Poker News

Poker Legend Devilfish Autobiography Out Next Week

Curiosity and anticipation is rife as we approach the launch and release of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott’s new autobiography, Devilfish: Life and Times of a Poker Legend. The book, which will be launched tomorrow and published by Penguin on Sept. 9, reveals for the first time the true extent of the dangerous world Ulliott inhabited before […]

Greek Draft Legislation Blocks Foreign Poker Sites

The latest step in the Greek government’s attempts to regulate online gaming is, according to eGaming Review magazine, drafted legislation which will require Greek sports betting and online poker and casino providers to set up a server in their home country and open a Greece-based domain name. Greek news website, Kathimerini, reported that €5.5 billion […]

Poker Quiz: Playing Pair and a Flush Draw

Card Player documents some of the most talked-about hands in the poker world with Poker Hand Matchups. Getting the analysis of a hand is great, but we’d like to see what you, the reader, would do if you got the chance to sit down with the pros. Each week, we’ll bring you a scenario straight […]

Cake Poker to Debut Monday Night Football Tournaments

On Sept. 13, Cake Poker will debut Money Night Football tournaments. The tournaments, which will run every Monday for four weeks, will award any player who changes their screen name to reference their favorite football team and cashes in the tournament, an entry into a weekly $500 Kamikaze tournament. In addition to the football promotion, […]

2010 Poker Hall of Fame Nominations

The nominations are in and set for the 2010 class of the Poker Hall of Fame. After two months of voting, the public has spoken and 10 names will be given to a panel of media members and current Hall of Fame members to determine who will join the elite club. A total of 102 […]

Online Poker: Phil Ivey Finishes August Strong

While the high-stakes online cash games have been relatively quiet for stretches in the month of August, the past seven days to cap off the month have been fierce. Phil Ivey started off August strong and ended it in impressive fashion. He was one of the biggest winners over the past four weeks — winning […]

A Poker Life: Adam "Roothlus" Levy

When 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth was emceeing at the 2008 UB Aruba Poker Classic, he stumbled upon Adam Levy. Hellmuth had some needling ready for Levy, who had received some television airtime for a pot he won against Hellmuth in the 2008 World Series of Poker main event. “Hellmuth came up to me and […]

Kiyas Gungoren Wins Irish Poker Classic

A Turkish man living in Waterford, Ireland, Kiyas Gungoren, is the champion of the eighth annual Irish Poker Classic at the Macau Sporting Club in Cork. The €1,000 + €100 buy-in main event had a €100,000 guaranteed prize pool but this was surpassed by €23,000 and Gungoren took home the lion’s share with the first […]

WSOP-C: Blair Hinkle Wins at Council Bluffs

The $1,500 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back 13 players on the final day of competition from an initial field of 251 players. By the end of the night a champion was awarded a WSOP Circuit gold ring and the top prize of $88,555. That player was […]

European Poker Tour: Vilamoura Day 3

Day 3 has come to a close at the European Poker Tour Vilamoura €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event and there are just 24 players remaining from the original 384 players that entered the event. Today was especially tough on the professionals, particularly day 2 chip leader Brandon Cantu. He came into the day with 557,400 […]

Bodog Hosting Freeroll for Card Player Readers

In less than two weeks, Bodog will be offering Card Player readers an exclusive opportunity to qualify for the Bodog Poker Open V main event. The winner of the freeroll will receive a $500 seat to the $200,000-guaranteed main event on Oct. 3. Second to 10th place will be awarded an entry into a Sept. […]

Get Qualifying for European Masters of Poker Barcelona

With the sixth stop of the second season of the European Masters of Poker not far away, there is a lot going on at Entraction. All poker sites on the network including 24hPoker.com, C4A.com, NoIQPoker.com, Pokerihuone.com, and Pokerdassi.com are now hosting satellites and feeders for the €1,000 + €100 buy-in EMOP Barcelona main event for […]

888 Poker Revenue Drops 25 Percent

888 Holdings, the Israeli-owned gaming operator which owns 888 Poker, today reported first half 2010 poker revenue down 25.2 percent to $19.6 million compared to $26.2 million in the first half of 2009. No other key performance indicators were reported by 888 but the company said, “Trading in August has been significantly stronger than in […]

Dane Launches Beer With Poker Winnings

Soren Eriksen, a two-time New Zealand poker champion from Denmark but living down under, has won a gold medal at the BrewNZ awards for his micro-brewed “The Big Smoke” beer. The 30-year old, who used some of his poker winnings to start a brewing venture called 8 Wired Brewing, told the New Zealand Herald that, […]

