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ANZPT: Michael Kanaan Wins in Sydney

The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Sydney $2,200 AUD no-limit hold’em main event attracted a total field of 393 players and the tournament came to a conclusion on Sunday, April 17. There was a total prize pool worth $786,000 and the top 45 walked away with prize money. The largest chunk of change from the […]

Online Players Must Wait For Funds

Speculation is being flung around the internet in regards to what will happen to the millions in online funds currently sitting with the federally indicted internet card playing sites: Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and UB. According to Full Tilt’s software, “Players located within the United States will temporarily be restricted from withdrawing.” The […]

Online Sites Lower Guaranteed Prize Pools

Most of the guaranteed prize pools on the major internet poker sites have been slashed in half, as the absence of American players has reduced the field sizes in most cases. The following tournaments were just a handful of those on Full Tilt and PokerStars to see their prize pool diminished: PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up — […]

PokerStars Issues Statement

Online Poker giant PokerStars has now made the move to www.PokerStars.eu and will continue to serve non-U.S. customers. The site will continue with the planned Spring Chamionship of Online Poker (SCOOP) this May. Upon logging into the poker client, users are given the following message in the lobby’s news tab. Real money play at PokerStars […]

Full Tilt Poker Issues Statement

Full Tilt Poker has shut out all players from the United States, but business will continue as usual for the rest of the world. After the Department of Justice handed over indictments and seized control of the site’s homepage, Full Tilt Poker officially made the move to www.FullTiltPoker.eu. The site has also decided to continue […]

First Belgian Poker Series Champ Crowned

The winner of the first PokerStars.com Belgian Poker Series is Glenn de Backer. The young Belgian takes home €100,000 for topping a total of 576 players. The €730 + €70 buy-in main event began on Apr. 14 at the Casino de Namur and ended on Apr. 17 with de Backer’s final opponent George Harutunian moving […]

Julian Thew Wins Big At Dusk Till Dawn

Julian Thew returned to winning ways at Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, England at the weekend taking down the Monte Carlo main event for £62,000 – his first major win since June 2009. The £250,000 guaranteed event had a buy in of £1,000 and attracted 291 players creating a prize pool of £291,000. It attracted a […]

European Poker Shares Up After Black Friday

Shares in publicly-quoted Euro-facing online poker operators rose this morning after a weekend which sent the poker world into a tailspin when the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 11 people connected with three leading online poker rooms operating there. Both PokerStars and Full Tilt, whose founders have been indicted, have subsequently pulled out of the […]

Pros Share Plans After Black Friday

Friday morning, the Department of Justice indicted the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and UB, effectively ending real-money online poker for United States citizens. For the casual player, the forced hiatus is nothing more than an inconvenience, but for professional online players, the suspension is an end to their livelihood and a […]

Seven Irish Poker Open Seats Guaranteed Tonight

PaddyPowerPoker.com sees its Last Chance Saloon satellite schedule ramp up tonight with seven seats guaranteed for next weekend’s Irish Open. The next few days sees players get their final shot at winning an Irish Open seat and competing next to some of the greats of the poker world. Those who qualify via this promotion will […]

Harry Tevosov Wins Russian Poker Series

Harry Tevosov has won the first stop on season II of the PokerStars online poker series, taking down $180,087 for topping a 265-strong field in Kiev. He beat World Series of Poker bracelet winner Alexander Kravchenko heads up while former WSOP main event finalist Ivan Demidov came ninth. The final table payouts were: 1: Harry […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

This week’s Euro Tweets Of The Week should probably drop the “Euro” as most of the Twitter action took place elsewhere recently. The main news, which has been flooding the wires, and social media in general, is that the founders of three major online poker sites have been indicted for bank fraud. Card Player will […]

DOJ Indicts Online Poker Sites

The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Forbes and other financial media outlets are reporting that the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has indicted the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and UB and seized their websites in the latest attempt to crack down on online gaming. Instead of the site’s […]

Jason Mercier Wins Back to Back at Mohegan Sun

Just one day after Vanessa Selbst claimed back-to-back victories at the North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun main event, fellow Team PokerStars pro Jason Mercier accomplished the same feat, taking down the High Roller Bounty Shootout event for the second year in a row. In 2010, Mercier defeated a field of 35 on his way […]

Ladbrokes Poker Revenue Falls By One-Third

British bookmaker Ladbrokes plc today published its interim financial statement for the first quarter of 2011. Poker suffered a blow with net revenue down 32.8 percent compared to the first quarter of 2010. However the company said there are “some signs of stabilisation with flat quarter on quarter net revenue and new signups showing quarter […]

