Kuether already has 12 cashes this year The past week or two, the live tournament circuit has been relatively quiet while a big group of the poker population has been hunkered down in Canada, Mexico, Europe, or elsewhere grinding the Spring Championship of Online Poker. There have been some small buy-in events runnings in New [...]

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This week featured the release of the World Series of Poker television schedule on ESPN, with just two weeks to go before the annual Summer festivities get underway. While the WSOP is on the immediate horizon, the WSOP Circuit has entered its final stop of the season in New Orleans, while the World Poker Tour [...]

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No change in the Capitol Hill Co-Sponsor Count this week, BLUFFers. According to GovTrack.us, Texas Rep. Joe Barton’s Internet poker bill, H.R. 2366, has 30 supporters, while California Rep. John Campbell’s Internet gambling bill, H.R. 1174, remains close behind with 29. On MGM Resorts’ first-quarter earnings presentation last week, Chief Executive Jim Murren told analysts [...]

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Serock has over $600,000 in earnings so far this year His name has been all over the news the past couple of months, but believe it or not, it took Joe Serock until this week to notch his first live tournament victory. We’ve got the news on Serock’s Caribbean cash, highlights from the IPT Grand [...]

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The World Series of Poker is just about three weeks away and the excitement about the 43rd annual series just keeps building. The doors to the Rio will be opening soon, but those hoping to watch all the action on ESPN won’t have to wait too much longer either. The network recently announced the broadcast [...]

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Marvin Rettenmaier is within striking distance of the lead in the BLUFF Power Rankings, rising to third this week. After a crazy month of action in April, the beginning of May has brought a calm before the storm that is the World Series of Poker. There was still movement in the BLUFF Poker Player Power [...]

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It was only a year ago that the Harrahs Philadelphia Casino joined the list of properties playing host to a WSOP Circuit event. Now, Pennsylvania is one of the growing poker markets in the United States and the crop of players are just getting better. Case in point: Christopher Bonn, who just took down the [...]

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Negreanu is sitting in tenth place after a productive EPT Grand Final The top twenty in the BLUFF Player of the Year race is starting to get overrun with some of the biggest names in the game. After a string of high buy-in events with stacked final tables at the PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino [...]

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The poker world is full of facts, figures, stats and records. With so many numbers being crunched day in and day out, sometimes it is tough to see what they all add up to. That is why BLUFF brings you some of the more interesting numbers related to the big tournaments, big stories, and big [...]

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With just three weeks to go until the World Series of Poker begins in Las Vegas, other tours are winding down towards the end of their seasons. The EPT finished off its eighth season while the WPT is down to the final event of Season X, with their late action having a dramatic effect on [...]

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The poker world is full of facts, figures, stats and records. With so many numbers being crunched day in and day out, sometimes it is tough to see what they all add up to. That is why BLUFF brings you some of the more interesting numbers related to the big tournaments, big stories, and big [...]

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In the newest addition to BluffMagazine.com, Chris Krafcik presents The Fight with the latest headlines and insight from the attempts to regulate online poker in the United States. This is his debut column. Another week in Internet poker politics. Another batch of delicious news bytes. Time to strap your speed-read on, BLUFFers. Let’s kick things [...]

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Smith has $1.77 million in earnings so far this year The eighth season of the European Poker Tour wrapped up with a bang at the PokerStars and Monte Carlo EPT Grand Final. The Main Event and the High Roller tournaments drummed up most of the headlines, but something equally compelling was happening in the side [...]

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Cunix started the day as chip leader and ended as a WPT champ Shawn Cunix always tries to teach his kids that with a passion for something, anything is possible. The recreational player has always been a family man. In fact, he played this event with his arm in a sling because he saved his [...]

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The days of Will Failla looking up at Jonathan Duhamel in the Power Rankings could be numbered. Since the last time we updated you on the BLUFF Poker Player Power Rankings, there has been a seismic shift in the top 20. Seven different players posted enough results to climb the list, and while the top [...]

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