http://www.texasholdem-king.comTexas Holdem King Articles and NewsThu, 7 Feb 2008 09:28:06 +0000http://backend.userland.com/rss092en PartyGaming made headlines earlier today when they announced that they had settled with US authorities regarding "improper" transactions involved US citizens. The price tag for PartyGaming? $105 million, paid out in semiannual installments. T...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/the-longterm-implications-of-partygamings-settlement-with-the-us-government-180/We are now five episodes into the fifth season of High Stakes Poker, and so far the action has not disappointed. The first five weeks have featured a great mix of young and veteran talent - it's interesting to see the way that the older players i...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/my-thoughts-on-this-years-season-of-high-stakes-poker-so-far-179/March is drawing to a close, and some familiar names are perched atop the Full Tilt Poker cash game leaderboard this month. We seemed to enter into some sort of a "Bizarro" world during the first two months of the year. Names such as Ivey, Dwan a...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/ivey-dwan-dominating-march-cash-games-dang-sahamies-struggling-178/It wasn't easy, but Steve Brecher ended up taking down the 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star main event for just over a million dollars. Steve Brecher and the second-place finisher, Kathy Liebert, battled long into the night before Brecher was finally c...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/steve-brecher-takes-down-the-2009-bay-101-shooting-star-championship-177/If you to compile a list of the top 50 tournament poker players in the world, would Kathy Liebert make that list? I'm guessing that a large percentage of the readers of this site would NOT include Liebert on this list. For some reason, Liebert...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/kathy-liebert-pokers-most-underrated-player-176/Do you have dreams of taking down the World Series of Poker main event? Do you long to become the next main event champion, securing yourself millions of dollars and instant fame in the process? If so, then you will be pleased to know that Worl...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/world-series-of-poker-2009-satellites-have-started-at-full-tilt-poker-175/A short while ago, "piposko" of Slovakia signed up for an account at Pokerstars. "piposko" surely had no idea that he was about to make history when he finished signing up for his account. "piposko" was the 20 millionth account on Pokerstars,...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/20-million-accounts-at-pokerstars-174/Martin Weigold, the finance director at PartyGaming, recently had some interesting comments regarding the company's possible return to the United States. Weigold stated that the company is "hopeful" about being allowed back into the US market in ...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/party-poker-might-return-to-us-market-in-not-too-distant-future-173/The "durrrr" challenge started about three weeks ago amid a great deal of fanfare. The "challenge" pitted Tom "durrrr" Dwan against Patrik Antonius. They were to play 50,000 hands of $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha, with a minimum of four tables being p...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/is-the-durrrr-challenge-over-172/The first round match-ups for the 2009 National Heads-Up Championship have now been released. Every player that was invited to participate in the event will be taking part, with the exception of Ivan Demidov. According to reports, Demidov was una...http://www.texasholdem-king.com/first-round-draw-for-the-2009-national-headsup-championship-has-been-released-171/