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Irish Poker Open Package Guaranteed TonightThe Irish Open 2011 is coming up next month but there is still time to qualify with a wide range of satellites and promotions at PaddyPowerPoker.com. First of all tonight, Sunday, Mar. 20 at 8 p.m. there is a €200 + €20 buy-in satellite with an Irish Open package worth €4,600 up for grabs. The […]
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Unibet Open Online Poker Qualifiers NowThe first Unibet Open Online poker tournament takes place on Monday April 3 and after the success of Unibet Open Malta live poker festival last weekend, online qualification for the event is open now. Players can qualify for the €25,000 guaranteed prize pool event this Saturday and Sunday at 22:00 CET in a series of […]
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Two Years Jail For Poker Chip Hacker
UK computer hacker, Ashley Mitchell, who admitted five charges of hacking and taking private property in relation to the theft of online poker chips, was sentenced to two years in prison at Exeter Crown Court yesterday. Mitchell will also serve an additional 30 weeks for breaching an earlier suspended sentence according to Thisisdevon.co.uk. The 29-year-old […]
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Alan Sternberg Wins WPT Bay 101 Shooting StarThe 2011 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event came to a close early Saturday morning in San Jose, California, and the man left standing at the end was Alan Sternberg. Sternberg outlasted a tough final table of 285 hands en route to capturing the prestigious title and $1,039,000 in […]
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Frank and Campbell Introduce New Online Poker BillWhen the Internet Poker Act of 2010 was declared dead last December, many industry insiders felt that it would be a long time before another push to legalize and regulate online poker at the federal level occurred. On Thursday, Congressmen Barney Frank (D-MA) and John Campbell (R-CA) proved that the fight will continue by introducing […]
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Weekly News in Poker TrainingThis 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 week at Bluefire Poker, instructor Phil Galfond discusses Don “SoCalQuest” Nguyen’s action at four tables of $2-$4 heads-up pot-limit […]
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DraftStreet Nightly Fantasy SportsIf you’re a fantasy sports expert, then you’re going to love competing at DraftStreet.com. The site offers one-night fantasy sports leagues that use real stats from the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL. The way it works is simple. Each player is given $100,000 to draft their fantasy team. The better the player is, the more […]
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Poker Opinion: The Real Money Is In Online Poker
It is amazing to me why so many people play Texas hold’em live when they can play poker online. I get asked why I do not play live tournaments or live cash games by someone every few weeks. In my mind then the decision really isn’t close. When you factor in having the capacity to […]
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The Scoop: Dwyte Pilgrim Part IIDwyte Pilgrim stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. He continues his interview from part I last week. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear him talk about how his pre-poker work experience […]
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EPT Snowfest Begins SundayThe PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest stop begins on Sunday, Mar. 20 at 2 p.m. local time in the ski resort town of Saalbach/Hinterglemm in the Austrian Alps. The best professionals in the poker world will also have a chance to hit the slopes and ski or snowboard at this unique tournament. Last season Allan […]
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Online Poker Players Help Comic Relief Today
Online poker staking business, Badbeat.com will donate 10 percent of all affiliate revenue generated by its players today to Comic relief for Red Nose Day. In order to ensure there are plenty of Badbeat players raising money for the charity, the company has also announced that any Badbeat sponsored player who wins a hand holding […]
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Poker's Big Game Set For AprilDetails have been announced for the PartyPoker.com Big Game V, which is taking place from Apr. 15 to 17. This year the 48-hour cash game will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, UK. Some names already on the list are Tony G, David “Viffer” Peat, Annette Obrestad, Neil Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Roberto Romanello, […]
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Final Table Set at WPT Bay 101 Shooting StarThe 2011 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event brought back 24 players on Thursday for Day 3, and when play was over just six remained to fight on at the final table on Friday. The remaining players, who outlasted a field of 415 to play shorthanded for a first […]
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Zynga PokerCon In Las VegasZynga Poker was launched in September of 2007 and has since grown into the largest poker client in the world with over 215 million monthly active users. The application is played on a variety of game portals that include Facebook, MySpace, MSN Games, Yahoo!, the iPhone and Android. Though the company has since gone on […]
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Generation Next: Kyle JuliusSinking the winning shot at the buzzer as the crowed roared was the dream of Kyle Julius growing up in Chicago. Hometown hero Michael Jordan made it look all too easy, so why couldn’t he do the same. So Julius lived, ate, drank, and slept basketball. By the end of his High School career a […]
