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NAPT: Selbst Guns For Repeat

Be sure to follow the final table via Card Player’s live updates! Day 4 at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun no-limit hold’em main event saw the final 24 players return and they were looking for a seat at the final table. By the end of the night just eight had survived for […]

WPT: Erik Seidel at Final Table

Day 4 at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open no-limit hold’em main event saw just nine players return for a short day of poker where just three players hit the rail. The eventual champion will take home $273,664 in prize money at the final table tomorrow. The players who make up the final six […]

Compromise Clears Path for Nevada Online Poker Bill

Nevada’s online poker bill has taken a major step in the right direction, as the interests on both sides of the aisle came forward on Tuesday in support of an amended version. The Assembly Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Assembly Bill 258 on Tuesday. William Horne, chairman of the committee and sponsor of the bill, told […]

Florida Millions Attracts 1,500 Players

Jacksonville, FL – On April 9th and 10th, The Poker Room at the Orange Park Kennel Club proudly hosted the final two days of the Florida Million III. The unique tournament featured over 20 $550 day 1 events held in seven different rooms across the state of Florida for a total player count of 1,532 […]

WSOP Main Event Rematches

The World Series of Poker will bring back some of the legendary heads-up matches in WSOP main event history this summer at the Rio Hotel and Casino. The rematches will feature Chris Moneymaker vs. Sam Farha, Phil Hellmuth vs. Johnny Chan, and one match to be decided by a fan vote. All the matches will […]

Qualify For Unibet Open Online Poker Event

Unibet.com tonight continues its qualification schedule for the upcoming Unibet Open Online with a €55 + €5 satellite. Those who want to play the €300 + €20 buy-in Unibet Open Online, kicking off on May 15 at 7 p.m. (CET), can qualify for for the nightly finals through daily freerolls and €2 feeder satellites. Those […]

Final Everest Poker ONE Satellite Tonight

Easter is on its way and with it the €1 million guaranteed Everest Poker ONE tournament. Tonight Tuesday April 12, 2011 sees the final chance to qualify online with the $336 + $24 satellite at the site with one package worth $9,000 for every 27 players who register for the event.. The Everest Poker ONE […]

WPT: Hollywood Poker Open Day 3

Day 3 at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open no-limit hold’em main event saw the remaining field of 24 players return and by the end of the night just nine remained. The eventual champion will take home $273,664 in prize money at the final table on Wednesday, April 13. The players who make up […]

NAPT: Mohegan Sun Day 3

Day 3 at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back 74 players and by the end of the night just the final 24 remained. The money bubble burst on Monday and now the remaining players will be looking to play deep into the money. Chief among them is […]

NV Gov. Doesn't Support Poker Bill

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said on Monday that he supports federal legislation to legalize and regulate online poker, rather than Nevada Assembly Bill 258, which would regulate online poker locally in the Silver State, according to an article by the Las Vegas Sun. In an interview on Nevada Newsmakers, Sandoval said that he will communicate […]

Mr Boogerz Wins Full Tilt Poker $1.5 Million

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on PokerStars, Full Tilt, UB, Absolute Poker, and Bodog below: Full Tilt Poker — $1.5 Million Guarantee Buy-In: $200+$16 Prize Pool: $1,922,400 Entrants: 9,612 1. Mr Boogerz — $307,584 2. Caio Brites — $211,464 3. Toty0611 — $149,947 4. BeckReloaded — $109,577 5. Tyler […]

Viktor Blom Beats Scott Palmer in Rematch

The two-part PokerStars SuperStar Showdown between Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Scott “urnotindangr” Palmer came to a close on Sunday, with Blom winning $66,607. After Palmer had won by a measly $5,425 last Sunday in the first 2,500 hands, Blom managed to turn things around and finish the 5,000-hand quota with a $61,000 profit. After the […]

Pot Limit Omaha on Poker After Dark

Beginning this Monday night, NBC’s Poker After Dark will be featuring a two-week run of pot-limit Omaha cash games. Fans have been clamoring for the alternate poker variant for quite some time and the show’s producers have responded with a $100,000 buy-in, $300-$600 game featuring some of the world’s best high-stakes players. The game will […]

888 Poker Blow As CEO Steps Down

Chief executive of 888, Gigi Levy, is to leave his role the company said in a statement this morning. He will remain on the board of the online gaming company and will be available for six months to help with bedding in the new CEO. The company said of the shock move, “After a difficult […]

Online Poker in Washington D.C.

