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No Longer Just a Norman Chad Zinger

If you’re a hardcore poker fan who used to devour the ESPN poker coverage back in the day, you might recognize Josh Tieman. Before this summer, Tieman was best known in the poker community for his brief appearance on ESPN’s U.S. Poker Championship coverage in 2006, when commentator Norman Chad poked fun of the baby-faced […]

Mastercard Launches My Poker Card in UK

Mastercard has launched a new pre-paid debit card in the UK aimed specifically at online poker players. My Poker Card means players can play online poker without ever having to register a bank account or credit card details over the Internet. Players can top up their poker account with cash at any of the 12,500 […]

WSOP: Lowball Gets Increased Field Size

Day one of event no. 19 ($10,000 2-7 lowball no limit championship) saw some questionable strategy, comebacks from severe short stacks and a lot of big names. The event drew 101 players, eclipsing last year’s total of 96. They accumulated a prize pool of $949,400. There will be 14 places paid with the first player […]

Vanessa Rousso Introduces Poker Instruction App

Vanessa Rousso has become a leading poker professional in poker instruction during the last few years at her Big Slick Boot Camp and she is branching out once again in the field with the introduction of an app for the iPhone. The new poker game is Poker 1 on 1 with Vanessa Rousso and it […]

Jose Barbero Wins 2nd LAPT Title at Lima Main Event

The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour $2,700 no-limit hold’em main event in Lima, Peru attracted 384 players and the total prize pool was $931,200. The first-place prize was $250,000 and for the second time in a row that prize went to Jose Barbero (pictured right). He won the previous LAPT main event in Punta del […]

WSOP: Carter Phillips Wins Event No.16

Carter Phillips is a World Poker Tour title away from the poker hat trick. Wednesday evening at the Rio, Phillips won event No. 16 (no-limit hold’em six handed) at his first ever World Series of Poker. The 21-year-old dominated the final table of the event, needing less than three levels of play to walk away […]

WSOP -- Steve Gee Wins Event No. 13

Steve Gee’s largest tournament cash before Wednesday’s final table in event No. 13 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em) was just $4,500. However, when all the chips had settled, Gee added a $472,479 score to his poker résumé. Gee entered the final table third in chips but never found any real traction until the end. At a time […]

Frank Kassela Wins $10k Stud 8OB World Championship

The final day of event No. 15 ($10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better world championship) at the 2010 World Series Of Poker started with Frank Kassela (pictured right) holding the chip lead. It ended with Kassela holding his first career WSOP bracelet and $447,446. There were 18 players who returned on the final day, still two spots […]

EMOP Bulgaria Freerolls at DevilfishPoker This Month

DevilfishPoker.com has nine free European Masters of Poker Bulgaria packages left to give away this month with the fourth €2,000 package Iron Man freeroll taking place tomorrow, Thursday June 10 at 20:15 CET. There are also three packages from the three raked hand races taking place throughout the month. The VIP point Iron Man freerolls […]

French Poker Sites Delayed Until Autumn

Following on from yesterday’s announcement that France has begun issuing licences to online gaming and poker sites to allow them to operate in the country, analyst Daniel Stewart & Co has said poker sites are unlikely to be seen before autumn. “The poker licences will not become operational until a Maltese complaint relating to the […]

Dwan, ElkY, Others Will Play for TOC Spot

The World Series of Poker finally announced today what they were going to do with that final sponsor exemption for its 27-player Tournament of Champions. The final spot will be awarded to the winner of a nine-person sit-and-go, mostly comprised of the biggest stars who have never won a bracelet. Tom Dwan, Andy Bloch, Bertrand […]

World Series of Poker Spotlight: Lars Bonding

The first $5,000 no-limit hold’em event of the summer starts today at the 2010 World Series of Poker. One player who hopes to improve on his past success in these events is Lars Bonding, who went deep in both the $5,000 no-limit hold’em event (15th place), and the $5,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em event (30th place) […]

France Issues First Tranche of Online Gaming Licences

France has stuck to its plan and issued the first tranche of online gaming licences ahead of the start of the World Cup on Friday. Reuters newsagency said the regulator authority ARJEL had received 35 applications of which 17 were retained. Of these 11 have been formally granted licences. These are Francaise des Jeux, Pari […]

Frank Kassela Leads $10k Stud 8OB

After 18 levels of play and 152 eliminations, the field of event No. 15 ($10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better world championship) has yet to reach the money. The day ended with 18 players remaining, two spots shy of the 16 places that get paid. Eliminations occurred quickly throughout the course of the day as players like […]

International Poker Open Qualifiers Underway

Boylepoker.com has launched its satellite schedule for this year’s International Poker Open taking place from Oct. 15-17 at the Regency Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. There are three weekly feeder satellites on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday into the weekly final on Sunday. The full schedule is: Monday 7:45 BST — $5 + $0.5c no-limit hold’em rebuy/add-on […]

