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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 high-stakes [...]

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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 Draw                             [...]

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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. After strong [...]

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Full Tilt Online Poker Series 2008 Ends: FTOPS Results

Monday, August 25, 2008

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Another exciting Full Tilt Online Poker Series has come to an end, that action-packed, 11-day, 25-game poker event. The winner of the coveted 2.5 million guaranteed main event, and a little over $432,000 for his efforts, was “dubbeemin”, who outlasted some 5,000 other online poker hopefuls. The series’ biggest money winner, however, was not “dubbeemin” but [...]

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Online Poker Player Wins $170,000 in One Day!

Monday, August 18, 2008

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Having set at least one new online poker record, last week – on August 13, 2008 to be exact – a player that goes by the username of “yuvee04” (though to his friends and family, he’s Yuval Bronshtein) accomplished an incredible feat: winning back-to-back online multitable tournaments and accumulating a whopping $170,000 for his efforts. The [...]

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