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February 22, 2012

Florida card room sets new record

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It’s usually only online where you’ll find a tournament of more than a couple of thousand players, but this week the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida was setting records for attendance as 2,607 players walked through its doors.Players from across the state and beyond lined up outside from as... Read more

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  • Texas Holdem
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February 20, 2012

Negreanu and Abou Risk putting skill above all

Daniel Negreanu Blog 20feb12

It has been (and will be) a busy week on the international poker stage. The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour brought poker and Carnival time together in Sao Paulo, Brazil, starting last Friday; the final table of eight playing today to find the last winner of the season. Meanwhile, in the... Read more

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  • Mind Sport
  • EPT
  • Texas Holdem
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February 17, 2012

Carnival time for Poker in Brazil

Brazil Carnival Blog 17feb12

It’s about this time of year that Brazil comes alive for Carnival. Anyone who has been to Sao Paulo, for example, will tell you that the country’s largest city is always alive, starting the moment you touch down at Cumbica Airport which, with the arrival of each jumbo full of tourists, bustles... Read more

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  • Mind Sport
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February 15, 2012

Malta to prove lifeline for online poker players

Malta Blog 15feb12

If evidence were needed to highlight the complexities of worldwide internet gaming law, one need only look as far as news this week that PokerStars has launched “pokerstars.eu” following their successful attempt to obtain a new European licence, subsequently granted by the Malta Lotteries and... Read more

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February 13, 2012

Call, bet, raise, right hook

Boxing Gloves Blog 13feb12

Promoting poker as a mind sport may be at the heart of what the International Federation of Poker is about, but it seems one entrepreneur has found an altogether different direction to take the game, a novel approach that you might describe as out of the box and into the ring.Citing the loss of... Read more

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  • Mind Sport
  • IFP
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