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WCOOP Day 10: Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov Wins 21-Hour Marathon

Day 10 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker kicked off with Event 24, a $530 no-limit hold’em heads-up tournament. The $1,000,000 guarantee was not surpassed as only 1,564 registered, meaning an overlay of $218,000. However, the real…

Weekend Survival Guide: G. Love, LG’s New HDTV and the WCOOP

In honor of the impending weekend, PokerNews is offering a few ideas that will allow you to spend some of your hard-earned bankroll, because nothing’s better than working hard but playing harder.

World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Day 5: Jazzar Heads Final Table

Everyone in the room for Day 5 of the 2009 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic knew it was going to be a short day. Only four eliminations were needed to reduce the field from the ten players who entered the day to the six that would make the…

Pokerstars European Poker Tour Barcelona Final Table: Carter Phillips Wins €850,000

The eight remaining players returned today to see who would be crowned the champion of the 2009 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. Along with taking home the coveted trophy, the winner would receive a hefty payday to the tune…

The WSOP on ESPN: The Phil Hellmuth Show

Let’s not sugar coat anything. Last night’s installment of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPN was a solid two hours worth of the Phil Hellmuth show

The WSOP on ESPN: The Phil Hellmuth Show

Let’s not sugar coat anything. Last night’s installment of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPN was a solid two hours worth of the Phil Hellmuth show.

WCOOP Day 6: Thiago “XTheDecanoX” Decano, "Dangdokodang" and Raymond “raydavis77” Davis Earn Bracelets

Day 6 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars crowned three new WCOOP champions and was highlighted by a $1,050 No-Limit Hold ‘em affair. It started with 1,558 hopefuls Tuesday evening and ended on Wednesday morning with Thiago…

PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Day 2: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Picking Up Steam

The remaining 240 players returned today to continue their quest in the Main Event of the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona. It didn’t take long for things to get hot and heavy as nearly 100 players were eliminated from action within the…

PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Day 3: Daoxing Chen Thunders to Lead

Forty-two players returned to the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino in Macau for Day 3 of the 2009 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event. The contingency represented 14 different countries, each vying for the HK $4,194,000 (~US…

PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Day 2: The Bubble Bursts

Today saw 196 players returned to the beautiful Grand Lisboa Casino for the continuation of the 2009 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event. It was the first time all of the remaining players were in the room at the same time, and…