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European Poker Tour Barcelona: Day 2

Day 2 has come to an end at the PokerStars EPT Barcelona main event, and sitting atop the leaderboard is American Bryn Kenney. A little more than 400 of the 758 players who entered the event survived days 1A and 1B to make their way to today’s day 2 action. After another 7 levels of […]

WSOP Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe: Stanley Quinn Wins

For the past two weeks Harveys Lake Tahoe has been home to the World Series of Poker Circuit. Of the 33 circuit events that took place, none were bigger than the $1,600 buy-in main event that kicked off on Sunday. A prize pool of $354,240 was created by the 246 entrants, with $86,789 going to […]

Jonathan Duhamel's PCA Promotion

PokerStars is giving its players a chance to win a trip to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January with 2010 World Series of Poker main event champion Jonathan Duhamel. The opportunity is thanks to the Jonathan Duhamel’s Caribbean Adventure promotion. Online poker freerolls are currently running daily to put players one step closer to the […]

Patrik Antonius Dominates Limit Hold'em

One of the biggest games this past week occurred at the limit hold’em tables. Unlike the usual fireworks at no-limit hold’em or pot-limit Omaha, $2,000-$4,000 limit at Full Tilt Poker over the past seven days was the home to some massive swings. Patrik Antonius and unknown IHateJuice continued to battle at the highest stakes offered […]

Paradise Poker Revenue Down 17 Percent

Sportingbet Plc, owner of Paradise Poker, saw net poker rake down 17 percent to £3.5 million in the first period of its 2010/2011 financial year (Aug. to Oct. 2010) from £4.2 million in the same period last year. In financial year 2010 the company performed well in the context of declining revenues across the European […]

Victor Chandler Poker Joins Entraction Network

Victor Chandler Poker, launched in 2002 and boasting a database of one million online poker players, is to leave the iPoker network and join Swedish-based Entraction. The migration of software and players will take place in December 2010. Andy Horne, head of poker, at Victor Chandler International, said, “Entraction’s commitment to development of the poker […]

European Poker Tour Barcelona: Day 1B

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event posted another strong attendance showing today in Spain with 495 players in the mix. This pumped the size of the field to 758 players overall and created a total prize pool worth €3,790,000. The attendance today actually surpassed the size of the total tournament […]

WSOP Circuit Adds Two More Stops

The World Series of Poker Circuit Tour has added its final two stops to the 2010-11 schedule –- Palm Beach, Florida and Chester, Pennsylvania. Both stops will occur in 2011. The Palm Beach events will run from Feb. 17 to March 1, and the Chester events are scheduled for April 28 to May 9. The […]

New Jersey Senate Passes E-Gaming Bill

The state of New Jersey is now one step closer to becoming the first state to offer licensed, intra-state online gaming after the State Senate voted Monday to pass bill S-490. The bill, which allows Atlantic City casinos to offer online gambling internationally and to state residents, passed by the overwhelming majority of 29-5. Now […]

UB Pro Bounty Madness Tonight

UB will host its Pro Bounty poker tournament tonight with the $120+10 buy-in $25,000-guaranteed Sniper tournament at 9 p.m. EST. There will be a bounty, with a value of $215, on the head of Team UB Pro “Hollywood” Dave Stann. “Nothing this bad boy likes more than a good ol’ fashioned sniper tourney! Kinda levels […]

Poker After Dark Extended Until 2014

POKER PROductions has announced that they have reached an agreement with NBC Universal to continue Poker After Dark through the year 2014. The seventh season of the popular late-night poker program recently wrapped up filming at the Aria Resort and Casino in City Center and will be airing on NBC starting the week of Jan. […]

Ahmed Harajli Wins HPT Main Event at Soaring Eagle

A number of familiar poker pros took their seats at the latest Heartland Poker Tour championship event in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. As the field narrowed, a couple of them even found their way to the final table. But it was Ahmed Harajli who took down the title Sunday night, winning $176,865 and the HPT Championship […]

New Euro Events Added to 2011 World Poker Tour Schedule

Two European televised tournaments have been added to the World Poker Tour schedule for 2011, as well as the first WPT National Series event. WPT Venice will take place at the Casino de Venezia from Feb. 3-9 featuring a €3000 + €300 buy-in main event (Feb. 3-8) and a €10,000 High Roller event (7-9). WPT […]

Nik Persaud Wins World Heads Up Poker Championship

Nik Persaud last night won the World Heads Up Poker Championship at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London. Persaud, a co-founder of Black Belt Poker with Neil Channing, topped the 28-strong field in the £2,000 + £200 buy –in event to take home £30,000. He beat Leon Louis heads up with final hand seeing the […]

