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Online Poker USA – Bovada Poker is now the best poker site for US players, offering the fastest cashout times when compared to other USA poker sites: Carbon Poker, Lock Poker and Americas Cardroom.

Bodog Poker US players were transferred to the Bovada brand at the end of 2011, which offers Sports-betting, Casino Games, Online Poker and Horses for US players only.

USA Poker is not dead as players can still enjoy their favorite real money poker games and promotions on Bovada Poker, with cashouts times of 1-3 days.

Bovada Poker targets recreational poker players and operates differently to most online poker sites, Bovada Poker have anonymous poker tables where players are just a seat number instead of having screen names.

BovadaPoker also prevents the use of poker tools, poker bots or any poker tracking software as they feel it’s a disadvantage to players who are not using additional software to play poker online.

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888Poker Super Stack Live Events take place at some of the best Casinos in the UK, Australia, Canada, Spain, Estonia & Ireland. Players can win their seat in the online satellites to play these exclusive 888 Poker Live Tournaments.

An excellent concept which combines Online Poker and Live Poker tournaments, the direct buy-in for the live events is (£165/AUD $300/CAD$185/€165) players can win seats online starting from $1.35.

The 888 Poker Super Stack satellites offer an affordable solution for online poker players of all stakes to make the transition to live poker tournaments.

888 Poker Bonus – 100% up to $600

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The WSOP 2013 schedule has been announced with a few changes and additional games added to the biggest poker tournament series.

The 44th Annual World Series of Poker runs from 29th May – 15th July, 2013 with 62 bracelet events scheduled for the Rio Casino in Las Vegas.

The 2013 WSOP Main Event final table will be broadcast live on ESPN and ESPN2 ( 4 – 5, November 2013) and will feature the November Nine players.

Changes to the WSOP 2013 schedule include:

• 62 WSOP Bracelet Events.
• 2013 WSOP Main Event Final Table returns in November.
• WSOP Millionaire Maker Event – Million dollars first place prize.
• ONE DROP High Roller Event –  Buy-In: $111,111.
• Little One for ONE DROP – Charity Poker Event.
• WSOP Ladies Championship – Buy-in: (Ladies – $1,000)(Men – $10,000)
• Open Face Chinese Poker tournament.

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Online Poker in 2012 has had it’s ups and downs, one of the highlights of the year would be PokerStars bailing out Full Tilt Poker. The Full Tilt Poker relaunch restored player confidence in online poker and reunited most players with their bankrolls.

2012 also saw the rise in popularity of fast fold poker games, a new poker format which became popular with players when Full Tilt Poker released Rush Poker. Similar games have since been released and are known as PokerStars Zoom Poker, Party Poker FastForward and TitanPoker Speed Poker.

Mobile Poker has also been a new popular choice for players, with mobile poker apps being released by most of the top online poker sites including 888Poker, PokerStars and Bwin Poker.

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2012 WSOP Main Event results Day 8 – only three players remain in the Main Event and will continue playing on Day 9 until the 2012 WSOP Main Event Champion is crowned.

Jake Balsiger is eliminated in 3rd place after 11 hours of 3 handed play, the 21 year old takes home $3,799,071. Greg Merson is chip leader going into the heads-up match against Jesse Sylvia.

Greg Merson is the 2012 WSOP Main Event Champion and is 2012 Player of the Year.

The WSOP Final Table Live Stream 2012 was restricted to specific countries, many fans complained about not being able to watch the WSOP online including fans from Canada and Germany, click on the link for alternative streaming options. Fans can watch the 2012 WSOP Main Event final live on ESPN @ 9:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PT.

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