Poker News

WSOPC Atlantic City Preview

The World Series of Poker Circuit will roll into Caesars Atlantic City on Wednesday, just a day after concluding the Circuit main event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida. The schedule at Caesars Atlantic City runs March 2-13, with nine ring events in hold’em and one in limit Omaha. Several satellite and second […]

JustPushIt Wins PokerStars Sunday Million

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on PokerStars, Full Tilt, UB, Absolute Poker, and Bodog below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,829,400 Entrants: 9,147 1. JustPushIt — $261,243 2. WinnersClub — $192,087 3. SoulMaster7 — $136,199 4. BaZa88 — $91,470 5. kenmrvegas — $73,176 6. csacsi111 — […]

William Hill Secures Playtech Injunction

UK bookmaker William Hill has secured an interim injunction against iPoker network operator Playtech to prevent it from making “significant amendments” to the joint venture project between the two companies. News reports previously suggested Playtech was in discussions with William Hill’s great rival Ladbrokes about a possible merger or takeover and this, understandably, put Hill’s […]

Team Everest Poker Expands

Everest Poker has signed four new members with Javier Martinez, Koen de Bakker, Tobias Wagner, and Leonard Truche joining Team Everest 2011. The players from Spain, Netherlands, Germany, and France respectively were former Live the Dream winners who had competed for their spots against 200 others in 2010 and have been long-standing members of the […]

Poker Revenue Down 36 Percent At Sportingbet

Sportingbet Plc has issued its financial results for the first six months of its 2010/11 financial year ending January 31, 2011. Net poker revenue in the second quarter (Nov. to Jan. 2011) at its online poker business Paradise Poker was down 36 percent to £3.6 million compared to £5.6 million in the same period last […]

WPT: Jason Dewitt Leads L.A.P.C.

It was a long and grueling grind to a payday during day 3 of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic. It took nearly 14 hours for the field of 238 to break down to the final 63 that made up the money. In the end, it was long time poker pro and former WPT champion Hoyt […]

UB Bad Beat Jackpot Nearing $1 Million

Update: As of around noon PT Monday, the jackpot was at more than $970,000. As of around 1 p.m. PT Sunday afternoon, the UB Bad Beat Jackpot was at $850,000 and still growing. Whenever the jackpot is hit the money will split the following ways: 25 percent rolls over to the next Bad Beat Jackpot […]

Poker Bonuses For New Depositors At PKR

Only two days remain for new depositors to take advantage of the PKR.com February promotion, An Offer A Day. New players at the site have been receiving all sorts of rewards throughout the month, from branded accessories to free cash. Those thinking of making their first deposit should do so today before midnight as the […]

Irish Poker Open Package Up For Grabs

There are many ways to qualify for the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2011, and this evening, Sunday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. there is a €200 + €20 buy-in satellite with an Irish Open package worth €4,600 up for grabs. The winner of this tournament qualifies for the €100,000 Sole Survivor competition also. Online players can […]

WPT: L.A. Poker Classic Day 2

The first piece of news during day 2 at the 2011 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic no-limit hold’em $10,000 main event was the announcement of the field size and prize pool. The official size of the tournament field is 681 players and the total prize pool is $6,537,600. The top 63 players will walk […]

Tureniec Wins EPT Copenhagen

The 2011 PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen no-limit hold’em main event reached a conclusion today and the champion is Swedish professional Michael Tureniec. He took home €496,271 and his first EPT title. His career earnings now stand at $3,422,518. Tureniec came very close to winning a EPT title once before, when he took second place […]

March Madness At Victor Chandler Poker

Victor Chandler Poker has gone March Madness mad with something for everyone such as freerolls-a-plenty for those hungry for a European Masters of Poker package, the chance to win a share of €10,000 for those more interested in cash games, and a Special Hand promotion. First of all, Mar. 1 kicks off six Iron Man […]

Euro Poker Pros Hit US TV

The 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship is set to kick off on Friday, Mar. 4 and run until Mar. 6 with 64 big-name players attending. The Europeans taking part in the $25,000 single-elimination invitational tournament are Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine, Liv Boeree, James Bord, Nicolas Chouity, Peter Eastgate, Bertrand Grospellier, Gus Hansen, and Annette […]

Zynga Poker Raises Its Game With New App

Game developer Zynga has extended its poker offering with Zynga Poker, the new version of Live Poker Deluxe, and it’s for any iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or later. After downloading the app, the player is given chips and can buy into a wide variety of active tables which are continuously playing […]

