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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.

Doyle Brunson Annette Obrestad Fight Beats Out World Cup

A public feud between one of poker's oldest players, Doyle Brunson, and one of its youngest, Annette Obrestad, has actually managed to attract more readers than most of Gambling911.com's extensive

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/12/2010

Portly Poker Pro Annette Obrestad Providing a WSOP Bust

Norwegian poker sensation Annette Obrestad is not making much of a mark so far at her first World Series of Poker.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jun/11/2010

Grospellier Earns Tournament of Champions Bid at WSOP

Earlier this week we reported that there would be a single table WSOP Academy Tournament of Champions qualifier in which the winner would earn the last spot in the highly prestigious WSOP Tournamen

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/11/2010

Doyle Brunson Challenges Annette Obrestad After Taking Shot

Legendary poker pro, Doyle Brunson, has responded to shots taken at him by poker wunderkind Annette Obrestad.

In an interview with ESPN, the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe winner Obrestad said "Online players process information so much faster and don't let their egos get in the way of becoming a better player. No disrespect to Doyle, but I'd rather play him."

In that same interview, Obrestad said that "Girls suck at poker".

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/11/2010

Van der Sloot No Off Line Poker Tourney Wins: Only Wanted Girls

For someone who's played a lot of poker at casinos all over the world, murder suspect Joran van der Sloot hasn't done much winning, at least not in major offline poker tournaments.

According to professional poker player databases maintained at Poker Pages (www.pokerpages.com) and Hendon Mob (www.hendonmob.com), van der Sloot, 22, has NEVER finished in the money in any significant offline poker tourney.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jun/11/2010

MyPokerCard Prepaid Credit Card for Online Poker

With all the hullabaloo of the UIGEA making it increasingly difficult for

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/10/2010

Stephany Flores Won Big In Casino Night Of Murder

Originally it had been reported that Stephany Flores only won a small amount at the Atlantic City Casino in Lima, Peru, where she met Dutchman Joran van der Sloot.  Now there are reports that Flor

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/10/2010

Van der Sloot a “Homicidal Maniac” Says Private Investigator

Private investigator Bo Dietl appearing on the CBS "Early Show" has met Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway and a man who this week confes

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/10/2010

Poker Pro Paul Kitsos Dies On Way To WSOP

Described as "morbidly obese", poker pro Paul Kitsos died of a heart attack while in flight from JFK Airport bound for the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas Monday afternoon.

Paul "Smalls" Kitsos was 55 and owned a women's apparel company, according to the paper. After pressing the panic button on his flight to San Francisco, he began "sweating profusely and breathing heavily," the New York Post reports.

The pilot returned to JFK where it took four police officers to remove Kitsos from the plane.

Kitsos weighed more than 350 pounds.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/10/2010

UB.com Preps for the WSOP* 50 Package Super Satellite

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/10/2010

Tzvetkoff Played Santa While Company Crumbled

Jailed Australian online gambling processing mogul Daniel Tzvetkoff apparently spent large sums of money buying Christmas presents for the children of employees while his company crumbled all aroun

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/10/2010

Joran van der Sloot Should Have Gone East, Not South

Joran van der Sloot's biggest mistake after murdering a young woman in Peru was heading south to escape to Chile.

He should have headed east to Brazil.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jun/09/2010

People’s Poker Network Debuts In Top 10

PokerScout.com this week began monitoring licensed online poker traffic in the Italian market. 

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/09/2010

One More Seat Open for WSOP Tournament of Champions

There is one particular tournament at this year's World Series of Poker that is ultra exclusive.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/09/2010

No van der Sloot Prison Sentence Odds as Bookie Steers Clear

A good bet:  The Over/Under on how many years Joran van der Sloot gets sentenced to prison in Peru and which of the Peruvian hellholes he will ultimately end up in.  There is, after all, no cable

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Jun/09/2010

Van der Sloot Was Angry Shark in Two Online Poker Rooms

The primary suspect in the slaying of a young Peruvian woman, Joran van der Sloot, is a known online poker player and was in attendance at the PokerStars sponsored Latin American Poker Tour during

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/09/2010

PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Another Bad Beat

For the second time in so many months, a PokerStars World Poker Tour event has become stomping grounds for hardened criminals.  This past week's Latin American Poker Tour hasn't necessarily played

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/08/2010

World Cup, World Series of Poker: Two Big Sports

The Washington Post this past weekend reported on how the FIFA World Cup and World Series of Poker will be running simultaneously throughout most of June and part of the month of July.

"Technically, poker is not a sport; it's a game. And, of course, in many parts of the world, soccer is not a sport; it's a religion," writer Norman Chad of the Post contends.

Chad compared the two "sports".

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Jun/08/2010

2010 WSOP: The British Are Coming!

British poker players are making out quite well at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Jun/08/2010

Doyle Brunson Would LIke to Meet Stalker in Dark Alley

Doyle Brunson is mad as Hell and he's not going to take it any more.

The legendary poker pro it seems has a stalker.

The individual in question regularly posts negative comments about Brunson on posting forums and in the Comments section of articles using the handle "LeeTheStrikerChagra".  Perhaps he is the same individual who recently lashed out at Brunson on the Gambling911.com website, saying he couldn't wait for him to die.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/08/2010

No WSOP Bracelet for Tom Durrrr Dwan: Down $8 Mil?

In case you missed it, Simon Watt denied online poker sensation Tom Durrrr Dwan of his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this week.  Dwan had entered the final table as the chip leader a

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/08/2010

Joran van der Sloot Confession in Murder of Peru Woman

Peruvian officials have reported that Joran van der Sloot has confessed to murdering a young Peruvian student, Stephany Flores.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/08/2010

Gambling911.com Trending Report June 8, 2010

Over the past 48 hours everybody - AND WE MEAN EVERYBODY - was visiting the Gambling911.com website to learn all about a new term that could not even be found on Google until now: 

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Jun/08/2010

Why Wasn’t van der Sloot at WSOP?

Wannabe poker pro Joran van der Sloot, who was arrested last week in South America in the suspected murder of a young Peruvian woman, reportedly came to Peru for the Latin American Poker Tour (LAP

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jun/07/2010

Unabomber Shatters Poker Endurance World Record

Las Vegas, Nevada - June 7, 2010 - Poker professional Phil "The Unabomber" Laak has set a new world record for the most hours of poker played in a single sitting.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/07/2010

Annette Obrestad: “Female Poker Players Suck”

In a recent interview with ESPN.com, the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe winner Annette Obrestad seemingly bashed all women poker players.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/07/2010

Annette Obrestad Slams Doyle Brunson

Doyle Brunson last week expressed his frustration with UB.com security issues in his blog.  Now we have another famed poker player, the World Series of Poker Europe winner Annette Obrestad slammin

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/07/2010

“Law Of The Donkey” Could be Applied to Joran van der Sloot

Joran van der Sloot, accused of killing a young Peruvian woman and who has long been the lead suspect in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway back in 2005, could be facing some severe jail time if

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/06/2010

Tom Durrrr Dwan Could Win First WSOP Bracelet

Tom "Durrrr" Dwan is a virtual legend in the world of online poker despite his young age.  That success hasn't necessarily transferred beyond the virtual tables however, that is until no

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/06/2010

Joran van der Sloot Interrogated: Met Victim Playing Poker

Joran van der Sloot was escorted by authorities in Peru on Saturday.  He is the lead suspect in the murder of 21-year-old student, Stephany Flores.  Van der Sloot was previously known as the main

Submitted by Alistair Prescott on, Jun/05/2010

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