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Tennis Star Rafael Nadal Promotes Poker In TV AdOne of the biggest international sports superstars, eleven-time Grand Slam champion and tennis icon Rafael Nadal, announced a promotional relationship with online poker giant Poker Stars in June this year. The man known as “Rafa” is arguably the highest profile athlete ever to promote a poker site, with 11.2 million followers on Facebook and 2.4 […]
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Sam Trickett And Matchbook.com Part WaysSam Trickett’s sponsorship deal with Matchbook.com has come to an end. The online betting exchange said the arrangement had been mutually concluded after the objectives of both parties had been reached when Trickett came second in the $1 million buy in Big Drop for One Drop at this year’s World Series of Poker for $10 […]
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EMOP Barcelona Poker Action Peaks With Main EventThe European Masters of Poker (EMOP) Barcelona €1,000 + €100 buy-in main event starts today, Sept. 13, and will find its champion on Sept. 16. Last season, when Norwegian Andreas Hagen topped a field of 455 for a €90,310 payday, the popular stop’s main event went down as the highest attended tournament in EMOP history. […]
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Video Spotlight: Baker On High-Only Omaha 8/OBDavid Baker has cashed for more than $3 million in poker tournaments and recently won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $2,500 eight-game mix. This was one of four final tables Baker has made this year, with eight cashes during the 2012 WSOP and as a result he is currently ranked […]
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Feds Want Lederer's $10.5M Vegas MansionOn Tuesday, nearly a year after the U.S. government accused poker player Howard Lederer of helping orchestrate Full Tilt Poker’s fraud, prosecutors have released details of where the player money went. Lederer is on the hook for about $42.5 million worth of assets that the feds say are “traceable” to illegal activities in running Full […]
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Poker Hall Of Fame Announces Ten FinalistsThe World Series of Poker and Governing Council has announced the ten finalists for the 2012 class of inductees for the Poker Hall of Fame. After public nominations and a write-in by current members, the finalists have been trimmed to Chris Bjorin, David Chiu, Eric Drache, Thor Hansen, George Hardie, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, John Juanda, Tom […]
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Atlantic City Rebounds With 12.6 Percent GrowthThe sluggish Atlantic City casino industry had a solid month of August, reporting gaming revenue of $313.9 million, a 12.6 percent increase over August of 2011, when the city’s 12 casinos brought in $278.7 million. The numbers were helped by a surge from the new Revel Casino which cracked the $20 million in revenue mark […]
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Latest Issue Of Card Player Magazine Now OnlineThe latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features the 2012 World Series of Poker main event October Nine. The group, led by chip leader Jesse Sylvia, will return to the Rio in October to battle it out for the $8,527,982 first-place prize. Other features in this issue include player interviews […]
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Player of the Year: Smith & Schemion Climb In CannesThis week in the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker, the controversial final running of the Partouche Poker Tour made a huge impact on the POY race. Here’s an in-depth look at the players who made the biggest moves this week. Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final The Partouche Poker […]
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Unibet Open London Poker Festival BeginsThe Unibet Open London 2012 festival kicks off today, Sept. 12, and runs for five days, peaking with the crowning of the main event champion on Sunday, Sept. 16. The flurry of poker activity takes place at the brand new Aspers Westfield Casino in the heart of East London. Action kicks off with a £100 […]
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Full Tilt Poker Begins Hiring New StaffFull Tilt Poker is back in the job market after over 18 months which saw it lay off or lose most of its staff. The company, once one of the largest poker employers in the world, this week launched a new business, rational FT Services, to hire staff as it seeks to reinvent itself after […]
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Benyamine Joins International Stadiums Poker TourDavid Benyamine is the new French ambassador for the International Stadiums Poker Tour. Benyamine joins Sam Trickett, Patrik Atonius, and Liz Lieu in representing the ambitious tournament. The ISPT said, “David Benyamine made his announce [sic] while the Partouche Poker Tour, he becomes, now, the new French ambassador of ISPT. He just made few results […]
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WSOP Finalist 'Lucky To Be Alive' After Drug AddictionIn one way, 24-year-old Greg Merson is the most experienced player to ever make the World Series of Poker main event final table in its more than 40-year history. The Maryland native, who has made a living from online cash games, said he’s played about seven million hands on the virtual felt. Has Merson played […]
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Join Barry Shulman For A Poker Cruise TournamentOne of the most exciting stops on this year’s Card Player Poker Tour (CPPT) is scheduled for April of 2013, aboard the world’s largest cruise ship, the MS Oasis of the Seas. Card Player Cruises, the premier poker cruise company, will host the poker tournament April 13 – 20, 2013, during Royal Caribbean’s 7-Night Western […]
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English Poker Open 2012 Starts Next WeekThe English Poker Open (EPO) £2,000 + £180 main event begins on Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. (local time) at the Fox Poker Club in the West End of London, and will run until Friday, Sept. 21 when the 2012 champion will be crowned. There will be two starting days and players will sit down […]
