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CTF: "Crazy" Mike Thorpe“Crazy” Mike Thorpe has been a fixture in the high-stakes mixed games in Las Vegas for quite some time. The poker pro has been grinding along in the big games at Aria with the likes of Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Jen Harman, Barry Greenstein, Shaun Deeb, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Eugene Katchalov, day in and day […]
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Arieh Leads $50K Championship
With only 29 players remaining in the 2011 $50,000 WSOP Player’s Championship, we are just 14 spots away from one of the biggest money bubbles in poker. On Tuesday, just over half of the surviving field will make the money and be guaranteed $108,503. The others will have to wait until next year and wonder […]
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Russian Poker Series and Greek Poker Cup Start
The PokerStars.com Russian Poker Series gets underway today at the Khreschatyk Club, Kiev with 13 tournaments across a variety of buy ins and disciplines for poker players to get their teeth into. The centrepiece is a $600 buy in main event. Further south in Greece – 45 minutes from Athens to be precise – the […]
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French Regulator Shuts Down Full Tilt Poker's French Site
French online gambling regulator ARJEL, yesterday suspended Full Tilt’s French license and shut down its .fr site. According to the ruling Full Tilt was given notice to prove it had sufficient funds to pay players in France but was unable to do so. This latest ruling is another blow to Full Tilt, which saw its […]
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August Sees Two Unibet Open Poker Events - Live & Online
The Unibet Open has reached its half way point with five tournaments completed and five more to play. Qualification for event six, the Unibet Open Online, is now underway at Unibet.com while event seven, Unibet Open Dublin satellites are also up and running at the site. The next Unibet Open Online takes place on August […]
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Analyzing a PLO TV Hand
This strategy column, and many like it, are featured in every issue of Card Player magazine. Subscribe today to get 26 issues delivered to your home each year! In April, pot-limit Omaha (PLO) made its first cash-game appearance on national TV when NBC aired two weeks of PLO cash-game play on Poker After Dark. The […]
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Week 5 WSOP Recap
Each week, Card Player will recap all of the action happening at the World Series of Poker. Just in case you missed anything, head on over to the series landing page for all your WSOP news. Catch up with the Week 1 , Week 2 , Week 3 and Week 4 recaps here. Keep reading […]
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WSOP: Day 2 of $50k
Day 2 of the $50,000 Player’s Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker has come to a close and of the original 128 players who entered there are 74 who remain in the hunt for the top prize worth $1,720,328 and a spot on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy. Recent gold-bracelet winner Ben Lamb […]
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PartyPoker.com Abolishes Tournament Rake
PartyPoker.com today dropped a welcome bombshell on the online poker community – it is abolishing all tournament fees for a limited time. For now all entry fees (rake) will be added to the prize pool so a $100 tournament which may have had a $10 entry fee will now be a $110 tournament with the […]
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Euro Poker Rooms Benefit From Full Tilt Closure
Online poker rooms across Europe have seen a bounce in key player metrics since Full Tilt was ordered to shut down by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission last week. Ladbrokes reported player acquisition up 100 percent while PokerStars mopped up over 60 percent of players who migrated from Full Tilt according to analyst Daniel Stewart […]
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Singontiko Wins $1,500 PLO/8
David Singontiko is a perfect one-for-one in World Series of Poker events. The 21-year-old Californian won the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better Friday evening (the first event he has ever played) at the 2011 WSOP. The amateur poker player beat out one of the most inexperienced final tables of the summer en route to capturing the […]
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Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week
Things have been pretty hectic of late as the World Series of Poker approaches its main event. There is no concept of dates or time during the Series at the Rio, just what number event it is or how many photographs are now pinned to the back of the stage. This week has definitely been […]
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Day 1 of Player's Championship
The $50,000 Player’s Championship ended its usual slow and lackluster day 1 early Sunday morning at the Rio Hotel and Casino, as just five were eliminated out of the 128 that entered. The field size increased from last year’s 116 total, marking a two-year spike in attendance after 2008’s all-time low of 95 players. The […]
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Matros Wins $2,500 Mixed Hold'em
Card Player columnist Matt Matros has won the $2,500 mixed hold’em event here at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Matros beat out a tough final table on Saturday to capture his second career bracelet and the $303,501 first-place prize. The poker pro and author has been on a tear lately in limit hold’em. Last […]
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Teisseire Wins NLH Triple Chance
Antonin Teisseire has won the $5,000 no-limit hold’em triple chance, becoming the fourth French champion at the 2011 World Series of Poker. The 45-year-old poker pro beat out a stacked field of 817 players on Saturday afternoon to capture his first bracelet and $825,000 in prize money. Remarkably, Teisseire secured the victory in what was […]
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Unibet Open Online Poker Tournament This Sunday
