Poker News

Party At Oktoberfest With Party Poker

PartyPoker.com is offering up two opportunites for 16 people and their partners or friends to hit up the world famous Oktoberfest in Munich this autumn. Each package offers: Two night’s accommodation, with breakfast, at the five-star Le Meridien hotel in Munich for the winner and a guest Dinner and poker tournament at the Olympic Tower […]

Free Sports Bet Poker Freerolls Begin Today

PaddyPowerPoker.com is celebrating the return of the Premier League with Free Bet Freeroll tournaments every night for the next five nights, starting this evening at 7 p.m.. Each freeroll is giving away £/€500 in free sports bets and all players need to do to take part is use the code FREEBET when depositing any amount […]

Online Cash Games Struggling

It was less than two years ago when the poker community was captivated by $1 million hands on Full Tilt Poker. These days, in the post-Black Friday era, rail birds have to settle for comparatively lackluster action and drab high-stakes challenges on PokerStars and various other sites, with few pots exceeding $100,000. After the April […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

The past few weeks in Twitter world have been largely filled with the comedown from the World Series of Poker; players taking breaks, some busy with interviews and photo shoots, plenty of congratulations and support for the November nine, and commiserations for those who came close but not close enough. Of the latter bunch is […]

German Wins Grand Series Of Poker Manchester

German player Jens Kerper went into the final table of the Grand Series of Poker Manchester in the lead and never lost his momentum. He faced his final opponent Norwegian Rolf Inge Kvanik with almost a ten to one chip lead and in less than 10 minutes he had sealed the deal. The final table […]

Grand Series Of Poker Manchester Final Underway

The first stop of the Grand Series of Poker (GSOP) season II has reached its ultimate day. The $1,500 + $150 buy-in main event attracted 258 players to Manchester’s Old Trafford football stadium. Jens Kerper leads the pack with just nine remaining, and all eyes are now on the $82,000 top prize. Here is the […]

Capture the Flag: Matt Glantz

Poker pro Matt Glantz has been one of the most consistent players in the world over his poker career. The 39-year-old cash-game regular competes in some of the largest mixed games in the world, usually at the Borgata in his home area of Atlantic City or at Aria in Las Vegas. Glantz has nearly $4 […]

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 […]

Meet the November Nine: Martin Staszko

Very quietly, the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko enters the 2011 World Series of Poker main event final table in first chip position. Staszko made a few questionable calls during day 7, but never really got out of line during the final table bubble. As a result, he was able to chip up safely without many […]

New Site Poker Godfather Goes Live On Entraction

A new poker site launched today on the Entraction Network, PokerGodfather.com. Poker Godfather is not just an online poker room, but also an academy, where players can be mentored with individually tailored programs, as well as receive bankroll management and cash game advice. Players can also reap the benefits of a monthly loyalty bonus based […]

Coral Signs Deal With Late Night Poker

Coral.co.uk is the new official sponsor of Late Night Poker for 2011. The show returns to Channel 4 later this year for its tenth season and will see 32 players take part in the $10,000 buy-in event, creating a $320,000 prize pool including the first-place prize of $150,000. There will be four tables of eight […]

William Hill Poker Revenue Jumps 11 Percent

WilliamHill.com, the publicly quoted online British bookmaker, today announced first half net poker revenues up 11 percent to £11.8 million from £10.6 million a year earlier. Poker, hosted on Playtech’s iPoker platform, in the first quarter was up 16 percent and the group has now sorted out its differences with its online partner Playtech. All […]

August Tournament Poker Preview

Earlier this week Card Player took a look at the major international tours taking place across the world during the late parts of 2011. These are the big money tournaments that will attract the largest fields of U.S. and European professionals, while awarding prize pools in the millions. In this monthly preview we will look […]

Win Irish Winter Poker Festival Seat For €2

PaddyPowerPoker.com has launched a cheap route to this year’s Irish Winter Festival, with seats up for grabs in the IWF Bargain Basket. Starting from today, the site will be hosting €2 no-limit hold’em rebuy satellites daily at 9 p.m.. Any player who wins one of the satellites will be entered into the IWF Bargain Basket […]

Ladbrokes Poker Revenue Plummets 31 Percent

Net poker revenue at Ladbrokes Plc, one of Europe’s largest bookmakers, fell 30.8 percent in the first half of 2011 to £7.4 million from £10.7 million in the first half of 2010. In its first half interim statement the company said the number of actives [players] in the first half fell by 21.3 percent while […]

