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A Poker Life: Steve O'Dwyer

Steve O’Dwyer may seem like an unlikely candidate to take the tournament circuit by storm, but that’s exactly what he’s been doing this last year. The 30-year-old pro spent years grinding and refining his game, but it was only recently that he broke through and put all the pieces together. O’Dwyer has more than doubled […]

Les Fenton Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Goliath

Les Fenton topped a field of 1,954 in the six-day £100 + £20 buy-in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Goliath for a payday of £31,210 (post-deal), plus a seat in the GUKPT Champion of Champions. Going into the day with almost a third of the chips in play, it took less than five hours for […]

Asia Poker Tour Mauritius Finds First Champion

The first Asian Poker Tour Asian Series event held outside of Asia has been won by Bruno Tadebois. The Mauritian bested a field of 114 from 11 countries to take the trophy, the title, and €22,840 in his home land. The final table was a mix bag with players from Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion Island, and […]

Martyn Frey Wins GUKPT Coventry Main Event

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Coventry main event has been won by Martyn Frey who lifted £36,610 for his victory over a field of 122 players at the G Casino. Last year the £1,070 buy in main event attracted 145 players and was won by Julian Thew. Thirteen players got paid from the £122,000 prize […]

Latest Issue Of Card Player Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features the Normandie Casino, along with the top 10 moments from this summer’s World Series of Poker. Other features in this issue include player interviews with Steve O’Dwyer, Brian Hastings and Barry Greenstein as well as strategy columns from the likes of Roy […]

Peter Konas Wins Record Tourney At Delaware Park

After a whopping 36 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds, the Iron Man Poker Challenge finally concluded early Monday morning at the Delaware Park poker room. The tournament played from start to finish with no breaks whatsoever. The only time the action was paused was when tournament officials did a chip color up at each […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Goliath Final Today

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) £100 + £20 Goliath event is down to its final table from a whopping 1,954 players. The last day of play will take place alongside the GUKPT Coventry main event final stage at the G Casino at the Ricoh Arena from noon. 2010 GUKPT Luton finalist Les Fenton leads […]

High Stakes Poker Pro Buys Ticket To Space

Finnish poker pro Jens Kyllönen will enter the highest limits possible when he boards a flight for space in 2014. Kyllönen, who has been reaping the rewards of his online success, reserved his seat for a pricey €160,000. “I’ve always been fascinated with space and now that I have the opportunity to be within the […]

Paddy Power Poker Goal Predictor Starts September 1

With the English Premier League now well underway and soccer back on the agenda full time PaddyPowerPoker.com launches the €2,500 Goal Predictor on September 1. The month-long soccer competition will see 400 poker players get paid and the winner will take down €600 for topping the leader board after trying to correctly predict the scores […]

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 August 27th through September 2nd. Head to our Tournament […]

Mikalai Pobal Wins EPT Barcelona Main Event

Mikalai Pobal from Belarus has won Spain’s largest ever poker tournament, the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event. Pobal upset the odds to beat 1,081 opponents to take down the €1,007,005 top prize at Gran Casino in the Catalan capital including two Finns – Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Joni Jouhkimainen who claimed second and […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

This week saw Joe Hachem apologise on Twitter for a tweet and photo he posted last weekend which featured a baby and a smoking pipe with the comment, “Go blues, shisha for all, can never be too young”. The poker playing family man did not expect the reaction it got (or obviously for people to […]

Poker Hand Of The Week: What's Your Play?

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]

Sahamies Leads EPT Barcelona Final Table

Finnish poker pro Ilari Sahamies is the chip leader going into the final day of play at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event. Sahamies, also known by his online moniker Ziigmund, is hoping to follow up his fourth place in last weekend’s Super High Roller event where he earned €291,900. The €5,000 + […]

Joe Hachem Smoking Baby Tweet Catches Fire

Aussie poker pro and former World Series of Poker main event winner Joe Hachem got himself into a spot of bother on Twitter this week when he posted a picture of a baby apparently smoking a shisha pipe. The tweet said, “Go blues, shisha for all, can never be too young”. The situation quickly escalated […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Coventry Main Event Starts

