News
In what was arguably the greatest victory for the poker industry in the past three years, the Treasury and Federal Reserve announced on Friday morning that they would delay the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Continued ...
Tournaments
| Series | Dates |
| 2009 Hollywood Fall Classic | Nov 12, '09 - Nov 28, '09 |
| 2009 GUKPT Grand Final - London | Nov 19, '09 - Nov 29, '09 |
| 2009 Belgium Open Poker Championships | Nov 21, '09 - Nov 29, '09 |
| 2009 APPT Sydney | Nov 22, '09 - Dec 06, '09 |
| 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | Nov 27, '09 - Dec 19, '09 |
| Five-Diamond World Poker Classic Series Preview |
| B.C. Poker Championship Winner Sophon Sek Arrested |
| European Masters of Poker Slovenia Starts Today |
Blogs
Videos
Bellagio Tournament Director Jack McClelland discusses how things have changed in the poker tournament world, his start at the Bellagio and more on this episode of 'The Scoop.'
Recently on Strategy
Lex Veldhuis of the Netherlands travels the world tournament circuit and recently made the final table of the World Series of Poker $40,000 no-limit hold’em event, but he spends most of his time playing cash games online under the screen name Continued...
Euro
Vladimir “beyne” Geshkenbein, the 21-year-old Russian poker player who recently won the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam and Asia Pacific Poker Tour High Roller event, has been signed up by PKR as one of its Team Pro members. “beyne” joins karl “discomonkey” Fenton and Adrian Allain representing the next-generation poker … Continued...
Player of the Year
| Player | 2009 POY Points | 2009 POY Winnings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Baldwin | 6,058 | $1,229,856 |
| 2 | Cornel Andrew Cimpan | 5,670 | $2,754,742 |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 5,463 | $3,944,513 |
| 4 | Vitaly Lunkin | 4,473 | $3,151,602 |
| 5 | Soheil Shamseddin | 4,085 | $915,562 |
| 6 | Brock Parker | 3,772 | $843,243 |
| 7 | Jason Mercier | 3,764 | $1,136,305 |
| 8 | Joseph Cada | 3,600 | $8,546,435 |
| 9 | Mike Leah | 3,497 | $693,902 |
| 10 | Angel Guillen | 3,492 | $943,268 |
Online Player of the Year
| Player | 2009 OPOY Points | 2009 OPOY Winnings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Gross | 9,532 | $1,159,524 |
| 2 | David Sands | 8,484 | $913,588 |
| 3 | Thayer Rasmussen | 8,428 | $670,409 |
| 4 | Shaun Deeb | 8,290 | $788,451 |
| 5 | Jonathan Delong | 7,926 | $764,124 |
| 6 | Chris Moorman | 7,816 | $903,931 |
| 7 | Joseph Udine | 7,560 | $843,753 |
| 8 | Jeremiah Vinsant | 7,376 | $792,976 |
| 9 | Gregory Howard | 7,282 | $646,831 |
| 10 | Daniel Kelly | 7,196 | $1,344,233 |
World Tracker
| Country |
Finishes |
Finishes |
Finishes |
Total Medals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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United States | 185 | 183 | 192 | 560 |
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Australia | 17 | 16 | 20 | 53 |
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Canada | 15 | 17 | 10 | 42 |
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Germany | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
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United Kingdom | 12 | 18 | 15 | 45 |
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Italy | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
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Sweden | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
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Denmark | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
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Russian Federation | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
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France | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
Poker Bonuses
| Room | Bonus | |
| Full Tilt Poker | $600 | |
| PokerStars | $600 | |
| UB | $1,300 | |
| Bodog Poker | $550 | |
| Cake Poker | $600 | |
| Absolute Poker | $500 | |
| Boyle Poker | $600 | |
| DoylesRoom | $600 | |
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Freerolls and More
| Date/Time | Room/Tournament |
| Nov 29, 2009 4:00 PM EST. |
SpadeClub $5,000 Weekly |
| Dec 06, 2009 4:00 PM EST. |
SpadeClub $30,000 Mega Monthly |
| Dec 12, 2009 4:00 PM EST. |
SpadeClub $3,000 Quarterly VIP |
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