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The Online Railbird Report: It’s Déjà vu All Over Again for Brian Hastings and Isildur1

The high-stakes cash game action has been relentless over the last few days on Full Tilt Poker. After dropping $1.6 million to Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond late last week, “Isildur1” tried to reclaim some of those losses via heads-up PLO matches wi

Posted by Poker News on March 16th, 2010 No Comments

High Stakes Poker Season 6, Episode 5: Busting Out All Over the Place

March Madness fever is in the air, and some of the insanity spread to Sunday's installment of High Stakes Poker. The first four episodes of Season 6 have already been a massacre, with three players caving to the pressure. Perhaps the lack of...

Posted by Poker News on March 16th, 2010 No Comments

Poker and the NFL

Poker players may want to reconsider their support of the NFL. The fan bases for the games intertwine in the U.S. as both serve as popular occasions for men to hang out, have some beers and talk about guy stuff. While poker players often...

Posted by Poker News on March 16th, 2010 No Comments

$500 Carbon Poker PokerNews Cash Freerolls Every Wednesday Through May

PokerNews is bringing you $500 cash freerolls at Carbon Poker every Wednesday through May. There are no minimum deposits or point requirements to qualify. All you have to do is sign up for a Carbon Poker account through PokerNews. The freeroll...

Posted by Poker News on March 16th, 2010 No Comments

The Nightly Turbo: Poker After Dark’s $50k Cash Game, Betfair’s Head of US Operations Out, and More

We've got a sneak peek at Poker After Dark's latest $50,000 cash game episode, the resignation of Betfair's head of US operations, and more in tonight's Nightly Turbo.

Posted by Poker News on March 15th, 2010 No Comments

The “durrrr” Challenge: Dwan Wins $230,000 in Nine Minutes

The latest session of the "durrrr" Challenge unfolded over the weekend and the blink-and-you'll-miss-it match is one that Patrik Antonius probably wants to forget. Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan played for only nine minutes on Saturday night and...

Posted by Poker News on March 15th, 2010 No Comments

Harrah’s Announces Plans for “All-Star” Tournament of Champions

Harrah's Entertainment announced this morning that after a three-year hiatus, the Tournament of Champions will return to the World Series of Poker in a revamped, "all-star" format. A $1 million prize pool will be up for grabs at the 2010 WSOP and...

Posted by Poker News on March 15th, 2010 No Comments

The Sunday Briefing: “Highway51″ Cruises to Top Sunday Prize

An eventful Sunday of online poker concluded early Monday morning with eight players having earned six-figure scores. The biggest solo prize went to Highway51 for winning the PokerStars Sunday Million outright for $271,241.22. Over on Full...

Posted by Poker News on March 15th, 2010 No Comments

Inside Gaming: Pa. Changes, N.J. Shake Up, Nev. New Numbers, and HRH Tragedy

While you've been doing work at the poker tables, others have been busy at the boardroom table. Good thing PokerNews is skilled at multitabling. Every week, we'll get you up to speed on what's new in the gaming business. Here's what's going on...

Posted by Poker News on March 15th, 2010 No Comments

The Weekly Turbo: UB Cancels Aruba Poker Classic, Maxim’s Hottest Poker Girls, and More

We're bringing you the week's top poker news stories including the cancellation of the UB.com Aruba Poker Classic, Maxim magazine's hottest girls of poker and more.

Posted by Poker News on March 14th, 2010 No Comments

The Nightly Turbo: UB Cancels Aruba Poker Classic, ESPN Ranks the Top 10 Poker Players, and More

If you were planning on sunning yourself in Aruba this year for the UB Aruba Poker Classic, you might want to think again, ESPN has released their top 10 poker players of March, and if you missed Poker2Nite last night, you can catch it here. We've...

Posted by Poker News on March 11th, 2010 No Comments

World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2: Hellmuth Commands the Lead

The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star resmued on Wednesday with 126 players having made it through to Day 2. After six levels of play, we are in the money and only 27 players remain. Emerging to the top of the chip counts was none other than...

Posted by Poker News on March 11th, 2010 No Comments

The PokerNews Top 10: The Top 10 Online Poker Innovations, Part 1

Think back to the first time you played online poker. Were you on the Moneymaker bandwagon in late 2003? Or riding the WPT wave in 2004? Maybe Joe Hachem inspired you to start playing in 2005 or “Isildur1’s” run convinced you to ante up three months

Posted by Poker News on March 11th, 2010 No Comments

The Nightly Turbo: Maxim’s Hottest Girls of Poker, PokerStars Ladies Club, and More

It seems like it's ladies night in the Nightly Turbo tonight. We're bringing you the hottest girls of poker as decided by Maxim magazine and a ladies club promotion brought to you by PokerStars. Ok, we won't single out the ladies, there's news...

Posted by Poker News on March 10th, 2010 No Comments

The PokerNews Mailbag: Annie Duke’s NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship and EPT Berlin

It's been a busy week in poker, with Annie Duke winning the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship this past weekend, and a major robbery taking place at the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin. Both topics were on the minds of our readers, and we...

Posted by Poker News on March 10th, 2010 No Comments