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Poker Tips With Matt Lessinger: Second Hand Low

Here’s a preflop scenario that comes up frequently in no-limit hold’em cash games: Player A raises from middle position. Player B calls to his left. Player C is in late position and puts in a reraise, and the action is folded back around to Player A. We will assume that they are all somewhat knowledgeable […]

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. 19 — $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 2,302 Total Prize pool: $3,107,700 Players Remaining: 19 Average Chip Count: 545,210 […]

Irish Winter Poker Festival Schedule Announced

PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced the full schedule for its popular Irish Winter Festival which will take place over the October Bank Holiday weekend (26-29). The Burlington will host the 2012 festival which will see plenty of new events and old favourites running alongside the €1,000 + €125 buy-in main event. The weekend will see a €55 […]

Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria Title Stays Home

The PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria title now belongs to Petar Zografov who outlasted a field of 246 and overcame his final opponent Algirdas Saveikis despite Saveikis initially holding a 6-1 heads-up chip lead. The Bulgarian took home €48,745 for first place from the Golden Sands Resort in Varna, which was less than what second-place […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Belgium Attracts Just 95

The €1,000 buy in main event at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Belgium has been won by Arne Coulier who took down €29,165 at Casino Blankenberge. The run of poor attendances at GUKPT main events continued with just 95 players turning up. The Belgium event took place against the backdrop of a cancelled Dublin event […]

Frankenberger Defeats Ivey For Second Bracelet

About an hour before Phil Hellmuth won his record 12th bracelet, Andy Frankenberger denied Phil Ivey his ninth by defeating him in the 2012 World Series of Poker $10,000 pot-limit hold’em championship “Winning a bracelet is everyone’s dream, but beating Ivey heads-up is like a fairytale,” Frankenberger said just after his win. “I can’t even […]

Phil Hellmuth Wins Record 12th WSOP Bracelet

A year after three second-place finishes, Phil Hellmuth has won his 12th bracelet — the most by any player in World Series of Poker history. Hellmuth, the 1989 main event champion, won the razz event early Monday morning in Las Vegas, Nevada. He outlasted 308 opponents over three days to scoop $183,000, although he said […]

Ivey and Hellmuth Highlight WSOP Final Tables

Click here for event no. 17 live updates Click here for event no. 18 live updates There’s a lot going on down at the 2012 World Series of Poker tonight and it centers around the action at two final tables. One features a Phil gunning for his record 12th career bracelet. The other features a […]

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. 17 — $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 179 Total Prize pool: $1,682,600 Players Remaining: 17 Average Chip Count: 315,882 […]

Paddy Power Poker Gives Away 70 WSOP Packages

It’s a World Series of Poker extravaganza today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday) at PaddyPowerPoker.com with 70 WSOP packages, worth a total of $455,000, being given away in two mega satellites. First off this evening (Jun. 10) at 7 p.m. the Main Event Mega Satellite replaces both the WSOP main event freezeout super satellite and the […]

Matt Matros Wins Third WSOP Bracelet

Matt Matros has won the 2012 World Series of Poker $1,500 no-limit hold’em six-max event to capture his third gold bracelet in as many years. The New York-based professional and Card Player columnist has incredibly obtained one gold bracelet each summer in 2010, 2011 and now in 2012. Matros topped a 1,604-player field to capture […]

A Conversation With Poker Pro Gavin Griffin

Last week, Card Player columnist Gavin Griffin made a deep run in the 2012 World Series of Poker event no. 8, $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better. Griffin tore through a record field of 967 entrants before coming up just short, busting in second place for a $163,625 payday. The 30-year-old poker pro became the youngest bracelet winner […]

Viktor Blom Playing Live Cash Games at WSOP

On Friday, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom cashed for the first time in an event at the summer World Series of Poker. Later in the day after busting Event No. 16 ($1,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em) in 151st for $2,706, the online pro sat down for some live $50-$100-$200 pot-limit Omaha in the Rio’s cash game room. Blom, […]

Adam Friedman Wins $5k Stud Hi/Lo Championship

One moment he’d like everyone to forget. The other, he’ll remember forever. On Friday, 30-year-old Adam Friedman finally got the monkey off his back by winning event no. 15, the $5,000 Seven Card Stud Eight-Or-Better tournament and his first career World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Friedman is best known for the tears he shed […]

Brit Poker Player Pleads Not Guilty To Murder

Colorado’s The Daily Sentinel has reported that British poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones has entered a not-guilty plea to the charge of first-degree murder of his wife, Sabrina in 1997. Bebb-Jones’ public defender Matt Morriss entered the plea on his behalf and district Judge Dan Petre set a five-week trial to begin on Nov. 5. Petre […]

