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Las Vegas: Summer tournament Line up 2010

Las Vegas: Summer tournament Line up 2010

The World Series of Poker will no doubt collect the most poker foot traffic, but players might be surprised to learn that this summer in Las Vegas they’ll have an entire menu full of tournament series choices. The Orleans Open, which began this week will run through May 30 and feature nine events... Read More....

Mike “Timex” McDonald Preps for a Poker-Free Summer

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As soon as the European Poker Tour Grand Final ended in Monte Carlo, all of the talk turned to the players’ upcoming trips to Las Vegas for the summer. But not everyone is Vegas-bound. PokerNews took a break from the World Series of Poker chatter to talk to Mike “Timex” McDonald,... Read More....

Ali Tekintamgac Wins the Spanish Championship

Ali Tekintamgac Wins the Spanish Championship

The World Poker Tour Spanish Championship ended today when Ali Tekintamgac  topped a field of 326 opponents to win €315,000, a $25,000 seat in the 2011 WPT Championship and a Tiffany bracelet. Tekintamgac scored his first major tournament win to go along with his first tournament cash, which... Read More....

Patrick Karschamroon Wins CA State Poker Championship

Patrick Karschamroon Wins CA State Poker Championship

The $3,085 no-limit hold’em championship event at theCalifornia State Poker Championship came to a conclusion on May 24. Patrick Karschamroon (pictured right)was the champion, and he was awarded $162,970 in prize money. He topped an impressive final table that included Gavin Griffin(third place)... Read More....

Annette_15 and Kirbynator Notch Big Wins at online poker

Annette_15 and Kirbynator Notch Big Wins at online poker

The fields were slightly smaller than usual this Sunday in online poker, but the downsized tournaments resulted in some compelling action nonetheless, including an absolutely stacked PokerStars Sunday 500 final table. The $500 buy-in event came up just shy of the 1,000 players needed to make its $500,000... Read More....

Poker2Nite Season 2 Finale

Poker2Nite Season 2 Finale

The Season 2 finale of the UB.com sponsored poker news show “Poker2Nite” aired on last Wednesday. Former “Amazing Race” contestant Maria Ho challenged Absolute Poker pro Trishelle Cannatella for the series’ “On the Clock” trophy. First up was discussion of the recently completed World... Read More....