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Germany Wins First Poker Nations Cup

Germany has taken on the poker world in style this year. First Pius Heinz is crowned this year’s World Series of Poker champion, and now the International Federation of Poker has announced that Germany is the winner of the first Nations Cup. The team was led by Stephan Kalhammer and included the likes of Sebastian […]

Two Irish Poker Open Packages For Grabs Sunday

Tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 20, sees the third week of Irish Open 2012 satellites at PaddyPowerPoker.com. There will be a €200 + €15 no-limit hold’em freezeout satellite at 8 p.m. featuring two €4,600 packages for the Irish Open main event which will take place from Apr. 6-9 in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel. The packages include the €3,200 […]

Massachusetts Casino Bill Sent to Governor's Desk

The Massachusetts legislature has sent a casino bill to Governor Deval Patrick’s desk, the Boston Globe reported Thursday. The measure will allow three casinos and a slot machine parlor. After a last-minute legislative compromise, Patrick said he will likely sign by Thanksgiving. Supporters claim the bill will create jobs and keep much needed tax revenue […]

House Hearing on Online Poker

A House subcommittee hearing held Friday on Capitol Hill to discus Internet gaming and Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) online poker bill centered on the issue of problem gambling and the desire for blanket Federal legislation. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), on the first panel to testify, said that “gambling is not a panacea” and cited a […]

Andy Frankenburger Wins Premier League Mixed Game

Andy Frankenburger has won the PartyPoker.com Premier League Mixed Game Championship at the Playboy Club in London, England. The New York trader and WSOP bracelet winner takes home $100,000 after beating Andrew Feldman heads up in the $25,000 buy in invitational event. “This feels really good, it is my first success this side of the […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Season III Announced

PokerStars has announced the first four dates of season III of its UK & Ireland Poker Tour. The dates, venues and cites confirmed so far are: Feb. 16-20: Radisson Hotel,Galway, Ireland — €700 + 70* buy in, €100,000 GTD, 500 cap Apr. 12-16: Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England — £700 + 70, £200,000 GTD, 1,000 […]

French Investor and DOJ Reach Agreement on Full Tilt

Updated: The Wall Street Journal reported that an attorney for Groupe Bernard Tapie said the French investor reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that could lead to the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker for $80 million. Groupe Bernard Tapie is seeking to restart the poker site’s non-U.S. business. The acquisition would allegedly facilitate […]

Tribes Unhappy With Web Poker Bill

A panel of some of tribal gaming’s leading experts gathered in front of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Thursday to discuss Internet gaming and its implications for Indian casinos. Larry Roberts, general counsel for the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), began the hearing by saying that the Commission has not been named as […]

Senate Hearing on Internet Gaming's Effect on Tribes

A Senate oversight hearing on Internet gaming and it’s implications for tribal groups will begin Thursday afternoon on Capitol Hill. The gathering of some of gaming’s leading experts in front of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will discuss the question: “What’s at stake for tribes?” The list of witnesses: Larry S. Roberts, General Counsel, […]

Poker Pro Jake Cody Signs With PKR

UK poker pro Jake Cody has signed a sponsorship deal with online site PKR. The 22-year-old is the youngest “triple crown” winner with European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour, and World Series of Poker titles under his belt along with over $3 million in lifetime earnings. The young star said of his new sponsorship deal, […]

Betfred Fraudster Remanded In Custody

A British man, William Wallace, has been remanded in custody after being accused of stealing a £23,856 credit balance owed by a bank to his employer, gaming company, Betfred.com. Wallace appeared before the Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Nov. 8 alongside two other men who were involved in an unrelated case which also concerned alleged electronic […]

Unibet Buys French Poker Site

Unibet Group plc is to return to the French online gaming market for the first time in around 18 months after it announced it was buying Eurosportpoker.fr and Eurosportbet.fr. The company is paying €5.6 million plus a net cash adjustment of €1.5 million for Solfive which owns the trademarks. It will also provide funds when […]

NACPT Coming in December

Card Player Media is excited to present the first stop of the brand new Native American Casino Poker Tour (NACPT) at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, from Dec. 1-11. The Casino: Choctaw, which recently received a Four Diamond rating by AAA, is home to a 30-table poker room with a personal lounge and […]

POY Update: Ben Lamb Leads

The World Series of Poker’s $10,000 championship is unquestionably the largest poker tournament in the world, with a sizable buy-in and a massive field. As a result, this event has consistently made a huge impact on the Card Player Player of the Year race. The 2011 running of the WSOP Main Event was no exception. […]

Witness List for House Hearing

A handful of the gaming industry’s most influential experts will testify at a Friday House hearing for the idea of an Internet poker system based in the United States. Representatives Frank Wolf (R-VA), John Campbell (R-CA) and Barney Frank (D-MA) will be apart of the first panel to give testimony. Both Frank and Campbell have […]