PokerStars Sponsors Spanish Basketball Federation

Following on from the launch of PokerStars’ Spanish online poker site comes the news that PokerStars has also become the sponsor of the Spanish Basketball Federation (Federacion Espanola de Baloncesto). This will see the Spanish basketball team sporting the site’s universally known logo, the spade, on their vests for their warm-up matches in Madrid, Barcelona, […]

Schaefer Wins WSOP $1,500 NLH Shootout

On Friday evening, former poker pro Brandon Schaefer won the $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Schaefer took $311,174 after beating out a field of 1,138. The 31-year-old member of the U.S. Army outlasted established pros Justin Schwartz, Jeff Madsen, Brandon Steven and Layne Flack near the end of the […]

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. 16 — $1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 1,604 Total Prize pool: $2,165,400 Players Remaining: 9 Average Chip Count: […]

Nevada Gaming Committee to Discuss Web Poker

The Nevada Gaming Policy Committee, headed by Gov. Brian Sandoval, will reconvene on June 14 in Las Vegas to talk about the state’s looming Internet poker industry. American Gaming Association President Frank Fahrenkopf will kick off the meeting with a presentation on the state of the U.S. gaming industry. The AGA is the commercial casino […]

Ivey, Brunson, Monnette at $5K Stud 8/OB Final Table

Make sure to follow Card Player’s live updates as today’s final table of the WSOP $5,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better event answers a lot of critical questions: Can Phil Ivey capture his ninth bracelet after not playing any events in 2011? Can Todd Brunson capture his second bracelet in a split-pot variant? Can one of poker’s […]

David Arsht Wins WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold'em

David Arsht, a 66-year-old physician from Philadelphia, has claimed event no. 13, the $1,500 limit hold’em tournament. For his victory, Arsht earned $211,921, his first gold bracelet and 912 Card Player Player of the Year points. The semi-retired amateur player bested a field of 730 entrants and a final table that included notables such as […]

Women Crushing Early at World Series of Poker

You may have noticed an early trend developing at the 2012 World Series of Poker. It’s not quite a full blown girl power movement, but you’d have to be blind not to see that women in poker are crushing so far this summer. In the last few years, women have been making up anywhere between […]

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. 14 — $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout Entrants: 1,138 Total Prize pool: $1,536,300 Players Remaining: 12 Average Chip Count: […]

GTECH G2 Launches Spanish Poker Network

Lottomatica subsidiary GTECH G2, home of Poker Heaven, Sportingbet and Bet365 poker sites, is launching a new Spanish poker network. The company announced six new partners, Grup Peralada, Acrismatic, Orenes Grupo, Grupo Comar, Grupo Nervion, and Suertia. Chief executive officer Walter Bugno said: “We are delighted to announce the launch of the Spanish Poker Network, […]

Brian Hastings Wins $10K Heads-Up Event

On Thursday, cash game pro Brian Hastings won the $10,000 heads-up event at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Hastings took $371,498 after beating out a field of 152. The 23-year-old outlasted another young poker pro in Jason Mo in the final match. Bracelet-winner Brock Parker made a deep run, picking up enough Player of […]

Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria Underway

Day 1A of the Eureka Poker Tour €1,100 main event kicked off Thursday at the Golden Sands Resort in Varna, Bulgaria. Play continues today with day 1B starting at 2 p.m. (local time) and will proceed onwards until a winner is found on Sunday, Jun. 10. Leading the troops at the end of the first […]

Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Olivier Busquet, who recently finished runner-up at the EPT Campione main event. Busquet, a high-stakes heads-up sit-n-go pro who has branched out onto the live tournament scene, racking up over $3.1 million in earnings, was featured on the WSOP live broadcast on […]

IGT Close to Nevada Internet Poker License

International Game Technology is the second company to obtain Nevada Gaming Control Board approval for licensure to manufacture, run and maintain an intrastate online poker site. Bally Technologies received the same approval Wednesday. Both business-to-business providers now head to the Gaming Commission, which will meet later this month to likely approve the Control Board’s recommendations. […]

William Hill Grilled by Nevada Gaming Regulators

A London-based bookmaker with a large online component took an assault of questions Thursday as it looks to gain entry into the U.S. via the Silver State. Nevertheless, William Hill PLC (LSE: WMH) received the first round of approval to set up shop in Nevada. The company is seeking to operate the three Nevada sports […]

Andrew Brokos: Calling Is Not A Compromise

One of the most common mistakes I see in small stakes players is a tendency to treat calling as a compromise. A player will have a concern, often justified, that his hand may not be as good as it seems, yet he believes it is too good to fold. Rather than betting or raising for […]