Clonie Gowen Wins World Poker Open at Gold Strike Casino

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Team Full Tilt member Clonie Gowen won the $5,000 buy-in World Poker Open main event this week, pocketing more than $183,000 for first. The 107-players who took the felt in Tunica, Mississippi at the Gold Strike Casino generated a prize pool of nearly $509,000. The following are the final table…

Poker Business News: PokerTek Revenue Nearly Triples

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PokerTek, the publicly traded company (NASDAQ symbol PTEK) that manufactures and distributes the PokerPro automated live poker table and system, has reported a major increase in revenue for the third business quarter. Revenue has increased 57 percent from the same quarter of 2007, thanks to a…

EPT Budapest — Day 2 Update

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The 182 remaining players at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Hungarian Open became 179 within three minutes as the short-stacks fell on their swords. This served as a pertinent reminder that the €4,000+€300 buy-in event, which attracted a sold out 532 entrants, was now all about…

Tournament Trail Q and A — Casey Kastle

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Casey Kastle has been a staple of the international tournament circuit for more than 10 years. Taking down fourth in the recent Asian Poker Tour main event in Macau, and second in event No. 43 of this year's World Series of Poker, this is one committed player who seems determined to set all…

Caesars Palace Classic Championship Day 2 Recap

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It was payday down at Caesars Palace, as 166 players battled their way down to the lucky 27 who would walk away with something to show for their two long days of mind-numbing poker madness. With the blinds escalating at a rapid rate, the 100,000 starting stacks became a distant memory, as more…

PokerStars.com EPT Budapest, Day 2: Albert Iversen Leads Final 42

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The Las Vegas Casino in Budapest, Hungary saw 182 survivors from Days 1a and 1b combine to a single field as Day 2 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Hungary stop kicked off. Leading the field to start the day was Mauro…

WSOP Circuit Hammond Series Provides Surge in Chicagoland Poker Interest

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The World Series of Poker’s new Circuit series stop at Horseshoe Hammond (Indiana), has provided a prominent new stage for poker events in a region where players have previously suffered comparatively small access…

Women’s Poker Spotlight: Clonie Gowen Wins World Poker Open Main Event

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Nine players returned to the Gold Strike Casino on Tuesday to take their seats at the final table of the World Poker Open’s $5,000 buy-in. The chip leader of those final nine was professional poker player Clonie Gowen…

PokerStars.com EPT Budapest, Day 1b: Mauro Corsetti Takes Overall Lead

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Day 1b of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Budapest Main Event kicked off on Wednesday with even more big names rounding out the 532-player field. Taking to the felt on Day 1b were WSOP bracelet winners Max Pescatori…

Hoyt Corkins to Host Event at a Harley-Davidson Opening

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The Red Rock Harley Davidson is unveiling its brand-new store in Las Vegas with a three-day party Nov. 7-9 that includes a Celebrity Poker Tournament hosted by Hoyt Corkins to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The tournament begins on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. The buy-in…

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