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Macau Poker Cup Returns in MayPokerStars Macau has announced that the next Macau Poker Cup is scheduled to return to downtown Macau from May 28-June 5 inside Casino Grand Lisboa. The upcoming tournament series will feature eight official events over nine days, with the Red Dragon main event once again highlighting the action. The HKD $11,000 buy-in tournament will run […]
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Blom Decimates Negreanu for $150K
On Sunday, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom crushed Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu in part I of their PokerStars SuperStar Showdown contest. The $50-$100 no-limit hold’em battle was scheduled to be 2,500 hands played across four tables, but Negreanu was the victim of numerous coolers and unfortunate river cards en route to losing his entire $150,000 challenge bankroll after […]
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kalmuka Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on PokerStars, Full Tilt, UB, Absolute Poker, and Bodog below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,918,800 Entrants: 9,594 1. kalmuka — $234,574* 2. BlackMojos — $99,256* 3. SeraphimV — $146,067* 4. IkBenEenBaas — $108,438* 5. dickkemp — $109,076* 6. upstrick77 — […]
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Brit Wins Eureka Poker Tour Prague
The PokerStars.com Eureka Poker Tour Prague has been won by Brit Keith Johnson who took down €58,400 for topping the 319-strong field at the Casino Card Club in the Czech capital. The €800 buy in event created a prize pool of €231,290 and the final hand of the three-day contest saw Johnson’s K-J hold over […]
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Brit Leads EPT Snowfest
The Austrian Alps played host to day 1A of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest with 180 players turning out for a day filled with peaks and troughs, both on and off the slopes. While there are familiar faces among the 102 survivors from the first of two starting days, there are many now also […]
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Dutch To Legalise Online Poker
The Dutch Government confirmed at the weekend it is to open up and regulate the online gaming market including poker. Last year a government commission recommended such regulation. All forms of gambling in the country have technically been under control of state organs such as Holland Casinos until now, even though it is estimated that […]
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Praz Bansi Wins Second GUKPT Title
Praz Bansi has proved himself on live felt once again after taking down his second Grosvenor UK Poker Tour title at the GUKPT London £1,500 main event. Bansi, who topped a tough field of 245 to take home £101,020 from a total prize pool of £367,500, was also the recipient of the Tour’s first ever […]
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A Poker Life: Olivier 'livb112' Busquet
Widely regarded by his peers to be the best heads-up sit-n-go player in the world, Olivier Busquet has since made the transition to live tournament poker and has already earned over $2.3 million. The man known as “livb112” and “Adonis112” has already notched a World Poker Tour title and finished runner up in a European […]
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The Poker Play: Finneran Fillets A Frenchman
Event: European Poker Tour Deauville Field: 891 Players Remaining: 40 Finneran: 600,000 Villain: 2.2 million Thomas Finneran: It was folded to me in mid-position and I opened K 9 and got called by the chip leader at the table, who was probably the chip leader of the tournament as well. He was a very aggressive, […]
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Irish Poker Open Package Guaranteed Tonight
The Irish Open 2011 is coming up next month but there is still time to qualify with a wide range of satellites and promotions at PaddyPowerPoker.com. First of all tonight, Sunday, Mar. 20 at 8 p.m. there is a €200 + €20 buy-in satellite with an Irish Open package worth €4,600 up for grabs. The […]
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Unibet Open Online Poker Qualifiers Now
The first Unibet Open Online poker tournament takes place on Monday April 3 and after the success of Unibet Open Malta live poker festival last weekend, online qualification for the event is open now. Players can qualify for the €25,000 guaranteed prize pool event this Saturday and Sunday at 22:00 CET in a series of […]
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Two Years Jail For Poker Chip Hacker
UK computer hacker, Ashley Mitchell, who admitted five charges of hacking and taking private property in relation to the theft of online poker chips, was sentenced to two years in prison at Exeter Crown Court yesterday. Mitchell will also serve an additional 30 weeks for breaching an earlier suspended sentence according to Thisisdevon.co.uk. The 29-year-old […]
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Alan Sternberg Wins WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
The 2011 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event came to a close early Saturday morning in San Jose, California, and the man left standing at the end was Alan Sternberg. Sternberg outlasted a tough final table of 285 hands en route to capturing the prestigious title and $1,039,000 in […]
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Frank and Campbell Introduce New Online Poker Bill
When the Internet Poker Act of 2010 was declared dead last December, many industry insiders felt that it would be a long time before another push to legalize and regulate online poker at the federal level occurred. On Thursday, Congressmen Barney Frank (D-MA) and John Campbell (R-CA) proved that the fight will continue by introducing […]
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Weekly News in Poker Training
