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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Lights Up Blackpool

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour rolls into Blackpool this week with eight events culminating in the €1,000 + €70 buy in main event on Thursday. Last year the event was won by David Johnson and attracted 246 players while in 2009 Priyan de Mel beat 286 opponents to lift the £87,900 top prize. The schedule […]

Adrien Allain Wins WPT Amneville

Adrien Allain has been crowned the champion of the World Poker Tour Amneville after topping a field of 379 for a nice payday of €310,633. At the start of the day, most eyes were on chip leader Scott Baumstein, the only American on the final table and the player who had been leading the pack […]

WSOP 4th Place: Matt Giannetti

Matt Giannetti had a really strong performance at the 2011 World Series of Poker main event final table, winning most of his showdowns and rarely giving away easy chips to his opponents, but luck just wasn’t on his side. Both Giannetti and Ben Lamb began to falter to their European counterparts during four-handed play, so […]

3 Remain in WSOP Main Event

Just three players remain out of a field of 6,865 in the 2011 World Series of Poker main event. Poker professionals Pius Heinz, Ben Lamb and Martin Staszko survived to fight it out for poker’s most prestigious title on Tuesday. Heinz sits as the chip leader with 107.8 million, after six eliminations on day nine […]

WSOP 5th Place: Phil Collins

Phil Collins had a lot of support at the 2011 World Series of Poker main event final table, but in the end, it wasn’t enough to propel him to Tuesday’s final three. Collins was one of the most active players at the table and found some success by varying his play with a lot of […]

WSOP 6th Place: Eoghan O'Dea

Eoghan O’Dea was one of the favorites entering the 2011 World Series of Poker main event final table, but a series of missteps against Pius Heinz cost him the majority of his stack. Early on, O’Dea was caught bluffing with ace high against Heinz and his pocket queens. Later it was bad luck that saw […]

WSOP 7th Place: Badih Bounahra

Badih Bounahra was arguably the tightest player at the table, but you wouldn’t have known it by his cheering section, which was the largest at the World Series of Poker main event final table. The 49-year-old was probably the victim of his passive approach, which included a lot of limping and rarely defending his blinds. […]

WSOP 8th Place: Anton Makiievskyi

It seemed like Anton Makiievskyi was content to just grind his way up the pay ladder, having played very few hands at the World Series of Poker main event final table, but he was finally forced to put his short stack into the pot during a blind against blind confrontation. The action folded to the […]

WSOP Ninth Place: Samuel Holden

It took about three hours for the 2011 World Series of Poker main event final table to find its first casualty, and although there was a lot of fluctuation among the stack sizes, it was the initial short stack, Sam Holden who busted first. Holden was all in several times, trying to keep his head […]

November 9 Twitter Accounts

Poker fans watching the live coverage today of the 2011 World Series of Poker main event can also follow along with the player Twitter accounts. Seven of the nine will likely be providing real time commentary and insights during breaks in play. Check out the following: Matt Giannetti: @mattgiannetti Badih Bounahra: @BobBounahra Eoghan O’Dea: @EoghanOdea […]

World Poker Tour Amneville Final Table Set

The World Poker Tour Amneville final table has been set in France after 379 players were whittled down to just six – five Frenchmen and an American. The total prize pool in the €3,200 + €300 buy in event reached $1.6 million Scott Baumstein – 3,910,000 chips
 Adrien Allain – 2,675,000 chips
 Jordane Ouin – […]

Irish Poker Open 2012 Qualifiers Start Tonight

The first Irish Open 2012 online satellite takes place tonight Sunday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. on PaddyPowerPoker.com To kick qualification festivities off the €200 + €15 no-limit hold’em freezeout satellite has two €4,600 packages for the event guaranteed. Coincidentally the satellite kicks off just as PaddyPowerPoker’s Eoghan O’Dea takes to the felt in Las […]

Paddy Power World Series of Poker Betting Odds

Irish bookmaker PaddyPower.com has cut its odds on fellow countryman Eoghan O’Dea from 5/1 to 9/2 ahead of Sunday’s World Series of Poker main event final table. Meanwhile U.S. player Ben Lamb has been eased out to 11/2 from 5/1 and the chip leader, Martin Staszko from the Czech Republic, remains 4/1 favourite. The full […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

One of the biggest, if not the biggest, weekends in poker has arrived. The final stage of the World Series of Poker main event will begin to play out and the entire poker world will be tuning in. Nerves, excitement, and anticipation are clearly visible on Twitter in the run up to finding this year’s […]

Game Face Gaming Teams Up With Card Player Cruises

Game Face Gaming, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has executed a strategic partnership agreement with Card Player Cruises, LLC. (CPC) under which the Company through its Face Up Gaming platform will begin offering Card Player Cruises vacation packages in its monthly prize pools, along with sponsored onboard boot camp seminars and gift giveaways. CPC will […]

