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There seems to be no stopping Austrian gaming powerhouse Bwin. Fresh from acquiring Italian poker site Gioco Digital and topping EGR Magazine’s Power 50, there are now rumors they are poised to execute a takeover of 888 Holdings. UK newspaper The Daily Mail report that Bwin are currently attempting to raise enough ready cash to [continue]

FullTilt’s newest sponsored professional, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, took time off from playing in the world’s biggest online games to challenge three high-stakes poker players in London over the past three days. For those unfamiliar with the “durrrr Challenge”, it was originally an online offer issued to the entire poker world (sans Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond) [continue]

Full Tilt Poker is offering its players extra money for the Holiday season with its Holiday Hundred promotion.  Buy gifts for the people on your holiday list with an extra $100 from Full Tilt Poker.  However, you must first make sure you are eligible for this Bonus.
If you’ve already made an initial [continue]

All of the high-stakes Pot-Limit Omaha ballers will be in one place this coming Saturday, November 21st, for the second ever running of the $25K Heads-Up PLO Championship.  Full Tilt Poker is proud to host the highest stakes PLO tournament in the world.
If you are looking to rail, the action begins at 3 pm ET [continue]

IIt is pretty much business as usual at PokerStars. Nothing major has taken place, but there are a few things to note.
First, in celebration of awarding $5million since the inception of the Battle of the Planet leader boards began they are doubling they are doubling the prize pool for each division from Nov 8 - [continue]

November 16th - Following the huge success of the Point per Day held last month RedKings.com will be running a new version of the ‘best Race in Poker’ starting 23rd November 2009.
Named ‘Point per Day -  the Sequel’ this new and exciting alternative to the well established Points Race promotion will be easier to win [continue]

William Hill are primarily known for their famous chain of UK sports books, but they are no slouches when it comes to the online side of things either - especially online poker. Their range of unique and rewarding promotions has tempted many a player to sign up and reap the benefits. With a strong history [continue]

Before the internet it was very difficult to achieve anything spectacular without people discovering who you were. The information super-highway has changed all that. Now people can hide behind avatars and screen-names as they go about their business. At the online poker table this kind of anonymity is commonplace. Every player you compete against is [continue]

Another day gone by, another FTOPS event in the books! This time it was the FTOPS XIV Event #22: $2,500 + $120 Super Stack NLHE. 938 hopefuls showed up of which only 90 cashed; just 6 of them took home prizes well into the 6 figures!
The final table went down as follows;
9th: just a few [continue]

With FTOPS XIV winding down, 9,832 players took part in $120+$9 No Limit Hold ‘Em Knockout event.  Hosted by the 2009 World Series of Poker sixth-place finisher, Steven Begleiter, the tournament had a prize pool of $983,200 with its first-place finisher winning over $100,000.
 
The final table was as follows:
Seat 1 – Dinhjo (6,220,000)
Seat [continue]