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Michael Mizrachi had won over $7 million in live poker tournament money, and had also earned lots of cash through online poker too.  But one thing that has eluded Mizrachi over his career is a World Series of Poker gold bracelet…….at least until now. Mizrachi recently ended his drought by winning the Player’s Championship, which is one of the biggest casino poker events in the world.  For evidence of its prestige, one need look no further than the $50,000 buy-in, and the fact that many of the world’s top live and online poker players ante up the hefty buy-in. 2010 …

In May the baseball season saw another opening day and a new season begin to unfold. While the baseball season is long and anything can happen, many diehard fans are already dreaming of their favorite player taking home that MVP All-Star title. In the words of Jackie Robinson, “Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” If Robinson is right and baseball is like poker, then those diehard baseball fans might enjoy checking out another All-Star series while they wait for the long-lasting baseball season to play …

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 …

Lou Krieger, a celebrated author of books regarding the art of poker stated that, “I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream. Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and – when played well, nourishes the wallet.” On May 19th at The Golden Nugget, nine Americans hoping to make that quote and the American dream a reality will join forces together as Team USA in the inaugural World Team Poker Event. On April 5th, 2010 the roster for the prestigious event was announced and includes the monikers of …

World Team Poker is set to be one of the most entertaining poker tournaments in the world since teams from all around the globe are gathering to compete in this international event.  And many of the teams that will play in the event have finished selecting their team members. Team USA, which is captained by Phil Hellmuth and Doyles Room personality Doyle Brunson, is the latest team to pick their members.  Hellmuth and Brunson selected Allen Cunningham, Annie Duke, Jennifer Harman, Erik Seidel, Mike Matusow, Chris Ferguson, and Howard Lederer.  Team Australia members include Tony G, Jeffrey Lisandro, Steve Topakas, …

Games modeled after professional poker players have found little success in the video game market due to the fact that people can just go to online poker rooms if they want to play free poker.  But UltimateBet pro Annie Duke thinks she can succeed where others have failed through her new iPhone application entitled Annie Duke Poker Tutor. As you may have guessed from the title, Annie Duke Poker Tutor is more than just a game where you play mindless hours of poker in an effort to build your play money bankroll.  Instead, it has the added element of teaching …

The European Poker Tour rebounded quite well after robbers broke into the Berlin poker tournament and stole well over $300,000.  1,239 people made their way to the EPT San Remo event via direct buy-ins and online poker room satellites.  The 1,239 players broke a record for an EPT event held on European soil, and created a €6 million-plus prize pool. Of the 1,239 holdem poker players in attendance, RakeTheRake’s friend Liv Boeree ended up being the biggest winner of them all by taking first place and the €1.25 million prize pool.  The interesting thing about Boeree is that she had …