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PartyPoker.com Abolishes Tournament RakePartyPoker.com today dropped a welcome bombshell on the online poker community – it is abolishing all tournament fees for a limited time. For now all entry fees (rake) will be added to the prize pool so a $100 tournament which may have had a $10 entry fee will now be a $110 tournament with the […]
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Euro Poker Rooms Benefit From Full Tilt ClosureOnline poker rooms across Europe have seen a bounce in key player metrics since Full Tilt was ordered to shut down by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission last week. Ladbrokes reported player acquisition up 100 percent while PokerStars mopped up over 60 percent of players who migrated from Full Tilt according to analyst Daniel Stewart […]
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Singontiko Wins $1,500 PLO/8David Singontiko is a perfect one-for-one in World Series of Poker events. The 21-year-old Californian won the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better Friday evening (the first event he has ever played) at the 2011 WSOP. The amateur poker player beat out one of the most inexperienced final tables of the summer en route to capturing the […]
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Euro Poker Tweets Of The WeekThings have been pretty hectic of late as the World Series of Poker approaches its main event. There is no concept of dates or time during the Series at the Rio, just what number event it is or how many photographs are now pinned to the back of the stage. This week has definitely been […]
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Day 1 of Player's ChampionshipThe $50,000 Player’s Championship ended its usual slow and lackluster day 1 early Sunday morning at the Rio Hotel and Casino, as just five were eliminated out of the 128 that entered. The field size increased from last year’s 116 total, marking a two-year spike in attendance after 2008’s all-time low of 95 players. The […]
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Matros Wins $2,500 Mixed Hold'emCard Player columnist Matt Matros has won the $2,500 mixed hold’em event here at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Matros beat out a tough final table on Saturday to capture his second career bracelet and the $303,501 first-place prize. The poker pro and author has been on a tear lately in limit hold’em. Last […]
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Teisseire Wins NLH Triple ChanceAntonin Teisseire has won the $5,000 no-limit hold’em triple chance, becoming the fourth French champion at the 2011 World Series of Poker. The 45-year-old poker pro beat out a stacked field of 817 players on Saturday afternoon to capture his first bracelet and $825,000 in prize money. Remarkably, Teisseire secured the victory in what was […]
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Unibet Open Online Poker Tournament This SundayThe Unibet Open returns tomorrow Sunday July 3 at 19:00 CET and this time its online as players strive to pick up valuable leader board points to boost their chances of making it into the top 10 players with three events already completed (two online and two live). Five percent of the prize pool at […]
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Polychronopoulous Wins at WSOPThe World Series of Poker event no. 48 title belongs to New York’s Athanasios Polychronopoulos, winner of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament. Polychronopoulos defeated a field of 2,712 players and banked a nice payday of $650,223 for his efforts. The Greek-American poker pro topped a final table that included Matt Stout (eighth), Alexander Queen (sixth) […]
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World Series of Poker: $50k Player’s ChampionshipOne of the marquee events of the summer begins on Saturday, July 2 when cards get into the air in the $50,000 Player’s Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker. This is the second year that the event will feature an eight-game mixed format as opposed to the H.O.R.S.E. format that used to be […]
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Grrrinders.com Offering $35,000 Per Year Sponsorship Deal
Subscription poker site Grrrinders.com is letting its players compete to become a poker professional and win a $35,000 per year sponsorship package. Every 90 days one lucky player will win the dream of a lifetime: to become an official pro of Grrrinders.com. Just play in as many tournaments as possible, do your best, and demonstrate […]
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Poker School's Friday Q & AAt the end of every week at the Poker School we take a look at a few of your questions and shed some light on the answers, while also pointing you in the right direction to learn more about the given topic. See if your question was answered below. If you have anything kicking around […]
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Leonard Martin Wins $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw LowballLong-time poker player Leonard “Lenny” Martin finally found something to celebrate at the World Series of Poker. The 55-year-old grinder put the finishing touches on a strong showing in the $2,500 deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball early Friday morning, capturing his first bracelet and nearly $200,000 in prize money. The win ended a 20-year drought since […]
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Natural Born Grinders At Betfair PokerBetfairPoker.com and Cardplayer.com have teamed up to give our readers and players a chance to share in a $60,000 payout in the Natural Born Grinders promotion starting tomorrow. The top 150 players who acquire the most player points will share a prize pool while Cardplayer.com players in this elite group will receive an extra 25 […]
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Paddy Power Poker Doubles Bonuses For All PlayersPaddyPowerPoker.com today launches a swathe of attractive bonuses and promotions in light of recent uncertainty for online poker players around Europe. With accounts frozen and licenses suspended elsewhere the online poker room is extending a welcoming hand to new players by doubling its sign up bonus to 200 percent up to $2,000. Additionally loyal PaddyPowerPoker.com […]
