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CardRunners Free Strategy Series with PokerListings

Online poker coaching site CardRunners and online poker guide PokerListings.com have announced an exclusive 10-part strategy series launched this week. Ten elite Cardrunners coaches will be tackling 10 unique poker strategy topics as suggested by readers of PokerListings.com. By letting the coaches pick which topic they want to write about, the project seeks to blend […]

Darvin Moon Signed By HPT

Darvin Moon, the 2009 World Series of Poker main event runner up, has signed a deal to represent the Heartland Poker Tour as a tour ambassador. Moon is the first player to be branded by the tour and will play several tournaments as well as wear HPT logos throughout the year. Moon was deemed by […]

PKR Announces Poker Software Improvements

PKR.com has announced its latest update to its software which sees its poker client running even faster and smoother. The most obvious improvement is a faster hands per hour rate, meaning there are now less pauses between hands with animations running simultaneously alongside shuffling and dealing, ensuring that hands are dealt at a faster rate. […]

iPoker To Launch Mobile Poker App

Playtech, the Israel-based owner of the iPoker online poker network, today announced its full-year 2010 financial results. In line with earlier published preliminary results, poker revenue at the company fell 19 percent to €27.4 million from €33.8 million in 2009. The company said in its annual report that poker revenues were helped, “…by ongoing strength […]

Unibet Open Malta Poker Festival Starts Today

The Unibet Open Malta begins today with its main event kicking off at 2 p.m. (local time) at the Casino at Portomaso. The Open which features various side events will run until Mar. 13. The €1,500 + €150 buy-in main event has a maximum cap of 400 players and a starting chip stack of 15,000. […]

The Big Event: Final Table Set

There was another short day at The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino on Wednesday in Los Angeles, California. Day 4 welcomed back the final 22 players and there goal was to get down to a final table of eight before play could end. Eliminations came quick throughout the day and the final table was […]

2011 SCOOP Schedule Released

On Wednesday, PokerStars released the schedule for the 2011 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). The series, which is set to run May 8-22 and offer $45 million in guarantees, will consist of three buy-in levels for every one of its 38 events: low, medium, and high. Players are not restricted to only one level. […]

XWINK: New High Stakes Catalyst

The high stakes online world has been a buzz over the past seven days due to the emergence of XWINK on Full Tilt Poker. From the middle of last week through the weekend, XWINK, who many believe to be XBLINK on UB, had gone on a tear, winning $2 million by Saturday mostly at $500-$1,000 […]

Cyprus Approves Online Poker Ban

Cyprus is on the brink of banning online poker. The government cabinet has approved a draft bill banning online casino gaming including poker. The bill now moves forward for legislative approval which will see the ban implemented. Persons or companies found guilty of breaching the incoming law will be libel for a fine of up […]

Poker Revenue Falls 5 Percent At 32Red

UK gaming operator 32Red saw poker revenue fall 5 percent in 2010 to £0.92 million compared to £0.97 in 2009. The company described the online poker market as “tough”. In 2009 poker revenue was down 7.3 percent. Gross profit before marketing costs were £396,162, up slightly from £390,499 in 2009. Overall revenue at the site […]

Rival Poker Tours Hit UK

Two rival poker tours are scheduled to both kick off in England this week, within a day of each other. Firstly, there is the the second leg of the 2011 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) which is taking place in London’s Grosvenor Victoria casino, and secondly there is the third stop of the second installment […]

Qualify Live For Irish Poker Open

The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2011 is just around the corner, which means those who want to get involved should be busy trying to qualify. There are plenty of ways to go about this at PaddyPowerPoker.com, and today the site announced a schedule of live satellites to give hopefuls even more opportunities. The Irish Open live […]

The Big Event: Day 3 at the Bike

Day 3 at The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California welcomed back 68 players on Tuesday, and the first level of business was playing down to the money bubble when 56 players remained. That task was completed just as the first level of play expired. Craig Bergeron literally flipped a coin […]

Strategy: Heads Up Cash Games

This strategy column, and many like it, are featured in every issue of Card Player magazine. Subscribe today to get 26 issues delivered to your home each year! Sometimes it’s hard to get a straight answer from a professional poker player. Ask three players a question, and you’re liable to get three different answers. Why? […]

Radoslav Průcha Wins Paradise Poker Tour

Radoslav Průcha took down the ParadisePoker Tour Prague after topping a field of 230 players for a payday of €30,000. It was an all-Czech final as two natives battled it out for first place, but it was not to be for Luboš Galuška as although he started off well, in the end he had to […]

Betfair Poker Revenue Down 20 Percent

Betfair Plc today announced its interim financial results for the third quarter of its financial year, November 1, 2010 to January 31, 2011. Betfair Poker suffered a significant downturn in the period as revenue fell 20.5 percent to £5.2 million. The company made no comment on the performance of its poker business but was bullish […]

