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WSOP: Mercier Wins 2nd PLO TitleHe’s done it again. Jason Mercier has won his second gold WSOP bracelet and once again, he’s done it in pot-limit Omaha. Mercier defeated a field of 507 players in event no. 35, the $5,000 six-max event. For the win, he earned $619,575 and became only the second player at this year’s World Series of […]
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Poland Set To Ban Online Poker
Poland is in the grip of an online poker crisis after President Bronislaw Komorowski signed an amendment to an upcoming law which will ban the Internet pastime. The law is expected to come into effect later in the summer but does not affect sports betting which, according to a Polish news report in Bankier.pl, relates […]
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Hand Histories: Jamie Gold
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. Jamie Gold takes a lot of flack for his table talk during his run to the 2006 World Series of Poker […]
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PKR Software Update Brings New Features
3D online poker site, PKR.com, has issued its latest software upgrade – the biggest of the year. Among the new features the launch brings are auto top-up and default buy-in which allow players to remotely manage their bankrolls during cash games. Player statistics is a new function in the chat box allowing players to observe […]
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Tobey Maguire Sued For Poker
Radar Online is reporting that Spider-Man star and poker aficionado Tobey Maguire has been named in a lawsuit for connections to an illegal underground poker game featuring numerous Hollywood stars that ran between 2006 and 2009. A document from the Central District of California – Los Angeles Division United States Bankruptcy Court confirms the report. […]
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Normandie July 3rd Poker Tournament
On July 3, The Normandie Casino, located in Gardena, California, will host a special $10,000 guarantee Texas hold’em tournament with a buy-in of just $85+$15. The event will feature 25-minute levels and 10,000 in starting chips. Players can expect to have plenty of ammunition to work with despite the low entry fee. The Normandie Casino, […]
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WSOP: Schmid Wins $1K NLH
The 2011 World Series of Poker has a new $1,000 no-limit hold’em champion in poker pro Mark Schmid. The Michigan native took down his first major live tournament for a massive score of $488,000, after outlasting a field of 3,144 over the course of three days of play. The final table was grueling, as action […]
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Online Poker Streaming Allows For In-Running Betting
Winmedia Ireland, one of the world’s leading poker TV production companies, has acquired Radio Frequency Card Identification (RFID) technology which allows live poker events to be streamed in treal time over the web. This opens up many possibilities for online poker operators and tournament organizers, not least of all in-running betting. The company can now […]
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Attendance Numbers: Week 3
The third week of tournaments is in the books at the 2011 World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and attendance continues to increase over last summer in both the cash games and tournaments. Eleven attendance records have fallen at the Rio according to official World Series statistics. “We […]
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WSOP: Rodawig Denies HellmuthThe 2011 World Series of Poker almost saw Phil Hellmuth win his 12th gold bracelet and first non-hold’em gold once again last night, but in the wee hours of the morning his run came up just short. Eric Rodawig won Event No. 33 ($10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better) to claim his first gold bracelet and $442,183. […]
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WSOP: Caldwell Wins $1,500 NLHEAnother weekend at the 2011 World Series of Poker saw a huge field pack the Pavilion and Amazon Rooms at the Rio and late last evening a champion was crowned from the field of 2,828 players. That champion was Kirk Caldwell and he took home his first gold bracelet and $668,276 for his first-ever WSOP […]
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World Poker Tour Paris Satellites Get Underway
The World Poker Tour Grand Prix De Paris rolls into the Aviation Club de France on the world famous Champs Elysees in the French capital on September 5, 2011 for five days. Online qualification for this televised event has been launched at PartyPoker.com with the main weekly satellite, a $750+$50 buy in, takes place each […]
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Playtech Signs California Online Poker DealiPoker network owner Playtech, quoted on the London Stock Exchange, has signed an agreement with the California Online Poker Association (COPA) to provide it with “play for fun” poker before the end of the year. COPA comprises 31 state-licensed California card clubs and 29 federally recognized California tribal governments. California is actively considering legalising online […]
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Richard Sinclair Wins UK & Ireland Poker TourScottish poker pro Richard Sinclair has won the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour main event in Newcastle lifting £67,000 for topping the 554-strong field. Sinclair started the day as chip leader the £500 buy in event, winning the first hand of the day and, a mere five hours later, the final hand against fellow […]
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Phil Hellmuth Has Another Chance at No. 12The most illustrious wrist in poker could get a bit more decorative Monday evening in the $10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better championship, as 46-year-old Phil Hellmuth is in contention for his 12th win at the World Series of Poker, just nine days after a devastating runner-up finish in the $10,000 deuce-to-seven draw lowball championship. The remaining […]
