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Joey Weissman Nabs WSOP Gold In $2,500 NLH Event

Event No. 46 at the 2012 World Series of Poker, the $2,500 no-limit hold’em tournament, belongs to 24-year-old poker pro Joey Weissman. The Syosset, New York native ripped through a field of 1,607 entrants, claiming his first gold bracelet, a first-place prize of $694,609 and 1,620 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was […]

2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders Report

Here’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 45 — $50,000 Poker Players Championship Entrants: 108 Total Prize pool: $5,184,000 Players Remaining: 8 Average Chip Count: […]

Win Free $1,000 in Pools For Biggest Poker Tournament Ever

There’s only three days to go to the $1 million buy in Big One for One Drop charity poker tournament, one of the most anticipated events in the modern poker era. Poker fans can sweat the action at the largest buy-in tournament ever in the MatchbookMedia.com Pools which will give away $5,000 in the free-to-enter […]

EU Event Announces Online Gambling Plans

Wednesday, Jun. 27, saw an event take place at the European Parliament in which the European Commission discussed the future regulation of online gambling. The European Union (EU) Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier spoke publicly on the subject for the first time since late last year, and the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has […]

BetVictor Poker Gets Generous This July

BetVictor Poker is crazy busy this July with a variety of promotions, giveaways, and challenges. To kick things off, Jul. 1 sees a €5 buy-in tournament with a €5 fee which will be donated to the British Heart Foundation. The top 10 will win a solid bronze card protector each on top of any cash […]

Mizrachi Leads $50k Players Championship Final Table

The final table is set in 2012 World Series of Poker Event No. 45, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship eight-game event, and the remaining field of eight is absolutely star studded. Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who won this same event in 2010 for more than $1.5 million, holds the chip lead heading into Thursday’s final […]

Campos Sentenced To Jail In Web Poker Case

Facing a sentence of up to six months in prison after accepting a plea deal in connection with April 2011’s Black Friday, former Utah banker John Campos was sentenced to three months behind bars, Bloomberg.com reported. Campos, appearing in front of a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday, was seeking only probation from his misdemeanor […]

Delaware Online Poker Bill Goes to Governor's Desk

Update: Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed the Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012 into law Thursday morning, according to The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal. On Wednesday, a Delaware bill that would legalize web table games, including poker, and expand other forms of gaming in the state was voted out of the Senate at around 4 […]

Pamela Anderson Backing Facebook Poker Application

Pamela Anderson is the latest big name to get behind online poker after the Department of Justice opened the doors for the activity in December 2011 — about eight months after it booted the largest offshore operators from the U.S.. Anderson’s BamPoker has launched on social media site Facebook and will try to compete for […]

Rocco Palumbo Scores WSOP Gold For Italy

Score one for Italy. Rocco Palumbo became the sixth Italian World Series of Poker bracelet winner in history after taking down event no. 44, the $1,000 no-limit hold’em tournament. The 23-year-old from Genoa outlasted a field of 2,949 over three day, banking $464,464 and 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year points. He joins Jeff […]

2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders Report

Here’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 46 — $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 1,607 Total Prize pool: $3,655,925 Players Remaining: 25 Average Chip Count: 482,100 […]

Denmark ISPs Ordered To Block Poker Sites

A Danish internet service provider, Hi3G, has been ordered to block 12 unlicensed websites from providing online gaming including poker to Danish citizens. The move came on foot of the Danish Gambling Authority taking a case against Hi3G in the Danish bailiff’s court. The websites include Titan Poker, Bet-at-Home, and Cool Hand Poker. Hi3G has […]

Shuffle Master's Ongame Poker Deal Collapses

Shuffle Master, the Las Vegas headquartered gaming group, has pulled out of a deal to buy bwin.party’s European-facing Ongame Network. In a statement bwin.party said the two companies had “mutually agreed not to proceed with the proposed transaction” which was first announced on March 6. Shuffle Master was to have paid up to €29.5 million […]

World Poker Tour National Series Madrid Warms Up

From today a feast of poker will be enjoyed at the Casino Gran Madrid as the World Poker Tour National Series Madrid warms up with a €165 + €15 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event super satellite at 7 p.m. (local time). What those players will be trying to qualify for is the €1,500 + €150 […]

Viktor Blom Leads WSOP $50K Players Championship

The third day of the $50,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Players Championship wrapped up early Wednesday morning. The man leading the way with 26 left is Sweden’s Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, who’s gunning for his first WSOP bracelet. On Tuesday, Daniel Negreanu Tweeted: “A week ago Viktor Blom didn’t know how many cards you get […]

