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Earn Points For $1,000 Freeroll NowCard Player Europe and BetfairPoker.com host an exclusive $1,000 freeroll on Wednesday February 9, 2011 at 9 p.m. CET (8 p.m. GMT). Existing Betfair players must have generated five player points (approx £1 in rake) in January to participate, so there are still a few days left, while players who open an account at Betfair […]
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DoylesRoom Leaves Cake Poker NetworkOn Friday, DoylesRoom announced that it is leaving the Cake Poker Network and joining the Yatahay Poker Network. The Yatahay Poker Network also features online sites True Poker and BetCRIS. In order to begin playing on the new network, users just need to update their DoylesRoom software. The Yatahay Poker Network takes action from the […]
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Kuzmin Wins WPT So. ChampionshipAllen Carter was poised to make history at the $10,000 World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship final table Thursday. In the WPT’s history no player had ever won the same event more than once. Carter won this same event in 2009, and he arrived at this year’s final table ranked second in chips, with more […]
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Adrian Peterson to Host Charity EventMinnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson may not be competing in the big game next weekend, but he will be in Dallas hosting the first annual All In Celebrity Poker Tournament fundraiser benefiting the All Day Foundation. Peterson has enlisted the help of 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth to serve as the tournament’s host and […]
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WSOP Circuit Returns to Harrah's TunicaThe World Series of Poker Circuit tour is back in Mississippi for its next stop of the 2010-2011 season. A series of 54 tournaments, including 10 ring events, are on the schedule from Jan. 27-Feb. 15 at Harrah’s Tunica. A three-day $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event concludes the series, running Feb. 13-15. The buy-in and […]
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Toxic Playing Cards Recalled in China
Officials have warned Chinese poker players to take care when playing cards over the holiday season as a survey found up to 20 percent of playing cards in the country contained excessive amounts of formaldehyde. The China Post reports that the cards were randomly tested by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection and five […]
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Aussie Millions -- Main Event Day 4Day 4 at the 2011 Aussie Millions welcomed back 18 players at three, six-handed tables and by the end of play just one final table of six remained. All eyes were focused on the big names left in the tournament throughout the day, which included Patrik Antonius, Sorel Mizzi, Chris Moorman, Tobias Reinkemeier, and Australian […]
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PokerStars EPT Deauville: Day 2Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville saw 500 players become 206 and among those perhaps contemplating what went wrong along the way is Viktor Blom. Blom was in the upper reaches of the leader board at start of play, and two levels later, he was putting his coat on. Taking a hit […]
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UK Poker Player To Face U.S. Trial
The London High Court has ruled UK poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones can be sent to the U.S. to faces charges of murdering his wife in 1997. The court dismissed his appeal against an earlier extradition ruling and Kidderminster-based Bebb-Jones now faces a life sentence or execution if convicted of the alleged murder in the U.S.. […]
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Aussie Millions: Erik Seidel Wins $250K Super High RollerYou would think that with a buy-in of a quarter of a million dollars that things would play out slow and deliberately at the 2011 Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The reality of the situation was quite the opposite. Players had just 30 seconds to act […]
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Aussie Millions: Main Event Day 3Day 3 has come to a close and there are just 18 players remaining in the 2011 Aussie Millions main event at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Chris Moorman and Mark Vos are at the top of the leader board with 1,643,000 and 1.2 million respectively. Today was another brisk day of play here in […]
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2011 WSOP Q & A: Frank KasselaThe 2011 World Series of Poker schedule was released this past Monday, providing official details on the 42nd running of poker’s richest annual tournament series. At the 2010 WSOP, long-time poker player Frank Kassela won two bracelets en route to capturing the summer’s Player of the Year honors. The Chicago native took down the $10,000 […]
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Bodog Poker Software UpgradeBodog has announced that its online poker software has undergone an upgrade to provide a more streamlined experience for players. The changes feature an improved log-in system, easier access to the games, and other updates that will reduce time spent clicking around. These improvements have been made after the Bodog Poker team listened to its […]
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Fox Poker Club Signs Up 10,000th Member
London’s first licenced and regulated poker club, the Fox Poker Club, recently welcomed its 10,000th member after just four months in operation. David McSkimming walked through the door with a group of friends to play a private game and was met with a £325 buy in to February’s main tournament at the club, an upgrade […]
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PokerStars EPT Deauville: Day 1BA more familiar field turned out for day 1B of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville. Although still dominated by French players, a quick look around the Deauville International Centre suggested that once again the second starting day is the preferred choice of many well-known stars of the felt. A colourful mix of locals, familiar […]
