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Daily 3-Bet: Bumhunts Gone Wild, Mercier Bet Filed, Choe ‘Nuff

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Neil Channing rueing the spread of bumhunting, Jason Mercier signing off on another prop bet and gambling artist David Choe hitting the Facebook jackpot. 1) Channing Calls Out Bumhunters, Says Ruining Live Games When it comes to gambling and all of its tributaries, Neil Channing has been around the block.

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Daily 3-Bet: Vegan Doyle, Poker Majors, Demon Liv

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

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Heartland Poker Tour: Hidden Gem of US Poker Circuit

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

The tour has had more than 60,000 unique entrants in its history, and according to co-founder Todd Anderson 80 percent of that number is represented by recreational poker enthusiasts. That means a signifcant number of people are getting their first taste of real live tournament poker at a Heartland event, but it also points to a huge opportunity for US poker pros cut off from online poker.

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Heartland Poker Tour: Hidden Gem of US Poker Circuit

Daily 3-Bet: Gold’s Mom, Grind for Credit, Kevmath FTs

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, fell free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the Daily 3-Bet we learn the poker talent in the Gold family runs to the top, find math geniuses playing poker for credit at MIT and tip our hats to Kevmath for a nice run in Australia

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Daily 3-Bet: Gold’s Mom, Grind for Credit, Kevmath FTs

WSOPC: Abraham Araya Tops Huge Field at Choctaw

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:35:22 +0000

The World Series of Poker Circuit once again drew a big crowd, this time at the Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma. While it may not be a very big city, the Midwestern stop generated the second biggest field of the season with 978 runners in the $1,600 buy-in event

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WSOPC: Abraham Araya Tops Huge Field at Choctaw

WSOPC: Freddy Deeb Wins First-Ever LA Championship

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:20:54 +0000

This is Deeb’s first WSOPC cash The World Series of Poker Circuit kicked off a new year at a new location as the tour spent twelve days in the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Despite not being a property of Caesars Entertainment, the WSOPC’s parent company, the Bike still played host to 12 ring events,

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Daily 3-Bet: Phil Hams, Rousso Jams, Blom Goes the Dynamite

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we catch another humble brag from Phil Hellmuth, get a look into Vanessa Rousso’s other passion and watch a blast from Isildur1′s past

Poker’s 2011 In and Out List: A Year’s Review of Who to Eschew

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:00:00 +0000

When people look back at this year in poker they’re only going to see one thing, Black Friday. They’ll have vague recollections of other things having happened.

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Poker’s 2011 In and Out List: A Year’s Review of Who to Eschew

Live ‘Cards-Up’ Webcast for PCA Main Event and High Roller

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +0000

The final tables of the $10,300 main event and the $25,500 High Roller will both get the almost-live broadcast treatment with Joe Stapleton, James Hartigan and Daniel Negreanu in the commentary booth. Outside of the World Series of Poker , the PCA Main Event is the biggest live poker tournament in the world and drew over 1,500 entrants in both 2010 and 2011. Reigning champion Galen Hall, a 24-year-old student from California, won $2.3 million almost one year ago when he overcame a field of 1,560

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Suspects Arrested in Jonathan Duhamel Home Invasion

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:40:38 +0000

Jonathan Duhamel can breath a little easier knowing suspects have been arrested. One week ago Jonathan Duhamel was the victim of a home invasion that saw him tied up, beaten and robbed of some cash, a Rolex watch and his 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet

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Suspects Arrested in Jonathan Duhamel Home Invasion