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WSOPC Rincon Champ. UnderwayThe $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Harrah’s Rincon near San Diego, California crowned a champion late on Saturday. Seneca Easley topped a field of 188 players and he walked away with the top prize worth $70,384, a gold ring, and a seat in the WSOP Circuit […]
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Wynn Partners With PokerStars
The long debated issue of legalized and regulated internet poker has had some serious developments this week. On Friday, Wynn Resorts announced its entry into a “strategic relationship” with internet site PokerStars. The companies will first work to secure the passage of federal legislation, according to a press release. The statement goes on to say […]
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Tim West Bests Annette Obrestad for Wynn Classic Title
The 2011 Wynn Classic Championship is in the books, with Tim West taking down the title after an exhausting heads-up battle with Annette Obrestad. Several different events ran from March 2-24 inside the Wynn in Las Vegas, concluding with the $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship. A total of 212 players entered the event, down from […]
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Extradition Hearing For Jailed Poker Dealer
A former poker dealer who made headlines around the world when he was convicted of extortion in a murder case may be extradited to the U.S. from an Irish prison according to RTE.ie. Essam Eid was convicted of extortion in 2008 and sentenced to six years in prison after he demanded €100,000 from the target […]
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EPT Snowfest Final Table Set
The field of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest was reduced even further, to that crucial final number of eight from 24, on day 4. The most well-known names remaining at start of play went home a day earlier than hoped, but they leave behind them a very interesting final table featuring, for the first […]
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Online Gambling Regulation Back On EU Agenda
The European Union yesterday published a Green Paper on online gambling. The document serves as a draft law and a basis for discussing the options for future regulation across EU markets. In recent times countries such as France, Sweden, Italy, Austria, have either begun to open their market to trusted online casinos and other forms […]
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Poker Players Get Social In London This Weekend
PKR Social comes to London for some poker action and fun this evening and all day tomorrow. Festivities kick off at 8 p.m. (GMT) tonight with a sit ‘n’ go party featuring various different games and formats including doubles team poker. Action is almost guaranteed as things are bound to get crazy at the Fox […]
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UB New Sponsor Of Heartland Tour
UB has announced that it will join up with the Heartland Poker Tour as a sponsor for season seven. The online site will also host qualifiers for the live tournaments. The HPT offers players a made-for-television tournament series, and UB will host a series of online tournaments that give players the opportunity to win attractive […]
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FTP Double Guarantees Week
On Monday, Mar. 28, Full Tilt Poker will kick off another mammoth $30 Million Double Guarantees Week. From Monday, Mar. 28 to Sunday, April 3, Full Tilt is doubling the guaranteed prize money for every one of its weekly guarantee tournaments, which will all be multi-entry events for the week. The week will culminate with […]
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EPT Snowfest Heats Up
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest had to lose a total of 57 players on day 3 to get down to three tables, but the field only had to lose nine to reach the money. The slopes and chalets of Saalbach-Hinterglemm acted as a backdrop to a crucial day for many. Firstly, the hopes for […]
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Poker Champs Confirmed For Irish Open
Those looking forward to the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2011 should be even more excited to hear the latest names confirmed for the €3,200 + €300 buy-in main event. World Series of Poker bracelet holders Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Alan Smurfit, and Dan Harrington are now on the list, as are European Poker Tour champions Julian Thew […]
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Mustapha Kanit Wins Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica
Twenty-year-old Mustapha Kanit has won the PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica taking down €200,000 for his victory over the 395-strong field. The €2,000 buy in event created a prize pool of €768,240 and in the final hand Kanit had to come from behind holding Q 9 against Marco Mancini’s K Q and did so […]
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CP Freeroll on Saturday
PokerStars recently announced that its Sunday 1/4 Million will be renamed as the Sunday Storm. To mark the occasion, the online site is hosting a special one-time $1 million guaranteed prize pool for the tournament on Mar. 27. The $11 event will award at least $200,000 to the winner, and Card Player readers have a […]
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Full Tilt Poker 'Aid for Japan' Tournaments
Full Tilt Poker is offering its support for Japan, and the millions affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami, in the form of special Aid for Japan tournaments and Donation tournaments In the Aid for Japan events, the tournament fee from each player will be donated to the fund. The Donation tournaments are not real […]
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Gus Hansen Wins Another $1 Million on Full Tilt Poker
Gus Hansen has been on a tear over the past seven days, winning $1 million across a slew of pot-limit Omaha and limit deuce-to-seven triple draw sessions on Full Tilt Poker. Hansen’s profits over the past week have brought his 2011 earnings to a massive $4 million. However, the Danish poker pro is no stranger […]
