The Weekly Turbo: Happy Holidays!

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Happy Holidays! This coming week, look out for the Top Stories of 2016, which will strike even the beginner poker player’s fancy.

Until then, here’s what happened this week in PokerNews.

The Winner’s Circle

Jasper Meijer van Putten won the last PokerStars European Poker Tour Main Event ever in Prague for almost €700,000. But that wasn’t all. Fedor Holz was overtaken by David Peters thanks to this event.

William Kassouf gets the trophy and Patrick Serda gets the cash after final table deal at the EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller.

This week’s PokerStars Sunday Million ended in a three-way chop between ‘Bager1988,’ ‘elcoysa,’ and ‘FloweerBoy.’ Discover how much the trio won.

Check out the big winners in the Whale and Baby Whale in October and November at 888poker.

The Game Changers

The World Series of Poker has announced some of its 2017 dates.

The 2017 Aussie Millions is going to be bigger and better. TD Joel Williams explains why.

A federal judge has ordered 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Ivey and his associate to return more than $10 million to Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City as part of a lengthy set of federal court rulings on his edge-sorting.

David Peters finished third in the European Poker Tour Prague Main Event, accumulating enough points to edge just barely ahead of Fedor Holz in the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race with less than two weeks to go in December.

David Baazov has stepped away from his PokerStars $6.7 billion privatization bid, saying the price was too high.

Together with FamilyAid Boston at the Dorchester YMCA, Bernard Lee provided 37 homeless families — a total of 53 children — with gifts Dec. 17, sending all the families to Disney On Ice.

Here are some tips and holiday traditions from your favorite 888poker ambassadors. Mosey on over to the second part of this series for their favorite gift and their favorite holiday food and drink.

Poker Central plans to shut down its 24/7 television channel at the end of the year.

Jason Somerville was named exclusive broadcast partner for the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

The Hippodrome Casino gears up to host the PokerStars Festival London in January 2017.

Considering how president-elect Donald Trump will affect gambling industry after taking office; Icahn reportedly to unload Trump Taj Mahal; and a judge rules against Florida in Seminole blackjack case. This and more in Inside Gaming.

Take Matters Into Your Own Hands

Confidence when winning, second-guessing yourself when losing: David Peters talks momentum in poker.

Pay attention at the poker table, and actively look for ways the game is changing from hand to hand.

We all start out in poker making mistakes. But as we …

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