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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Heats Up In Belgium

Things are warming up at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s very first stop at the Casino Blankenberge in Belgium, and today the fireworks begin with day 1A of the £1,000 + £70 main event. The festival is running from Jun. 3 to 10 and the three-day main event features two starting days. Players sit down […]

Paddy Power Poker Launches €10,000 Euro Challenge

PaddyPowerPoker.com is launching its Euro 2012 €10,000 Goal Predictor challenge with many great prizes and cash offerings on offer. All players need to do is predict goals in the matches kicking off at 7.45 p.m. and then start collecting points. The win bonus increases as the tournament goes on so players can enter at any […]

Razavi Wins Huge WSOP $1,500 NLH Re-Entry Event

Ashkan Razavi has emerged victorious in the World Series of Poker $1,500 no-limit hold’em re-entry event, earning his first gold bracelet, the $781,398 first prize and 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result, Razavi has moved into 49th place in the overall POY standings. The 30-year-old poker pro topped the largest […]

Vincent Van der Fluit Wins WSOP $1,500 PLO

The fastest final table of the summer thus far took place on Wednesday when Vincent Van der Fluit made quick work of his opponents in event no. 11, the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha tournament. Van der Fluit topped an international final table represented by five different countries in just over four hours of play. For the […]

North Carolina Table Games Bill Heads to Governor

A bill in North Carolina that would authorize Harrah’s Cherokee Casino to offer live dealer-based table games has passed the legislature and been sent to the governor’s desk. The bill, which allocates money to education, underwent a handful of revisions before workings its way through the House and Senate. The casino currently has electronic poker […]

Nevada Approves First Online Poker License

The World Series of Poker isn’t the only place where the game is making history this summer. On Wednesday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board agreed to allow Bally Technologies, Inc. to run intrastate online poker. Attorney Ellen Whittemore said the company expected a “unique investigation” while regulators prepared to issue the first license of its […]

POY Update: Rettenmaier, Negreanu Climb

The World Series of Poker is now in full swing and is making a huge impact on the Card Player Player of the Year race sponsored by Lock Poker. A number of notables have made big pushes in the first few events, including Daniel Negreanu, Marvin Rettenmaier, Andrew Badecker, Tommy Vedes, Xuan Liu and Aubin […]

Kool Shen Wins WPT National Cannes Main Event

French rap star Bruno Lopes, aka Kool Shen, has added another notch to his poker belt with victory over 337 opponents at last weekend’s €1,500 + €150 buy in main event at World Poker Tour National Cannes in the southern French resort. Lopes, who also won the Euro Finals of Poker main event in Paris […]

John Monnette Wins WSOP Stud Championship

You could say that John Monnette hates losing, perhaps even more than he enjoys winning. The 30-year-old cash game grinder with the salty personality can at times come across as brash, cocky or just rub some people the wrong way, but there’s no denying the skills he displays on the felt or the passion he […]

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. 9 — $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry Entrants: 3,404 Total Prize pool: $4,595,400 Players Remaining: 9 Average Chip Count: […]

Dusk Til Dawn Poker Club Courts Guarantee Controversy

The Dusk Til Dawn poker club in Nottingham, England, was embroiled in controversy at the weekend when a decision was made to drop the number of guaranteed £9,000 packages for its World Series of Poker super satellite at the last minute from five to three. Club owner, Rob Yong, issued a statement yesterday with his […]

Macau Poker Cup August Events Cancelled

PokerStars announced today that it has cancelled August’s Macau Poker Cup with Macau special events unconfirmed for the rest of the year. The Macau Poker Cup: Red Dragon will go ahead as planned from Jun. 9-18 at the Grand Waldo Entertainment Complex, but with no specific reason given other than “events beyond our reasonable control”, […]

Viktor Blom Debuts at World Series of Poker

One of the most volatile poker bankrolls in the world has made its way to Las Vegas. Online cash game professional Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom registered for the $10,000 heads-up event Tuesday at the World Series of Poker — his first tournament ever on American soil. The 21-year-old Swede has won and lost millions on 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. 10 — $5,000 Seven Card Stud Entrants: 145 Total Prize pool: $681,500 Players Remaining: 16 Average Chip Count: […]

BetVictor Poker Announces Blaze Poker

Fast poker variant, Blaze Poker, has been launched at BetVictor Poker and is available to players in Israel, Canada, Norway, and Russia, initially at sixhanded tables. This speedy version allows up to 300 hands to be played per hour – four to five times more than the usual. Breaking from the traditional online format, “Blazers” […]

