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PokerStars Invites EPT Champs To Ultimate Battle

PokerStars has announced its first ever European Poker Tour Champion of Champions event. The tournament, which sees every single main event champion from all seven seasons of the Tour take each other on in the ultimate showdown, will take place during this season’s grand final in Madrid. On May 13, all those holding EPT main […]

Poker's D-Day is Tomorrow

Hundreds of players across Ireland and England will sit down at the felt simultaneously tomorrow evening, Apr. 1, at 9 p.m. to an 8,000 starting stack and 20-minute blinds for D-Day 1 Live. With more than 75 venues confirmed for the big day, the event is anticipated to be one of Europe’s largest, if not […]

Qualify For Paradise Poker Tour Madrid

ParadisePoker.com has today released details of its upcoming poker festival in Madrid and how players can get there. The ParadisePoker Tour Madrid €550 main event will take place from Apr. 28 to May 1. Madrid’s Gran Casino will also play host to a variety of side events such as a pot-limit Omaha freezeout, a deep-stacked […]

Ali Eslami Wins WSOPC Rincon

The final table of the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit Western Regional Championship took place today at the Harrah’s Rincon near San Diego, California. The final nine had emerged from a field of 98 players and there were many big names who were still in the hunt. In the end though, only one big-name […]

Hawaii Bill Seeks Legalized Poker

The state of Hawaii doesn’t allow any form of gambling, but licensed and regulated online and live poker may be coming to the island thanks to a new bill titled SB755 recently introduced to the state legislature. The bill seeks to legalize Texas hold’em and Omaha games by redefining them as games of skill. The […]

PokerStars Reaches 60 Billion Hands

On Tuesday, PokerStars reached its 60 billion hand milestone, with Pogo650 winning $102,090 with the Q 3 at $5-$10 limit hold’em. Remarkably, one of the six players, at the table where the 60 billionth hand was to be dealt, folded preflop. The winner of the hand was set to receive a $60,000 bonus on top […]

Q&A: Econ Benefits of NV Online Bill

While Nevada’s online poker bill is still in the process of being questioned and debated in the state legislature, one thing is for certain: Assembly Bill 258 would offer a myriad of benefits for the Silver State. Last week, Nevada’s Assembly Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the bill, which featured testimony from economist and […]

Dmitry Gromov Wins WPT Vienna

The Montesino Casino played home to the World Poker Tour Vienna and its 555 players, but it was Russian Dmitry Gromov who made himself king of the castle when he took down the €3,200 + €300 buy-in main event for a €447,840 payday. Gromov started the final table as he meant to finish it – […]

Betfair Poker $500 Added Tonight - Password Inside

Card Player Europe and BetfairPoker.com have teamed up for an exclusive poker tournament, which takes place tonight Wednesday March 30 at 8.30 p.m. The buy-in is just $2.20 and the event has $500 added to its prize pool. The password for the event is CRDPLYRMAR2, so mark down as your evening’s entertainment now. Apologies to […]

WSOP-C Rincon Final Table Set

The final table is set at the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit $10,000 Western Regional Championship after nine players hit the rail on day 3. The final table includes WSOP Circuit double-gold-ring winner Dwyte Pilgrim, Tim West, Ali Eslami, and Full Tilt pro Steve Brecher. The final table will begin tomorrow at noon and […]

Mike Sowers Wins and Finishes 9th in Full Tilt $1K Monday

Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers took full advantage of Full Tilt Poker’s multi-entry tournament format on Monday. The poker pro outlasted a field of 2,404 entrants in the $1K Monday for an outright win of $490,000. Remarkably, Sowers finished in ninth place as well, to take an additional $28,000 from the $2 million guaranteed monster. Sowers was […]

Card Player's The Best Poker Player

Who is the best poker player? It’s a question that has prompted debate in nearly every casino and home game in the world. Now, thanks to TheBestPokerPlayer.com, all of the arguments stop with just a few clicks of your mouse. With Card Player’s world class tournament player database, TheBestPokerPlayer.com is able to sift through all […]

APT Philippines Gets Under Way

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) Philippines event schedule is under way at Resorts World Manila. A total of 11 events are set to run from March 28-April 3. The first event (US$400 Heads Up Championship) began Monday and easily reached its max capacity of 64 entries. A diverse mix of game formats will be offered […]

Experience World Series Of Poker With PKR

It’s getting to that time of year when everyone begins to turn their sights to Vegas and the World Series of Poker. PKR.com has now launched its 2011 World Series of Poker Experience satellites, meaning not only can players get to the ultimate poker festival for cheap, but PKR has also thrown in a few […]

Greece Hosts First Major Poker Tournament

The first poker tournament ever held in Grecce has been won by native Grigoropoulos Georgios. The €1,100 PokerStars.net Greek Poker Cup was held at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki outside Athens last weekend and although the number of players who attended is currently unreported it would appear the event got reasonably close to its 200 […]

