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Phil Ivey is simply on fire

As Marv Albert would say, Phil Ivey is absolutely "on fire" at the World Series of Poker. The man considered by many to be the game's best player won his second gold bracelet of the year in Event 25, the $2,500 Omaha High-Low / Seven-Card Stud High-Low split tournament. Ivey now has seven WSOP titles and, according to him, is "one closer to Erik (Seidel)." Phil Ivey scooped up his seventh bracelet with his win at the $2,500 Omaha High-Low / Seven-Card Stud High-Low split event...read more

Top-10 heads-up matches we'd like to see at the WSOP

Later this evening the winner of the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship will be decided and while we have nothing against those still alive in the event, the remaining match-ups aren't exactly making us wish we could be there live to witness all of the action...read more

Brock Parker working his 'magic' at the WSOP

This has been a good World Series of Poker for people named Daniel and Brock. Daniel Negreanu reached his second final table of the Series this week beforet bowing out in fourth place in Event 18, the $10,000 Omaha 8 World Championship. Daniel Alaei won his second bracelet by winning the Omaha 8 world championship (and beating Negreanu)...read more

Minnesota drops bid to block online gambling sites

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gaming Enforcement Division (AGED) has dropped its efforts to get Internet Service Providers to block online gambling sites from Minnesota residents. AGED's decision to drop the enforcement action was part of a settlement agreement it reached with the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA)...read more

PPA says it will fight for money seized from payment processors

Late last week, poker players flooded popular poker forums with word that some checks from PokerStars, Full Tilt and AbsolutePoker issued to American players were bouncing due to payment processor difficulties. This week, poker players found out why...read more

Affilicon Israel and adventures in Tel Aviv, the city that makes me wish I was a lesbian

Rome Partners, free bar sponsors Only two years have passed since I was in Tel Aviv for a vacation, but for some reason, I had forgotten how unbelievably beautiful the women are in this city. In fact, it is pretty apparent that roughly 65% of Tel Aviv's population is female, 75% of the population is single, 95% of the population falls between 20 and 40 years of age, and 100% of the population is ridiculously good looking...read more

Top-10 WSOP-related Twitter accounts to follow

Like it or not, Twitter is taking over the world. And events like the World Series of Poker are adding to the fury. Think about it: Other than actually being in Las Vegas, is there a better way to follow all of the WSOP action than by watching your favorite players "tweet" about what's going down at the tables? With apologies to those hard-working runners that stalk around the Rio for 15 hours a day covering chip counts and hand details for the WSOP's Internet coverage, I'd much rather hear it directly from the source – especially if the source is someone like Phil Hellmuth or Daniel Negreanu...read more

Cards go dead for Negreanu in bid for WSOP bracelet No. 5

Daniel Negreanu fell just short in his bid for a fifth bracelet late Sunday night at the World Series of Poker and the manner in which he did so left even than man they call "Kid Poker" nearly speechless. Negreanu, who has been as busy as any player in the early stages of the 2009 WSOP, went into heads-up play of the $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold'em event with a slight lead over Brock "TSoprano" Parker and when he increased the lead from about a half-million chips to almost one million in the first 40 minutes of head-up play it appeared that bracelet No...read more

Ivey adds sixth bracelet to collection

Phil Ivey said in 2005 that he thought that he could win 30 gold bracelets by the time he was done playing poker. After taking home his sixth bracelet last night, he is 20% done. The 32-year-old superstar outlasted a strong field of 147 to win the $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven No-Limit Lowball event at the World Series of Poker. The win was Ivey's first at the WSOP since 2005, when he won a $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha title. He defeated John Monnette in heads-up play at a final table that lasted nearly six hours...read more

IGT hires former Microsoft exec

LAS VEGAS, Nevada –- Reno-based slot machine giant International Game Technology dipped into the ranks of Microsoft Corp. to the company's newly created chief technology officer. Chris Satchell will join IGT after 17 years with Microsoft, most recently as the chief technology officer for the Int...read more