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Noted online poker pro Randal Flowers made his biggest splash in the casino poker world after winning the WPT Fiesta al Lago event.  This poker tournament was no cakewalk for Flowers though since he faced some of the best players in the world towards the end of the tourney.  Annette Obrestad, Noah Schwartz, Andy Frankenberger, Allen “The Chainsaw” Kessler, and Jeff Madsen were among the final 15 players left.  But Flowers had one thing going for him that all of these other poker pros didn’t – the poker chips lead! Flowers took his chip lead onto the final poker table …

While many eyes were focused on the WSOP Main Event, Phil Ivey was focused on winning his second World Poker Tour title at Bellagio Cup VI.  Unfortunately for Ivey, his bid for a second title fell short, but he did manage to make a record ninth WPT final poker table after finishing in third place.  In taking third, the Full Tilt Poker pro earned a nice cash of $363,650, which probably isn’t that much to Ivey. Another Full Tilt player in Justin “Boosted J” Smith had the good fortune of playing for the title against Moritz Kranich.  Smith was at …

In perhaps the biggest poker player signing in quite some time, Full Tilt Poker has managed to land Annette Obrestad on their already impressive roster of players.  Obrestad is not only one of the best young poker tournament players in the world, but she is also a legend in the Internet poker world.  According to the 21 year-old, she never had to deposit her own money into any poker sites.  Instead, she initially funded her poker account by winning freeroll tournaments after learning to play poker.  Even more impressive than this is that Obrestad started her online poker career at …

Taking after sports leagues like the NBA and NFL, the World Series of Poker* has decided to host their very own All Star Game.  The decision to hold an All Star game was made last week when the WSOP* announced that it would hold a free poker tournament for 27 of the best (most popular) players in the world.  Most of the players who participate in the game will be voted in by the fans via the Internet and other ballots.  The poker tournament will run from June 27th to July 4th and it will offer a $1 million prize …

Watch the inaugural English Poker Open tournament hosted by DuskTillDawn in Nottingham and sponsored by RakeTheRake. If you were there you’ll recall it was an action packed event with many pros in attendance (Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Annette Obrestad to name but a few) and suspense building right through to the final table. But if you missed it, catch it on The Poker Channel from tonight (UK: SKY Channel 166). To check channels for your country visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poker_Channel Here are the broadcast times and dates during this month. UK(GMT) Ep1 premieres at 2230 on 3rd March (repeated at 0030 on 5th) …

Cast your mind back to September last year and the exciting launch of the inaugural English Poker Open tournament hosted by DuskTillDawn in Nottingham and sponsored by RakeTheRake. If you were there you’ll recall it was an action packed event with many pros in attendance (Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Annette Obrestad to name but a few) and suspense building right through to the final table. But if you missed it, or would like to re-live the experience, fear not! We are delighted to announce that the EPO2009 TV coverage is about to be broadcast on The Poker Channel. Here are the broadcast times and …