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Asian Poker Tour And Fox Poker Club Unite

The Asian Poker Tour and Fox Poker Club in London have joined forces to give players the opportunity to qualify for the APT Philippines 2011. The APT Philippines will kick off on Mar. 28 and run until Apr. 3 at the Resorts World Manila, Philippines. Players have the chance to win a trip there for […]

German Wins France Poker Series Final

Germany’s Marvin Rettenmaier wrapped up the first season of the PokerStars France Poker Series (FPS) when he took down the grand final and its top prize of €244,036. The €2,000 buy-in event took place in Paris and 567 players created a prize pool of almost one million euros. In the end it was Rettenmaier versus […]

European Poker Tour Copenhagen: Michael Tureniec Leads

Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen no-limit hold’em main event has come to a close and there are just 73 players left in the hunt for the money. The bubble will burst early tomorrow when just 64 players remain. A Swede leads the way with 640,000 and he is professional poker player […]

Field for 2011 NBC Heads Up

The field for the 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was announced on Wednesday morning. Highlights from the list of 64 include former NFL running back Emmitt Smith, the recently unretired Peter Eastgate, Dan “jungleman12” Cates, and 2010 Card Player POY Thomas Marchese. Players who cashed last year but won’t be returning include Jerry Yang, […]

Viktor Blom Can't Find Any Traction

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has really had a hard time getting anything going since reemerging onto the poker scene a few months ago. This past week Blom and fellow high stakes regular Scott “urnotindangr” Palmer did some super deepstacked battle at $25-$50 pot-limit Omaha on PokerStars. The largest hand the duo played in the last seven […]

PKR Live VI Details Announced

PKR.com today announced details of the next renewal of PKR Live which takes place at the Fox Poker Club, London from May 19 to 22. The PKR live VI centerpiece event is a £750 buy in main event, up from £500 last time, which is expected to generate a prize pool of around £200,000 and […]

WPT Champ Pipped For Italian Poker Tour Title

Anoymous was just one player away from victory in the €2,200 buy in PokerStars Italian Poker Tour Malta earlier this week. He was beaten into second place by Giacomo Loccarini who topped the 237-strong field for €122,000 at Casino Portomaso on the Mediterranean island. The final table payouts were: 1: Giacomo Loccarini — €122,000 2: […]

Free iPods and iPads for New Switch Poker Depositors

Switch Poker continues to give away hundreds of iPod Touches (RRP €229) and iPads (RRP €499) to first-time depositors to the site. New depositors should enter the code FREEIPOD when depositing €50 or FREEIPAD when depositing €150, and once 60,000 Switch Player Points (SPPs) are reached for the iPod Touch or 100,000 SPPs are reached […]

Domantas Klimciauskas Leads EPT Copenhagen

The PokerStars European Poker Tour has once again made its way to Copenhagen, Denmark, attracting the usual field of pros and amateurs to its DKK 37,250 buy-in main event. Day 1A began Monday with 214 players entering. Another 235 players registered to play on Day 1B, pushing the total field to 449 players —- up […]

Alex Manzano Wins Record LAPT

What was the largest tournament field in PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour field history has played its way down to a champion. On the fourth and final day of the event, Chile’s Alex Manzano bested local favorite Joao ‘joao bauer’ Neto heads up to become the LAPT Sao Paulo champion, taking home the trophy and […]

WPT Celebrity Invitational Final Table Set

An all-star turnout of celebrities and poker pros made their way to this year’s WPT Celebrity Invitational inside LA’s Commerce Casino. After two days of play, it’s a pair of chess standouts and a pair of WSOP bracelet winners who will be in the spotlight going into the final table on Mar. 2. Internationally-ranked chess […]

Everest Poker ONE Qualifier Tonight

Qualification for the Everest Poker ONE tournament being held in Monte Carlo from April 21 to 24, 2011 is underway and tonight Tuesday Feb. 22 sees a $336 + $24 satellite at the site. One package worth $9,000 for the €1 million guaranteed tournament will be up for grabs for every 27 players who register […]

Nordic Poker Awards Results Announced

On the eve of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen main event, four players from either Finland, Sweden, Denmark, or Norway were set to be crowned for their achievements at the live and online felt. The 2011 Nordic Poker Awards, which were this year held at Zen in Copenhagen, were first established to honor Nordic […]

Unibet Poker Open Malta Approaches

The Unibet Open returns next month with a poker festival featuring a €1,500 + €150 buy in main event in Malta from March 10 to 13, 2011. Players can qualify for this event, being held at Casino Portomaso, St. Julian’s, at Unibet.com tonight Tuesday February 22, 2011 in a €110 buy in satellite which guarantees […]

