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Judge orders man to play poker for 6 months
Poker News August 12, 2010 A judge in America has ordered a fraudster to play poker for a living - so he can pay back his victims.
Samuel McMaster Jr, a former insurance worker, stole more than £300,000 from elderly clients in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after convincing them to give him money for investments.
The 59-year-old has pleaded guilty to 26 different charges, including securities fraud, and was facing 84...
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Voting opens for British Poker Awards
Poker News August 4, 2010 Voting is underway for the first ever British Poker Awards which take place in September.
The 'BAFTAS' of poker will feature gongs for best tournament, cash and online players as well best contribution to British poker, best card room, best poker forum and best poker league.
And with star names such as Anthony Holden, Victoria Coren, Neil Channing and Pokerjolt's own JP Kelly nominated for...
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Who are you and what have you done with Isabelle Mercier?
5am Girls: Gossip August 1, 2010 Word reaches 5am that Isabelle Mercier, the hard woman of poker, may have gone soft in her old age.The 35-year-old, who dubs herself 'No Mercy', has long prided herself on her tough table image and gruff personality.But since leaving Pokerstars at the end of last year and signing for gambling giant Betclic the pressure seems to be off - and Mercier is enjoying life.So much so that the new age...
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Pokerstars launches 'women only' poker league
Inside Poker August 1, 2010 PokerStars has launched a new poker league exclusively for women. The Women's Poker League - which is fronted by Vanessa Rousso - features twice daily tournaments for female players worldwide.The tourneys will run at 13.10 ET and 21:10 ET on Pokerstars, with points awarded from 20 points for first place down to 10 points for ninth place. Those cashing will receive five points while everyone...
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Bookies make Duhamel WSOP favourite
Poker News July 27, 2010 Bookmakers have installed Jonathan Duhamel as the clear favourite for the World Series of Poker Main Event.
The Canadian heads into the 'November Nine' final table as clear chip leader with 65,975,000 and is a 3-1 chance with Sportingbet to win the biggest prize in world sport.
But history shows the winner rarely leads heading into the final table - last year's champion Joe Cada was...
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Daniel Negreanu's night with a drunk ho
Poker News July 23, 2010 DANIEL Negreanu has never exactly been 'normal' – but Kid Poker has really lost the plot since the World Series ended last week.
The 35-year-old, who lives in Las Vegas, claims he has been “struggling mightily” with a WSOP hangover and didn't managed to leave his couch for nine days after the action dried up at the Rio.
His daytime TV marathon finally ended on Wednesday,...
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The WSOP 2010 November Nine
Poker News July 18, 2010 THIS is the November Nine – the players who will fight it out for the World Series of Poker 2010 Main Event title later this year.
With 7,310, or 99.9 per cent, of the 7,319 entrants in this year's big one now eliminated, Jonathan Duhamel leads the way in the fight for the world title and $8.94million first prize.
The 22-year-old, from Montreal, Canada, bullied his way through Day 8 in...
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Jennifer Leigh is seriously angry
5am Girls: Gossip July 11, 2010 POKER sexbomb Jennifer 'Jennicide' Leigh may be flying high at the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas...but she is in a massive strop.
The 26-year-old, who finished Day 2a with a very healthy chip stack of 155,200 claims she is 'pissed' and wants revenge before she returns to the Amazon Room tomorrow.
But who, or what, has caused this blind rage in the usually nerdy Playboy model, who has a secret...
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WSOP 2010: Johnny Chan is just ridiculous
Poker News July 10, 2010 POKER legend Johnny Chan finished Day 2A of the World Series of Poker last night in a ludicrously brilliant 10th place.
The 53-year-old double World Champion, who played so well on the opening day of this monster tournament, again turned in a masterclass to finish with 281,600 chips – just 60,000 behind overall chip leader Boulos Estafanous.
A whopping 2,412 players sat down for the...
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Johnny Chan rolls back the years at the 2010 WSOP
Poker News July 9, 2010 Johnny Chan finished Day 1C of the World Series of Poker Main Event ranked an unbelievable 2nd out of 1,646 survivors.
The 53-year-old, who has 10 WSOP bracelets, played typically aggressive poker throughout to dominate a huge field.
Canadian Mathieu Sauriol finished chip leader on a day in which another 2,314 players entered the tournament, meaning the prize fund is likely to be...
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