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<title>Full Tilt Poker Guarantee $400K on Sunday September 5th</title>
<description>Full Tilt Poker's Sunday Mulligan is a tournament that features $200k in the prize pool and it will start on Sunday September 5th at 7:05pm ET.  If you are looking for a bigger prize pool then the Sunday Brawl features a $400,000 prize pool and that tournament starts at 2pm ET...</description>
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<title>Canadian adapts poker strategy to World Series of Mahjong</title>
<description>With a following that spans the globe, the time had definitely come for an international tournament. Enter the World Series of Mahjong, which just held its latest championship round on Aug. 22...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Want to win at poker? Look trustworthy, Wellesley researcher says</title>
<description>That was the surprising conclusion of Dr. Erik Schlicht, a visiting researcher at Wellesley College who used the game to study the way humans make decisions under pressure...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Poker Pro's Who Play at Pokerstars</title>
<description>Perhaps the biggest name poker star you'll find playing online is Daniel Negreanu. Born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario Canada it didn't take long for Negreanu to decide on an unconventional way of life...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XVII begins today</title>
<description>The 34 tournament series will have a total guaranteed prize-pool of some $19 million, a number which is typically surpassed as players flock to the popular online poker room in hopes of winning one of the huge tournaments...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>World Series of Poker takes card game to Facebook</title>
<description>The World Series of Poker will soon let card players chase virtual gold bracelets on Facebook and other social networks...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>World Series Of Poker Circuit Events Augmented</title>
<description>The World Series of Poker Circuit has never been as popular as the actual WSOP itself, and the administration has realized this. The World Series of Poker Circuit has recently been revamped, giving the upcoming year a much larger series of opportunities...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Day 10 of the World Series of Poker main event</title>
<description>Two-time World Series of Poker champion Johnny Chan was eliminated from the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event Thursday after gambling strong pocket pairs twice against pocket aces, the game's best starting hand...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>World Series of Poker main event begins in Vegas</title>
<description>A group of 1,125 card players flocked to Las Vegas for the start of the World Series of Poker main event Monday, each gambling $10,000 on hopes of winning millions at the game's richest no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ont. man making himself a good bet in international poker</title>
<description>He goes by the nickname 'chapmoney' and he was 20 years old and living with his parents in Windsor, Ont., when he dropped out of school to play poker for a living...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Online pokies are a political gamble</title>
<description>YOU wonder about a sudden push to legalise online poker in Australia when our annual gambling losses are nudging $20 billion...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>World Series of Poker statistics </title>
<description>The latest World Series of Poker statistics as poker’s biggest tournament sails past the halfway mark suggest that so far the revised schedule has been a positive move in regard to entries, if not in prize pools...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Poker Star Paul ‘Smalls’ Kitsos Dies</title>
<description>Paul 'Smalls' Kitsos, a well known professional poker player and mainstay on the World Series of Poker Tour since 2005, has died on a flight to the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. Kitsos was known for his large stature and was morbidly obese. WSOP officials say that Kitsos died of an apparent heart attack...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Swiss crack down on Texas hold 'em matches</title>
<description>Had the Swiss Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Texas hold 'em was a game of skill, it would have permitted private competitions to continue. But it said simple math, tactics and psychology played smaller roles than luck in determining the winner...</description>
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<title>Full Tilt Poker's $300K Guarantee Monday May 31st</title>
<description>Full Tilt Poker are guaranteeing that at least $300,000 will be up for grabs on May 31st when they host their $1k Monday tournament, an event with a buy in of $1000 + $60 (just 6% for the site fee).  The format of the tournament is No Limit Texas Hold'em and the starting time for the event is 9pm ET...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 23:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fighting for the Right to Play Online Poker in Washington</title>
<description>The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) finished up a busy week last week by appealing their case in a Washington Supreme Court followed by a pro-Internet gambling rally. The PPA’s Washington branch is challenging the current state law which charges that playing poker or casino gambling online is a felony offense...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Phil Ivey Becomes a Target Next Week at Aria Casino Poker Room</title>