Kirill Telezkin Wins Russian Poker Series

The PokerStars.com Russian Poker Series, has been won by 18-year-old Kirill Telezkin. The tournament, held in Kiev, Ukraine, attracted a large turnout of 278 players, generating a prize pool of $688,215 with Telezkin taking down $171,350 for his victory. The full final table payouts were: 1. Kirill Telezkin (Russia) – $171,350
 2. Nikolay Chorny (Ukraine) […]

WSOP: Yan Chen Takes Event 14

Mike Wattel and Yan Chen arrived at the final table with hopes of winning a World Series of Poker bracelet, but Chen fell in fifth place and Wattel came up short, busting in third place. That was last year. This year’s story had a much different ending. Both players made two WSOP final tables in […]

WSOP Spotlight: Barry Shulman

Earlier this year, Barry Shulman became just the third poker player in history to collect two seven-figure tournament scores within four months. With his win in the WSOPE main event and his third-place finish in the PCA main event, Shulman’s lifetime tournament earnings catapulted to nearly $4.3 million. Now, going into the summer, he has […]

Online Poker: Adam Levy Chops at Full Tilt $750K Guarantee

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: $1,500,000 Entrants: 7,309 Places Paid: 1,080 Final Table Results: 1. Bear4rms — $204,342 2. General Tso0 — $159,104 3. Leon “APowers1968” Pizzle — $147,109 4. Michel1077 — […]

Finnish Pro Ville Wahlbeck Joins Team PokerStars Pro

PokerStars.com today announced its latest Team signing, Finnish poker pro Ville Wahlbeck. Wahlbeck, from Helsinki, is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner taking down the $10,000 mixed game event last year for $492,384 as well as making three other final tables at the Series for over $450,000. He is a multiple award winner and […]

Tom Dwan Finishes Second To Simon Watt

Simon Watt is the high-stakes gambler’s hero. Early Monday morning the former software developer defeated cash-game legend Tom “durrrr” Dwan heads up in event No. 11 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em) at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Watt, the 2009 APPT Auckland main event champion, prevented Dwan from winning the first bracelet of his young tournament […]

WSOP -- Phil Ivey Among Leaders in Stud 8ob

Sunday saw a small, pro-laden field when event No. 15, the $10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better event got under way at the 2010 World Series of Poker. There were 170 players, most of whom are considered the best players in the world, who took their seats in the Amazon room, dreaming of the $447,446 first place […]

WSOP: Matt Matros Wins Event No. 12

Card Player writer Matt Matros entered the 2010 World Series of Poker with more than $1.3 million in tournament winnings in his career, but throughout all of his success on the felt a WSOP bracelet had always eluded him. So it only seemed fitting that the poker coach and writer would use a textbook display […]

Dwan Guns For First WSOP Bracelet

The first-place prize in event no. 11 is $614,248, but for Tom “durrrr” Dwan, a win and his first bracelet could be worth nearly four times that amount. Dwan is the chip leader entering the final day of play in the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event and will have the best chance of the 21 players […]

Phil Laak Breaks World Record

Phil Laak can outplay biological processes. Early Saturday evening in the Bellagio poker room, the 37-year-old poker pro set the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous poker session on the felt. Laak passed Paul Zimbler’s mark of 78 hours, 25 minutes and 45 seconds set in 2009. The rules of the record attempt were […]

Men Nguyen Earns Seventh Bracelet

Men Nguyen captured event no. 10, the $10,000 7-card Stud World Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker for his seventh career bracelet, moving him into a tie for sixth all-time and joining the likes of Billy Baxter and Phil Ivey. Nguyen earned $394,800 for the victory and defeated Brandon Adams in an entertaining […]

New Poker Club For London

London poker players get treated to a new dedicated poker club on Shaftsbury Avenue in the capital in May when the Fox Poker Club will open its doors for the first time. The club, named after a notorious 18th century gambler Charles Fox, is 6,500 square feet and has a capacity of 200 players. It […]

WSOP: Dempsey Wins Event No. 9

Being punctual is not one of James Dempsey’s strong suits, but the same can’t be said about his pot-limit hold’em game. When the cards were in the air at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dempsey’s seat at the final table was empty and his stack was being blinded off. However, being 15 minutes late to the […]

World Series of Poker Spotlight: Sam Stein

Sam Stein has had a strong start to 2010, but many would agree that things could have gone a little bit better for the tournament professional. He has made five final tables so far, but he is still searching for his first major tournament title. His run has been impressive nonetheless and he has accumulated […]

$10k Stud: Schmelev Leads, Grinder 3rd

Vladimir Schmelev entered the 2010 World Series Of Poker as a relative unknown, but the Russian banker is on the verge of making two final tables in his first two tries. He finished second in event No. 2 ($50,000 Players Championship) and enters the final day of event No. 10 ($10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship) with […]