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Keown Wins Irish Winter FestivalThe PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival came to a close with John Keown taking down the €1,000 + €100 main event, the Irish Masters, for a nice payday of €100,000. The three-day event drew 395 players to the Burlington Hotel in Dublin for what turned out to be an intense roller-coaster ride filled with highs and […]
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888 Poker Revenue Rebounds888 Holdings, owner and operator of 888 Poker, saw business to consumer (B2C) poker revenue up 120 percent to US$18 million in the third quarter of 2011 from just $8 million in the same period of 2010. The company said the jump was driven by its new Poker 6 platform. The number of active B2C […]
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New VIP Program at Victor Chandler Poker Starts TodayLoyal players at Victor Chandler Poker can reap the benefits of a new VIP Program from today Nov. 1. The program, in phase 1 with more to come, has eight VIP levels and features the much-anticipated Instant Cash Back feature which allows players to redeem their loyalty points immediately without having to wait until the […]
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MGM, Boyd Partner with bwin.party for Online PokerMGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corp. ended weeks of speculation on Monday by separately announcing partnerships with bwin.party digital entertainment — a U.K-based company that owns PartyPoker and the World Poker Tour brand — to offer Internet poker in the U.S. if federal legislation passes to license and regulate the industry. Under the agreement, […]
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A Look at Native American Casino Poker Tour ChoctawKen Lambert got started in the casino business as a busboy when he was just 16 years old at Binion’s Horseshoe in Las Vegas. When he turned 21, he moved onto dealing cards and then helped open the Mirage Casino before becoming the Poker Room Manager at the Horseshoe in Tunica, Mississippi. In Tunica, Lambert […]
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Five Iron Man Freerolls Announced For EMOP RigaWithin the next 10 days there will be five Iron Man Freerolls taking place across the Entraction Network for the European Masters of Poker Riga. Each Freeroll has a €2,600 package including the €1,650 buy-in for the season III Grand Final main event, four nights’ accommodation at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Resort, and €400 […]
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Irish Winter Poker Festival 2011 - Day 2On day 2 of the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival €1000 + €100 main event the 121 players remaining from a starting field of 395 had to be slimmed down to a final table of eight. However as players and Sole Survivors battled with each other for their spot at the final, it seemed obvious no-one […]
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Sam Stein on Card Player MagazineThe latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Sam Stein, a current Card Player Player of the Year contender. Stein is only 23 years old, but has already earned over $3.9 million in tournament earnings in his short career. The kid from Hidden Hills, California had a very successful WSOP […]
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2011 Irish Winter Poker Festival - Day 1The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival €1000 + €100 main event kicked off yesterday attracting a total of 395 players to create a prize pool of just under €400,000. The field included 135 Sole Survivors who will fight until only one qualifier remains and earns him/herself a €20,000 package made up of 50 percent cash and […]
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Euro Poker Tweets Of The WeekEvery poker player rants. Whether it’s quiet self-berating for a way they played a hand or an angry outburst to a friend or fellow player, it is part and parcel of the poker world. Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter however have made for deadly temptation to publicly vent, but once the steam […]
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POY Update: EPT San RemoHere is a look at the Card Player Player of the Year movement from October 20-27. Be sure to check back each week for another update from the world of tournament poker. EPT San Remo The European Poker Tour San Remo stop has been going full force for the past week, with 17 events completed […]
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Update on Absolute Poker FundsOn Thursday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission issued a statement regarding United States player funds on its licensee Absolute Poker/Ultimate Bet. Regulators allege a “potential solution” to compensate victims. The Commission said that it has been “in close and regular discussions” with Blanca Games since the indictments were announced on April 15. Antigua-based Blanca Games acquired […]
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Betsson Poker Profit Falls 12 PercentGross poker profit at Betsson Plc, the Swedish online gaming operator, fell 12 percent to SEK21.5 million (€2.38 million) percent in the third quarter of 2011 from SEK24.4 million a year earlier. Poker now makes up just 5.5 percent of Betsson’s total revenue, down from 16 percent in the first quarter of 2009. While poker […]
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William Hill Poker Revenue Up 14 PercentWilliam Hill Poker revenue rose 14 percent in the third quarter of 2011. William Hill Online, the joint venture with Playtech which operates the company’s poker business did not give a figure for poker revenue but the first half of 2011 saw poker revenues up 11 percent to £11.8 million from £10.6 million a year […]
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Andrey Pateychuk Wins EPT San Remo Main EventRussian student Andrey Pateychuk has managed to emerge unscathed from a tough field of 831 to become champion of the European Poker Tour San Remo Season 8. Pateychuk, who first came to the poker world’s attention by finishing 15th in this year’s World Series of Poker main event, takes down his first title and, due […]
