The events of ‘Black Friday’ are still affecting the online poker world. On April 15th 2011 the US Government took action against a number of the largest online poker rooms that accepted US players. These actions included seizing the poker sites domain names. PowerPoker has not been involved in any of these events but they [...]

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The 2011 WSOP starts tomorrow and it promises to be another poker spectacular. This years WSOP has more bracelets to be won than last year with 58 bracelets to be won. There will not be 58 bracelet winners as every year players somehow manage to fight their way through the huge fields to win 2 or more bracelets. Proving that poker is a game of skill combined with that bit of luck you need in all sports.

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Phil Ivey is well known for having the best poker face in the game, but when 2010 WSOP Event #37 was in the books it was nothing but grins and smiles from the 33 year old poker icon who finished off a tough final table to claim the $329,840 first place prize money and more importantly for him his eighth career WSOP bracelet. With his victory tonight Phil Ivey moved into a tie with Erik Seidel for fifth all time on the WSOP wins list.

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2010 WSOP Event #2 the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship is now in the books and in the end it was Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi victorious capturing his first career bracelet, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and $1,559,046 first place prize money. Read our 2010 WSOP Event 2 report for full details of his remarkable victory and his account of sending his own brother Robert Mizrachi to the rail in fifth place.

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Canadians and the Canadian Poker Tour have something to be excited about, and that is the new girl around. Lacey Jones has become the new face for the CPT and will prominently be displayed on the CPT’s new online video network. She will also be attending the live events and the first one being at the Cash Casino in Calgary on February 24-28.

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Can you believe it has nearly been one year since Tom Dwan issued the durrrr challenge and Patrik Antonius accepted? I can’t and it has made for a pretty big let down. The two high stakes pro’s played 2,112 hands the other night and Dwan added $209k to his lead. Dwan now sits comfortably ahead of Antonius by $1,077,932 with 18,088 hands remaining in the challenge.

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Online poker players are stoked with the new innovate game that Full Tilt Poker has launched. It is called Rush Poker and the name accurate describes the game. High paced action with players having the ability to quick fold and be taken to an entirely new table and new hand. Players now have the a chance to play 300 to 400 hands per table.

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Popular online poker site PokerStars.com announced today a special promotion that will allow players to save 15-50% on merchandise through their VIP store. The promotion will run from January 12-31 with a different product offered at a discount each day.

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The poker world experienced a great loss hour ago as one of its more colorful personalities, professional poker player Amir Vahedi, passed away in Las Vegas due to complications from diabetes. This news came as a shock to the poker community and has been the source of many poker tweets and posts on poker forums the past couple of hours. Poker-Prop.net extends our condolences to his friends and family in their time of loss.

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It has been nearly eight months since the durrrr challenge began between Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius, and they have finally just reached the half way point. Last night the two players played 1,063 hands on Full Tilt Poker with durrrr coming out the winner, winning $418,000. This session has put Dwan in the overall lead by $697,532.

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