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Gibraltar – 27th April 2009 – May is going to be a big month at PartyPoker, with two highlights at the end of this week! The Million Dollar Race is PartyPoker.com’s biggest ever rake race and gets underway on Friday 1 May and the fourth running of the Monthly Million is on Sunday 3 May.
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Sitting at the virtual poker table: results from first ever epidemiological study of actual internet poker gamingbehavior, in press.
The results from the first ever epidemiological analysis of the actual gaming behavior evidenced by a large sample of 3,445 online poker players over the span of 2 years are about to be published. The study was [continue]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
saw flop | saw showdown
MP2 ($102.90)
MP3 ($31.45)
CO ($55)
Button ($226.85)
SB ($613)
Hero (BB) ($200)
UTG ($116.10)
UTG+1 ($259.10)
MP1 ($43.10)
Preflop: Hero is BB with , 
UTG bets $4, 7 folds, Hero calls $2
Flop: ($9) , ,  (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $6, Hero calls $6
Turn: ($21)  (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets [continue]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold’em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - <a href=”http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php”>Party-Poker</a> Converter Tool from <a href=”http://www.flopturnriver.com”>FlopTurnRiver.com</a><br>
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Hero (Button) ($744.91)<br>
SB ($245)<br>
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<b>Preflop</b>: Hero is Button with 10<img src=”http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/heart.gif”>, J<img src=”http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/spade.gif”><br>
<font color=#CC3333>SB bets $5</font>, Hero calls $4<br>
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<b>Flop</b>: ($12) 10<img src=”http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/club.gif”>, J<img src=”http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/heart.gif”>, J<img src=”http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/club.gif”> <font color=#009B00>(2 players)</font><br>
<font color=#CC3333>SB bets $10</font>, <font color=#CC3333>Hero raises $33</font>, SB calls $23<br>
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<b>Turn</b>: ($78) 2<img src=”http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/club.gif”> <font color=#009B00>(2 players)</font><br>
SB checks, [continue]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP2 ($102.90)
MP3 ($31.45)
CO ($55)
Button ($226.85)
SB ($613)
Hero (BB) ($200)
UTG ($116.10)
UTG+1 ($259.10)
MP1 ($43.10)
Preflop: Hero is BB with K, A
UTG bets $4, 7 folds, Hero calls $2
Flop: ($9) Q, 8, 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $6, Hero calls $6
Turn: ($21) K (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $18, Hero raises to [continue]

Today marked the end to the 25,000,000,000 hand promotion that PokerStars has been running all week.  This promo offered a decent reload Bonus of 25% up to $250.  By depositing $1,000 you would receive an extra $250.  This actually ran into some problems as the max deposit limit is $600 on most deposit options.  Players [continue]

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series X kicked off on November 5.  This double digit series started off just as all the others, with the first event being $216 no-limit hold’em 6 Max.  However, the entire purse just keeps growing, because this series has 25 events with more than $15 million guaranteed.  It’s pretty amazing [continue]

The FTR Gauntlet VII series has now come to a close and there are a lot of moments to look back on.  From nutsinho’s early domination, to GatorJH’s luckboxed pocket tens, even Wildbob’s record-breaking performance, to countless suckouts and aces on the river.  Each season seems to get better, because at the end of Season [continue]