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World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner’s Assets Frozen
World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner, Sherkhan Farnood, has had his assets frozen by the Afghan Central Bank amid allegations of corruption involving overseas property deals according to Reuters newsagency. Farnood, who was until his resignation last week the Chairman of Kabulbank in Afghanistan, won his WSOPE bracelet in the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event in […]
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EU Rules German Gambling Monopoly “Unjustifiable"
The European Court of Justice today issued a landmark ruling on Germany’s protectionist gambling sector saying it was “unjustifiable” and must be dismantled according to Bloomberg news agency. “The German rules do not limit games of chance in a consistent and systematic manner,” the Luxembourg court said. “In such circumstances, the preventive objective of that […]
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WPT London: Justin Smith Wins High RollerA skilled field made for a tough final table at the inaugural World Poker Tour London Poker Classic High Roller event held at the Palm Beach Casino, Mayfair. The £15,000 buy-in event attracted a long list of familiar names such as 2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Frank Kassela, Andrew Robl, Huck […]
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WSOP Circuit: Tour Adds New Stop
The World Series of Poker Circuit tour has added a 13th stop for the 2010-11 season. Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma will host a ¬_WSOP Circuit_ event from January 6-25. The event will feature a total of 54 tournaments and there will be 10 WSOP Circuit gold ring events with National Championship qualifier points up […]
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CPsocial Poker Blogs of the Week -- Sept. 7, 2010
With CPsocial — CardPlayer.com’s free community — members can track their poker stats, comment on our stories and videos, make member profiles — and blog! What’s more, we recently updated CPsocial to allow members to follow other members, so if you like a particular blogger or want to follow someone’s comments around the site, just […]
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OPOY Spotlight: Mickey 'Mement_mori' Petersen
The Card Player Online Player of the Year (OPOY) award honors the best tournament player across the major online sites in a given calendar year. Previous winners have included greats such as Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron, Alexander “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis and Steve “gboro780” Gross. Here, we take a look at one of the current top contenders. Mickey […]
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WCOOP: Jamie Kaplan Wins Big in Event No. 6
The second day of action at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) ended up affecting the top two spots in the Card Player Online Player of the Year race. In event no. 6, Jamie “Xaston” Kaplan beat Raj “BadcardsAA” Vohra heads up for the bracelet and a $213,986. Vohra, who earned $156,528, picked […]
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Swiss Federal Council Upholds Poker Ban
Switzerland will continue to outlaw poker tournaments held outside casinos according to World Radio Switzerland. The Federal Council has upheld an earlier Supreme Court ruling which viewed poker as a game of luck which, as such, could not be played outside a casino environment. This ruling was criticized by the International Federation of Poker. Councillors […]
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WCOOP: David 'CrabMaki' Shallow Wins High Roller Event
The first day of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is officially in the books and by all accounts it was a tremendous success. The three events combined to surpass their guarantees by over $2 million. The highlight of the day came in the $10,000 High Roller tournament, which attracted 313 runners. In […]
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Online Poker: Shaun Deeb Wins Full Tilt 750K Guarantee
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB, Absolute Poker, Bodog and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Note: This event did not run this week due to the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Full Tilt Poker — $750,000 Guarantee Buy-In: $200+$16 Prize Pool: $750,000 Entrants: […]
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WPT: Jake Cody Wins London Poker Classic
Young Brit Jake Cody is having quite the year. Not only did he take down the European Poker Tour Deauville in January but he is now also the champion of the first ever World Poker Tour London Poker Classic. At just 22-years-old Cody is two-thirds of the way towards poker’s Triple Crown. All he needs […]
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Win a Copy of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott’s Autobiography
To mark the publication this week of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott revealing new autobiography, Cardplayer.com has five copies of the book to giveaway to our European readers courtesy of publisher Penguin. To win a copy simply respond with the correct answer to the following question in the comment box below. Name a poker tournament which Dave […]
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Online Poker: PokerStars WCOOP Begins on Sunday
It’s finally here! The time has come for every online grinder’s dream come true, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Bloodshot eyes and sore clicking fingers will be the norm for the next three weeks as players compete in the largest online tournament series in the world. This year’s WCOOP will feature a […]
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Poker Tournament Makeover Launched Today at PKR
PKR.com has given its multi-table tournament schedule an overhaul and players can experience the new additions from today. The revamped schedule is filled with a wide range of tournaments with various buy-ins to suit all pockets. Anyone who cashes in one of the $5 buy-in Pharaoh’s Treasure weekday tournaments will automatically get an invite to […]
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Betfair Poker Live Hits Prague in October
