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Well it’s about that time again to take a look at the Everest Poker Leaderboards. With May now over and June just underway, it’s time to see how one month panned out and how the other one starts off.
For the May Monthly MTT’s, the final top ten looks like this:
1. Tooren 6783
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Vincente Perez, 57, of Macon, Georgia pleaded guilty over the fatal stabbing that took place at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic city.
Perez and Arthur Price, 61, got into an argument over a seat at a poker table. The disagreement continued outside to the valet parking area.  Prince then proceeded to hit Perez with [continue]

Well it’s again time to take a look at the Everest Poker Leaderboards. With May winding down fast here, let’s jump right into it to see how this month is panning out for everyone.
First off, for the monthly MTT’s for May, lets look at the top 10:
1. Tooren 6069
2. BaSt4r 5913
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Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is playing host to a Heads-Up Tournament hosted by Full Tilt Poker. With up to 64 players and a $25,000 buy-in per player, Full Tilt Poker is already calling it the biggest heads-up tournament ever; live or online. Many other Full Tilt Poker professionals, such as Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, [continue]

Event 14 of the FTOPS VIII Tournament was a $200 + $16 NL Hold’em Turbo. It was hosted by Amanda Baker. It was a 200k Guarantee that had 2,140 players.
The chip counts going into the final table were as follows:
1. Pokah_Prinz 838,357
2. comhood 831,290
3. OneUponAStar 606,395
4. dud711 498,476
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After a week of not looking at the Everest Poker Leaderboards, it’s time to take a quick glance again at how everyone is doing.
For the MTTs for the month of May, not a whole lot has changed.  Lets take a look at how things are shaping up as May is winding down.
May MTT for Everest [continue]

If you happen to live in the state of Washington, an important ruling came down today at the hands of a King County Superior Court judge. She ruled that playing poker for money online is still illegal in this state. Lee Rousso, a local attorney and poker player said he hopes the U.S. Supreme [continue]

The buy-in for this tournament was $500 + $35 and there was a total of 637 players. First place alone payed out over $68,000. Lets take a
look at the chip counts heading into the final table:
1. Kavin86 1,114,541
2. scatterbrain123 495,675
3. Care4Nature 465,801
4. MMMADD 424,767
5. LokoIsBack 361,264
6. bd3109 [continue]

It’s again time for FTR to take a look at one of it’s newest leaderboards in Everest Poker. Every Monday I will be reporting on what happens for Everest Poker’s Monthly Multi-Table Leaderboard as well as their Weekly Sit & Go High and Low Tournaments.
Since this is the first month that we’ve been looking [continue]

Two time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh is leaving Bodog Poker. After being sponsored by Bodog for the last three years, the two have decided to mutually split.
“Bodog and Josh have mutually decided to part ways at the end of April. Josh had a great run as a member of Team Bodog over the [continue]