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WSOP Circuit -- New Orleans Series Begins

The final World Series of Poker Circuit tournament series of the 2010-11 season began on Monday, May 9 at the Harrah’s in New Orleans, LA. The tournament series will feature a total of 11 gold-ring events and the series will conclude when a champion is crowned in the $10,000 WSOP Circuit Southern Regional Championship on […]

PAC Involvement in WSOP Decision

The World Series of Poker announced last week that for six consecutive days, July 14-19, ESPN will offer unprecedented access to the 2011 WSOP main event, including live unedited hole cards on a 30-minute delay. There will be more than 34 additional hours of coverage in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com from the […]

PokerView Web Cam Bonus

When you play Web Cam Poker on Pokerview, you play with real poker players. No bots. No fakes. No alternates. You’re able to stare down those who put you all-in. And watch the reactions of those you raise. Whatever the stakes, whatever your nationality or residence, you’ll be playing cut-throat poker in a thumbs up […]

Absolute Poker and UB Fire 11 Pros

On Monday, Blanca Games released a statement explaining their decision to sever ties with 11 of their U.S.-based sponsored pros on both UB and Absolute Poker. Due to the negative impact Black Friday has had on the financial situation of the company, Joe Sebok, Eric Baldwin, Prahlad Friedman, Adam Levy, Bryan Devonshire, Brandon Cantu, Maria […]

Blue Square Poker Owner Rejects Bid Offer

Rank Group Plc, the UK-based gaming oerator which owns Blue Square Poker and the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, has rejected a bid from Asian investment company Guoco. Guoco made a mandatory offer for the company after it had increased its shareholding to 40.8 percent on Friday. The offer was 150 pence per share. However Rank […]

Full Tilt Announces Russia & Ukraine Poker Series

The Full Tilt Poker Series – Russian & Ukraine has been launched with three tournaments taking place in Ukarainian capital Kiev in July, September, and November. The combined prize pool is estimated to be in the region of $1 million and ualification is underway for the first event at Full Tilt Poker now. The schedule […]

EPT Madrid Q&A: Surinder Sunar

One player that has been getting the poker community talking lately is British pro Surinder Sunar. Sunar, a long-time face on the international circuit, has been in flying form of late with a second place in the 2011 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open, and now he’s among chip leaders going into day 2 of the PokerStars EPT […]

Swede Still Tops EPT Grand Final

Day 1B of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final saw a field of 384 make their way to the sun-soaked Gran Casino in Madrid. That means, added to the 302 from yesterday, the €10,000 buy-in event has attracted a total of 686 entries, from 51 countries – quite a drop from the 848 who […]

Capture the Flag: Rui Cao

French poker pro Rui Cao is one of pot-limit Omaha’s rising stars. The 24-year-old received his training in competitive videos games at a young age, learning how to react quickly while also thinking deeply into a situation. Despite his young age, Cao is dedicated to beating the upper-middle stakes cash games online, and he has […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

It seems Doyle Brunson has been getting curious about a certain popular app featuring disgruntled birds. This week, amongst his tweets was the question, “What is this bird game everybody keeps talking about?” On May 4 he then wrote, “Actually, I could make calls, receive calls, text, receive texts, get the time and charge it […]

This Poker Life: Karl "discomonkey" Fenton Part II

Team PKR pro Karl Fenton is a 25-year-old living and studying in the UK and really coming into his own in the world of poker. _Card Player Europe chatted to “discomonkey” only days after his latest online win to find out more about him. Check out part I of the interview to find out Fenton’s […]

Swede Leads EPT Grand Final

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event kicked off today in Madrid’s Gran Casino. A new venue for the final, and the first time an EPT is being held in the Spanish capital. The building itself gives off an air of elegance and wealth, and as 302 well-groomed (due to the casino’s strict […]

ElkY Wins Grand Final High Roller

With the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final turning its back on Monte Carlo in favor of Spain’s capital (and largest) city, Madrid, the buzz around the stop was palpable as it approached. The High Roller had the honor of kicking things off, it was the first time on the EPT it was scheduled to […]

Slow Week for Online High Stakes

After some intense action in the two weeks after Black Friday, the online high stakes world has been almost non-existent over the past seven days. The two biggest winners in the time span have been Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Rui Cao. Sahamies won about $200,000, mostly against the likes of Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky at $100-$200 […]

Tour Updates Since Black Friday

Black Friday has affected every aspect of the poker industry since Friday, April 14. Online sites have pulled out of the United States, television shows have been canceled, and everyone wonders what will happen next. Live poker tournaments continue to be offered and the major tours move forward into the new world that has been […]

