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PCA: Day 2 Photo BlogFollow along with all of the action from Day 2 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event on the PokerStars blog feed. The 2010 PCA has played into the fourth level of day 2 and there are 360 players still in the hunt for the top prize worth $2.3 million. Jonathan Jaffee […]
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PCA Q and A: Pieter de KorverFollow along with all of the action from Day 2 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event on the PokerStars blog feed. Team PokerStars pro Pieter de Korver was the overall chip leader after day 1 at the 2010 PCA with 245,300. Card Player caught up with the season six European Poker […]
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Roydon Rock 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: $1,685,400 Entrants: 8,427 1. Roydon Rock — $158,054.33* 2. kubik-rubik7 — $194,769.94* 3. Doeks — $182,806.44* 4. tankitan — $104,151.45* 5. Phil “USCphildo” Collins — $67,416 […]
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Palmer Wins $250K from DwanTune 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. This past weekend, nosebleed regulars Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer and Tom […]
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Aussie Millions Kicks Off ThursdayThe biggest poker event south of the equator is back. The prestigious Aussie Millions kicks off down under Thursday at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The schedule runs from January 13-31, with 20 events taking to the felt. The $10,600 AUD no-limit hold’em main event will once again hold the attention of the poker […]
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November Nine To Reunite at FoxwoodsThe nine players who made the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker main event will reunite to take part in February’s Mega Stack Challenge at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Those players, known as the November Nine, will host the Mega Stack Challenge XIX tournament series from Feb. 4-13. During that […]
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Peter Jetten Signs with Full Tilt PokerOn Saturday, Full Tilt Poker announced it signed 25-year-old Peter “Apathy123” Jetten to its roster of poker pros. The Toronto native is a regular in the high stakes cash games and has also amassed more than $2 million in career tournament earnings. Jetten’s career highlights include a runner-up finish in the 2008 World Series of […]
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Irish Poker Open €20 Rebuy Satellite Tonight
Tonight sees the second €20 + €2 rebuy Irish Open satellite, guaranteeing one ticket to Ireland’s premier poker events at PaddyPowerPoker.com. There will be one held every Monday at 8 p.m. (GMT) in January, and those who qualify via these satellites also get to participate in the €100,000 Sole Survivor promotion which coincides with the […]
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Qualify Now for European Masters of Poker Gran CanariaThe third season of the European Masters of Poker is not far from kick-off with the first stop on the schedule, the Canary Islands, taking place at Gran Canaria’s Casino Las Palmas from Jan. 20-23. This season’s tour sees an improved tournament structure with added levels such as 150-300 with a 25 ante and 1200-2400 […]
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PCA $10,000 Main Event Day 1BWith Isildur1 unveiled and a champion crowned in the Super High Roller all attention was finally turned towards the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, which was gunning to increase its field size for the seventh consecutive year. After registration had closed and all the buy-ins had been added up, the field of 1,560 players had […]
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PCA Main Event Winner Will Earn $2.3 MillionThe numbers are in and for the seventh consecutive year, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event has grown in field size. A total of 1,560 players made their way to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas for the annual event, breaking the record set in 2010 when 1,529 entered. The first ever PCA took place […]
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Microsoft To Release Full House Poker For Xbox
Microsoft is set to release Full House Poker for Xbox Live Arcade it was confirmed yesterday. The game features play money buy ins and can be played in single mode, heads up, or in online tournaments featuring up to 30 players at a time including turbo tournaments called Microsoft Heat. Players earn XP (X points) […]
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Play The $1,000 Freeroll At Betfair Poker TonightCard Player Europe and BetfairPoker.com host an exclusive New Year $1,000 freeroll tonight Sunday January 9, 2011 at 20:00 CET (7 p.m. GMT) Existing Betfair players must have generated five player points (approx £1 in rake) between December 1 and 31 to participate while players who opened an account at Betfair through Cardplayer.com before December […]
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PCA $10,000 Main Event Day 1AIt’s hard to believe that a poker tournament with more than 600 players in it could be considered a side note on day 1A at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 main event, but with major story lines like Eugene Katchalov winning the $100,000 Super High Roller event, and the unveiling of Viktor Blom as “Isildur1” […]
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PCA Main Event Photo BlogThere was a lot of action in the tournament room here at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas during Day 1A of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. While the main event took over most of the room, the final-table stage featured the final day of the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament. That final […]
