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Betfair Poker Rewards Natural Born Grinders

Natural Born Grinders is underway at BetfairPoker.com and Cardplayer.com fans can share in a $60,000 payout at the site. Players in the top 150 who acquire the most player points will get a slice of the prize pool while Cardplayer.com players who reach this level will receive an extra 25 percent payout. As an extra […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Newcastle Starts

The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour pulls up to Aspers Casino, Newcastle today for the fifth stop on season II of the tour The £500 buy in main event has capacity for up to 400 players and will be held over 5 days with 2 days 1s and a guaranteed prize pool of £100,000. […]

WSOP: Elie Payan Wins $1,500 PLO

The 2011 World Series of Poker saw a Frenchman win a gold bracelet for the second time in as many days when Elie Payan won Event No. 22 ($1,500 pot-limit Omaha). Payan joined Bertrand Grospellier as a 2011 gold bracelet winner and he was awarded his first gold bracelet and $292,825 in prize money for […]

4 Plays That Bad NLH Players Make

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! Bad no-limit hold’em players abound. In this column, I’m going to catalog four bad plays that bad players love to make. Bad Play No. 1: Make bets […]

Paradise Poker Tour Barcelona Seat Guaranteed Tonight

Tonight, Wednesday June 15, one seat to the ParadisePoker Tour Barcelona main event is up for grabs at ParadisePoker.com. It is a €22 rebuy tonight at 19:30 BST (as is Sunday, Monday, and Friday) and one package to Barcelona is guaranteed. Tuesdays (Thursdays and Saturdays) are €55 no-limit hold’em freezeout nights with one package also […]

WSOP: ElkY Wins $10k Stud

For some players it is simply a question of when, not if they will achieve a certain milestone in their career. While it may seem outlandish to say that a player will surely capture Poker’s Triple Crown during their poker career, especially considering that only three other players have ever done it, but it doesn’t […]

WSOP: Somerville Wins $1,000 NLHE

The 2011 World Series of Poker crowned yet another notable champion late Tuesday night at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This time around it was Jason Somerville and he achieved his first gold bracelet and $493,091 in prize money for topping a field of 3,175 players in Event No. 20 ($1,000 no-limit […]

World Poker Tour Slovenia Qualifiers Underway

The World Poker Tour is pulling in to Slovenia next month and PartyPoker.com has launched its satellite schedule to the event. For the next three Sundays the site hosts a $360 + $30 weekly final at 20:30 BST with one package worth $7,200 for every 20 players registered. Daily freerolls afford players the opportunity to […]

WSOP: Foster Hays Wins $1,500 NLHE

There were six players who returned on the final day of play in Event No. 18 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em) at the 2011 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The biggest name left in the field had fallen the night before, when Tristan Wade was eliminated in seventh place and play ended for the evening. […]

Darren Woods Wins $2,500 Six-Max LHE

For a moment there, it appeared as though we might have our first female player since Vanessa Selbst to win an open event at the World Series of Poker. Kim Nguyen dominated short-handed play in event no. 19, the $2,500 six-max limit hold’em tournament, and found herself sitting with the chip lead entering heads-up play. […]

Cebollada Wins Top Poker Prize At Unibet Open Barcelona

Last weekend’s Unibet Open Barcelona was won by Ruben Sanchez Cebollada. The young Spaniard lifted €145,000 for his victory in the €1,650 buy in event which attracted 387 players to the Catalan capital. Cebollada had to fight hard for his victory taking on long-time table bully Davor Pavic in an epic heads up battle which […]

888 Poker Signs Soccer Legend Cañizares

888.com has announced its latest brand ambassador, football legend Santiago Cañizares. Cañizares, a former Valencia CF and Spanish national goalkeeper, is one of the most decorated players in soccer with a Champions League title, a UEFA Cup, and two La Liga medals. In his spare time he takes part in rallying and also commentates on […]

WSOP: 2nd Week Attendance Stats

The second week of tournaments is in the books at the 2011 World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and attendance continues to increase over last summer in both the cash games and tournaments. Cash-game action is up 12 percent since last year at the Rio according to World […]

Pinnacle Poker Closes Doors This Week

Entraction poker network site Pinnacle Poker shuts down for good this Wednesday. The site was advised by Entraction, which was recently taken over by IGT, that its Curacao license was no longer sufficient under “recent updates to EU gaming regulation” In a statement the company said, “The steps required to remain within the Entraction Network […]

Aaron Steury Wins $1,500 H.O.R.S.E

Aaron “NDGrinder59” Steury is the champion of the 2011 World Series of Poker $1,500 H.O.R.S.E, after outlasting a massive field of 963 players. The Indiana native took home $289,283 in prize money and his first WSOP bracelet in the 17th event of this summer’s Series. The final table for the event was a tough one, […]

