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Jonathan Duhamel Analyzes Key HandAt 22 years old, Jonathan Duhamel is the youngest member of the 2010 World Series of Poker main event November Nine. With nearly 66 million in chips, Duhamel is the far-and-away chip leader and the odds-on favorite to take down the title. The Montreal, Canada, native secured most of those chips with a monster pot […]
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Full Tilt and PKR Among Latest French Poker Licensees
FullTiltPoker and PKR were among the latest round of online poker rooms to be granted a licence to operate in the newly regulated French market. Five new poker licences were awarded by regulator Arjel yeterday and they were (operator – site): Rekop – FullTiltPoker.fr PKR France SAS – PKR.fr AD Astra — pokersubito.fr LB Poker […]
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Irish Classic Poker Festival Set For August
The eighth annual Irish Poker Classic takes place at the Macau Sporting Club, Cork, Ireland from August 16 to 22, 2010 with the €1,000 + €100 buy in main event seeing a €100,000 guaranteed prize pool. The schedule for the festival also includes a number of no-limit hold’em events with buy-ins ranging form €20 to […]
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Howard Lederer Through To Poker Million IX Final
Howard Lederer has won heat one of the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX beating recent World Series of Poker bracelet winner Richard “Chufty” Ashby heads up. Ashby entered heads up with a three-to-one chip lead but Lederer battled back to take a two-to-one chip lead before losing it again, clawing his way back to chip leader […]
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Online Poker: David Paredes Chops Up Full Tilt Sunday Major
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB, Bodog and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,663,800 Entrants: 8,319 Places Paid: 1,260 Final Table Results: 1. BarneyR2005 — $244,749 2. B Buddy — $178,858 3. nenita02 — $124,785 4. Richard “RonaldKosh” Fohrenbach — […]
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Betfair Poker Moves to Ongame Network Tomorrow
BetfairPoker.com makes its much anticipated move to the Ongame poker network tomorrow, Tuesday July 27. The new site, which is both PC and Mac compatible, will feature $13 million in guaranteed tournaments each month, five times more players, a new loyalty scheme, four new games – Omaha high-low, Seven-card stud high and high-low, and Five-card […]
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Festival Fever For UK & Ireland Poker Tour Edinburgh
The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour pulls in to Edinburgh, Scotland from August 19 to 22 and poker players who enjoy a little bit of culture are in for a treat – the event takes place during the world famous Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe arts festivals. Hosted in one of the […]
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November Nine Profile: John Dolan
Coming into this summer, John Dolan had quietly racked up nearly $1 million in tournament winnings over his career. In July, he had no choice but to accept the limelight as he made the main-event final table with more than 46 million in chips. The humble Florida pro is in excellent shape to take down […]
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Aussie Prison Escapee Taunts Police With Poker Invite
A 21-year-old who escaped from custody while on visit to a hospital in Townsville, Australia taunted police and prison authorities by inviting his friends to a poker game according to ABC.net.au. Justin Grant, who was being held on charges a variety of charges including drug offences, updated his Facebook page several times while on the […]
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Online Poker: Casey Jarzabek Continues to Lead OPOY Race
It’s been over a month since we’ve looked at the Card Player Online Player of the Year standings. The focus of the poker world was squarely on the WSOP but that didn’t stop a few players from climbing the OPOY standings throughout June and July. With more than 7,000 points, Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek remains in […]
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This Week in Poker: July 17 – 23
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 — 4,442 2: Sorel Mizzi — 3,862 3: Jeffrey Papola — 3,420 4: […]
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The Scoop -- Watch Ted Forrest on this Week's Episode
Ted Forrest discusses losing 45 pounds for a prop bet this summer 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 how the prop bet developed between Forrest and […]
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November Nine Profile: Jonathan Duhamel
Jonathan Duhamel can already envision it — a heads-up battle with The Grinder wherein the young Canadian emerges victorious and takes home nearly $9 million and poker’s most prestigious title. At 22, Duhamel is the youngest player at this year’s final table. With nearly 66 million in chips, he is also the far-and-away chip leader, […]
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Betsson Poker Revenue Falls 21 Percent Year-On-Year
Betsson Poker’s revenue plummeted 21 percent in the second quarter of 2010 to SEK25.3 million (€2.68 million) from SEK31.9 million (€3.38 million) in the same period of last year. The second quarter 2010 was also down 17 percent on the SEK30.3 million generated in the first quarter of 2010. Poker, as a percentage of overall […]
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PokerStars Balkan Poker Tour Grand Final Satellites
The PokerStars.com Balkan Poker Tour grand final takes place at the Golden Sands Resort, Varna, Bulgaria from September 2 to 5, 2010 and online qualifiers are underway. 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 […]
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Deion Sanders to Host Poker Event at Seminole Hard Rock
Former NFL cornerback, Major League Baseball outfielder, Florida State legend, and NFL Network sports commentator, Deion “Prime Time” Sanders will host a no-limit hold’em single-table poker tournament, on Thursday, Aug. 5 starting at 9 p.m. The prize package up for grabs will total $2,000. All participants will receive a football autographed by Sanders, a native […]