WSOP Circuit: Council Bluffs Final Day

The final day of the first $1,500 main event on the 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule will take place on Tuesday, August 31 and Card Player is on the scene to bring you all of the action. The live coverage from the final day of the tournament will feature live updates, chip counts, […]

European Poker Tour: Vilamoura Day 2

Day 2 competition at the European Poker Tour Vilamoura €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event has ended and there is 70 players remaining from the original 384 players that entered the event. The money bubble will burst when 56 remain tomorrow so the pace of play should be interesting to watch when play begins. You can […]

Charlie Combes Wins UBOC Main Event

The fifth installment of the UB Online Championship Series (UBOC) concluded on Sunday with the $1,000 buy-in main event. The tournament boasted a $1 million guarantee, which was surpassed when the field sized reached 1,032 players. In the end, Charlie “CHAZ_MAN C” Combes defeated TOOCURIOUSSO heads up to take down the $230,445 first-place prize. Take […]

OPOY Spotlight: Taylor 'ambiguosity' Paur

The Card Player Online Player of the Year 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. Taylor “ambiguosity” […]

Online Poker: Peetoon Wins PokerStars Sunday Million

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 Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,638,000 Entrants: 8,190 Final Table Results: 1. Peetoon — $232,362* 2. FightnIrishh — $193,518* 3. RedIceRap — $122,850 4. trionojnika — $82,555 5. Randy “Randers” […]

WSOP Circuit: Live Updates Tuesday

The first $1,500 main event for the 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit tour will take place on Tuesday, August 31 and Card Player will be there to bring you all of the action from the final table. The live coverage will feature live updates, chip counts, and photos. You can check back early tomorrow […]

World Poker Tour London Starts Today

The World Poker Tour makes its first ever stop in the UK today, rolling into the Palm Beach Casino, London. Day 1A of the £5,000 + £300 buy in WPT London Poker Classic main event gets underway this afternoon and runs until September 4. It will be filmed for broadcast at a later date and […]

European Poker Tour: Vilamoura Day 1

Day 1 competition at the European Poker Tour Vilamoura €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event has ended and the first two flights of play attracted a large field of 384 players from 40 different countries over the weekend. The tournament is the largest ever hosted in Portugal and it tops the 322 players that attended this […]

Q & A With WSOP Vice President Ty Stewart

After a successful summer series at the Rio, Harrah’s announced a complete overhaul of their Circuit events. The message was met with a few groans, and with good reason. After all, it’s been years since past winners such as online poker stars Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey made regular appearances. But the WSOP wasn’t kidding […]

Entraction Poker Revenue Down 31 Percent

Poker revenue (gaming surplus) at Swedish network Entraction fell 31 percent to SEK72 million (€7.64 million) in the second quarter of 2010 compared to SEK104.8 million (€11.12 million) in the same period of 2009. Poker net sales for the quarter were SEK47.8 million, a decline of 36 percent compared to SEK75 million in the second […]

EPT: Vilamoura Event Begins Saturday

The PokerStars European Poker Tour pulls into the shores of Portugal beginning tomorrow at noon. The €5,000 EPT Vilamoura no-limit hold’em main event will run from August 28 until a champion is crowned at the final table on Wednesday, September 2. Last year Antonio Matias topped a field of 321 opponents to win the inaugural […]

This Week in Poker: August 21 – 27

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: Jared Jaffee — 3,478 (pictured […]

Dwan Begins Durrrr Challenge With Cates

Tom “durrrr” Dwan has begun his second Durrrr Challenge. Even though his match with Patrik Antonius is still more than 10,000 hands away from completion, Dwan started dueling against Daniel “jungleman12” Cates early Friday morning. Cates, a University of Maryland student, about a month ago expressed interest in Dwan’s offer to be the next participant […]

OPOY Race Update: Taylor Paur Continues to Lead

Just four months remain in the 2010 Card Player Online Player of the Year race, but unlike previous years, no player has been able to hold on to a sizable lead on the rest of the field. Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur still leads the way over reigning OPOY winner Steve “gboro780” Gross, but at just 256 […]

CPTV's The Scoop: Jean-Robert Bellande

Jean-Robert Bellande continues to discuss staking and his bankroll dilemmas, which he began talking about last week in part I, 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 […]

Blanca Games Acquires Cereus Poker Network

It was announced late Thursday afternoon that Blanca Games Inc. had acquired the Cereus Poker Network, which includes both the UB and Absolute Poker brands. The Kahnawake Gaming Commission approved the acquisition and a press release is due out from Tokwiro early next week. Despite new ownership, Blanca Games CEO Stuart Gordon assures that it […]