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Having arrived in Macau just a few short days ago on his way to playing in the Aussie Millions, it would seem Danish pro Gus Hansen has already made quite an impact on Macau’s Big Game and is currently in profit by a massive US$3.86 million. StarWorld Macau’s... 

After much deliberation as to whether he would play in Macau’s Big Game or not, it would now seem Gus Hansen is in full swing at the Poker King Club after blogging about his latest 24 hour poker session. Previously, the last news we heard was that the 37... 

Each year Daniel Negreanu posts his poker goals for the year ahead, and counted amongst his ten aspirations for 2012 is earning more than $1 million from tournament cashes, as well as regaining the number one spot on poker’s ‘All-Time Money List.’ The... 

Macau’s high-stakes cash poker game has been running several weeks now, with varying stories making their way through to the poker community. The latest piece of information coming our way comes straight from UK pro Sam Trickett, who left the game only recently... 

US pro Ben Lamb has officially been honoured with the 2011 Card Player Player of the Year award, in a year in which all his 6,036 POY points came from a remarkable performance at the WSOP in Las Vegas. Despite being a cash specialist, Ben Lamb also enjoys playing... 

Maria Ho joined WinStar World Casino back in May, 2011 as the casino’s  celebrity spokesperson, and now over half a year later the poker pro has received an extension to her contract.  Situated on the Oklahoma-Texas border, Winstar World Casino is the third... 

The results are out for the highest earning female poker player of 2011, and topping the list is none other than Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst with $974,424 in winnings for the year. In total, Vanessa Selbst has now won $4,781,443 since her first tournament... 

It has recently been announced that poker pro John Duthie has parted ways with his sponsored site PokerStars, after the UK player decided not to renew his contract with the online poker room. John Duthie, 53, came to prominence in the poker world after winning... 

2011 represented a year of upheavals for many a professional poker player from the US, who were then forced to review their careers after the plug was pulled on online poker Stateside. One such player is the legendary online grinder Dusty “Leatherass”... 

Poker training site CardRunners has just announced the addition of a new roster of instructors to their stables of pros, and counted amongst their numbers is none other than Joao Barbosa. In 2006, the player from Portugal graduated in Computer Engineering and by...