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Isildur1 Beats Kanu7 in SuperStar Showdown

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is back in the black in his PokerStars SuperStar Showdown series having beaten Alex “Kanu7” Millar in the latest renewal of the heads up online poker series. The Swede ended the 2,500 hand, heads up no-limit hold’em match against his English challenger up $37,687 having previously won over $160,000 from his opponent […]

Big Names Take Part in iSeriesLive at Irish Poker Open

A new interactive poker series, iSeriesLIVE, has today been launched by poker agency, Poker Royalty. The series is sure to be a hit among poker fans as it allows them to watch some of the best in the business battle each other live with hole cards, with the audience free to interact by betting on […]

Bulgaria To Block Online Gaming Sites

The Bulgarian Parliament has passed a law which will move the country towards regulated online gaming including poker. Controversially, internet service providers will now be asked to block unlicensed online gaming and poker sites despite protests that this could set a censorship precedent. Additionally direct advertisements for gambling products and services are also banned. The […]

Clock Expires for Online Poker in Hawaii

Hawaii, one of only two states in the country without legalized gambling of any kind, has had its latest efforts to create such an industry drift away in the legislature. In late January, lawmakers in the Pacific introduced a handful of bills aimed at establishing not only brick-and-mortar gaming and lotteries, but real-money online play […]

Swede Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall

Swede Daniel Haglund has won the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall taking down €45,100 for besting 151 opponents at the G, Casino in the English west midlands town. Haglund from Tibro, who has made a World Series of Poker final table, beat start-of-day chip leader Steve Holden in a 75 minute heads up duel having […]

Last Chance Saloon For Irish Poker Open Announced

With the 30 seat guaranteed Irish Open satellite now behind us paddypowerpoker.com is offering players a seat at its famous Last Chance Saloon – 45 of them to be exact. Starting March 25 and running to April 4 the online poker site will give away 45 seats guaranteed in a series of Last Chance Saloon […]

A Look At The Week In Tournament Poker

In this Card Player feature we are looking 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 March 19th through March 26th. Head to our Tournament […]

Matt Matros: Think Unthinkable, Do Unthinkable

What makes the great players great? I get asked this question a lot, as if there were a secret response that, once unveiled, would magically transform an average player into an elite one. Of course there is no such thing. The great players have a dozen or more traits that help make them the best […]

Frederik Jensen Wins European Poker Tour Madrid

Another European Poker Tour has been wrapped up and with it yet another champion has been found. Frederik “Fred_Brink” Jensen has followed fellow Dane Mickey Petersen into the winner’s circle, becoming the second consecutive Danish champ to take home gold. Petersen won EPT Copenhagen two weeks ago, while Jensen is the most recent victory for […]

PokerStars Launches Zoom Poker

PokerStars has launched Zoom Poker a cash game, speed poker-type variant similar to Full Tilt’s late, lamented Rush Poker. Players can play up to four tables of poker at a time and, like Rush Poker, are taken straight to another table as soon as they fold their hand. Unlike its predecessor players can hang in […]

Thirty Irish Poker Open Packages Guaranteed Sunday

Europe’s longest running no-limit hold’em tournament, the Irish Open, is set to be even more exciting this year with stars of poker flying in from all over the world to take part in festivities from Apr. 6 to 9 at Dublin’s Burlington Hotel. This Sunday is the ideal time for poker fans to get qualifying […]

Poker Hand Of The Week: What's Your Play?

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]

Four EMOP Lisbon Packages Guaranteed at BetVictor Poker

BetVictor Poker is guaranteeing four seats to the upcoming European Masters of Poker Lisbon main event this Sunday. The €150 buy-in satellite takes place at 20:40 CET at the site and four packages worth €2,000 each are up for grabs. The packages include the €1,000 + €150 buy in to EMOP Lisbon main event taking […]

World Poker Tour National Paris Kicks Off

The second World Poker Tour National main event in as many weeks gets underway at the Aviation Club De France today. The Paris Open of Poker is a €1,500 + €150 buy in re-entry tournament with three day 1s so players knocked out on the first two days can rebuy into the event. Players start […]

Bankruptcy Documents for the Epic Poker League

On Thursday, Card Player reported on the massive debt left behind from the recent bankruptcy of the Epic Poker League’s parent company, Federated Sports and Gaming. Here is a list of the documents related to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy: 1. Federated Sports and Gaming Bankruptcy Filing, which lists creditors and equity security holders. Filing shows […]

