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Professional poker player T.J. Cloutier is the latest big name to be hired by Internet poker academy Poker School Online (www.pokerschoolonline.com). (more…)

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Franklin Becker, executive chef at the Brasserie restaurant in New York, was the winner of the Foxwoods Celebrity Chef Charity Poker Tournament, held recently at the Foxwoods Indian casino in Connecticut. (more…)

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The first-ever California Poker Players Conference (CPPC) is scheduled to be held Oct. 21-22, 2007 at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood, California, just outside Los Angeles. (more…)

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Tiny and conservative New Hampshire doesn’t have any casinos or legal card rooms, so recreational poker players there have had to make do. (more…)

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“Lucky You,” a movie about poker that was a bigger bomb than Hiroshima when it premiered in movie theaters last May, has just come out on DVD. (more…)

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Is online poker so much about bluffing, intimidation and tells that it doesn’t matter what cards you’re dealt? (more…)

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PokerTek Inc., a company that manufactures automated poker tables for casinos, announced that company co-founder Lou White is out as the company’s chief executive officer. (more…)

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Poker pervert Shahram “Sean” Sheikhan of Las Vegas is facing deportation to his native Iran for a conviction in the U.S. for a sex crime against a child, Card Player magazine reported. (more…)

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Three armed robbers got away with an undetermined amount of cash Thursday after robbing a poker tournament at a Knights of Columbus hall in Chattanooga, Tenn., USA. (more…)

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In addition to becoming the youngest person ever to win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) or World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) tournament, as well as the first female to win a WSOP or WSOPE Main Event, 18-year-old Norwegian teen poker queen Annette Obrestad has also shattered two other poker records. (more…)

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World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event winner and teen poker queen Annette Obrestad has signed an endorsement deal with online poker room and WSOPE sponsor Betfair Poker (www.betfair.com). (more…)

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Was the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) a success? (more…)

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Annette Obrestad, the 18-year-old poker player from Norway who just won the Main Event of the first-ever World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), is being hailed not just for that feat but also for being the first teenager and youngest person ever to win a WSOP or WSOPE event. (more…)

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So just who is Annette Obrestad, who won the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event and is the world’s newest instant celebrity? (more…)

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A teenage girl is the winner of the first-ever World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event. (more…)

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The final table is set for the first-ever Main Event of the first-ever World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). (more…)

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There are no big names left at the Main Event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London, England. (more…)

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Just 32 players remain alive at the Main Event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London, England, as the tournament begins its sixth day on Sunday. (more…)

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Eleven-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet-winner Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. will not win a 12th bracelet at the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). (more…)

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Howard “The Professor” Lederer, Allen Cunningham, Dan Shak, Steve Billirakis and Dario “Poker Mafioso” Alioto are the latest big names to get knocked out of the Main Event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), as Main Event action concluded its fourth day in London, England. (more…)

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So who’s not at the party? (more…)

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A million sounds so much better than 943,000. (more…)

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Dan Goldman, former longtime marketing director of online poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com), is the new marketing director for something called Duplicate Poker (www.duplicatepoker.com). (more…)

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Action continued Tuesday at the Main Event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London, England, and after two days of play, several big names have been knocked out of the tournament. (more…)

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A World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion was one of 74 people charged with illegal gambling Sunday, after an illegal casino in North Carolina was raided. (more…)

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The third and final event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London, England began is under way. (more…)

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If the intent of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is to bring a European flavor to a traditionally American event, it’s working. (more…)

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A dispute over a poker game in Trinidad has resulted in two men being shot to death and three other men being shot and critically wounded. (more…)

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A European is the winner of the first-ever World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) event. (more…)

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Liz “Poker Diva” Lieu is the latest professional poker player to align with an online poker room. (more…)