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Ladbrokes poker have recently announced a new recruit to their team with the signing of British poker pro, Jonathan Kalmar, also known as ‘Skalie’.
Kalmar is best known for his heroics at last years WSOP Main Event, coming in 5th, making him an instant millionaire, taking home a cool $1.25m. Following his success, Kalmar became [continue]

World Poker Tour Enterprise Inc have announced that they have finally settled the lawsuit filed against them by several well known professional poker players in July 2006.
 
The case concerned the player release form which the WPT used, where the players claimed that the terms and conditions of the player release violated their rights to manage [continue]

With 15 WPT cashes to his name, Erik Seidel finally his first WPT title after winning the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic. Seidel outlasted a field of 345 players and entered the 6 handed final table with a commanding chip.
The action on the final table last nearly 12 hours, one of the longest in WPT [continue]

Relative unknown, Jason Mercier from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, captured the title of the European Poker Tour San Remo on Saturday, outlasting 700 other players for the biggest win of his young career.
In the biggest poker tournament to be ever held in Italy, each contestant paid €5,000 to enter, with the prize pool totaling over €3,200,000.
Online [continue]

In recent years, we’ve seen various successful sports stars try their hand at poker with mixed success. Most notably we’ve seen former World No. 1 tennis player, Yevgeny Kafelnikov switch to poker, who made a series of impressive finishes at the World Series of Poker 2005. And more recently, Australian cricket legend, Shane [continue]

English professional poker player, Neil Channing, managed to outlast a field of 667 players as he blitzed his way to winning the 2008 Irish Open held at Dublin’s City West Hotel, taking home Euros 801,400 ($1,260,000 USD). 
Channing was rampant, as he entered the final table as a massive chip leader with $2.75 million chips out [continue]

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Recent WSOPE runner up, John Tabatabai, has proved that he is more than just a flash in the pan by taking down the 12th All Africa Poker Tournament.
The tournament held in Piggs Peak, South Africa, also included local hero, Raymond Rahme in the line-up, who is best known for being the first and only South [continue]

On Sunday, Huck Seed finally got got his hands on a major heads-up title by winning the 2008 Canadian Open Poker Championship in Calgary, Alberta at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino.
Seed has made a string of cashes in major heads-up tournaments in recent years without quite managing to clinch the title. 2 years ago, [continue]

After finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2006 , Chris Ferguson made it third time lucky in this year’s 2008 NBC National Heads-up Poker Championships. Ferguson defeated Andy Bloch in the final, winning by two matches to one at Caesar’s Palace on Sunday to take home the title.
With a strong field of 64 players, Ferguson was [continue]