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Poker champion Phil Laak has a good chance of winning when he sits down this week to play 2,000 hands of Texas Hold'em _ against a computer. It may be the last chance he gets. Computers have gotten a lot better at poker in recent years; they're good enough now to challenge top professionals like Laak, who won the World Poker Tour invitational in 2004. But it's only a matter of time before the machines take ... More
888.com would like to extend our warmest congratulations to our sponsored player Michael Keiner (username MKeiner) after his first bracelet win in event 14 of the 2007 WSOP on June 11. ... More
Congratulations to CALVINHOBBES on hitting the $464,652.03 Bad Beat Jackpot. It happened just before midnight ET on July 11th as the lucky Absolute Poker player hit quad Aces and lost to a Royal Flush. CALVINHOBBES share of the jackpot stands at $162,628.21. The participants in the bad beat jackpot hand will share an additional $162,628.21 with the pot winner taking over $81,000 and the remaining player ... More
The newest de facto worldwide ambassador for poker spent part of his youth in a refugee camp in Thailand, began playing the game only two years ago and prays to a deity who's fluent in poker lingo. ... More
Unknown poker player Jerry Yang has won the largest and most prestigious prize of the year- the $8.25m first prize at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. ... More
Danish poker player Philip Hilm used to sell coffee machines in supermarkets. He is now the favourite on Betfair at 9-2 to outlast the final 9 players for the World Series of Poker and win the $8.25m 1st prize. He only took up poker in late 2004. ... More
Latest UpdateHand #36 - Steven Garfinkle Eliminated in 10th Place ($476,926) Hand #36 - Hevad 'Rain' Khan has the button in seat 10, Steven Garfinkle moves all in from middle position for 3.515 million, and Raymond Rahme calls from the small blind. Garfinkle shows {Ac}{3s}, and Rahme has {Qc}{Qd}. Garfinkle needs to improve to stay alive. The flop comes {Kh}{Qh}{Jd}, and the weary crowd cheers as Rahme flo ... More
Hevad Khan has become one of the most conspicuous players at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. His name has been near the top end of the chip leader board since the end of his second day, he's spent plenty of time at the ESPN feature table, and his brash and enthusiastic celebrations have made him a favorite among the camera crews and producers prowling the Amazon Room looking for excitement. ... More
Bodog, a US online gambling and entertainment group that has a portfolio that includes an online casino and poker room, has announced that it is planning to break the UK with a range of new products. ... More
Your seat is safe - Betfair Poker will guarantee players' seats at the World Series of Poker Europe 2007. As the official online satellite provider and presenting sponsor, Betfair is committed to sending more than 125 players to the first WSOP bracelet event ever to take place outside Las Vegas. ... More
The poker world is holding its breath today after a freak accident on the Las Vegas strip in which poker legend Phil Hellmuth lost control of his high-speed racecar. ... More
Within one day of releasing its new Bad Beat Jackpot game, Absolute Poker doled out nearly $78,000 to five lucky Absolute Poker players after the very first jackpot was hit. ... More
In the midst of this year's record-setting World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Jeffrey Pollack is preparing for another first. The world's biggest poker event is going global in September — sort of a "Poker Europa," the World Series of Poker Europe on Sept. 6-16 in London. The event includes a three-day H.O.R.S.E. tournament, a two-day Pot-Limit Omaha tournament and a six-day No-Limit Texas Hold'em tourname ... More
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