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WCOOP 2013: Toby "810ofClubs" Lewis Double COOPs it
I stole the picture below from Toby Lewis' Twitter feed because... Well, damn it, just look at it. The guy is sitting in the dark, playing at the final table of a 2013 World Championship of Online...
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WCOOP 2013: -Rebus1980- survives long battle to win Event #7 ($215 NL 5-Card...
The game of 5-Card draw can summon up images of family poker games around the kitchen table or movies with badly filmed poker scenes complete with humorous string bets. None of those come to mind when...
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WCOOP 2013: CaptainSmile grinning ear-to-ear with Courchevel victory in Event #8
CaptainSmile joined a small, yet elite group of Courchevel World Champions after the Norwegian player came from behind at the final table to bink WCOOP Event #8 $215 PL Courchevel H/L. Poker is always...
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TWITTERWCOOP Challenge reaches final day
It's been a long journey. But we're almost there, the final challenge. And if you've ever wanted to play in the WCOOP, this could be your lucky day. For our final TWITTERWCOOP challenge, we're giving...
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Mountain girl
I had an absolutely amazing World Series this year. Even though the poker was rubbish, it was the best summer I can remember, full of adventures and lots of parties. I got into really good shape doing...
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50,000? You like us! You really like us!
It was five years ago on a hot August afternoon when it occurred to me that the PokerStars Blog needed a Twitter account. I'd been using Twitter since July 2007 (first under a pseudonym and eventually...
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WCOOP 2013: No hold'em as multi-disciplined players win gold
Do you know who has won the most money in World Championship of Online Poker history? Do you know who has the most WCOOP bracelets? Do you know how much money WCOOP has awarded over the past decade?...
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WCOOP 2013: Second WCOOP bracelet for CrabMaki in Event #10, $215 PLO...
Between the large field sizes and tough competition, winning a World Championship of Online Poker bracelet is a pretty big accomplishment. If you earn gold, you've made your way into some pretty select...
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WCOOP 2013: OMGjonyctt survives intense deal to take it all in Event #9...
We all know that deals are a big part of poker, especially online in a major series like the World Championship of Online Poker where hundreds of thousands of dollars are on the line. However it's rare...
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EPT10 Barcelona: Thomas 'hitthehole' Middleton, Vitaly Lunkin and Thomas...
Season 10 of the European Poker Tour kicked off in Barcelona with big wins for Thomas 'hitthehole' Middleton, Vitaly Lunkin and Thomas Muhlocker, with oh-so-close finishes for the all-time-money list...
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Vanessa Selbst performs ultimate double-range merge
It's not easy to find the right poker metaphor for what Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst did last month, but double-range merge seems to work. She got married! Vanessa Selbst met Miranda in December...
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Time to play in South America with Tag Heuer on offer
When you play on the Latin American Poker Tour or Brazilian Series of Poker, the joy of winning an event is almost always enough. The money never hurts. Now, both tours have decided to offer their...
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Luck of the Mohawk
Forget about the thousands of hours I've put in grinding, training, and studying to improve my game. It doesn't help. It turns out that style is what really counts, as my lucky Mohawk propelled me to a...
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Giving it up
I had a great original idea this weekend. The idea to steal Leo Babuata's idea for an experiment which he calls "A Year of Living Without". The concept is simple - each month for the next twelve I will...
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Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis on his second COOP win
It's been a good couple of months for Toby Lewis. Last month he won a FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) event for $253,000, last weekend he watched his percentage of Tom "hitthehole" Middleton...
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WCOOP 2013: A bracelet for each CrabMaki claw
So, there is something about David "CrabMaki" Shallow in early September. Three years ago, I wrote this piece on him after he won his first WCOOP bracelet and more than $600,000. Then, on this very day...
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Get your #WCOOPLuckyHaircut to win Main Event satellilte tickets
Need a haircut? Want to play the 2013 WCOOP Main Event? This post is for you. See, I got a haircut yesterday. It's a conservative trim that will turn no heads and is most certainly not lucky at all....
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WCOOP 2013: Tha Giggy transcends five hour marathon to win Event #11 ($320...
The origin of the Ante-Up format of no-limit Texas hold'em is not fully known. One theory is that it was devised by the computer in War Games (WOPR) to take so long that it would leave no time for...
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WCOOP 2013: NikolasDLP outduels field to win Event #12 ($215 NLHE Heads-Up)
Lovers of relentless, adrenaline-fueled heads-up poker were eyeing Event #12 of the 2013 World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars. That's because it was the only no-limit hold'em heads-up...
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