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Canadian Poker Domain Sold To Mystery Purchaser

Canadian domain, Poker.ca, became the most valuable .ca domain on the Internet when it sold for more than $400,000. Not only that, it is rumoured that Poker.ca was bought by a well-known poker player who already owns one of the largest poker affiliates. The man behind the purchase wishes to remain anonymous for now but […]

Mercier Leads PCA High Roller

While the main event played out in a sequestered room, the $25,000 High Roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure was front and center for all to see in the ballroom at Atlantis. A total of 90 players remained from the original 151 that bought in, but all had goals of making the money at […]

Galen Hall Wins PCA Main Event

With one major laydown, Galen Hall avoided disaster and overcame a monster chip disadvantage to win the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event and $2.3 million. Hall battled with Chris Oliver heads up for over three hours and at one point was down more than 5-1 in chips. The tournament looked over early on when […]

PCA amfAR Charity Poker Tournament

A large collection of poker professionals and celebrities attended the PokerStars/amfAR Celebrity Charity poker tournament at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas this past week. The invitation-only tournament attracted 58 players. The funds raised will support AIDS research. The founder of amfAR, fashion designer Kenneth Cole said, “We cannot overstate the value and important of […]

PCA Q&A: Jonathan Duhamel

Jonathan Duhamel won the biggest poker tournament of the year this past November when he was victorious at the World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. He came into the final table as the chip leader and he held all of the chips by the end of play. He was awarded $8,944,138 in […]

PKR Announces Poker Socials

PKR.com has announced a new series of fun, community events to be held throughout the UK and further afield around Europe. The first PKR Social will kick off on Feb. 26 in Manchester and will see 100 players get together and experience a drinks reception followed by some mixed martial arts at the BAMMA 5 […]

Qualify For PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville

There is still time to qualify for the next stop of the PokerStars European Poker Tour, which is taking place in Deauville, France from Jan. 25. Last season, the event attracted 768 players, creating a prize pool of €3,686,400, and Jake “neverbluff67” Cody returned to Britain with the title and the €847,000 top prize. This […]

PCA: $25,000 High Roller Day 1

The $25,000 High Roller no-limit hold’em event at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure smashed all expectations in terms of attendance and attracted a huge field of 151 players. That made for a $3,995,500 total prize pool and the champion of this event will walk away with $1,072,850 in prize money two days from now at […]

PCA: NAPT Bounty Shootout Day 2

Thirty-six players returned for the second day of play in the North American Poker Tour $5,000 bounty shootout event at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on Friday. They were seated at six tables of six and only one player from each table would advance to the next round, which will be the final table for […]

Palmer's $350K Pot versus Antonius

Tune into Card Player every Monday and Friday evening for a recap of one of the most intriguing cash-game hands that recently took place in the online poker world. Also, be sure to check out extensive weekly recaps at around 3 p.m. EST on Wednesdays. Nosebleed regulars Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer and Patrik Antonius did battle […]

PCA $25k High Roller Photo Blog

The $25,000 high roller no-limit hold’em event began today at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and a field stacked with professional has flooded the Imperial Ballroom at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. There are 137 players in today’s tournament, here is a look at who is playing in today’s photo blog. Day 1 $25,000 […]

UB Online Championship 6 Kicks Off Sunday

The UB Online Championship (UBOC) is back. UBOC6 starts on Sunday, Jan. 16, kicking off with a $500+$30 no-limit hold’em deep stack event at 2 p.m. EST. UBOC6 is designed for players of all bankrolls levels, offering games such as no-limit hold’em, H.O.R.S.E, pot-limit Omaha, eight-game mix, four-max, six-max, and heads-up. UBOC6 will feature nine […]

HPT Rolls into 2011 With Vegas Visit

The first Heartland Poker Tour stop of 2011 is a return to the Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas for this weekend’s $1,100 main event. Numerous satellite events have been running all week, offering entry into Saturday’s main event. Despite scheduling that has the HPT main event taking place at the end of the […]

The Scoop: David Sands Part I

David “Doc Sands” Sands stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear him talk about his DoylesRoom sponsorship competition at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Sands, […]

PokerStars Announces NAPT Season 2 Stops

PokerStars made multiple announcements this morning at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in regards to its international lineup of live poker tours. “For those of you who are keeping track we now have more than 10 tours around the world and by the end of the year we are probably going to have 12 tours around […]

