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Gambling Zone Planned For Southern Russia
Posted on January 12, 2008As reported by the Kommersant, Russia's Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov inked a ruling to set up a gambling zone, Azov-City, in the Scherbinovsky district of Krasnodar area and the Azov district of Rostov region, the RF government's press service reported.
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Betfair Launches Weekly 100k Guaranteed
Posted on January 12, 2008European poker giant Betfair has announced the launch of their new $100,000 guaranteed tournament on Sunday nights to join the rest of the Sunday major tournaments on the online poker schedule.
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Rapper Jay-Z Allegedly Loses 500k in Poker Game
Posted on January 11, 2008Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, allegedly lost $500,000 in a poker game in Las Vegas, according to MediaTakeout.com.
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Poker Celebrity Bowl Announced
Posted on January 11, 2008Major League Baseball player Royce Clayton is hosting a charity poker event that will feature Jamie Gold and Robert Williamson III, beginning on February 1.
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A Week of Hecklers on Poker After Dark
Posted on January 11, 2008This week's episode of Poker After Dark shapes up to be one of the most entertaining episodes yet; it features all of poker's hecklers at one table.
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ElkY Wins Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure
Posted on January 10, 2008Bertrand Grospellier, better known online as ElkY, has won the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure for $2,000,000. Finishing runner up was Hafiz Khan, $1,094,976.
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Final Table Set at Caribbean Adventure
Posted on January 10, 2008The final table is nigh at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, featuring some of poker's youngest and brightest stars. Coming in with the chiplead is David the Dragon Pham, a tournament force who is the overwhelming favorite to win this event.
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World Poker Tour Launches Ladies Tour
Posted on January 10, 2008With the dramatic rise of women playing tournament poker, World Poker Tour has expanded its female-focused tour offering with the launch of an official WPT ladies league and No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em tournament circuit—WPT Ladies.
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Dustin Woolf Wins Battleship Poker Event
Posted on January 10, 2008Dustin Woolf, better known as Neverwin online, took down the Pokerstars Battleship Poker Championship at the PCA last night, defeating Vanessa Selbst heads up.
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Local Wins Partypoker Irish Championship
Posted on January 9, 2008Jude Ainsworth, a 28 year old PHD student from Ireland, took down the PartyPoker Irish Championship today for €180,000.
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Battleship Poker is Hot at the PCA
Posted on January 9, 2008Battleship Poker. Remember the old game where you'd try to sink your opponent's ship? It's sort of like that, except you're playing a heads up sit-and-go online while sitting across from each other.
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Montel Williams to Host Charity Tournament for MS
Posted on January 9, 2008Talk show host and avid poker player Montel Williams will host a charity poker tournament at New York City's exclusive Cipriani in order to raise money for multiple sclerosis.
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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day 4
Posted on January 9, 2008The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure is going into day four with 40 players remaining and David Pham (The Dragon) sitting atop the leaderboard.
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UltimateBet 200k Busts Guarantee
Posted on January 8, 2008The UltimateBet $200,000 guaranteed event busted it's guaranteed prize pool again, no small feat for a site that's been struggling.
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Jcada99 Wins Full Tilt Poker 750k
Posted on January 8, 2008Jcada99 took down the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 guaranteed tournament on Sunday for a cool $147,487, beating ShizelReturns heads up. Shizel earned almost $90,000 for his 2nd place finish.
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Giorango Wins 200k in Stars Sunday Million
Posted on January 8, 2008The player known as Giorango won $200,322 in the PokerStars Sunday million, besting a field of 7,104 players for his huge score.
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Justin Pechie Goes Deep in Bodog 100k
Posted on January 7, 2008The Bodog $100,000 guaranteed tournament had an overlay again this weekend, only getting 828 entrants. This means Bodog had to put up the money that the entries didn't cover, almost $20,000.
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Japan Considers Legalizing Casinos
Posted on January 7, 2008apan could soon follow in Macau's footsteps by overhauling its strict gaming laws and aiming to lure rich Asian tourists to boost its economy if Japanese lawmakers approve a bill to legalize casinos in the country.
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