Card Player And Betfair Poker Team Up

Card Player Europe and BetfairPoker.com have teamed up for two exclusive poker events this March. Both tournaments have a buy-in of just $2.20 but both also have $500 added. The first kicks off next Wednesday, Mar. 16 at 8.30 p.m. and the password is CETCRDPLYRMAR1. The second takes place on Mar. 30 at 8.30 p.m. […]

The Big Event: Day 2 at the Bike

Victor Ramdin had a day that most poker players dream about during day 2 of The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California on Monday. He began the day with 81,000 and after six, 75-minute levels he had completed a monster rush to lead the field by hundreds of thousands of chips. […]

Tournament Poker Edge on Card Player

Tournament Poker Edge is a poker training site dedicated exclusively to multitable tournament poker. The site’s stable of pros include Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek, Jon “Wein” Wein, Ryan “HITTHEPANDA” Franklin, Tim “TTwist” Kelly, Shaun “Cougars4444” Hendrickson, and Charles “Hagbard Celine” Sizemore. The site releases a new training video Monday through Friday. These videos include live sweats, […]

MiniFTOPS XIX Underway

The Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (MiniFTOPS) is back to give players with more modest bankrolls a chance at poker glory. MiniFTOPS XIX kicked off Sunday with the first of 45 events. The schedule features the same events as the normal FTOPS, but all of the buy-ins are at about one-tenth the price. Even […]

Bdbeatslayer Wins Record Sun. Million

The $5 million guarantee PokerStars Sunday Million finished on Monday morning, and the numbers were staggering. A total of 59,128 players ponied up $215, creating a prize pool of nearly $12 million. Online grinder Luke “Bdbeatslayer” Vrabel won the event after a nine-way deal at the final table. The players elected to leave the Lamborghini […]

Amy Trodd Is English Deepstack Poker Champ

Amy Trodd has won the first English Deepstack Poker Championship at the G Casino, Luton taking down £25,000 for topping the 188-strong field. Big names such as Julian Thew, Praz Bansi, and Karl Mahrenholz were among the players in the £550 buy in main event which aw 50,000 starting stacks and a one hour clock. […]

Record Online Revenues At Paddy Power

Paddy Power Plc, the Irish bookmaker which operates paddypowerpoker.com and the Irish Open has issued its preliminary results for 2010. Paddypower.com, the company’s online unit which includes poker, casino, bingo, games, experienced strong growth with gross win up 52 percent to a record €163.7 million and operating profit up 26 percent to €57.5 million. Of […]

Largest Euro Poker Event Set For April

A new poker tournament with big plans to break boundaries is D-Day Poker. D-Day 1 Live will simultaneously bring together over 100 different poker venues across both the UK and Ireland for what is anticipated to be the largest poker event in Europe. All participating venues will kick the €60 (+ local operator reg fee) […]

The Big Event: Day 1B at the Bike

There was a smaller turnout on day 1B of The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California on Sunday but there were many big-name professionals among the 154 players who participated. Players like Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Tilly, Jason Alexander and Dwyte Pilgrim came straight to L.A. from the NBC National Heads-Up Poker […]

Erik Seidel Wins NBC Heads Up

The day began with eight hopefuls looking to score $750,000 and the title of 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Champion. The day ended as it has so many other times this year, with Erik Seidel hoisting a big trophy. The eight-time WSOP bracelet winner just keeps on adding to his list of accomplishments and […]

The Big Event: Day 1A at the Bike

It was anybody’s guess to how many people would attend The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino when cards got into the air on Saturday at noon in Los Angeles. Attendance was promising on Day 1A, with 263 players jumping into the tournament before registration closed for the day. By the end of the night […]

Sam Razavi Joins Black Belt Poker

UK poker pro and recent Aussie Million finalist Sam Razavi has become the first player to complete the full Black Belt Poker grading system. He now joins Neil Channing and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Richard Ashby as a Black Belt at the site. The former actor gets $10,000 per month in live tournament […]

Direct Buy In Open For PKR Social London

PKR.com is just three weeks away from hosting its London Social at the Fox Poker Club and online poker players can now buy in directly to the $130 buy in deep stack tournament. The PKR Social London takes place on March 25 and 26 and kicks off on the Friday night with a free drinks […]

Elite 8 Set at 2011 NBC Heads Up Poker Championship

The Elite Eight are set at the 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship. Each of the remaining players are now guaranteed at least $75,000, but one of them will emerge on Sunday with the the title and a cool $750,000. Representing the Clubs Bracket is one of the best heads-up online players in the […]