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Full Tilt Poker Pro Howard Lederer wins $1.25 Million at the Aussie Millions

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Full Tilt Poker Pro Howard “The Professor” Lederer is really one of the most skilled poker players out there, having accomplished some incredible poker achievements, such as winning WSOP bracelets and all sorts of other poker tournaments. Another achievement you can add to Howard Lederer’s distinguished list of poker accolades is the $1.25 million he [...]

Poker News: Farewell To Poker Legend Chip Reese

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

David “Chip” Reese is considered by many to be the greatest high stakes cash game poker player in the world.
Chip Reese was born David Edward Reese in Dayton, Ohio in 1951. As a child, David had an uncanny talent for winning at cards and often played with the other kids in the neighborhood for the [...]

19-year old Annette Obrestad Makes Poker History at World Series of Poker Europe

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Who would ever think that a 19-year old would win the £10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event?
Well, Annette Obrestad at age 19 became the youngest player ever to win a World Series of Poker bracelet, and also was the first woman to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event.
The Empire Casino in [...]

Dario Aloto Wins WSOPE Bracelet at 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

165 players paid 5,000 English pounds for Event #2 of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) held at the Empire Casino in London, England. With all the buy-ins, the prize pool reached a whopping 825,000 pounds, one of the biggest pots ever for an Omaha poker tournament in Europe.
The Event # 2 went on [...]

Kadabra Wins $147K and FTOPS V Event#1 Title

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

It all sounds very Ali Baba to me, but Kadabra is $147,099 richer.
Maybe Kadabra really has some kind of magic spell that opens doors to loads of gold, or maybe he’s just one hell of a poker player for besting 4,165 players in the recently concluded FTOPS V Event #1 of Full Tilt Poker, which [...]