B3W Network Launches First Online Poker Room

Online poker network operator B3W Group has launched the first room on its network, Yachting Poker. B3W group, based in Malta, launched its poker network 18 months ago. At the time it said BetInParis.co would be the first site on the network but it now appears Yachting Poker will launch the new platform. Dr Sasha […]

LAPT: Punta del Este Event Begins

Season 4 of the PokerStars Latin America Poker Tour has seen events completed in Brazil, Chile and Peru. The fourth stop of the year has been shifted to Punta del Este in Uruguay from the previously announced location of Rosario, Argentina and the $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event begins Thursday, August 4. Last year Team […]

2011 Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino

The Bicycle Casino’s prestigious Legends of Poker tournament series, a favorite among professional poker players and poker aficionados alike, commences on July 28th, 2011. Thousands of poker players are expected to step-up their game and take their shot, vying for a combined estimated prize pool of $4 million in cash and prizes during the month […]

Couple Solves State Lottery

To gain an edge in poker, a solid mathematical background is fundamental to winning in the long term, but to crack the lottery, it takes a mastery of advanced statistics as proven by the recent winners of the Massachusetts game Cash WinFall. Marjorie and Gerald Selbee are set to earn millions thanks to a loophole […]

Trial Date Set in Maguire Case

Late last week Radar Online reported that the trial date for a lawsuit stemming from Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire’s participation in a high-stakes celebrity poker game has been set for the week of Jan. 30, 2012. In June, allegations came forth that Brad Ruderman, a man currently serving time in a Texas jail after being […]

MLB Investigating A-Rod for Poker

According to RadarOnline, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez engaged “in an underground, illegal poker game where cocaine was openly used, and even organized his own high-stakes game, which ended with thugs threatening players.” It was reported in June that Rodriguez was involved in the ring that included celebrities Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck, Leonardo […]

Grand Series of Poker Manchester Starts Today

The first stop of season II Grand Series of Poker (GSOP) gets underway at Manchester’s Old Trafford football stadium today – home to the world famous Manchester United Football Club. The tournament is the first in a series of five between now and April 2012 which will take in Greece, Prague, Salzburg, Dominican Republic. Up […]

Poker Agency Makes Hacker Jake Davis Offer

Poker agency, Check Raise Management, wants to turn computer hacker Jake Davis into the next big thing in poker. Offering Davis a way to increase his bankroll in order to pay his legal fees, the agency says that although the company does not condone the hacker’s actions, Davis has shown great potential to perhaps be […]

Luca Pagano Tops Italian Poker Tour San Remo

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. Pagano’s final opponent was Romanian player Dan Murariu. Murariu’s Q 9 could not better the Italian’s A […]

KGC Grants Full Tilt Poker Renewal

On Friday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commision (KGC) granted beleaguered online poker site Full Tilt Poker a renewal of its Secondary Client Provider Authorization (Secondary CPA) for a term of two years. The former online giant had its primary license suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) in late June. According to a statement released […]

France Rules Poker Is Game Of Skill

A Toulouse court has ruled that poker is a game of skill after hearing a case against defendant Jean-Pierre Gleizes. The Frenchman was accused of organizing and running private poker events in public without proper licensing. The court’s decision that poker should not be considered a game of chance is paramount to the case and […]

Dan 'jungleman12' Cates Denied Entry into Canada

Former nosebleed regular Dan “jungleman12” Cates was denied entry into Canada late last week, according to his Twitter account. He began his mission of relocating to play on PokerStars, just like fellow nosebleed regular Phil Galfond had done previously, by Tweeting on July 26th: leaving for Vancouver tomorrow, time to crush online again 🙂 Leaving […]

Canterbury Park’s Fall Poker Classic

Canterbury Park officials have announced dates for the 2011 Fall Poker Classic at Canterbury Park Racetrack and Card Casino in Shakopee, MN. This year, the much-anticipated two weeks of tournament action will run from October 1-15 and will offer 29 different tournaments. “The Fall Poker Classic will combine what has been popular in previous Fall […]

World Poker Tour Dublin Announced

The World Poker Tour will roll into Dublin, Ireland from January 5 to 8, 2012 for the first time. The event will be sponsored by PKR.com and will incorporate the €750 buy in Irish Poker Championship which was formerly held in Galway on the west coast of the country. The €2,500 main event will be […]

German Takes Gold At Paradise Poker Tour Barcelona

Aleksandar Abutovic wrapped up season II of the Paradise Poker Tour by topping 311 players in the €500 buy-in main event at Barcelona’s Gran Casino. A deal was made threehanded and then once again heads up, so eventually the German went home with €27,000 for first place. Abutovic’s final opponent Jose Maria Felices walked away […]