European Masters of Poker Pulls Into Riga

The sixth and final stop of the European Masters of Poker season III kicks off today at the Royal Casino Spa & Hotel Resort in Riga, Latvia with a €300 + €30 buy-in no-limit hold’em super satellite for the Grand Final main event at 6 p.m. (local time). Day 1A of the €1,650 buy-in main […]

Poker Nations Cup Draws Big Names

The International Federation of Poker hosts the Nations Cup tomorrow in London as part of the London Mind Sports Festival. Twelve teams from countries such as the US, Germany, Ireland, UK, Spain, Holland, Japan, Australia, Denmark as well as a team from online gaming giant Zynga will participate in duplicate poker. According to the IPF, […]

Main Event Players: Live Coverage Good for Poker

The general consensus from the final nine players of the 2011 World Series of Poker main event was that the nearly-live coverage, broadcasted on the Internet and on network TV, was good for the game – but didn’t make too much of a difference in the action. In late October, ESPN and the WSOP announced […]

EU Shifts Stance On Internet Gambling

The European Parliament today voted to adopt a new report which urges a harder line on harmonizing online gaming law across the European Union. Among the recommendations in the report, drafted by German MEP Jurgen Creutzmann, are a common set of rules for consumer protection in the realm of online gambling across the continent. This […]

EPT Loutraki Main Event Begins

The PokerStars European Poker Tour makes its debut in Greece as players pile into the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki for day 1A of its €4,000 + €400 main event. It’s the first time the Tour will search for a champion in Greece and what better place to do it than one of the biggest casinos […]

Sangeeth Mohan Wins Asian Poker Tour Goa

Sangeeth Mohan has beaten 157 opponents to lift the Asian Poker Tour Asian Series Goa main event trophy winning INR2.35 million (€33,800) and his second title of the week after he previously win in the INR15,000 buy in Greed event which saw him walk away with INR526,000 (€7,575). The final table payouts for the INR50,000 […]

Juan Bel Wins Betfair Poker Live! in Spain

Juan Bel has won the €650 buy in Betfair Poker Live! Costa Brava in Spain beating 126 opponents to take hoe the €16,000 top prize. Bel dodged a field thronged with Scandinavians, Brits and local hopefuls to get heads up with fellow countryman Jose Guinto. The duo jousted for an hour before Guinto moved all […]

Nevada to Take Applications for Online Poker Licenses

VegasInc reported Monday that in February the Nevada State Gaming Control board will begin the process of accepting applications for interactive gaming licenses, which would allow online poker sites. The Board’s chairman Mark A. Lipparelli told industry insiders at the U.S. Online Gaming Law conference at Aria last week. If licensed, companies would be able […]

The Ten: Unlucky WSOP Finalists

To wrap up our coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker, we are bringing you a special edition of The Ten that includes a look at the most unlucky final table participants in the history of the main event. No. 10 – A Fremont Street Nightmare John Strzemp had no business playing on the […]

Ladbrokes Targets Danish and Spanish Poker Markets

Ladbrokes has signed an agreement with Microgaming for the latter to provide software for the bookmaker’s online poker operations in the soon-to-be regulated Danish and Spanish poker markets. The first hands are expected to be dealt in January 2012 when Ladbrokes gains its first licence in these markets. Adam Greenblatt, director of corporate and strategic […]

Aussie Banks Poker Payment Dilemma

The Australian Bankers’ Association has told the government it does not want restrictions placed on financial transactions to or from online gambling sites including poker. According to the Sydney Morning Herald Steven Munchenberg of the ABA told a joint select committee on gambling reform that the proposed move was ‘not straightforward and that, “[If] Australia […]

Betfair Poker Signs Hans Martin Vogl

Betfair Poker has signed German poker pro Hans Martin Vogl. The former sports bettor at the betting exchange came to prominence when he reached the Betfair Asian Poker Tour final table in 2006 and won $58,000 before making the final table of the Aussie Millions main event in 2007 where he cashed for $400,000 for […]

Andrew Peters Wins GUKPT Blackpool Main Event

Andrew Peters walked away from the G Casino at The Sandcastle with £72,020 for topping a field of 262 including some of the best of British poker talent in the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Blackpool main event. The festival ran from Nov. 6-13 culminating in the main event final which certainly lived up to expectations. […]

Trickett Wins Partouche ME

Just like the World Series of Poker, the Partouche Poker Tour main event final table was delayed by two months before a champion could be crowned. The final nine were determined back in September, but it wasn’t until Saturday that they gathered to play out the final table. Sam Trickett came into the contest with […]

CP Digital Editions Available

CardPlayer.com users who enjoy reading Card Player and Card Player Europe magazine issues online will notice changes on our website. Users will need to either purchase a print or digital subscription to access magazine content and continue to read and learn from Card Player’s expansive magazine database that dates all the way back to 1988 […]