This week at CardPlayer.com we bring your awareness to some of the brand new tools, lessons, articles, and more, available at the leading online training sites. Check out this week’s happenings on the following sites: This week at Bluefire Poker, instructor Phil Galfond discusses Don “SoCalQuest” Nguyen’s action at four tables of $2-$4 heads-up pot-limit […]
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DraftStreet Nightly Fantasy Sports
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 […]
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Poker Opinion: The Real Money Is In Online Poker
It is amazing to me why so many people play Texas hold’em live when they can play poker online. I get asked why I do not play live tournaments or live cash games by someone every few weeks. In my mind then the decision really isn’t close. When you factor in having the capacity to […]
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The Scoop: Dwyte Pilgrim Part II
Dwyte Pilgrim stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. He continues his interview from part I last week. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear him talk about how his pre-poker work experience […]
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EPT Snowfest Begins Sunday
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest stop begins on Sunday, Mar. 20 at 2 p.m. local time in the ski resort town of Saalbach/Hinterglemm in the Austrian Alps. The best professionals in the poker world will also have a chance to hit the slopes and ski or snowboard at this unique tournament. Last season Allan […]
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Online Poker Players Help Comic Relief Today
Online poker staking business, Badbeat.com will donate 10 percent of all affiliate revenue generated by its players today to Comic relief for Red Nose Day. In order to ensure there are plenty of Badbeat players raising money for the charity, the company has also announced that any Badbeat sponsored player who wins a hand holding […]
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Poker's Big Game Set For April
Details have been announced for the PartyPoker.com Big Game V, which is taking place from Apr. 15 to 17. This year the 48-hour cash game will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, UK. Some names already on the list are Tony G, David “Viffer” Peat, Annette Obrestad, Neil Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Roberto Romanello, […]
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Final Table Set at WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
The 2011 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event brought back 24 players on Thursday for Day 3, and when play was over just six remained to fight on at the final table on Friday. The remaining players, who outlasted a field of 415 to play shorthanded for a first […]
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Zynga PokerCon In Las Vegas
Zynga Poker was launched in September of 2007 and has since grown into the largest poker client in the world with over 215 million monthly active users. The application is played on a variety of game portals that include Facebook, MySpace, MSN Games, Yahoo!, the iPhone and Android. Though the company has since gone on […]
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Generation Next: Kyle Julius
Sinking the winning shot at the buzzer as the crowed roared was the dream of Kyle Julius growing up in Chicago. Hometown hero Michael Jordan made it look all too easy, so why couldn’t he do the same. So Julius lived, ate, drank, and slept basketball. By the end of his High School career a […]
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Bodog Sit-and-Go Madness
Bodog is giving its players a chance at a free $10 NCAA March Madness bet. All you have to do is play in five of the special March Madness sit-and-gos between Mar. 17 and April 3, and you can earn your free bet to place on any game in the tournament via the site’s sports […]
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Redbet Acquires Second Entraction Poker Room
Redbet Gaming Limited, the Scandinavian betting operator, has acquired a second online poker room on the Entraction network. The company has taken control of DoubleCardrooms in another asset-based deal similar to the one which saw it take over i4Poker earlier this month. Jorgen Andersson, chief executive of Redbet Holding said, “The acquisition of DoubleCardrooms is […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London Main Event Today
Up to 200 poker players in London are expected to stream into the Grosvenor Victoria Casino today to take part in the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London main event. Day 1a of the £1,500+£90 feature event starts at midday in the English capital and players start with 15,000 in chips and a 60 minute clock. […]
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European Poker Tour Champ Michael Tureniec Talks
Card Player recently sat down with the newly crowned king of Danish poker, European Poker Tour Copenhagen champion Michael Tureniec from Sweden to discuss his long awaited victory and pressures on and off the felt. Rebecca McAdam: First of all, Congratulations! Michael Tureniec: Thank you very much! RM:You came so close before on the EPT, […]
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WPT: Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2
Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event ran late into the night in San Jose, California on Wednesday. When the dust finally settled there were 24 players who advanced to day 3. You can catch a recap of day 3 when play concludes tomorrow night. Read […]
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WPT Bay 101 Day 2 Photo Blog
Here is a look at the top professionals in action on Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. There are currently 66 players who are still in the hunt for the top prize worth $1,039,000. The current chip leader is Vivek Rajkumar with 548,000. Check back […]
