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Join Poker's November Nine In Vegas

PaddyPowerPoker.com has launched a new exciting promotion called Paddy’s November 9ers in honour of the site’s new partnership with World Series of Poker main event finalist Eoghan O’Dea. Nine players will get the superb opportunity to join O’Dea in Vegas this November for the trip of a lifetime. The package is worth $4,300 and includes […]

World Cup Of Poker VIII Final Set

The nine finalists have been confirmed for the last stand of the World Cup of Poker VIII. Each team consists of four online players and a Team PokerStars Pro from each region will be allocated to the teams for the final which will take place at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas in January. The […]

Tournament Backing In An Evolving Poker World

With deposited funds still unavailable on many of the online poker sites, the poker world has experienced a financial crunch since Black Friday. While the recent World Series of Poker experienced strong field sizes, those numbers are deceiving. For many, the summer series was merely a last ditch effort to build a substantial bankroll for […]

Brian Rast On Cover of Card Player Magazine

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Brian Rast, who was the only player during the 2011 World Series of Poker to win multiple bracelets. The 29-year-old pro won the $1,500 pot-limit hold’em tournament for $227,232 and followed that up by defeating Phil Hellmuth heads up in the prestigious […]

Will Failla Wins WPT Legends of Poker

Even with $2 million in career tournament earnings going into this week, long-time East Coast grinder Will “The Thrill” Failla was searching for his first World Poker Tour title. He found one at the Bicycle Casino early Wednesday morning, as he took down the $3,700 buy-in WPT Legends of Poker for a career-best $758,085. Failla […]

Full Tilt Gives Reason For Ongoing Debt

Furious former Full Tilt Poker players will have some reading to do today as according to Forbes, the site has released a statement to answer why it has not yet paid back its players. The site blames various circumstances and scenarios for why it has not yet returned funds but also talks about its current […]

Poker Revenue Falls at bwin.party

bwin.party digital entertainment plc, the recently merged online gaming operator, saw poker revenue fall 11 percent in the first half of 2011 to £104.9 million from £116.5 million in the first half of 2010. The company said in its interim statement that, “The suspension of Full Tilt Poker’s gaming license at the end of June […]

888 Poker Revenue Up 22 Percent

888, the publicly-quoted online gaming operator, today announced its interim results for the first half of 2011. Poker was up 22 percent to $24 million from £20 million in the same period last year. The company said poker had become its strongest performing product since it launched its new Poker 6 platform in 2010. Poker […]

Victor Chandler Poker Gives Away €62,500 This September

September is set to be an interesting month at Victor Chandler Poker with its €62,500 freeroll frenzy. First of all there are nine Iron Man freerolls with European Masters of Poker Barcelona prize packages up for grabs. Secondly, there will be a €2,400 VIP Point Freeroll every other day at 7.15 p.m. (CET) which will […]

WinStar River Poker Series Live On Card Player

The River Poker Series at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma began last week, and with $3 million guaranteed over the nine events the action is sure to be intense. For the first time ever, Card Player will be bringing you a live-streaming broadcast from the final table of the $2,100 buy-in main event […]

Poker Strategy: Avoid Making The Obvious Mistakes

This strategy column, and many like it, are featured in every issue of Card Player magazine. Subscribe today to get 26 issues delivered to your home each year! So, there was this movie starring Drew Barrymore, about a 15-year-old girl in 1965 who meets the wrong guy at the wrong time, gets knocked up, and […]

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom Has $1.4 Million Weekend

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was in the midst of one of his infamous upswings this weekend, winning about $1.4 million in the span of 48 hours. True to his nature, Blom managed to drop about $500,000 of it back on Monday. The Swedish cash game pro has put in some serious hours in at $100-$200 pot-limit […]

Paddy Power Poker “Performance Improved”

Paddy Power, the publicly-quoted Irish bookmaker which operates PaddyPowerPoker.com on the iPoker network, today issued its interim statement for the first six months of 2011. While the company does not report figures for its online poker division it did state, “While the Poker market continues to be challenging, our performance improved over the course of […]

Freeroll To European Masters Of Poker Barcelona

The European Masters of Poker hits Barcelona, Spain from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 and the Entraction network is offering many ways to get there for cheap this September. The Iron Man freerolls begin on Sept. 2 and will give away one EMOP Barcelona package worth €2,000 in each freeroll until Sept. 18. Players can […]

UK Poker Club Gets High-Res Security System

Dusk Till Dawn, the UK’s largest poker club based in Nottingham, has fitted out its premesis with a new high-resolution CCTV system by MOBOTIX. The 3 mega-pixel system covers the 45 poker tables and VIP high-roller room and replaces a regular low-resolution system. Operations director for Dusk Till Dawn, Nick Whiten, said, "We had previously […]

