Online Poker Blog» Poker Players – Online Poker Blog – HoldemReview.com http://www.holdemreview.com/blog Online Poker Room News, Promotions, etc. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:40:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Team Full Tilt Poker Signs New Red Pro In James “Flushy” Dempsey http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/team-full-tilt-poker-signs-red-pro-james-flushy-dempsey/1387 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/team-full-tilt-poker-signs-red-pro-james-flushy-dempsey/1387#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:18:54 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1387 There’s a new member of Team Full Tilt and it’s James “Flushy” Dempsey, the 27-year-old from the United Kingdom who made a striking impression on everyone at this year’s World Series of Poker when he cashed a total of $511,867, including a runner-up finish in the $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo event and t...

Team Full Tilt Poker Signs New Red Pro In James “Flushy” Dempsey

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Team Full Tilt Poker Signs New Red Pro In James “Flushy” DempseyPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/team-full-tilt-poker-signs-red-pro-james-flushy-dempsey/1387/feed 0 PokerStars Update: Eastgate Retires, Williams & Selbst Rise http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/pokerstars-update-eastgate-retires-williams-selbst-rise/1348 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/pokerstars-update-eastgate-retires-williams-selbst-rise/1348#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:43:00 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1348 In a recent turn of shocking news, 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Team Poker Stars poker pro Peter Eastgate has announced that he is retiring form professional poker. Eastgate’s announcement does not come from any string of bad luck on the felt, because on the contrary, since winning $9 million in ...

PokerStars Update: Eastgate Retires, Williams & Selbst Rise

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PokerStars Update: Eastgate Retires, Williams & Selbst RisePost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/pokerstars-update-eastgate-retires-williams-selbst-rise/1348/feed 0 Team Poker Stars Gains David Williams http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/team-poker-stars-gains-david-williams/1319 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/team-poker-stars-gains-david-williams/1319#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:19:27 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1319 Team Poker Stars has a new member and it’s a familiar face at that. It’s David Williams, 2010 World Poker Tour Champion, joining fellow poker stars Daniel Negreanu (host of FOX TV’s Poker Stars Million Dollar Challenge), Barry Greenstein (the poker philanthropist who donates all his winnings to charity), a...

Team Poker Stars Gains David Williams

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Team Poker Stars Gains David WilliamsPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/team-poker-stars-gains-david-williams/1319/feed 0 Poker Stars Team Member Wins Poker Stars Baltic Festival http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-stars-team-member-wins-poker-stars-baltic-festival/1304 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-stars-team-member-wins-poker-stars-baltic-festival/1304#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:13:33 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1304 The second annual Poker Stars Baltic Festival was won this year by none other than a member of Team PokerStars itself, that being William Thorson. Thorson outlasted a playing field of over 200 players in the €1,400 PokerStars Baltic Festival Main Event for first ever No Limit Hold’em title in a major land-based tour...

Poker Stars Team Member Wins Poker Stars Baltic Festival

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Poker Stars Team Member Wins Poker Stars Baltic FestivalPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-stars-team-member-wins-poker-stars-baltic-festival/1304/feed 0 World Series of Poker 2010 Tournament of Champions Field Set http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/world-series-poker-2010-tournament-champions-field-set/1286 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/world-series-poker-2010-tournament-champions-field-set/1286#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:03:30 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1286 The Tournament of Champions will be played out as part of the 2010 World Series of Poker on Sunday, June 27. For the first time in WSOP Tournament of Champions history, poker fans voted on which players deserved the sole 20 slots in this exclusive freeroll and at the top of the list was, predictably, Phil Ivey of Team FullT...

World Series of Poker 2010 Tournament of Champions Field Set

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World Series of Poker 2010 Tournament of Champions Field SetPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/world-series-poker-2010-tournament-champions-field-set/1286/feed 0 Full Tilt Poker Signs Lacey Jones http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/full-tilt-poker-signs-lacey-jones/1281 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/full-tilt-poker-signs-lacey-jones/1281#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:16:16 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1281 Full Tilt Poker has just announced the signing of model, poker player, event hostess Lacey Jones, just a few weeks after she announced that she was leaving Absolute Poker. Lacey Jones has made quite a name for herself as both a top-notch poker event host and a top-notch poker player. After several years playing poker with a...

Full Tilt Poker Signs Lacey Jones

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Full Tilt Poker Signs Lacey JonesPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/full-tilt-poker-signs-lacey-jones/1281/feed 0 Poker Player Dies On The Way To 2010 WSOP http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-player-dies-2010-wsop/1276 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-player-dies-2010-wsop/1276#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:18:18 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1276 Paul Kitsos, the poker player known best for reaching the final table of the 2008 Borgata Summer Poker Open Main Event, died in an airplane over the New York skies on his way to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete in the 2010 World Series of Poker. According to a story reported in the newspaper the New York Post, twenty minutes af...

Poker Player Dies On The Way To 2010 WSOP

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Poker Player Dies On The Way To 2010 WSOPPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-player-dies-2010-wsop/1276/feed 0 Poker Player Confesses To Murder http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-player-confesses-murder/1274 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-player-confesses-murder/1274#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:17:11 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1274 No poker news of this past week would be complete without mention of the Van Der Sloot story.  In case you haven’t heard, Joran van Der Sloot, once best known for his poker playing prowess, has confessed to murder. After dodging police in Lima for a while, van der Sloot eventually turned himself in and confessed to t...

Poker Player Confesses To Murder

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Poker Player Confesses To MurderPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-player-confesses-murder/1274/feed 0 Poker Pro “Unabomber” Laak Sets New World Record For 115 Hour Poker Game http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-pro-unabomber-laak-sets-world-record-115-hour-poker-game/1267 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-pro-unabomber-laak-sets-world-record-115-hour-poker-game/1267#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:27:26 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1267 While elsewhere in Vegas the World Series of Poker was raging strong, one famous poker pro was at the Bellagio in the cash game of his life. That player was Phil “The Unabomber” Laak (now star of UnabomberPoker on the Cake Poker Network), and he played $10/$20 NL Hold’em for a record-breaking over 115 hour...

Poker Pro “Unabomber” Laak Sets New World Record For 115 Hour Poker Game

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Poker Pro “Unabomber” Laak Sets New World Record For 115 Hour Poker GamePost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-pro-unabomber-laak-sets-world-record-115-hour-poker-game/1267/feed 0 Poker Stars Adds Ville Wahlbeck To The Team http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-stars-adds-ville-wahlbeck-team/1261 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-players/poker-stars-adds-ville-wahlbeck-team/1261#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:58:04 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1261 Today, Monday, June 7, 2010 Poker Stars announced the addition of Ville Wahlbeck to the site’s esteemed team of sponsored professional poker players, Team Poker Stars. At 34 years old and hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Ville Whalbeck is a WSOP bracelet winner having won the $10,000 Mixed Game Championship at the 2009...

Poker Stars Adds Ville Wahlbeck To The Team

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