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by David Aydt on October 18, 2008
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"Friends and Family". A term used by poker reporters to show that the remaining players may not exactly live in the poker limelight like a Gavin Smith, ...
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by David Aydt on October 14, 2008
PokerNews.com, not just a place to get your poker news from anymore as player are making their own poker news from The second edition of the of the PokerNews Cup is currently running down under at th...
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by David Aydt on October 8, 2008
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If anyone knows the secret to Jason Mercier's and John Juanda's recent strings of success please let me know before my miniscule bankroll ends up in Sweden via ...
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by David Aydt on October 6, 2008
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John Daly won the 1991 PGA Championship while the ninth alternate. While not a "major" an European Poker Tour victory is a large boa-sized feather in anyone&#...
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by David Aydt on October 1, 2008
The World Series of Poker did not officially end when everyone cleared out of the Amazon room this summer after the 10th place finisher of the Main Event final table was named. Currently, the continu...
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by David Aydt on September 24, 2008
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The best never rest. This applies to athletes and businesses, as online poker players have branded PokerStars to be the best in the business from their customer service...
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by David Aydt on September 12, 2008
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The popular PokerStars European Poker Tour is currently kicking off its fifth season in Barcelona with some staggering numbers for the prize pool in the main event. First place...
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by David Aydt on September 10, 2008
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All eyes that are not online watching the World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars this week are in Macau taking in the first leg of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour's ...
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by David Aydt on September 9, 2008
Running Aces is the new kid on the block in the realm of live poker room in my home state of Minnesota. Unfortunately, due to parenting and a billion other excuses I haven't had the pleasure of a...
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by David Aydt on September 8, 2008
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Amongst the strip casinos there are three places you must play if you're a serious player:
Bellagio
Venetian
And home of the The Caesar's Palace Classic, um... Cae...
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by David Aydt on August 31, 2008
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John "The Razor" Phan is currently not sucking at poker.
This is a news flash (cue the boos on the badly placed internet sarcasm).
The Martins Poker sponsored playe...
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by David Aydt on August 31, 2008
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The second season for the PokerStars' sponsored Asian Pacific Poker Tour started off at the StarWorld Galaxy Hotel and Casino with a big bang as 257 players were sho...
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by David Aydt on August 31, 2008
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PokerStars has been sending their message global ever since the beginning of the European Poker Tour (EPT) started up five years ago. Now, with the addition of the Asian Pac...
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by David Aydt on August 28, 2008
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The Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) sponsored by PokerStars has officially kicked off with the Day 1A flight. Popular players such as Doyle Brunson, his son Todd Brunson...
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by David Aydt on August 23, 2008
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Season one of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) enjoy some great success in introducing high stakes poker tournaments to places where none adventured before. Season tw...
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by David Aydt on August 8, 2008
Hopefully it's possible to fit all the updates coming from PokerStars on one page, but the recent slew of activity there goes to show why they are the biggest and the best. The Latin American Poke...
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by David Aydt on May 30, 2008
I have talked about how successful the poker tours outside of the United States in past posts here have been thriving like the European Poker Tour and its amazing recent Monte Carlo Grand Finale that ...
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by David Aydt on May 8, 2008
As I'm folding my way through another Battle of the Blogger Tournament series with the Wednesday night Mookie after an unsuccessful attempt at the Razz tourney last night, I thought I'd update...
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by David Aydt on May 6, 2008
Podcasts are one thing.
Live blogging another.
But, combining the two for a poker tournament with the flavor of a radio show has been a treat for those who have been listening to Buddy Dank Radio fo...
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by David Aydt on May 5, 2008
314 players made the trek to Rio de Janerio and the final nine have been determined. Per the PokerStarsBlog here is your inaugural Latin American Poker Tour final table as Alex Brenes (pictured above)...
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by David Aydt on May 4, 2008
The reports are out from Harrah's announcement on the internet about the changes to their prime event. The World Series of Poker's Main Event final table will be delayed for 117 days from the ...
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by David Aydt on May 4, 2008
The Latin America Poker Tour officially kicked off yesterday with it first event being held in beautiful Rio de Janeiro. Of course, I was hoping to be part of team covering this inaugural event but th...
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by David Aydt on April 28, 2008
Putting your money in the middle while a favorite proved to be a fatal flaw at the final table of the World Poker Tour WPT Championship.
Had no diamond come, the headline might read "Cory Carrol...
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by David Aydt on April 26, 2008
I was checking out the conclusion of the World Poker Tour's WPT Championship this morning, and instead got the final update of a women's tournament. Not that this blogger has anything against ...
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by David Aydt on April 25, 2008
Win a flip, lose a flip. It's the difference between brilliant poker play and having someone question your ability to hold two cards in your hands while breathing at the same time. In most cases, ...
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by David Aydt on April 24, 2008
I was watching the 2007 Aussie Millions yesterday while picking my daughter from daycare (thank goodness for grandparents that live close by) and two huge figures in that tournament were down to the f...
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by David Aydt on April 23, 2008
The live blog at this hour notes that the World Poker Tour WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas that a mere 22 players from the starting block of 545 still have chips. As one pops up the Worl...
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by David Aydt on April 22, 2008
From one major championship to the next, as some players went straight from the riches of Monte Carlo to the nightlife of Las Vegas and the World Poker Tour's WPT Championship being held at the Be...
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by David Aydt on April 19, 2008
Having the most chips entering the final table helps, but only if you're holding all of those chips at the end does it matter what you started the table with. Glen Chorny, a PokerStars Qualifier, ...
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by David Aydt on April 17, 2008