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Irish Winter Poker Festival Gets Underway In DublinThe PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival gets underway at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin today Oct. 28 featuring a wide variety of events including tonight’s €100 + €10 rebuy super satellite. The €1,000 + €100 buy in main event starts tomorrow Saturday October 29 at 2 p.m.. Players and fans who can’t make it to the part […]
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Fertitta Interactive Buys CyberArtsFertitta Interactive, an online gaming entity established and co-owned by Station Casinos’ founders, announced Wednesday that it has, for an undisclosed price, purchased the assets of California-based CyberArts Licensing, an online gaming software provider. The plan is to provide online poker if federal legislation passes. “Fertitta Interactive fully supports the federal regulation of online poker […]
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Shuffle Master to Enter CanadaLas Vegas-based Shuffle Master and Internet gaming software provider OpenBet announced Wednesday their entry into an agreement that allows OpenBet to provide web versions of some of Shuffle Master’s licensed games to Canada’s online gaming sites, including Loto-Québec and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. Shuffle Master is a global gaming supplier which produces automatic card […]
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Greenstein, Johnson in HOFOn Thursday the World Series of Poker announced that Barry Greenstein and Linda Johnson have been voted into the Poker Hall of Fame as the 2011 class. Both were also nominated in 2009 and 2010. Greenstein, winner of three WSOP bracelets and $7.7 million lifetime in tournaments, is widely regarded as one of the best […]
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ESPN's Live Coverage of WSOPESPN and the World Series of Poker have teamed up to bring live, televised coverage, with holecards, of the 2011 Main Event final table to poker fans around the world. With the exception of commercial breaks, every hand from the final table will be shown on a 15-minute delay to audiences on ESPN’s network of […]
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Qualify For European Masters Of Poker Riga TonightThe next stop on the European Masters of Poker (EMOP) is the Royal Casino Spa & Hotel Resort in Riga, Latvia. This will be the final stop and will play out from Nov. 17 to 20. Qualifiers are currently running for the €1,500 + €150 buy-in main event on all poker sites on the Entraction […]
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Poker Players Lose Battle For Seized JackpotTwo years following a raid on Derry’s River Club’s Christmas Jackpot Poker Classic, 38 poker players took to the Magistrate’s Court in Londonderry in an attempt to get back just over £23,700 in jackpot money, which was seized by the police. According to the Belfast Telegraph, District Judge Barney McElholm said proven ownership of the […]
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The Ten: Halloween EditionThis week for The Ten we are honoring Halloween by giving you a ranking of the most memorable costumes worn in a poker setting. Some are the result of losing a prop bet, but nonetheless were all in good fun. Which one is your favorite, and which ones did we miss? Happy Halloween from the […]
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Maryland Governor Opposes Online PokerMaryland Governor Martin O’Malley has requested that online poker be removed from the Congress agenda in an effort to protect his state’s lottery system. O’Malley wrote a letter to Senator Patty Murray (D. Washington) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R. Texas), who are co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, asking them to find […]
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Florida Eying Casino ExpansionSouth Florida’s gaming market could see a Las Vegas-style boom, as The Miami Herald reported that state lawmakers introduced new casino proposals Wednesday amidst mounting pressure to plug high unemployment and create investment in the region. The construction of full-scale “destination resorts,” after just five years of legalized gambling in the state, could be led […]
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Paddy Power Poker Launches Irish Open 2012Details have today been announced for the 2012 installment of Europe’s longest running no-limit hold’em poker tournament, the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open. One of the poker world’s most prestigious and popular tournaments will take place from Apr. 6-9, 2012 in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin and will once again see a buy-in of €3,200 + €300. […]
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Dream Poker Tour To Hold Final In FranceCasinos Créateurs d’Emotions, a federation made up of 19 independent casinos in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, is preparing for the final of its Dream Poker Tour, which will take place on Nov. 12 and 13 in the Casino Grand Cercle in Aix Les Bains, France. The €1,100 buy-in two-day deepstack final has a capacity […]
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AGA Comments on House HearingThe American Gaming Association, the industry’s most powerful lobbying group, issued an official statement regarding Tuesday’s House subcommittee hearing on the safety of Internet poker. The following is from Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., president and CEO of the American Gaming Association. “Today’s hearing on Internet gambling made it abundantly clear that the “safe bet” is […]
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Robert Chow Wins WSOP C HammondThe World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Hammond, Indiana boasted two record-setting fields and a huge main event with a nearly $2.4 million prize pool. The first event of the series had nearly double the field size of the previous record, attracting an astounding 3,001 players. For the $1,500 main event, a total of […]
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House Holds Web Poker HearingA Tuesday hearing — titled Internet Gaming: Is There a Safe Bet? — in front of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee addressing online poker and Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-Texas) bill was a “feisty debate,” according to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee). Testimony from a number of experts (full list on hearing’s website) tackled some of […]