Irish Open To Transform Live Poker Coverage

With the Irish Open 2011 just around the corner, PaddyPowerPoker.com has today released some exciting information about the prestigious event’s revolutionary online coverage. Firstly, live online coverage begins on the live stream and blog at 1.00 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 22 and will continue throughout Easter weekend until a winner is found on Apr. 25. […]

888 And Ladbrokes Merger Talks Off

888.com today announced talks with Ladbrokes over a potential merger had been “discontinued”. The company, which yesterday published record quarterly results in the face of losing its CEO Gigi Levy, had been in talks with the British bookie since the end of December 2010. The collapse of merger talks between the two operators leaves the […]

WSOP Circuit: Caesars Palace Begins

The World Series of Poker Circuit tour pulls into Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Friday and the tournament series will run until the end of April. This is the first time that the tour will be in Las Vegas before the WSOP Circuit National Championship that will also take place at Caesars Palace at […]

Online Qualifers to WSOP Main Event

In 2003, an online qualifier 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 man was a 27-year-old accountant from Tennessee named Chris Moneymaker. The newcomer to the game topped a field of 839 players in the World […]

Gus Hansen Avoids Disaster on Full Tilt Poker

Earlier this week it seemed like Gus Hansen’s 2011 heater was finally over. The Full Tilt Poker pro had dropped about $1 million of his profits, bringing his earnings for the year back down to the $3 million mark. However, over the past couple of days, Hansen recovered the losses and now sits with about […]

PokerStars International Events Begin

Two international PokerStars tour events have begun this week in Australia and South America. Day 1A at the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour $2,200 AUD no-limit hold’em main event attracted 152 players on Wednesday. PokerStars qualifier Jay Kinkade was the overnight chip leader with 148,150. About half of the field fell during the first day […]

Mike Scarborough Wins WPT Hollywood Poker Open

The battle for the title of World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open champion was a long one in Indiana that started on Wednesday and ran into Thursday morning. The field played down to the final three rather quick, but the true battle for the title took place during three-handed play between William Reynolds, Mike Scarborough, […]

888 Poker Revenue Falls 2 Percent

888.com today issued its key performance indicators for the first quarter of 2011. Business-to-consumer poker revenue was US$11.3 million, down 2 percent on the $11.6 million taken in the first quarter of 2010 but up 7 percent on the final quarter of 2010. The slowing decrease was assisted by the number of active customers in […]

PokerStars Slams German Poker Regulation Proposal

PokerStars.com, the world’s largest online poker operator, yesterday slammed German government proposals for the regulation of the German market for online gaming and poker and pledged to support the Schleswig-Holstein lander (state) bill instead. Sven Stiel of PokerStars said, “Poker captivates people. Whether on ProSieben or SPORT1, in BILD or at DPA, poker has become […]

Vanessa Selbst Repeats at Mohegan Sun

The back-to-back victory is rare in the world of sports. The feat is seen even less in the world of poker. That is what makes the victory of Team PokerStars pro Vanessa Selbst at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun main event such an impressive achievement. For the second year in a row […]

Florida Senate Kills Online Poker Bill

While efforts in Nevada to license and regulate online poker continue, the push in Florida will now have to wait after a bill to legalize intranet poker failed to be voted out of the state’s Senate Criminal Justice Committee. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, would have brought in an estimated […]

Hawaii Poker Bill Fails to Advance

The state of Hawaii has bowed out of the race to legalize and regulate internet poker for at least one year, according to a Tuesday article by the Associated Press. Hawaii, which is one of only two states in the country without legalized gambling of any kind, was trying to drastically change the gambling climate […]

Paradise Poker Tour Madrid Rebuy Tonight

The ParadisePoker Tour returns to Madrid on Apr. 28 for its €550 main event plus a wide range of side events. Those interested in taking part can qualify for the main event tonight at ParadisePoker.com at 6.30 p.m. (GMT) via a €22 no-limit hold’em rebuy tournament. There are two types of finals and both guarantee […]

EMOP Bulgaria Poker Freeroll Tonight

The European Masters of Poker stops at the Crystal Crown, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria from June 1-5 for the €1,100 buy-in EMOP main event. Online poker players on the Entraction network can qualify all through this month in a series of Iron Man freerolls which simply require accumulated VIP points. Each freeroll guarantees a €2,000 package […]

WSOPC: Kyle Cartwright Wins in St. Louis

The final table at the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event crowned a champion today at the Harrah’s in St. Louis. That champion was Kyle Cartwright who came into the final table with a sizable chip lead and he used it well to book a $142,290 payday by the end of […]