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PCA: Katchalov Wins High RollerThere were just seven players who returned for the final day of the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller event. The final table was stacked with top-flight poker talent that was led in chips by Nick Schulman, and he was joined by headliner and Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu, as well as one […]
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Confirmed: Isildur1 Is Viktor BlomThe wait is over. PokerStars has officially confirmed one of the poker world’s worst-kept secrets. The high-stakes superstar known as Isildur1 is 20-year-old Swede Viktor Blom. PokerStars made the announcement during the dinner break of the $10,000 main event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. A crowd formed around a table in the middle of the […]
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Golfer Sergio Garcia at PCAOf the 28 players who won their way into day 1A of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the $1,100 super satellite last night there was quite a notable inclusion, Spanish professional golfer Sergio Garcia. He won the PokerStars sponsored Estrellas en Juego poker television show last year so this is not his first foray into […]
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Negreanu Aims For Top Spot In All-Time Earnings ListYou can catch all the action at the PCA Super High Roller event by following along with the live updates. UPDATE: Negreanu has made the top two and is guaranteed at least $1 million, overtaking Ivey at the top of the all-time money list. With a third-place finish or better in today’s Super High Roller […]
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European Masters of Poker Schedule Announced
The European Masters of Poker returns later this month to Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands from January 20 to 23. This will be the third season of the increasingly popular tour and the preliminary schedule reads like this: January 20 to 23 — Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) March 23 to 26 — Lisbon […]
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Schulman Leads $100k PCA FTDay 2 at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller tournament followed the example set by the previous day here in the Bahamas and action once again was faster than expected. The final 23 played down to a final table of seven at a brisk pace that surprised many as the chips flew […]
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APT Asian Series Debuts in CebuThe Asian Poker Tour has been a mainstay at Asia-Pacific hotspots for a few years now, and next week it’ll unveil its new APT Asian Series. The inaugural event will be held at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines from Jan. 10-17. The magic number for Asian Series Cebu is seven. […]
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WSOP Circuit Makes Its Choctaw DebutThe first World Series of Poker Circuit action of 2011 is in progress at Choctaw Casino Resort, marking the first time that the tournament series has made its way to the Durant, Oklahoma venue. A total of 51 events are on the schedule from Jan. 6-24, with ten of them being WSOP Circuit ring events. […]
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Negreanu Hand Analysis from PCAYou can catch all the action at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event by following along with the live updates. Eugene Katchalov was the early chip leader on day 2 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event while players busted quickly all around him. He ran into a big confrontation hand […]
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Southern Poker Championship Kicks OffThe Southern Poker Championship is currently underway at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. There will be 34 events played from Jan. 7-27, highlighted by the World Poker Tour’s first championship event of 2011. The $10,000 WPT main event starts at noon CST on Jan. 23 and concludes with the televised final […]
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Dan 'jungleman12' Cates at PCAAction has been relatively quiet in the high-stakes online world over the past week, which is likely due to the start of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on Thursday. The tournament series kicked off with the $100,000 Super High Roller event. Among the elite group of 38 of the world’s best players sits Dan ‘jungleman12’ […]
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Photo Blog from PCA $100k Day 2Action has played fast during the early going on day 2 at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 super high roller event. There were 23 players who returned and we are already down to the final 15 after a brisk run of eliminations heading past the first break. This photo blog will give you a […]
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The Scoop: David Baker Part IIIDavid Baker 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 him continue to talk about his deep run […]
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Devilfish Gaming Directors Step Down
Devilfish Gaming Plc has announced the resignation of two directors, CEO Paul Barnes and operations director Karl Hutson after the recent sale of Devilfish Poker to The Weather Lottery. In a statement the company said the directors were stepping down “in order to rationalise director headcount and overheads of the company” before wishing them “success […]
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Online Poker Grew 7.1 Percent In 2010
The global online poker market grew 7.1 percent in 2010 according to a H2 Gambling Capital report shown to Egrmagazine.com. The reports states that poker generated $5.06 billion in revenue in 2010 but without legislative developments in France and Italy which regulated those markets overall growth in online poker would have been negative. This highlights […]
