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WPT Spanish Championship BeginsThe countdown to the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship is over with side events and satellites starting today at Casino Barcelona on the shores of the Mediterranean. Day 1A of the €3,200 + €300 main event gets underway at 15.00 CET on Wednesday, May 25 and Day 1B will follow at the same time on […]
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ANZPT: Matusik Wins at Gold CoastThe Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Gold Coast $2,500 AUD no-limit hold’em main event has crowned a champion on Australia’s East Coast. That champion is Peter Matusik and he will take home the top prize worth $145,100 for topping a field of 245 players. Matusik is a resident of Raby Bay, Queensland and he kept […]
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Bradley Franzen Pleads GuiltyAt a Monday hearing in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, accused payment-processor executive Bradley Franzen pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, to accepting funds in connection with unlawful Internet gambling and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the Associated Press. The 41-year-old Franzen, who had originally pleaded not guilty after turning […]
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zorrik Wins MiniFTOPS Main Event
You can check out the final results for some of Sunday’s major events below: Full Tilt Poker — MiniFTOPS Main Event $1 Million Guarantee Buy-In: $70+$5 Prize Pool: $1,529,360 Entrants: 21,848 1. zorrik — $150,905.90* 2. 1Kid Blackie — $169,175.91* 3. sailajan — $156,237.36* 4. LeonichevaIrina — $72,644.60 5. skburke14 — $51,233.56 6. bu0rky — […]
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New UK Tournament Attendance Record Set
Dusk till Dawn, the Nottingham, England poker club has broken its own record for hosting the largest number of player to participate in a poker tournament in the UK. Over the course of last week 1,564 players took part in the €60 buy in event, topping the previous record of 1,058 by almost 50 percent. […]
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Brit Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour CorkSam Razavi led the remaining 11 players on the final day of the UKIPT Cork and only slipped behind once, when heads up, in his chase for the trophy and the €71,000 top prize. The pro bested 601 others to put the UK in front of 28 countries in total. An unfortunate hand occurred just […]
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WSOPC: AJ Jejelowo Wins Southern Regional ChampionshipThe final table of the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit $10,000 Southern Regional Championship took place on Sunday in New Orleans, where poker has been played for more than two centuries. There were some familiar faces at the final table, including Allen Kessler, Allie Prescott. and Matthew Waxman, but in the end it was […]
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Jason Koon: Final Table TakedownThis 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! Jason Koon obtained a B.S. degree in finance and an M.B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan College. He quit his job selling group insurance in the fall of […]
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Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week
During the past week or so, the Twitter poker world has seen a mix of Black Friday fall-out, comments on players wearing patches for certain events, WSOP preparations, and a mix of WSOP/Black Friday musings such as thoughts on how large the fields will be this year without online qualifiers from America. Before this, Twitter […]
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Sam Razavi Leads UK & Ireland Poker Tour Cork
The final day of the PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Cork has arrived and leading the way is Sam Razavi. Razavi knocked out day 1A chip leader Sam McDonald late-session with pocket aces versus pocket kings and ended the day with just under 2 million in chips. The Brit is in prime position […]
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The Poker Play Part II -- Vladimir GeshkenbeinVladimir Geshkenbein recently got the attention of the poker world for his performance at the European Poker Tour Snowfest. Geshkenbein snowballed his way over 481 opponents to reach the €390,000 first prize. In this special edition of The Poker Play, the Russian discusses two key hands from the event (see part I for the first […]
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WSOPC: $10k Final Table Set in Regional ChampionshipThe final table is set at the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit Southern Regional Championship at the Harrah’s in New Orleans. A short day 3 saw the final 18 players shrink down to the final nine. Those finalists will return tomorrow to fight for the final eight spots in the money and the overall […]
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The Poker Play Part I -- Vladimir GeshkenbeinVladimir Geshkenbein recently got the attention of the poker world for his performance at the European Poker Tour Snowfest. Geshkenbein snowballed his way over 481 opponents to reach the €390,000 first prize. In this special edition of The Poker Play, the Russian discusses two key hands from the event (in a two-parter across today and […]
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First India Poker Open Is A Hit In Goa
A back-to-back winner and a near-miss for Card Player India were some of the highlights of the first India Poker Open. The Open, which took place at the Clubs Card room aboard Casino Carnival, Goa, from May 12-15, featured a variety of events including India’s first ever pot-limit Omaha tournament. The INR 100,000 (Eur 1,572) […]