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Chris Ferguson Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour TitleTwenty-three year old Scotsman Chris Ferguson has taken down the latest UK & Ireland Poker Tour stop at Aspers Casino in Newcastle for a payday of £87,640. It’s the second year in a row a Scotsman has taken the title, and to do so at the £770 buy-in main event Ferguson had to top a […]
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Betfair Poker Revenue Falls Four PercentBetfair Plc today released its financial information for May, June and July 2012 (Q1). The data showed that net gaming revenue for poker fell four percent from £5.4 million to £5.1 million in the same period last year. However the company said poker revenue was up three percent if the impact of regulation was factored […]
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Billionaire Steve Wynn $20 Million Richer After Slander CaseSteve Wynn, a Las Vegas casino owner, has won $20 million from a slander suit against “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis, the L.A. Times reported Monday. The case was over death threats that Francis alleged were made against him via email. Francis has maintained for years that Wynn wanted him buried in the desert. […]
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Nevada's July Gaming Revenue Hits $1 BillionNevada casinos reported more than $1 billion in gaming revenue for the month of July, according to a report released Monday by the state Gaming Control Board. The amount represents nearly a 17-percent increase from July 2011. Nevada collected about $67 million in “percentage fees” from the revenue. Clark County, home of the Las Vegas […]
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Adelson Chooses Madrid, Spain For 'EuroVegas' SiteLas Vegas Sands has announced that the casino company has chosen Madrid, not Barcelona, for a multi-billion dollar gambling resort which they are calling “EuroVegas.” In a statement released on Friday, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson explained why the capital city was picked for the project. “Barcelona is an outstanding tourism destination, […]
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German Wins Final Partouche Poker TourOle Schemion is the fifth and final main event winner of the Partouche Poker Tour. The German takes home a massive €1,172,850 for first place after topping a field of 489 in the €8,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament. Season five wrapped up in dramatic fashion with a controversial au revoir as at first the organizers […]
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Nikos Grammis Wins Grand Series Of Poker Live MaltaThe first stop of season three of the Grand Series Of Poker (GSOP) Live attracted more than *330 players to the Portomaso Casino in Malta. The victor was Greek player Nikos Grammis who was only playing his third ever live tournament. Grammis took home €69,085 for the win. His final opponent, Michal Polchlopek, received €44,645 […]
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World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris StartsThe World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris main event gets underway at the Aviation Club de France today. The €7,500 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament has two day 1s and players will get a 30,000 starting stack with a 90 minute clock. The action gets underway at 2 p.m. local time and Saturday’s final […]
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UK & Ireland Poker Tour Main Event Final TableThe PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Newcastle main event final table has been reached with nine players remaining from the total of 623 who started the £700 + £70 buy in event. All players are from the UK with the most notable being Sam Holden who made the final table of the World Series […]
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A Look At The Week In Tournament PokerIn 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 September 10th through the 16th. Head to our Tournament […]
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Win An Apple MacBook Air At BetVictor Poker SundayBetVictor Poker is giving away an Apple MacBook Air tonight as part of its 10K Tournamania no-limit hold’em event tonight Sunday Sept. 9 at 7:25 (CET). The tournament also has a €10,000 guaranteed prize pool and the winner gets the MacBook Air while second and third will receive an 1Pad. All players who take part […]
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Partouche Poker Tour Main Event Final Table SetThe final table of the Partouche Poker Tour main event has been set. Just six players remain in contention for the €1,172,850 top prize from a starting field of 489 in the €8,500 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament. The event has been largely overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the prize pool and whether or not […]
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A Look At News From Around The WebHere’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Sands Picks Madrid For EuroVegas Casino Project Las Vegas Sands has targeted Madrid for a multi-billion dollar gambling resort. Spain’s largest city will benefit from the creation of thousands of construction and service jobs. CEO Sheldon Adelson was willing to invest […]
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Poker Tournaments Kick Off Big Week In UKA month-long jamboree of poker gets underway in England this weekend with the Fox Poker Club September main event in London and the Sky Poker Tour grand final main event in Nottingham. The Fox Poker Club hosts its monthly main event starting Saturday September 8 at 2 p.m. The £400 + £35 main event has […]
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Nevada Crafts New Language For Poker Tech FirmsOn Thursday, one of Nevada’s regulatory bodies in charge of overseeing the state’s dominant casino industry added some new language in the rules for companies that will provide online-poker technology and information to brick-and-mortar properties. Over the past year or so, the Silver State has slowly been moving toward creating the nation’s first regulated intrastate […]
