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Egypt's Red Sea Poker Cup Festival Begins

The Red Sea Poker Cup 2010 kicks off this weekend at the Domina Coral Bay Hotel & Casino, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt and runs until Dec. 18. The festival’s highlights are the €1,100 buy-in main event and the €3,300 buy-in VIP event. The full schedule of events is: (all events are no-limit Texas hold’em) Sun. […]

Isildur1 Wins $300K Thursday

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. Isildur1 is back recording six-figure swings. Although the newest member […]

POY Update: Marchese Leads

Here is a look at current standings in the Card Player Player of the Year Race: 1: Thomas Marchese — 6,738 2: Dwyte Pilgrim — 5,576 3: Sorel Mizzi — 4,785 4: Vanessa Selbst — 4,608 5: John Racener — 4,493 6: Harrison Gimbel — 4,080 7: Jeffrey Papola — 3,870 8: Andy Frankenberger — […]

New Jersey Assembly Passes E-Gaming Bill

On Thursday, The New Jersey Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee passed a bill that would allow Atlantic City casinos to offer online gambling internationally and to state residents. New Jersey is now one step closer to becoming the first state to offer licensed, intra-state online gaming, after the State Senate passed bill S-490 by […]

Online Poker Not Part Of Tax Bill

The Internet Poker Act of 2010 will not be included in President Obama’s year-end tax bill, according to a spokesman for Senator Reid. Reid’s bill sought to legalize and regulate online poker in an effort to increase tax revenue at both the state and federal level, but including it in the tax bill was met […]

The Scoop: Matt Affleck Part II

Matt Affleck stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. He continues interview from part I last week. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear him continue to talk about his heart-breaking elimination in […]

PKR.com Launches Christmas Cracker Schedule

PKR.com has announced its seasonal spectacular tournament schedule, the Christmas Cracker, with $238,000 in prize money expected starting December 23. As well as cash prizes, players can win lots of cool gear in Santa’s Grotto Freeroll where the starting stack will be determined by how many other Christmas Cracker events the player takes part in. […]

FullTilt.com Poker Million IX Tonight

The FullTilt.com Poker Million IX takes place tonight in London and is broadcast live on SKY Sports 2 and HD2 at 7 p.m.. The line up was completed this week with the qualification of Gary Peniket from England. He’s joined by an array of big names including Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Barny Boatman, Howard Lederer, […]

All In For Cerebral Palsy Saturday At Venetian

World Series of Poker main event champion Joe Cada and actress Cheryl Hines of Curb Your Enthusiasm will be playing host to the third annual All In For Cerebral Palsy celebrity charity invitational poker tournament Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The $540 buy-in with unlimited $200 rebuys tournament will benefit the […]

Maria Ho to Host UB Charity Event

UB will host the December Second Sundays fundraiser to benefit the North Wales Library this Sunday, Dec. 12, at 2:45 p.m. EST. The $10+$0 buy-in Second Sundays event will give online players a chance to give back. UB will match the total funds raised by its players, with all proceeds donated to the North Wales […]

Commerce L.A. Poker Classic Schedule Set

Commerce Casino has released the schedule for the 2011 L.A. Poker Classic tournament series and it will feature 54 tournaments. The series begins on Wednesday, January 19 and runs all the way through the final table of the World Poker Tour $10,000 championship event that will crown a champion on Thursday, March 3. This massive […]

Opoker.com Adds Sportingbet Sports Book

Online poker room, Opoker.com, has signed a deal with Sportingbet Plc which will see the latter provide it with a full business-to-business sports book operation. The sports book will be launched at Opoker in late January 2011 and is to be branded as “powered by Sportingbet”. Ben Freeman of Sportingbet said,
“We’re really excited to be […]

WPT: Esfandiari Wins 5 Diamond

The World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic has developed a habit of closing out the year on a strong note. Last year the final table featured six top professionals and produced a marquee champion in Daniel Alaei. This year was no different, with six top professionals making the final table from a field […]

Harry Reid's Online Poker Bill Still on Agenda

UPDATE: This report was released a short time ago by the Las Vegas Sun: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s staff said late Wednesday that he is still intent on pushing for legislation during the lame duck session to legalize online poker. The remarks came in response to a Sun article posted online earlier in the […]