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Bodog Sit-and-Go MadnessBodog is giving its players a chance at a free $10 NCAA March Madness bet. All you have to do is play in five of the special March Madness sit-and-gos between Mar. 17 and April 3, and you can earn your free bet to place on any game in the tournament via the site’s sports […]
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Redbet Acquires Second Entraction Poker Room
Redbet Gaming Limited, the Scandinavian betting operator, has acquired a second online poker room on the Entraction network. The company has taken control of DoubleCardrooms in another asset-based deal similar to the one which saw it take over i4Poker earlier this month. Jorgen Andersson, chief executive of Redbet Holding said, “The acquisition of DoubleCardrooms is […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London Main Event Today
Up to 200 poker players in London are expected to stream into the Grosvenor Victoria Casino today to take part in the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London main event. Day 1a of the £1,500+£90 feature event starts at midday in the English capital and players start with 15,000 in chips and a 60 minute clock. […]
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European Poker Tour Champ Michael Tureniec TalksCard Player recently sat down with the newly crowned king of Danish poker, European Poker Tour Copenhagen champion Michael Tureniec from Sweden to discuss his long awaited victory and pressures on and off the felt. Rebecca McAdam: First of all, Congratulations! Michael Tureniec: Thank you very much! RM:You came so close before on the EPT, […]
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WPT: Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event ran late into the night in San Jose, California on Wednesday. When the dust finally settled there were 24 players who advanced to day 3. You can catch a recap of day 3 when play concludes tomorrow night. Read […]
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WPT Bay 101 Day 2 Photo BlogHere is a look at the top professionals in action on Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. There are currently 66 players who are still in the hunt for the top prize worth $1,039,000. The current chip leader is Vivek Rajkumar with 548,000. Check back […]
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WPT Bay 101 Q&A: Pat WalshPat Walsh won his first major tournament title last week when he topped the field in The Big Event $10,000 Bounty Shootout at the Bicycle Casino. He took home $251,700 for the win. Walsh is no stranger to the tournament trail; he has traveled its path for the last couple of years, primarily focusing on […]
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WSOP-C: Brian Ali Wins Atlantic City Main EventThe World Series of Poker Circuit finished up at the Caesars Palace in Atlantic City, New Jersey earlier this week and the champion of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event is Brian Ali, who took home $139,284 in prize money and a gold ring. The tournament attracted 442 entries and the total prize pool was […]
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Adam Levy Re-Signs with UBOn Monday, UB announced the re-signing of poker pro Adam “ROOTHLUS” Levy for another two years. Levy has represented the site since October 2008. “UB has been my home for the past two years, and I’m looking forward to another two years with them,” Levy said in a press release. “They have really great tournament […]
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XWINK Down $1 Million on FTPUnknown high stakes newcomer XWINK has been on a gravity railroad the past week, losing another mammoth chunk of his profits from the nosebleed games on Full Tilt Poker. The Canadian began the past week playing in a multitable $300-$600 pot-limit Omaha session with Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen. Their match was hyper aggressive throughout, as each […]
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Betfair Poker $500 Added Tonight - Password InsideCard Player Europe and BetfairPoker.com have teamed up for two exclusive poker events, one of which is kicking off this evening at 8.30 p.m. The buy-in is just $2.20 and the event has $500 added to its prize pool. The password for the event is CETCRDPLYRMAR1, so mark it down for tonight’s installment. The second […]
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Bay 101 Shooting Star: Day 1BDay 1B of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event welcomed 273 runners in San Jose, California on Tuesday and by the end of the night 117 remained. There were 26 Shooting Stars among them and nine survived the day. The turnout today brought the total number of players […]
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New Poker Remote App For Online Grinders
Smarter Controls International has announced its Poker Controls iPhone application, which is now available on iTunes. This app turns your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch into a touch-screen remote control to assist when playing online poker. A remote control connects with the player’s online poker room and interacts with the computer via Wi-Fi. The app […]
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Dutchman Wins Unibet Open Poker FestivalDutchman Mateusz Moolhuizen took down the Unibet Open Malta main event after beating 292 players to the top prize of €117,000. Moolhuizen’s final opponent in the €1,650 buy-in event was fellow countryman Tobias Peters. Moolhuizen held the chip lead going into the heads up, however that was to change many times within the three hours […]
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WPT Bay 101 Day 1B Photo Blog
Here is a look at the big names in today’s field at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. Stay tuned tonight for a recap of the day’s events: Andrew Lichtenberger Bertrand Grospellier Chau Giang Chris McCormack David Baker Eric Baldwin Jennifer Tilly Jonathan Little Scotty Nguyen Taylor Paur […]
