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The Poker Year In Review - October

Julian Thew won his third Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) title topping a field of 145 for a payday of £42,740. A total of 691 players entered the EPT London main event, with German pro Benny Spindler left holding the trophy alongside the £750,000 first-place prize. The World Series of Poker Europe got underway in […]

Normandie Casino 'Aces Cracked' Promotion

Normandie Casino, located in Gardena, California, is currently running a special “Aces Cracked” promotion. During special hours, if a pair of aces in no-limit hold’em lose at showdown the player who holds them will get paid a bonus. From Sunday to Thursday, during the hours of 10-11 a.m., 1-2 p.m. and 9-10 p.m., customers are […]

New Jersey to Take Another Look at iGaming

New Jersey Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) is going to make another serious push for an online gaming bill in his state. The Associated Press reported Monday that the lawmaker will try to send his proposal to Gov. Chris Christie by next week. The aggressive plan comes not long after the Department of Justice clarified the […]

The Poker Year In Review - September

September was a big month for poker sponsorships, a market which had received a battering all through the year. Christophe Gross, at 29-years-old, is a modest tournament winner with around €90,000 in live earnings. However the player known as “Crazy Sheep” online became the poster boy for Chocolato.de praline chocolates to a hip, young target […]

New Year Poker Q & A With John Eames

Ringing in the New Year is popular Brit pro John Eames. Card Player has been asking many familiar faces of poker about their 2011, the player who most impressed them during the year, the lessons they learned, and their hopes for 2012. Eames speaks about close-calls at EPTs, his ideal Christmas, his love of Cannes, […]

Ben Lamb Wins Card Player POY Award

Ben Lamb has officially won the title of 2011 Card Player Player of the Year, with year-end total earnings of $5,351,467 in qualified events and 6,036 POY points. The 26 year-old cash game grinder had an incredible year, made all the more impressive by the fact that the entirety of his live scores came at […]

The Poker Year In Review - August

Luca Pagano celebrated his first major tournament takedown on home soil with a win in the San Remo leg of the Italian Poker Tour. The victory scored him €210,000 as he left 425 crushed souls in his wake. Portuguese online poker prodigy Jose ‘Girah’ Macedo was dropped as a LockPoker.com pro after being confronted about, […]

Five Irish Poker Open Packages To Be Won Today

It’s the first day of the new year, which means resolutions for some and hangovers for many. More excitingly, it also means five Irish Open packages worth €4,600 each will be given away at PaddyPowerPoker.com in its New Year’s Day Mega Satellite. The €200 + €15 no-limit hold’em freezeout kicks off at 8 p.m. this […]

Tournament Poker Year in Review: July to December

The first half of 2011 featured many interesting tournament results, including Erik Seidel’s $5.4 million dollar run, Vanessa Selbst and Jason Mercier going back-to-back with NAPT titles and Ben Lamb’s fantastic World Series of Poker run. As July loomed, the approach of the WSOP Main Event had the entire poker world excited to see what […]

Christmas Poker Q & A -- David Vamplew

As the Christmas tree wilts, and preparations are made for the New Year’s celebrations, Card Player asks some of the world’s familiar poker faces how their year was, who impressed them the most in 2011, what lies ahead in 2012, and their favourite way to spend Christmas and New Year’s eve, among other things. David […]

The Poker Year In Review - July

Phil Hellmuth again came close to winning his 12th WSOP bracelet but, again, fell one short to Brian Rast in the $50,000 players’ championship. Players compete in eight games (limit hold ‘em, Omaha high-low split eight-or-better, razz, seven-card stud, stud high-low split eight-or-better, no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha and 2-7 triple draw lowball) and the field […]

Isle Of Man To Attract Live Poker

The Isle of Man is considering changing its gaming law to allow large scale live poker events which could attract internationally renowned players and companies. Iomtoday.com reports economic development minister John Shimmin as saying, “The department has identified an opportunity to be able to attract live gaming tournaments to the island with all of the […]

Tournament Poker Year in Review: January To June

Despite the troubled global economy and the negative impact of poker’s Black Friday, 58 players cashed for a total of more than a million dollars in Player of the Year qualified poker tournaments in 2011. That is an increase of 23.4% over last year’s 47 poker-made millionaires. This just goes to show that tournament poker […]

The Poker Year In Review - June

Tiltware, the company that provides software for Full Tilt, issued a statement saying that Phil Ivey’s lawsuit was all about one player, himself, and was an effort to “further enrich himself at the expense of others”. The statement said this could thwart pending deals with several parties that would return players’ money and that Ivey […]

DraftDay Trip to the Strip Game on Sunday

As a loyal Card Player reader, you are invited to participate in a special contest on DraftDay.com: a $25,000 Trip to the Strip game this Sunday. The $25,000 prize pool multi-entry NFL game will send a lucky someone and two friends on a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. Anyone who signs up for DraftDay through […]

