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Wealthy music executive Alan Meltzer (pictued right) died October last year , with an outpouring of sympathy then flooding in from the poker playing community, of which he was a big part. Known as a larger than life character, Alan Meltzer was a huge name throughout... 

UK man Barry Denson has set his sights on taking down Phil Laak’s poker playing marathon world record of 115 hours, achieved by the US pro back in June 2010. The Manchester man usually plays most of his live poker in a pub tournament known as ‘The Nuts... 

Las Vegas poker pro Karina Jett is well known for her charity work, and will be helping to promote the upcoming ‘Ante4Autism’ poker event at Binions in Downtown Vegas on January 31st. The charity event, which supports autism research, is now entering... 

The 2012 Aussie Millions is currently in full swing down under, with the $10,000 Main Event attracting 153 players on Days 1A, 187 players on Day 1B and 317 players on Day 1C for a combined field to 657. With a total prize pool of AUS$6.57 million and an estimated... 

Scandinavian online gaming operator Bet24 has just announced the addition of seven more budding poker players to Bet24 Team pros, which now numbers thirteen. Haling from different backgrounds, the latest recruits include Stefan Mattsson (Sweden), Tapio Vihakas... 

Back in 2005, Aussie poker pro Joe Hachem joined PokerStars after taking down the WSOP Main Event that year for $7.5 million. Then in December 2011, after six years of service with the world’s largest online poker room, Hachem and PokerStars parted ways. At... 

Retired National Hockey League professional and former part-owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Len Barrie, 42, is currently being pursued by the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas for outstanding debts. Apparently, back in May, 2008, Canadian Len Barrie negotiated credit... 

Nathan “Blackrain79″ Williams is a university graduate in his thirties from Canada, who is also the biggest winner ever at PokerStars’ micro stakes cash games. With around $30,000 in winnings playing at the  1c/2c and the 2c/5c levels alone,... 

Three young men have just had $26,158 in cash seized and confiscated by US authorities, after failing to declare the amount while at US pre-clearance at Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, Bahamas. The three men included brothers Sean Ruane, 18, and... 

Apparently, Jonathan Duhamel was on the end of another attack this week, if the AIM log chat between German poker pro Martin Finger (Piggybank) and friend (PlauZee) is to be believed. The story, which later appeared on the 2+2 poker forum, took place in the Bahamas...