Poker News
The much anticipated annual California State Poker Championship Main Event schedule has just been released. For the year 2011, the tournament will start on May 4, with the Main event commencing on May 20 and will end on May 22, when the 2011 California State Poker Champion will be declared.
The California State Poker Championship Main Event will, of course, be held at the Commerce Casino located in the greater Los Angeles area.
California State Poker Championship: the annual event
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The huge success of Casinos Austria Poker Tour (CAPT) for the past three years has been a great factor that Casinos Austria continually offers this series of poker tournaments throughout the Austrian Casinos. The CAPT 2011 will take center stage on the gorgeous Austrian Casinos starting January and culminates in the 22nd European Poker Championship in October. CAPT Innsbruck is the fourth stop of this prestigious Austrian Poker tournament.
The CAPT tournaments have consistently established itself
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For the first time throughout EPT history, the EPT Grand Final will culminate in Madrid, Spain. European Poker Tour (EPT) has been a much-anticipated tournament for poker enthusiasts not just in Europe but throughout the world. Poker, in general, has been a very popular casino game all over the world due to its fast-paced game and simplicity and it has won the hearts of gaming lovers. The much awaited season finale is surely a big hit among poker enthusiasts.
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The EPT Grand Final will
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Italy has long been ranked as one of the top vacation destinations across the globe. However, Italy is not just for vacationers, it has been the place for prestigious poker tournaments. European Poker Tour or EPT San Remo will kick off this coming April 28th to May 3rd at Casino San Remo in San Remo, Italy. What made this poker tournament remarkable?
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EPT itself is a prestigious poker tournament throughout the European continent and played in Europe’s lavish and gorgeous casinos. EPT
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Here's a summary of the events leading to the FBI seizing Pokerstars, Full Tilt and Absolute poker, which in effect has caused the sites to shut down all access for US players and freeze their accounts until further notice.
On April 15th 2011 the American authorities led by the FBI unsealed a collection of serious indictments against the largest poker sites in the World, namely Pokerstars, Full Tilt and Absolute poker. The indictments were revealed by Janice Fedarcyk who is the Assistant Director
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The prestigious World Poker Tour Session IX is heading to Florida. It will take place on April 27 to May 3, 2011 at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. At last, the much anticipated tie up between WPT and Seminole Gaming happens, making it a perfect poker event for poker enthusiasts. Really then, just what makes this tie up so remarkable especially in the world of poker? How did it come to be?
Seminole Hard Rock is loaded with great and exciting facilities for a vacation holiday. Entertainment
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Gus Hansen's downswing continues on high stakes online poker during the second week of April.
The last few days saw quite a bit of action at Full Tilt Poker’s high stakes tables. Many of the regulars were in action, but no one played quite as much as Gus Hansen, who was obviously anxious to put a stop to his latest downswing and get back on the winning side again. Unfortunately for the Great Dane, that goal proved to be elusive and instead of recouping some of his losses, he dug himself into
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Irish Poker Open: Let the Games Begin
Poker enthusiasts are once again flocking their way to Ireland to witness and even participate in the renowned Irish Poker Open 2011. What could have made this poker event so popular that people even from distant parts of the globe are willing to tackle every obstacle all for the sake of this poker tournament? Let’s find out.
The Irish Poker Open is among the prestigious and long running poker tournaments in Europe. It has been a well-respected tournament
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High stake poker action during the 1st week of April
The 1st week of April saw the return of Cadillac1944 as well as big losses to Gus Hansen, David Oppenheim and said Cadillac1944.
From the beginning of the year up until a few weeks ago, Cadillac1944 had been one of the regulars at Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed tables. He was also one of the biggest losers, so things made perfect sense when a while ago he vanished from the online poker tables: everyone figured he’d run out of money.
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High stake poker action during the fourth week of March
The last few days have represented a rather busy period at the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker mostly. Gus Hansen took on Phil Galfond, looking to ride his hot streak, and Tom Dwan and Daniel Cates locked horns in yet another durrrr Challenge session, in which Cates managed to get the better of the New Jersey Wonderkid yet again. The Galfond/Hansen confrontation gave birth to several large pots, and both players took down their fair
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