Delaware Online Poker Proposal Delayed In Senate

A bill in Delaware that would legalize online table games, including poker, and expand other forms of gambling in the state will have to wait for another day before going to the governor’s desk. The Senate delayed Tuesday’s scheduled voted, the Associated Press reported. Supporters thought that they wouldn’t have enough votes due to the […]

Carbon Poker Launches Omaha Odds Calculator

Carbon Poker is pleased to announced the launch of the brand new Omaha Calculator, available as a free download to all players. This poker tool offers instant poker odds, betting patterns, probabilities, opponent stats and notes. This amazing tool will also keep you organized with the ability to track past table stats and experiences. The […]

Card Player's Own Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Featured In LVRJ

Card Player’s very own Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was profiled in a Las Vegas Review Journal story by Howard Stutz, detailing her poker history and run through 4,128 players in the $1,000 Senior’s Championship at the 2012 World Series of Poker. The article delves into Shulman’s career as a successful attorney, working in what was at […]

Henry Lu Defeats Neil Channing For WSOP Gold

Despite being down to just two big blinds on the final table bubble, Henry Lu stormed back to win event no. 43 of the 2012 World Series of Poker, a $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament. The Brooklyn, New York native defeated veteran British poker player Neil Channing heads-up to score a life-changing $654,380 payday, along with […]

2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders Report

Here’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 44 — $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 2,949 Total Prize pool: $2,654,100 Players Remaining: 16 Average Chip Count: 552,937 […]

Microgaming Teminates 5050 Poker Contract

Microgaming Poker Network has terminated its contract with online poker site 5050Poker. The site, which was suspended from the Microgaming network just over 10 days ago, has accused the network of acting in an unethical manner. However Microgaming has responded by shutting the door on the Swedish-based site saying, “…the Microgaming Poker Network regrets to […]

$50k Players Championship Day 2: Controversy

Day 2 of the 2012 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship eight-game mix event is in the books and the official numbers for the event are in. A total of 108 players posted the sizable buy-in, building a $5,184,000 prize pool. Sixteen will make the money, with $91,549 for a min-cash and $1,451,527 […]

France Poker Series Gujan-Mestras Begins Wednesday

The France Poker Series’ next stop of its second season pays a visit to Gujan-Mestras on France’s Atlantic coast, 20 miles west of Bordeaux. The fifth leg of the tour kicks off tomorrow, Jun. 27 with a €130 + €20 buy-in main event satellite (with rebuys and add-on). The stop’s centrepiece, the €1,000 + €100 […]

Hollywood Poker Shuts Down

Hollywood Poker has closed and transferred its players and their balances to RedKings.com. No reason has been given for the sudden closure of the site which was on the beleagured Ongame Network. In a statement at the website the company said, “HollywoodPoker has stopped offering online poker. So that you can continue playing on the […]

With $1M On Full Tilt, Blair Hinkle Rebuilds

Despite being a victim of the alleged Full Tilt Poker heist, poker pro Blair Hinkle is staying positive and churning out excellent results at the 2012 WSOP. In February 2011, Hinkle finished second in a tournament on the site for more than $1 million. That money is still frozen as a number in cyberspace. Full […]

Greg Ostrander Wins WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Greg Ostrander overcame a 3-to-1 chip deficit heads-up to once again postpone a female victory in an open bracelet event at the World Series of Poker by defeating Australian Jackie Glazier to win event no. 41, a $3,000 no-limit hold’em event. For the win Ostrander earned his first gold bracelet, the $742,072 grand prize and […]

Oleksii Kovalchuk Wins Second WSOP Bracelet

Ukranian Oleksii Kovalchuk won his second career World Series of Poker bracelet early Monday morning in Las Vegas, Nevada. He outlasted a field of 393 in Event No. 42 ($2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better). Kovalchuk snagged the first-place prize of $228,014, after beating out the likes of Mark Gregorich, Jeff Lisandro, Yuval Bronshtein, Norman Chad, and […]

Jason Koon: Tricks Of The Live Tournament Trade

Jason Koon broke out on the online poker tournament scene in 2008 and in just over three years won over $2.5 million. Online success, however, didn’t immediately translate into big, live tournament scores, and Koon struggled to make the transition. The West Virginia native nabbed a fourth-place finish in the 2010 WPT Festa Al Lago […]

2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders Report

Here’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 41 — $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 1,394 Total Prize pool: $3,805,620 Players Remaining: 2 Average Chip Count: 6,273,000 […]

Glantz Leads WSOP $50k Players Championship

Day 1 of the 2012 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship is in the books, with Card Player mixed-game columnist and two-time final tablist in this event Matt Glantz leading the 103 remaining players with 310,700 heading into day two. “This is my favorite tournament of the year,” said Glantz just after play […]