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November Nine Poker Betting Market Launched

Irish bookmaker Boylesports.com has launched an “outright winner” betting market on the November Nine with chip leaders Eoghan O’Dea from Ireland and Martin Staszko from the Czech Republic joint favourites at 9/2. Elsewhere the chasing pack are headed by Phil Collins and Ben Lamb at 11/2 while Badi Bounahra of Belieze is the outsider at […]

Place Bets On Full Tilt Poker's Return

Irish-based bookmaker PaddyPower.com has opened a cheeky betting market on whether or not Full Tilt Poker will offer real money games on July 27 – the day after it’s hearing with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. While its not great news for Full Tilt’s European players, the bookie believes it’s a 1/8 shot that there […]

WSOP Main Event: November Nine Set

After eight days of play and nearly 72 hours of cards, the 2011 World Series of Poker has officially reached the November Nine. Leading the way into the four-month hiatus is the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko, who has a slight advantage over Ireland’s Eoghan O’Dea. The final table will be a truly international affair, with […]

Playtech Poker Revenue Down 32 Percent

Playtech, the Israeli online poker software developer and network operator, today reports poker revenues down 32 percent to $5 million in the three months to June 2011. This compares to €7.3 million in the same period last year. It’s also 12 percent lower than the first quarter of 2011 when revenue was €5.7 million. Over […]

A Poker Life: Allen Bari

Allen Bari has one of poker’s sharpest minds. The problem is that he knows it. Bari has been described by his peers as cocky, brash and even angry. He’s well aware of his reputation… he just doesn’t care. The recent World Series of Poker bracelet winner has nearly $3 million in tournament earnings, but he […]

Elio Fox Wins Bellagio Cup VII

The Bellagio Cup VII $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event came to a close last night at Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament attracted a total of 224 players, which created a prize pool worth $2,272,800. The champion of the tournament is Elio Fox from New York City. He took home the top prize worth […]

WSOP Main Event Down to Unofficial Final Table

You can follow along with Card Player’s level-by-level live reporting throughout the day. We will bring you updates until the November Nine is set. There are now just 10 players remaining in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. After one more elimination, the field will be down to the official members of the […]

Calling With A Really Bad Hand

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! In the late stages of a tournament, you may find yourself with a short stack. Usually, this happens when you have just lost a big pot to […]

Redbet Acquires HeyPoker

Redbet Gaming today announced it had acquired HeyPoker.com, a Scandinavian and Eastern European facing online poker, casino, and betting site with 37,000 customers. HeyPoker.com, part of the OnGame network, made SEK2.7 million (€290,000) profit in the first quarter of 2011. The deal was a part cash, part share deal and much of the current management […]

This Poker Life -- Dermot Blain Part II

In part II of this interview Blain speaks about life after Macau, the Chad Brown Poker Series, and where he sees himself down the line. Check out part I to find out about the Irishman’s beginnings in poker. Catch up on part I here. Rebecca McAdam: Did your life change much after Macau? DB: Yeah […]

WSOP Main Event: Day 7

Day 7 is in the books at the 2011 World Series of Poker main event and there are now just 22 players remaining to continue the fight to the final table and the top prize of $8.7 million. The chip leader going into the eighth day of action is Anton Makievskyi, who bagged and tagged […]

Lars Bonding Survives to Day 8

Veteran tournament grinder Lars “Dsavo” Bonding had been one of the best online players in the world over the course of his career, until April’s Black Friday shut down the major online poker sites. Vegas-based Bonding has had to put his computer on standby, and as a result, has already prepared for moving his family […]

A Conflict of Interest in Poker?

With just 41 players in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, David Sands sits next to his girlfriend of six years, Erika Moutinho at the featured ESPN table. This situation raises a few questions, especially considering the fact that Sands has a good chunk of Moutinho’s action moving forward. What happens if Sands […]

Earn Extra Income on DraftStreet

Attention fantasy sport and poker players! DraftStreet.com is letting its players win thousands of dollars in a way that has many parallels with online poker. Read below to see what the elite daily fantasy sports site has been up to: Poker Concepts in Daily Fantasy Sports The guys over at DraftStreet are really onto something […]

$5K Rebuy Event at Bellagio Today

Those looking to get in one last high-stakes tournament for the summer can look no further than the Bellagio, which is in the middle of their Bellagio Cup VII Main Event. To give players one more opportunity to win big, the tournament staff has decided to add a $5,000 no-limit hold’em rebuy event to it’s […]