Phil Hellmuth Giving Away 500 eBooks

On Thursday at 3 p.m. EST, 11-time World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth will host a Twitter party to give away 500 free eBook copies of his new Volume 1 of Legendary Poker Hands: Phil Loses 5 Hands…and Lives and Learns. Hellmuth is the author of some of the most read poker books ever […]

MiniFTOPS Kicks Off Tonight

The Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (MiniFTOPS) is back to give players with more modest bankrolls a chance at poker glory. MiniFTOPS XVIII kicks off tonight with the first of 34 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 […]

WSOP Circuit: Atlantic City Stop Begins

The final World Series of Poker Circuit stop of 2010 began on December 4 and players flooded the first preliminary gold ring event held at the Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The $350 no-limit hold’em event that kicked things off attracted 1,250 players and broke the record for the largest tournament ever held […]

December Issue Of Card Player Europe Online Now

The December issue of Card Player Europe in available to read online now at Cardplayer.com. The final issue of 2010 sees the end of our World Series of Poker Europe round up with Gus Hansen breaking his bracelet duck and high-stakes cash game player James Bord main event win leading the features. We also cast […]

Dutchman Wins Unibet Poker Open London

Paul Valkenburg from Holland is the new Unibet Open London champion having defeated 272 opponents at the Grosvenor Victoria casino yesterday in the English capital. Valkenburg takes home £109,550 for his victory in the £1,650 buy in event which attracted players such as JP Kelly, Toby Lewis, Neil Channing, James Akenhead, Praz Bansi and Nik […]

Read Live Updates From WPT Final Table Now!

Check out the live updates now! It’s been awhile since we’ve seen a World Poker Tour final table as stacked as the one set to kick off at 4 p.m. Wednesday. One year, actually. The Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic has a history of producing some of the most prolific final table lineups in poker […]

Tom Dwan Down $755K in Durrrr Challenge

Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates resumed the Durrrr Challenge on Tuesday morning after about a week-long break. The two nosebleed regulars sat down at the virtual on Full Tilt Poker for some action at $200-$400 no-limit hold’em. The exchange was brief, as the duo only logged about 350 hands in less than an […]

Full Tilt Poker Adds $3K-$6K Limit Hold'em Table

Unknown German IHateJuice has been one of the most dominant limit hold’em players in the online world recently. The nosebleed regular is up more than $1 million this year playing the discipline. Most of the profits have come at $2,000-$4,000 on Full Tilt Poker against the likes of Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. In a […]

Full Tilt Short Handed Happy Hour

Full Tilt Poker is offering its players a special incentive to play short-handed ring games this month and through January, thanks to the Happy Hour promotion. Players can earn double Full Tilt Points (FTPs) by playing short-handed ring games, which are considered six-max tables with three or fewer players, eight-max tables with four or fewer […]

Isildur1 Joins Team PokerStars

Over time there have been many rumors concerning Isildur1’s true identity, especially since he was thought to be playing in many major live events across the globe. The poker world should not have to wait much longer however as the Swedish high stakes phenomenon is now a member of Team PokerStars Pro. Whether due to […]

Poker Prop Bet Goes Wrong For Dag Palovic

Martin Hruby has triumphed in the quirky prop bet with Dag Palovic which saw the two battle over 75 $200 buy in heads up matches in November. The Czech pro won by the slimmest of margins, 38-37, over his Slovakian rival who must now play the upcoming European Poker Tour Prague event having dyed his […]

WPT: Five Diamond Day 4

The World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic is once again supplying a number of compelling story lines that are running deep into the $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. Day 4 saw the field shrink from 54 players down to the final 15, and there was a lot of drama provided by those who […]

Scott Palmer Picks off Patrik Antonius' Bluff

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 […]

APPT: Sydney Grand Final Begins

Season four of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour will come to a close this week when action begins in the APPT Sydney Grand Final $6,300 AUD no-limit hold’em main event on Tuesday, December 7. The tournament will take place at the Star City Casino and the final table will crown a champion on Sunday, […]

ettiezzi 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: $1,702,800 Entrants: 8,514 1. ettiezzi — $229,030* 2. artohme — $204,507* 3. abe_AA64 — $127,710 4. GraveDanger3 — $85,140 5. Robi.gool — $68,112 6. jobayank — […]

OPOY Contender: Jamie Rosen

The Card Player Online Player of the Year (OPOY) award honors the best tournament player across the major online sites in a given calendar year. Previous winners have included greats such as Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron, Alexander “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis and Steve “gboro780” Gross. Here, we take a look at one of the current top contenders. In […]