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We are at the close of day two of the 2010 Poker Stars EPT from Vilamoura in Portugal. This is the seventh season of Europe’s biggest poker tour and the second leg of this year’s event. The tour began on August 11 in Tallinn, Estonia and will finish sometime in the spring of next year [...]

At the close of the fifth day of main event play Andreas Krause became a champion with a pair of fives. This was the first year the Merit Cyprus Classic was sponsored by Full Tilt and the first time it was won by a relative unknown (to Americans at least). Andreas Krause walks away with [...]

It didn’t take long for the original number of applicants for the European Pokerstars tour main event to go from 420 to 25 by today, the end of day three. The players are eyeing the 400,000 euro prize which is about $510,680.00 to us. A lot of big names have already bitten the dust. Here’s [...]

This is a recap for those of you out there who like tables and charts. When it comes to poker, it just makes pattern easy to spot. In this case, it make big winners easier to spot. Check out below for the winners of every event in the 2010 WSOP except for event 57, of [...]

And despite the final game the results of the 2010 WSOP are in and what a ride it has been. For those who like recap without too much drama here are the results of events 53 through 56. Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold ‘Em Shootout tournament. . It didn’t take long to thin the herd [...]

It’s the second full week of play at the WSOP 2010 main event and we still have five more weeks of professional poker playing to enjoy. I’ll get right to this week’s results. The week started event 16 or No Limit Hold’em six handed with a three day schedule and a $1,500 buy in.  Over [...]

It was quite a week in poker history for the first full week of the WSOP 2010 poker tournament. Here’s a run down of the results. Praz Bansi from London, England took event 5’s No limit Hold ‘em tournament win home with a pretty new bracelet and over half a million in earnings. Vincent Jacques, [...]

This week saw the beginning games of the 2010 WSOP main event and as I write this on Sunday evening we are already into Event four of the most prestigious tournament around. With 57 bracelets to distribute, this is only the beginning. Here’s a recap of the action so far. Friday was opening day and [...]

Fred Berger wins in Louisiana: Fred Berger, who won a WSOP bracelet in heads up play against Chris “Jesus” Ferguson eight years ago, took home a WSOP ring this past Wednesday evening winning the Harrah Bayou Poker Challenge in New Orleans. He won against Mike Beasley, earning nearly $200,000 in winnings, the coveted WSOP ring [...]

AB and UB poker still having security issues: Cerius Poker has reported to the media and gaming agencies that they have suffered under the weight of lousy encryption codes. Apparently the issues have been fixed but poker gurus are suggesting hardwiring your pc to the internet for at least a little longer until the all [...]