PokerStars.tv Officially Launched

Near the end of a continuing beta-test period which saw increasing levels of content added to the site, PokerStars interactive video portal, PokerStars.tv, officially launched this week. The site’s features, which center on video-based poker clips and instructional offerings, is at the leading edge of sites offering free poker-instruction offerings.
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PokerStars Signs Swedish Star William Thorson
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Singer Captures $25,000 Heads-up Championship on Full Tilt

Full Tilt’s first-ever $25,000 Heads-up Championship, featuring the largest buy-in ever for an online heads-up tourney, saw a familiar name take the title on Sunday. Full Tilt pro David Singer claimed the title after defeating Emil “whitelime” Patel to win the the $560,000 first-place prize. Patel’s runner-up showing was worth $320,000.
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Online Site UltimateBet Issues Statement Regarding Unfair Play

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG (Tokwiro), proprietors of UltimateBet.com, today issued a formal statement detailing the complete results of an ongoing internal investigation into alleged unfair play on the site, occurring from March 2006 through December 2007. In its statement, Tokwiro confirmed that unfair play did occur, identified the online poker accounts involved in the fraudulent activities, created an investigative timeline covering the incidents and published a healthy list of corrective measures. Tokwiro worked in cooperation with the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) and other third-party experts in reviewing hand histories and game data, analyzing software and network security and auditing the site’s
Full Tilt’s FTOPS IX Slated for August

Major online poker site Full Tilt has announced the dates for its next Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS. The latest edition of the highly popular tri-annual series, FTOPS IX, will run August 6-17, 2008. FTOPS IX jumps forward from previous editions with the inclusion of 25 events, and a total guarantee over the series of more that $15 million in prize money.
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Kathy Liebert Reps PokerStars at Final Table

PokerStars sponsored Kathy Liebert at the final table of the Event #1 of the World Series of Poker, the important to-be-televised new intro to the series. Liebert, who began the 2008 World Series of Poker in grand fashion with her showing, came back from being one of the shorter stacks entering the final to garner a solid third-place payday.
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