Embattled poker player Brandi Hawbaker committed suicide earlier this week at just 26 years old, as reported by PokerOwnge.com. Brandi’s personal life was apart of much public scrutiny, and it never seemed like the young poker prospect would ever be able to rebound from her own media-spun scandal. For more, visit the following link.
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Embattled Poker Player Brandi Hawbaker Commits Suicide at 26 Years Old.
April 18, 2008
PokerOwnage.com Reports ePassporte Shutting Down To U.S. Online Poker Players?!
April 12, 2008
ePassporte will be reportedly shutting it’s doors to U.S. Online Poker players according to a recent 2+2 thread that appeared today. An unconfirmed source has made mention that as of 1:00 PM PDT, ePassporte will no longer be available to U.S. citizens.
Read the entire Poker News article about this here.
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Erik Seidel Wins First WPT Title; Takes Down 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic!
April 10, 2008
From PokerOwnage.com:
Erik Seidel, one of the most feared tournament poker players in the world - and owner of a handful of WSOP bracelets, can FINALLY add a World Poker Tour title to his impressive resume.
Seidel entered the television final table with a decent chip lead ($3.2m in chips) over heavy favorite and high stakes pro [...]
Eric Haber aka Sheets Takes Down WSOP Circuit Atlantic City.
March 18, 2008
Famed online poker player -Sheets- took down the 2008 WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars Atlantic City this past weekend.
-Sheets-, who’s real name is Eric Haber, battled out 277 other people en route to the victory and $431k. The $5k buyin tournament generated over a million dollars in the prize pool, and of course a stellar [...]
Neteller Posts Huge Loss in 2007.
March 17, 2008
The former e-wallet, once the best option for online poker players and their deposit needs, just posted huge losses for the fiscal year in 2007. How much to be exact?
Well, try $185.7 million.
Yikes! The payment processor’s executives blamed the large decline primarily on their withdrawal from the U.S. market. However, they also spent nearly $40 [...]
Phil Ivey Wins 2008 WPT LA Poker Classic.
February 29, 2008
Phil Ivey finally got World Poker Tour redemption - FINALLY!
The player that most people in the gambling arena regard as the greatest living poker player in the world won his first-ever WPT event, taking down the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic Thursday evening.
It only took 8 final tables before Ivey way able to secure the one [...]
National Heads Up Poker Championships Releases Star Studded List; Also Gains New Reporter
February 22, 2008
NBC has released the list of names of players who will be competing on the 2008 season of the National Heads Up Poker Championships. The list is compiled of players who have confirmed that they will be participating in the event.
All of the former champions of NBC’s Heads-Up will be returning including Phil Hellmuth [...]
-ElkY- Takes Down 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
January 21, 2008
Bertrand Gospellier - also known as ‘ElkY’ online - took down the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure earlier in the week. It couldn’t have been any more perfect for the man who was PokerStars’ first-ever SuperNova status’d player, and obviously one of the most feared tournament players in the world…
Was it any more fitting that a [...]
2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Final Table Set
January 10, 2008
Image courtesy of PokerStarsBlog.com
After 4 grueling days of play, the final table of the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has finally been set. The final group consists of some very solid online and live poker talents, most notably Team PokerStars player ‘ElkY’ and 2007 Cardplayer Player of the Year David “The Dragon” Pham. The [...]
Isaac -westmenloAA- Baron Earns CardPlayer OPOY Award
January 3, 2008
Online poker ace Isaac Baron - better known as ‘westmenloAA’ - took home top honors in the race for the CardPlayer Online Player of the Year Award. In a suspenseful final week that saw his nearest competitor, Matt ‘ch0ppy’ Kay, close the gap to just 26 points, it was Baron that would emerge the [...]




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