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PokerStars Nears 50 Billion Hands of Poker

Posted by LadyHoldem - September 11, 2010 - Promotions
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Pokerstars announced today their readiness to celebrate dealing their 50 billionth poker hand by giving online poker players hundreds of thousands of dollars. Do you recall the 40 billionth hand celebration? Twitter was alight with updates for days as we drew closer and closer and the poker site bulged at the seems. There was mega [...]

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The World Championship of Online Poker Officially Undersway at PokerStars

Posted by LadyHoldem - September 6, 2010 - Tournaments
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One of the largest online poker seires in the world kicked off last night at Pokerstars, the largest online poker site in the world! The series known as the World Championship of Online Poker, but fondly referred to as the WCOOP began Sunday with the events 1st three tournaments: Event #1 – 13:00EST  $215 No [...]

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EPT Vilamoura Heads into Final Table Action

Posted by LadyHoldem - September 2, 2010 - Tournaments
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When it all began there were 384 players registered to play in the European Poker Tour’s Vilamoura Main Event. The players pitted their poker skills against one another in what has become the largest ever poker tournament to be held in Portugal. Each player battling against the others, all in effort to win a share [...]

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Online Payment Processor to Forfiet $13.3 Million to US Government

Posted by LadyHoldem - August 19, 2010 - News
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It’s getting a little scarier in the Online Gambling industry as the Federal Government in the United States continues to bully companies for processing financial transactions involving Americans that gamble. Do you remember when the buzz surrounding the UIGEA first began? You heard it, but you didn’t really pay attention. There was just no way [...]

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EPT Season 7 Player of the Year Awards

Posted by LadyHoldem - August 14, 2010 - Gossip
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PokerStars.com held the European Poker Tour Awards where trophies were handed out commencing the end of EPT Season 7. PokerStars.com commended eight people in total, including the 2010 Heads Up Player of the year. In total, six of the awards won by players were based on points the players collected playing in EPT main events [...]

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