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Betting On Big Names For Irish Poker Open

This year the Irish Open is attracting a couple of new faces to Irish felt. PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced that Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and Erick Lindgren will make the trip over to Ireland for Europe’s longest running no-limit hold’em tournament. To make it more exciting, the bookmaker has a special deal for those interested in […]

Sean Jazayeri Wins The 2012 WPT L.A. Poker Classic

The lone amateur at a table of young pros, Sean Jazayeri used his experience and some luck to overcome the tough final table and defeat David Sands heads-up to win the 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Main Event. For his victory Jazayeri earned the prestigious title, the first place prize of $1,370,240 and […]

BestBet Poker Comes To Jacksonville

On Thursday, Jacksonville Greyhound Racing and Poker will officially become BestBet Jacksonville. The North Florida facility will open with 70 poker tables, making it the largest in the state, and will also feature a simulcast area for greyhound races, horse races and jai alai wagering. The room’s first tournament series will be the Jacksonville Spring […]

Epic Poker's Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy

Los Angeles-based Federated Sports + Gaming, the parent company to the Epic Poker League, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a statement issued from Executive Chairman Jeffrey Pollack. The EPL, which has awarded membership via a ranking system, is still in the midst of its inaugural season. Pollack said that the league plans […]

Schwartz, Kelly, Somerville, Sands Lead LAPC Final

The final table is set in the 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic main event. A total of 549 players posted the $10,000 buy-in, but now only six remain to battle it out for the prestigious WPT title, the first-place prize of $1,370,240 and 2,100 Player of the Year points. Here are your final […]

Latest Issue Of Card Player Europe Now Online

The latest issue of Card Player Europe is now available online. Packed with news, strategy articles, and interviews, the February edition is headlined by The Wild Adventures of Miikka Anttonen. Anttonen’s story describes the young Finn’s life so far, from sports betting at 10-years-old to finding poker and bankroll chaos to self-banning online and close […]

Paradise Poker Revenue Down 33 Percent

Paradise Poker, the online poker business operated by Sportingbet Plc, saw net gaming revenue fall 33 percent in the first six months of its financial year (to end January 2012) to £4.7 million from £7.1 million a year earlier. The company described poker market conditions as “challenging”. Poker makes up 6.0 percent of gross gaming […]

Iowa Lawmaker Says Online Poker Bill Won't Pass

In an op-ed in the Cherokee Chronicle Times, Iowa Rep. Dan Huseman (R-Aurelia) said that he doesn’t see an intrastate online gaming bill passing. He wrote that a poll “showed that 70 percent of Iowans are opposed to legalizing [online] gambling, yet the Senate is moving a bill forward to do just that. If it […]

Ryan Lang Pleads Guilty to Online Poker Charges

The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Ryan Lang, one of the individuals named in the April 2011 indictment of the major offshore poker sites, has pleaded guilty in federal court. He reportedly apologized for the crimes. He faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. The Department of Justice accused Lang of obtaining accounts […]

Jim Harnden Wins WSOPC Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event

The World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club’s record-breaking two-week run has come to a conclusion, with the WSOP Circuit main event coming to an end on Monday. The main event began days ago, with 778 players posting the $1,600 buy-in to build a $1,131,990 prize pool, with attendance […]

Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features 2011 Card Player Player of the Year winner Ben Lamb, who had a monster summer at the World Series of Poker. Other features in this issue include player interviews with Jason Wheeler, Chris Klodnicki and Justin Young as well as strategy columns […]

Gavin Griffin: Dropping Down For A Rebuilding Year

Monte Carlo – April 2, 2007 Starting the hand roughly 100 big blinds deep, I raise the button (small blind) with K 5 to 150k with blinds of 25k-50k. Marc Karam three bets out of the BB to 400k. If this were today I would either reraise or fold. I’m a much better tournament player […]

Federal Government Indicts Calvin Ayre

Billionaire businessman Calvin Ayre and the online gambling enterprise he once owned have come under fire from the federal government. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors in Maryland unsealed an indictment against the Bodog Entertainment Group. Ayre, along with James Phillip, David Ferguson and Derrick Maloney, are accused of operating an illegal gambling business involving sports betting […]

Satellite Guarantees 30 Irish Poker Open Packages

Yet another ideal opportunity to win a package for this year’s Irish Open has come to the fore. Details of a €300 + €20 buy-in Irish Open Mega Satellite were announced today by PaddyPowerPoker.com but the exciting part is it guarantees 30 packages, each worth €4,600. The no-limit hold’em freezeout Mega Satellite will take place […]

