The 24 year old Peter Eastgate, best known as the winner of the 2008 WSOP main event has decided to quit live poker tournaments professionally as he opts for a more relaxed lifestyle.

Peter’s world championship win in 2008 alone earned him USD $9.15 million he has since racked up a substantial amount in tournament winnings over the last few years however the demands on elite poker pros which include a vigorous schedule, exercise, travel, mental fatigue and energy have taken a toll on the WSOP 2008 winner from Odense, Denmark who has decided to take an indefinite break from live tournament poker.
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UWin Poker are holding a series of freerolls that have very low player numbers meaning anyone who enters into them stands an excellent chance of finishing in the money.

The UWin Poker freeroll series requires no deposit and is totally free to enter so if you get a chance tonight the $50 UWinPoker freeroll starts at 21:30 (BST) which is 16:30 (EST).

New players can even play from their Facebook acounts or the flash instant play poker version or simply download the full UWin Poker client to experience the full software features.

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Well known poker pro Phil Laak has gone on to set a new Guinness World Record at Bellagio for the official longest single continuous session of poker ever recorded. The previous record was held by Paul Zimbler a British poker pro which was set last year at 78 hours, 45 minutes and 41 seconds while the official Guinness World Record was recorded as 72 hours and 2 minutes held formally held by Larry Olmsted. Phil Laak was permitted a 5 minute break per hour, but at he times choose to skip the breaks and continue playing at the $10/$20 No-Limit Hold’em at the Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas.

According to Laak, he has always wanted to hold a Guinness world record ever since he read the record book in high school he went on to comment that “This has been a wonderful Journey”.

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UWinPoker have announced a series of freerolls requiring no deposit to enter, with $500 up for grabs totally free no deposit needed, player value for the series is expected to be high due to low number of players registered at UWinPoker. UWin Poker is an Everleaf network skin that only opened it’s doors this week the full schedule of events follows below.

Download UWinPoker, create a new players account and you will get entry to the UWinPoker Freerolls the online room has a fully downloadable poker version or flash based version that plays in your browser with an option to even play via Facebook as a poker app. We are sure cash game players will love the skin as player skill on the network is, lets say limited.

UWinPoker kicks off with daily freeroll tournaments in addition to the many other regular promotions and events running on the Everleaf network which include more daily freerolls, Poker cruise promotion, a Rake race and much more.

UWIN POKER BONUS CODES:

UWIN$ – 100%  to $600
UWINEURO – 100% to €600
WIN$ – 300%  to $1500
WINEURO – 300% to €1500

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The Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth is doing very well in the World Poker Tour – Bay 101 Shooting Star he has made the final table and is currently 2nd of the six players that remain in the event.

If Hellmuth wins this event it will be the first WPT title he has ever won, although he does have 11 WSOP bracelets and more than $11 million in tournament earnings to his name. Hellmuth admitted in his blog that he has had a bad year of poker in 2009 where he actually lost money.

This is a good start to the year for Phil Hellmuth and we wish him luck today on the final table.

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