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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 […]

Online Poker: Ben Warrington Wins Big at Full Tilt Poker

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: $1,605,400 Entrants: 8,027 Places Paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1. ROMDOM — $225,408* 2. Frank “gator93” Hernandez — $192,000* (pictured right) 3. bigbadbandit — $120,405 4. aiglix […]

Italian Makes World Series of Poker November Nine

After eight days of play the World Series of Poker main event has reached its final table but this year only one European player sits among the November Nine. Filippo Candio from Cagliari, Sardinia in Italy is a 26-year-old poker pro whose major score to date was winning the Campionato Italiano in 2009 for €140,000. […]

Jamie Burland Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton

Jamie Burland, a UK pro, has won the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton, topping the field of 259 in the £1,000 + £100 buy in event at the Rendezvous Casino. The heads up battle between Burland and Tomas Cibak from the Czech Republic lasted just seven hands with the players starting virtually equal […]

Italian Firm Provides Poker to Quebec Government

The Canadian province of Quebec is to launch regulated, state-run poker in the final quarter of 2010 and the software and back-end management will be provided by GTech G2, a division of Italy’s Lottomatica. Loto-Québec president and chief executive officer Alain Cousineau said, “We will be offering Québecers a choice of entertaining games like poker, […]

2010 WSOP Main Event November Nine Set!

The most anticipated final table of the year is set! The final nine players have emerged from the initial field of 7,319 at the 2010 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event, which began all the way back on July 5. Jonathan Duhamel ended the night/morning with the chip lead after eliminating the […]

Brits Dominate UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton

The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour is down to its final 13 players as the final table was brought forward to today due to the speed with which players were knocked out of the £1,100 buy in game at the Rendezvous Casino, Brighton. The event attracted 259 players and the winner will receive £65,400. […]

Poland Planning Online Poker Ban

Poland has drafted legislation which will regulate online gaming in the country but ban online poker. The European Gaming and Betting Association said that a number of key provisions in the draft proposals, including the “unjustified” ban on online poker are “highly doubtful under EU law” and has urged Polish lawmakers to revise the treaty. […]

WSOP: Final Three Tables Set at Main Event

Since the poker boom, every World Series of Poker seems to get a “Year of the” label. This year, however, has been much tougher to give a label to, but if Michael Mizrachi can survive Saturday and make the November Nine, it might be time to label the 2010 World Series of Poker “The Year […]

Q & A With Main Event Threat Thorson

William Thorson has been into the abyss of the World Series of Poker Main Event before. The 27-year-old Team PokerStars Pro has a shot at redemption, as he currently sits with one of the biggest stacks in the room with just over 40 players left in the 2010 Main Event. Thorson, who hails from Sweden, […]

2010 WSOP Spotlight -- Eric Baldwin

In spite of himself, Eric Baldwin can’t help but let the fantasy creep into his mind. He’s on top of the Rio, as ESPN films him and eight other players for its opening segment of this year’s November Nine broadcast. Just as Baldwin starts to feel warm and fuzzy from his dream, he forcibly shakes […]

This Week in Poker: July 10 – 16

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: […]

The Scoop -- Watch Part II with Vanessa Selbst this Week

Vanessa Selbst talks about first playing poker live when she learned the game and how that has contributed to her live tournament success on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out her interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV and you […]

Moritz Kranich Wins WPT Bellagio Cup VI

Moritz Kranich has won the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup VI. The German used aggressive play and a little help from lady luck to beat a tough final table Thursday featuring Justin Smith, who made the final table in this same event in 2009, and Phil Ivey, who was appearing at his record-setting ninth WPT […]

Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott Poker Autobiography Out September

Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, one of poker’s most famous, successful, and notorious characters publishes his long awaited autobiography on September 9, 2010 through leading publishing house Penguin. “Devilfish – The Life & Times of a Poker Legend” is now available for pre-order at Amazon.co.uk and tells the colourful life story of the UK’s leading all-time tournament […]

The Grinder Still Near the Top of WSOP

The prospects for a November Nine stacked with professional talent are usually dashed by this point of the World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. This year things feel a little different at the end of day 6 with 78 players remaining. Not only are some big names still in contention, they also […]

Details of Betfair's Move to Ongame Poker Released

BetfairPoker.com has released further information on its imminent move to the Ongame poker network. The move will take place on July 27 and some features of the new site will include $13 million in guaranteed tournaments each month, five times more players, a new loyalty scheme, four new games. The new site will also be […]