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Scott Seiver Wins WPT ChampionshipThe 2011 $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship title belongs to 26-year-old poker phenom Scott Seiver. The Brown University graduate came into the final table in a near tie for the chip lead and was never really in danger of being eliminated. Once three-handed play began, Seiver steamrolled his competition, eventually knocking out Player of the […]
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WSOPC: $10k Southern Regional Championship Day 2Day 2 of the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit Southern Regional Championship at the Harrah’s in New Orleans grew the field size to 75 runners by the time that registration closed at the end of the first level of the day. That made the total prize pool $698,398 and the first-place prize was $237,456. […]
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Full Tilt Poker Funds Status UpdateAt just after 3 p.m. PST on Friday, Full Tilt Poker released updates on the situation regarding its player’s Ticket and Tournament Dollars, as well as its Black Card and Iron Man promotions. In an email to players, the site states that it has “converted any Tickets or Tournament Dollars in your account to cash.” […]
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Nevada State Assembly Passes Online Poker BillThe Nevada State Assembly voted to pass a bill for the state to develop a licensing process for online poker rooms on Thursday in Carson City, NV. The bill passed unanimously and it will now head to the Nevada State Senate for the approval step in the process of making the bill law. The bill […]
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Macau Poker Cup: 2 May EventsThere are two Macau Poker Cup events taking place in May at the PokerStars Macau poker room at Casino Grand Lisboa. The room has hosted the MPC, which is the premiere poker tournament series in Asia in Macau since May 2008. Last weekend, the Macau Poker Cup May Special kicked things off. The weekend featured […]
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UK’s Largest Poker Tournament Sets New Record
The UK’s largest ever poker tournament is well underway at Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn with 1,526 players having already taken part and a further 404 already registered for tonight’s day 1E session. The £50 + £10 buy in Grand Prix, which had capacity for 1,600 players, has had an extra 80 seats added with the […]
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World Series of Poker Main Event BettingThe World Series of Poker is just around the corner and British bookmaker Bet365 is the first to open its main event winner market. Perhaps unsurprisingly Phil Ivey is the 66/1 favourite with Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, and Patrik Antonius following close behind on 80/1/ Tom Dwan is 100/1 and Eric Seidel is 125/1 while […]
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Erik Seidel Wins Super High Roller(Update 2:00 p.m. PST) — The $100,000 Super High Roller event at the Bellagio wrapped up on Friday afternoon, as Erik Seidel captured another big buy-in title this year with the elimination Erick Lindgren in second place. On the final hand Seidel limped from the small blind, and Erick Lindgren checked his option in the […]
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WSOPC: $10k So. Regional Day 1The final $10,000 Regional Championship for the 2010-11 season of the World Series of Poker Circuit series began on Thursday, May 19 at the Harrah’s in downtown New Orleans. The tournament attracted 70 players on the first day of play and by the end of the night 44 remained. That number is expected to grow […]
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The Delayed All-In PlayThis 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! It’s the middle stages of an online tournament. The action is folded to the cutoff, who raises to two and a half times the big blind. The button, […]
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FIDPA Launches Website & RulesThe Federation Internationale de Poker Association launched a new website recently and the site features the International Poker Rules, which have been endorsed by Bellagio since 2009. Marcel Luske and Michelle Lau are the founders of FIDPA. Players and fans can visit the site at www.fidpa.com, where they can view and print the International Poker […]
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World Poker Tour Barcelona Gets Live StreamingThe World Poker Tour Barcelona presented by PartyPoker.com will be streamed live on the web, with hole cards shown, next week. The €3,200 + €300 buy in event, one of the most popular on the circuit, takes place at Gran Casino, Barcelona, Spain next week from Wednesday May 25. Last year the event attracted 326 […]
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UK & Ireland Poker Tour Cork Starts TodayThe PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Cork gets underway today at Rochestown Park, Cork, Ireland. The €500 + €60 buy in event takes place over three days and up to 600 players can be accommodated. The prize pool is guaranteed to the tune of €100,000. This is the third stop of season II of […]
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Day 1 of $100K Super High Roller(Update 1 a.m. PST) — The $100,000 Super High Roller event at the Bellagio started shortly after noon on Wednesday in the Fontana Lounge, and when registration was closed in the evening a total of 29 players had ponied up the massive buy-in. The top five chip counts at the end of the day are […]
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Jonathan Poche Wins WSOP Circuit Main Event In New OrleansThe final $1,500 World Series of Poker Circuit no-limit hold’em main event of the 2010-11 season attracted 382 players at the Harrah’s in New Orleans and that tournament crowned a champion this evening. The eventual winner was Jonathan Poche and he took home the top prize worth $121,017, a gold ring, and a seat in […]
