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Annies Not Such a Celebrity Apprentice
March 26, 2012, Jeff.Kimber
Anyone turning into BBC1 late night over the past couple of weeks will have enjoyed seeing the American version of Celebrity Apprentice, featuring a motley crew of famous Yanks with varying degrees of fame. The line-up included one of my all-time heroes, Dennis Rodman, the former bad boy of the ...
Dealing With The Sunday Million
March 23, 2012, Jeff.Kimber
Winning the Sunday Million is the number one ambition for almost every online tournament player. The PokerStars weekly event is the blue riband event of Internet poker, and to turn $215 into $200k-plus, as well as the kudos that comes with landing the title, would be the fulfilment of many ...
The Genius of the MicroMillions
March 21, 2012, rick.dacey
Over the years PokerStars have done a lot of things right. Few would argue with that. Try it. See, you can’t. What those ‘correct’ things are, however, differs depending on who you speak to. Business or marketing analysts would point to huge market share of some savvy global branding policies, ...
A Fair-E Tale
March 19, 2012, Submission
It's nearing Easter, and my 3 year-old daughter is excited about the Easter Bunny's arrival. A candy-dispensing rabbit a silly concept of course, but we've all been there. We've all believed in stupid things that turned out not to be real. Things like the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy. ...
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News Update: June 22nd, 2012
June 22, 2012, Daniel.Smyth
In today’s news update we look forward to the most anticipated poker tournament in the world and size up the betting markets courtesy of Matchbook.com and MatchbookMedia.com. 1 Million Reasons to Bet With all the world’s best players including Sam Trickett, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu taking part in the ...
News Update: June 20th, 2012
June 20, 2012, Daniel.Smyth
In today’s news update we see why the misery continues for Andrew Feldman, marvel at Phil Ivey’s WSOP achievements and share a laugh or two with The Micros. The Misery Continues for Feldman The scorn being poured over Andrew Feldman seems to growing at the moment with the poker community ...
News Update: June 18th, 2012
June 18, 2012, Daniel.Smyth
In today's news update we find out why Sam Trickett is annoyed with Andrew Feldman, catch up with Daniel Negreanu, see who is on course for WSOP POTY and get lesson in poker from Nick Wealthall. Trickett vs. Feldman Sam Trickett recently came out and disclosed via Twitter that a well known ...
News Update: June 8th, 2012
June 8, 2012, Daniel.Smyth
In today’s news update we get the facts from Brad Booth, see why Annie Duke has been given a rough ride at this year’s WSOP and check out the latest episode of the Micros. Brad in the Truth Booth In the last news update we brought you news of Brad ...