32Red Poker Revenue Falls 14 Percent in First Half 2010

Poker revenue dropped 14 percent at 32Red in the first half of 2010 compared to the same six months in 2009 according to the company’s latest trading statement. Revenue for the first six months of 2010 was £400,000 compared to £500,000 a year earlier. These figures echo the decline of revenue for full year 2009 […]

Foxwoods Announces Mega Stack Challenge XVII Schedule

Foxwoods Resort Casino announced the schedule for the Mega Stack Challenge XVII today. The tournament series will run from August 17-23, and it will include three tournaments, a $340 no-limit hold’em event on Tuesday, Aug. 17, a $560 no-limit hold’em event on Aug. 19, and the $1,650 no-limit hold’em main event on Aug. 21. The […]

Breeze Zuckerman -- Last Lady Standing

From law school to a career as a journalist and from selling Beanie Babies on eBay to providing life coaching, Breeze Zuckerman has led a fascinating life. But 11 months ago, when a group of her female friends decided to host a little soirée with some dinner and some cards, her life would undergo one […]

WSOP: Q & A With Theo Jorgensen

With 3,088,000 in chips, Theo Jorgensen sits in fifth place entering day 6 in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event. There are only 205 players remaining and the list of notables is shrinking, but Jorgensen is hoping that his experience will help him navigate the final few days en route to a spot […]

Bellagio Cup VI: Ivey at 9th WPT Final

Phil Ivey was one of several who didn’t bother to enter the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup VI until day 3, but he’s the only one of that bunch who played his way into Thursday’s final table. The $10,000 buy-in main event kicked off Sunday with 243 entrants entering the Bellagio’s Fontana Lounge, but because […]

European Masters of Poker Bulgaria Satellites Continue

The European Masters of Poker next rolls into Sunny Beach, Bulgaria from July 28 to August 1 and online qualifiers for the main event are underway across the Entraction poker network on sites such as 24hPoker.com, C4A.com, NoIQPoker.com, Pokerihuone.com, Pokerdassi.com, and Potraiser.com, for as little as €2 or 200 VIP points. Each day players can […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton Starts Today

The sixth leg of season one on the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour gets underway today at the Rendezvous Casino, Brighton. The event has a £1,000 + £100 buy in and capacity for 300 players. Femi Fakinle (pictured) won the last leg of the tour in Killarney, Ireland In June taking down €63,400 and […]

888 Awarded French Online Poker Licence

888, owner of Paradise Poker, yesterday announced it has been awarded a licence to operate an online poker site by French regulator, Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En Ligne (ARJEL). Gigi Levy, chief executive of the publicly-quoted gaming operator said, “We are delighted to receive a licence to operate in France. We believe that the […]

WSOP: Top Pros at Top of the Chip Counts

The floor of the Amazon Room is starting to look very bare as tables are being broken and taken away. It’s starting to get down to the nitty gritty of the 2010 World Series of Poker main event, and players are starting to envision making the final table. There were 574 players who made their […]

WSOP: Q & A With Day 5 Leader Matt Affleck

For the second straight year, Matt ‘MCMATTO’ Affleck has been among the chip leaders at the end of day four of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Affleck was chip leader with 1,819,000 when the chips were bagged and tagged on day four in 2009. This summer, Affleck sat in fourth place with 1,395,000 […]

Adam Schoenfeld Finds Another Cash

Once upon a time, Adam Schoenfeld was known as the guy who simply couldn’t cash in a World Series event. It didn’t matter what he played or how hard he tried. He would enter and inevitably fall before the money bubble. He played up his struggles for the cameras, and before he knew it, Schoenfeld […]

Marc Colomé Wins PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Madrid

Marc Colomé, 22-years-old from Barcelona, won the €1,000 buy in PokerStars.com Estrellas Poker Tour in Madrid to cap a great week for the Spaniards after their football team won the World Cup in South Africa. The Spanish dominated the final table and Colomé lifted €67,519 for topping the field of 291 players beating Romanian Adrian […]

WSOP: Main Event Money Bubble Pops

It’s probably the biggest celebration at the World Series of Poker. The moment the money bubble burst in the WSOP main event. That celebration took place on Tuesday evening as 747 players can now say that they have cashed in the 2010 WSOP main event. There were 1,205 players that came back to the Rio […]