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HNR 5/18: WPT World Championship; SCOOP Update; WSOP Bling

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:39:51 +0000

The World Series of Poker bracelets get cooler, the World Poker Tour gets set to end its season, and a PokerStars SCOOP update. It’s all in Friday’s edition of the PTP Hit and Run. WPT: The World Poker Tour is set to wrap up its season with its World Championship and Super High Roller event.

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HNR 5/18: WPT World Championship; SCOOP Update; WSOP Bling

Pala Casino Poker Room to Celebrate Third Anniversary

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:42:49 +0000

Southern California poker players can win a lot of cash in May at Pala Casino Spa & Resort when the Poker Room celebrates its third anniversary Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20, then …

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Big Weekend Ahead As WPT Championship, Super High Roller Take Center Stage

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:48:47 +0000

The penultimate event of the Season Ten schedule of the World Poker Tour , the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas , kicks off this Saturday, with the additional thrills of a Super High Roller tournament joining it next week.

The Weekly Gaming Business Wrap

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:07:26 +0000

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Kansas Closer To Using Casinos To Support Pensions State-owned casinos in Kansas may soon be dedicating …

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Women In Poker Hall Of Fame Nominations Open

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:11:23 +0000

In a short time, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame has become the preeminent group recognizing the contributions of women to the game of poker.

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Tapie Tournament Series Pushed Off To 2013

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:50:18 +0000

Although they might have failed in their attempts to purchase the shuttered Full Tilt Poker , the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie is moving on with their plans for one of the largest poker tournaments ever, albeit at a later date than they imagined.

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HNR 5/17: New WPT Schedule; Dwan, Negreanu Speak

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:01:31 +0000

The World Poker Tour announces its Season XI schedule, while Tom Dwan and Daniel Negreanu talk on camera. It’s all in Thursday’s edition of the PTP Hit and Run.

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World Poker Tour Announces Season XI Schedule

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:45:08 +0000

The World Poker Tour has announced the 2012 portion of the schedule for its upcoming 11th season. As the WPT wraps up its 10th season with with the World Championship at Bellagio this weekend, the popular tournament series has announced the locations and dates of 11 tournaments that will take place through the end of the year. The schedule includes new stops in Philadelphia; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Morocco

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TruePoker Lowers Player Bad Beat Jackpot Contribution

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:09:34 +0000

True Poker has announced that many of its players will be contributing less per hand to the “bad beat jackpot” on the online poker site.

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Cake Poker, Lock Poker to Increase Rakeback

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:59:25 +0000

Cake Poker and Lock Poker will be offering 36% rakeback to their players starting at the end of May. Earlier this month, Lock Poker, one of the larger poker sites on the Merge Network, announced it is purchasing the Cake Poker Network and leaving Merge to launch Revolution Gaming, a new poker network completely controlled by Lock management. The announcement of the increase in rakeback comes a little more than a week after the purchase announcement