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	Poker no longer a sport in Russia, cardrooms shutdown Since Russia declassified poker as a sport all the casinos and poker rooms in the country have been shut down and 400,000 people have been left jobless
	Whats instore at the World Series of Poker The World Series has a number of exciting events and some significant changes to last year. Aside from the four month break they have a special fourtieth anniversary special tournament.
	Poker - a game of skill Colorado recently deemed poker a game of skill rather than a game of chance. This has paved the way for bar-league poker events to take place in Colorado.
	Binger claims first place and a gold ring Michael Binger, the physicist turned poker professional, recently won first place in the Aussie Millions Omaha Poker Tournament adding to his career winnings of over $5 million.
	European Masters of Poker Season Three Begins After two previous successful seasons, details of the European Masters of Poker season three has been announced with stops at some of Europe’s best poker destinations.
	DoylesRoom Leaves Cake Poker Network for Yatahay After two years on the Cake Poker Network DoylesRoom announced that they are leaving and have now become a member of the Yatahay Poker Network.
	Full House Poker for Xbox Live this Spring In the spring of this year Microsoft are releasing the Full House Poker game for the Xbox Live in which players build their own avatar and compete in poker tournaments.
	Win Money with $500 Beginners Races at Titan Poker New players at Titan Poker have the chance to compete in special races for beginner players which will see $500 of cash prizes given away every week over.
	Kuzmin Wins World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championships After a decade on the tournament scene, Alexander Kuzmin has won his first title at the World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championships and collected $609,469.
	Win for Nikitina at World Poker Tour National Series World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series in Paris has its first female winner after Natalia Nikitina claimed victory in the €5,000 Main Event, winning over €200,000.
	Unknown Player wins World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic An unknown player overcame some of the biggest names on the circuit to win the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic Main Event and collect $1.65 million.
	Titan Poker wins Best Poker Customer Service Award Readers of Gambling Online’s magazine and website have voted Titan Poker as the winner of the 21011 Gambling Readers’ Choice Award for Best Poker Customer Service.
	Komijendo Victors at Full Tilt FTOPS XIX Main Event Find out who made the final cut at the Full Tilt FTOPS XIX main event, as well as how much money these great player made in 16 hours of play.
	888 Holdings Profits Nose Dive by a Massive 50% In an analysis of why 888 Holdings’ profits have dropped it looks like online Bingo is on shaky ground
	Will Poker Sites follow Full Tilt and Bblock SharkScope? The poker monolith Full Tilt have blocked poker tracking sites from accessing their data thereby changing the playing field for all players
	Lawmakers in Saipan Quibble Over Poker Funds Politicians in Saipan have found that it may well be easier to make loads of money from poker than distribute it.
	How Absolute Poker Became a Monolith and Then Collapsed Absolute Poker joined the online poker boom at the very beginning but suffered a very messy ending (paid double)
	Black Friday Repercussions Taking Form Full Tilt and Poker Stars are in the process of returning the deposits of their US players as well as exiting the US marketplace. Repercussions are clearly being felt.
	Around 50,000 poker players are now unemployed The Black Friday crackdown on online poker has made around 50,000 poker players redundant, they join 13.9 million other unemployed Americans who have an uncertain future
	How has the poker crackdown affected the WSOP? There is still chaos in the world of poker in the wake of the crackdown by the US government. Phil Ivey has refused to play in the WSOP
	Negreanu wades in to help Ivey Daniel Negreanu, the 8 time WSOP bracelet winner has stepped in to support Phil Ivey in his war of words with Full Tilt Poker
	Texas shows the United States the way The Lonestar Poker Tour gives players the chance to compete over an entire season to win $10,000 in prizes and compete at the WSOP in Las Vegas
	Full Tilt poker stops operating at least temporarily Full Tilt poker never recovered from Black Friday and has had its gaming license suspended pending a hearing from the Alderney Gaming Commission amid rumours of fraud and money laundering
	Titan Poker shows the competition how it’s done The world of online poker may well be reeling from Black Friday but Titan Poker is still moving from strength to strength
	Purple Lounge just isn’t pulling in the money Overall Media Corp are in the money and have seen a rise in second quarter profits, though their Purple Lounge gaming section isn’t doing so well
	Online Poker moves to Canada after US bans it A number of poker super stars have moved to Canada in order to be able to continue playing online, chief amongst them is Daniel Negreanu
	Television networks have new poker programmes In the wake of Black Friday poker seems to have become more popular than ever as television networks schedule more and more primetime poker programming
	Big name talent prepares for poker awards All the big names in British poker are looking forward to the British Poker Awards after a hugely successful year at the WSOP
	There are only 25 women in each WSOP event Despite the fact that there are some very powerful women in the world of poker they are not well represented at the WSOP and haven’t won an event for years
	The Full Tilt Poker story nears its end Class action law suits all over the world, massive cash seizures made by the DoJ and a suspension of their gaming license the end is near for Full Tilt
	There are only 9 players left The WSOP 2011 hasn’t finished yet there are still 9 players impatiently waiting to take down the big bucks and win the WSOP Main Event final
	EPN bans Canadian players from their network In an effort to ensure that the US department of Justice don’t interfere with their operations the EPN have banned players from 5 additional countries
	Full Tilt Poker please for its gaming license Even while sitting before the AGCC Full Tilt Poker comes under attack from lawyers in the US looking to recover millions of dollars of players money