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Team Online's Oyster King slips up, but not too badly
The month has come to an end and brings with it an end to my self-imposed ban on sugar. I cannot call the month a success but I am not ready to call it a failure either. I had one early slip up, one...
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Ask nanonoko anything!
You've got to love Randy "nanonoko" Lew. Not only is he a successful online grinder (and by that we mean world record-breaking) but he's also a super nice guy. Then again, we'd never met "macronoko"...
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The wobbly foundations of the short stack strategy
One thing that makes poker such a fascinating sport is that it evolves every single day. I am not talking about its growth outside the tables, which is big here in Brazil. I'm talking about the...
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Never give up
I recently read something remarkable on the twoplustwo.com forums (thanks Petey5thStreet - what a great find!). It was a post made by Doug "WCGRider" Polk on May 5th, 2007 and the title of the thread...
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Win 10% of Andre "acoimbra" Coimbra's UKIPT Main Event winnings
We've said it before and we'll probably say it again: Andre "acoimbra" Coimbra is one crazy kid. He's done prop bets, sleep deprivation and ridiculous spin-ups*, so what now? He's giving away 10% of...
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Team Online week: Win a $15,000 PCA package, play a $25,000 freeroll, and more!
OMG, Team Online starts next week. Do you know what that means? It means lots of free stuff and possibly a chance to join Team PokerStars Online as a fully sponsored player! Sure, you have to be a...
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Jorge "Baalim" Limon: Control
Editor's note: Just a few minutes ago, PokerStars' Team Online released its newest short film. This one, about Mexico Jorge "Baalim" Limon is the best yet. If you don't know this race car driver and...
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Mickey Petersen: Avid traveler, reluctant film star
When Pokerstars first told me that they wanted to shoot an online documentary about me my first reaction was "no way!". To me it is one thing to do a poker interviews about the differences between...
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Ike Haxton: From Go Fish to million euro pots
When I joined Team Online, around this time last year, one of my very first responsibilities was to participate in the filming of a short documentary about my life and poker career. As I sit down to...
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George "jorj95" Lind: Family man by day, poker hero by night
George "jorj95" Lind is an absolute poker beast, not that you'd know it to meet him. He's a nice as pie family man by day but you put him behind a monitor and a mouse and he'll rack up PokerStars VPP...
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Ricky "TonnaMunz" Glaser wins Team Online Film Festival, PCA package
Ricky Glaser just won a package to the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and it might not have happened if not for one moment not long ago when things went terribly wrong for him. See, Glaser (who...
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Why it pays to learn all the poker games
For along time the the only poker I played was Texas Hold'em cash games. It was pretty much 99% of what I played, then, from somewhere, I developed the urge to see something other than two hole cards...
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VIP Club Live hits Sao Paulo, London next up (23 November)
Brazilians are well known to be among the happiest and hardest party animals out there. Leave a bunch of Europeans in a bar by themselves and they'll likely drink the place dry, but do the same with...
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Fitting poker around my life... not my life around poker
Having worked a regular nine-to-five job, I feel very privileged to have a level of freedom now that I previously could not have imagined. As a professional online poker player, I have the ability to...
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UKIPT Isle of Man trip report
Day 1 - Arrival On Wednesday morning I started my rather long journey from Düsseldorf to the Isle of Man, land of the PokerStars HQ. The actual flight time was no more than 2 hours on board of two...
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Burning down the house
[A party needs a soundtrack. This will do.] "You do realise that's still lit, right?" I turned to PokerStars broadcasting legend James Hartigan and said, "If your party doesn't need a fire...
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Marathon man Mikhail 'innerpsy' Shalamov
I once played a marathon session of poker of 40,000 hands in 18.5 hours. It was a real test of mental endurance and power of will. I decided to put myself to another marathon test - this time of the...
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One Tough Mudder
"I've tried to put a bit more emphasis on getting in better shape this year and have been stricter with my diet and exercise. One physical challenge that I really enjoyed doing was 'Tough Mudder', a...
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Puzzling with Heads-Up Zoom
When I came back home from Vegas last week, I opened the PokerStars lobby and couldn't help but notice the increased number of available Zoom poker tables. Heads-up Zoom was now available, so I just...
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Poker Marathon Challenge: 100 Hours in 7 Days
I'm stealing the blog post of fellow Team Online member Roy 'GodlikeRoy' Bhasin who tried this early November this year. Read all about his challenge at http://www.godlikeroy.com. I've decided to have...
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