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It’s only been three months since Phil Laak broke the poker endurance record at the Bellagio Casino.  He managed to play poker for 115 straight hours, which destroyed the old record of 72 hours set by Paul Zimbler.  At the end of his poker hands, Laak was in pretty bad shape and was extremely tired.  So it would take a monumental effort to beat Laak’s record for the most time spent at the poker table along with plenty of courage. Interestingly enough, 80 players from New Zealand are up to the challenge of trying to break Laak’s record.  The group …

Poker players wearing sunglasses has been a stereotype within casino poker for years.  But PokerStars’ player Daniel Negreanu is one person who doesn’t like this stereotype….in fact, he doesn’t even think people should be wearing sunglasses at the poker table period! Negreanu recently spoke of his disdain for sunglasses on the popular holdem poker show High Stakes Poker.  He basically said sunglasses hurt the game, and that sunglasses aren’t needed to learn how to play poker.  The other people who were playing poker hands with him such as Doyle Brunson and Tom Dwan agreed that sunglasses aren’t necessary. Daniel Negreanu …

Not only is the Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond Poker Classic event named after the DoylesRoom icon, but it also offers players incredible amounts of cash.  In fact, last year’s 5 Diamond Main Event poker tournament offered players almost $4.8 million, and Daniel Alaei won the largest share of this money at $1.4 million.  This year the 5 Diamond Poker Classic is expected to be even bigger, which means it could eclipse the $5 million mark! And while the $10,000 buy-in for this casino poker tournament might be a little out of your bankroll range, you can easily make it to …

Not yet satisfied with already being the world’s largest internet poker site and offering the best online poker deals anywhere, PokerStars has taken to dominating the casino poker scene as well.  And their PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour has helped them grab a significant share of the Asian poker playing population. At no time has this been more obvious than when the Macau Millions poker tournament broke a record for the largest tourney on Asian soil earlier this week.  A total of 741 players bought into the Macau Millions Main Event, which broke the previous Asian tournament record of 679 …

In just three weeks, Full Tilt Poker will be launching yet another rendition of their flagship event.  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVII will kick off on August 4th with a huge $750,000 Guaranteed poker tournament.  In all, 34 different tournaments will be held, and $19 million in guaranteed prize money is slated to be given away.  Some of the poker games that will be offered during FTOPS XVII include Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., Stud, Razz, and of course texas poker.  In addition to the different poker variations offered, 6 of the tournaments are going to have Rush Poker formats.  For …

The end of summer is usually a sad occasion since it marks the time when people have to start raking leaves, wear warmer clothing, and pretend they’re not home when Trick or Treaters come around.  However, the end of summer is a joyous occasion for those who play poker at Ultimate Bet because this is when they hold the UB Online Championship – a.k.a. UBOC. The fifth installment of the UBOC will run from August 18th to August 29th, and will offer 20 tournaments with the culmination being a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Championship poker tournament.  And for those holdem poker players …

PKR is already a leading online poker room due to their 3D graphics and big selection of online poker deals.  Now PKR wants to bring their great deals to the casino poker world as they are sponsoring a brand new London poker room.   The poker room in question is called the Fox Poker Club, and it’s located on Shaftsbury Avenue in the West End of London.  And all of London’s best holdem poker players are excited about the Fox Poker Club’s opening date on August 7th.  PKR is very excited about the texas poker room opening too as Marketing Director …

As if there aren’t already enough reasons to stay home and play online poker while collecting rakeback money, one more reason is the fact that people can’t rob you at gunpoint right after you win lots of cash at the cyber poker tables. That’s exactly what happened to Thomas Gigliotti after he won over $4,000 by playing casino poker at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.  The Gigliotti’s believe that they were followed home to Plantation, Florida by bandits after winning the $4k.  The couple went home after playing poker games at the casino for several …

In his short online poker career, Tom Dwan has become a staple in poker news around the world.  Whether the 24 year-old is crushing high stakes competition on Full Tilt Poker or just making an outrageous prop bet, Dwan is always doing something newsworthy.  The latest story on Dwan is the former since he earned an incredible $1.2 million after one night of work at the high stakes poker tables.  Dwan, who is one of the highest rakeback earners at Full Tilt, began his night by taking $225,000 off of Swedish pro “Odonkor1”.  He then hopped back onto the computer …

Team China played their poker hands better than anyone else and earned the honor of winning the inaugural World Team Poker event at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.  Perhaps more important than the honor was the fact that China took home $300,000 for winning the international poker tournament.  The winning holdem poker team consisted of Maria Ho, Johnny Chan, Rich Zhu, David Chiu, Winifred Yu, Derek Cheung, and Chau Giang.  Other teams that competed in the poker games at World Team Poker included Brazil, USA, England, Vietnam, Greece, Australia, and Israel.  What made World Team Poker really fun …