If all goes well, Washington D.C. could become the first place in the country to offer regulated online poker, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. Despite murky waters created by the federal government’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), the district’s city council approved a budget in 2010 to allow […]

WPT: Hollywood Poker Open Day 2

Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open no-limit hold’em main event saw the total field size set at 97 players and by the end of the night just 27 remained. The eventual champion will take home $273,664 in prize money at the final table on Wednesday, April 13. The top dozen players […]

NAPT: Mohegan Sun Day 2

Day 2 at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back 230 players. By the end of the night just 74 players remained and the field is just a few spots shy of the money bubble, which will burst when 56 players remain. The overnight chip leader is Aaron […]

Ben Wilinofsky Wins EPT Berlin

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Berlin no-limit hold’em main event has come to a close and Canadian internet professional Ben “NeverScaredB” Wilinofsky is the champion. He topped a field of 773 players to take home the top prize in the tournament of €825,000 on Sunday in Berlin, Germany. He increased his combined live and online […]

PokerStars Launches Belgian Poker Series

Belgium has been making a name for itself in the world of poker, especially within European stakes. In fact it is Belgium who sits atop the European Poker Tour leader board for best performing country. It makes sense then that PokerStars is launching the Belgian Poker Series with its first stop in the country’s biggest […]

Ten Days To Qualify For Irish Poker Open

The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2011 is now less than two weeks away, and although the countdown is on, there is still time to qualify. On top of that, all those who qualify via the site will be included in this year’s €100,000 Sole Survivor competition. First off, tonight, Sunday, Apr. 10 at 8 p.m. there […]

WPT: Hollywood Poker Open Day 1

Day 1 at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 92 players and by the end of the night just 57 remained. The overnight chip leader is red-hot Ali Eslami with 147,000. Just last week Eslami won the World Series of Poker Circuit Western Regional Championship and […]

NAPT: Mohegan Sun Day 1

Day 1 at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 387 players and by the end of the night just 230 remained. The total prize pool for the tournament is $1,764,330 and the eventual champion will take home $450,00 at the final table, which will take […]

EPT: Final Table is set in Berlin

The final table is set at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Berlin no-limit hold’em main event. Day 4 welcomed back a field of 24 players who were in the money and by the end of the night just eight final-table contenders remained. Here is a look at the chip counts for tomorrow’s final table: Ben […]

Q & A with UB Pro Scott Ian

Team UB Pro Scott Ian has a successful music career as a member of the heavy metal band Anthrax, but he also finds time for his poker interests. In only a few years of playing the game seriously, Ian has found the time to cash in a World Series of Poker main event and take […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

This week Twitter featured a combination of comments streaming from the European Poker Tour Berlin, some breaking news, and a few funny conversations back and forth between stars of the poker world. To set things off, let’s jump from Europe to Brazil for an important announcement. On Apr. 3, Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck tweeted, “After 5 […]

Croatian Lottery Now Offers Complete Poker Solution

PokerTek Inc., a gaming company that develops and distributes electronic table game solutions, has announced that its PokerPro tables have been selected as the Croatian Lottery’s preferred electronic poker solution. These automated poker tables now allow the Croatian Lottery to offer a complete poker solution in its five casinos throughout the country. PokerTek’s President, James […]

European Poker Tour: Berlin Day 3

Day 3 at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Berlin no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back a field of 119 players who were in the money and by the end of the night just 24 remained. The overnight chip leader is Daniel Pidun from Germany with 2,429,000. Other notables still in the hunt include Team PokerStars […]

Card Player's News in Poker Training

This week at CardPlayer.com we bring your awareness to some of the brand new tools, lessons, articles, and more, available at the leading online training sites. Check out this week’s happenings on the following sites: This past week at Bluefire Poker, lead instructor Phil Galfond discusses the action at four $5-$10 pot-limit Omaha tables on […]

Mini-UBOC Kicks Off Sunday

UB will run an all-new Mini-UB Online Championship starting this Sunday, April 10. The week-long series will deliver 27 low-stakes buy-in events that will provide $650,000 in guaranteed cash and prizes. Kicking off the stand-alone Mini-UBOC lineup is a $50+$5 buy-in $50,000 guaranteed no-limit hold’em event on Sunday at 2:05 p.m. ET. The highlight of […]

Live Poker: Busy Weekend Preview

Even with the EPT Berlin championship coming to a close, there will be no shortage of big buy-in main events to keep an eye on this weekend, as three other main events are set to kick off, representing the WPT, NAPT and WSOP Circuit. WPT Hollywood Poker Open The $10,000 WPT Hollywood Poker Open main […]