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Rep. Joe Barton's Online Poker Bill Almost Drafted
The Hill reported on Friday that Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-Texas) attempt at online poker legislation could be introduced to Congress as early as next week. According to The Hill, Barton’s version of an online poker bill would force online poker sites to register with a gaming commission in a state where the activity is permissible. […]
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Stein Wins PLO, Closes In On POY
The bracelet and title for WSOP event no. 31 now belongs to Sam Stein, winner of the $3,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament. Stein defeated a field of 685 and was rewarded with a $420,802 payday for his efforts. Stein has been an absolute force on the tournament circuit for the past two years, racking up nearly […]
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Isildur1 Wins Latest SuperStar Showdown
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom won the latest round in his SuperStar Showdown at PokerStars.com taking $150,000 from Rui “PepperoniF” Cao yesterday. The match, a mix of $50/$100 no-limit hold’em and $50/$100 pot-limit Omaha, was scheduled to last 2,500 hands but only got to 2,257 before Cao was bust. So far Blom is 6-2 up this series […]
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UK & Ireland Poker Tour Final Table Set
The Pokerstars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Newcastle main event has its final table with eight players returning today from the starting field of 554. They will play for the top prize of €67,000 from a total prize pool of €277,000. The remaining players in the €500 buy in event at Apsers Casino in the […]
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Chris Lee Wins 10 Game Six-Max
The winner of the first-ever World Series of Poker $2,500 10-game mix six-handed event is Chris Lee. Lee beat out his final two competitors after Sunday’s restart to capture his first bracelet and the $255,000 first-place prize. In his first career WSOP cash, Lee outlasted an elite field of 431 entrants and survived a tough […]
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TPE Analyzes Hand By Jeff Papola
Card Player has teamed up with the great minds from Tournament Poker Edge to bring you top-notch hand analysis from key hands during the World Series of Poker. This time around, we’ll take a look at a hand played by Jeff Papola in event no. 10, the $1,500 six-max no-limit hold’em tournament. Papola has proven […]
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Weekly 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 and Week 2 recaps here. Keep reading for week 3. Event No. 18 […]
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WSOP: Win For Frankenberger
Former Wall Street trader and 2010 World Poker Tour player of the year Andy Frankenberger captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet early Sunday morning in the latest installment of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em events. The 36-year-old Frankenberger waded through a minefield of precisely 2,500 players to take home $599,153. Despite being down 3-1 […]
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Unibet Open Online Poker Satellite This Sunday
After the "recent Unibet Open Barcelona live tournament the Unibet Open poker series ramps up its summer schedule with two Unibet Open Online events taking place at Unibet.com on July 3 and August 14. Online qualifiers for the €300+€20 buy in events take place every day including tonight Sunday June 19 at 10 p.m. — […]
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Irish Winter Poker Festival Seats Guaranteed Tonight
Three seats are guaranteed tonight, Sunday June 19, at PaddyPowerPoker.com for the Irish Winter Festival in October. The 8 p.m. super satellite has a buy in of €150 + €12 and takes place every Sunday while players get a second bite of the cherry each Monday at 8 p.m. with a €20 + €2 no-limit […]
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Studying Your Opponents
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! Just as nobody says, “I am going to the cardroom to fold,” no one says, “I am going to the cardroom to study.” There is a desire […]
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WSOP Q & A: Nolan Dalla
The title of hardest working man at the World Series of Poker might very well belong to media director Nolan Dalla. You can be sure that no one spends more time at the Rio each summer then Dalla. He stays with each and every final table until the end, and he has had the job […]
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WSOP: Idema Wins $10,000 LHE
The 2011 World Series of Poker awarded its third bracelet on Friday when Dan Idema captured the gold in Event No. 27 ($10,000 limit hold’em championship). The tournament attracted a talented field of 152 players and at the end of play Idema took home his first gold bracelet and $378,642. Idema came quite close to […]
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WSOP: Kovalchuk wins 6-Hand NLHE
Oleksii Kovalchuk won his first gold bracelet in Event No. 26 ($2,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em) at the 2011 World Series of Poker and it was the second bracelet won this summer by a player who can claim the Ukraine as his country of origin. The first was won by Eugene Katchalov in the opening days […]
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Play World Series of Poker Fantasy League Today
Poker fans who couldn’t make it to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker get a great chance to get involved in the action tonight with the ParadisePoker.com WSOP Fantasy League. The Fantasy League will award an iPad2 and a €1,100 ParadisePoker Tour package to the winner who will have picked the three players […]