WSOP Main Event Final Table Underway

On Sunday, Nov. 6, after a 109-day hiatus, the remaining nine players from a field of 6,865 in the 2011 World Series of Poker main event will take their seats to play for the most prestigious title in all of poker. Much of the attention will be on Ben Lamb, who could end one of […]

Pius Heinz Signed By PokerStars

Pius Heinz, the 22-year-old poker player who will take to the felt in the hope of winning the World Series of Poker final table on Sunday has a new sponsor – Team PokerStars. Heinz, sitting seventh in chips among the November Nine, said, “I’m pretty relaxed about the game. There are a lot of tough […]

Bet Victor Welcomes Excluded Poker Players

VictorChandler.com has come up with a solution for players who have recently been excluded from the Entraction network. It has become the first online poker operator to launch a new website aimed at players from countries who had their IPs blocked on Nov. 1, BetVictor.com. Players from Israel, Canada, Norway, and Russia were prevented from […]

The Ten: Final Hands of the WSOP

In honor of this weekend’s finale to the 2011 World Series of Poker, we are bringing you the most memorable final hands in the tournament’s 41-year history. No. 10 — Peter Eastgate Catches Perfect Turn Card to Bust Ivan Demidov There is no doubt that Peter Eastgate had Ivan Demidov on the ropes for this […]

In-Play Betting On WSOP Final

The World Series of Poker main event final table is just around the corner and in anticipation of its arrival, online betting exchange Matchbook.com has launched a betting market with plenty of action to suit all punters, including in-play betting. This means that poker fans from all around the world are welcome to bet as […]

Nevada Holds iPoker Hearing

A Thursday State Gaming Control Board hearing in Las Vegas saw officials look into possible changes to a new batch of regulatory drafts for Nevada-based online poker. One of the proposals currently states that a licensed operator may not allow player-to-player transfers — a practice that has historically been a common method to facilitate staking […]

POY Update: Marvin Rettenmaier Moves Into Second Place

Here is a look at the Card Player Player of the Year movement from October 27th – November 2nd. Be sure to check back each week for another update from the world of tournament poker. World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals Many of tournament poker’s biggest names are fresh off a European swing of […]

PokerView Taking Players Worldwide

For players who want to play online poker, PokerView.com has become one of the top destinations because of its trusted regulation and a program that pays players to play every day. Licensed by the respected Lotteries & Gaming Authority, players worldwide are welcome to play at PokerView. The LGA, which has overseen all forms of […]

Nevada Amends iPoker Regulations

Nevada regulators released new drafts last week for rules pertaining to a Silver State-based interactive gaming system that would run online poker. The amended proposals provide more substance to a framework that has been developing since Governor Brian Sandoval gave the Nevada Gaming Commission the authority to adopt regulations for Internet poker. Specifics are now […]

Daniel Santoro Wins WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals

A busy month of poker on the tournament circuit in October wrapped up with the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Classic in Connecticut this week and after six days of action, it was Daniel Santoro who came out on top. Santoro defeated a tough final table that included reigning WPT Player of the Year […]

Unibet Poker Revenue Down 50 Percent This Year

Unibet Poker continues to see its poker revenue (reported as gross winning revenue) decline as it slumped 21 percent in the third quarter of 2011 to £3.11 million compared to £3.95 million a year earlier. The position for the year to date (January to December) looked even more grim with revenue down over 50 percent […]

Stefan Ericsson Wins Pokerfinnkampen 2011

Swedish poker player Stefan Ericsson has won the overall title at the sixth annual Pokerfinnkampen at Reval Park Hotel & Casino, Tallinn, Estonia. This unique weekend-long festival sees players compete across individual, team, and Terminator categories. The two-day main event attracted 131 players and was won by Finn Jari-Pekka Honkala who lifted €10,218 plus a […]

Full Tilt Sale Gets DOJ Approval

Rumors have been circulating in the poker community that Groupe Bernard Tapie, a French company seeking to purchase beleaguered Full Tilt Poker, has struck an agreement with the Department of Justice that would permit the acquisition. Jeff Ifrah, attorney for Full Tilt’s CEO Ray Bitar, told Card Player: “I have not seen final paperwork but […]

New Hampshire Committee Okays Casino Bill

Reuters reported Thursday that a New Hampshire House committee voted in favor of a bill that would allow the state lottery commission to issue a pair of licenses to casino companies. However, the state’s governor reportedly has reservations about the measure, citing regulatory capabilities and “quality of life” issues with gaming expansion. Nevada-based Millennium Gaming […]

Macau Has Another Record Month of Gaming Revenue

Revenue from Macau casino operators increased 42 percent to a record 26.9 billion patacas ($3.4 billion) for the month of October thanks to a week-long national holiday, according to the city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. The record-setting month comes after the city recorded a 39-percent increase in revenue in September, the lowest rate over […]