The Nightly Turbo: PartyPoker Women’s World Open IV, Ladbrokes Poker’s Newest Team Member, and More

The PartyPoker Women’s World Open IV has just confirmed a few players, the Ladbrokes Poker Team has just signed its newest member, and more, all in tonight’s Nightly Turbo.

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The Online Railbird Report: Wild Weekend for Dwan, Sahamies and Isildur1

Full Tilt Poker hosted some huge action this weekend, largely driven by the presence of everyones favorite online poker punching bag Isildur1. There were epic heads-up matches, swingy six-max games, and as many as eight tables of $300/$600…

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World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1a: The Sharks Smell Bounty Blood

The unique format of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star makes it stand out from the tournament crowd during this blossoming springtime poker season. Day 1a of the $10,000-buy-in event ran on Monday, and the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose…

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The "durrrr" Challenge: Dwan Widens Lead to $1.75 Million

Patrik Antonius capped off a miserable day at the online tables with another losing session in the “durrrr” Challenge, his tenth in their last eleven meetings. Antonius and Tom “durrrr” Dwan met for only a bit over an hour and 364 hands, but the…

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Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act Analysis

Mainstream media coverage of the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act introduced in the Senate two weeks ago often didn’t even mention the bill’s clause to license and regulate Internet poker.

This might seem like a slight to the…

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The Nightly Turbo: MiniFTOPS Starts This Week, Negreanu’s Thoughts on Top Tournaments, and More

In tonight’s Nightly Turbo, we’ll be reminding you that the MiniFTOPS is around the corner, talking about Negreanu’s latest blog post, and more.

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Inside Gaming: Casino Opens in St. Louis while Companies Deal with the Unexpected in Berlin and Santiago

While you’ve been doing work at the poker tables, others have been busy at the boardroom table. Good thing PokerNews is skilled at multi-tabling. We’ll get you up to speed on what’s new in the gaming business. This week, a new casino opened as…

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The Sunday Briefing: "MAE9690" Claims Top Sunday Prize

Another Sunday on the virtual felt is in the books as the major online poker sites ran their standard Sunday tournaments. The PokerStars Sunday Million had over 10,000 entrants again, four of whom emerged six figures richer. The biggest win went…

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Annie Duke Claims NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

After three long days, the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship has concluded with Annie Duke taking down the coveted title and $500,000.

Annie Duke didn’t have an easy road to the winner’s circle of the 2010 National Heads-Up Championship. Over…

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Get $50 Free at PartyPoker – Win Your Way to the WPT Grand Prix de Paris

There’s no better time to sign up for a PartyPoker account than now. Our exclusive PartyPoker Free $50 Promotion is still running – get $50 to hit the tables, with absolutely NO deposit. You can use that to parlay your way to a seat at the World…

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