High Stakes Poker is returning for its fifth season on the Gameshow Network and will premier on March 1st, 2009. It will be apart of the Poker Night Sundays’. Poker Night Sunday’s will also air World Poker Tour episodes and old High Stake Poker episodes from previous seasons.

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A prop bet is taking place in Denmark on February 21st between high stakes poker players Gus Hansen and Theo Joergensen. However, they won’t be playing any poker as they are having a three round boxing match. Gus is laying Theo 7/5 and risking $35,000 to win $25,000. The news came out after Gus Hansen was having an online conversation with Ziigmund on Full Tilt Poker.

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Two of the players from the 2008 World Series of Poker November Nine, Ylon Schwartz and Dennis Phillips, are now officially sponsored and apart of Team PokerStars. The two of them join the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Joe Hachem, Barry Greenstien, etc. They will be participating in the PokerStar Tours around the world that include the Australian New Zealand Poker Tour, The Asian Pacific Poker Tour, and the North American Poker Tour.

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Barry Greenstien posted a phone conversation between himself and poker player Phil Ivey today. Phil called Barry up and was telling him that he is at the Bellagio trying to bet a million dollars on the Superbowl. He wouldn’t tell Barry which side he is betting on until someone or a casino accepts the action.

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We received an affiliate email a couple of days ago revealing that players on PokerRoom.com and EuroPoker.com will soon be joining bwin poker. bwin has owned both poker sites since 2006 and have finally decided to merge each room under one roof. The move should be painless and fairly easy since PokerRoom, EuroPoker and Bwin Poker are all apart of the OnGame Poker Network.

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Harrah’s has finally released the official schedule for the 2009 World Series of Poker. The 2009 WSOP will be the 40th anniversary and to celebrate this they are hosting a $40,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em event. Click link for more information and to see the official schedule.

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The final table of the Aussie Millions HORSE Event had many major names including Chris Ferguson, Joe Hachem, Tino Lechich, Zac Fellows, Lee Lelson, Jeff Madsen, Alexander Kostritsyn and Michael Binger all competing for the first place prize of $95,000 AUD. However, it was Kostritsyn who got the best of everyone and took home first the first place prize and the champion’s ring.

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Event 14 at the Aussie Millions took a very long time to be played out. When there were 24 players remaining, it took another 12 hours before Thomas Lindberg beat Noah Schwartz in a heads up battle and took home a first place prize of $130,021.

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Argentinean poker player Fabian Ortiz has won PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour in Vina del Mar, Chile, which earned himself a first place prize of $141,426. The 39 year old former disco owner becomes the first Latin American to win a LAPT event .

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Team PokerStars and other sponsored PokerStars players are not allowed to play on NBC’s late night poker show, Poker After Dark because their main competitor Full Tilt Poker is underwriting the production. Which is giving them a branded show using team Pokerstars players.

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