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A new challenger has lined up to take on Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom in the latest SuperStar Showdown match. Coming off a win in the $100k buy-in Super High Roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov will play the much-hyped Team PokerStars Pro Feb. 13 at 3 p.m. ET. In addition to the high roller win, Katchalov boasts a WPT title, five WSOP final table appearances and better than $6 million in career live tournament earnings. The 2,500-hand match will be played over four tables of $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em. This will be Blom’s fourth SuperStar Showdown challenge. He  [ Read More ]

For the second straight year, UB will be sending over twenty players to compete in the running of Montreal’s biggest poker event, the Poker Pro Canada Classic. The $1500+150 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘em event runs Jan. 27-30, 2011 at the Four Aces Poker Club. UB is running a series of super satellites and freerolls Jan. 2-16 giving players a chance to win a $2500 prize package that includes a seat plus $850 for travel expenses. 300-plus players and prize pool of $500,000 is expected in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Article Source: Pokerlistings.com

Both Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke are parting ways with sponsor UB. Seperate statements regarding the departure of each were released on the UB blog Thursday. The statement regarding Duke, who gained some noteriety finishing runner-up to Joan Rivers in Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice on NBC in 2009, claims she has decided to pursue “other projects” on a full-time basis. “I have nothing but positive things to say about UB and my experiences with the brand, management and the incredible people who work hard daily to deliver a terrific online poker experience,” she said. Hellmuth, who’s $11,445,927 million in career  [ Read More ]

Dan “jungleman12” Cates put an end to Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies’ brief winning streak last night. Cates logged on to Full Tilt and in just 76 hands of $300/$600 Pot-Limit Omaha managed to win $97k from the illustrious Finn. Apparently it wasn’t enough to satisfy Cates as he played a very small session against SOLID_FUNDS in $500/$1,000 Cap PLO and managed to drag another $39k. In total Cates won $137k last night, which strengthens his position as the overall winner of 2010 with $4.8 million. The next closest player is skjervoy with $3.7 million then durrrr with $3.5 million and Phil  [ Read More ]

Isaac Haxton, perhaps inspired by his recent win against Isildur1, dominated the high stakes games last night winning $91k. Haxton, who plays on Full Tilt as luvtheWNBA, opened up four tables of heads-up $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em against Kpederson and proceeded to destroy the lesser-known player. The biggest hand of the session, a $23k barnburner, went to the red-hot Haxton when he managed to river a full house against Kpederson. After nearly three hours and 1,503 hands the session finally came to a close with Haxton up on three out of four tables. Haxton hasn’t been particularly active on Full Tilt  [ Read More ]

The holidays are heating up with a stack of exclusive freerolls on PokerListings.com. This week Absolute Poker and UB Poker are playing Santa Claus with huge $5,000 freerolls. The Absolute event will take place on Saturday while the UB Poker freeroll kicks off on Sunday so it’s possible to play both of the events. It takes only 100 raked hands in November on both sites to take part so check to see if you’ve already qualified. Also worth checking out this week is the PartyPoker $2,000 freeroll on Saturday, which is open to any players who earned 100 Party points  [ Read More ]

Just 12 players remain at WPT Foxwoods with Tom Marchese in the lead and looking to add another big score to his already amazing year. Tom Marchese Marchese, who has earned over $1.8 million in his first year as a live pro, built a massive chip lead winning a flip against veteran Hoyt Corkins as the field was whittled down to 12 in Mashantucket, Connecticut Sunday. Names like Sorel Mizzi, Jason Mercier, Mohsin Charania and the aforementioned Corkins remain in the hunt, although Marchese has an almost 2:1 lead over his nearest opponent Jeff Forrest. The $9,700+$300 WPT Foxwoods main  [ Read More ]

$3,000/$6,000 limit action begins There was a time when $50/$100 cash games were considered ridiculous, but in recent years the nosebleed action has spiralled out of control and this week Full Tilt Poker set a new high-stakes benchmark by opening a $3,000/$6,000 limit hold’em table. The stakes, the biggest on offer on the site, were requested by unknown German nosebleed pro IHateJuice, who after challenging some of the site’s biggest stars is up more than $1 million in limit hold’em alone this year. During a profitable session against megastar Phil Ivey last week, IHateJuice wrote in the chat box: IHateJuice:  [ Read More ]

The 2010 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic played down to 54 Sunday with Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari separating himself from the pack. The WSOP bracelet winner and WPT title holder became the first player past the one million chip mark and ended the day with a more than 300,000 chip lead over his closest opponent – Canadian WSOPC ring winner Doug Lee. Also holding onto spots in the top ten are names like Vanessa Rousso, Freddy Deeb and Bryn Kenney. The legendary Doyle Brunson, for whom the tournament was named, currently sits 13th. The 100-person money bubble  [ Read More ]

The 2010 Bayou Poker Challenge kicked off at Harrah’s New Orleans Thursday. The two-week tournament series runs Dec. 2-12 including 14 events with buy-ins ranging from $150 up to the $2,500 main event beginning Dec. 10. 2010 marks the fifth year of the Bayou Poker Challenge. In 2009, Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler won the main event and $70,976, defeating a field of 80 players. This year’s Bayou Poker Challenge main event champ will also win a seat into the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. Cash games are also expected to be busy in the Crescent City  [ Read More ]