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WPT Makes First Trip to Vienna
The World Poker Tour has returned to Europe, but for the first time ever the destination is Vienna, Austria. WPT Vienna will host five events inside the Montesino Casino between today and March 30. This inaugural visit will feature a €3,500 buy-in main event, beginning on Friday, March 25. The televised event will have two […]
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Poker Revenue Up 17 Percent At bwin
Publicly-quoted German betting giant bwin today reported gross gaming revenue in its online poker business up 17.4 percent in 2010 to €139.5 million compared to €118.8 million in 2009. The company said the increase was “largely attributable to the contribution made by Gioco Digitale [in Italy] and the successful market launch in France" The company […]
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EPT Snowfest Nears Bubble
Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest saw the survivors of day 1A and 1B unite, only to be quickly torn down from 268 to 81 across six 75-minute levels. Within the first level, 52 players were knocked out, setting the tone for the day. Austria’s Alpine Palace Hotel, set amid the beautiful, […]
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Sunday Storm Poker Satellites For UK And Ireland
The PokerStars Sunday 1/4 Million will be relaunched this coming Sunday, Mar. 27, as the Sunday Storm, 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 will take place on Sunday at 3.30 p.m. (ET) and is expected […]
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European Masters Of Poker Lisbon Starts Today
The second stop on the European Masters of Poker tour season III gets underway today in Lisbon, Portugal. The €1,000 + €100 buy-in main event runs from Mar. 23 to 26 at the Casino Estoril with two day ones for the main event and a variety of side events including: March 23, 9 p.m. — […]
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PokerStars Road to 100 Billion Hands
PokerStars is on the Road to 100 Billion hands, and the online site is celebrating every 10 billion with a milestone hands promotion. The first stop is 60 billion, which will be dealt before March is over, according to PokerStars. In order to participate players must compete on cash game tables. Every millionth hand from […]
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Zynga Poker Hacker Gets Two Years
British hacker Ashley Mitchell has been sentenced to serve two years in prison after being convicted of computer misuse and four counts of money laundering. The 29-year-old pleaded guilty in February of hacking into the online gaming website Zynga and stealing 400 billion virtual chips. He later sold some of those chips on Facebook, picking […]
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Lee Jones Returns to PokerStars
On Tuesday, PokerStars announced that Lee Jones will be returning to the site to lead the new Home Games venture. Jones was Poker Room Manager at PokerStars from 2003-07. After leaving the company nearly four years ago, Jones has been a part of the European Poker Tour and CardRunners, and worked as the Card Room […]
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Randy Couture To Lead Poker Run
UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy “The Natural” Couture founded the non-profit Xtreme Couture GI Foundation to help meet the urgent financial needs of wounded soldiers and their families. Exactly one week after his UFC 129 fight against Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida on April 30, Couture is set to lead the GI Foundation’s next charity effort — a […]
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World Poker Tour Spain Returns
The World Poker Tour returns to Spain in a couple of months with the renewal of the Spanish Championship at Gran Casino, Barcelona. The €3,200 buy in event takes place from May 25 to 29, 2011. Last year the event was won by Ali Tekintamgac who took down €315,000 for besting 325 opponents. His victory […]
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PKR.com Extends Live VI Qualifying Options
PKR.com has launched two separate routes to qualify for the upcoming PKR Live VI in London in May. . Players can choose the seat only route and aim for a $1,220 package or up their sights and aim for a seat plus expenses package worth $1,660. Players can qualify for the $750 buy in main […]
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Russian Rules EPT Snowfest
Austria’s Alpine Palace Hotel in Saalbach-Hinterglemm witnessed a whole new batch of wannabe title holders on day 1B of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest. The second starting day of the €3,750 main event saw 302 players whittled down to 166. For many it was a nightmare of a day with the presence of 14 […]
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Jamie Flynn Crowned Student Poker Champ
Jamie Flynn became the PaddyPowerPoker.com Student Masters champion at the weekend after topping a 127-strong field in Dublin’s Jackpot Card Club. The 18-year-old, University of Limerick student took home €3,000 from a €12,000 prize pool. He also received a seat in the upcoming Irish Open. The seat, worth €3,500, was added to the prize pool […]
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The Everest Poker ONE Satellite Tonight
Qualification for the Everest Poker ONE tournament being held in Monte Carlo from April 21 to 24, 2011 is ramping up and tonight Tuesday March 22 sees a $336 + $24 satellite at the site. One package worth $9,000 for the €1 million guaranteed tournament will be up for grabs for every 27 players who […]
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Card Player Pro (Powered by Poker Savvy Plus)
Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) focuses on multitable tournaments, sit-and-gos, and no-limit hold’em cash game instruction from some of the best poker players online. The site boats more than 800 professional poker training videos (with new DRM-free content added daily), access to an exclusive members-only forum where you can interact with the instructors, […]
