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European Masters Of Poker Lisbon FreerollThe very first Iron Man European Masters of Poker (EMOP) freeroll will take place today on the Entraction network, with five more to follow throughout early March. Lisbon, Portugal will play home to the next EMOP as from Mar. 23 to 26 the second stop of the third season will play out at Casino Estoril. […]
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Vivek Rajkumar Leads LAPC Main
The 2011 WPT L.A. Poker Classic main event has reached the final two tables and among the remaining 18 players are some of the game’s best poker minds. Leading the way is former WPT champion Vivek Rajkumar, who absolutely owned the final half of the day, picking on former chip leader James Carroll to amass […]
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Erik Seidel Wins LAPC High Roller
It may not be seven figures, but Erik Seidel has another win to add to his growing list of 2011 accomplishments. Seidel defeated a field of 18 at the $25,000 High Roller event at the 2011 L.A. Poker Classic, earning $144,570 and moving him into second place ahead of Phil Ivey and behind Daniel Negreanu […]
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Bad Beat Jackpot Hit for $340K
Update: The UB Bad Beat Jackpot was hit for $340,000 when “ODESSA99,” from New York, lost with four queens to the quad kings of “FARFLUNG” at a $0.50-$1. The winner of the hand took home a six-figure prize as well. As of around 6 p.m. PT Monday, the UB Bad Beat Jackpot had passed $1 […]
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Live Tournament Poker -- March Preview
The month of March will pick up where February left off in offering big buy-in live poker all around the globe. There will be four World Series of Poker Circuit stops in March. The final table of the WSOPC main event at Florida’s Palm Beach Kennel Club is set for March 1, and it will […]
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Johnny Chan Talks Position Poker
This May, the Bellagio will be debuting a new poker variation called Position Poker with a $500 no-limit hold’em tournament during the WPT Five-Star World Poker Classic. In order to give a little incentive for players to try out the game, Position Poker has decided to add $10,000 to the prize pool. The game has […]
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WSOPC Atlantic City Preview
The World Series of Poker Circuit will roll into Caesars Atlantic City on Wednesday, just a day after concluding the Circuit main event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida. The schedule at Caesars Atlantic City runs March 2-13, with nine ring events in hold’em and one in limit Omaha. Several satellite and second […]
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JustPushIt 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: $1,829,400 Entrants: 9,147 1. JustPushIt — $261,243 2. WinnersClub — $192,087 3. SoulMaster7 — $136,199 4. BaZa88 — $91,470 5. kenmrvegas — $73,176 6. csacsi111 — […]
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William Hill Secures Playtech Injunction
UK bookmaker William Hill has secured an interim injunction against iPoker network operator Playtech to prevent it from making “significant amendments” to the joint venture project between the two companies. News reports previously suggested Playtech was in discussions with William Hill’s great rival Ladbrokes about a possible merger or takeover and this, understandably, put Hill’s […]
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Team Everest Poker Expands
Everest Poker has signed four new members with Javier Martinez, Koen de Bakker, Tobias Wagner, and Leonard Truche joining Team Everest 2011. The players from Spain, Netherlands, Germany, and France respectively were former Live the Dream winners who had competed for their spots against 200 others in 2010 and have been long-standing members of the […]
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Poker Revenue Down 36 Percent At Sportingbet
Sportingbet Plc has issued its financial results for the first six months of its 2010/11 financial year ending January 31, 2011. Net poker revenue in the second quarter (Nov. to Jan. 2011) at its online poker business Paradise Poker was down 36 percent to £3.6 million compared to £5.6 million in the same period last […]
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WPT: Jason Dewitt Leads L.A.P.C.