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Win a Trip to Watch 2010 WSOP FT
The 2010 WSOP November Nine have been decided, and Card Player is giving its readers a chance to win a dream trip to see the winner crowned! Create your own funny or unique cover for a Card Player magazine and you and a friend could be headed to watch the 2010 WSOP main-event final table […]
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David Sands Newest Member of Brunson 10
At the start of the World Series of Poker, four players began a competition to win a spot as a member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10. Dan “djk123” Kelly, David “DocSands” Sands, Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka and Michael “Martine23” Martin all signed up to compete in the contest that awarded points based on WSOP performance. After […]
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888 and Microgaming Get French Poker Licence
Microgaming and 888 have been awarded a licence to operate in the French online poker market by regulator ARJEL. A joint venture established by the two companies will now launch into the increasingly active, regulated market. Roger Raatgever, CEO at Microgaming, said,“Today’s announcement represents an important step in the development of the industry and marks […]
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Full Tilt Poker Renews Million Dollar Cash Game Deal
Emblaze Productions has announced FullTiltPoker.com will continue to sponsor the Million Dollar Cash Game for the next three years. This year’s invite-only event will be filmed in London on September 8 and 9 in high definition and will feature some of poker’s biggest names including Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan (pictured), Phil Hellmuth, and Chris Ferguson. […]
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Frank’s Poker Bill Nears Mark-up, Vote
Analogies were quite popular in Wednesday’s Congressional hearing on Rep. Barney Frank’s online poker bill. Rep. Spencer Bacchus (R-AL) compared poker players to heroin addicts, poker pro Annie Duke compared the opposition’s argument to the mindset of a tyrannical China or Iran, and two witnesses on the panel likened the notion of allowing current poker […]
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CPsocial Poker Blogs of the Week -- July 21, 2010
Here are our picks for this week’s best CPsocial member blogs: MattyF had two interesting blogs this week, so we figured we’d highlight both of them: Folding = Making Money by MattyF In this blog, MattyF discusses the under-appreciated idea of how folding is a long-term money-making proposition in a lot of cases. Don’t always […]
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November Nine Q and A: Michael Mizrachi
It would be an understatement to say that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi had a good summer at the World Series of Poker. He kicked things off by winning the $50,000 Players Championship and he finished it off by making the November Nine in seventh chip-position with 14,450,000. In between stamping his mark on the two […]
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Everest Poker Sponsors Lyon F.C. Away Jersey
The Everest Poker brand will appear on French football giants Olympic Lyonnais away jerseys in the upcoming 2010/11 season. Sister company, Betclic, which is also owned by Mangas Gaming, will appear on the Lique 1 team’s home jersey. The French gaming market has recently been liberalised and regulated allowing online gaming operators who secured a […]
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Betfair Opens November Nine Betting Market
Online betting exchange Betfair has opened a World Series of Poker main event final table betting market. Prices for the November Nine (at time of writing) are: Seat 1: Jason Senti — 7,625,000 — 19/1 Seat 2: Joseph Cheong — 23,525,000 — 7/2 Seat 3: John Dolan — 46,250,000 — 11/4 Seat 4: Jonathan Duhamel […]
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Profiling the 2010 November Nine
A monstrous field of 7,319 began this tournament. Now, only nine remain. At first glance, it appears to be a mostly homogeneous group. Eight of the nine players are in their twenties, and none of those eight have a job outside of poker. There’s only one true amateur at the table — at the ripe […]
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New Chief Executive Officer for PokerStars
Gabi Campos has been appointed chief executive officer at PokerStars.com according to eGaming Review. The online news site exclusively revealed the appointment today saying founder Isai Scheinberg would continue as chief technical officer and his son Mark will take the position of chairman at PokerStars. Campos was formerly head of Dragonfish, the business-to-business arm of […]
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Playtech launches iPoker Network in France
Israeli online poker software developer Playtech launched its iPoker network in France today with Chilipoker the first room to open tables at the new site. Having been granted a licence to operate in the market iPoker will also launch poker rooms on its network for JOA, Groupe Tranchant and Casino du Golfe in the coming […]
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FullTilt.com Poker Million Returns This Month
The FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX begins its long and winding road to the December final table this month as the first three heats take place from July 26 to 28 in London. Among those taking part in the initial round of sit ‘n’ gos are Howard Lederer, Ross Boatman, Chris Ferguson, Stuart Rutter, Patrik Antonius, […]
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Shawn Marion Foundation Charity Tournament Saturday
Former UNLV Rebel and NBA All-Star Shawn Marion (pictured left) will be hosting a charity poker tournament this Saturday to benefit the Shawn Marion Foundation, which raises awareness and funds for single parents. Proceeds will provide scholarships for UNLV single parents. The Shawn Marion Foundation Tournament features a $250 buy-in and will take place on […]
