Poker News

Galfond Returns to Online Play

Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond has returned to online poker after a long hiatus resulting from April’s Black Friday. The high-stakes pro, who is one of the top earners in online poker history, has relocated to Canada and resumed play on PokerStars. Galfond told Card Player back in May that the odds of him relocating were at […]

Bellagio New Daily Tournaments

The poker room at Bellagio has released the details for their new daily tournament schedule moving forward. All daily tournaments begin at 2 p.m. local time at the world-famous casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, seven days a week. Most days the tournaments feature a $200 buy-in but on Fridays and Saturdays the buy-in jumps to […]

Betsson Poker Profit Down 32 Percent

Publicly-quoted online gaming company Betsson saw poker gross profit drop 32 percent in the second quarter of 2011 to SEK17.1 million (€1.88 Million) from SEK25.3 million (€2.78 million) in the second quarter of 2010. The decline was 17 percent from the first quarter of 2011 when gross profit totalled SEK20.5 million. Poker now makes up […]

Alex Goulder Wins Monte Carlo Poker Event

Alex Goulder beat 251 players to the top prize of £77,512 at Dusk Till Dawn’s €50 + €10 buy-in Monte Carlo event. The £250,000 guaranteed tournament saw some top UK talent take part, many fresh from the felt of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Day 1A saw 82 players while day 1B […]

WCOOP $30 Million Guaranteed

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will run, for its tenth year, from Sept. 4-25. The schedule includes 62 events of various buy-ins and games, and guarantees $30 million in prizes, including a $5 million guaranteed main event. Events now kick off at six different starting times facilitating those taking part all around the […]

The Benefits of Shorthanded Play

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! Many players dislike shorthanded play, which is a shame. Full-ring game limit play is certainly profitable against the right lineup, but it can also be fairly dull […]

HerculesPoker's Affiliate Program

ST. JULIANS, MALTA, July 22, 2011 — HerculesPoker, an online casino and gaming destination, announces the launch of its affiliate program. This is one of the most generous affiliate programs available in the gaming world, with affiliates receiving 50 percent of the revenue share, an amount significantly higher than the industry norm. Additionally, there is […]

ESPN Scores With Live Coverage

ESPN’s live coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker was a huge hit with the poker community, but now the ratings are proving that even non-poker enthusiasts were tuning in for the innovative broadcasts detailing the Main Event action as the field trimmed itself to the November Nine. According to the Nielsen ratings, the […]

Full Tilt Pushes For Private Hearing

Update 9:55 a.m. PST: Hearing adjourned until Sept. 15 at the latest. The public hearing in London on Full Tilt Poker’s suspended license is currently stalled with talks of making the proceedings private. Attorneys for the online poker company are still in discussion with Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) officials as of 9:30 a.m. PST […]

Poker Site Bet24 Announces Security Breach

Online poker site, casino, and sportsbook BET24 has issued a warning regarding a security breach of personal customer information relating to various companies including BET24. The police have informed the company that third party individuals have been arrested for stealing information by illegal electronic access to the site’s database in December 2009. A small number […]

New Co-Sponsors for Barton's Bill

Last week Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-Texas) Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and Strengthening UIGEA Act of 2011 (H.R.2366) increased its co-sponsor list to 20. Joining the original group that included, Shelley Berkley (D-NV), John Campbell (R-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Mike Honda (D-CA), Peter King (R-NY), […]

Parx Open Poker Classic

Parx Casino, 2999 Street Road in Bensalem, PA, has announced the details of its first $500,000 Parx Open Poker Classic beginning on Wednesday, Aug. 10 through Wednesday, Aug. 24. The inaugural Parx Open Poker Classic will be the largest and most high-profile tournament in the state of Pennsylvania to date. The 15 tournaments will take […]

PokerStars Deals 65 Billionth Poker Hand

Online poker player “yllams” won the 65 billionth had at PokerStars.com collecting $68,420 after he flopped two aces while holding A-K. His opponents each won $500 for every VIP point they earned at the table in the preceding 50 hands and took down at least $1,710. The player, from New Zealand, said, “Unbelievable… I have […]

Card Player Poker News Widget

Card Player has today launched a free poker news widget that can be easily incorporated into any website and will deliver a stream of current breaking poker news stories from all over the world. Getting the free widget is very simple, just visit CardPlayer.com/webmasters and copy the iframe code into your website. A CardPlayer.com spokesperson […]

Two Unibet Open Poker Events Rapidly Approach

The Unibet Open is in full swing at Unibet.com and up next on the schedule is event six, the Unibet Open Online. The special online event kicks off on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. (CET) and there are two ways players can qualify for this event every night of the week. At 10 p.m. Monday […]

Poker Agency Targets European Full Tilt Pros

Poker agency Check Raise Management today issued an appeal to European-based poker pros, particularly, Full Tilt red pros, to get in touch to discuss new sponsorship opportunities in the wake of Black Friday. Operations director Nick Ferro described the events of “Black Friday” and its aftermath as a “massive opportunity to stake their claim as […]

Bet-Fold Or Check-Call?

