Poker News

Online Poker Is Considered Skill In India, But Still Illegal

A local court in New Delhi, India’s capital city, has ruled that betting on skill games on the Internet isn’t lawful, Indo-Asian News Service reported this week. The ruling came after a company requested some guidance on the matter prior to potentially launching a product. The start-up firm reportedly was looking to offer games such […]

Antonio Esfandiari Not Chasing A Poker 'High'

Last week, poker pro Antonio Esfandiari appeared on the Howard Stern Show. He was hit with a lot of questions about the game of poker and the lifestyle of a professional. Stern and his co-host, Robin Quivers, tried to figure out what percentage Esfandiari had of himself in the $1 million buy-in World Series of […]

A Look At The Week In Tournament Poker

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from Sept. 24-30. Head to our tournament database for more […]

Tunisian Wins World Series Of Poker Europe Event

The first event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe, the €2,700 ($3,490) buy-in sixhanded no-limit hold’em tournament, has been taken down by Imed Ben Mahmoud, the first gold bracelet winner from Tunisia. Mahmoud took the lion’s share of the €544,800 prize pool, €147,099, for topping a field of 227. The final table featured […]

World Series of Poker Europe Events Streamed Live

All World Series of Poker Europe final tables are being streamed live from Cannes, France and the action is being sponsored and hosted by 888poker. Additionally 888 has recruited three new recruits to its team for the Series – Jesse Sylvia, Russel Thomas and Jake Salinger who join Sam Holden and Tyler Bonkowski. Gareth Edwards, […]

Robin Keston Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London

Leg 10 of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) has been taken down by Robin Keston. The Brit receives £84,310 from a total prize pool of £315,000 for topping a field of 315 at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino. Keston, who has more than $1 million in live winnings to his name, had taken advantage of […]

Internet Gamblers Begin Paying For New NFL Stadium

Certain gamblers in the state of Minnesota have started to help pay for a new Vikings football stadium, a massive project that was approved by lawmakers this past spring. The Pioneer Press recently reported that local drinkers can now play low-stakes “pull-tabs,” similar to slot machines, on bar-controlled iPads (devices created by the most valuable […]

Massey: Pro Poker Players Come In Many 'Types'

After taking down the River Poker Series main event earlier this month for a whopping $651,559, Aaron Massey is oozing with confidence. And why wouldn’t he be? The Chicagoan has racked up more than $1 million in tournament winnings, and feels his best days are still to come. He currently sits in the top 100 […]

Mac Book, €10,000 And EMOP Package At BetVictor Poker

Tonight, Sunday September 23, sees BetVictor Poker give away the fourth of five Apple MacBook Air laptops as part of its 10K Tournamania no-limit hold’em event tonight at 7:25 (CET). Players are also guaranteed a €10,000 prize pool with the MacBook Air going to the winner and second and third receiving an iPad. Additionally anyone […]

Ben Hamnett Wins 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open

Ben Hamnett has emerged victorious in the 2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open main event, earning his first WPT title and $818,847 for the win. “I’m glad I played my best. That’s the most I could hope for. I’m glad I got lucky, and I’m glad it all worked out,” the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based professional […]

Vietnam Citizens To Be Barred From New Casino

If you live in Vietnam you won’t be allowed to gamble at the country’s massive new casino set to open next year. The country’s Ministry of Finance maintains that only foreigners and Vietnamese living in other countries will be allowed on the gaming floor, according to Tuoi Tre News. In other words, about 88 million […]

Spanish TV Network Makes Online Poker Move

Spain’s largest TV network, Mediaset España, has signed a deal with Playtech which will see the Israeli-gaming developer offer it a full suite on online gaming products including poker. The company said, “This is a particularly strategic step for both parties, as Mediaset España is listed among Spain’s 35 strongest companies on the main Spanish […]

Mickey Petersen Wins English Poker Open

Mickey Petersen from Denmark has won the English Poker Open at the Fox Poker Club, London. Last held in 2010 the tournament saw numbers fall from 193 to 137 and the buy in drop from £3,500 to £2,180. Subsequently the top prize of £78,660 was well down on the £220,650 won by Fabian Quoss two […]

NV Won't License Credit Card Firms For iPoker

Nevada is about to embark on its real-money online gaming experiment, and it doesn’t necessarily want to have to license firms like Visa, Bank of America and Google. On Thursday in Las Vegas, Silver State gaming regulators adopted revisions to a set of rules overseeing so-called “service providers” — companies that will be involved with […]

Pro Sues Training Site, Company Fires Back

Scandals have become commonplace within poker. This week, attorneys for poker pro Phil Galfond filed a civil complaint in the state of Texas against Bluefire Poker, the training site that he left last year, Courthouse News reported. Galfond has claimed that the company he co-founded stiffed him of money. According to the court document, Galfond […]

