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PCA 2013: Jason Mercier and Shaun Deeb's Open-Face Chinese secrets
When I think of Jason Mercier and Shaun Deeb's fascination with Open-Face Chinese Poker, I think of two children in a science fiction film. They're stumbling down a familiar forest path when they...
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PCA 2013: Akkari's light at the end of a tunnel? A train.
It's an expression everyone knows: "The light at the end of the tunnel" André Akkari, at the beginning of each year, searches for the sun rays of the Bahamas. This year, those rays were tough to find....
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PCA 2013: Cody in his natural three-betting habitat
Jake Cody yesterday joined Team PokerStars Pro and we waxed lyrical about him then: Triple Crown this, SCOOP that and five-bet jamming the other. Today it's back to the fundamentals. Win more pots than...
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PCA 2013: Cada on a heater in spite of earlier setback
It all looked like it would be over too soon for Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada when he arrived at the tournament room this afternoon. Frustrated with a stack of just 34,000 coming into the day, the...
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PCA 2013: @katherinexhong second finalist in Photo Pimp Off comp
If history is any indication--and if popular music has taught us anything--pimpin' ain't easy. But this week at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, it may be easier than a lot of peopler realize. The...
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PCA 2013: $1,859,000 for the win as 144 heroes get paid
Just in case you haven't had your eyes glued to our live coverage I'd like to point you to the table of payouts below. For those players that have a lot of chips it's really pretty: $1,859,000 paid out...
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PCA 2013: Douglas Ferreira busy before World Cup
Last August, Douglas Ferreira played an $11 tournament on PokerStars that changed his life. Beating a field of more than 200 players, he earned a spot on Team Brazil and will be playing the ninth...
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PCA 2013: Kerry Shears clips a $13,770 win at the PCA
It's not all about $100,000 Super High Rollers and thousand-strong $10,000 buy-in tournaments, there's room for some little turbos at the PCA, too. Kerry Shears came out on top in a 220-man turbo to...
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PCA 2013: Michael Phelps still swimming in main event
Olympic legend Michael Phelps knows all he need to know about being famous. Well, he does now anyway. Of all the things the 18-time gold medalist has experience, he had never sat on the televised...
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PCA 2013: Adrienne 'talonchick' Rowsome takes down the Triple Stud
Adrienne 'talonchick' Rowsome last night took down the $1,100 Triple Stud tournament, making it back-to-back trophy winning years at the PCA. Last year, Rowsome, a popular member of PokerStars Team...
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PCA 2013: LAPT Player of Year still alive in main event
The Latin American Poker Tour has proven to be a solid poker circuit. Visiting eight countries with 24 tournaments, the LAPT is ready to start Season 6 next March in the lovely city of Viña del Mar,...
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PCA 2013: How to queue, spend, eat and spill ketchup in 15 minutes
The refrain is one heard at the break, and one heard every year just outside the tournament room, spoken by dozens of players every year: "You have to get tickets?" The tickets are those sold outside...
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PCA 2013: Good day for Nicolas Godoy as Day 2 passes at warp speed
Near-earth asteroid Apophis is going to whiz by Earth tonight but it won't cause nearly the breeze as the second day of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event. In an afternoon that hemorrhaged...
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PCA 2013: Rousso, Boeree and Veldhuis talk life on the road
This morning the last of the Q&A sessions took place in the player lounge at the PCA, the subject up for discussion being "Life on the road." Initially Lex Veldhuis and Liv Boeree had volunteered...
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PCA 2013: @oliv3rrr flies high for Photo Pimp Off spot
We knew people were going to go to great lengths to win the $1,000 PCA side event seat in the Photo Pimp Off contest, but we had no idea they would go to such great heights. As you might have heard,...
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PCA 2013: Joshua Bergman wins the button and $37,464
Two years ago Joshua Bergman got near the big one here at the PCA but a rivered king courtesy of Bryan Colin's big slick knocked Bergman's queens out in 23rd place for $75,000. Last night Bergman would...
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Winning the PokerStars Women Live event and other PCA favorite things
When it comes to special poker memories, ask any player and they will most likely tell you that winning an event tops the list. Vanessa Rousso has that special accomplishment at the top of her list,...
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PCA 2013: Eugene Katchalov wins the $100 last longer bet
Did you choose Eugene Katchalov in the $100 bonus last longer? If so, you can celebrate for he is the last man standing thanks to the short stack bust out of Fatima Moreira de Melo just moments ago. If...
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PCA 2013: Classy Santos heads for the rail as bubble burst in main event
When play goes hand for hand players instinctively ask about the clock, specifically what time will be added on to account for tankers (there is in fact a formula used). At EPT Prague last month the...
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PCA 2013: Christopher Frank wins the turbo bounty, Lodden finals again
Johnny Lodden may not have had much success in the PCA Main Event but at least he's made two side event final tables. The Norwegian Team PokerStars Pro won $60,820 in a turbo the night before finishing...
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