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Social Poker Company Gets $14 Million InvestmentFree-to-play social gaming company Dragon play has secured a $14 million investment to expand its portfolio which includes on of the world’s most popular poker platforms. Live Holdem Poker Pro, a frequent chart topper on Android’s highest grossing Google Play boasts over 12 million installs and more than two million monthly active players. Social poker […]
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Paddy Power Poker Irish Open Main Event -- Day 1Day 1 of the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open main event saw one of the most impressive fields in recent years with big names taking part from all over the globe in the world’s second oldest no-limit hold’em tournament. With 502 players, the quality was startling as five former World Series of Poker champions; Phil Hellmuth, Dan […]
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Introducing the CarbonPoker Odds CalculatorThe CarbonPoker Odds Calculator is industry leading poker software that will improve your game by utilizing hand probabilities, win odds, pot odds and opposition patterns to give you the best possible chance to win. This tool also has a hand replayer built-in to help you analyze your game and become a better poker player. Introducing […]
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A Look At News From Around The WebHere’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Final Philly Casino License In Lawmakers Hands Philadelphia’s second and final casino license is in the hands of the state legislature. The license had been awarded to a group of investors including Foxwoods, but was revoked in December of 2010. The […]
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James Dempsey Wins iSeries Live Sit 'N' Go
Young UK poker pro James Dempsey has won the inaugural iSeries Live event in Dublin beating Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott heads up to claim the winner-takes-all $100,000 prize. The $10,000 buy in, ten-handed sit ‘n’ go game was broadcast live on the web with hole cards and extensive graphics. Players could bet in running on up […]
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UFC's Georges St-Pierre Joins 888 PokerMixed martial arts world champion Georges St-Pierre has signed a deal with 888 to represent it as a brand ambassador. The welterweight fighter from Canada will play the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this year as part of the 888 team. St-Pierre, who is on a 12-month contract with the company, said, “I […]
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Watch Irish Poker Open Live This WeekendThe PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2012 kicks off today with its headline event, the €3,200 + €300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, and poker fans can follow all the action right here at CardPlayer.com. Running until Apr. 9 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Europe’s longest running no-limit hold’em tournament, and indeed the second oldest in […]
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Epic Poker Racks Up $7.8M In Financial LiabilitiesRecent bankruptcy document filings shed more light on the finances of the Epic Poker League and its parent company, Federated Sports and Gaming. On Feb. 28, 2012, the Epic Poker League filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Initial filings have shown that more than 100 creditors are owed, in total, more than $5 million. A Statement […]
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Cantor Sports Book To Operate Palms Poker RoomAn agreement with Cantor Gaming will see the Palms Casino poker room move to the sports book this summer, according to The Las Vegas Review Journal. Cantor Gaming, which was approved last January to run the Palms sports book, is in the middle of construction and implementing their mobile wagering technology at the resort. Cantor, […]
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Bart Hanson: Crushing Live Poker With TwitterFebruary 9 – Top pair and a flush draw is not a monster hand when facing a lot of heat. One of the most overplayed hands in live no-limit is top pair and a flush draw. It’s amazing that people will commit their entire stack not realizing that they may have very poor equity given […]
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Euro Gaming Stocks Take KnockFour of Europe’s leading gambling stocks fell yesterday after the market got jittery over news out of Spain and the U.S.. Analysts Daniel Stewart & Co. said the retreat from Playtech, bwin.party, Betfair and Sportingbet was due to a, “Weak Spanish bond auction combined with negative news from the FED relating to Quantitative Easing (QE) […]
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Paddy Power Poker's New Programme Rewards PlayersPaddyPowerPoker.com players will receive better rewards for their efforts with the site’s new and improved rewards programme, and to celebrate Paddy’s Power Rewards the site is doubling its Power Points until midnight on May 2. On top of that, new customers will receive 1,000 Power Points free for simply signing up and collecting one point. […]
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WSOP $1 Million Buy-In To Offer Regional SatellitesThe $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, the largest buy-in poker tournament in history, is set to take place at this summer’s 2012 World Series of Poker, with high stakes professionals battling it out against wealthy amateurs, all while raising money for a deserving charity (11.11% of each buy-in goes to raise money […]
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Caesars Sells Shares of Internet Gaming SubsidiaryAs legal and regulated online gaming in the U.S. creeps closer on the horizon, Caesars Entertainment Corp. continues to jockey for position as a dominant force in the market. Midwest-based Rock Gaming LLC has agreed to invest $60.8 million into the online gaming enterprise of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, according to a Monday filing with the […]
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Full Tilt Poker Applies For License And HiresPoker players hoping to get their money back from Full Tilt Poker got some good news yesterday despite no official announcement from the site or its potential investors. Firstly eagle eyed parties noticed a series of job offers for Pocket Kings on Irish recruitment website Jobs.ie. The offers were mainly for multi-lingual customer service rolls […]