<description>While famed poker player Phil Ivey is considered by many to be the best poker player in the game today, the seven-time WSOP bracelet winner becomes the hunted, not the hunter, during next week’s invitational poker tournament at the newly dedicated Phil Ivey Room at the Aria at City Center in Las Vegas...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/may/14-phil-ivey-poker-target.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>William Hill Poker May Promotion Report</title>
<description>Play with William Hill Poker in a new $1,000,000 Monthly Guaranteed Prize Tournament. This mega $1,000,000 tournament has a buy in of $500+$35. Satellites for Monthly Million tournaments take place on Sundays at 18:00 GMT...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 02:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Best WSOP parties in Vegas by Bodog Poker</title>
<description>Let’s make one thing clear; when the World Series of Poker rolls into Las Vegas this May, we’re not just talking about any random poker tournament and we’re certainly not talking about any random city, either. We’re talking about the world’s most prestigious poker event of the year taking place in the party capital of the world...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 19:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Win Your Way to the WSOP Main Event: Cereus Poker Network </title>
<description>Playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event is a dream for every poker player. Each year online poker sites offer players various ways to qualify for the WSOP and BluffMagazine.com has broken them done to help you get to Las Vegas easily. Each day this week we’ll present a different online poker room and show you how you can get to the WSOP with them. Today we present the Cereus Poker Network, home of UB.com and AbsolutePoker.com...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>First Four Aces/Poker Pro Canada Classic Attracts Huge Field</title>
<description>The first Poker Pro Canada Classic poker tournament at Four Aces Card Club in Montreal was a huge success, drawing about 250 players from all over Canada and the U.S. – even Europe – to compete for a prize pool of $369,000...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Full Tilt Poker under Investigation</title>
<description>Full Tilt Poker is one of the largest online poker rooms available to US citizens and reports have surfaced that the online poker room is currently under investigation. A federal grand jury in Manhattan is investigating the online poker room and indictments could be brought against some of the most well known and best poker pros in the industry...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/apr/7-full-tilt-investigation.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>WSOP Target of Lawsuit From Everest Poker</title>
<description>You’d think the 2009 WSOP would be considered a win for title sponsor Everest Poker, as one of their own – Antoine Saout – graced the final table. Apparently not, as the company announced a suit against the WSOP today...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>HeadsUp Entertainment to Finalize Plans for Largest Poker Tournament Series in Canadian History</title>
<description>HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. is pleased to announce that its brand, the Canadian Poker Tour, Canada's leading poker organization, is finalizing plans to host the country's largest poker tournament series...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/mar/26-headsup-entertainment-poker-tournament.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>What to Expect in Poker Industry this 2010</title>
<description>With so much change going on under our noses in the US poker world, it may be time to sit back and speculate what we can expect on the online poker legislation front by the end of this year..</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>$500K Online Poker Tournament Won By 8 Year Old</title>
<description>An 8 year old child from India is in trouble with an online poker room for winning over 22 million rupees ($500,000) in an online poker tournament. The facts regarding this development are unclear, but the child is Aashish Nanak and he is regarded as a computer genius. He was first introduced to computers at the age of 3, starting building webpages at 4, and he began playing online poker when he turned 6. He has now been playing poker over the Internet for 2 years...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/mar/13-poker-tournament-won-8-year-old.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>That Poker Dude</title>
<description>Every year, just before March Madness begins in the NCAA, poker's own version of bracket insanity takes place in a made for TV event that has become a staple in the tournament scene, and a 'please pick me' prayer for every pro...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Lady Gaga's Poker Face to appear on Rock Band</title>
<description>Lady Gaga geeks rejoice - you can now strum along to Poker Face, Bad Romance and more on a plastic guitar as Harmonix and MTV announce the Lady Gaga pack for Rock Band...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/mar/5-poker-face-rock-band.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Full Tilt Poker Rakeback playing Rush Poker</title>
