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Jungleman12 Takes On Isildur1Viktor “Isildur1” Blom continued his downswing early Friday morning after taking on Dan “jungleman12” Cates at $50-$100 no-limit hold’em on PokerStars. The duo began the day playing tables of $25-$50, but eventually moved up to stakes of $50-$100. Cates, who was down money from the $25-$50 tables, secured a net profit of about $40,000 for […]
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The Scoop: David Sands Part IIDavid “Doc Sands” Sands 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 his “organically grown” […]
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Borgata Winter Open Kicks OffThe sixth annual Borgata Winter Open got underway Wednesday at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City with a $500 deep stack no-limit hold’em event featuring a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000. The opening tournament was the first of 26 events that are on the schedule from January 19-February 4. Scheduled events include […]
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WPT Southern Poker Championship Starts SundayThe World Poker Tour is set to make its first appearance of 2011 with its $10,000 main event at the Southern Poker Championship inside the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Beginning at noon CST this Sunday, January 23, the 5-day championship event will finish up with a televised final table playing out […]
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Chinese Take To Texas Hold'em Poker Online
A Chinese language Texas hold’em poker game is the fastest growing brand on Facebook gaining almost 1.3 million fans this week on the social networking site. The game beat out the ever popular Farmville game as well as Rihanna, Real Madrid FC, Harry Potter, and Eminem according to Famecount.com which measures the amounts of “likes,” […]
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European Deepstack Poker Championship Nears
The European Deepstack Poker Championship returns to Dublin from Feb. 1 to 6 with the centerpiece event expected to attract over 1,000 players. The three-day €550 buy in main event has attracted over 800 registrants so far, has an estimated prize pool of €500,000, a 50,000 chip starting stack and a one hour clock changing […]
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Richard “Chufty” Ashby Wins Aussie Millions EventRecent World Series of Poker bracelet winner Richard “Chufty” Ashby from the UK has won an Aussie Millions ring for his victory in the eight-game mixed event in Melbourne. The game attracted 68 participants and Ashby was trailing the final table of seven with just 59,000 in chips before grinding his way to heads up […]
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UB Online Championship 6 ContinuesThe UB Online Poker Championship is underway So far 10 of the 29 events have been completed. Tonight’s event is a $150+$12 no-limit hold’em deep stack hosted by Team UB Pro Maria Ho. The event kicks off at 8:05 p.m. EST. A $15+$1.50 Mini-UBOC no-limit hold’em deep stack will also begin at the same time. […]
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Capture the Flag: Kagome KagomeDespite German poker pro Kagome Kagome’s real name being unknown to nearly all of the poker community, he has still managed to secure a reputation as one of the best young hold’em players on the planet. The 21-year-old, who said he wants his identity to be withheld, has garnered respect from Team Full Tilt’s Patrik […]
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The Martin: A Poker Pro HavenWhether it is World Series of Poker bracelet-winning champions or those just entering the world of professional poker, The Martin is an ideal home ownership option to those in the card playing circuit who are seeking luxe, high-rise living in the heart of Las Vegas. The Martin’s proximity to the Strip provides immediate access to […]
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Microgaming To Release Android Poker App
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that bwin was launching an iPhone app, online poker network Microgaming today announced it would launch a real money mobile poker app on the rival Android platform later this quarter. The real money app would be available to all operators on the network and Lydia melton, head of […]
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bwin Launches Real Money iPhone Poker App
bwin has announced the launch of the first real money iPhone application for poker. The app is currently available only to Apple users in the UK and Austria but will be more widely available across Europe in the near future according to the company. Berthold Kao for bwin said, “Thanks to the bwin iPhone poker […]
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European Masters Of Poker Gran Canaria Starts TodaySeason III of the European Masters of Poker gets underway today in Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on the Canary Islands with the £1,100 buy-in main event expected to attract several hundred runners. Last year the main event was won by Pole Maciej Lipney who beat 287 opponents and took down €66,240. Also taking place […]
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Ivey Dominating 2-7 Triple DrawThe past week in the high-stakes online world featured action from some of the game’s heaviest hitters. Patrik Antonius and limit hold’em specialist Kagome Kagome (formerly IHateJuice) sat down at the virtual felt Wednesday morning for some $3,000-$6,000 action. The biggest pot of the session went to Antonius, helping him secure a small win for […]
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Black Belt Poker Live Returns To London
Black Belt Poker Live makes a re-appearance on the London poker circuit from April 1 to 3 this year. Neil Channing and co. return to the Grosvenor Victoria casino with a £275 buy in main event with a 20,000 starting stack and 45 minute blinds. First prize for the 400-odd players expected to compete will […]
