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Mohegan Sun springs into action with Showdown
By Dave Lukow Mohegan Sun has a lot of great things going on for its poker players. It’s Spring Showdown returns at the end of
Ante Up Magazine
February 2, 2015
By Dave Lukow Mohegan Sun has a lot of great things going on for its poker players. It’s Spring Showdown returns at the end of
By Dave Lukow Marsel Backa is back on top. A native of Albania, Backa outlasted 164 players to win the $1,100 main event of the Mohegan Sun Fall Showdown. The victory, which paid $39,801, was the second of Backa’s career. David Stefanski earned $27,897 for second while Dominick Pelli was third ($17,942) as the main […]
By Dave Lukow Jonathan Jaffe is a star on the rise. A resident of West Springfield, Mass., Jaffe, 23, outlasted 237 players to win the
By Dave Lukow Leaves are coming down, but stakes are rising at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel. Starting Nov. 1, the Seneca Niagara poker room
After struggling with bankruptcy, Showboat has announced its closure date of Aug. 31. It will be the second casino, after the Atlantic Club Casino, and
The two Connecticut poker rooms will have a couple of fun tournament options this month, including the return of the Summer Showdown at Mohegan Sun.
California is again in the limelight of online gaming discussions. With recent activity toward pushing to get online gaming in the next year, PokerStars has
A $1 million guaranteed prize pool and 22 events return to the woods of Connecticut with the Foxwoods Poker Classic (March 8-23). Attracting pros and
In December, the 19th Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge delivered a combined $860K prize pool and 2,290 entrants for nine deepstack events. New England has seen
By Christopher Cosenza Who says you can’t go home again? Josh Zuckerman, who helped launch the Mohegan Sun poker room in 1996, has returned to
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