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Last year, thoroughbred horse racing organizers Breeders’ Cup Ltd agreed a sponsorship deal with poker pro Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. Almost one year on and the company has decided to extend Mizrachi’s contract for another year, with Vice President... 

One year after signing Bosnian born beauty Tatjana Pasalic to its roster of sponsored pros, the Bodog Poker Network has renewed the 27 year-old stunner’s sponsorship deal until 2013. Following the announcement, Tatjana tweeted: “Very proud and happy... 

PokerStars 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has now produced its second multi-event winner after Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb followed last week’s victory in Event #10 for $41,600, with a win in Event #19 for $44,200. Both were stud... 

After 11 weeks atop the Global Poker Index (GPI) 300, US pro Jason Mercier has finally seen his record breaking reign come to an end at the hands of French superstar Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. Last year, Jason Mercier, 25, earned $2,416,013 from live... 

Daniel Negreanu has just won $790,304 after finishing second in the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo €25,000 High Roller, where he was defeated heads-up by Russian pro Igor Kurganov. With his huge payday, the Canadian pro has taken his live career earnings to... 

Poker legend Austin “Amarillo Slim” Preston has died on Sunday aged 83 after a lengthy battle against cancer and a heart problem. Back in the bad old days of poker before the game earned the reputation it has today, Amarillo Slim was a ’rounder’... 

Blair Hinkle is a US poker player from Kansas City, Missouri who won a WSOP bracelet in 2008 at the $2k No-Limit event for $507,613, with the 26 year-old pro’s live tournament cashes currently standing at $1,319,370. Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle was... 

On Friday, it was announced that Norwegian poker pro Annette Obrestad has signed to poker representation agents, Poker Royalty. The company was founded in 2003 and represents some of the biggest poker stars in the world, including Carlos Mortenson, Eugene Katchalov,... 

Poker pro Justin Bonomo is just one of many US players to have had the rug pulled out from underneath their feet after the DoJ shut down PokerStars and Full Tilt stateside, last year. However, Justin Bonomo does have the benefit of being a top live tournament player... 

Its been a year since the US poker apocalypse hit online players in the US, forcing many to move abroad or play more live poker in order to continue their careers. One of the many pros affected was Steve “gboro780″ Gross who, prior to April 15th, 2011,...