It was a long and grueling grind to a payday during day 3 of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic. It took nearly 14 hours for the field of 238 to break down to the final 63 that made up the money. In the end, it was long time poker pro and former WPT champion Hoyt […]
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UB Bad Beat Jackpot Nearing $1 Million
Update: As of around noon PT Monday, the jackpot was at more than $970,000. As of around 1 p.m. PT Sunday afternoon, the UB Bad Beat Jackpot was at $850,000 and still growing. Whenever the jackpot is hit the money will split the following ways: 25 percent rolls over to the next Bad Beat Jackpot […]
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Poker Bonuses For New Depositors At PKR
Only two days remain for new depositors to take advantage of the PKR.com February promotion, An Offer A Day. New players at the site have been receiving all sorts of rewards throughout the month, from branded accessories to free cash. Those thinking of making their first deposit should do so today before midnight as the […]
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Irish Poker Open Package Up For Grabs
There are many ways to qualify for the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2011, and this evening, Sunday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. there is a €200 + €20 buy-in satellite with an Irish Open package worth €4,600 up for grabs. The winner of this tournament qualifies for the €100,000 Sole Survivor competition also. Online players can […]
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WPT: L.A. Poker Classic Day 2
The first piece of news during day 2 at the 2011 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic no-limit hold’em $10,000 main event was the announcement of the field size and prize pool. The official size of the tournament field is 681 players and the total prize pool is $6,537,600. The top 63 players will walk […]
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Tureniec Wins EPT Copenhagen
The 2011 PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen no-limit hold’em main event reached a conclusion today and the champion is Swedish professional Michael Tureniec. He took home €496,271 and his first EPT title. His career earnings now stand at $3,422,518. Tureniec came very close to winning a EPT title once before, when he took second place […]
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March Madness At Victor Chandler Poker
Victor Chandler Poker has gone March Madness mad with something for everyone such as freerolls-a-plenty for those hungry for a European Masters of Poker package, the chance to win a share of €10,000 for those more interested in cash games, and a Special Hand promotion. First of all, Mar. 1 kicks off six Iron Man […]
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Euro Poker Pros Hit US TV
The 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship is set to kick off on Friday, Mar. 4 and run until Mar. 6 with 64 big-name players attending. The Europeans taking part in the $25,000 single-elimination invitational tournament are Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine, Liv Boeree, James Bord, Nicolas Chouity, Peter Eastgate, Bertrand Grospellier, Gus Hansen, and Annette […]
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Zynga Poker Raises Its Game With New App
Game developer Zynga has extended its poker offering with Zynga Poker, the new version of Live Poker Deluxe, and it’s for any iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or later. After downloading the app, the player is given chips and can buy into a wide variety of active tables which are continuously playing […]
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WPT: L.A. Poker Classic Day 1
Day 1 of the 2011 WPT L.A. Poker Classic came and went like a flash. With only five levels in the books, there is still a long way to go before the field begins to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Registration will remain open throughout the night, but a total of 665 made their […]
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EPT: Final Table set in Copenhagen
The final table is set at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen no-limit hold’em main event and the final day will take place tomorrow at noon local time (3 a.m. PT) in Denmark’s capital city. You can watch the action on the EPT Live video feed and there will be a recap of the day’s […]
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Anniversary of Sunday Million
The PokerStars Sunday Million is celebrating its 5th anniversary next week, and the online site is marking the occasion by raising the prize pool for the tournament (Sunday, Mar. 6 at 4:30 ET) to $5 million. A $1 million first-place prize is also guaranteed. In addition to the mammoth prize pool, PokerStars is throwing in […]
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CP's Weekly News in 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 Jason Senti discusses the action at four tables of $1-$2 pot-limit Omaha, on Full […]
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State Poker Championship Comes To South Dakota
One poker player could walk away with as much as $100,000 in the 2011 South Dakota State Poker Championship. The first annual championship — a Texas hold ‘em event — is May 13 to 15 at the Silverado-Franklin Historic Hotel & Gaming Complex in Deadwood. The number of players in the Championship will be limited […]
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Challenge durrrr for $1.5 Million
Full Tilt is offering its online poker players a chance to face Tom “durrrr” Dwan for up to $1.5 million. Starting Saturday players can begin to work their way through a series of consecutive challenges across a variety of poker disciplines: Challenge 1 –- Ring Games: Fight your way to the top of a Challenge […]
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Northern Ireland May Lift Live Poker Ban
The Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Assembly, Dr. Alex Attwood, has published a consultation document on the future of gambling regulation there. Gambling has traditionally been very heavily regulated in Northern Ireland with, for example, betting shops unable to open on Sundays, but the minister acknowledges in the document that patterns of […]
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Paradise Poker Tour's Prague Takeover
The ParadisePoker Tour will return to Prague’s Card Casino for four days on Wednesday, Mar. 2, and will feature a €500 + €50 buy-in main event plus four side events including deep-stack turbo, pot-limit Omaha, and six-max formats. The main event begins on Mar. 4 and will be capped at 300 players. A prize pool […]
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888 Launches Webcam Poker
Online poker room 888.com has launched Pokercam, a webcam technology which allows online poker players to watch each other during play at the site. The technology is similar to Skype and Maytal Ginzburg, VP Poker at 888Holdings said people should be able to socialse at online tables. “Our new pokercam tables offer our customers a […]
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Swedish Judges Get Poker Lesson
Swedish Supreme Court judges presiding over a legal case attempting to discern if poker is a game of skill or luck have had a detailed poker lesson from an expert player according to TheLocal.se. The judges must rule on the case which saw poker tournament organisers convicted of running a tournament in 2007 before their […]
