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Daniel Negreanu expresses his disgust with Bitar, Lederer, and Ferguson

Feb 9, 2012 at 5:45 pm in Latest Poker News by George Wilewicz · 2 Comments »

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I troll poker forums, blogs, on a daily basis. Recently, I came across this blog post, the most recent entry, in Daniel Negreanu’s poker blog. Since we receive countless emails asking for FTP updates, I thought this was fitting to add into our Online Poker Magazine. In this blog post, the poker professional, discusses tournaments he’s played, account hacking, and gets into expressing his opinions about Ray Bitar, Howard Lederer, and Chris Ferguson, the leaders of the infamous  [read more →]

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Senator writes open letter to poker players on Facebook

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Senator John Boozman (R-AR) wrote an open letter on his Facebook page, in response to the overwhelming amount of comments, phone calls, and letters he’s recieved relating to the pro-poker movement in the United States.

Here is the open letter the Senator wrote on his Facebook:

“Back in June of 2011, I noticed an uptick in posts on my Facebook page from advocates of online poker legislation. From the activity on my Facebook page in the past 24 hours, I can  [read more →]

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Bovada’s new Black Diamond Poker Open starts in March.

Feb 7, 2012 at 6:34 pm in Latest Poker News by George Wilewicz · Leave a Comment »

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Bovada.lv (the new face of Bodog Poker) has set a schedule of events called the Diamond Poker Open scheduled to start in March. With over 2,000 Satellites, 52 Events, and Non-stop play, the tournaments should make any poker player that plays online salivate.

There are some very lucrative tournaments, with relatively low buy-=in’s, these tournaments should fill up quickly. Here is some more information from Bovada.lv:

“The new BDPO tournament series is eight weeks of your favorite online poker tournament games  [read more →]

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Barry Greenstein speaks out regarding his FTP debt.

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Barry Greenstein spoke out about his FullTiltPoker debts and why he is reluctant to pay them back. It’s simple.. If they pay US players back what’s owed, he’ll pay the new FTP owners.

Here is what Barry had to say in a recent 2+2 post:

“I have been inundated with calls from all the poker media sites regarding this, so it’s easier for me to respond in one place. Obviously, 2+2 has become the main place where people discuss online  [read more →]

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Is FullTiltPoker sale being held by Player Debts?

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Lately many rumors have been circulating about the sale of FullTiltPoker to Groupe Bernard Tapie, a french investment group, and how player funds will be released to FullTiltPoker players who still have money tied up with the poker site.

Behn Dayanim explained the situation to PokerStrategy.com in this article:

“GBT doesn’t want to acquire assets which will need to be litigated over later. In total, the sum owed to the company is between $10 and $20 million. Several of the  [read more →]

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Merge Poker Network announces Poker Maximus Tournament Series

Feb 5, 2012 at 1:12 am in Latest Poker News by George Wilewicz · Leave a Comment »

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The Merge Poker Network has grown to be one of the biggest poker networks in the world. Recently, they have announced a new poker series with tons of new events and massive payouts for poker players. The Merge network sites (including Lock Poker, Sportsbook Poker, and Aced.com) will be flooded with players looking to score.

Here is what a Merge poker room operator has said about the events:

Starting March of 2012 we are going to run the first ever tournament  [read more →]

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GSN pulls the plug on High Stakes Poker

Dec 7, 2011 at 11:15 am in Latest Poker News by George Wilewicz · Leave a Comment »

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Many poker professionals and amateurs either watch or record High Stakes Poker at some point. The show brought a new poker show to cable tv, and really enhanced the perspective of how large poker games can get, and how professionals really play their hands.

The show’s producers really wanted to showcase almost every hand, meaning, it’s not edited down like past years of WSOP broadcasts have been. Poker players don’t want to see just the all-in/call hands, they want to see  [read more →]

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Pokerstars picks up Piuz Heinz, dumps JP Kelly and Juan Maceiras

Nov 21, 2011 at 2:37 pm in Latest Poker News by George Wilewicz · Leave a Comment »

Pokerstars recently picked up Piuz Heinz, the 2011 World Series of Poker champion, to add to their roster of Team Pro’s. Apparently, this meant that they didn’t need as many Team Pokerstar Pro’s from Europe, as they have also taken JP Kelly and Juan Maceiras off of their site and Pro Roster.

Both Kelly and Maceiras are successful professionals, with over $1,000,000 in tournament winnings for each of them. Kelly is a double bracelet winner with consistent finishes in large  [read more →]

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BubbleProtection.com expands Online Tournament Poker payouts.

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Las Vegas Company BBL Enterprises, LLC has introduced a new website which is an amazing tool for professional online poker players as well as amateurs alike. What BubbleProtection.com does is simple, it expands the “bubble” of a tournament by 10%.

How it works, is that you would choose a tournament you will be playing in, you buy protection from BubbleProtection (usually a fraction of your buy-in). BubbleProtection then expands the payouts by 10% more than the poker site you are  [read more →]

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Ultimate High Roller Watch? Christophe Claret’s new 21 Blackjack.

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High Rollers and Poker Professionals LOVE to spend their money. The Poker Pro’s that I know usually buy anything and everything poker or gambling related, especially watches. I know one Pro, who has a collection of over 200 watches, varying from an old Timex to a $50,000 Rolex and everything in between.

I’m a big fan of watches and proudly wear a few on a regular basis, but this work of art made me salivate at the thought of seeing one  [read more →]