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Phil Ivey again shows why he is one of, if not the, best players in the world. Today he won the $250,000 buy-in 2012 Aussie Millions Super High Roller event for $2 million. According to the Hendon Mob “All-time money list” this win put Ivey into second place at just shy of $16 million in career live poker tournament earnings. He pulled just ahead of Daniel Negreanu ($14.9 million) and is behind only Erik Seidel, who is sitting at $16.9 million.

This year’s Super High Roller event attracted some of the biggest names in the poker world, including Eric Seidel, Tom Dwan, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius and Jason Mercier. The e

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4,500-chip, four-color starting stack at Stratosphere.

The Stratospheres quaint 10-table poker room sits in the back of the casino, past a row of slot machines, craps tables, another row of slot machines, down the ramp past Roxy’s Diner, near the escalators to the Top of the World restaurant just before the Double Down Pit and Back Alley Bar. On Thursday, there was a sole 1-2NL table of action about 30 minutes before the nightly tournament.

Youd hardly know that this room has supposedly become the new Sahara when it comes to Las Vegas most popular small buy-in dailies with the 7pm event drawing consistent fields of 50 players or more.

I approached the podium and purchased a seat for the event. T

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Leeds based Buzz Sports has announced that it is teaming up with Austrian operator Planet Win 365 to supply its ZonePlay system.

The new in-betting product will be available to new areas and will allow Planet Win 365 customers the ability to watch a live event and bet on “what happens next”?

Commenting on the agreement Planet Win 365 Project Manager Antonio Papa said “We are delighted to have added Zoneplay to our offering. It is a perfect fit for the PlanetWin365 philosophy of sports betting as entertainment.”

Buzz Sports Chief Commercial Officer Ian Williams also commented, saying “We are very happy to be working with PlanetWin365. The

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Here is part two of yesterday’s Poker Strategy Quiz on Heads-Up Play. Hope you enjoy!

Question 4) Sitting Ducks

Table: Players 2, Blinds are 30/60, Your stack is 1,200, Your Hand Is 2♠2♥.

Action: You are playing a $20 heads-up sit-and-go against an aggressive opponent and have 20 big blind effective stacks. You are dealt 2-2 in the small blind. What do you do?

• a) Fold
• b) Call
• c) Raise to 2.5 big blinds
• d) Move all-in

Question5) Passive Aggressive

Table: Players 2, Blinds are 75/150, Your stack is 1,500, Your Hand Is 3♣4♣.

Action: You are playing a $30 sit-and-go against a weak player who often calls raises but rarely bets himself. You have 10

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England’s top order batsmen failed to show up in the first test of the three match series with Pakistan in Dubai last week so they will be looking to fare much better in Abu Dhabi this week when they take on Pakistan again in the second test. Pakistan come into the test match leading 1-0 in the series and a win here will give them the series with a match to spare. They are 5/2 with Betfred to win this match.

The Sheikh Zayed Stadium will be hosting its 3^rd test match this week. South Africa and Sri Lanka were Pakistan’s opponent in the first two matches here with both finishing in high scoring draws. Four s

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