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European Poker Tour Award Winners AnnouncedFernando Brito from Portugal is the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Player of the Year after picking up the gong last night at Pacha nightclub, Madrid during the EPT Grand Final final table. The 52-year-old businessman topped the POY table after scoring: 6th – EPT London main event 1st – four €1,000 NL Turbo Random Bounty […]
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PRK Live VI Final Online Poker SatellitesPKR.com sees the return next week of PKR Live which takes place at the Fox Poker Club, London from May 19 to 22. The PKR live VI centerpiece event is a £750 buy in main event, up from £500 last time, which is expected to generate a prize pool of around £300,000 and will take […]
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Ivan Freitez Wins EPT Grand FinalThe winner of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event came after much anticipation. The event got down to four before there was a break for the season 7 EPT awards. On break, Ivan Freitez was the chip leader and when we returned, he kept going until he became the Grand Final champion. […]
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POY Leader: Taylor Von KriegenberghTaylor Von Kriegenbergh is a recent graduate of UMass-Lowell and a Stoneham, Massachusetts native who has made a big splash in tournament poker in early 2011. Thanks to his first major career victory at the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Von Kriegenbergh now leads the Card Player Player of the Year race with […]
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UK Set For Largest Poker Tournament Next WeekNottingham’s Dusk till Dawn poker club says it is on course to host the UK’s largest ever poker tournament next week when it expects 1,600 people to take part in Grand Prix III. The buy in for the event, which takes place from Monday May 16 to Sunday May 22, is €50 + €10 and […]
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EPT Madrid Q&A: Eugene YanaytEugene Kanayt is many things; a high stakes regular, a triple-draw hero, a computer science major, and a FIDE ranked chess master. Another title he can now add to that list is EPT Grand Finalist as the online cash monster takes his place on the main-event final table today fourth in chips with 2,420,000. Kanayt, […]
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Qualify For Full Tilt Poker España Tonight
Next week the Full Tilt Poker España series rolls into Madrid and players can qualify for the event tonight, Thursday May 12 at FullTilt.com. The €1,500+€150 event is hosted at he Gran Casino, Barcelona and the full weekly schedule for qualification is: Sundays at 21:45 CET: $600+$40 buy-in, five prize packages guaranteed Tuesdays at 21:45 […]
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Watch EPT Grand Final Live Right Now!The live feed of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event final table begins tomorrow at 2 p.m. (CET) and you can check it out right here at CardPlayer.com. When play gets down to the final four players, there will be a break, just in time for the EPT season seven awards ceremony. […]
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Eight Remain In EPT Grand FinalThe daily bus journey must have been one of angst early afternoon with 24 players rearing to go and €1.5 million on the line on day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event. It was crunch time and 16 players would be either pleased with their efforts or disappointed by end […]
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Commerce Hosts Facebook EventPoker players who are also fans of Facebook will be happy to learn that there’s a poker tournament just for them taking place at Commerce Casino. If you “Like” the Commerce Casino Facebook page you will get a spot in the $10,000 Facebook fan exclusive $50 + $10 buy-in tournament that will take place on […]
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WSOP to Offer Free Poker Lessons
The World Series of Poker has announced that throughout summer 2011 the poker community is invited to participate in 11 free admission seminars from respected pros relating to different poker subject matters. The WSOP has teamed with its official charities, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the first annual Bad […]
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WSOP Conference Call ReportThe World Series of Poker hosted a press conference call today from Las Vegas and the WSOP officials on the call were WSOP Communications Director Seth Palansky, WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel, and WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. There were many announcements made during the call but the largest news is that wsop.com will stream […]
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CP Magazine Features Dan CatesThe latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features young high-stakes pro Dan “Jungleman12” Cates, who was online poker’s biggest winner in 2010 with over $5.5 million in earnings. The cover story focuses on Cates’ journey from $5 homegames to the nosebleed games on Full Tilt Poker against the likes of […]
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Qualify Online for the WSOPIn 2003, an online qualifier named Chris Moneymaker shocked the poker world and started a poker boom that redefined the game and brought the allure of card playing to millions of new people. The newcomer to the game topped a field of 839 players in the World Series of Poker main event to take home […]
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AP/UB Working Towards Pay OutsAbsolute Poker has reached an agreement with the United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), according to a Tuesday press release. Under the agreement, the US Attorney’s Office has agreed to provide all necessary assurances that third parties may work with Absolute Poker to facilitate the return of funds, currently […]