<description>Comments regarding increased Full Tilt Rakeback while playing Rush Poker are partially right; after announcements made earlier in the week that rakeback players might receive more rakeback from fulltiltpoker.com when playing Rush Poker should be cleared that the amount of rakeback does not change for players regardless if they play Rush Poker or normal Ring Games at Full Tilt Poker as the return is a uniformed 27% which is paid directly by Full Tilt...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/feb/15-full-tilt-poker-rake-back.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Internet gambling again in play</title>
<description>Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/feb/06-Internet-gambling-again-in-play.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Cake Poker Snatches WSOP Bracelet on Ebay</title>
<description>Things aren't always rosy in terms of finances for professional poker players. The ebbs and flows of variance which accompanies the game can be brutal, especially when coupled with other money leaks such as craps, blackjack or sports betting. When things are running bad for stretches of time, even players who seemingly have made tons of money have rough times making ends meet...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/jan/29-cake-poker-wsop-ebay.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Topless Poker Tournament Raided At Michigan Hotel</title>
<description>In Michigan, all gambling is illegal unless for charity or organised by a state regulated casinos. However, it  wasn’t too difficult for Michigan police to track down this particular poker get together as the Grand Rapids Poker Club game had been openly advertising it to the public days in advance...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>'Godfather of Poker' tells his own story </title>
<description>Doyle Brunson has been the central personality of professional poker for more than 30 years and has just published perhaps the most worthwhile autobiography ever written by a poker pro. "The Godfather of Poker" delivers a clear picture of its interesting and paradoxical author...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/jan/18-godfather-of-poker-story.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PokerStars to Launch North American Poker Tour</title>
<description>What has long been a rumor has finally been confirmed as official. PokerStars, the online poker room behind popular poker circuits like the European Poker Tour (EPT), Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) and Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), announced earlier this week that it would be spreading to North America...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2010/jan/09-poker-stars-north-american-poker-tour.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Priest tests his poker luck in Million Dollar Challenge</title>
<description>It was a challenge that had an entire Horry County parish on the edge of their pews, hoping one of their own could bring home a large chunk of change from a Los Angeles poker competition to help rebuild their dilapidated church...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>World Series of Poker 2010 schedule includes $50K Players Championship, more $1K events</title>
<description>'Something for everyone' were the words of World Series of Poker tournament director Jack Effel when describing the just released 2010 WSOP schedule, and he's right.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Bodog Founder Calvin Ayre Featured in National Post</title>
<description>On Saturday, the National Post ran an article entitled “Calvin Ayre online gaming tycoon,” a profile of the founder of the popular online poker room, casino, and sports book Bodog. Ayre donned a Bodog Fight shirt for the interview’s image...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2009/dec/14-bodog-calvin-ayre-national-post.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Surrey Six suspect wants police to return poker winnings </title>
<description>Sophon Sek does not believe his incarceration as a suspect in the Surrey Six gangland slayings of 2007 is reason for police to seize $364,000 he won in a championship poker game the day before he was arrested, his lawyer says...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The future of Online Poker Gambling in the US </title>
<description>It is an established fact that Internet poker has become one of the most popular forms of gambling for the Americans, with millions of online card players in the US. At the moment there are not enough standing regulations to protect the customers' ends when they gamble at the many existing unregulated online casinos so they eagerly look forward to the US updating their online gambling laws. Everyone is awaiting a new ruling with poker becoming the first game to be regulated...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>UB.com and Absolute Poker Introduce Power Hour</title>
<description>Players looking for an opportunity to rack up player points on the CEREUS Network will be happy to hear that Absolute Poker and UB.com are now offering two Power Hour sessions daily in which players can earn twice the UltimatePoints.  Each session is three hours long, offering players up to six hours per day to earn double points...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>BC Poker Championship winners announced</title>
