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16 August 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Yes, I reported his ass

Would you?

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06 July 2010 ~ 11 Comments

Eastgate’s had it – for now

I’m trying to find a link to an english speaking source on 2008 World champ Peter Eastgate, who says he’s lost all interest in poker and wants to call it quits. I can’t find a source at the moment, so it’s either a very new or a very old story. Since I didn’t know until [...]

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28 March 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Who wants a TT anyway?

Had a so-so day at the tables. Not like yesterday which was a real bitch, the way only poker can be. I was in cash games for several hours, and every time I got a foothold, I got busted back to zero. Actually, the day cost me about 4 dollar, or 25 percent of my [...]

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25 February 2010 ~ 2 Comments

I got the invite too…

…and as much as I love you PokerStars, but Flushdance is not selling today. I do agree  – poker IS a skill game, but that’s a different story. Oh, and to all the rest of you linkfarmers out there, trying to buy your way into this blog: Thanks but no thanks to you also. /j. [...]

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04 February 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Poker players are good people after all

PokerStars, Full Tilt, and Cake all specifically announced they would match all player donations made on their sites. According to the Poker Players Alliance, more than 50,000 players donated to the cause, raising over $760,000. With the sites’ matching donations, that means more than $1.5 million will be given to Haiti relief efforts from the [...]

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01 February 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Pokerstars says, aka. Unexpected Profit

This is just a quick email to inform you that you have been credited $1.58 from the player ‘MI_Turtle’. He kindly offered to share $1000 amongst all the players that outlasted him in the WBCOOP Main Event. His final finishing position of 635th place meant the $1000 was divided between the top 634 players. If [...]

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31 January 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Live blog: WBCOOP Main Event

All righty! This is it – the big finale, the grand poobah, king of the hill, top of the heap. Yeah, whatever – all I’m lookin for tonight is to NOT bust out early, and – if possible, not embarrass myself with TPTK vs turned straight etc. Feel free to join me as the event [...]

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23 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Pokerstars says: Good to go!

Your account has been credited with a ticket which is good for entry into any and all of the tournaments beginning on January 25th. To check that your account has been credited with the ticket, click ‘Requests’ > ‘Tournament Tickets’ in the PokerStars lobby. The ticket is named ‘WBCOOP 2010’.

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15 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Andrew Feldman says a.k.a Tournaments for Haiti

If there ever was a time for the poker community to truly show its passion for charity, these next few days would be the perfect opportunity. ESPN Blog: Tournaments created to help victims in Haiti

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06 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

PokerStars lead the way – again!

The other day I was hit by an outage of sorts. When I was finally returned to the game, there were no action buttons on my game screen, so all I could do was to watch myself get blinded out. Actually a button did appear just in time for me to go all-in for 1½ [...]

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