Annie Duke Pens New Poker Book, Still Faces Criticism

Annie Duke has co-authored a new poker book, she said on her Twitter account Thursday. Proofing @vanessarousso and my heads up poker book.Really excited to see this come out this year. — Annie Duke (@AnnieDuke) September 20, 2012 With more than 41,000 followers, Duke, 47, has one of the larger social media followings among poker […]

Frenchman Wins World Poker Tour Malta Main Event

Yorane Kerignard from France has won the €3,300 buy in World Poker Tour Malta main event. The New York resident beat Jackson Genovesi heads up in the 169 runner field but had to rely on a little bit of luck to do so hitting runner-runner cards to make two pair ahead of his opponent’s top […]

Irish Winter Poker Festival Mega Satellite Announced

On Sunday, Oct. 14, PaddyPowerPoker.com is holding a €180 + €12 buy-in no-limit hold’em Irish Winter Festival Mega Satellite at 8 p.m. with 20 main event packages worth €1,800 each on the line. Packages include four nights stay at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, €329 for travel expenses, and most importantly, the €1,125 buy-in for […]

BetVictor Poker Moves To Microgaming Network

BetVictor will move to the Microgaming poker network by the end of September. The move comes in the wake of International Game Technology’s decision to close the former Entraction network which it bought last year for around $115 million. Earlier this week Microgaming announced that it will also host iGame Malta rooms PokeriHuone and 24hPoker. […]

World Series of Poker Europe Kicks Off Friday

The World Series of Poker Europe is set to return to the resort town of Cannes, France in 2012, with the prestigious series kicking off on Friday, September 21st and running through October 4th at the Majestic Barrière hotel. A total of seven WSOP gold bracelets will be awarded. In addition to battling for the […]

Two Gaming Companies Receive iPoker OK

On Thursday, Nevada’s five-member Gaming Commission granted licenses to WMS Gaming Inc. and American Casino & Entertainment Properties to be involved with the state’s upcoming intrastate online poker industry. WMS is a technology firm, while ACEP owns a number of Nevada casinos. Their coupling on Thursday doesn’t mean that they will necessarily do business together. […]

WPT Announces First Event In Mainland China

This week it was announced that the World Poker Tour will, for the first time, bring big-time tournament poker action to mainland China. In cooperation with Beijing Ourgame Ltd., the first-ever WPT National China tournament will be held at the MGM Grand Sanya Resort on the tropical beaches of Sanya, Hainan Island, China from December […]

Poker Life: Chris 'SLOPPYKLOD' Klodnicki

Michael Mizrachi won the 2012 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship. The guy who finished second? That’s Chris Klodnicki, a 27-year-old pro who has been one of the most consistent players on tour, despite flying under the radar. The New Jersey native has earned over $5.6 million in tournaments over the course of […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London Main Event Starts

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London main event gets underway today in London. The £1,000 + £70 no-limit hold’em tournament has two day 1s which kick off at 2 p.m. and players start with 20,000 in chips and a one hour clock. The tournament is a re-entry event with players allowed one re-entry per day […]

William Hill Considers Sportingbet Takeover Bid

William Hill has confirmed it is in the preliminary stages of considering a bid for Sportingbet, the online bookmaker and poker operator. Hill said it had teamed up with GVC Holdings to look at the move which, if successful, would see it take Sportingbet’s Australian and other “locally licensed businesses” while GVC Holdings would absorb […]

Full Tilt Payment Processor Pleads Guilty

Nelson Burtnick, who worked as the payment processor for Full Tilt Poker, has pleaded guilty in a federal court room in New York, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. He could face up to 15 years in prison. However, the Associated Press reported that the judge will likely take it easy on him. Burtnick also did work […]

The Poker Player's Guide To Chess Gambling

One of America’s most famous chess games took place at the 2007 World Series of Poker in a luxury Las Vegas house. Greg Shahade, my brother, played chess against Tom “durrrr” Dwan for $50,000. Greg, an international chess master, played without one of his rooks (the most powerful piece aside from the queen) to compensate […]

IGT Kills Its European Online Poker Business

Nevada-based International Game Technology, perhaps known best by its dominance in the slot machine market in the Silver State, is saying goodbye to its real-money online poker operations in Europe, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. The news comes about a week after the company announced that it will shutdown the Entraction Poker Network, which it bought […]

POY Update: Charania and Baker Make Moves

A number of major moves were made around the world this week in the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. Here’s a look at the players who made the biggest moves this week. WPT Grand Prix de Paris A total of 228 players turned out for the €7,500 ($9,442) […]

BetVictor Poker Hosts EMOP Dublin Freeroll Wednesday

The European Masters of Poker moves on to Dublin, Ireland for its final stop on season four and poker players can get in on the action tonight at BetVictor Poker. The third in a series of Iron Man freerolls takes place at the site tonight, Wednesday September 19, 2012 at 20:15 CET. Players need just […]