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PokerStars Return to US draws Closer
What once seemed like it was years away appears to be drawing very close as PokerStars is poised to enter the United States again. The world’s largest online poker site has been out of America ever since Black Friday. However, according to New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak, PokerStars should be in the US within…
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Mexico Online Poker Bill coming – Expect Negative Outcome
Mexico is moving closer to regulating online poker, and iGaming in general. A new bill will be introduced to the House of Representatives on September 9th and could be voted into law as early as Sept. 20th. The idea is to update Mexico’s archaic gaming laws, which are still based on legislation from 1947. The…
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Dan Cates up $10.2m, Phil Ivey down $5.1m
Oh what a difference a couple of years can make in high stakes online poker. Coming into the relaunched Full Tilt Poker, Phil Ivey was the game’s biggest winner with $19.2 million in online profits. However, he’s since taken a big tumble over the nearly-two years since Full Tilt reopened. Switching to the name “Polarizing,”…
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Famed Poker Author Tony Korfman passes away at 71
Poker pro and noted gambling author Tony Korfman recently passed away at age 71. As reported in this TwoPlusTwo post, Korfman fell and broke his hip a couple of weeks ago. He never recovered and passed away on August 18th, 2014. As a poker player, he made $355,320 in live tournaments and finished runner-up in…
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Annette Obrestad relives “Blind” Online Tournament Win
From winning the 2007 WSOP Europe Main Event as an 18-year-old to starting her poker career through freerolls, Annette Obrestad has become one of poker’s living legends. But if there’s one act that truly defines Obrestad’s career more than anything else, it’s when she won an online tournament without looking at her cards. The Norwegian…
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Daniel Negreanu reveals why he chose PokerStars over FTP, UB and Party
It seems like Daniel Negreanu has been the face of PokerStars forever. So it’s hard to remember him representing a different online poker site at any point in time. However, going back to 2004, Kid Poker was actually involved in his own poker room called FullContactPoker. Some players today may recognize this site because it’s…