Chris O'Donnell Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton

Brighton, England hosted the lagest ever PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour main event at the weekend with 603 ponying up the £500 buy in (down from €1,000 last year) creating a prize pool of £292,455. The event was won by online cash game specialist Chris O’Donnell who scooped £71,100 for his victory. The final […]

Meet WSOP Leader: Ryan Lenaghan

Ryan Lenaghan holds a chip lead of 2,885,000 over his next closest competitor after day 6 in the 2011 World Series of Poker main event. His stack of 12,865,000 towers above the rest of the field and it gives him 214 big blinds going into day 7. Lenaghan has been playing poker seriously for four […]

2011-12 WSOP-C Schedule Released

The eighth season of the World Series of Poker Circuit has been announced and it will feature 16 tournament stops between September 2011 and May 2012. The first tournament will be in a new location for the tour at the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana September 8-19. The tour will take players from California […]

WSOP: Main Event Day 6 Recap

Day 6 is in the books at the 2011 World Series of Poker main event and there are now just 57 players remaining in the hunt for the top prize of $8,711,956 and poker immortality. The day began with 142 players and during the course of the day the bustouts continued to march players out […]

TPE Analyzes Shaun Deeb Hand

Card Player has teamed up with the great minds from Tournament Poker Edge to bring you top-notch hand analysis from key hands during the World Series of Poker. One of the most talked about hands during the 2011 WSOP Main Event was a showdown between online pros Shaun Deeb and Max “HotKarlMC” Heinzelmann. Deeb used […]

Tony Hachem Going Strong in ME

Chants of “Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi” could soon be heard again on poker’s biggest stage, as poker pro Tony Hachem looks to bring another main event bracelet to the family, just six years after older brother Joe secured $7.5 million for his no-limit hold’em championship title. Tony, who has been a poker enthusiast […]

This Poker Life -- Dermot Blain Part I

Dermot Blain was born in Sligo, Ireland but calls Killybegs in County Donegal his home. That is, however, when he’s not flying around the world playing high stakes cash games and battling amongst the best in the business in major live poker tournaments. His name hit the headlines in 2009 when the young pro scored […]

Final Qualifier For Betfair Poker Live Tonight

BetfairPoker.com hosts the latest in its Live! Events at Odessa on the shore of the Black Sea, Ukraine starting Monday July 25 and continuing to August 1. The centrepiece event is the $1,650 buy in main event with $150,000 guaranteed prize pool and players get their last chance to qualify tonight Sunday, July 17 with […]

The Last Women Standing in ME

As play moves into day 6, it’s time to take a look at the last women standing in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. There are just three female players remaining, but all three are a serious threat to make a run at the November Nine. No woman has made the final table […]

WSOP: Bach Leads Final 142 Players

With two hour blind levels and a slow moving structure, you would think that the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event would move along at a snail’s pace as the players patiently wait for the best opportunity to commit their stacks. Instead, this year’s event has moved along like a runaway freight train. A […]

WSOP Main Event: Day 4 Chip Counts

We started day 4 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event with 852 players hoping to make the money. With Reza Kashani’s elimination in 694th place, the rest of the field accomplished that goal. Now that they’ve locked up some profit, it’s time to put themselves in position to make the November Nine. […]

WSOP Main Event: Day 4

Day 4 of the 2011 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship is in the books and from the 852 players who took their seats on Friday, 377 remain. After a day full of eliminations and the money bubble bursting, all the survivors will return on Saturday for day 5. The overall chip leader […]

If You're Not Getting Better...

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! There’s a saying where I come from (the land of made-up sayings or sayings stolen from forgotten sources): If you’re not slowly getting better, you’re slowly getting […]

WSOP Main Event: Day 3 Chip Counts

Three days, or 14 levels, are officially in the books in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. Leading the way is Patrick Poirier, who managed to boost his stack to 1,328,000 on Thursday. He is followed closely by Darryl Jace, who bagged up with 1,282,500. They are the only two players to finish […]

Party Poker Hosts $100,000 Freeroll In August

PartyPoker.com is treating new depositing poker players to a massive $100,000 freeroll on August 7th. All prospective players have to do is sign up for an account using code 200JULY to be automatically entered into the spectacular tournament Elsewhere PartyPoker.com has dropped all tournament fees for a limited time. Entry fees (rake) will now be […]