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8th Sept 2010

Category: Poker-PlayersZiigmund is in London filming Million Dollar Cash Game season 5

The World's Top High Stakes Pros hit London for the latest addition of the Million Dollar Cash Game sponsored by Full Tilt Poker

Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and Tom "durrrr" Dwan are both currently filming the fifth season of the Full Tilt Million Dollar Cash Game in London.

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6th Sept 2010

Category: Poker-PlayersJake Cody wins 2010 WPT London Main Event and pocketed a huge £273,783

Jake Cody won the 2010 World Poker Tour (WPT) London Main Event and pocketed a huge £273,783

The 21-year-old from Rochdale, who has been seen at the regular high stakes tournaments both online at Full Tilt Poker and the European Poker Tour, and next year he will be stepping up to the WSOP in Vegas. He plays online under the alias neverbluff67, and made easy work of a very strong final table at the Mayfair Palm Beach Casino.

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Jake Cody won the 2010 World Poker Tour (WPT) London Main Event and pocketed a huge £273,783 »

26th Feb 2009

Category: Poker-PlayersPeter Jepsen joins Betfair Pokers New Breed

Danish poker professional Peter Jepsen has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with Betfair Poker. The Danish internet and tournament specialist joins the “New Breed” at Betfair Poker which includes the likes of Annette Obrestad , Sorel Mizzi and John Tabatabai.

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21st Jan 2009

Category: Poker-PlayersGood Year at the European Poker Awards

The 2008 European Poker Awards were handed out last week at the Aviation Club in Paris, to cap off what has been a fantastic year for European poker players. From dominating the WSOP both in Vegas and Europe to making waves online, European players have been making headlines for the whole of last year.

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16th Dec 2008

Category: Poker-PlayersMansion Poker Player awarded GUKPT Player of the Year

MansionPoker Pro Marc Goodwin has become the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour's (GUKPT) Player of the Year after an incredible run of final tables. Just as MansionPoker.com is making huge strides in becoming the name in online poker, the incredible Marc Goodwin proves to be a worthy association to the winning Mansion team.

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3rd Aug 2008

Category: Poker-PlayersAnnette Obrestad International Media Superstar (WSOPE)

Since Annette Obrestad won the WSOPE event in 2007 she has been in demand by media the world over. At 19 years old she became the Guinness Book of Records holder as the youngest winner of a WSOP bracelet as well as becoming the youngest winner of a Main Event last year, while her £1m prize money saw her overtake Annie Duke for the record for a single-event payout to a female player. The win catapulted Annette into poker stardom and having made plenty of money from the game with over $2.5m in the bank, she reveals that it is the lure of more of that famous poker wrist-candy that is fuelling her passion in the sport.

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8th December 2007

Category: Poker-Players

Betfair Poker sponsored player Annette Obrestad has become the youngest player ever to win the "Tournament Performance of the Year" award at the prestigious European Poker Awards in Paris.

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