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Coventry main event gets underway today Saturday August 25 at midday local time. The G Casino Coventry hosts the event which last year attracted 145 players and was won by Julian Thew who lifted £42,740. Players will start the £1,000 + £70 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament with 20,000 in […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. MGM Unveils Plans For Western Massachusetts Casino MGM Resorts International has unveiled a plan for a $800 million casino resort in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. The proposal includes a 250-room hotel and 89,000 square feet of gambling space, along with a bowling […]

German Poker Pro Appeals Taxes On Winnings

A former poker player is appealing against having his winnings of more than $1 million taxed. According to Tax-News.com, the test case is being looked into by a tax court in Cologne, which will have to conclude whether or not the game relies on luck or skill in order to reach a decision. The tax […]

Titan Poker Takes Over Celebpoker

Hot on the heels of the news that Dracula Poker was being sucked up by Titan Poker Celebpoker has announced it is in an unfit state to continue ahead of the upcoming iPoker network split. Once upon a time the online poker room’s marketing angle saw it partner with top Hollywood stars like Lou Diamond […]

WPT Legends of Poker Main Event Preview

The 2012 WPT Legends of Poker series of 37-events at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA will reach its climax this week, with the $3,700 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker main event finishing things off with a bang. The main event begins at noon on Friday, August 24th and will continue until a […]

Attend Women In Poker Hall Of Fame Ceremony

The 2012 Women in Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on August 31, 2012, at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. The latest class will induct Kathy Raymond, Director of Poker Operations at the Venetian Resort and Hotel, and J.J. Liu, noted professional poker player. They will join the ranks […]

South Point Receives OK To Begin Web Poker

Nevada’s five-member Gaming Commission has given South Point Casino the first license to operate intrastate web poker in United States gambling history. Unlike many of its soon-to-be competitors, the Silver State casino company isn’t relying on a third-party firm to run its games. The license comes about 16 months after the U.S. Department of Justice […]

Bad Beat Poker Jackpot Folds At Merge Gaming

Carbon Poker, a skin on the Merge Gaming Network, has announced that its (and hence, the network’s) Bad Beat Jackpot is coming to an end. Once the current jackpot is hit, a new one will not take its place. According to a site representative, this is being done to ensure “a healthier poker room ecology”. […]

Changes Made To European Poker Tour London And Berlin

This season of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) will see a couple of changes; the London stop has found a new home, and there has been a change of date for EPT Berlin. Firstly, EPT London will take place next spring, Mar. 6-16, at The Landmark Hotel. Originally one of the nineteenth century’s great […]

WSOPE Gets Non-Bracelet High Roller Event

The World Series of Poker Europe, which rolls into Cannes, France from September 21 to October 5 has announced a new non-bracelet event – a €50,000 buy in super high roller re-entry tournament. It starts on October 2 and will play out over three days and allow rebuys until the second level of play on […]

Definitive Poker Rule Book Published

The International Federation of Poker today publishes “The Rules of Poker”, the first attempt to set out a definitive reference and dispute resolution source. The beautifully designed hardback book has been produced by the IFP and its rules committee – David Flusfeder, Devanir Campos, Roy Houghton, Thomas Kremser, and James McManus – with a view […]

bestbet To Kick Off Jacksonville Summer Series

Can you feel it? It’s that time again. What time? Great tournament action time at bestbet Jacksonville. This marks the return of the bestbet Summer Series and features seventeen great events capped off with a $300,000 guaranteed World Poker Tour Regional Main Event. The bestbet Summer Series will run from Aug. 24 all the way […]

South Point Set To Receive Web Poker License

During tomorrow’s hearing by Nevada’s five-member Gaming Commission, South Point Hotel and Casino (South Point Poker LLC) will receive a license to operate web poker. The approval is unique because the casino isn’t relying on a third-party firm to run its games. In other words, it’s going to be conducting online poker in-house. But, this […]

Federal Judge Rules Poker Is Game Of Skill

Lawrence DiCristina was arrested last year, charged and convicted of running an illegal gambling business and faced up to 10 years in prison for spreading a poker game in a warehouse while taking a 5 percent rake. New York courts have long considered that poker contains a sufficient element of chance to constitute gambling under […]

Swedish Poker Player Accused Of Robbery And Extortion

According to Swedish Newspaper, Aftonbladet, a 23-year-old poker player is being held in custody for the robbery and extortion of hundreds of thousands of Krona from fellow Swedish poker players. There are seven or eight victims and a total of more than 20 crimes, with an informant stating that some of the players have lost […]