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The poker talk this week is centering on just one thing – is ‘Isildur1’ talented or just a chancer at poker? Only just a few weeks ago Isildur1 seemed to be a veritable online poker enigma – taking top professional players for millions and yet managing to remain the mystery player of the moment at [...]
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Published this week is the list of candidates to be added to the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009. Based at the famous Horseshoe Casino, in Las Vegas, the Poker Hall of Fame is in its thirtieth year, not bad going for something devised by the casino’s owner, Benny Binion, as a way of attracting [...]
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The WSOPE reached the six day Main Event stage in London, UK, last weekend. Seated at the tables who, along with the usual professional and top ‘celebrity’ players included a few who had qualified via online poker satellites. One particularly interesting inclusion in the professional’s field was ten times WSOP bracelet winner and poker legend, [...]
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Scott Ian , the renowned guitarist with Anthrax, is repeating last year’s success with another performance in 2009. Only it won’t be on an arena stage or in a rock club – but in the online poker website – UltimateBet. Scheduled for August 19th, Scott Ian’s Home Game online poker tournament is bound to be [...]
In what must seem like a ‘rags-to-riches’ story, a British poker player has again proved that anyone who is a competent and confident poker player can make the move into the ranks of professional poker players – and make a living out of it.
A poker success story.
40 year old Richard Hemmington who lives on the [...]
Scotty Nguyen’s in the news this week – but not just because of his third place in the most recent Five Star World Classic series in Las Vegas. Talking about his win in the H.O.R.S.E event at the LA Poker Classic, Scotty announced that one of his tactics was to be “smooth talking, getting people [...]