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World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Finds Final Six

The World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic has found its final table from an original field of 329 and in the lead with a little more than 2.4 million in chips is Ran Azor. Closing in on him however is Marvin Rettenmaier who starts the day in third place on the leader board with 2 […]

Latest Issue Of Card Player Europe Now Online

Steve O’Dwyer heads the July issue of Card Player Europe, which is now available online. This feature sees the American pro candidly discuss his journey so far including the biggest bump in the road, Black Friday. Aside from this and pieces such as Europe’s top World Series of Poker achievements, the issue is filled to […]

Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw: Final Prelim Results

The inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw came to a close late Monday night when Maxx Dansky emerged victorious in the $1,080 main event, topping the 800 player field to win the $152,008 first-place prize, 912 Card Player Player of the Year points and the stunning championship bracelet. With that, the series came to a […]

South Point Poker Snags First Nevada Operator OK

Since at least 2011, South Point Casino has wanted to operate Nevada’s first real-money Internet poker site. On Wednesday, the company kept pace with that goal by snagging its first round of formal, public approval by state gaming regulators. The Gaming Control Board’s three-member panel voted to recommend licensure for South Point Poker LLC to […]

Qualify For International Poker Open Every Day

There are now even more ways to qualify for the ever popular International Poker Open, which is taking place this Oct. 19-21 at Dublin’s Regency Hotel, as Boylepoker.com has today expanded its super satellite schedule. Players can now qualify for the €230 buy-in main event every day at 8 p.m., as Wednesdays and Saturdays have […]

Win EMOP Barcelona Package At BetVictor Poker Tonight

The European Masters of Poker Barcelona 100m freeroll takes place this evening at BetVictor Poker. It is the first of four EMOP Barcelona freerolls in the site’s Sprint Challenge, each worth €2,000, and players must have 100 VIP Points to take part. The winner will receive a package which includes the €1,000 + €100 main […]

Normandie Celebrates 65 Years With Tourney

Normandie Casino, located less than 15 minutes from Los Angeles/LAX airport and 20 minutes from downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach, is celebrating its anniversary in style. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, Normandie will host its largest tournament in years, the 1st Annual Normandie Classic. Running August 9-13, the event will feature a $50,000 guarantee […]

Facebook: Real-Money Gambling App

Despite previously stating that it didn’t have any plans to get into real money gambling, Facebook is launching its first real money app on Tuesday for users in the United Kingdom. The Bingo Friendzy app is a joint venture with UK online gambling operator, Gamesys, to target Facebook’s large online audience, according to the Financial […]

iPoker Revenue Down 12 Percent in Second Quarter

Poker revenues at Playtech, owner of the iPoker network, fell 12 percent to €4.4 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to €5 million in the same period a year earlier. Compared to the first quarter of 2012 poker revenue slumped 18 percent. In the first six months of 2012 poker revenue declined by […]

Maxx Dansky Wins CPPT Choctaw Main Event

Maxx Dansky was on his way back home to Nashville, Tennessee when he decided to stop off for some poker at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. After four days of battling it out in the $1,000 Card Player Poker Tour main event, the 25-year-old poker pro emerged victorious, taking home the $152,008 payday. […]

Turk Takes Down Genting Poker Series Stoke

Yucel Eminoglu has won the main event on stop four of the Genting Poker Series held in Stoke, England over the weekend. The Turk took down the £46,550 first prize for topping the 482 player field at the Genting Casino. In the final hand his A-K dominated Simon Deadman’s A-10 and held strong for the […]

Kontonatsis Wins Belgium Hold'em Challenge

Ioannis Kontonatsis has won the PokerStars.be Hold’em Challenge in Namur, Belgium. The Greek player topped the 531-strong field to take down a €40,000 top prize (after a deal) in the €500 + €50 Summer Edition main event at Casino de Namur. A total prize pool of €254,349 was created and 72 players got paid. 1: […]

Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw Final Day

Six-time bracelet winner T.J. Cloutier headlines the final 20 players at the 2012 Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw main event. Cloutier enters the final day of play in ninth place overall, but has a tough uphill battle facing him if he wants to catch overnight chip leader Michael Newport. Each player has navigated their way […]

PokerStars Takeover of Full Tilt Saves 200 Jobs

Full Tilt Poker will continue to operate out of Dublin when it is relaunched says PokerStars head of corporate communications Eric Hollreiser. The company also expects to expand beyond its current 200 jobs according to the Irish Examiner. “When we do take over Full Tilt we will continue to operate it out of Dublin. In […]

A Poker Life: Tournment Grinder Mohsin Charania

Perhaps nobody knows the struggle of poker’s modern day ups and downs better than Mohsin Charania, who has run the through gauntlet of variance during his five-year career. The 2012 EPT Grand Final champion is now riding high on poker, having increased his lifetime earnings to nearly $5 million. But the road hasn’t been easy, […]