The Unibet Open returns tomorrow Sunday July 3 at 19:00 CET and this time its online as players strive to pick up valuable leader board points to boost their chances of making it into the top 10 players with three events already completed (two online and two live). Five percent of the prize pool at […]
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Polychronopoulous Wins at WSOP
The World Series of Poker event no. 48 title belongs to New York’s Athanasios Polychronopoulos, winner of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament. Polychronopoulos defeated a field of 2,712 players and banked a nice payday of $650,223 for his efforts. The Greek-American poker pro topped a final table that included Matt Stout (eighth), Alexander Queen (sixth) […]
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World Series of Poker: $50k Player’s Championship
One of the marquee events of the summer begins on Saturday, July 2 when cards get into the air in the $50,000 Player’s Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker. This is the second year that the event will feature an eight-game mixed format as opposed to the H.O.R.S.E. format that used to be […]
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Grrrinders.com Offering $35,000 Per Year Sponsorship Deal
Subscription poker site Grrrinders.com is letting its players compete to become a poker professional and win a $35,000 per year sponsorship package. Every 90 days one lucky player will win the dream of a lifetime: to become an official pro of Grrrinders.com. Just play in as many tournaments as possible, do your best, and demonstrate […]
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Poker School's Friday Q & A
At the end of every week at the Poker School we take a look at a few of your questions and shed some light on the answers, while also pointing you in the right direction to learn more about the given topic. See if your question was answered below. If you have anything kicking around […]
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Leonard Martin Wins $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
Long-time poker player Leonard “Lenny” Martin finally found something to celebrate at the World Series of Poker. The 55-year-old grinder put the finishing touches on a strong showing in the $2,500 deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball early Friday morning, capturing his first bracelet and nearly $200,000 in prize money. The win ended a 20-year drought since […]
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Natural Born Grinders At Betfair Poker
BetfairPoker.com and Cardplayer.com have teamed up to give our readers and players a chance to share in a $60,000 payout in the Natural Born Grinders promotion starting tomorrow. The top 150 players who acquire the most player points will share a prize pool while Cardplayer.com players in this elite group will receive an extra 25 […]
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Paddy Power Poker Doubles Bonuses For All Players
PaddyPowerPoker.com today launches a swathe of attractive bonuses and promotions in light of recent uncertainty for online poker players around Europe. With accounts frozen and licenses suspended elsewhere the online poker room is extending a welcoming hand to new players by doubling its sign up bonus to 200 percent up to $2,000. Additionally loyal PaddyPowerPoker.com […]
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Joe Ebanks Wins NLH Six-Handed Championship at 2011 WSOP
The first $1 million prize at the 2011 World Series of Poker has gone to 26-year-old poker pro Joe “ender555” Ebanks. With his first WSOP bracelet, coming in the 474-player $10,000 no-limit hold’em six-handed championship, the Ohioan brings his lifetime earnings to $3,378,557. Ebanks had to beat out arguably the toughest no-limit hold’em final table […]
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Full Tilt Poker to be Sold
On Thursday evening, the L.A. Times reported that attorneys close with Full Tilt Poker said that the company has signed an agreement with a group of European investors who will put up enough money to cash out players. Full Tilt has, up until this point, failed to pay back an estimated $150 million in outstanding […]
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Hand Histories: Greg Raymer
In this new series, “Hand History Time Capsule,” Card Player digs up memorable hands to help you relive, or perhaps discover for the first time, pivotal situations from some of poker’s most exciting moments. In 2004 the World Series of Poker main event grew by leaps and bounds over the previous year thanks to the […]
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WSOP: Ahmed Wins Omaha/Stud 8OB
Owais Ahmed faced a 3-1 chip disadvantage at the start of the heads up final in Event No. 47 ($2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better) at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Michael Mizrachi held the advantage and it looked like he would take home the gold bracelet, but Ahmed dug deep to come back and take […]
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Ongame Poker Network For Sale
bwin.party digital entertainment today said it had started the process of selling the Ongame poker network. The company, formed by a merger of bwin and PartyGaming earlier this year, described Ongame as a “surplus asset”. bwin poker players are expected to be moved to Party Poker ahead of the sale. The statement from bwin.party regarding […]
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Ken Griffin Wins WSOP Title For Sick Mother
Event no. 45, the $1,000 no-limit hold’em tournament, now belongs to Ken Griffin, a 34-year-old amateur from Houston, Texas. Griffin defeated a field of 2,890 players to collect the $455,356 first-place prize. The former U.S. Marine spent considerable time serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan, but now works as a defense contractor, spending his free […]
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Betfair Poker Revenue Down 15 Percent
Net poker revenue fell at BetfairPoker.com in 2011 (full year to end April 2011) by 15 percent to €21.9 million from €25.6 million in 2010. This is despite the number of active players increasing 9.5 percent. Poker makes up 6.7 percent of Betfair’s overall net revenue which was up 7.6 percent to €326.6 million in […]