Capture the Flag: Andrew Brokos

Andrew “Foucault” Brokos is well known being one of the best $5-$10 to $25-$50 no-limit hold’em cash games grinders around, but is quickly making a huge splash in the tournament arena. The University of Chicago graduate finished in 53rd place in this summer’s World Series of Poker main event for $160,000. What is remarkable about […]

Poker Strategy: Playing PLO Live In Las Vegas

This strategy column, and many like it, are featured in every issue of Card Player magazine. Subscribe today to get 26 issues delivered to your home each year! So, you’ve got some experience playing pot-limit Omaha (PLO) online, and for one reason or another, you are looking to make the transition to live play. Strategic […]

Irene Hits Atlantic City Hard

Hurricane Irene, which struck the east coast this past weekend and forced the closing of 11 casinos in Atlantic City amidst mandatory evacuations, will cost the city’s gaming industry millions, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. All of the casinos were shut down by 8 p.m. Friday, and consequently suffered what is being dubbed as a […]

Victor Chandler Poker Launches Facebook League

Victor Chandler Poker has today launched its Facebook Free Play Poker League. This League will run every Monday and Wednesday starting today and finishing on Sept. 28. Each event is exclusive to friends of the Victor Chandler Poker Facebook fan page where players will have access to the unique password dedicated to each event. Events […]

EPT Barcelona Breaks Record

Casino Barcelona saw a total of 811 players turn out for the €5,300 buy-in European Poker Tour Barcelona main event, making it the biggest poker tournament ever held in Spain. Kent Lundmark beat 757 players last season to take home the €825,000 top prize in this popular event, and this year’s champion will take home […]

Paul Vas Nunes Wins Unibet Open Dublin

English poker pro Paul Vas Nunes has won the Unibet Open Dublin heading a field of 260 players in the Irish capital to take down top prize of €105,300 at Citywest Hotel. The €1,500 + €150 fell short of the 400 capacity but still generated a significant prize pool of €390,000 of from which 30 […]

Lee Rawson Wins Europe's Largest Poker Tournament

Lee Rawson has won the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Goliath at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England. The 42-year-old poker pro topped a field of 1,765 players – the largest ever to take to the felt in one live tournament in Europe – to collect £32,705. Charity Marie Curie Cancer Care benefited to the tune of […]

Final Table Takedown: Jake Cody

Jake Cody is a British player from Rochdale, England. He won the 2010 PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville main event for $1,199,000. The former psychology student is acknowledged as one of the biggest rising stars on the live poker circuit. Cody is known as “Neverbluff67” online, where he has already won more than $650,000 on […]

Richard Bodis Wins Eureka Poker Tour Croatia

Richard Bodis of Hungary has won the PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour Croatia topping a 255-strong field to take down the first prize of €47,298. The €730 + €70 buy in event was held at the Golden Sun Casino, Hotel Antunovic, Zagreb and the final table lasted just four levels. Four players out Bodis knocked out […]

Irish Winter Festival Packages Guaranteed Sunday

There are three seats for the Irish Winter Festival up for grabs tonight, Sunday, Aug. 28, at PaddyPowerPoker.com. Every Sunday at 8 p.m. there is a €150 + €12 buy-in super satellite with three packages worth €1,800 guaranteed. Packages include the €1,100 IWF main event seat, four nights in the Burlington Hotel, home of the […]

The Ten: Celebrity Poker Players

In this new Card Player series, we rank things in the poker world in an attempt to stir up some debate. This week we take a look at the best celebrity poker players, who even without their celebrity status would be noteworthy in the poker community. Although, some probably wouldn’t have the bankroll to be […]

WPT Legends Of Poker Event Draws 757

After two starting days that included a re-entry, the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker was able to draw a total field of 757 for it’s $3,500 main event. Of those players, 116 had played on day 1A and were eliminated, but thanks to the allowable re-entry for day 1B, they were able to try […]

GUKPT Goliath Breaks Poker Tournament Record

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Goliath event being held at the Rioch Arena, Coventry is the largest poker tournament ever to take place on European soil with 1,765 runners. The previous record was held by the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open in 2009 with 1,440. The new record differs as it had a unique structure which […]

Weekly Poker News In Brief

Not everyone has the time to stay on top of all of the news that breaks daily in the poker world, but that doesn’t mean you have to be out of the loop entirely. Every week, Card Player will bring you everything you need to know to stay informed about your favorite events, players and […]

WPT Announces New Changes For Season X

The World Poker Tour kicked off its tenth season on Thursday at the Bicycle Casino with the announcement of some new tour enhancements. In addition to two new Royal Flush Girls, the WPT unveiled plans to live stream all final tables online, with commentary and analysis provided by Card Player blogger Tony Dunst. The tour […]