Jan 16
They started with 75 players, but in the end, there can only be one winner. After two days and 18 hours of play, the winner in the PokerStars Women Live $1K NLHE event was Kathy Saraf. She and second place finisher Lauren Kling had been playing heads-up for only about half an hour when the key hand came up, the one that would decide the tournament.
Lauren flopped two pair with kings and tens, and Kathy came along with a flush draw. The win for Saraf came with the diamond on the river, and Lauren Kling garnered a consecutive second place finish at the PCA women’s event.
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Jan 10
We know these three things about Faraz Jaka. First, he could survive in the wild with a can of tuna and easy access to an able bartender. Second, his name is exceptionally fun to sing to the tune of Frère Jacques. Third, his performance on Day 2 of the PCA earned him the chip lead and the jaw-dropping respect of everyone within eyeshot. At the start of the day, Jaka had 129,500 chips. By the end of the night, he was sitting on 902,500, the runaway chip leader and Day 2 hero.
Oh, also, his fashion sense is still just as good as it always has been.
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Jan 09
Yesterday, the multi-tabling prodigy Randy Nanonoko Lew set a new world record for the most amount of poker hands played over an eight hour period.
On the sidelines of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Lew sat down to play between 25 and 40 tables simultaneously, with the requirement he makes a profit, so as to discourage just pressing the fold button for the record.
Playing on PokerStars, Lew was up a few hundred dollars at one stage and down $1,200 at another, when he increased the stakes to $5/$10 to make up the shortfall. As he explains:
I was like, ugh, Ive got to chase those losses!
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Jan 08
2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel is a good friend of RakeTheRake, and he’s even downed a few drinks with the RakeTheRake girls. So when we heard about the horrific robbery and beating that Duhamel endured, RakeTheRake was shocked and concerned for him.
About a week ago, two men broke into the Canadian’s suburban Montreal home in the morning, and started attacking him. Eventually, they tied Duhamel up and kept hitting him until he told them where the valuables were. With this knowledge in hand, the robbers stole Duhamel’s 2010 Main Event gold bracelet, a Rolex Submariner watch that came from PokerStars, and some money.
Fortunately, it didn’t take the police long to apprehend some suspects, and they have four people in custody. While detai
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Jan 01
Bingo fans around the UK could be tempted to play their online bingo at 888ladies.That is after the hugely-popular portal revealed the amount of money it can pay out on any given day.Yesterday (December 21st), for example, saw the market-leading bingo website pay out £662,358 to its loyal members.Sunshinerosie, djm22 and ruthieg were among the big winners of the day, picking up prize money of £10,711.09, £8,154.94 and £7,115.70 respectively.Those tempted to join up and attempt to get their hands on a similar amount of cash will also be given a generous welcome bonus to boost their chances of success.”At 888ladies the great offers begin with no delay. Whe
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