte told Le Journal De Montreal that he was essentially cheated at Full Tilt Poker. Although the French-to-English translation is a little choppy, Laliberte alleges that famous pros were borrowing an endless supply of money from Full Tilt. Combining this unlimited bankroll…
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Waka Flocka dubs Dan Bilzerian the “New Hugh Hefner”
Dan Bilzerian continues to fascinate the world, and All In Magazine is capitalizing on this fascination with a series of interviews with “Blitz.” They’ve now released two parts to the series, with the second just recently coming available. In this segment, Bilzerian starts out by discussing the now-famous staking deal with Jay Farber, where he…
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Greg Merson looking to promote Himself and Poker More
As has been discussed many times over the past few months, Joe Hachem thinks that poker has a problem, and it starts with WSOP Main Event champs and younger pros. Greg Merson definitely saw Hachem’s rant and it’s forced the 2012 Main Event champ to rethink his views on everything from playing tournaments to interviews.…
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Antonio Esfandiari: Broke, Starving in Airport after buying out of No Sex Bet
These days, it seems like Antonio Esfandiari just can’t stay out of the poker news. Whether he’s doing his Strip Magic show for Ultimate Poker or entering into a no sex prop bet with Bill Perkins, Esfandiari is all across the headlines. Speaking of the latter, “The Magician” recently gave some intimate details on the…
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Where have the Poker Fish gone…to your Local Casino
Wondering where all of the online poker fish have gone over the past few years? A great place to check would be your local casino, at least according to The Atlantic, which wrote a great piece on the matter this week. The article follows a poker pro, who goes by the alias “John Calvin,” around…
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Sports Illustrated Pokes Fun at Rafael Nadal’s “Horrible Poker Face”
Rafael Nadal recently faced off against Vanessa Selbst in a heads-up poker game at Casino de Monte Carlo. This was quite an interesting pairing, given that Nadal started playing poker less than two years ago while Selbst is commonly called the world’s best female player, with nearly $10 million in tournament winnings. If there were…
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Phil Hellmuth gives away 11 of his WSOP Bracelets
In a day and age where WSOP champs are pawning their gold bracelets off or donating them to charity (Peter Eastgate), Phil Hellmuth is an exception to the norm. The Poker Brat recently tweeted about giving away 11 out of his record 13 WSOP bracelets, as you can see below: PIC: bye bye WSOP Bracelet…
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Trickett’s Hot Fiance, Natasha Sandhu, lands PokerTube Job
Those who are familiar with the poker career of Sam Trickett may have heard of his fiance, Natasha Sandhu. The beautiful model has been with Sam for nine years and is sometimes the subject of poker gossip. The reason why we’re discussing her now is because she’s landed a new gig with PokerTube. She’ll be…