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By the time the average person makes $329,780, they will have spent over a decade at a dead-end job, went through two minivans, and have spent countless hours worrying about whether or not they can still afford satellite TV.  Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey, on the other hand, can earn $329,780 and not even realize it. Now this scenario might sound a little far-fetched, but this actually happened to Ivey in a $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. poker tournament.  Ivey was fresh off making poker news by winning his 8th WSOP bracelet, which ties him with Erik Seidel for fifth on the …

The Poker Players Alliance, which is the biggest lobbying organization for online poker, recently unveiled a new iPhone application that costs just $0.99.  Unlike many other poker-related iPhone programs, the application offered by the PPA has nothing to do with playing poker games or teaching people poker strategy.  Instead, this iPhone program was created with the intention of promoting internet poker worldwide, and convincing governments in countries such as the United States to pass favorable poker laws. Some features of the PPA’s new iPhone app is that it alerts players about starting times for various poker tournaments, delivers messages from …

Full Tilt Poker pro Andrew Feldman is no doubt one of the most successful online poker players in the game.  Even still, he has been prone to severe cases of tilt during his internet poker career.  As an 18 year-old, Feldman came home angry one night after losing lots of money in casino poker only to lose his entire £70,000 bankroll while playing at an online poker room. Luckily Feldman managed to get past the night when he lost £70,000 and amassed an £800,000 bankroll by playing lots of holdem poker and earning rakeback money.  However, history would repeat itself …

Since the World Series of Poker is currently going on, many online poker players think that their chances to attend the world’s largest casino poker event are gone.  But this isn’t the case at all because Ultimate Bet will be awarding 50 Main Event seats this weekend on June 20th. The event happens at 4pm ET, and anybody who completes the Ultimate Bet poker download can participate.  If your bankroll is large enough, you can pay $500 + $30 to enter the main qualifier where the fifty $12,000 prize packages will be given away.  Of course, you don’t need to …

Several professional poker players have had forays into the land of Hollywood with PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Full Tilt Poker rep Erik Seidel (Curb Your Enthusiasm) being the latest.  Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is also very interested in joining the circle of online poker players who’ve ventured into Hollywood.  Only Ferguson is looking to do his work behind the scenes and hopes to actually make movies. This is new territory for a holdem poker player, but Ferguson is indeed serious about this venture, and he’s already teamed up with RCR Pictures to make this dream happen.  RCR …

Phil Laak took the first week of the WSOP* off so that he could attempt to break the casino poker record for most hours played straight.  The record he was looking to break was set by Paul Zimmer who played poker for 74 hours and 20 minutes last year.  Laak was hoping that he could play for over 80 hours and beat the record handily. Amazingly, the internet poker star played far more than the initial 80 hours he set out for as he played for 115 hours.  The site where Laak decided to play poker was the Bellagio in …

Proving that beer pong isn’t just for drunk college students, Doyles Room sponsored the third annual Doyle Brunson Beer Pong Invitational.  The Beer Pong Invitational was held in Downtown Las Vegas at the Hogs and Heifers bar, and it featured 64 of the world’s best live and online poker players.  The first round of the beer pong tournament was very eventful because Doyle Brunson himself graced the tables.  Brunson played beer pong almost as well as he plays poker hands since he and Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark defeated Dave Walker and Jason “JaspudUF” Lee in the opening round.  Doyle wasn’t the …

Phil Hellmuth has already made his mark on the casino poker world since he has won a record 11 WSOP* bracelets.  Hellmuth is also quite well known for being the face of Ultimate Bet Poker where players can earn 30% in rakeback cash.  But you don’t get to the top of the internet poker world by being content, which is why Hellmuth recently introduced himself to the hip hop world through a music video appearance. The music video is called Sex Room and it features hip hop icons Ludacris and Trey Songz.  More importantly though, it shows Phil Hellmuth playing …

Phil Laak, who is one of poker’s goofiest and most eccentric players, recently made poker news by announcing his plan to break the game’s endurance record.  To break the record for most hours spent at a poker table, Laak will have to outlast the old one set by casino poker player Paul Zimmer; Zimmer played an astounding 74 hours, 20 minutes, and 22 seconds in London’s Casino at the Empire – it’s a shame he wasn’t playing online poker where he could have earned lots of rakeback! Interestingly enough, Laak will attempt to break the record during the course of …

The World Series of Poker* is the biggest casino poker event in the world since it offers millions of dollars.  Last year’s event offered over $180 million alone!  Unfortunately though, the average player doesn’t get the chance to compete in Las Vegas because they can’t afford the plane ticket and hotel accommodations – let alone the poker tournament buy-in.  But the good thing is that Full Tilt Poker is offering an alternative route for players who can’t afford to play in the real deal. From May 28th until July 11th, Full Tilt Poker will be holding the Mini WSOP, which …