Finn Wins European Masters Of Poker Bulgaria

Finland ruled once again at the European Masters of Poker, this time at the Crystal Crown Casino in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria when Tero Kalliomäki topped a field of 214 to take home €38,200. Depite the final being heavily laden down with locals, it was two Finns who made it to the heads up. Kalliomäki walked […]

PokerStars Launches Spanish Online Poker Site

PokerStars will begin operating in Spain today, Jun. 5, with PokerStars.es, after the company announced it had been awarded a license to serve the Spanish online poker market. Other operators who obtained a license include bwin.party, Ladbrokes, 888 and Sportingbet. This follows on from recent social media rumours regarding the signing of Spanish tennis star […]

Genting Poker Series Edinburgh Numbers Disappoint

The Genting Poker Series Edinburgh has been won by Paul McTaggart who topped a disappointing field of 388 runners in the Scottish capital at the weekend. Genting had confidently predicted just two days before the event that a record number of runners would participate expecting the field to best the 580 players who attended leg […]

Aubin Cazals Wins WSOP $5,000 NLH Mixed-Max Event

Aubin Cazals of Toulouse, France defeated Joseph Cheong heads-up to win the $5,000 no-limit hold’em mix-max event at the 2012 World Series of Poker, earning his very first bracelet, the $480,564 first-place prize and 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Cazals third final table and second title of the year, and […]

CarbonPoker Free $25 Promotion to New Players

New Players who sign-up for CarbonPoker this month and make at least a $10 deposit will receive $25 free the following day. The funds will be available for withdrawal after earning 1,000 VIP points. Sign-up here today! Existing players can use the bonus code JUNE600 to receive a 100-percent reload bonus up to $600. This […]

Hanks Breaks Down Key Hand Against Selbst

Brent Hanks was the first open-event bracelet winner of the 2012 World Series of Poker, taking down event no. 2, a $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament that boasted 2,101 players. Hanks picked up the biggest payday of his career, more than $400,000 after a heads-up deal, along with the coveted gold bracelet and in the process […]

Tapscott Defeats Gavin Griffin In Event No. 8

Event no. 8 at the 2012 World Series of Poker was the largest Omaha eight-or-better tournament of all time, drawing 967 entrants and generating a total prize pool of $1,305,450. The winner after three grueling days of play was none other than Herbert Tapscott, a 71-year-old financier from Hartselle, Alabama. Tapscott, making his first ever […]

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. 6 — $5,000 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 409 Total Prize pool: $1,922,300 Players Remaining: 2 Average Chip […]

Euro 2012 Giveaway At BetVictor Poker

With the much anticipated Euro 2012 football competition just around the corner there is a great free giveaway for poker players to get involved in at BetVictor Poker. The Euro Winners comp could see those taking part win an iPad, €55 in free bets and get their money back on ‘outright winner’ bets if favourites […]

Mirzikinian Limping Buttons in the Dark at WSOP

Australian Warwick Mirzikinian has been implementing a bizarre heads-up strategy near the end of World Series of Poker Event No. 6 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em mixed max). He’s been limping in the dark from the button. On Saturday night, Mirzikinian beat recent World Poker Tour champion Marvin Rettenmaier. In the last level of play, Mirzikinian began […]

Family Pot Allows Online Players To Stay Connected

If you play online poker, chances are that you know others who do as well. Now, Family Pot has launched a tool that will allow you to stay connected to the rest of the online poker community. By creating a free account, or simply logging in with Facebook, a Family Pot user can instantly hop […]

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. 6 — $5,000 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 409 Total Prize pool: $1,922,300 Players Remaining: 4 Average Chip […]

Irish Winter Poker Festival Super Satellite Sunday

Players can qualify for the 2012 installment of poker’s Irish Winter Festival (IWF) this evening at 8 p.m. at PaddyPowerPoker.com. The €130 + €10 super satellite runs every Sunday with packages worth €1,800 on offer. Feeders are currently running daily. Players who qualify before Sept. 1 will receive a free €50 sports bet with PaddyPower.com. […]

European Masters Of Poker Bulgaria Final Table Today

The European Masters of Poker Bulgaria has found its final table of nine from an original field of 214 and the final battle will begin at 4 p.m. today (local time) at the Crystal Crown Casino in Sunny Beach. In the lead is Tero Kalliomäki who is sitting with a little less than 1.7 million […]

Bloch Wins WSOP $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Bracelet

After nearly two decades of close calls, and years of being called “one of the best players without a bracelet,” Andy Bloch has finally gotten the monkey off his back by winning the first $1,500 seven-card stud event at the 2012 World Series of Poker . Bloch outlasted a field of 367 entrants to earn […]