The Weekly Orbit with Online Poker Legislation

Interest for online poker is on a heater of sorts after the Department of Justice letter in December paved the way for states to pursue intrastate industries. Many in the gaming world see a federal bill drawing nearly dead for 2012, and perhaps unlikely to happen ever. In the near future, states that have legalized […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Gaming Lobbyists Oppose Nevada Casino Raise In Taxes A proposal to raise gaming revenue taxes on Nevada’s biggest casinos from 6.75 percent to 9 percent is getting strong resistance from gaming lobbyists. Opponents of the measure believe that a tax hike […]

Fast Poker To Launch Soon On Euro Sites

Three Euro-facing online poker roperators will offer players a Rush Poker-style game over the coming weeks. iGame, Betsson, and Unibet will adopt Relax Gaming’s Fast Poker product. Patrik Österåker, chief executive of Relax Gaming Network said, “We are thrilled to launch Relax Fast Poker Network together with some of the very leading names in the […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall Starts Today

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall main event starts today at the Grosvenor G Casino in the English city. The £1,000 + £70 buy-in starts at 2 p.m. and runs for three days. Players get 20,000 in chips and a one-hour clock. Late registrations and alternates are accepted for the first four hours of play. […]

Epic Poker Bankruptcy Leaves Mountain of Debt

On Feb. 28, the Epic Poker League shut its doors, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Announcing the bankruptcy, Federated Sports and Gaming, Epic Poker’s parent company, Executive Chairman Jeffrey Pollack said via a statement on the company website: “Our company needs a new start. This reorganization filing is an important first step in that direction.” […]

UKIPT Nottingham Gets €1 Million Guarantee

PokerStars has announced it is to guarantee the upcoming UK & Ireland Poker Tour Nottingham main event for £1 million. The £700 + £70 buy-in main event takes place at Dusk Till Dawn from April 11 to 16 and will now feature three day 1s and have a capacity for up to 1,500 players. UKIPT […]

Playtech Confirms Poker Revenue Decline

Playtech, the publicly quoted Israeli online gaming operator, today announced its full year results for 2011 confirming an online poker decline of 20 percent to €21.8 million from €27.4 million in 2010. The company, which operates the iPoker network, said, “Excluding the French market, network liquidity grew over 20% on a like-for-like basis in the […]

Iowa Senate Signs Off On Internet Poker Bill

A bill in Iowa to legalize Internet poker passed out of the Senate on Tuesday by a 29-20 margin. The piece of legislation now moves to the House. If eventually signed by the governor, Senate File 225 is expected to generate between $2.9 million and $13.2 million in tax revenue annually, according to a state […]

2012 Player of the Year Update: Will Failla

The 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race sponsored by Lock Poker saw three new players join the top 20. As one would expect, there were a number of notable events that took place this past week. Here are the biggest results: World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star San Jose amateur Moon Kim […]

Isaac Haxton Beats Isildur in Poker Showdown

Maltese-based U.S. poker pro Isaac Haxton came from behind in his PokerStars SuperStar Showdown heads up match against Viktor “Isildur1” Blom yesterday to scrape a narrow win and justify his Matchbook.com favouritism before the game. The online game was interrupted on Sunday night after just 700 of the 2,500 hands when a fierce storm in […]

Russian Poker Series Grand Final Announced

PokerStars has announced details of its Russian Poker Series Grand Final. The $3,000 buy in main event will be held at the Kreschatik Poker Club, Kiev, Ukraine from May 11 to 20 with a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000. Russian Poker Series tournament director Artur Voskanyan said, “The Russian Poker Series is the richest and […]

Tom Langley Wins Mega Poker Series in UK

Tom Langley has won the Mega Poker Series at Dusk Til Dawn, Nottingham, England taking down the top prize of £35,770 for topping the 227-strong field in the €770 (£650) buy-in main event. Thirty-six players got paid from the £133,920 prize pool (which included 13 re-entries on day 1B) in the Poker770 event which attracted […]

Fitzgeralds To Become The D Las Vegas Casino

The downtown Las Vegas remodel continues as Fitzgeralds Casino and Hotel announced Tuesday plans for a dramatic renovation and name change to be completed later this fall. The Fremont Street property will officially become the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and will feature two gaming floors, two new bars and 638 remodeled hotel suites. The […]

MS Online Gaming Bill Dies Despite DOJ Flip-Flop

The Mississippi online gaming bill that died last week in the state legislature was the first of its kind to fail since the Department of Justice relaxed its grip on the issue in December 2011. Right before Christmas, poker players were given a stocking full of legal rhetoric in the form of a letter clarifying […]

Ryan Eriquezzo Wins WSOP Circuit Atlantic City

Ryan Eriquezzo topped a record-setting field of 641 entrants in the 2012 WSOP Circuit Atlantic City main event, earning $191,194 in prize money, his second WSOP Circuit gold ring and 840 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result of his victory, the 27-year-old has moved into a tie for 47th in the […]