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Back in in December 2011, PokerStars organized a $1 buy-in tournament which subsequently attracted 200,000 competitors to set the record for the largest poker tournament ever in history. A little while on, and now PokerStars has broken its own record after 225,000... 

A 71 year old man from Circleville in Ohio is celebrating his good fortune after scooping a progressive jackpot on a Double Diamond slot machine worth an incredible $99,999.99. Danny Binkley had been playing the slots at the Scioto Downs Casino & Racetrack... 

Corey Harrison has won WSOP $1,500 No Limit Hold’em (Event #24), after besting a field of 1,731 players over three days to capture a bracelet, and collect the $432,411 first place prize. Following his victory at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the... 

Deaf poker pro David Chiu, who suffered hearing impairment after a swimming accident in China,  has just won WSOP $2,500 Seven Card Stud (Event #23), after besting a field of 246 players over three days to lift the title, and collect the $145,520 first place prize. US... 

Canada’s Calen McNeil has won the WSOP $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo (Event #20), after defeating a field of 1,014 players over three days to capture a bracelet, and collect the $277,274 first place prize. Known to his friends as “Big Wheel McNeil,” the restaurant... 

A Greek micro-stakes online player has just made the biggest score of his poker life, after winning a whopping $103,800 whilst playing at a PokerStars $0.02/$0.05 cash table. However, the huge win was all about being at the right place at the right time, as ‘microulis69′... 

Tom Schneider has won WSOP $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #15), after overcoming a field of 862 players over three days on his way to capturing a gold bracelet, as well as the $258,960 first place prize. The 53-year-old from Arizona has been cashing in at live tournaments... 

As a poker pro Eric Cloutier spends his days trying to minimize his mistakes in order to maximize his profits at the tables. Nevertheless, Cloutier ended up making a huge howler recently which not only cost him at least $23,000, but succeeded in reducing his wife... 

US pro Dan “Djk123″ Kelly didn’t let Black Friday get in the way of his lucrative online career and playing from such exotic locations as Malta, Australia, and Costa Rica has managed to advance his online earnings to a remarkable $5,934,750. However,... 

Top US online poker pro Taylor Paur has just won the WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold’em (Event #18), after overcoming a field of 2,071 players over three days to capture a prestigious gold bracelet, as well as the $340,260 first place prize. Following his victory... 

Here is a selection of some of the top tweets coming from the poker pros over the past week: Phil Hellmuth “PIC: Here we go! Hitting club @XSLasVegas at Encore w @BrokeLivingJRB & Miss London @Natalie_L23, place is crazy!! http://moby.to/qn3bi4″ Phil... 

Belgium’s Davidi Kitai has won the WSOP $5,000 Pot Limit Hold’em (event #19), after besting a field of 195 players over three days to capture a gold bracelet, and collect the $224,560 first place prize. With his latest victory, Davidi Kitai takes his WSOP... 

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has released its casino figures for May, revealing a 3.8% decline in revenue to $253.1 million, compared to the same month last year. From that total, slot machine takings were down by 3.7% to $180 million, while table... 

Athanasios Polychronopoulos has won WSOP $1,500 NL (Event #17), after defeating a field of 2,105 players over three days to capture a gold bracelet, as well as the $518,755 first place prize. The player with the longest name in poker hails from New York, and only...