Month: May 2011

Poker

Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic

With the World Series of Poker lurking around the corner, the month of May is a much less jam-packed month of tournament poker in Las Vegas, Nevada. There is one large tournament series though that any player in the area or tournament circuit…

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Poker

UB & Absolute Poker to File Bankruptcy

Rumors have circulated around the poker community for days that Blanca Gaming of Antigua, the parent company to UB and Absolute Poker, would file for bankruptcy, leaving player balances in limbo. On Wednesday, Mike Brunker of MSNBC confirmed those…

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Indiana

Successful year for Chicago poker scene thus far

With this being the first Ante Up article on Chicago poker, here’s a look at what happened over the past few months to get everyone up to speed. • In October the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind., hosted its third WSOP Circuit event. Chicago, along with the rest of the nation, has experienced tough economic […]

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