Bluefire Poker on Card Player

Bluefire Poker — which was launched in 2009 by World Series of Poker bracelet winner and nosebleed cash game regular Phil “OMGClayAIken” Galfond — offers training designed to teach players how to move up the stakes efficiently and make more money at the tables. The training site, which is well-known for its coaching in no-limit […]

arabella1722 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: $1,835,600 Entrants: 9,178 1. arabella1722 — $196,707* 2. Glenn “surfstar33” McCaffrey — $169,936* 3. Brian “ZBTHorton1” Horton — $224,885* 4. Peter Pan 43 — $91,780 5. […]

Blair Hinkle Scores $1 Million in FTOPS Main Event

The FTOPS XIX main event wrapped up early Monday morning, after setting the record for the largest prize pool in the site’s history. At the end, the final three players decided to make a deal, which netted eventual runner-up Blair “blur5f6” Hinkle a mammoth $1.1 million and winner GIAMPP nearly $900,000. The $600+$40 buy-in no-limit […]

Madrid Set For EPT Grand Final

PokerStars has announced that, for the first time ever, Madrid, Spain will be the setting for the European Poker Tour Grand Final. The ultimate stop of season 7 will kick off on May 7 at the Casino Gran Madrid, and run until May 12. The festival will feature the €10,000 + €600 main event, plus […]

Victor Chandler Poker's Special League Begins

Victor Chandler Poker’s “55 Special” Share Scheme League starts tomorrow, Feb. 22 at 9 p.m. (CET), and will run every Tuesday for five weeks. Players simply pay €10 and receive entry into five weekly €200 freerolls. A leader board will stretch across the five weeks with the top 55 players in each event receiving points. […]

Le Face-à-Face Continues At FullTiltPoker.fr

Full Tilt Poker is calling all online French players to try their hand at qualifying for a seat in France’s highly esteemed televised poker tournament, Heads-Up Poker – Le Face-à-Face. In this potentially life-changing event, an online qualifier will be seated beside some of the best in the business with €1 million on the line. […]

Pala Casino's Winter Poker Open

The poker room at Pala Casino has been hosting the Winter Poker Open tournament series this past week in the resort’s event center and there were some poker professionals on hand in addition to hundreds of players. The AAA four-diamond rated property is located northeast of San Diego and it was crowded this President’s Day […]

Win $100,000 Pro Sponsorship With Betfair Poker

The Grand Series of Poker VI (GSOP) is set to run from Feb. 27 to Mar. 13 with a guaranteed total prize pool of $3,300,000. BetfairPoker.com is offering added value to those who qualify for the GSOP through the site with its Hattrick promotions. First of all any player who finishes in the top three […]

Irish Poker Open Package Guaranteed Tonight

There are many ways to qualify for the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2011, and this evening, Sunday, Feb. 20 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 […]

The Poker Play: Roberto Romanello Vs. Peter Skripka

Event: European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 main event Entrants: 563 Prize Pool: €2,730,550 First prize: €640,000 Rebecca McAdam: Did this hand occur when you were quite deep? Roberto Romanello: This is an important hand because it was at the final table but as people forget it’s not just about the hands, it’s all about history. […]

A Poker Life: Tyron Krost

Tyron Krost had graduated from the University of New South Wales just a few months before the 2010 Aussie Millions began. He majored in Commerce and Science and had begun working at his parent’s furniture business in the six months following his graduation. Despite previous cashes at the World Series of Poker, including a 249th-place […]

The Return Of Patrik Antonius

As 2010 was approaching its end, Patrik Antonius was finally getting the upper hand on his losing streak. He changed course thanks to a diligent, session of 3,000 hands. “From the point of view of your game, it is good to lose every now and again,” reasoned Antonius. “For some people though this can be […]

LAPT Gets Record Field in São Paulo

The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour is bigger than ever. Season 4 of the LAPT kicked off this week in São Paulo, Brazil, where starting day attendance in the R$5,000 buy-in main event easily surpassed the tour’s previous record of 394 players. The record was cracked, then it was crushed as more and more players […]

Live At The Bike Returns

The PokerStars North American Poker Tour isn’t the only thing that’s coming back to the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. After a long hiatus, the popular web show “Live at the Bike” will be returning with an updated look at live cash games. The show will kick off on Monday, March 7 and will be […]

Card Player'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, lead instructor Phil Galfond discusses the action at two $5-$10 pot-limit Omaha tables, and one […]

Federated Sports and Gaming Announces Dates

Commissioner Annie Duke and recently formed Federated Sports and Gaming League have announced the schedule for the first season. All four of the $20,000 buy-in, rake-free events will take place at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas during the inaugural season and will be accompanied by a Pro-Am and charity tournament. In an exciting […]