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PokerStars Big Game is back!

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You've been asking for it, we've been waiting for it, and now the PokerStars Big Game is back. After a short hiatus, the Big Game hit the small screen again this week with a brand new Loose Cannon. For the big money game, PokerStars staked qualifier Troy Howard $100,000....more

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Big Game website revolutionizes televised poker

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Perception is a tricky thing. For instance, I can look in a mirror and--one in ten times--think, "Hey, there is a good looking guy." The actual statistics prove the number is much, much closer to zero in ten. Play poker for any length of time and you'll come to recognize...more


PokerStars Big Game qualifier pockets big cash

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So, here's the deal. I'm going to give you some cash. You can go play poker. Lose whatever you like. If you win more than I gave you, give me back what I gave you and keep the gravy (gravy rules). Doesn't sound like a bad deal for you, and...more


Catch The PokerStars.net Big Game action here

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Like us, you've likely been looking forward to watching The PokerStars.net Big Game. Star name players like Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson and Tony G, and one PokerStars Loose Cannon battling it out in a high stakes cash game was bound to make for good TV, and that's exactly what happened....more


PokerStars.net announces NAPT Los Angeles event

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After three successful events already this season, the North American Poker Tour has added another stop: we're heading to Los Angeles! The famous Bicycle Casino will host the event, scheduled for November 12-17. That leaves plenty of time for you to make plans and try to win your seat for...more


The Pokerstars.net Big Game set to air next week

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You've heard about it. You've read about it. You might even have seen some bootlegs pop up on You Tube. Now, the PokerStars.net Big Game is set to air next week, writes Brad Willis. Beginning Monday, June 14, The Big Game will begin to air all across the United States...more


Kirill Telezhkin wins big in debut Russian Poker Series event

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PokerStars set a new benchmark for live events with the successful conclusion of the first Russian Poker Series tournament, held in Kyiv in the Ukraine. This was the largest-ever event held in the CIS countries, with 258 players generating an impressive $688,215 prize pool. After four hard days, it was...more


The PokerStars.net Big Game coming to a TV screen near you soon

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We're pretty sure you've been looking forward to watching the PokerStars.net Big Game show on television as much as we have. Well, there's good news - the first show airs on FOX TV in the US on June 14, less than two weeks away. With the first shows already in...more


LAPT Lima: Back-To-Back Barbero claims second LAPT title

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In the Latin American Poker Tour's three-season history, no person had ever won two titles. In the land mine-covered fields of the LAPT, it seemed impossible. Until today. After four days of play, Team PokerStars Pro Jose "Nacho" Barbero became the first person with two LAPT championships to his...more


LAPT Lima: Day 4 live updates, Levels 24-28 (40000-80000-10000)

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7:08pm: Back-to-back LAPT titles for Nacho ($250,000)! Barrows takes second ($144,000) It didn't take long. After folding the first couple of hands of heads-up play, Ben Barrows open-shoved with his last one million-plus with A♦2♦, and Jose "Nacho" Barbero called quickly with A♠7♣. The flop came an intriguing 7♦K♠Q♦, pairing...more


LAPT Lima: Barbero seeks second straight LAPT conquest

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by Martin Harris One of the more famous phrases appearing in 19th-century historian's William Prescott highly regarded History of the Conquest of Peru goes as follows: "If no man could become rich in Peru, no man could become poor." Prescott was referring to civilization building, but he could have been...more


LAPT Lima: Day 3 live updates, Levels 23-24 (15000-30000-3000)

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6:28pm: Chip counts and final table seat draw We'll have a full wrap-up in a moment, but first, here's your final table by seat number. Seat 1: Erick Cabrera - 1,426,000 Seat 2: Ismael Cádiz - 1,125,000 Seat 3: Ben Barrows - 1,154,000 Seat 4: Silvio Martins - 594,000...more


LAPT Lima: Day 3 live updates, Levels 21-22 (10000-20000-2000)

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3:53pm: Break time The remaining 13 players are now taking a 20-minute break. 3:46pm: Jose Alfaro eliminated It was all-in pre-flop between the short-stacked Jose Alfaro and Jose "Nacho" Barbero. Alfaro: A♦Q♣ Barbero: K♣9♦ Barbero flopped a king and Alfaro couldn't catch up. He's out in 14th place. 3:42pm: How...more


LAPT Lima: Two champions fighting for one title

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Season 3 of the Latin American Poker Tour has had two champions so far. Amer Sulaiman won the Playa Conchal event in November. Team PokerStars Pro Jose "Nacho" Barbero took down the Punta del Este in Uruguay. If you had to guess, where would you say the two men are...more


LAPT Lima: Day 2 live updates, Levels 17-20 (5000-10000-1000)

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2:19am: Jaikel out in 25th, Day 2 concludes A severely short-stacked Luis Jaikel was essentially forced to go all in from the blinds with 5♥2♦, and found himself up against Ben Barrows' Q♥T♠. A ten flopped, and two community cards later Jaikel was out in 25th. With that elimination, play...more


LAPT Lima: Day 2 live updates, Levels 13-16 (1200-2400-300)

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8:55pm: Dinner break Players are taking a 60-minute break to eat a little something and think further about the soon-to-burst bubble. 8:45pm: Bubble bluff There are 53 players left -- just five away from the money. We are also about 10 minutes from the next break, which will be a...more


Still time to join The PokerStars.net Big Game casting pool

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There's just three weeks to go to secure your shot at appearing on television and winning serious cash in The PokerStars.net Big Game. Already 1,750 players have got through to the 'casting' room and now have the chance to impress judges and get on the show to play a high-stakes...more


LAPT Lima: Day 2 live updates, Levels 9-12 (500-1000-100)

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4:23pm: Break time Players are going on a 15-minute break. 4:20pm: Sub-100 As we near the end of the level, we are now down below 100 players. We are still scheduled to end the day with 24 people remaining. 4:15pm: More moving pictures If you're just getting started with...more


LAPT Lima: Picking up the pace

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by Martin Harris As play began on Day 1 of LAPT Lima up on the second floor of the Atlantic City Casino in Miraflores, Lima yesterday, those who have covered these Latin American Poker Tour events before -- now in its third season -- were preparing me to expect a...more


LAPT Lima: Baumgartner the big stack at end of Day 1

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by Martin Harris "Let Observation with Extensive View / Survey Mankind from China to Peru." So begins 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson's most famous poem, The Vanity of Human Wishes. For Johnson, an Englishman, China and Peru represented far flung destinations, geographical extremes by which to indicate his intention to speak...more


BREAKING: LAPT announces new Brazil stop

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It's funny how things will happen. We've come all this way to report on what will be one of the biggest LAPT events in its three-year history. However, before we have even seen the first cards in the air, we've got breaking news from the Latin American Poker Tour ranks....more


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