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The online feud at Full Tilt Poker between Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond and Gus Hansen is in full swing as the two players engaged in a high stakes battle with more ebbs and flows and monster pots than most railbirds could digest.
Submitted by Guest on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 12:44
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Watch out CNN. Poker pro Doyle Brunson, the Texas Dolly, has finally debuted his Twitter page and within only a 24 hour period, Doyle already had 86 followers. That's more than Gambling911.com resident hottie Jenny Woo has gotten in her few weeks on Twitter.
Submitted by C Costigan on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 23:39
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The very charitable Annie Duke has blasted her fellow Celebrity Apprentice colleague, Joan Rivers, on Twitter. The popular poker pro learned that Ms. Rivers had accused Duke (and perhaps all poker players for that matter) of being "tax evaders".
Submitted by C Costigan on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 10:37
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Currently the first player to take on Durrrr in the million dollar challenge, Patrik Antonius has shown his willingness to gamble it up in the highest stakes poker games anywhere.
Submitted by Guest on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 08:54
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Twitter is all the rage these days and quite a few of your favorite poker pros are Tweeting (or as Annie Duke might say, "Doing Twat").
Submitted by Payton on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 08:49
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It came down to the two big names at the final table of the 2009 Irish Poker Open. Ultimately Sweden poker pro, Christer Johansson, defeated the United Kingdom's Kara Scott. Johansson took home a whopping €600,000.
Submitted by Ace King on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 20:26
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Sunday night's show covered a task and a half. In the first task we had to create a display and take away package for Lifelock, an identity theft protection service. After that, we are asked to put on an Ivanka Trump Jewelry auction to raise money for our charities. I am going to talk about the second task in another blog that I will post right after this.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 15:56
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Gambling911.com can rejoice at the news that poker legend and - some would say "the face of online poker" - Doyle Brunson, will be around for many years to come. His doctor gave him the news last week.
Submitted by Ace King on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 12:13
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As has been the case throughout the weekend, the 2009 Irish Open Poker Tournament has been led by names that most people are not familiar with although there are two relatively big names sitting at the final table.
Submitted by Ace King on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:36
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Following Day 2 of the 2009 Irish Open Poker Tournament, Andrew Bradshaw led the pack followed by Lee Brooke-Pearce.
Submitted by Ace King on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 17:02
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One thing is for certain if you sit down to railbird the highest stakes table over at Full Tilt Poker. It might not happen all the time, it may not even happen at every session you watch. But inevitably, you will be treated to seeing a pot of over $500,000 get taken down by someone.
Submitted by Guest on Sat, 04/11/2009 - 11:15
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The leading poker agency continues its expansion worldwide
Submitted by Guest on Sat, 04/11/2009 - 11:07
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Lacey Jones total career poker winnings may only be a measly $12,921, but she is still one of the most recognized faces in the game today....perhaps because she's super hot.
Submitted by Ace King on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 13:30
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Our friends at www.aintluck.com on Thursday provided us with information that Clonie Gowen's lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker had been dropped. The folks at Pokerati confirmed otherwise.
Submitted by C Costigan on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 13:06
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Poker players love to Twitter, just like Yours Truly, Jenny Woo. We learn from Twitter that it is poker pro Lacey Jones birthday. Happy Birthday Lacy!
Submitted by Jenny Woo on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 23:02
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The AintLuck.com story related to Clonie Gowen and the dismissal of her lawsuit was incorrect. Please see below for details
Submitted by Guest on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 13:44
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Officials on the Chinese offshore gambling island of Macau have given the Asian Poker Tour permission to expand its popular Macau event. Among those slated to participate in the August 12 to 23 mega event, Chili Poker hottie Lisa Lieu (pictured).
Submitted by Ace King on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 13:21
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More and more poker players have begun to jump on board the Twitter bandwagon as well. Twitter allows us mere mortals to get a glimpse into the private lives of our favorite poker players. Let's see what they've been up to.
Submitted by Payton on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 11:20
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The online poker blog Pokerati featured a good piece about the "Bad Guys of Poker" - and we're not talking about the "David William I'm Too Cool To Introduce Myself To You" kinda bad guys but rather those murderers and thieves.
Submitted by Ace King on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 10:19
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The poker community was saddened to have learned that Casey Reese, son of the late poker legend, Chip Reese, passed away this week. The cause of death is under investigation but Doyle Brunson has suggested it was the result of a prescription overdose.
Submitted by Ace King on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:17
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UltimateBet has given its roster of online poker talent a heavy dose of awesome. The leading online poker site today announced the addition of 25-year-old poker sensation Matt Graham, a former pre-med student, to its Star Players team.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 20:54
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Poker is a game of high peaks and low valleys. Sometimes bad players win money and sometimes good players lose money. Any experienced poker player would agree that a player can go through prolonged winning and losing streaks.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 20:49
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In recent days, two top poker professionals have begun regularly disseminating their thoughts via Twitter, the latest E-method of instant communication.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 12:59
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So, this week on Celebrity Apprentice the task was to create a viral video for All Detergent. As I suspected going into task delivery, the teams got shuffled up. I stayed on Team Athena along with Melissa Rivers, Brande Roderick, Tionne Watkins and Jesse James.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 22:30
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Frisky Phil got me on my bark for sex in a tree. So says Rachel Pascall of Apprentice star Phillip Taylor.
Submitted by Payton on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 23:30
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