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Pensioner Wins Genting Poker Series LondonAlbert Sapiano from Maidstone has won leg 2 of the Genting Poker Series at the Fox Poker Club, London beating 579 opponents to lift the £48,560 first prize. The 72-year-old beekeeper got heads up with local Callum Smith who had earlier knocked out three players at the final table in a 20 minute period, coming […]
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WSOP Giveaways And More At Bet Victor PokerThere’s even more good news this April for Bet Victor Poker players. On top of all the cash prizes and European Masters Of Poker packages to be won this month, the site has beefed up its freeroll prize pools to total more than €55,000, and is giving away four World Series of Poker packages. There […]
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New Jersey Online Poker Bill Scores Small WinA bill in New Jersey aimed at legalizing online gaming was approved Tuesday by a Senate Committee by a 11-0 margin, with one abstention. The legislation would authorize Atlantic City casinos to offer the activity to state residents. The bill moves to a full vote by lawmakers. According to NorthJersey.com, that could happen as late […]
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Face Up Gaming Debuts Online Poker SiteThe poker face is back! Devoted on-line poker players who have seen their options steadily diminish over this last year with site after site disappearing or being shut down, may have good reason to rejoice just about one year later as Face Up Gaming, a new entrant gets set to make its debut. Perhaps the […]
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2012 WPT Vienna Series Starts WednesdayThe World Poker Tour returns to the Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria for the 2012 WPT Vienna after a smashingly successful inaugural run last year. This year’s nine-event series kicks off on April 4th and will continue through the 15th. With buy-ins starting as low as €340 and reaching as high as €10,000, this event […]
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Irish Open Live Stream To Show Hole CardsPaddyPowerPoker.com has today announced details of its upcoming Irish Open live stream. Coming to you live from the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, viewers are in for a treat from Apr. 6 to 9 as this year’s Irish Open looks set to be an action-packed, fun-filled, thriller of a festival with well-known pros taking part from […]
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Finn Wins European Masters Of Poker LisbonThe second stop of the European Masters of Poker season IV has found its champion and now it gears up for its next destination; Crystal Crown Casino, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria (from May 28 to June 3). Joni Jouhkimainen beat 222 opponents to the top prize of €56,860 at Casino Estoril, Lisbon. The €1,000 + €100 […]
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Isildur1 Beats Isaac Haxton For $500,000 In ShowdownViktor “Isildur1” Blom finally got the better of his nemesis Isaac Haxton after he took the American for $500,000 in the most recent renewal of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown. Having been bested twice by Haxton in the series so far the 21-year-old Swede had revenge on his mind and it took 5,030 hands over 12 […]
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Latest Issue Of Card Player Europe Now OnlineThe March issue of Card Player Europe is available online now. Fronting the spring issue is German pro Marvin Rettenmaier as he tells the story of how he rocketed into poker’s limelight and how determined he is to become Card Player’s Player Of The Year. Where’s Your Head At? is a feature which gives insight […]
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Grrrinders Celebrating 1-Year AnniversaryGrrrinders.com, which labels itself “America’s Freeroll Site,” just celebrated its first anniversary in March. As a company, Grrrinders couldn’t be more appropriately named. www.Grrrinders.com offers strictly tournament poker on a membership basis. Members may purchase an optional membership for $29.95 which gives them automatic entry into every tournament they wish to play, as well as […]
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California a Likely Loner for Online PokerCalifornia will probably go stag to the online poker dance. With 37.7 million people, which is about the same as Canada, the state is the sexiest partner an intrastate industry could find. However, she has no plans, at least for now, to share her player pool with another jurisdiction. “We’re not going to partner with […]
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Belgium Expands Online Poker BlacklistBelgium has added to its blacklist of online poker operators which now includes Winamax.Fr. Also added to the list are ProdigyPoker.com, FlandersPoker.be, PokerHuis.com who join the likes of 888.com, TitanPoker.be, and EverestPoker.be. Additionally GoldenPalace.be has been awarded a class B license (though GoldenPalace.com has been added to the blacklist) and Win2Day a class A license […]
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Poker Strategy: Gavin Griffin On Heads Up Play“Gavin, have you seen low-limit hold ‘em games? Why on Earth would you want to discuss playing in heads-up pots when almost every hand is played three-ways, four-ways or even more multi-way?” Perhaps you’re right. Maybe this is a counter intuitive subject for an article series on how to beat lower-limit hold‘em games. I tend […]
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A Look At The Week In Tournament PokerIn 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 April 2nd through the 9th. Head to our Tournament […]
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Wins Estrellas Poker Tour ValenciaMiguel Ángel Rodríguez is the champion of the Estrellas Poker Tour Valencia after topping a field of 387 players from 36 different countries for a payday of €76,000 from a total prize pool of €371,520. The final was fast-paced and intense as Rodriguez took on his opponents and retained control over his destiny. His journey […]
