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Micro Millions 7: Pimpo4 evades torpor brilliantly to win Event #24 ($2.20 NL...

Let's be clear. Players are under no obligation to be entertaining when they reach a final table. None at all. They're only required to play to a winner in whatever fashion they choose. That said, in...

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MicroMillions 7: cheers to chenny1986, Event #25 champ ($3.30 NLHE, Ante Up)

Event #25 presented players with the alternative "ante up" format in which the blinds hold steady at 5/5 throughout but everyone's antes constantly increase, in this case every 10 minutes. In a way,...

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MicroMillions 7: URIK-IRK barges to title in Event #27 thriller ($1 + R NL...

The antidote to any slow-paced poker tournament is a Turbo event. Such was the case in Event 27 which, in contrast to Event 24 earlier, was a dazzling display of the unpredictable. While regular events...

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MicroMillions 7: Big mann on campus, Amtsmann claims win in Event #26 [$2.20...

Germany and Russia are normally trading partners but today's MicroMillion 7 Event #26 $2.20 NLHE 6-max, 2R1A tournament they were after a monopoly of the table's commodities. Tournament chips at the...

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MicroMillions 7: Skeptikus zooms to victory in Event #29 ($3.30 NLH Zoom, Turbo)

Turbo and Zoom are two tournament descriptors which really get the blood flowing for players who like plenty of action. The games draw huge numbers and MicroMillions Event #29 was no different. Players...

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MicroMillions 7: Patata600 peels off a win in Event #28 ($5.50 NLHE 6-Max)

Potato, patata600 ... no matter how you say it, patata600 displayed excellent skills in Event 28 today. With a clear vision going into the final table, patata600 set about taking chips from nearly...

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Big win for 000lil000 in March 16 Women's Sunday

Two weeks. The Women's Sunday on March 30 will be a celebration of the tournament's third birthday, and we have some excitement planned for you! We've already mentioned that the tournament will have a...

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Sunday Warm-Up: Count_NN drains the field of their chips winning $97K

This week and next week the MicroMillions 7 tournament series will take most of the headlines. Turning two bucks into eight grand opening doors for all players to step up and play for big money....

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MicroMillions 7: TaimenSTR triumphant in Event #31 [$3.30 Stud Hi/Lo]

Wire to wire. Difficult, but not impossible. Being the chipleader at the final table is not an automatic indicator that you will win the tournament, but sometimes the universe aligns perfectly and you...

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MicroMillions 7: Two-time champ KidPokerSLO tops turbo field in Event #33...

For only the fifth time in its 633-event history, the MicroMillions has crowned a two-time champion. In last July's MicroMillions 5, Slovenia's KidPokerSLO defeated 5,858 players to win the 8-max turbo...

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MicroMillions 7: andyh26 quashes competition with quads in Event #32, $11...

The Sunday Storm is a fixture here at PokerStars not just on regular weekends, but also during the MicroMillions. And it's become one for players on smaller bankrolls to look forward to. Of the last...

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MicroMillions 7: MrP0P is last gunslinger standing in Event #34 Shootout...

Surviving a blood-thirsty field of 7,776 players seems like a daunting task, but winning five consecutive 6-max SNGs sounds easier, right? No matter which way you looked at Event #34, no one could stop...

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Sunday Million: Booobich gets rich, wins after six-way deal; Team Pro Lex...

March madness has gripped the basketball world these days with the college game's tourney season now in high gear. Meanwhile the weekly frenzy of the Sunday Million continued as usual with another big...

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Return serve by completing the headline...

Like a fine wine or mature cheddar the #Micro7 freeroll is becoming tastier by the day with yet another $500 added to the prize pool within the last 24 hours. Yesterday we tested your mathematical...

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Retiring the rock star lifestyle

It's been an interesting start to the year. I went to the PCA, which went okay. I made one final table in a preliminary event (finishing 7th in the $1,100 NLHE turbo) and also won a satellite to the...

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Weekend review: Moneymaker wins in Hollywood, MicroMillions tops $3m in prizes

Chris Moneymaker has a new bit of bling to add to his trophy cabinet thanks to a $36,295 win in the Hollywood Poker Open St Louis Regional Championship. Sure, it's a mouthful; sure, it's not quite got...

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How to study poker (Part 1): Low-stakes

Introduction Some decades ago, people would just play poker, think about hands on their own, and maybe read one of the few poker books that were available at the time. They could only play a few hands...

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MicroMillion 7: Jorge pieles earns straightforward win in Event #36 ($11 NL...

There was something of a meat-and-two-veg, or vanilla feel to this final, an ordinary affair conjuring up the usual toing-and-froing until one player got the better of the rest and took the title. Like...

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Dublin, Cody and a huge £1m guarantee

It took me less than 3 hours to be 'Dublin-ed'. This is process is also known as a 'good craic'. It is also referred to as being full of the party vibe aka whammed. I felt a little guilty as this was...

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MicroMillions 7: m_mikhalev plows through field to win Event #37 ($3.30+2R1A...

Pot Limit Omaha is a game of action and a short-handed format just adds fuel to the fire. MicroMillions Event #37 gave players all the action they could get plus two rebuys and an add-on should they...

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