Author: Paul Oresteen

Dzmitry Urbanovich Signs as Newest partypoker Team Pro

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The partypoker roster of sponsored pros expanded for a second time in April with the recent signing of Dzmitry Urbanovich. The team signed Jonny Lodden earlier in April, which already included Mike Sexton, Sam Trickett and Tony Dunst. Urbanovich rocketed to the top of the poker world, going on

Frank Sung: An Artist’s Life Through Cards

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Somewhere between the spaces of sleight of hand and card manipulation is cardistry. Just how great music needs space between the notes, cardistry performers manipulate decks into kinetic artistic performances that are unique to each artist. “Cardistry is the art of manipulating cards – which is a very technical

Kevin Hart Lands in Monte Carlo in Style for Super High Roller

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The PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo attracts the best and largest bankrolled players in the world with the huge action scheduled. The renowned €100,000 Super High Roller kicked off Thursday and Kevin Hart arrived via helicopter to play as PokerStarsLive rode along. Hart announced on Twitter Thursday he was in

The WSOP.com Online Summer Grind features Three Bracelets

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The World Series of Poker is a little more than a month away which spikes the numbers in Nevada’s regulated online poker market. WSOP.com is ready for the traffic with multiple bonus offers, expanded MTT options and three online bracelets. The first online bracelet takes place June 3 as

PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo Opened, Gerald Karlic Leads

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PokerStars live events returned for their annual trip to Monaco, but the EPT Grand Final is in the history books and the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo kicked off with an opening €10,000 event that drew 81 entrants. 48 advanced to Day 2 and Gerald Karlic edged out Ole Scehmion for

Poker in the Mainstream: Washington Post Profiles Jane Hitchcock

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When mainstream media pays attention to poker it’s usually not good. Sure there’s the Associated Press and Reuters at the November Nine or a poker player in a major Hollywood reality show but the Washington Post published a profile on socialite Jane Hitchcock on how she found poker later in

Vanessa Truong Rewrites WSOP Record Books

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The World Series of Poker Circuit wrapped up another huge stop at Harrah’s Cherokee with 1,164 entrants in the Main Event. Incredibly, Vanessa Truong registered her first tournament cash when she took down the massive event for $318,646 and earned a spot in WSOP history. Truong, originally from Vietnam,

Maria Lampropulos Joins Ranks of All-Time Female Performances

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Maria Lampropulos not only won the largest cash of her career on Sunday by taking down the partypokerLIVE Millions Main Event but also rewrote the record books with her historic $1.255 million score. The large score places her in the conversation for the greatest win by a female; in fact,

Maria Lampropulos Wins $1.2 Million in partypokerLIVE Millions

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The 2017 partypokerLIVE Millions Dusk Tll Dawn £5,300 Main Event drew 1,240 entries with a £1 million guarantee to the winner and £6 million guarantee prize pool. Five days of action reduced the field to a mostly British final table, led by Stephen Chidwick, but it would be Argentinian Maria