Betfair’s seventh festival of its Live series, Betfair Poker Live Prague will take place from Oct. 20 to 24 in Card Casino Prague. The stop includes a wide range of no-limit hold’em tournaments to suit all budgets but the two major highlights of the festival are the €820 + €80 buy-in main event which is […]
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Daniel Negreanu Wins PokerStars Fairways and Felts
On Thursday, Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu won the first-ever PokerStars European Poker Tour Vilamoura Fairways and Felts tournament. The €1,100 buy-in contest, which featured a Texas Scramble team event on the golf course, followed by an individual poker tournament, was the first of its kind on the EPT. The winners of the golf section […]
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Online Poker: OPOY Race Tightens Up
It was a hectic week in the 2010 Online Player of the Year race, but with the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) starting on Sunday, you can be sure that it’s going to get a lot crazier. A total of 62 events are schedule to take place over the next four weeks and […]
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CPTV's The Scoop: Jean-Robert Bellande Part 3
Jean-Robert Bellande continues to talk about his lifestyle, which he dove into last week in part II, on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV and you can hear about Bellande’s deep run […]
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PokerStars Balkan Poker Festival Starts Today
The PokerStars.com Balkan Poker Tour grand final gets underway today at the Golden Sands Resort, Varna, Bulgaria. The Balkan Poker Festival is the first ever PokerStars.com event in Bulgaria and has a buy in of €900+€90. It is expected that up to 200 players from across Europe will play the event at the Grand Hotel […]
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Shane Warne Wins Big And Plans Live Poker Room
Australian cricket legend Shane Warne is having a great week in the poker business having won $40,000 in the Victorian Championships event in Melbourne and announcing a potential poker tie-up with compatriot and business billionaire James Packer. Warne earned his highest ever finish in a poker tournament with a third place score in the $10,200 […]
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24hpoker Takes Over Dailypoker Customers
iGame has taken over the Dailypoker.com player database and players will be merged into its existing 24hpoker.com database by mid-September. Niclas Lundqvist, brand manager at 24hpoker, said “This deal strengthens our leading position in the Entraction Network. Many competitors struggle to maintain their profitability so we’re certainly looking to acquire more skins both in and […]
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New Paddy Power Poker Irish Winter Festival Satellite Series
The selection of routes to get to the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival (IWF) 2010 has just expanded with the site’s launch of its IWF €10 rebuy super satellite series taking place throughout this month. Anyone who wins an IWF ticket via one of these satellites will also be entered into the €20,000 Sole Survivor qualifier […]
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This Week in Poker: August 28 – Sept. 3
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update The Card Player Player of the Year Race is brought to you by Bodog 1: Thomas Marchese — 4,766 2: Sorel Mizzi — 3,862 3: Dwyte Pilgrim — 3,776 4: […]
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IPPA: $250,000 Monte Carlo Championship on the Horizon
The largest buy-in tournament in the history of live tournament poker is planned to take this place this fall in Monte Carlo. The International Poker Players Association in partnership with SBM of Monte Carlo will host a high-roller no-limit hold’em shootout tournament that begins in late November. The glamorous location in Monaco is an appropriate […]
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Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final Begins
The Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final €8,500 no-limit hold’em tournament began today at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes on the shores of the French Riviera. The tournament will be filmed for television and will broadcast on 59 countries on Eurosport. A winner will be crowned at the final table on Tuesday, September 7. Check […]
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EPT: Toby Lewis Wins Vilamoura Main Event
The final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Vilamoura €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event took place today in Portugal. The final eight had emerged from a field of 384 players and they took their seats to settle the matter of who would walk away with the €467,835 top prize and the title of EPT […]
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Online Poker: Barney Frank Chats With Leno
Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) joined Jay Leno on The Tonight Show on Tuesday to discuss, among other things, HR 2267 — the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act — which is in Committee. Frank began his debate with Leno by pointing out the obvious … that the federal government was wasting an opportunity […]
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Online Poker: Chad Batista Wins PokerStars Super Tuesday
Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $333,000 Entrants: 333 Final Table Results: 1. VeryEuropean — $83,250 2. Michael “Bonzo9876” Katz — $53,280 3. ashaman64 — $39,960 4. DarkHorse19 — $30,802 5. shhhookem — $23,310 6. Raj […]
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32Red Poker Revenue Down 12 Percent
UK-based online gaming company 32Red today reported half-year 2010 revenue for poker was down 12 percent from £500,000 to £400,000. The company commented on the decline saying, “As reported by other operators, the poker market remains tough but the Board hopes that moves to attempt to restrict those operators still accepting bets from the US […]
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BetSoftGaming Launches 3D Online Poker Room
European online poker players have a new 3D poker room to play at from today. BetSoftgaming has launched Poker3 which will challenge a space in the market dominated by PKR.com. Utilising what the company describes as “cinematic quality avatars with stunning, real life animations that bring the game of poker to the next level,” Poker3 […]