WPT: L.A. Poker Classic Day 1

Day 1 of the 2011 WPT L.A. Poker Classic came and went like a flash. With only five levels in the books, there is still a long way to go before the field begins to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Registration will remain open throughout the night, but a total of 665 made their […]

EPT: Final Table set in Copenhagen

The final table is set at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen no-limit hold’em main event and the final day will take place tomorrow at noon local time (3 a.m. PT) in Denmark’s capital city. You can watch the action on the EPT Live video feed and there will be a recap of the day’s […]

Anniversary of Sunday Million

The PokerStars Sunday Million is celebrating its 5th anniversary next week, and the online site is marking the occasion by raising the prize pool for the tournament (Sunday, Mar. 6 at 4:30 ET) to $5 million. A $1 million first-place prize is also guaranteed. In addition to the mammoth prize pool, PokerStars is throwing in […]

CP's Weekly News in Training

This 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 Jason Senti discusses the action at four tables of $1-$2 pot-limit Omaha, on Full […]

State Poker Championship Comes To South Dakota

One poker player could walk away with as much as $100,000 in the 2011 South Dakota State Poker Championship. The first annual championship — a Texas hold ‘em event — is May 13 to 15 at the Silverado-Franklin Historic Hotel & Gaming Complex in Deadwood. The number of players in the Championship will be limited […]

Challenge durrrr for $1.5 Million

Full Tilt is offering its online poker players a chance to face Tom “durrrr” Dwan for up to $1.5 million. Starting Saturday players can begin to work their way through a series of consecutive challenges across a variety of poker disciplines: Challenge 1 –- Ring Games: Fight your way to the top of a Challenge […]

Northern Ireland May Lift Live Poker Ban

The Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Assembly, Dr. Alex Attwood, has published a consultation document on the future of gambling regulation there. Gambling has traditionally been very heavily regulated in Northern Ireland with, for example, betting shops unable to open on Sundays, but the minister acknowledges in the document that patterns of […]

Paradise Poker Tour's Prague Takeover

The ParadisePoker Tour will return to Prague’s Card Casino for four days on Wednesday, Mar. 2, and will feature a €500 + €50 buy-in main event plus four side events including deep-stack turbo, pot-limit Omaha, and six-max formats. The main event begins on Mar. 4 and will be capped at 300 players. A prize pool […]

888 Launches Webcam Poker

Online poker room 888.com has launched Pokercam, a webcam technology which allows online poker players to watch each other during play at the site. The technology is similar to Skype and Maytal Ginzburg, VP Poker at 888Holdings said people should be able to socialse at online tables. “Our new pokercam tables offer our customers a […]

Swedish Judges Get Poker Lesson

Swedish Supreme Court judges presiding over a legal case attempting to discern if poker is a game of skill or luck have had a detailed poker lesson from an expert player according to TheLocal.se. The judges must rule on the case which saw poker tournament organisers convicted of running a tournament in 2007 before their […]

EPT Copenhagen: Per Linde Leads

The 2011 PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen main event is another day closer to naming its champion. Day 3 brought back 73 players, but when the chips were bagged for the night there were only 24 left in contention for the top prize of DK 3.7 million (€496,271). Sweden’s Per Linde finished the day as […]

WPT: L.A. Poker Classic Begins Friday

The World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event begins tomorrow at the Commerce Casino in Southern California. The tournament will begin at noon PT on Friday, February 25 and will crown a winner on Thursday, March 3. Card Player’s live reporting team will be providing full live coverage along with videos […]

Californians Supportive of Regulating Online Poker

This week the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA), the largest of its kind in the state, announced its support of Senate Bill 40, which would legalize, regulate, and tax online poker, according to a sfgate.com article. The article goes on to state about 66 percent of Californians support regulating and taxing the profits of […]

New Features on Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt has made a few changes to its software this week to make some things more efficient for players. With the new “one click ring game take seat” feature, players can now access ring games with just one click. A “take seat” button has been added to the player list in the main lobby […]

Bodog Nearing Billionth Hand of Blackjack

The countdown to Bodog’s billionth hand of blackjack continues this week. As of around 8 a.m. PT Thursday, the hand ticker was at 996,125,978. The online poker and gambling site is giving its players a chance to win in the following ways: by receiving one ticket to a Billionaire’s Experience draw every time you hit […]

Paradise Poker €50,000 Final Table Giveaway

PardaisePoker.com gave away €50,000 in February to three players after they each made three final tables at the International Championship of Poker (ICOP). The €110,000 ICOP 4 festival consisted of 8 tournaments and saw three players take away €16,000 each for making three of the eight final tables. Additionally four other players just missed out […]