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Moving Forward: Bryan DevonshireIn this new series on Card Player, we present to you a top poker pro who has had his or her world turned upside down by the events on Black Friday. In this edition we bring you Bryan Devonshire. The 30-year-old pro has racked up over $1.5 million in career earnings and an accomplished list […]
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Unibet Poker Revenue Down 44 Percent
Unibet plc today announced its interim report for the first quarter of 2011 with poker revenue suffering a colossal 44 percent decline to £3.98 million from £7.1 million in the first quarter of 2011. Poker now constitutes just 11 percent of Unibet’s business – Unibet’s Q1 2010 figures included the French market which was about […]
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Qualify For Paradise Poker Tour BarcelonaOnline poker satellites are underway for the upcoming ParadisePoker Tour Barcelona main event at ParadisePoker.com. The Gran Casino in the Catalan capital hosts stop six on the Tour from July 28 to 31, 2011. The main event has a buy in of €550 and the prize pool will be at least €125,000. One package is […]
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EPT Madrid Q&A: Raemon SluiterJust outside the top 10 on the chip leader board going into day 4, the penultimate day, of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event is Raemon Sleuter. Fans of tennis, and sport in general, should recognize his name as in 2003 Sluiter was among the top 50 tennis players in the world. […]
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Paradise Poker Owner Bids For Aussie Bookie
UK-based online bookmaker and online poker operator Sportingbet plc has made an offer to buy Australian bookmaker Centrbet. Sportingbet, which owns Paradise Poker, has offer AUD$2 per share for Centrebet which also offers online poker outside of Australia where it is prohibited from doing so. This is a 25 percent premium to Centrebet’s closing price […]
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WSOPC: Kenny Nguyen Wins in PAThere were 269 players who entered the $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at the Harrah’s in Chester, Pennsylvania. From those starters there were a few notables who survived to the final table on Tuesday, May 10 and they were Ari Engel, Kenny Nguyen, and Robert Hwang. In […]
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Nevada Poker Championship Begins FridayThe Nevada State Poker Championship will begin on Friday, May 13 at the Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada. The tournament series will include a total of eight events and it will conclude when a champion is crowned in the televised Heartland Poker Tour $1,650 no-limit hold’em main event on May 23. Qualifiers for the […]
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American Leads EPT Grand FinalOn day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event, 80 players went hurtling out the main doors of the Gran Casino in Madrid, leaving just 24 behind. They are led by PokerStars Player Eugene Yanayt after he burst into the lead towards the very end of play, knocking former leader Ole […]
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Nevada Casinos See Revenue GainThe Nevada Gaming Control Board has reported that the state’s casinos have ended a four-month tumble, collecting $958.7 million in gambling win (money taken from customers) during the month of March. The total was also a 5.1 percent increase compared to March 2010, according to an article by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Strip casinos, which […]
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European Poker Tour Awards Voting Open
Voting is now open for the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Achievement of the Year Award and Players Choice Award which will be presented to the winners on Thursday night at the EPT Grand Final in Madrid. Anyone with a PokerStars account can vote and the list of 20 players from who fans can pick are: […]
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WSOPE Schedule AnnouncedThe World Series of Poker Europe schedule for 2011 has been announced with the Casino Barrière de Cannes Croisette in Southern France hosting seven bracelet events between October 7 and 20, 2011. The full schedule for WSOPE 2011, which is presented by BarrièrePoker.com, is: Event #1 Friday, Oct 7: six-handed no-limit hold’em (three days) — […]
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EPT Madrid Q&A: Melanie WeisnerMelanie Weisner is sitting comfortably in fifth place on the leader board going into day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event. The Full Tilt Red pro has 543,500 in chips and there are 104 players remaining. Having popped the money bubble late on day 2, today will see 80 players […]
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Betfair’s Shooter Route To World Series of PokerBetfairPoker.com has launched its Shooter World Series of Poker promo with 12 $5,700 WSOP packages up for grabs. Simply opt in using the 6SHOOTER promo code before May 31 then advance your Player Club level from Bronze (x1 Shooter ticket) to Grand Master (x6 Shooter tickets). Player can then use their Shooter tickets to play […]
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Bubble Bursts At EPT Grand FinalThe sun was shining on 384 players as they made their way into Madrid’s Gran Casino for day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event. Play would finish once the bubble was reached and there were 104 players remaining. The player the sun shone on the most was day 1B’s chip […]
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Kentucky Derby Sees $165M in WagersThe Kentucky Derby card on Saturday saw a total of $165.2 million in world-wide wagers from all gambling sources — the third-highest in Derby history and an increase of 1.5 percent over the last year’s $162.7 million, according to a press release. Churchill Downs made nearly $30 million in profit, returning $135.3 million to bettors […]
