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Chris Oliver Leads PCA Main EventWith the top prize of $2.3 million up for grabs, you’d expect a deliberate and cautious approach from the players still remaining in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event. Instead, day 3 produced some of the wildest action seen on the tournament circuit in recent memory. A total of 173 players began the day, but […]
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Q&A With PCA Main Event Chip Leader Adam GeyerIn 2008, tournament pro Adam Geyer was just two tables away from winning the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event. Instead, a bad beat at a crucial time saw his tournament run end in 15th place. Alexandre Gomes raised to 102,000 on the button and Geyer reraised to 350,000 from the small blind. Gomes called and […]
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UB's 2011 TLB CompetitionsUB and Absolute Poker are giving their players more reasons to compete in the 2011 tournament leader board (TLB) competitions. “We’ve revamped our entire leader board system for 2011 to even the playing field and give every player a shot at that huge cash,” Team UB’s Joe Sebok said in a press release. “With more […]
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N.J. Approves E-Gaming BillOn Monday, the New Jersey State Assembly approved a bill that would allow Atlantic City casinos to offer online gambling internationally and to state residents. New Jersey is looking to become the first US state to legalize and regulate online gaming. The bill, which was passed by the New Jersey Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming […]
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Caesars Hosts Winter ClassicCaesars Palace will debut its new Caesars Winter Poker Classic Tournament series January 17 through February 4 inside the Caesars Palace Poker Room. Tournament buy-ins for the 27 different events will range from as low as $120 up to $550 for the championship event. One special event on the schedule is the Oklahoma Johnny Hale […]
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Entraction Enters Poker Market In China
Swedish gaming operator Entraction has announced its first business-to-business deal outside of Europe with an exclusive agreement to provide its poker software to a new Chinese gaming network. The new network is a joint venture between a Chinese and European company. It will develop a local gaming platform based on Entraction’s software. Peter Åström, chief […]
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January 2011 Issue Of Card Player Europe Online NowThe January 2011 issue of Card Player Europe is now live and free to read online at Cardplayer.com. This issue features World Series of Poker main event champion Jonathan Duhamel, the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival, World Series of Poker Europe champ James Bord, Monte Carlo millionaire Pieter de Korver, Daniel Negreanu’s near miss in Vienna […]
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PKR Launches Asian Poker Tour Philippines SatellitesPKR.com has announced its satellite schedule for the Asian Poker Tour Philippines (APT) 2011, which runs from Mar. 30 to Apr. 3. Every second Monday, from Jan. 17, there will be packages worth up to $5,000 on offer in $200 + $15 buy-in final-stage qualifiers. Players can buy in to the final directly or get […]
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PCA Main Event Day 2Day 2 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw the money bubble burst and many top professionals ascend to the top of the leader board. Team PokerStars pro Chris Moneymaker was one of those players and he ends the night with 650,500. The overall chip leader is Adam Geyer who holds […]
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PCA Meet Your Chip Leaders: Jonathan JaffeeFollow 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. “How did I first come to poker? Well I got kicked out of the house when I was 15 and I was on the streets and I needed to make […]
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PCA: Day 2 Photo BlogFollow 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. The 2010 PCA has played into the fourth level of day 2 and there are 360 players still in the hunt for the top prize worth $2.3 million. Jonathan Jaffee […]
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PCA Q and A: Pieter de KorverFollow 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. Team PokerStars pro Pieter de Korver was the overall chip leader after day 1 at the 2010 PCA with 245,300. Card Player caught up with the season six European Poker […]
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Roydon Rock 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: $1,685,400 Entrants: 8,427 1. Roydon Rock — $158,054.33* 2. kubik-rubik7 — $194,769.94* 3. Doeks — $182,806.44* 4. tankitan — $104,151.45* 5. Phil “USCphildo” Collins — $67,416 […]
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Palmer Wins $250K from DwanTune 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. This past weekend, nosebleed regulars Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer and Tom […]
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Aussie Millions Kicks Off ThursdayThe biggest poker event south of the equator is back. The prestigious Aussie Millions kicks off down under Thursday at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The schedule runs from January 13-31, with 20 events taking to the felt. The $10,600 AUD no-limit hold’em main event will once again hold the attention of the poker […]
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November Nine To Reunite at FoxwoodsThe nine players who made the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker main event will reunite to take part in February’s Mega Stack Challenge at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Those players, known as the November Nine, will host the Mega Stack Challenge XIX tournament series from Feb. 4-13. During that […]
