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High Stakes Poker Back on Game Show Network

July 27, 2008 - 1 Comment Despite rumblings that the Game Show Network was likely to drop its poker coverage, the network has re-upped with High Stakes Poker for another season. Filming will begin in September for the 5th season of the program in which Gabe Kaplan and A.J. Benza host. “GSN has picked up the option on the fifth season of ‘High Stakes Poker’ and continues to enjoy poker on its air,” said GSN Director of Public Relations Jennifer Minezaki. The....

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Rapper Jay-Z Allegedly Loses 500k in Poker Game

January 11, 2008 - No Comments Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, allegedly lost $500,000 in a poker game in Las Vegas, according to MediaTakeout.com. The website’s source said, "It was supposed to be a friendly game with everyone betting only [a few hundred dollars] a hand Jay-Z was down only about a [a thousand dollars] when he raised [another player] $500,000." The source goes on to say that Jay-Z had a lone pair of queens and his opponent had the....

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Ziigmund Loses $3,000,000 in NLHE

January 2, 2008 - No Comments Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, the cash game specialist, is probably experiencing one of the largest downswings of his young career. After playing and losing a huge pot to Tom "durrrr" Dwan heads up at $300/$600 No Limit Holdem, Sahamies claimed to be a $3,000,000 loser. Here is the hand history where Dwan dragged a $100,000+ pot: <i> Full Tilt Poker Game #4699684750: Table Gaze (heads up) - $300/$600....

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Dario Minieri on Heater of a Lifetime

December 31, 2007 - No Comments Dario "dariominieri" Minieri is on the heater of a lifetime. His accomplishment on Pokerstars yesterday will probably never be topped, and all told, he won over $150,000. Before yesterday’s major tournaments on Pokerstars, Dariominieri had impressive results in the high stakes sit and go’s, showing a profit of over $450,000; much of it coming in the last few weeks. Dario entered the high stakes showdown, facing off against....

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Gus Hansen’s $1,000,000 Day

August 1, 2007 - No Comments Gus Hansen pulled in over $1,000,000 in the massive 200/400 Pot Limit Omaha game running on <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/?key=MDAwMDJGOTIwMDAwNzE0OTIwM" target="blank">Full Tilt Poker</a>. Taking the majority of the loss was his arch nemesis, a player by the name of KaiBuxxe. KaiBuxxe has gotten the best of Hansen in the past few sessions, but it looks as if variance is falling....

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