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High Stakes Poker Ratings Up, Quiets Critics

Despite having success in its first five seasons, the super-popular poker show High Stakes Poker decided to make a big change by dropping the witty A.J. Benza from the commentator booth and replacing him with the sultry Kara Scott.  When the move was made, people immediately started criticizing the Game Show Network producers who made the decision, and some online poker rooms even considered pulling their advertising. Well it’s a good thing those Internet poker rooms didn’t make a hasty decision because High Stakes Poker’s ratings are actually up in Season 6.  In fact, they’ve soared above Season 5 with …

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Tonight: Watch the English Poker Open 2009 on The Poker Channel

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) …

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Tomorrow: Watch the English Poker Open 2009 on The Poker Channel

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 (UK: SKY …

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Watch the English Poker Open 2009 on The Poker Channel in March

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 …

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Professional poker players join RakeTheRake’s poker wiki

Recently launched, RakeTheRake’s poker wiki has recently welcomed some of the world’s top poker players to its ranks. So if you want to check out which player jointly holds the ten World Series of Poker bracelets with the ‘Godfather of Poker’ Doyle Brunson, and by how many bracelets Phil Hellmuth has beaten them both by click through to the RakeTheRake wiki. And who has Joe Cada supplanted in becoming the youngest ever winner of the WSOP Main Event at the age of 21? And there’s a pro poker player who has been known for extending his betting habits by taking …

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