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Ongame Grows Recreational Poker PlayersThe Austro-German online poker network, Ongame, yesterday claimed it has grown recreational players on the network by eight percent in the six months since it introduced its new rake model, Essence. It also said regular players’ net winnings had increased but did not quantify by how much. Fredrik Kjell, head of poker at Ongame, said, […]
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Chad Brown No-Limit Hold'em ChampionshipOn Friday Jan. 28 the Orange Park Kennel Club, in Orange Park, FL, will host the second annual Chad Brown No-Limit Hold’em Texas Hold’em Championship. The event comes as part of the week-long Chad Brown Poker Series beginning on Friday. The $5,000 buy-in event will be televised. All days start at 1 p.m. Both day […]
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Annie Duke Heads New Pro Poker LeagueFederated Sports and Gaming has partnered with the Palms Casino Resort to introduce a new professional poker league in 2011. Annie Duke has been announced as the league’s commissioner and will oversee a schedule of four rake-free tournaments and an additional championship event in Las Vegas. Duke recently left UB to pursue other interests. “A […]
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Aussie Millions Gets UnderwayYou can follow the main event live updates by visiting the Aussie Millions landing page. The prestigious Aussie Millions began last week at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, and Card Player has made its way down under to offer coverage of the upcoming high stakes action. The tournament schedule runs from January 13-31, with […]
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Italy Beats England In World Cup Of Poker
Italy has won the PokerStars World Cup of Poker for the first time, after an exhausting 11-and-a-half hours of final play at the PCA. Team PokerStars pro player Luca Pagano led the team to victory and the first place prize of $100,000 ($25,000 per person), while the United Kingdom finished in second place for $70,000 […]
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Miikka Anttonen Wins Helsinki FreezeoutMiikka “Interpol” Anttonen has won the €2,850 + €150 buy in Helsinki Freezeout poker tournament at the Grand Casino, Helsinki taking down €76,000 for his victory over 78 opponents including beating Jani Vilmunen heads up. “At the final table here were 3 to 5 better poker players than myself,” he told Card Player Finland. "The […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour 2011 Details Released
Although it seems the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) has scaled back for 2011, its plans for the year include a new schedule, Champion of Champions tournaments, and many more interesting features. Plus the GUKPT will be giving away £300,000 in total added value over the course of the year. The first of seven stops […]
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Susan 'MommaGrinder' Mizrachi Laufer Wins at Full TiltThe Mizrachi family had its first tournament win of 2011 on Monday — but it wasn’t from one of its most prominent players. It wasn’t 2010 World Series of Poker $50K Players Championship winner Michael, who has $11,240,264 in career tournament earnings, or the family’s other WSOP bracelet holder Robert, nor Eric or Donny who […]
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Benji79 Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB, Absolute Poker, and Bodog below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,735,400 Entrants: 8,677 1. Benji79 — $255,281.66 2. Loxagos — $186,555.50 3. Pendos90 — $130,155 4. Cejakas14 — $86,770 5. ALLEXarm — $69,416 6. Mammola — […]
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UB Bad Beat Jackpot Hit for $113KOn Sunday, a $112,779.04 prize was claimed at the hands of the UB Bad Beat Jackpot. A player with the screen name “LEECHIN” raked in the massive prize for losing with quad eights or better. The current jackpot stands at more than $110,000, as of Monday morning. More than $60 million has been awarded since […]
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LAPC Kicks Off WednesdayThe L.A. Poker Classic tournament series will get underway Wednesday with its first of 54 scheduled events over the next six weeks at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. The first event is a five-day $335 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament with a $1 million guarantee. It will feature four starting days, with day 1A beginning […]
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EuroSportPoker May Be Sold
Nonce Paolini, chief executive officer of Eurosportbet.com, has said he would consider an offer for the French-facing betting and poker businesses should one be tabled. According to AFP, Paolini said, “Eurosportbet results are not ridiculous, mostly regarding poker, but the business is not satisfactory enough. If a takeover bid comes up, we will study it.” […]
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Central London Poker Club For Sale
A “large private members poker and gambling club” in London, England is up for sale with the asking price of £1.1 million. The 8,260 square foot central London club has a turnover of £1.8 million and net profit of £300,000 according to details posted on businessesforsale.com. The sales pitch states that, “The club offers cash […]
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Marrakech Poker Open Begins TomorrowThe Marrakech Poker Open kicks off tomorrow at the Casino de Marrakech with a €500 no-limit hold’em freezeout and a satellite to the €1,500 no-limit hold’em deepstack freezeout, which takes place the following day. The deepstack runs for three days and then on Jan. 22 the two-day €2,700 main event begins. Players will sit down […]
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PCA: Andrew Chen Wins NAPT BountyThe six finalists in the $5,000 North American Poker Tour bounty shootout event at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure were all starting from scratch at the beginning of the final table so it came as no surprise that play lasted nearly 12 hours on the final day of play. Andrew Chen, Michael Binger, Shaun Deeb, […]
