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WPT Foundation’s "All In" for Kids Poker Tournament raises nearly $700.000

14.11. | With support from Phil Hellmuth, Jr., WPT Anchor Lynn Gilmartin and Dan Shak, the WPT Foundation’s “All In” for Kids Poker Tournament raised this week nearly $700,000 to benefit The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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Russia Opens Its Largest Casino To Date

13.11. | A 500-slot machine, 50-table game casino opened this week in eastern Russia, according to a report from Radio Free Europe. The casino, which is part of what the country hopes becomes “Las Vegas on the Pacific,” is the country’s largest casino to date, the report said.

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Amaya: PokerStars, Full Tilt Have About 71 Percent Of Online Poker Market

12.11. | Amaya Gaming, owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt, had a conference call Tuesday to discuss its financial results for the third quarter of 2015. The company revealed some interesting figures and commented on the eventual launch of its online poker products in Atlantic City. The information came just days after PokerStars announced major changes to its VIP rewards program.

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Joe McKeehen Wins 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship

11.11. | The 46th annual World Series of Poker came to a thrilling conclusion on Tuesday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with a decisive victory by Joseph McKeehen.

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WSOP Main Event: Day 2 of Final Table Complete; Joe McKeehen Leads Final 3 Players

10.11. | Day 2 of the 2015 Main Event final table is now in the books. And only three members of the November Nine still have their Main Event hopes alive.

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Joe McKeehen Leads Final Six In 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table

09.11. | The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table got off to a fast start when Patrick Chan was eliminated on just the second hand of play, but the rest of the night was a slow grind full of tanking, intense staring and more tanking.

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Marcin Wydrowski Leads After Day 1b of the 2015 WSOP Circuit Rozvadov Main Event

08.11. | The second starting day of the World Series of Poker Circuit €1,650 Main Event at King's Casino in Rozvadov attracted a field of 431 entries, of which 53 were second entries of players that busted their initial stack of 30,000 in chips. The overall field increased to 682 and at least eight further will join the field before the start of Day 2 after winning their entry in Saturday's last-minute Satellite.

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Stipo Vladic Wins 2015 WSOP Circuit Rozvadov Super High Roller

07.11. | The second and final day of the World Series of Poker Circuit €25,000 Super High Roller at Kings's Casino in Rozvadov saw the players return to the tables around 18:00 local time on Friday. The field size increased to 22 entrants thanks to five reentries and one new entry before the start of Day 2, and it would take 14 hours in total, or until 8 a.m. local time the next day, to determine a winner

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WSOPC Rozvadov: Aleksandar Tomovic Leads the Super High Roller After Day 1

06.11. | The Super High Roller event at the World Series of Poker Circuit at King's Casino in Rozvadov attracted a field of 16 entrants who all ponied up the buy in of €25,000. While guarantee of €500,000 has not been met through the entries so far, late registration and reentry remain available until the first card is dealt as of 18:00 local time on Friday.

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Vasili Firsau wins the WSOP Circuit PLO 8-Max High Roller Event!

05.11. | Vasili Firsau from Belarus, who won his first golden bracelet in the $ 3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed (Event #46) in Las Vegas this summer, eventually emerged victorious at almost 4 a.m. local time and added a circuit ring as well as €44,100 to his already impressive poker resume.