This Poker Life: Karl "discomonkey" Fenton

Karl Fenton is a 25-year-old living and studying in the UK and really coming into his own in the world of poker. Card Player Europe chatted to “discomonkey” only days after his latest online win to find out more about him. In Part I of this interview, Fenton discusses the rollercoaster ride he experienced in […]

Chad Brown Talks About Cancer On The Scoop

Chad Brown 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 courageously talk about his ongoing battle with a cancerous tumor. Brown goes into detail about how he discovered he had cancer, as well as his […]

Online Poker's Indicted May Lose Homes

On Thursday, Forbes reported that federal prosecutors filed for supplemental forfeiture of five homes connected to Ray Bitar and Chad Elie, two of the 11 indicted by the Department of Justice on Black Friday. Four California homes have been connected to Bitar, one of the founders of Full Tilt Poker, who is believed to be […]

EPT: Madrid Grand Final Begins

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final begins on Saturday, May 7 at noon local time in the capital city of Spain. This is the first time the EPT’s championship tournament has been contested in Madrid after residing in Monte Carlo in previous seasons. Last year 848 players attended the event and created a total […]

bwin.party Poker Sign Ups Jump One-Third

bwin.party digital entertainment plc, the newly merged entity created by Bwin and PartyGaming, today said it had experienced a 33 percent increase in new daily sign ups for poker in the two weeks immediately after the U.S. government crackdown on three major poker sites operating there. The company said in its interim statement that, “…the […]

Unibet Open Online Poker Satellites This Weekend

The second Unibet Open Online is just around the corner taking place on Monday May 15 at 7 p.m. CET and players can qualify for the €300 + €20 buy in event this weekend with three €100 freezeout satellites taking place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Players can qualify for these satellites from as little […]

Euro Stars Set For Federated Poker League

A host of big European poker stars have made the cut for Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack’s new Federated Poker League. Of the 218 players making the list 27 win five-year cards, 55 receive three-year cards and 136 get two-year cards and European players account for almost 20 percent of the those invited to take […]

CA Poker Champ Begins

The Commerce Casino’s California State Poker Championship tournament series began on May 4, and through the first two days of the $220 no-limit hold’em opening event 1,054 players have entered. The first tournament offers a $400,000 guarantee; which is part of the more than $1.5 million in guaranteed prize money that will be up for […]

IGT to Acquire Poker Network

On Thursday, Nevada-based International Game Technology (IGT) announced via a press release that is has launched a cash offer to purchase Swedish-based Entraction Holding AB for about $115 million. The Entraction Board of Directors has recommended the offer to its shareholders. Entraction, which operates one of the world’s largest online poker networks, will provide the […]

ESPN Doubles WSOP Coverage

The World Series of Poker has announced that for six consecutive days, July 14-19, ESPN will offer unprecedented access to the 2011 WSOP main event, including live unedited hole cards on a 30-minute delay. There will be more than 34 additional hours of coverage in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com from the Rio […]

Bellagio Hosts Position Poker

The Bellagio kicks off the Five Star World Poker Classic on Friday, May 6 with a noon no-limit hold’em tournament, but recreational players and pros alike are excited for a $500+$40 event that will start at 4:00 p.m. The event will be the Las Vegas debut of Position Poker, a new variation on no-limit hold’em […]

Massive Overlay at Station Casinos

Station Casinos is in the midst of a $1 million guaranteed poker series this month, and the value has been great for players so far. The no-limit hold’em extravaganza consists of four main events and a championship event, each with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. The first event was held at Green Valley Ranch about […]

UB/AP Address Cashout Rumors

UPDATE Blanca Gaming Issues Press Release Concerning Company Restructuring Absolute Poker and UB to Focus on Non-U.S. Business St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda (May 5, 2011) — Blanca Games Inc. (“Blanca”), operator of online poker rooms Absolute Poker and UB, issued the following statement today: As previously stated, Absolute Poker and UB ceased their U.S.-facing […]

PokerTek Records First Quarter Loss

PokerTek, the US-based company which develops and markets electronic poker tables, made a first quarter 2011 loss of $463,999. This compares to a loss of $856,593 in the same period last year. The company, which recently had its principle poker product adopted in the Tanzanian and Croatian markets, saw sales increase to $1.7 million in […]

Premier League Poker Returns

The World Poker Tour and Matchroom Sport have announced the return of Premier League Poker later this year. The event will be renamed World Poker Tour Premier League Presented by PartyPoker.com and will expand to include 16 players rather than the usual 12. It will also have $250,000 added to the prize pool and a […]