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NBC Heads-Up Championship Airs SundayCelebrity Apprentice star Annie Duke, comedian Brad Garrett, actor Don Cheadle and the world's best poker pros are the featured participants in NBC's 5th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which premieres Sunday, April 12 at Noon - 2PM ET (Check local listings for PT) and airs for six consecutive weeks in that time slot.

Boylepoker Homeless March Madness Festival Rasies €10,000 For The HomelessThe Boylepoker.com Poker for the Homeless March Madness festival raised €10,000 for Dublin Simon over the weekend at the city's Jackpot Club as a host of celebrities pitched in to help the fundraisers who have now collected over €150,000 for Irish homeless charities in the last three years.

Team PokerStars Adds Two New MembersPokerStars the world's largest online poker room welcomes the youngest ever WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate and runner-up Ivan Demidov into the fold of professional poker players and world champions that make up Team PokerStars Pro. The 2008 WSOP main event made history as the first time the final table was delayed by four months and it also became the first ever European player heads up final.

Police Investigate Counterfeit Chips at Indiana CasinoPolice were called twice Sunday regarding allegedly counterfeit chips. The second call, at 5:50 p.m., led to about a dozen people being detained by several police officers at the establishment at 4608-10 Parnell Ave.

Bet365 Offering Exciting Spring PromotionsOnline poker room bet365 are offering poker players a feast of offers to ensure the most exciting poker action at the tables during April.

Team Aced Wins First Public Dream Team Poker TournamentTeam Aced won the first public Dream Team Poker tournament that featured a sold out field, big name poker pros, celebrities and a packed house. 148 teams totaling 444 players entered the event at Caesars Palace Las Vegas with a $222,000 total prize pool.

Trump Plaza in Atlantic City Removes Electronic Poker TablesThey were fast, mistake-proof and didn't need to be tipped. But they had no personality. So now they're gone. Atlantic City's experiment with electronic poker tables proved to be a resounding failure because it seems humans prefer other humans when it comes to dealing the cards.

Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel Presents Third Annual Poker ClassicThe advent of Summer brings more poker to Las Vegas than any other time of year. Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel, with an unmatched poker lineage in both years and reputation, will usher in the season with the 3rd Annual Binion's Poker Classic.

Statistical Analysis of Texas Hold 'Em Concludes Poker a Game of SkillThe Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today lauded the "Statistical Analysis of Texas Hold 'Em" study released this morning, which provides raw data showing the outcomes of games are predominantly determined by the players' decisions, not just chance.

Absolute Poker Has Another Bad Beat Jackpot WinnerOnline poker players at Absolute Poker have a whole bunch of reasons to be thankful for EMILIE14's bad luck at the felt today after sharing in $807,543.95 when the 28 year-old resident from Orlando, Florida cracked the latest Bad Beat Jackpot.

Texas Players Passionate to Legalize PokerLawmakers in Texas are considering a bill to legalize poker heard from passionate players Wednesday. Texas players want legalized, safe and taxed poker.

UltimateBet Player Wins Wrestlemania Promotion PackageLeading online poker site UltimateBet.net today announced the winner of its popular Win Your Way to WrestleMania 25 Free Online Poker Tournament.

Heartland Poker Tour in Overdrive for MarchExecutives at Heartland Poker Tour are in overdrive as the production company runs two simultaneous televised events, while also inking contracts with two of the biggest names in poker this week.

Online Phenomenon Wins PokerStars Sunday MillionPokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announces "ckingusc" as the winner of the Sunday Million. Only six months after winning the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the online phenomenon took down the Sunday Million on March 22. Widely known as Carter King, "ckingusc" is a well-known figure in online poker.

PokerStars Accepting Bugsysclub PlayersPokerStars.com and BugsysClub have forged a deal which sees PokerStars.com taking on all BugsysClub player accounts, thus ensuring that no BugsysClub players lose their funds.

Mohegan Sun Hosts Six-day Poker TournamentMohegan Sun is giving you 700,000 reasons to celebrate poker this spring with our Spring Showdown Poker Tournament. There is $700,000 in guaranteed prize pools that will be awarded during the six-day event which begins on Sunday, April 26th. The festivities will conclude with a three-day main event beginning Wednesday, April 29th featuring a half-a-million dollar guaranteed prize pool.

Full Tilt Online Poker Series Returns for Twelfth YearOnline poker's premiere tournament series returns for its twelfth running on May 6th, with Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) guaranteeing more than $18 million in prize money over 25 pro-hosted events.

Washington State Still Rejects Online PokerA Renton lawyer's campaign to make Washington state safe for Internet poker players lost again on Monday. A state appeals court rejected Lee Rousso's arguments that a 2006 law that forbids Internet gambling in the state violates the clause of the U.S. Constitution that gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce.

Champion Crowned at WSOP San Diego Circuit EventIn the final stages of the latest World Series of Poker Circuit tournament held at the Harrah's Rincon Casino and Resort, Bob Yamaguchi was playing heads-up against Jacob Amburgey and able to take home the victory.

Full Tilt Poker Pro Takes World Poker Tour (WPT) TitleFull Tilt Poker Pro Steve Brecher won first place at the 2009 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, taking home more than $1 million in prize money and his first WPT Championship title.

World Series of Poker Circuit 'Mystery Man' Wins EventTorrential mountain rains could not dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of poker players who flooded into the Harrah's Rincon Casino and Resort for a full weekend of heavy poker action. The winner was a mystery man known only as Albert.

World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event Hosts 200 SeniorsGetting older has some advantages. One advantage is being eligible to participate in poker tournaments designed solely for seniors. The World Series of Poker is scheduling events to cater to senior players.

Norwegian Wins Latin American Poker Tour ChampionshipTaking time out from his political studies, 20-year-old student Karl Hevroy from Bergen, Norway has won one of South America's largest ever poker events. The star-studded poker tournament, which attracted 327 players from across the world, boasted the largest ever PokerStars LAPT prize pool of $1.1 million.

Macau Hosts Asian Poker Tour 12 Day ExtravaganzaThe Asian Poker Tour, Asia's original poker tour, is delighted to announce that it has been given approval by authorities to expand its popular Macau event. The Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival will run from August 12–23, 2009 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau.

Marty Smyth Wins Own Tournament at BoylepokerBoylepoker.com pro and World Series of Poker Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet winner Marty Smyth has proved why he is a true world champion, winning the Omaha tournament he was hosting as part of Boylepoker.com's Be Our Sponsored Pro competition.