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  • 888.com Announces $3 Million World Poker Crown

    Monday, February 25, 2008, PokerNews Staff
    Early qualifiers have just started for a major new event on 888.com, the World Poker Crown, with a $3 million prize pool. The final eight players in a series of online events which began on February 20th and will run into late April will ev...more
  • Sexton's Corner, Vol. 33: Archie Karas, Part 3

    Monday, February 25, 2008, Tom Sexton
    If you won $7,000,000 on a three-month rush, and stacked up all the cash on a big table, would you then risk it all playing the world's greatest players, including Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Johnny Chan, and a host of other poker...more
  • 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Field Nears Completion

    Sunday, February 24, 2008, Haley Hintze
    With the addition of two qualifiers from Caesars Palace qualifiers and a couple of replacements in the original announced list of invitations, the 64-player lineup for the upcoming 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship is nearly com...more
  • PokerStars EPT Copenhagen: Vance Bests Jensen for Title

    Sunday, February 24, 2008, John 'Falstaff' Hartness
    Timothy Vance took the chip lead into the final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen championship, and after a marathon heads-up battle, he bested Soren Jensen for the title and the $1,236,095 first prize money. Vance, an ...more
  • Poker Room Review: Route 66 Casino Hotel, Albuquerque, NM

    Sunday, February 24, 2008, Ashley Adams
    New Mexico has a nice cluster of poker rooms situated within 30 minutes of the corridor between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. There are seven rooms in all - though some don't operate full time, and only one has a full host of games. Still, each...more
  • Proposed California Bill to Determine Online Poker Legality

    Saturday, February 23, 2008, Amy Calistri
    Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, has introduced a bill in California that will study the legality of intrastate online poker in California. The bill is designed to evaluate the potential for California to establish and regulate online ...more
  • Stud Poker Strategy: Problems to Ponder

    Saturday, February 23, 2008, Ashley Adams
    I have some problems for you to ponder until next week when I'll fill you in on my answers. For now, take out a piece of paper and jot down what you think the best answers are to the following questions. Don't sweat. No "It depends" are all...more
  • Lunch with Jack Effel: Changes to the 2008 WSOP, Part 1

    Friday, February 22, 2008, Matt Savage
    The other day I was invited to lunch with WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel. I really like Jack and figured he would have a comp so I accepted. I brought my wife along as well, as I knew that he would have to be nice to me if I brought Ma...more
  • PokerStars EPT Copenhagen, Day 2: Nielsen Takes Narrow Lead

    Friday, February 22, 2008, John 'Falstaff' Hartness
    170 players remained as Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen event began on Thursday. Among the notable players remaining in the tournament were Team PokerStars players Luca Pagano, Noah Boeken, Thor Hansen and Alex Kravch...more
  • Florida Man Charged with Killing Three Over Poker Game

    Thursday, February 21, 2008, Amy Calistri
    A Florida man was charged with three counts of first degree murder in the deaths of three men last weekend. According to the Putnam County Sheriffs Office, after believing that he had been cheated during a private poker game, Duane Demaris ...more