<description>In partnership with PlayNow.com, the River Rock Casino Resort is proud to announce that the winner of the BC Poker Championships Mr. Sophon Sek of Cloverdale took home the grand prize of $364,364 beating out over 680 players...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Absolute Poker’s $150K GTD Deep Stack Tomorrow</title>
<description>If you have a large bankroll then you will want to be at Absolute Poker tomorrow, November 18th at 8:30pm EST for the $150,000 dollar Guaranteed Deep Stack Tournament...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>UK Online Poker Market Starts to Decline Says Report</title>
<description>Market research firm Mintel has published a report claiming online poker in the UK will decline by seven percent in 2009 with gross gaming yield falling to £247 million from £265 million in 2008...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2009/nov/13-uk-poker-market-decline.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>High Stakes Poker Lineup Revealed</title>
<description>Big changes are in store for the next season of the popular GSN program 'High Stakes Poker.' In addition to the firing of longtime host AJ Benza, the hiring of former European Poker Tour Hostess Kara Scott and a new sponsorship deal with online poker room PokerStars...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2009/nov/7-high-stakes-poker-lineup.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ladbrokes Poker Tournaments Sunday, November 8th</title>
<description>There are four games for Sunday at Ladbrokes Poker of the brand new game type, Survivor. This is a new tournament game that gives players a twist - if they fall into the bottom ten percent of chip stacks at the end of any round, they are eliminated...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2009/nov/3-ladbrokes-poker-tournament.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet Introduce Synchronized Breaks</title>
<description>A recent change to the tournament schedules at CEREUS Network sites Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet has online grinders rejoicing at the fact that it will now be even easier to bolt to the bathroom during a long session of online tournament play.  The two rooms are the latest to adopt the practice of synchronizing breaks...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PokerStars Czech-Slovak Poker Tour</title>
<description>Not only does PokerStars have some of the best promotions in the industry but they also sponsor some of the biggest live tournament series.  They started out with the already famous European Poker Tour and quickly added the Asian Pacific Poker Tour and the Latin American Poker Tour...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2009/oct/27-pokerstars-czech-slovak-tour.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>State Supreme court hears online gambling case</title>
<description>Kentucky's effort to seize 141 Internet domain names of online gambling sites was without precedent and blatantly unconstitutional, lawyers representing online gambling interests told the state Supreme Court on Thursday...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2009/oct/23-supreme-court-online-gambling-case.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Full Tilt Responds to Poker Bot Lawsuit</title>
<description>Online poker room Full Tilt Poker is known for keeping mum when it comes to its legal and business matters, but the company broke its silence to comment on a recent lawsuit by former customers Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotov...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com//PokerNews/2009/oct/18-full-tilt-response-poker-bot.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>France Approves Bill to Make Online Poker Legal</title>
<description>The French parliament has approved a bill to regulate and legalize online gambling, including online poker. The new law is expected to come into force next year, and up to 100 operators are expected to apply for licenses...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>London’s poker season ends in dramatic style</title>
<description>AFTER three weeks that saw the world's best players come here to play in the World Series of Poker Europe and the European Poker Tour, London's season of poker has finished. To cash in either flagship tournament is an achievement, and to cash in both – meaning you’ve picked your way through two of the world's toughest fields in succession – is exceptional...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Lawsuit Accuses Online Poker Room Full Tilt of Basing in US</title>
<description>An online poker player has filed a lawsuit against operator Full Tilt, in which the company is accused of being controlled from within the US and using software to control hand results. Lary Kennedy, a Full Tilt patron, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the company and pro players Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson...</description>
<link>http://www.thepokerfather.com/PokerNews/2009/oct/5-full-tilt-poker-lawsuit.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PokerStars EPT London day 2 concluded</title>
<description>111 poker players are left in the PokerStars London EPT (PokerStars European Poker Tour) event with a combined prize pool of more than £3.500.000. Currently it seems to be a fantastic day 3 we will witness as many interesting players are left in the tournament and quite a few of those have accumulated substantial chips stacks...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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