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Joe Ebanks Wins NLH Six-Handed Championship at 2011 WSOPThe first $1 million prize at the 2011 World Series of Poker has gone to 26-year-old poker pro Joe “ender555” Ebanks. With his first WSOP bracelet, coming in the 474-player $10,000 no-limit hold’em six-handed championship, the Ohioan brings his lifetime earnings to $3,378,557. Ebanks had to beat out arguably the toughest no-limit hold’em final table […]
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Full Tilt Poker to be SoldOn Thursday evening, the L.A. Times reported that attorneys close with Full Tilt Poker said that the company has signed an agreement with a group of European investors who will put up enough money to cash out players. Full Tilt has, up until this point, failed to pay back an estimated $150 million in outstanding […]
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Hand Histories: Greg RaymerIn this new series, “Hand History Time Capsule,” Card Player digs up memorable hands to help you relive, or perhaps discover for the first time, pivotal situations from some of poker’s most exciting moments. In 2004 the World Series of Poker main event grew by leaps and bounds over the previous year thanks to the […]
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WSOP: Ahmed Wins Omaha/Stud 8OBOwais Ahmed faced a 3-1 chip disadvantage at the start of the heads up final in Event No. 47 ($2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better) at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Michael Mizrachi held the advantage and it looked like he would take home the gold bracelet, but Ahmed dug deep to come back and take […]
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Ongame Poker Network For Sale
bwin.party digital entertainment today said it had started the process of selling the Ongame poker network. The company, formed by a merger of bwin and PartyGaming earlier this year, described Ongame as a “surplus asset”. bwin poker players are expected to be moved to Party Poker ahead of the sale. The statement from bwin.party regarding […]
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Ken Griffin Wins WSOP Title For Sick MotherEvent no. 45, the $1,000 no-limit hold’em tournament, now belongs to Ken Griffin, a 34-year-old amateur from Houston, Texas. Griffin defeated a field of 2,890 players to collect the $455,356 first-place prize. The former U.S. Marine spent considerable time serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan, but now works as a defense contractor, spending his free […]
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Betfair Poker Revenue Down 15 Percent
Net poker revenue fell at BetfairPoker.com in 2011 (full year to end April 2011) by 15 percent to €21.9 million from €25.6 million in 2010. This is despite the number of active players increasing 9.5 percent. Poker makes up 6.7 percent of Betfair’s overall net revenue which was up 7.6 percent to €326.6 million in […]
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FTP Suspended By AGCCFull Tilt Poker has had its entire online operation suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. In a statement released by the regulator at noon UK time Full Tilt was instructed to stop customers playing on the site and suspend all withdrawals from the site. European players trying to log in to the site on […]
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€75,000 Freerolls At Victor Chandler Poker in JulyVictor Chandler Poker launches its Summer Freeroll Frenzy on Friday July 1 and online poker players should get ready for a month long money jamboree as €75,000 worth of free cash comes their way. There are daily €1,500 Summer Freerolls at 19:15 CET capped at 3,000 runners and the top 400 finishers make some well […]
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Andre Akkari Scores For BrazilThe World Series of Poker can be a long grind, so it’s always nice to come across a final table that not only re-energizes the players and the media, but also grabs the attention of the onlookers from the rail. On Tuesday, Brazil’s Andre Akkari topped Nachman Berlin for his first bracelet in event no. […]
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TPE Analyzes Hand By Adam JunglenCard 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. This time around, we’ll take a look at a hand played by Adam Junglen in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout Event. Junglen took on Scott Baumstein, who […]
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Rep Porter Wins 2nd WSOP BraceletIt took an extra day of play, but Ralph “Rep” Porter finally finished off Stephen Su in the $2,500 Razz event to secure his second career WSOP gold bracelet and the $210,615 first-place prize. Porter’s first gold bracelet came in 2008 in a $1,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em event and he now has nearly $1.5 million […]
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WPT Announces Season 10 ScheduleThe World Poker Tour has announced the schedule for Season X for the last half of 2011. The tour will feature 11 events before the end of the year with six international events and five tournaments in the United States. The six international destinations will take players to Slovenia, Paris, Malta, Amneville, Marrakech, and Prague. […]
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Five Days Until Unibet Open Online - Qualify Now
The Unibet Open returns in just five days but this time its online as players strive to pick up valuable leader board points to boost their chances of making it into the top 10 players with three events already completed (two online and two live). Five percent of the prize pool at all Unibet Open […]
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World Poker Tour Season X European Dates ReleasedThe World Poker Tour has announced the first batch of dates for season X and Europe will have six stops up to the end of 2011. The Tour, rejuvenated when it was purchased by PartyGaming, now looks like the rival to the European Poker Tour it always had the potential to be. Only the Paris […]
