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MicroMillions III: MUFC9999 wins Event #5 $3.30 NL Hold'em
The effort required to succeed in the world of MicroMillions should never be underestimated. While players of the "OOP" events will try low rolling it without too much at stake, the greatness of micro...
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Zoom poker is fast. The name's a bit of a give away. You can auto-fold before the action is on you and you'll instantly be transported to a new seat at a new table with a new hand against a new bunch...
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How I won LAPT Panama
I arrived in Panama with a lot of expectations. Every time I'm about to play a tournament on the Latin American Poker Tour, I have faith. Don't ask me why, but this time I felt something special....
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IPT Nova Gorica underway
PokerStars.it IPT Nova Gorica started yesterday in the beautiful Perla Casino in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. At the end of Day 1A one player who was taking a serious bite out of other people's chips was...
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LAPT Peru: Wake up call
Yesterday players might've been rattled awake at 10:00am. There were sirens and people on the street. Some had backpacks with supplies and everyone was staying away from tall buildings. Everything...
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MicroMillions III: magpie1985 flies away with victory in Event 7 ($5.50 NLHE)
Starting the final table of a tournament as the chip leader. Other than the winner's circle, it's a position that most poker players strive towards. In MicroMillions III Event 7, $5.50 NLHE, magpie1985...
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As the Stars Tweet: Bungee jumping, landing gear, and more
Over the past few weeks, "As The Stars Tweet" has featured many tweets and statuses from Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and their travels around Europe and Asia....
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LAPT Peru: Complaints
There are lots of things to complain about in this world. The air conditioner is too cold, the hot tub is too hot or the bartender took too long to get my drink. These all seem like legitimate...
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Micro Millions III: All's well that ends well for fgromwell in Event 9 ($8.80...
frgomwell eliminated exactly two players from the 2012 MicroMillions III Event 9 $8.80 PLO final table. Two. They were an important two. fgromwell eliminated the 3rd-place finisher and the 2nd-place...
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MicroMillions III: akarrin carries the day in Event #10 ($1+R NLHE 3x-turbo)
"Kick a buck." Such is the line delivered -- repeatedly -- by Paul Newman as the title character in 1967's Cool Hand Luke during a prison stud game. It's one of the all-time best poker scenes, with...
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MicroMillions III: Barthold09 bowls over Event 2 ($4.40 NLHE, 2X Chance)
Anyone who's played tournament poker for a while has had occasion to take advantage of a second chance. Maybe you ran into a cooler with queens against kings but caught a lady on the river; maybe you...
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LAPT Peru: Red, white and food
Players are just returning from dinner break, and as we've mentioned before, the food in Peru is fantastic. Peru is known as the gastronomic capital of Latin America and no other country objects. The...
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MicroMillions III: Not sad at all, Sladjan 68 wins Event #11 ($11 6-Max NLHE)
Heads-up play in a poker tournament can last one hand and suddenly the first 10 hours of struggle seemed like ordering a Captain Morgan Rum and Coke, and getting just the Coke. There is no epic battle...
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LAPT Peru: Another day, another Peruvian
No jinx. Players came back from dinner break well-fed and ready for poker. Thirty-four players returned, and after only 58 minutes of play, we were down to our final 24 players. Also, for the second...
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MicroMillions III: Gorda877 grabs Event 13 title ($3.30 Stud)
Dennder looked strong going into the final table with the lead. After losing it, dennder regained it rather quickly and stayed at or near the top of the leaderboard for much of the final table....
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MicroMillions III: sevewolf mauls field in Event #12 Big Antes
Sometimes you find yourself a such a huge disadvantage that you really have nothing to lose. When it got down to heads-up, the Netherlands' sevewolf was outchipped 7 to 1 against big-stacked...
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MicroMillions III: Artur Lesley wins Event #15 ($5.50 FLHE Turbo)
A turbo format will ignite the action in any poker discipline, but perhaps none more than limit hold'em. High blinds and shallow stacks turn what was once a game of bets saved and earned into a...
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Micro Millions III: Diogo37 goes all the way in Event #14 ($3.30+R NLHE)
Coolers on a final table can make or break a poker tournament. It's all about running good at the right times and when things don't go your way it can be easy to blame old "Lady Luck". But luck runs...
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Staying fresh after Black Friday
Before Black Friday, I used to play online poker all the time. Some weeks I'd play for 80 hours. I'd just wake up and play poker and that's really all I did. Then once Black Friday happened, I haven't...
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MicroMillions III Day 2 review: Total prizes cross $1.25 million mark
If popular psychology held any weight whatsoever, you might think PokerStars' low-limit festival would get a complex. All we do all day long as talk about how small its buy-ins are or how "micro" it...
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