World Gambling News » Poker Pros http://www.worldgamblingnews.com Bringing you the very latest news in the gambling world Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Aussie Millions Finale http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:38:46 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/ aussie_millions-header.jpg

The Aussie Millions had been going on in the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia. The tournament was hosted at the Crown Casino and it has finally come to an end.

The most exciting event is the Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge and we have this year’s (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/feed/ Jonathan Duhamel Signs with PokerStars http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:46:21 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/ jonathan-duhamel.jpg

We all know that once you become a recognized figure in poker sponsorship deals will start falling from the sky. In November of last year the name Jonathan Duhamel became the heading of every poker news section and he became coveted by important poker sites.

Finally, the poker pro has made a decision: (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/feed/ Durrrr Challenge Part 2: Jungleman http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:31:16 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/ tom-dwan-poker-player.jpg

Online poker titan Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan had us hanging with his challenge against another titan of poker, Patrik Antonius. However, before that challenge came to an end, durrrr entered a new challenge this time against Dan ‘Jungleman12′ Cates. The challenge has been ongoing, and the two players met at the tables once more on Monday night. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/feed/ CardPlayer Announces Player of the Year http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:20:40 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/ tmarchese.jpg

Every year the popular gaming magazine CardPlayer picks a lucky gambling figure as the “Player of the Year”. This year the winner is not a traditional poker figure, but it is a player who recently emerged from the shades in the online poker world to the live poker arena. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/feed/ 2010 Poker Cheating Scandals? http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:37:30 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/ cheatingspouse.png

Recently, Sam Simon, the co-creator of one of the most popular animated TV series ‘The Simpsons’, talked to the Las Vegas Review Journal and informed them of some cheating scandals he has witnessed this year.

The first scandal that Simon talked about was the fact that one of the greatest titans of poker, a high stakes professional poker player has continued to lose millions of money due to a (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/feed/ WSOP Crowns New Champion: Jonathan Duhamel http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:59:50 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/ <duhamel-bracelet2.jpg

The final stage for the avid November 9 finally came and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) crowned a champion for 2010. This time it was Canadian poker player Jonathan Duhamel who took the bracelet home along with the $8.9 million first prize.

7,319 players began the battle for the coveted 2010 WSOP Main Event bracelet and these were the players who proved to be the strongest with their respective chip counts at the beginning of the final table: (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/feed/ WSOPE Bracelet Winners http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/10/wsope-bracelet-winners/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/10/wsope-bracelet-winners/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:45:19 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/10/wsope-bracelet-winners/ laak.png

I know this is a little late on news but I still think it is worth mentioning that there were two remarkable wins at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). The first one was by professional poker player Phil Laak and the other one was by another poker pro, Gus Hansen. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/10/wsope-bracelet-winners/feed/ Sorel Mizzi Involved in Cheating Scandal Rumours… Again http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/08/sorel-mizzi-involved-in-cheating-scandal-rumours-again/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/08/sorel-mizzi-involved-in-cheating-scandal-rumours-again/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:09:32 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/08/sorel-mizzi-involved-in-cheating-scandal-rumours-again/ sorel_-mizzi.jpg

I never thought Sorel Mizzi was a bad poker player, but it seems like he is just too greedy and keeps trying to make money the easy way. In the past few years Mizzi has been involved in several cheating scandals related to multi-accounting, colluding, amongst others.

Once more, Sorel Mizzi is being tracked down in relation to a cheating scandal that has not been confirmed. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/08/sorel-mizzi-involved-in-cheating-scandal-rumours-again/feed/ World Series of Poker Europe Schedule Released http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:30 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/ wsope.jpg

The schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has now been released and two new bracelet events were added to the set of events. This event expects to attract the top pros of poker and we will definitely see some great action going on.

The WSOPE will run from September 14th to 28th at the (more…)

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Professional poker player Phil Laak has decided to try and become the new Guiness Record Holder for poker endurance. The player will try to beat the previous mark which was 75 hours of poker.

Laak began his quest on Wednesday at noon, he is running his challenge at the same time as the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This morning at 8am he had played poker for (more…)

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