Part 2: A Look at July Through December

This is part two of a two-part series that looks back on all of the major headlines in the poker world from 2011. Click here for part one. July WSOP Main Event Draws Strong Numbers After Black Friday, everyone expected a slight drop off in numbers for the World Series of Poker main event, and, […]

The Poker Year In Review - May

bwin.party digital entertainment plc revealed a 33 percent increase in new daily sign ups for poker in the two weeks immediately after the U.S. government crackdown on three major poker sites. There was a decline in poker revenue of 14 percent however in the first quarter of 2011 to €54 million from €62.8 million a […]

CarbonPoker Offering January Reload Bonus

CarbonPoker has come up with a way to reward its players in January. CarbonPoker wants you to kickoff the New Year with a Fresh Start! January is a huge month for CarbonPoker and to add to the Holiday Joy, the site wants to promote a fresh start bonus, which awards 10 percent up to $30. […]

Utah Looking at Anti-Online Gaming Legislation

On Tuesday afternoon, Utah lawmaker Rep. Stephen Sandstrom (R-Orem) announced via his website that he has drafted a law that would ban online poker, and all forms of web gaming, in his state. Sandstrom wrote that the decision is in “response to proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress to legalize online gambling unless states proactively […]

Irish Open Seats For Cheap From Today

PaddyPowerPoker.com’s The Cheap Seats Irish Open qualifier re-buy tournaments return today and will run until the Irish Open kicks off in April 2012. At 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. daily, players can satellite their way into the main event for just €4. The winners of these €4 rebuy satellites move on to the bi-monthly Cheap Seats […]

Christmas Poker Q & A -- Fatima Moreira de Melo

While players get some down time away from the felt, Card Player caught up with some notable pros from all over the world to see how their year was and what they expect from the next. In this Christmas special Fatima Moreira de Melo talks about her best memory, what she learned throughout the year, […]

The Poker Year In Review - April

The anticipated merger of bwin Interactive Holdings and Party Gaming plc was finally official. The new company, bwin.party digital entertainment plc, began trading on the London Stock Exchange as ‘BPTY’. A few days later however, bwin.party’s shares slumped by 16 percent with the news of a proposed regime in Germany, which would see private companies […]

The Poker Year In Review: Part 1

Tournament numbers were down, the poker world continued to feel the effects of a struggling U.S. economy … and we haven’t even begun to talk about Black Friday yet. 2011 was a difficult year for poker. There’s no denying that. But it’s also a year that may prove to be an important transitional leap for […]

Aristocrat Technologies Seeks NV iPoker License

Las Vegas-based Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. has applied to participate in a Nevada intrastate Internet poker industry, according to a source at the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Aristocrat Technologies is a subsidiary of Australian-based Aristocrat Leisure Limited. According to the company’s website, Aristocrat Technologies builds and sells gaming systems, machines and other equipment globally. Among its […]

Bovada Poker King of the Felt Sit-and-Go Promotion

Bovada is giving its players a bonus for playing sit-and-go tournaments. Place in sit-and-gos for a shot at a $1,000 heads-up prize and $2,500 in weekly freerolls. To be eligible you have to place and be paid in three sit-and-go tournaments in one week. When you do, you’ll get one entry in the weekly draw. […]

Poker Strategy: Check-Raise Bluffing The Flop

I don’t play a lot of pots out of position. When I do play out of position, the most common scenario is that I’ve open-raised preflop and someone has called behind me. In this scenario, many students of the game automatically fire a continuation bet on the flop. This is too aggressive. You should be […]

Christmas Poker Q & A -- Roberto Romanello

While hoping our readers are enjoying their Christmas presents and not too busy returning unwanted gifts or recouping from over indulgence, Card Player caught up with some poker pros from all over the globe to find out how their year has been, who they thought did the best in 2011, their favourite way to spend […]

The Poker Year In Review - March

The Cypriot government cabinet approved a draft bill banning online gaming including poker. Persons or companies found guilty of breaching the incoming law would be libel for a fine of up to €170,000 and/or five years in jail. Frenchman Davidi Kitai took down the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational at the Commerce Casino in L.A.. […]

South Point Gunning for First Nevada Poker Site

South Point Hotel & Casino is looking to have Nevada’s first intrastate real-money online poker site, said Rick Kulis, the company’s Vice President of Internet Gaming. According to Kulis, South Point Poker, which already exists as a free poker site, is “well down the road” toward obtaining a license to operate. So far, six entities […]

The Poker Year In Review - February

Lucien Cohen and his mascot plastic rat made Martin Jacobson runner-up for the second time in an EPT when the Frenchman topped an 891-strong field to take the €888,000 top prize at the Deauville stop of the European Poker Tour. A spokesperson for Dublin-based company Pocket Kings, service provider to Full Tilt Poker, revealed the […]