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padraig parkinson pokerPadraig Parkinson joins Team Party Poker as the latest ambassador to represent the brand in Ireland and major live tournaments around the World.

It’s been exactly two years since Shane Warne and Parkinson left Team 888 Poker, now Parkinson has moved on to join the growing list of PartyPoker ambassadors.

The current list of Party Poker pros includes: Mike Sexton, Sam Trickett, Jackie Glazier, Carl Froch, Tony Dunst, Roberto Romanello, and Natalia Breviglieri.

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Padraig Parkinson joins Team Party Poker

wsop one dropThe 2013 WSOP One Drop tournament is a new high roller event with more than $17 million dollar prize pool generated by the 166 registered WSOP one drop players.

The High Roller tournament replaces last years WSOP Big One for One Drop, where Antonio Esfandiari won more than $18 million.

The buy-in for the high roller event has been reduced to $111,111 instead of a million, the 2013 High Roller event raised more than half a million for One Drop.

Watch the entire WSOP One Drop High Roller event – WSOP Live Streaming online sponsored by 888 Poker.

Another new charity poker tournament is the Little One for One Drop which will feature a low buy-in to attract a large playing field.

*Update final four players return for Day 4 – Bill Perkins, Anthony Gregg, Chris Klodnicki & Antonio Esfandiari.

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antonio esfandiari wins wsop big oneAntonio Esfandiari wins WSOP Big One for One Drop ($18,346,673) in the record breaking million dollar buy-in tournament. Sam Trickett was eliminated within 16 hands of being heads-up against The Magician, who has just made poker history.

Antonio Esfandiari is now in top position for all-time tournament winnings his live tournament winnings total more than $22,800,000. Esfandiari tweeted “This prize is MINE.” and posted a picture of the first place prize money.

Esfandiari now sits in first place on the poker all time money list as the most profitable poker player of all time, Phil Hellmuth also achieved his biggest cash of more than $2.6 million for his 4th place finish.

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all in poker movieAll In – The Poker Movie is out now in movie theaters across the US, the film focuses on the game of poker throughout the ages, and more recently the way the US government destroyed the poker boom.

The documentary shows how online poker became the victim of greedy politicians who took away the rights and freedom of US citizens to play a game which is part of American history.

Winner of the best documentary by CineVegas film festival directed and produced by Douglas Tirola. Download All In – The Poker Movie in digital format which is available directly from the official website.

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poker hall of fameWorld Series of Poker have announced two new members for the Poker Hall of Fame, Erik Seidel and Dan Harrington will now make up the 40 members in this elite group of poker ambassadors. The new members will be inducted in a ceremony just before the WSOP final table in November.

There are now 18 living members of the initial 40 members elected, only one or two new members are elected each year.

Eight poker players were nominated for this years Poker Hall of Fame which include Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Scotty Nguyen, Jennifer Harman, Linda Johnson and Tom McEvoy.

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