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Georgia Poker Pro
Wins $1.28m HORSE Title in Las Vegas

A 37-year-old former pro bowler from Georgia outlasted a 44yo New Yorker in a marathon poker session to win $1.28 million and the mixed-game H.O.R.S.E. title at the World Series of Poker. David Bach of Athens, Ga., took the last of John Hanson's chips with a nine-high in Razz about 20 hours after the final table began ...

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Big Hand for a Little Lady

Saturday afternoon at Caesars Palace spawned a jam-packed poker room. The World Series of Poker Circuit included the ninth, tenth, and eleventh of 22 gold ring events on this year’s schedule. The $500 buy-in two-day tournament (Event #9) attracted 225 entries, generating $109,125 in prize money. The top 27 finishers collected payouts. Event #10 also began and will conclude on Sunday. Event #11, a “Double Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em” tournament, also played to conclusion on this day. The newly-conceived “Double-Stack” event was so popular with players that an alternates list had to be taken. Every poker table at Caesars was filled. The newest poker tournament champion is Suzanne Carrillo. She is a professional poker player from El Paso, Texas. This marked Carrillo’s second tournament victory. She won an event at the Bellagio recently ...

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PokerStars Macau At the Grand Lisboa to Launch On March 19, 2009

PokerStars, the world's largest poker company, is pleased to announce the grand opening of the new "PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa" live poker room at the Grand Lisboa Casino on 19 March 2009. Located on the 2nd floor of the famous Grand Lisboa in the heart of Macau, PokerStars Macau will be the largest poker room in continental Asia with 22 tables for exciting Texas Hold'em poker tournament action and 24-hour cash games. PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa will host the largest regular weekly poker tournaments in Asia, the premiere "Macau Poker Cup" series every other month, and the annual Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau Poker Festival ...

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Montreal’s Samuel Chartier Tops Toronto’s John Nixon in WSOP Circuit Caesars Championship

The seventh of ten World Series of Poker Circuit tournaments on the 2008-2009 season schedule has just ended. The $5,000 buy-in championship event at Caesars Atlantic City was won by Samuel Chartier. He is a 23-year-old professional poker player from Montreal, Quebec (Canada). As a reward for his first major tournament victory ever, Chartier collected $322,944 in prize money. The tournament attracted 208 entrants. The total prize pool amounted to $1,009,200. The top 27 finishers collected prize money. All of the action took place inside the Palladium Ballroom, steps away from the famous Atlantic City boardwalk. The tournament began with honorary emcee Dennis Phillips announcing “Shuffle Up and Deal.” Phillips, from St. Louis, is best-known as the third-place finisher in last year’s WSOP Main Event ...

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Dan Goonin Stages Dramatic Comeback

Every poker player suffers bad beats. What differentiates the great players from those who are merely good is the ability to recover from them. Other then learning advanced skills, perhaps the single greatest attribute of a winning poker player is maintaining emotional self-control and always playing your absolute best game, even when the cards are not cooperating. Late in the most recent World Series of Poker Circuit tournament played at Caesars Atlantic City, Dan Goonin took a bad beat. After losing most of his chips on the key hand, it appeared he would probably finish as the runner up. But instead, Goonin continued to focus on victory, patiently waited for the right opportunities ...

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