Tag: August 2014

Poker

Amaya buys Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars for $4.9B

Could Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars do the unthinkable and be headed back into the mainstream U.S. online poker market? Many think so, now that Amaya Gaming has bought the two behemoths in an unprecedented deal worth $4.9 billion. Here’s a statement included in a Stars news release after the purchase: “Amaya believes the transaction […]

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West Virginia

Some nice WSOP results for Ohio poker players

There were many regional players who had notable finishes in this year’s World Series of Poker, so let’s get right to it. Cleveland’s Jeremy Halaska made two deep runs in large-field events (Millionaire Maker and the Little One for One Drop). Greg Kolo, also of Cleveland, took a bracelet in the $1,500 limit hold’em event, […]

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