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Betfair Closes New Jersey Online Poker Site
According to US Poker, Betfair has officially closed its online poker room in New Jersey after it had largely been a non-factor. As the site outlined, "Betfair New Jersey...
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Who is Scooping Up Ultimate Poker's Old Player Pool?
In Nevada, Ultimate Pokerwas the first regulated room to launch at the end of April 2013, but quickly took a back seat to WSOP.comonce that name-brand poker room went...
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Terrence Chan Gives Insider's Account Of Ultimate Poker's Failings
In April 2013, Ultimate Pokerdealt the first hand of regulated online poker in the US to much fanfare. Only a year-and-a-half later, the Station Casinos-owned venture announced that it...
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PPA on Ultimate Poker Closing: "Being First Does Not Equate to Being the Best"
One of the major headlines of November was the departure of Ultimate Gaming from the Nevada market. The company, which left New Jersey in September, said of shuttering its...
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Former Sponsored Pro William Reynolds Rips Ultimate Poker on Twitter
We reported to you late last week that Ultimate Poker, the first regulated online poker site in the US, had vacated the New Jersey market after alleging that its...
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Nevada Weekend Tournament Review for September 22, 2014
This weekend in Nevada, seven PocketFives members showed up at the final tables. Two of them, CindrllaMan aka LuckSackGMZ(pictured) and BrainRapist aka PremiumStud, finished in first place. WSOP.com kicked off...
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Ultimate Gaming Leaves New Jersey
On Friday, following word that its land-based partner casino, Trump Taj Mahal, is facing bankruptcy, Ultimate Gaming announced that it plans to withdraw from the regulated New Jersey marketplace....
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Nevada Weekday Tournament Review for September 5, 2014
In Nevada this week, WSOP.com ran all four $3,000 events as scheduled. All of the events exceeded the guarantees. There were 265 runners for a total prize pool of...
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PocketFives Now Tracking Ultimate Poker Nevada
Quite a few PocketFives members already appreciate the fact that WSOP.comNevada feeds tournament results into our player profiles and our Nevada poker community page. It makes it quite...
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New Jersey Weekend Tournament Review for August 4, 2014
This weekend in New Jersey online poker, PartyPoker/Borgata Pokerran ten tournaments that included the $50,000 Guarantee Sunday Major. Sean Sisco (siscoon PocketFives) won the $5,000 guarantee on Friday for...