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There are many cycles we go through as we age and go through life. First of course, we are babies, where everything is new, then toddlers where we are shaky, trying to find our way. On we go through adolescence where we learn and grow, then end up as teens, where we think we know everything there is to know. And as young adults, we plan our life path and head into full blown adulthood, arriving to find out maybe we aren't as smart as we thought we were. read more in pokerworks.com

Titan poker is known for its loyal players, as well as its mix of those at all levels, from amateur to highly skilled. The fact that one of its regular players - Jelte Kruijer - just won his fifth live tournament seat on the site is proof positive that practice and perseverance have their rewards on Titan poker. read more in pokerworks.com

Full Tilt poker offers 90 player $10+1 sit and go tournaments which payout $2 for every player you knock out. This tournament structure offers a good value for a low buy-in tournament. Each player starts with 3000 chips and the blinds go up every 5 minutes. Full Tilt pays out 10% of the field (9 players). The 1st place finisher receives $230, 2nd place gets $140 and 3rd pays $100. read more in pokerworks.com

The Latin American poker Tour recently concluded their first ever event and the winner was Julien Nuijten, a young poker player from Holland. Nuitjen has a thing or two in common with some other big time poker pros: he is also a pro at another game played with cards called 'Magic: the Gathering'. Magic: the Gathering is a fantasy card game that involves spells and mythical creatures, where players construct decks from a huge library and try to outplay and outwit their opponents, skills Nuitjen used to win $223,000...

Last year Swedish authorities shut down a live poker tournament, claiming it was illegal. The 2007 European poker Challenge (EPC) was raided on the first day of play and six organizers were charged with running and advertising an illegal poker tournament. Just recently the District Court in Uddevalla cleared two of the charged, while two others got fines and the last two will get jail time of six and eight months...

The Kentucky Derby poker Championship took place on Saturday, May 3rd at Caesars Indiana to raise money for three organizations, and the results showed that more than $60,000 was raised. poker pros Phil Hellmuth, Jr. and Robert Williamson III were the hosts of the event that prompted 30 players to buy in at $2,500 each. read more in pokerworks.com

Andy Bloch and Gabe Kaplan were the only two left. Andy had just lost a big pot to Gabe by taking a chance to bust him out, but he still held the chip lead.

PokerNews teams up with Mansion poker to let you win a share of $18,000 worth of prizes - one of which includes a seat to the World Series*! The first freeroll begins Sunday May 25 at 12:00 GMT...

Last week Caesars Palace hosted the latest WSOP Circuit series of events. I attended and played the ladies event for a buy-in of $330. 169 players, including name pros such as J.J. Liu and Barbara Enright, participated. Barbara...

*FULL TILT ONLINE poker SERIES 8 NOW ON* *Three new events in popular online poker series* The latest version of the Full Tilt poker Online poker Series - number 8 in the series - commenced this week, with WPT champ David Chiu hosting the first event in the 24 contest program that runs through to May 18 and offers large prize-pools, attracting thousands of online poker fans. Several of the events boast guaranteed prize-pools in excess of a million dollars, ensuring high levels of interest and thousands of entries for contests hosted by internationally respected players such as Chiu, Jennifer Harman, David Pham, Roland de Wolfe, Phil Ivey, Jeff Madsen, Gus Hansen, Max Pescatori, Nick Schulman, Mike Matusow, Lee Watkinson, Paul Wasicka and Phil Gordon. In FTOPS 8 Harman will host the popular main event, a Texas Hold 'em competition that carries a buy-in of $500+$35 and a guaranteed prize-pool of $2 million. Three new 'mystery tournaments' introduced to FTOPS 8 have been the cau