Matchbook Signs Poker Pro Jeffrey Lisandro

Matchbook.com and Check Raise Management today announced the signing of multiple WSOP bracelet holder Jeffrey Lisandro. The Italian, who has more than $4 million in lifetime winnings, will now act as worldwide ambassador for the site. The “Iceman” said, “I’m truly delighted to be part of Matchbook, I’m looking forward to representing the brand on […]

Weekly WSOP Recap

Each week, Card Player will recap all of the action happening at the World Series of Poker. Just in case you missed anything, head on over to the series landing page for all your WSOP news. To read the week 1 recap, click here. Keep reading for week 2 below. Event No. 8 — Sean […]

TPE Analyzes Great Call By Turker

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. This time around, we’ll take a look at a hand played by Sadan Turker, runner-up of event no. 8, $1,000 no-limit hold’em. Turker eventually lost heads-up to […]

WSOP: Brian Rast Wins $1,500 PLHE

The final table of Event No. 15 ($1,500 pot-limit hold’em) has come to a close at the 2011 World Series of Poker and the champion is Brian Rast. He took home $227,232 in prize money and his first gold bracelet for topping a field of 765 players. His career earnings now stand at $1,363,517. The […]

Watch Unibet Open Barcelona Final Table Live Stream

The final table of the Unibet Open Barcelona has been set with the field reduced to nine players from the original 387 entrants. Chip leader in the €1,500 + €150 buy in event is Daniel Reijmer who will be aiming to retain control of the event and take down the €145,000 top prize. The event […]

Irish Winter Poker Festival Three Seats Guaranteed Tonight

The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival online qualification starts in earnest this evening, Sunday June 12, with the first €150 + €12 super satellite offering three guaranteed packages. This satellite will be held every Sunday until October at 8 p.m.. Additionally tomorrow night, Monday June 13, and each subsequent Monday at 8 p.m., there is a […]

Juanda Wins $10k 2-7 Lowball

The final table of Event No. 16 ($10,000 deuce-to-seven lowball championship) was packed with big names and great story lines at the the 2011 World Series of Poker. Phil Hellmuth, John Juanda, Richard Ashby, Steve Sung, Nick Schulman, David Baker, and Hasan Habib made for one of the most talented and entertaining final tables of […]

Phil Hellmuth Heads Up for 12th Bracelet

Update: Phil Hellmuth and John Juanda are currently engaged in a historic heads-up duel. Follow along via Card Player’s live updates. After two full days of play, the final nine are set in WSOP event no. 16, the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball World Championship. Not surprisingly, the field is absolutely stacked with notables and promises […]

Tyler Bonkowski Wins $3k Limit

Score one for the guys up north. Tyler Bonkowski has claimed Canada’s first gold WSOP bracelet of the summer with a win in event no. 14, the $3,000 limit hold’em tournament. Bonkowski banked $220,817 for defeating a 337-player field. This was the first career bracelet for the 26-year-old poker pro who had to beat out […]

Badecker Wins WSOP Shootout

The first shootout of the summer went to 23-year-old poker pro Andrew Badecker in WSOP event no. 13. Badecker beat a field of 1,440 to pick up his first career bracelet and the first place prize of $369,371 in the $1,500 event. Badecker wound up winning three tournaments in one, defeating mini-fields of 10, 10 […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

As expected most of the tweets this week were made up of dashed WSOP hopes and shoulda, woulda, coulda’s as only a small group of players celebrated their shiny, new bracelets while those left behind looked to future events. After sieving through the bad beats, a couple of interesting themes came to the fore. The […]

Paradise Poker Tour Barcelona Freezeout Tonight

Tonight, Saturday June 11, sees online poker players get a chance to pick up another seat to the upcoming ParadisePoker Tour Barcelona main event at ParadisePoker.com. Saturday is €55 freezeout night at 19:30 BST (as is Tuesday and Thursday). One package to Barcelona is guaranteed. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday are €22 no-limit hold’em rebuy […]

Singapore to Pass LV in Gaming

As early as this year, Las Vegas will fall to third on the list of the world’s biggest casino markets, as the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore is set to overtake the second spot, a U.S. gambling industry group said this week, according to the Associated Press. Singapore, which opened its first two casinos last […]

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 […]

Adam Levy on The Scoop

Adam Levy stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop on Card Player TV. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld, and you can hear him talk about his deep run in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event. Levy also talks about his online poker career in this 11-minute […]