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! While playing $20-$40 limit hold’em, you pick up the Q Q in middle position. You open-raise, the button three-bets, and you go to the flop heads up. […]

Head Games: To Float Or Not To Float?

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! Sometimes it’s hard to get a straight answer from a professional poker player. Ask three players a question, and you’re liable to get three different answers. Why? […]

French Online Poker Site Closes

French online poker site 200 Percent Poker has been closed down by its owners La Société Française des Jeux sur Internet (SFJI) which consists of around 40 bricks and mortar casinos. The business was only launched in September 2010 after receiving a licence from regulator Arjel and while the site currently displays an “Under Maintenance” […]

Ongame Launches Android Poker App

bwin poker comes to Android mobile devices this week as Ongame launched a new app to join its iPhone poker platform which has been available since January. Berthold Kao, bwin.party’s product manager, said, “Android was always the next step for us after launching the world’s first real-money poker app for iPhone six months ago. The […]

PaddyPower.com Goes Best Price On Eoghan O'Dea For WSOP

Bookmaker PaddyPower.com has opened its World Series of Poker betting market and is going best price 5/1 about fellow Irishman Eoghan O’Dea. The company has made chip leader Martin Staszko 4/1 while O’Dea is joint second favourite with Ben Lamb who has made his fourth WSOP final table of the year. The market looks like […]

Miha Travnik Wins WPT Slovenia

The second main event of the World Poker Tour’s Season X schedule saw a local poker pro take down his first WPT title in Slovenia. Miha Travnik, a 20-year-old playing in his first major live tournament, relied on an aggressive poker style to overcome a series of chip deficits to win the main event and […]

AGA's 2011 Hall of Fame Class

Earlier this week the American Gaming Association (AGA) announced its Gaming Hall of Fame class for 2011. The list of three includes Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman of the board and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.; Blue Man Group, one of Las Vegas’ best-recognized headliners; and Charlie Palmer, a world-renowned chef with restaurants in gaming […]

A Look At The November Nine

Put this on your website. Grab the code! The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event now has it’s final nine competitors, but they’ll have to wait over 100 days before coming back to the Las Vegas to determine a champion. The November Nine will return to play out the final table between November 5-7 […]

Tax Targeting Of Italian Poker Players Continues

The Italian tax authorities have moved to the next stage of their ongoing Operation All In which is targeting the earnings of poker players in the country says Tax-News.com. The Italian Revenue Agency and Guardia de Finanza (financial police) are now homing in on the earnings of poker players on offshore media such as on […]

Miha Travnik Wins World Poker Tour Slovenia

Miha Travnik has won the World Poker Tour Slovenia. The local boy beat 140 opponents at Casino Portoroz to pick up $144,399 (€102,700) in the €3,300 buy in main event. Travnik entered the heads up dual 3:1 down in chips against Vincenzo Natale and the chip lead swung backwards and forwards over two hours until […]

Poker Revenue Up 58 Percent At 888.com

888.com has seen its business to consumer (B2C) poker revenue rebound strongly after several quarters of decline with revenue up 58 percent in the second quarter of 2011 to US$13 million from US$8 million a year earlier. The company said this was, “due to the success of the Poker 6 platform". The number of active […]

Normandie Casino August Event

The Normandie Casino, located in Gardena, California, will host a special $10,000 guarantee Player Appreciation Tournament on Sunday, Aug. 28. Players can qualify with only 25 hours scanned during the month of August. However, there is another option to grab a seat at the special event with buy-in costing only $160 on the day of […]

Wynn Accepting Main Event Bets

The Race and Sports Book at Wynn Las Vegas is now accepting wagers on the $10,000 World Series of Poker main event to be held November 5–7. Wagers can be placed on each of the final nine players to win the event or on the top two finishers (quinella). “This is a great event for […]

Cash Game Poker Launched in Italy

Online poker took another step forward in Italy this week with the long-awaited launch of legal and regulated cash games. Previously online poker operators could only offer tournament poker. The Ongame network was one of the first to launch with bwin and GDPoker (Gioco Digitale) brands along with Playtech and PokerStars. Paolo Di Feo, Southern […]