UK And Sweden Crackdown On Online Poker

Newspaper reports this week suggest authorities in both the UK and Sweden are about to launch a crackdown on online gaming operators, including poker sites, who may be bending the rules in those jurisdictions. The Daily Mail in the UK reports that culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is on the war path to prevent overseas operators […]

PCA Bounty Shootout: Day 1

The $5,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure NAPT Bounty Shootout attracted 216 entrants on Thursday, all hoping to be a part of Sunday’s ESPN2 televised webcast. In order to get there, players must be the last man standing at two six-handed tables. The triple shootout also featured $1,000 bounties for each player eliminated, rewarding those who were […]

Final Table Set At PCA Main Event

The final table is now set at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event. A total of 22 players returned to the ballroom at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas and all eyes were set on Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker. The 2003 WSOP main event champion entered the day in second place, but a huge […]

ESPN To Air PCA on Saturday

On Saturday, ESPN will be broadcasting the main event final table from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The high-definition coverage will be shown with hole cards on a one-hour, unedited delay starting at 5 p.m. EST on ESPN3.com with ESPN2 joining in at 10 p.m. “For the first time viewers at home will see a poker […]

Full Tilt Poker Sit-Out-At-All-Tables Feature

In addition to the Full Tilt Poker launch of Multi–Entry Tournaments, the online site recently added a helpful feature for cash game players who multitable grind. The Full Tilt software now has an option to sit out at all tables and also to return to them all — with a single click. If you don’t […]

Early Success at WSOPC Choctaw

The first World Series of Poker Circuit event of 2011 is underway, playing for the first time outside a Harrah’s-affiliated property. The WSOPC debuted at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma on January 6, and attendance has been impressive so far. Bringing in players from across the Texas-Oklahoma region, the first ring event of […]

PokerStars Launches Online Home Games

PokerStars has announced the launch of its newest software, which allows anyone anywhere to take part in or set up their own home games online. Home Games online enable both the casual and professional poker player to create their own poker clubs and compete against friends, or indeed foes, in private cash games or tournaments […]

Full Tilt Poker Launches Multi-Entry Tournaments

Ever the innovator, Full Tilt Poker has launched an exciting and unique new feature called Multi–Entry Tournaments. The concept is simple – online poker players can register for the same tournament multiple times, effectively allowing them to multi-table the same tournament. Each tournament entry has its own chip stack and is dealt its own hands […]

PKR Mixes Poker With Martial Arts

PKR.com has announced its new, official gaming partnership with British Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promoter, The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BAMMA). PKR’s branding will now be seen at all 2011 fights, and likewise, Bamma’s branding will be featured in the PKR poker rooms. Marketing Manager, Erika Schwartz Poole, said, “It is with great […]

Moneymaker and Marquez Lead PCA

There were 48 players when action began on day 4 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. Of those 48 players just two were woman, but by the end of the night, one of those female contenders sat at the top of the leader board. Spanish poker player Ana Marquez is the […]

PCA Q&A: Chris Moneymaker

Team PokerStars pro Chris Moneymaker has had a fantastic tournament here at the $10,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event. He started day 4 in the top five in chips and he ended the day with 3.765 million, just one spot off the lead. Card Player caught up with Moneymaker during one of the breaks in […]

Miriam Foundation Montreal Open

Full Tilt Poker is currently running satellites to the sixth annual Miriam Foundation Montreal Open — Canada’s largest televised charity poker tournament. The opening rounds of the tournament take place at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal between Mar. 27 and 30. The top 30 players will then compete on TV in Las Vegas for more […]

PCA: A Level with Mike Sowers

Follow along with all of the action from Day 2 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event on the PokerStars blog feed. An old adage states that good things come to those who wait. That was certainly the case for Mike Sowers during the first level of play during day 4 at […]

Antonius Running Hot in Limit

Patrik Antonius and Kagome Kagome (formerly with the screen name IHateJuice) engaged in a nearly three-hour battle on the virtual felt Monday at their usual nosebleed stakes of $3,000-$6,000 limit hold’em on Full Tilt Poker. Antonius came out on top more than $400,000 and is in the black about $600,000 in the past week versus […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Scales Back

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour seems to have been the victim of the fierce competition in the live poker market with the unveiling of the 2011 schedule highlighting a truncated jaunt around Britain. Both Brighton and Bolton have been dropped from the 2011 tour which scales to seven stops including the grand final in London. […]