World Poker Tour National Series Denmark Begins

The World Poker Tour rolls into Vejle, Denmark today for a National Series main event – the equivalent of the lower buy-in Regional Event in the U.S.. The €1,500 + €150 buy in, two day one, main event takes place at Casino Munkebjerg Vejle and has a cap of 400 runners. One well known face […]

Online Poker Companies Ordered Out of Holland

The Dutch supreme court has ordered international online gambling operators, including online poker sites, to install software which blocks access to citizens from Holland according to DutchNews.nl. The ruling, which favours the Dutch Lotto over companies such as Ladbrokes and Betfair, says the onus is on online gaming companies to install software and not Dutch […]

Eric O'Callaghan Wins Super Deaf Poker Event

Eric O’Callaghan was crowned champion of the Super Deaf Poker Event in the Citywest Events Centre, County Dublin early Saturday morning. The event was a great success and reached its cap of 100 which also included some hearing players, who had to adhere to the event rules concerning speech and sign language. Kabwe Kabosha was […]

NetEffect Networks Looking at Nevada Online Gaming

Las Vegas-based NetEffect Networks, Inc has applied to be a class 2 service provider in a future Nevada online gaming industry that would begin with poker, according to information Card Player received from the state’s Gaming Control Board. The information technology company would be required to do business with an existing land-based casino, which will […]

Hog Wild Poker To Stake Players For Tourneys

If you’ve always wanted to be a poker pro, where someone else pays your entry fees to play in casino poker tournaments, your day has come! HogWildPokerLeagues.com, the original online poker league community, is launching today a new program that rewards multiple players each month for their outstanding play by staking them to $500 toward […]

2012 WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Preview

The 2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Palace Atlantic City is about to begin, with a total of 12 gold-ring events beginning on March 1st and continuing through the 12th. There are a number of different formats and buy-ins for players to chose from, but the highlight of the series, as always, is the […]

Illinois Gaming To Revisit Casino Plans

Last Wednesday, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn laid out a budget proposal that would close 59 different state-run facilities that include prisons and care centers, but gambling supporters are hoping that a casino expansion bill will help to alleviate the pressure on the state to impose those cuts. The governor’s aides are continuing to work with […]

Poker Host Running 2012 Poker Maximus Series

Poker Host has given online poker players more reasons to keep playing! $1.5 million in guaranteed prizes Poker Host will host their 2012 Poker Maximus Series, which will feature 70 events over three weeks and more than $1.5 million in guaranteed prizes! Starting on Sunday, Mar. 4, Poker Maximus will run at least three events […]

Andrew Feldman Underdog in Boxing Match

British poker pro Andrew Feldman is currently around 2/1 with Matchbook.com (+190) to beat Daniel “Jungleman” Cates in a boxing match in Vegas during this year’s World Series of Poker. Cates is currently around 4/9 (-220) to win. The fight was confirmed last week when Feldman accepted the challenge via twitter: “@junglemandan: so u still […]

Joe-Boy Rahme Wins WSOP Africa Main Event

The winner of the second annual World Series of Poker Africa $3,300 main event is Joe-Boy Rahme. The restaurateur-turned-poker pro topped a field of 218 after three action-fueled days at Johannesburg’s Emerald Resort and Casino for the lion’s share of the $634,380 prize pool. The very popular South African had to battle a tough final […]

Petersen Wins EPT Copenhagen Main Event

Mickey Petersen has won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen Main Event, earning 2,515,000 Danish Kroner ($452,257), as well as 912 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result, Peterson now sits in a tie for 20th place in the overall POY standings. To capture this, his first major live tournament title, Petersen […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

The past two weeks in particular have seen many players tweeting and blogging about the Full Tilt Poker scenario. They have done so in various ways and in different tones, but regardless of this, a reaction is constantly sparked and with so many people involved and affected, a debate always ensues. Daniel Negreanu voiced his […]

A Look At The Upcoming Week In Tournament Poker

In this new 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 February 27th through March 5th. Head to our […]

2012 L.A. Poker Classic Prize Pool Announced

Registration is now closed on day 2 of the 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 main event. Once again the tournament proved to be one of the WPT’s best performers, drawing a total of 549 entrants and building a prize pool of nearly $5.3 million. This is the largest event of the WPT’s […]

California Taking Another Look at Online Poker

California is ready to take another crack at online gaming. On Friday, a pair of lawmakers introduced The Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012, which would permit the activity within the state’s borders. Poker would be the only game allowed for an initial period of two years. After a regulatory framework […]

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

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a Card Player prize pack. 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 hand from […]