Card Player Poker Tour Main Event Draws 800 Players

The numbers are in for the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw $500,000 guaranteed $1,080 no-limit hold’em main event. Just like every preliminary event before it that featured a guarantee, the main event has blown away the promised prize pool. A grand total of 800 entries created a prize pool of $760,000. The eventual winner […]

Win Irish Winter Poker Festival Packages Tonight

Two players will be receiving a package worth €1,800 each for this year’s Irish Winter Festival (IWF) main event via tonight’s €130 + €10 no-limit hold’em freezeout satellite at PaddyPowerPoker.com. The tournament runs every Sunday at 8 p.m., but for those who miss out on tonight, there is a €20 + €2 no-limit hold’em rebuy […]

Betfair Poker LIVE! Adds Ukrainian Stop

Betfair Poker LIVE! will pull in to the famous Black Sea resort of Yalta, Ukraine from September 5 to 12, 2012. It is the first stop of the new season of the tour having been slotted in ahead of Cork, Ireland which will take place in October. The main event is a $1,650 buy in […]

World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Starts

The World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic main event gets underway today on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The event kick starts season XI of the World Poker Tour. The $4,000 + $400 buy in event has two day 1s. Registration is open for the first six levels and players who are knocked out on […]

Day 1A Draws 308 At CPPT Choctaw Main

A total of 308 players showed up to compete in day 1A of the inaugural stop on the Card Player Poker Tour at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. As a result of the huge turnout for the $1,000 main event, even a modest showing on day 1B will be enough to reach the […]

PokerStars Could Speed Up Nevada Web Poker

PokerStars’ settlement with the Department of Justice “sets the stage for a very positive conversation” with Nevada, said a former U.S. Representative from the Silver State. Rep. Jon Porter, who left Congress in 2009, also echoed the sentiment of Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli, who told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday that […]

Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw: Day 9 Side Event Results

Friday saw the Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw main event getting off to a great start with 308 entrants for day 1A and many more predicted for day 1B. But while that event began there was still a ton of other action going on in the Choctaw’s tournament area, including the conclusion of the $1,080 […]

CPPT Main Event Kicks Off At Choctaw Durant

The inaugural main event of the Card Player Poker Tour at Choctaw Casino Resort has officially kicked off in Durant, Oklahoma. Registration is still open for the $1,000 re-entry tournament, but event organizers are anticipating a field large enough to more than cover the $500,000 guarantee. “It’s more than we expected, more than we could […]

Analyst Picks Euro Gambling Stocks in Sector Note

UK analyst Daniel Stewart & Co has just published a comprehensive analysis of plc’s engaged in the gaming sector entitled “Gambling – Jockeying for Position". Most of the companies offer online poker and Daniel Stewart & Co has ranked them in order of key buys, buy, hold or sell. The company says regulation is the […]

German Eyes Return Of Nosebleeds On FTP

For a German high-stakes cash game player, having Full Tilt Poker set to return isn’t about recovering his huge sum of money from the site. He really wants to have the action back. The 22-year-old player (who wishes to have his name withheld) was widely known in poker circles by his Full Tilt screen name, […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Caesars Led Group Gets OK To Run Baltimore Casino CBAC Gaming, an affiliate of Caesars Entertainment, has been awarded Maryland’s fifth casino license to operate a slot parlor in downtown Baltimore. The property will feature 3,750 slot and be named Harrah’s […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

High summer is usually a quite time for real news but it’s been a busy week for poker players and fans on twitter with lots of topical issues and big breaking news to get those fingers tweeting. The big story, of course, was PokerStars acquiring Full Tilt Poker and settling with the U.S. Department of […]

Belgium Hold’em Challenge Underway

The PokerStars Hold’em Challenge Summer Edition is underway in Namur, Belgium. Day 1A saw 255 players take their seats in the €500+€50 buy in main event and a similar number of players are expected today for day 1B for what is a sell out event. The prize pool is expected to reach €300,000 minus the […]

Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw: Day 8 Results

With the excitement of the main event looming, day 8 of the Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw packed plenty of its own action, with great turnouts and the highest buy-in event of the series thus far in event 15. All told, the day’s three events had combined prize pools totaling $131,130. Here is a look […]

Caesars Gets Approval For Baltimore Casino

CBAC Gaming, an affiliate of Caesars Entertainment, has been awarded a casino license for a proposed property in downtown Baltimore. The property, which will be named Harrah’s Baltimore and will feature 3,750 slot machines, is scheduled to open sometime in 2014. The proposed casino is the fifth property to be awarded a license in Maryland. […]