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Peter Jetten Signs with Full Tilt PokerOn Saturday, Full Tilt Poker announced it signed 25-year-old Peter “Apathy123” Jetten to its roster of poker pros. The Toronto native is a regular in the high stakes cash games and has also amassed more than $2 million in career tournament earnings. Jetten’s career highlights include a runner-up finish in the 2008 World Series of […]
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Irish Poker Open €20 Rebuy Satellite Tonight
Tonight sees the second €20 + €2 rebuy Irish Open satellite, guaranteeing one ticket to Ireland’s premier poker events at PaddyPowerPoker.com. There will be one held every Monday at 8 p.m. (GMT) in January, and those who qualify via these satellites also get to participate in the €100,000 Sole Survivor promotion which coincides with the […]
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Qualify Now for European Masters of Poker Gran CanariaThe third season of the European Masters of Poker is not far from kick-off with the first stop on the schedule, the Canary Islands, taking place at Gran Canaria’s Casino Las Palmas from Jan. 20-23. This season’s tour sees an improved tournament structure with added levels such as 150-300 with a 25 ante and 1200-2400 […]
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PCA $10,000 Main Event Day 1BWith Isildur1 unveiled and a champion crowned in the Super High Roller all attention was finally turned towards the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, which was gunning to increase its field size for the seventh consecutive year. After registration had closed and all the buy-ins had been added up, the field of 1,560 players had […]
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PCA Main Event Winner Will Earn $2.3 MillionThe numbers are in and for the seventh consecutive year, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event has grown in field size. A total of 1,560 players made their way to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas for the annual event, breaking the record set in 2010 when 1,529 entered. The first ever PCA took place […]
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Microsoft To Release Full House Poker For Xbox
Microsoft is set to release Full House Poker for Xbox Live Arcade it was confirmed yesterday. The game features play money buy ins and can be played in single mode, heads up, or in online tournaments featuring up to 30 players at a time including turbo tournaments called Microsoft Heat. Players earn XP (X points) […]
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Play The $1,000 Freeroll At Betfair Poker TonightCard Player Europe and BetfairPoker.com host an exclusive New Year $1,000 freeroll tonight Sunday January 9, 2011 at 20:00 CET (7 p.m. GMT) Existing Betfair players must have generated five player points (approx £1 in rake) between December 1 and 31 to participate while players who opened an account at Betfair through Cardplayer.com before December […]
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PCA $10,000 Main Event Day 1AIt’s hard to believe that a poker tournament with more than 600 players in it could be considered a side note on day 1A at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 main event, but with major story lines like Eugene Katchalov winning the $100,000 Super High Roller event, and the unveiling of Viktor Blom as “Isildur1” […]
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PCA Main Event Photo BlogThere was a lot of action in the tournament room here at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas during Day 1A of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. While the main event took over most of the room, the final-table stage featured the final day of the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament. That final […]
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PCA: Katchalov Wins High RollerThere were just seven players who returned for the final day of the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller event. The final table was stacked with top-flight poker talent that was led in chips by Nick Schulman, and he was joined by headliner and Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu, as well as one […]
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Confirmed: Isildur1 Is Viktor BlomThe wait is over. PokerStars has officially confirmed one of the poker world’s worst-kept secrets. The high-stakes superstar known as Isildur1 is 20-year-old Swede Viktor Blom. PokerStars made the announcement during the dinner break of the $10,000 main event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. A crowd formed around a table in the middle of the […]
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Golfer Sergio Garcia at PCAOf the 28 players who won their way into day 1A of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the $1,100 super satellite last night there was quite a notable inclusion, Spanish professional golfer Sergio Garcia. He won the PokerStars sponsored Estrellas en Juego poker television show last year so this is not his first foray into […]
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Negreanu Aims For Top Spot In All-Time Earnings ListYou can catch all the action at the PCA Super High Roller event by following along with the live updates. UPDATE: Negreanu has made the top two and is guaranteed at least $1 million, overtaking Ivey at the top of the all-time money list. With a third-place finish or better in today’s Super High Roller […]
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European Masters of Poker Schedule Announced
The European Masters of Poker returns later this month to Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands from January 20 to 23. This will be the third season of the increasingly popular tour and the preliminary schedule reads like this: January 20 to 23 — Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) March 23 to 26 — Lisbon […]
