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Back in November, 2011, online poker insurance business BubbleProtection.com, announced UK prodigy Chris “moorman1″ Moorman as the company’s spokesman. A few months on, and now US pro Will “The Thrill” Failla joins Moorman in the role... 

On Monday, the poker world received some sad news when Russian poker pro Nikolay Evdakov’s widow announced her husband’s passing aged 47. Nataliya released the news via Nikolay Evdakov’s Russian poker forum called CGM.ru., although no details were... 

Lock Poker has been bolstering its stable of pros over the past few months, and has now announced the addition of Portuguese player Pedro “pls3betme” Maia to their LockPRO ELITE team. Following the signing, Pedro Maia said: “I am delighted to... 

Prior to the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Sam Trickett and Gus Hansen had tried their luck at the celebrated HKD $10k/$20k (US$1,300/$2,600) cash game at StarWorld Macau’s Poker King Club. Subsequently, both pros were rumoured to have walked away big winners... 

Top internet poker pro Phil Galfond has been blogging recently about his latest $680k downswing playing mostly $100/$200 PLO, over the past week. At the heart of his present woes would also appear to be an area he has placed a great deal of emphasis on in the past,... 

A couple of days ago, the 2012 Aussie Millions in Melbourne drew to a close after twenty-six events and three weeks of quality poker action. As well as making top headlines with stories such as Phil Ivey’s dramatic winning return to tournament poker, Australian’s... 

After being off the radar since the Full Tilt debacle broke last year, poker legend Phil Ivey has put himself firmly back on the tournament map after taking away US$2,161,895 in winnings from the Aussie Millions. The 35 year-old created quite a buzz after falling... 

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... 

US pro Phil Galfond is one of the most successful and respected players the game has seen, having earned $7,743,981 playing cash games online under the screen names ‘OMGClayAiken’ at Full Tilt and as ‘MrSweets28′ at PokerStars. Phil Galfond... 

Sky Poker TV has just announced the addition of Stuart Rutter to their team of TV channel analysts, which also includes more recent recruits Ryan Spittles and Julian Thew. Commenting on its new recruit, Sky Poker TV Head of Channel Caire Cook, said: “Stuart...