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EPT8 Berlin: Haunted Icaofano still knocking at the door
by Pokerplayer on Apr.17, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! If Kevin Iacofano was a character in a horror film it would be hard to determine whether he’d end up as one of the survivors at the end, one shirt arm torn off and used as a tourniquet on a largely superficial wound sustained by the leading lady at the wrong end of a sickle/axe/rabid hound, or if he’d be an early faller, the handsome jock who’d made a somewhat immoral decision which had taken him down a path that would lead to a brutal death, the kind which involves a lot of those exploding fake blood packs. In terms of his live tournament performances he keeping coming close, perhaps surviving for the first fifteen scenes before capitulating in the finale, a knife in the back as the real killer is revealed, probably the brunette cheerleader.
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EPT8 Berlin: Haunted Icaofano still knocking at the door
EPT8 Berlin: Haunted Icaofano still knocking at the door
by Pokerplayer on Apr.17, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! If Kevin Iacofano was a character in a horror film it would be hard to determine whether he’d end up as one of the survivors at the end, one shirt arm torn off and used as a tourniquet on a largely superficial wound sustained by the leading lady at the wrong end of a sickle/axe/rabid hound, or if he’d be an early faller, the handsome jock who’d made a somewhat immoral decision which had taken him down a path that would lead to a brutal death, the kind which involves a lot of those exploding fake blood packs.
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EPT8 Berlin: Haunted Icaofano still knocking at the door
EPT8 Berlin: Jensen looking to capitalize on good form
by Pokerplayer on Apr.17, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! It seems a while ago now since we watched, in a casino overlooking a National Park, Denmark’s Frederik Jensen win the EPT Madrid title. For Jensen it was the next step in a career that is not really defined by results, just the practicalities of making a living. Despite that his record, with a second place in the Aussie Millions this year and $2 million in tournament winnings, looks like that of a player on an upward curve of form
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EPT8 Berlin: Locals proving tough opponents on world stage
by Pokerplayer on Apr.16, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! In terms of recent German history one feature dominates; a 97 mile long, 12 feet high feature that split East Berlin from West Berlin, East Germany from West Germany, and the East and West in general.
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EPT8 Berlin: Vandersmissen wins in Ireland, bringing new confidence to tour
by Pokerplayer on Apr.16, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! Two weeks ago Kevin Vandersmissen was an Belgian pro progressing through the ranks of live tournament poker, his second place in EPT Snowfest being the highlight. One week ago, however, Vandersmissen was the headline of the poker press having won the Irish Poker Open, collecting €375,000 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.
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UKIPT Nottingham: Day 1B, Level 1-4 updates (100-200)
by Pokerplayer on Apr.12, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! 4.20pm: Break time The players are now on a 20 minute break and we are heading into a new post for level five . — NW 4.15pm: Some more counts Whilst some players prosper others have had their stacks halved. Dom Kay has ran queens into kings and is down to 7,500, Sam Grafton told me he’d dwindled down to 6,300 whilst Kevin Williams (8,600) and Tom Ward (6,800) could do with a double up
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UKIPT Nottingham: Day 1B, Level 1-4 updates (100-200)
UKIPT Nottingham: Day 1B, Level 1-4 updates (100-200)
by Pokerplayer on Apr.12, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! 4.20pm: Break time The players are now on a 20 minute break and we are heading into a new post for level five . — NW 4.15pm: Some more counts Whilst some players prosper others have had their stacks halved
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UKIPT Nottingham: Day 1B, Level 1-4 updates (100-200)
Four cures for poker’s seasonal wanderlust
by Pokerplayer on Apr.06, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! No matter where you live in the world, this is likely the time of year you start to get a little lustful…wanderlustful, if you will. Whether it’s spring in the north or autumn in the south, these are the seasons when our hearts and minds start to wander
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EPT8 Campione: Italian enthusiasm for side events and parties
by Pokerplayer on Mar.26, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! The growth of poker has reached fully around the globe spreading out from Las Vegas through Ireland into the UK, mainland Europe and Asia, down through Central and South America. You would be hard pressed, however, to find any nation that has taken to the game more enthusiastically than the Italians.
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APPT Seoul: Girl power
by Pokerplayer on Mar.08, 2012, under Gambling News
Join PokerStars now! Looking around the Walkerhill Poker Room and we’ve noticed that among the remaining 84 players there are a significant percentage of female players still in contention.
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APPT Seoul: Girl power