European Poker Tour Barcelona: Day 1A

The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) kicked off its €5,300 main event in Barcelona today with 263 players hitting the felt for day 1A action. And there was plenty of action from the start, as the field was nearly cut in half with 137 players remaining at the day’s end. 2009 EPT Barcelona champion Carter […]

FTOPS XVIII Concludes With Main Event

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XVIII ended early Monday morning with the conclusion of the $600+$40 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. Unknown JHoWn outlasted 5,023 players to win $411,932 after a three-way deal. The FTOPS XVIII main event had a guaranteed prize pool of $3 million, and the tournament surpassed the mark by […]

Ho Ho Hold'em Kicks Off At The Bike

The Ho Ho Hold’em Tournament Series kicks off today at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California. Twenty-one events are set to be played Nov. 22 through Dec. 12. with buy-ins ranging from $50 to $200. Tournaments will be held in no-limit hold’em, stud H/L, Omaha H/L, and H.O.R.S.E. Monday’s kickoff tournament is a $100 […]

RICOFELIZ 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: $1,715,000 Entrants: 8,575 1. RICOFELIZ — $252,277 2. musicom — $184,363 3. j_t_s80 — $128,625 4. DuggerGerngy — $85,750 5. alex987 — $68,600 6. onealtiseven — […]

Italian Wins European Masters of Poker Malta

The European Masters of Poker Malta main event was won by Simone Lombardo after he beat 240 other players including heads-up opponent Mathias Fricke. The Italian received €63,000 for his victory in the €1,500 + €150 buy-in main event as a deal was made heads up which meant that Fricke would walk away from the […]

World Heads Up Poker Champion 2010 Crowned Later Today

The quarter finals of the £2,000 + £200 no-limit hold’em World Heads-Up Poker Championship took place yesterday. Jeff Kimber beat Richard Gryko, Nik Persaud beat Victoria Coren, Toby Lewis beat Marius Torbeggien, and Leon Louis defeated last year’s champion Bambos Xanthos. Leon Louis is now waiting to play the winner of the second semi-final between […]

Mediterranean Poker Cup Begins Today

The Mediterranean Poker Cup begins in Cyprus today and will run until Nov. 28. The festival features a three-day $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event starting on Nov. 26, with a guaranteed prize pool of $400,000. Until then, there are many side events and satellites taking place. The complete tournament schedule for the festival is: […]

OPOY Spotlight: James Carroll

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. Just […]

Irish Poker Open Package Up for Grabs Tonight

An Irish Open 2011 package worth €4,600 is up for grabs tonight at PaddyPowerPoker.com. The €200 + €20 buy-in event kicks off at 8 p.m. (every Sunday) and one lucky player will not only walk away with the package, but will also get the chance to qualify for the €100,000 Sole Survivor competition. There are […]

A Poker Life: David Peters

Poker pro David “dpeters17” Peters has finally had his breakout year. The 23-year-old Ohio native has racked up a massive $1,392,411 in earnings in 2010, helping to cement his status in the online poker world and on the live circuit after having a consistent record over the past few years. Peters is fresh off a […]

Full Tilt Announces Rush Poker Mobile

Full Tilt Poker has announced the open beta release of Rush Poker* Mobile. Full Tilt’s revolutionary poker format is now available to all players on the go using mobile devices running Flash v10.1 or higher. The mobile version features both real money and play money tables, and Android users will also be able to download […]

Microsoft and Full Tilt Poker Crossover

Heaven Media and Full Tilt Poker have come together to launch the Full Tilt Poker Challenge, a competition which consists of a combination of the highest profile esports tournaments. The Challenge will run on European esports cups website, Esports Heaven, and there will be a prize fund of €6,000 in cash across four events ⎯ […]

POY Update: Selbst and Duhamel Join Top 10

Thomas Marchese was able to increase his lead in the Card Player Player of the Year race slightly this week with a a fifth-place finish in the $5,000 PokerStars North American Poker Tour bounty shootout event to add 160 points to this total. He now holds 6,486 points overall, but a number of contenders have […]

Eric Baldwin Wins NAPT Bounty Shootout

The online poker site sponsored North American Poker Tour $5,250 Bounty Shootout wrapped up Thursday with Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin winning the final table and the top prize of $134,280. Action kicked off Tuesday at the Crystal Casino in Compton, CA., with 81 players taking their seats at nine tables. The winner of each table earned […]

Soi Nguyen Wins His Own FTOPS Event

Even though he was known as the only rank amateur at the World Series of Poker main event final table, Soi Nguyen certainly played like a professional in a recent Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XVIII event. Nguyen bested a field of 1,841 in a no-limit hold’em Rush tournament to collect a first-place prize […]

The Scoop: David Oppenheim Part 3

David Oppenheim stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. He continues his interview from part II last week. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear Oppenheim candidly talk about the biggest downswing of […]