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Annie Dukes wins 2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

Matthew Pitt / 09 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Annie Duke, sister of the ever-expanding Howard Lederer, has become the first female player to win the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship in its six year history by beating a host of poker stars including finalist Erik Seidel.... Read more »

Betfair Poker $40k GTD March 2010 - ReidHorkins

Matthew Pitt / 08 March 2010 / Leave a comment

A bumper field of 93 runners parted with $510 in exchange for 5,000 chips on Sunday 7 March for the weekly HOT! $40k Guaranteed but it was ReidHorkins who outlasted them all to claim the $13,950 first prize.... Read more »

2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Begins Today

Short-Stacked Shamus / 05 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Today begins the sixth annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, a 64-player single-elimination tournament that somewhat imitates the format of the NCAA college basketball tournament that takes place every March in the United States. Kind of poker's version of "March... Read more »

Erick Lindgren bags a poker ace

Matthew Pitt / 04 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Poker players seem to like dating fellow poker players. We have Phil Laak and Jennifer Tilley, Chad Brown and Vanessa Rousso and the newest couple seems to be Erick "E-Dog" Lindgren and the former squeeze of David Benyamine, Miss Erica... Read more »

Poker show Two Months, Two Million axed

Matthew Pitt / 03 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Fans of the poker documentary "Two Months Two Million" who were expecting to see Jay "Krantz" Rosenkrantz and co return to the cable channel G4 are going to be bitterly disappointed after an announcement was made to say the show... Read more »

Doyle Brunson's racist and silly Twitter feed

Dave Allan / 02 March 2010 / 2 Comments

Doyle Brunson is often referred to as a great poker ambassador. Seemingly universally popular with poker players and one of the few names known outside poker circles. He is good for poker. So, it's a little worrying that his Twitter... Read more »

Brunson 10 adds fifth member

Matthew Pitt / 02 March 2010 / Leave a comment

Poker legend Doyle Brunson has added a fifth member to his ever-growing stable of poker stars by accepting Alex "AJKHoosier" Kamberis into the Brunson 10.... Read more »

The Betfair Interview: Lou Krieger

Short-Stacked Shamus / 26 February 2010 / Leave a comment

Lou Krieger is one of the most prolific and well-regarded poker authors around, having written or co-written 11 different books on poker and gambling as well as numerous columns for various publications over the last two decades. Krieger is also... Read more »

Poker and the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act

Matthew Pitt / 24 February 2010 / Leave a comment

The curiously named Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act was introduced on Tuesday by US senators Ron Wyden and Judd Gregg, a bill that could eventually lead to internet gambling being regulated and taxed in the USA, paving the way... Read more »

Betfair Live! Vienna - A huge success!

Editor / 23 February 2010 / 3 Comments

This weekend saw an amazing 482 players came from 32 different countries to the Poker Royale Card Casino in Wiener Neustadt, Austria to battle it out in the €200 + €20 Betfair Poker Live! Main Event. Not only was the... Read more »

Kevmath Adds It Up: A Chat with the Poker Forum Moderator

Short-Stacked Shamus / 19 February 2010 / Leave a comment

The internet provides endless opportunities for people with common interests -- like those of us who enjoy poker -- to find each other and swap stories, share information and strategy, and engage in other types of socializing. Just as the... Read more »

Isildur1 wins $1.1m in 30 hour session

Matthew Pitt / 18 February 2010 / Leave a comment

For the past couple of weeks the mystery Swede only known as "Isildur1" has been dipping his toes back into online poker's waters. Playing relatively small stakes of $25/$50 and $50/$100 initially but at the start of this week he... Read more »

Hellmuth loses $200k on High Stakes Poker

Matthew Pitt / 15 February 2010 / Leave a comment

Season 6 of the popular GSN show High Stakes Poker aired on Valentines Day but there was no love for Phil Hellmuth, who lost his $200,000 buy-in within a matter of minutes to be the first player to bust out... Read more »

The Nuts, the Wheel, and the Hammer

Short-Stacked Shamus / 12 February 2010 / 3 Comments

It was dinner break at the Rio. I was helping cover the final table of one of the preliminary bracelet events at the World Series of Poker a couple of summers ago, and was spending the down time eating a... Read more »

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