WSOP C: Western Regional Day 2

The plan at the start of day 2 at the World Series of Poker Circuit $10,000 Western Regional Championship was to play down to the final 24 players, but things don’t always go according to plan at a poker tournament. By the end of the night the field had charged down to the final 18 […]

Hold'em Manager on Card Player

Hold’em Manager is the poker tracking and analysis software that increases win-rates and gives online players the edge needed to beat the always-evolving games on the internet. The software provides the objective facts that players need to improve their fundamentals and exploit the weaknesses in opponents’ games. Hold’em Manager supports all the major poker sites […]

Calvin 'Cal42688' Anderson Wins Full Tilt $1.5 Million

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on PokerStars, Full Tilt, UB, Absolute Poker, and Bodog below: Full Tilt Poker — $1.5 Million Guarantee Buy-In: $200+$16 Prize Pool: $2,267,800 Entrants: 11,339 1. Calvin “Cal42688” Anderson — $303,951* 2. youngdrew28 — $285,677* 3. birs320 — $167,817 4. Godbey62 — $120,647 5. Boston3Party […]

Grant Levy Wins ANZPT Perth

Sydney’s Grant Levy took down the PokerStars ANZPT Perth championship over the weekend. Along with the ANZPT trophy and the $131,500 top prize, Levy also became the second player in history with a résumé boasting both an APPT and ANZPT title. He won the APPT Grand Final in 2007. A field of 220 players entered […]

Negreanu Beats Blom in Rematch

At one point on Sunday, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was in the midst of another killing of Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu in part II of their PokerStars SuperStar Showdown contest. Negreanu was down $119,600 in just 1,279 hands, just one week after losing his entire $150,000 in speedy fashion. Everything was looking disastrous for the Canadian once […]

Friday $200 Freeroll For CP Readers

If you’re a fantasy sports expert, then you’re going to love competing at DraftStreet.com. The site offers one-night fantasy sports leagues that use real stats from the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL. The way it works is simple. Each player is given $100,000 to draft their fantasy team. The better the player is, the more […]

Kiev Hosts Russian Poker Series Main Event Wednesday

The PokerStars Russian Poker Series Kiev main event kicks off this Wednesday, Mar. 30, at 1 p.m. (local time) at the Khreschatyk Club, Kiev, Ukraine. Players will sit down to starting stacks of 30,000 and 60-minute blinds with the blinds increasing to 75 minutes on Thursday from level 12. The buy-in is $2,750 + $250 […]

Russian Poker Pro Joins Team PokerStars

Twenty-nine-year-old Russian poker player Eugene Katchalov has joined Team PokerStars Pro. Katchalov, who won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Rollers event in January this year, said, “I feel very fortunate in having the opportunity to represent PokerStars. It is the largest and, in my opinion, the best-run poker site in the world, with a […]

WSOP-C: Rincon Regional Day 1

Day 1 at the World Series of Poker Circuit $10,000 Western Regional Championship welcomed 91 players into the mix at the Harrah’s Rincon near San Diego, CA. There were 59 players who survived the day on Sunday. Registration will remain open through the first level of play on Monday, so the overall total is still […]

Tom Dwan to Give First Paid Poker Lesson

Team Full Tilt Pro Tom “durrrr” Dwan will give his first ever paid poker lesson on April 19, according to his Twitter. Fellow member of Team Full Tilt Patrik Antonius will also provide coaching on April 18. The opportunity to receive instruction from arguably two of the top three cash game players in the world […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

There was a lot of main event action taking place this week around the world, therefore the Twitter lines were buzzing. Card Player Europe kept an eye on what some of the big names of European poker were saying. There were two main interactions this week, but they could not have been more different. Early […]

Win Irish Poker Open Package Tonight

The countdown is on to the Irish Open 2011, which is taking place in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel next month. That means time is of the essence to get qualifying, and those who do via the many satellites and promotions at PaddyPowerPoker.com will be included in this year’s €100,000 Sole Survivor competition. Tonight, Sunday, Mar. 27 […]

Finn Wins European Masters Of Poker

The European Masters of Poker Lisbon was taken down by Jukka Koskela after he beat Asger Boye heads up. The Finn received €72,615 for his victory over the 309-strong field, while Boye had to settle for €43,569. The final hand came when Koskela bet 200,000 and Boye made it 475,000 in total. Koskela moved all […]

Vladimir Geshkenbein is EPT Snowfest Champion

Vladimir Geshkenbein is this season’s PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest champion. He takes the title and €390,000 back to Russia from the Alpine Palace hotel in Hinterglemm, Austria after beating Belgian player Kevin Vandersmissen heads up. Before getting to the final two however, the table had to lose six others. But before that could begin, […]

Poker Storm Hits Tomorrow

The PokerStars Sunday 1/4 Million relaunches as the Sunday Storm tomorrow at 3.30 p.m. (ET) and the site is celebrating the new-look tournament with a one-off $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, which features a guaranteed $200,000 first prize. The $11 buy-in event is expected to attract more than 100,000 players. There are freeroll satellites running every […]