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Court papers show poker phenom Phil Ivey $15M in the hole

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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Phil Ivey’s ex-wife claimed a $1.2M handbag collection, along with another $1M in jewelry as part of her recent divorce settlement with her Poker Superstar exhusband. Luciaetta Ivey will also receive alimony payment of $180k per month from her High Roller ex-hubby according to documents released by the Nevada Courts. Even after taking Phil to [...]

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New Poker Pot Record Broken Again – Four Times Over

Monday, October 27, 2008

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The recently achieved record for the largest pot in a real-money online poker game ever – $609,730 on Saturday, September 13, did not last for long. Just a month-and-a-half later that record was smashed, not once, but four times over. And three of those in the same night! Last time it was the FullTilt Poker [...]

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Get All Your 2008 WCOOP Results Right Here – Part I of II

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

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As promised, here are the results of the latest incarnation of PokerStars ever-popular World Championship of Online Poker. This posting is Part I, listing events from 9/5 to 9/13. Results for the second half of 2008 WCOOP events will be listed next week. 9/5    6-handed No Limit Holdem                     shane147 won $202,409 9/5    Pot Limit 5-Card [...]

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Proof that Online Poker Rooms Protect Players

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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Anyone worried about online poker security need only read the recent story of 26-year-old Brian Townsend to have their concerns assuaged. Multi-accounting is a crime that doesn’t only hurt internet poker rooms but internet poker players as well, as it involves one player misrepresenting himself by playing at the same site under two different usernames. [...]

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