Posts Tagged ‘tournaments’

The mere mention of the Belgian Open Poker Championships may not have you envisioning million dollar prize pools, but this casino poker event is actually one of the biggest in Europe.  Last year, the Belgian Open Main Event offered a €1,138,877 prize pool where Antonio Guida eventually won the largest share at €256,082.  In addition to the huge prize pool, many of the world’s top pros such as Marcel Luske, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, and Johnny Lodden play poker at the Belgian Open Poker Championships.

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FTOPS XVII proved to be the biggest online poker series ever at Full Tilt Poker.  61,150 players participated in the 34 poker games that ran during FTOPS XVII while a total of $20,598,444 was given away during the series. 

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Every player to the game has their own strategies and ways of raking in the pot, but there are a few basic rules of thumb that seem to be tested-and-true as they come up again and again in poker blogs and forums. The following is a compilation of what we found to be the top-three old standbys when it comes to advice from the pros as to how to improve your game. Should we call them the three golden rules of the game? Or maybe better deemed, the three champion cash-collecting customs?:

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Former Ultimate Bet player and rising female poker star Liv Boeree has been tabbed as the host of the fourth annual Poker in the Park event.  Boeree, who also represented Absolute Poker and their 30% rakeback deals, is a former model who became the third female to win a European Poker Tour event after she captured the EPT San Remo title; she also won over €1.25 million for the victory.  After winning EPT San Remo and having her name plastered in poker news headlines everywhere, Boeree will now have the opportunity to open Poker in the Park.

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Now that cross-dressing men have taken to raiding ladies-only casino poker events, many women are wondering where they can play poker.  Luckily, PokerStars has taken it upon themselves to provide an answer for ladies everywhere with their brand new Women’s Poker League.

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