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Poker news from 2008-08-10

Here are some archived poker news articles.

Titan Poker sends German player to APT Macau

For all players who qualified for elite status on the site, Titan recently offered another $20,000 VIP Race. This tournament allows qualifiers to compete for their share of the $11,000 cash prize pool with the winner taking home a $9,000 package to the APT Macau event on August 26th. Artem Khud... Read more...

Hansen and Hastings have it out

Today's action seems relatively low, but that's only in comparison to some of the half-million plus pots we've had over the last month. The average size of the largest pots at the time of writing this on the nosebleed tables is in the $80,000 range. If you ask me, it's kind of sick to think of a... Read more...

Press Release: WSOP Europe Schedule Announced


The second annual World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com has solidified its ...
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World Poker Tour Inks Deal with Fox Sports Net


After the Game Show Network declined to pick up ...
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Titan Player Wins APT Prize Package

Online poker room Titan Poker has just awarded a $9,000 Asian Poker Tour - Macau package to one of their top players, 22 year old Artem Khudaverdiev, from Nuernberg, Germany. The event was the $20,000 VIP Race, four days of poker with 39 places that paid out cash. Artem won a prize package that will... Read more...

Online Poker Room Announces Custom Tourneys

Online poker room Littlewoods Poker has announced that they will now allow their players to set up and run their own online poker tournaments. Typically if a poker player wishes to play with friends online, they all have to find a tournament that fits their schedule and sign up along with the throng... Read more...

8th of August

London will be the setting for several poker events over the next couple of months, starting with the Poker In The Park exposition on August 15th and 16th. A number of marquees will be set up on the green in Leicester Square to create an event similar to the Gaming Life Expo held at the Rio during t... Read more...

Turning Pro

Turning professional...what exactly does that entail? What exactly does “professional” mean? I know it sounds fancy and many people have desires to become one of these so called “professionals” but I will bet my last dollar that the vast majority of these people haven’t... Read more...


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