Many poker players love mixed games. Whether it is for the simple variety to spice up a game and keep one’s mind on fast-forward or because of a perceived edge over other players, they do flock to any type of mixed poker game.

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Our good friend Josef Rantamäki over at PokerBlog decided here in a guest post that it was high time he told us just who we he thought were the Top 5 High Stakes Poker Players:

Now granted his legacy, of late, has been tarnished with his sabbatical from the scene.  Some wonder if his gambling so high like he had a bottomless pit of money behind him finally caught up to him.  Lets not forget, one thing that hasnt changed is the fact hes still Phil Ivey.  Its true, stories of epic craps rolls by Ivy have gone the way of the dingo and now sightings of the great one is instant news, but hes still Phil Ivey.

The naysayers may ask these last couple of years, if hes so great wheres he been, and why hasnt he still been dominating? Thats si

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Unibet Poker is the latest online poker room to have joined the speed craze, having recently officially launched their “Fast Poker” software. About a month ago, we blogged that Unibet Poker was preparing for the Fast Poker launch, and now it’s finally here. If you’d like to find out more about this revolutionary software, here’s a look at everything you need to know

Fast Poker Basics Waiting it’s the one thing that universally annoys so many online poker players. Some players deal with the annoyance by multi-tabling, while others surf the internet between hands when they get bored. But players can

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Previously a deposit after your first would only earn a cash match bonus if you deposited at least £20 into your account at sites like Bingo Cove. Wh

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I doubt that HustlaStylez is not stricken with triskaidekaphobia. Otherwise, he never would have gotten out of the 13th round and advance to the finals. To win Event #7-L $7.50 NL Heads-Up, you had to survive a field of 16,384 runners and win 14 consecutive heads-up matches in a little more than 12 hours.

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We expected to burst the bubble within a level today, but play has been slow to get going with each of the last 99 quite keen to be among the last 88.

Play has been particularly slow on table eight, where the game was halted for nearly ten minutes when a dispute about chips erupted between Jose Severino and Luca Antinori in the seat next to him, which has resulted in the player warning klaxon being moved permanently next to Antinori’s head.

It’s quite a head.

All of this is clearly visible because he’s spent much of the level standing up.

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This April, InterPoker are giving all of their players the chance to participate in a €30,000 April Showers rake race, where they will be showering players with cash!

The April Showers rake race will last for a total of fourteen days, kicking off on Monday 9th April 2012 at midnight and lasting until 22nd April 2012 at 23:59 GMT, pausing on 15th April for a one day break. At the e

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There are some polite lies that are standard in poker tournaments, helpful little phrases handed out with player bags that allow the whole system to run smoothly, and without people falling out.

“Nice hand,” is one of them, usually only used when on the receiving end of a lunatic play, by a lunatic. “Good game,” is another, a polite sign off from an eliminated player which buys his vocal chords enough time before they spew hate in the privacy of the lift or a toilet cubicle.

Then there are the socially acceptable replies from questions that try to hurdle modesty.

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Benidorm Bingo has packed their schedule with big money games with prize pots of up to £5,000 just waiting to be won. The good thing is though you do not need to miss out on any of these games if you already have plans because you can pre-purchase tickets from the lobby. B

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The lowest price of gold was back in 70s when its value was only USD 64.95 per ounce while the highest price ever was recorded in August 2011 when it hit USD 1889.70 per ounce. Currently the gold closes around 1650 but since its all-time high never closed under 1500.

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Yesterday I wrote this post about Viktor Blom and Isaac Haxton playing a heads-up match for $1 million this weekend. I thought it was pretty straight-forward and full of seriousness. But, noooooooo. Everyone in the comments and forums thought I was involved in some elaborate April Fools prank.

Let me be clear about something: something very significant in my life happened on April 1. Something…well, it’s personal. Let’s just say it involved…well, it’s personal. Let’s just say…it’s a significant day in a young man’s life. And so, after this happened, I found a calendar to note the day on which this significant thing happened in my life and found it was, in fact, April Fools Day.

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A Set For Petersen

Alexander Petersen raises to 8,000 in early position, holding , and he receives three-callers. The flop is and all three players check to Petersen who bets 22,000.

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The only downfall to the Foxy Bingo chat tournaments is that for the most part they are played in the early hours of the morning but on the plus side, there is one playing every day with a top prize of 30,000 bingo points to be won (that’s £30 to play bingo with).

Below are details of just one of the tournaments that play at Foxy Bingo; the rules, when it plays and how many points can be won. Yo

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This morning 99 players returned, eight of whom were on for the double. The bubble burst, 88 players remained, eight of whom were on for the double. Moments later Rupert Elder bust in 88th, the first into the cash and just minutes after that Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier ran kings into aces to leave himself short, he busted out just a little later.

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The rate at which the Americas Cardroom online poker tournaments have been growing is incredible. Not too long ago, the biggest online poker tournament in Americas Cardrooms short history was $15,000. This is a far cry from the $250,000 Guaranteed event that the site will hold on April 15th, 2012 at 12:00pm (ET) – where first place is guaranteed $50,000!

Those who want to play in the Liberty Quarter Million can pay the direct buy-in of $200 + $15. And if you can’t afford this amount, there are plenty of cheaper (or free) alternatives. Also ke

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