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GUKPT Manchester Main Event Starts TodayThe first main event of the new season Grosvenor UK Poker Tour gets underway today at the G Casino, Manchester, England. Up to 400 players will take to the felt today and tomorrow in the £1,070 buy in tournament which was won last year by Kuljinder Sidhu who took down £54,850 for topping the 191-strong […]
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South Carolina Votes on Poker BillOn Tuesday, the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15-6 in favor to advance S. 254 — a bill legalizing home poker games — to the Senate floor. The bill would replace a more than 100-year-old anti-gambling law which banned any games with cards or dice. The vote comes a few months after the South […]
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Aussie Millions' Historic $250KThe 2011 Aussie Millions is set to run the most expensive open buy-in tournament in poker history. It has been confirmed that a $250,000 Super High Roller event will be held at 12 p.m. local time (8 p.m. EST Wednesday in the United States). Live updates running now from the $250,000 super high roller tournament. […]
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Aussie Millions: Main Event Day 2A table draw is a random thing at a poker tournament, but sometimes it provides a compelling story line. When day 2 began at the 2011 Aussie Millions $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne three of the most successful players in the history of poker just happened to be seated […]
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Viktor Blom v. Dan Cates in SuperStar ShowdownOn Sunday Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. ET, Team PokerStars Pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom will face off against Dan “w00ki3z” Cates in the third installment of the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown. The game will be 2,500 hands played across four $50-$100 no-limit hold’em tables, and the winner of the SuperStar Showdown is the player who shows […]
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Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza Begins FridayThe first Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza (VDSE) of the year begins on Friday and runs for the following four weeks inside the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. Event buy-ins range from $225 up to $2,500 for the three-day main event that begins on Feb. 23. The main event will feature 90 minute levels and players […]
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Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday Draws 1,454 PlayersThis week’s Full Tilt Poker $1K Monday held a record $1,454,000 prize pool, thanks to $30 Million Double Guarantees Week. The event was also held as a multi-entry tournament, allowing players to enter up to four times. The tournament was won by Shaun “tedsfishfry” Deeb, who walked away with a massive $312,610. Deeb waded through […]
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Dusk Till Dawn Grand Prix Attracts 810 Players
Nottingham, England poker club, Dusk Till Dawn, saw 810 people play its second Grand Prix last weekend. The buy in was increased from £50 to £100 creating a prize pool of £81,000 and the tournament ended in a four-way chop between Claudio Devito, Andrew Walker, Ben Dixon and Vikram Digpal took lifted between €9,000 and […]
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PKR.com Wins Top Poker AwardNext-generation online poker room, PKR.com, has won the International Gaming Awards Online Poker Operator of the Year gong for the second year running. It was praised for offering players an engaging and immersive poker experience at London’s Jumeirah Carlton Tower earlier this week. Malcolm Graham, chief executive of the company said, “We are thrilled to […]
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PokerStars EPT Deauville: Day 1ADeauville is one of the stops of the PokerStars European Poker Tour which sees more unknown players than usual. Hopefuls come from all over France to dominate the field which is usually housed in the Casino Barrière de Deauville. This time however, for a field that is ever-expanding, the EPT is being held in the […]
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OPOY Spotlight: Lars BondingThe 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, Steve “gboro780” Gross, and Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur. Here, we take a look at one of the current […]
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Aussie Millions: Main Event Day 1CAfter three starting flights at the 2011 Aussie Millions $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event we now have a fully developed photo of the tournament field here at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The field size stands at 721 players and the first-place prize is $2 million. The top 72 players will walk away with at […]
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RedKings Poker Signs UK Pro
UK poker pro James Keys has joined Team RedKings as a sponsored pro. Keys, currently at the Aussie Millions in Australia, was a World Series of Poker Europe main event finalist in 2007 and has career earnings of over $400,000. “I’m very excited to be signing with RedKings,” he said while RedKings chief executive Michael […]
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iPoker Revenue Down 19 Percent in 2010iPoker, the online poker network of Israeli plc Playtech, saw revenue drop 19 percent in 2010. Revenue fell to €27.4 million at December 31, 2010 from €33.8 million in 2009. In the final quarter of 2010 poker revenue was down 30 percent to €5.9 million compared to the final quarter of 2009 when it was […]
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2011 WSOP Schedule ReleasedThe 2011 World Series of Poker schedule was announced at around 2 p.m. PST on Monday, after some significant changes were made for the 42nd running of poker’s richest annual tournament series. This year’s WSOP, which will run from May 31 to July 19, will consist of 58 bracelet events. In 2010, 57 bracelet events […]
