Poker News

Fraser Bellamy Wins Dusk Till Dawn Monte Carlo Event

Fraser Bellamy has won the Dusk Till Dawn Monte Carlo £200,000 guaranteed main event in Nottingham, England besting 254 opponents in the £1,090 buy in tournament. Bellamy has now won four events at Dusk Till Dawn and collected over $200,000 in prize money in the last 15 months. The final table payouts were: 1: Fraser […]

WSOP-C: Northeast Regional Day 2

There were 92 players who returned for day 2 at the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit Eastern Regional Championship at the Harrah’s Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey today. After eight levels of poker just the final 27 remained. There were many notable eliminations today, including the exit of Card Player Player of the […]

Isaac Haxton Beats Isildur1 in Showdown

On Sunday, Isaac “philivey2694” Haxton took Isildur1 for about $40,000 in the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown The new member of Team PokerStars Pro faced Haxton in the promotion’s first heads-up match. The duo played 2,500 hands across four tables of $50-$100 no-limit hold’em, and each player had a bankroll of $150,000 for the contest. The largest […]

Lily Mizrachi Finishes Second in Full Tilt $1 Million

The Mizrachi family has more than $15 million in career tournament earnings, and that total just became even larger after Michael’s wife, Lily “missgrinder” Mizrachi, finished second in the Full Tilt Poker $1 million guarantee on Sunday for $141,837.60. Her runner-up finish was the poker playing family’s largest online score of 2010. Michael is fresh […]

frra87 Wins MiniFTOPS ME

The Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVIII (MiniFTOPS) finished early Monday morning with the culminating $1 million-guaranteed main event. Frra87 topped a field of 16,910 in the $75 buy-in event to take home a first-place prize of $118,807.87, after a five-way deal. Poker pro Brian “dubbeemin” Mintz also made the final table. The 11-day […]

Hellmuth Tweets About DWTS

According to his recent Tweet, Phil Hellmuth may be appearing on the 12th season of the ABC show Dancing with the Stars. The 46-year-old Hellmuth, who has unsuccessfully auditioned for a spot in the past, wrote: OMG! Phil Hellmuth (me!) on “Dancing with the Stars!” Outrageous! Might make a fool out of myself on Worldwide […]

Fernando Brito Strives Towards Poker Player of The Year

Fernando Brito has taken down the final event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, the €1,000 Turbo Random Bounty event. This keeps the Portuguese businessman at the top of the charts in the race towards the EPT award for Player of The Year. So far this season Brito has had some fantastic results on […]

One Year Probation for Anurag Dikshit

Cofounder of PartyGaming, Anurag Dikshit, faced his fate at a sentencing in New York which could have seen him receive two years in prison. Instead, Dikshit received one year of probation with no jail time. According to Forbes.com, the U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said, “I am persuaded that no jail time is appropriate here.” […]

Christmas Special Poker Q and A -- Arnaud Mattern

As the new year approaches, Card Player caught up with some of the big names on the international poker circuit to find out how their 2010 went and what they hope for in 2011. It has been a big year for Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern as he has come so close to achieving his […]

WSOP C: Selbst Leads After Day 1

It wasn’t quite the turnout Harrahs had hoped for, but when you factor in the Sunday start and its proximity to Christmas, the field of 136 at the 2010 WSOP Circuit Northeast Regional Championship was actually quite the pleasant surprise. Many were drawn not by the prize pool, but by the opportunity to win their […]

Ladbrokes Confirms Approach To Buy 888.com

British bookmaking giant Ladbrokes has confirmed it has approached 888.com with an offer to purchase the Israeli-based online poker and casino operator. Ladbrokes confirmed “very preliminary discussions with 888” today according to Reuters newsagency but added “There can be no certainty that these discussions will ultimately lead to an offer for 888 being made, nor […]

A Poker Life: Jeff Sarwer

Even though poker pro Jeff Sarwer is a kindergarten dropout, he is still one of the most lucid brains on the tournament circuit. The 32-year-old was formerly a chess prodigy, on pace to become of one the best grandmasters in the world, until a cruel upbringing caught up with the wunderkind and cast him into […]

Romanello Wins EPT Prague

This past February Roberto Romanello came up just short of winning his first PokerStars European Poker Tour title when he finished in sixth place in the EPT Copenhagen main event. On Saturday he had another chance, as he sat down at the final table of the EPT Prague main event ranked fifth in chips. This […]

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Opens New Poker Room

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino of Tampa, Florida, has opened a new 10,000-square-foot Poker Room and will hold a series of special events from Dec. 21-24 to celebrate its debut. The new Poker Room will include a high limit area, a service bar and a multi-station cashier stand. The room will contain new […]

WSOP Expands to Italy

On Friday, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, which owns the World Series of Poker brand, announced a long-term agreement with Microgame for the Italian poker market. Under the agreement, CIE and Microgame will work together to market the WSOP brand in Italy, with both online and land-based poker tournaments and promotions. Microgame operates the largest poker network […]

Head Games: AK In Tournaments

This strategy column, and many like it, are featured in every issue of Card Player magazine. Subscribe today to get 26 issues delivered to your home each year! Sometimes it’s hard to get a straight answer from a professional poker player. Ask three players a question, and you’re liable to get three different answers. Why? […]

Dario Alioto is Prague Mixed Game Champ

Dario Alioto took down the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €1,000 mixed game event for a payday of €30,900 and 500 EPT award points. The 26-year-old is now at the top of the EPT Mixed Game Award leader board, plus the win rocketed him up the Player of the Year charts also. Competition for Alioto […]

Leo Margets Wins First Full Tilt Poker Master Series

Leo Margets now adds €100,000 to her lifetime poker winnings plus the title of Spanish Poker Champion after she trampled upon the field of the Full Tilt Poker Masters Series held at Gran Casino Costa Brava, Lloret de Mar. Her final opponent was Card Player Italy’s director Massimiliano Luppi who she beat after a two-hour […]

Roller Coaster in Durrrr Challenge

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. At one point Thursday evening it seemed Tom “durrrr” Dwan […]

PokerStars EPT: Prague Day 4

The final table of the European Poker Tour Prague main event is now set, with Italian Marco Leonzio sitting atop the leaderboard. Day 4 began with 23 players still in the hunt for the title. Kevin MacPhee started the day with the chip lead but fell just short of the final 8, finishing in 9th […]

The Scoop: Matt Affleck Part III

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 II last week. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear him talk about a hero call he made deep […]

Exchange Rate Affects Poker At PartyGaming

Today’s trading update from PartyGaming Plc indicates daily gross poker revenue is up but gains have been offset somewhat by the Euro’s strength against the dollar over the period. Jim Ryan, chief executive officer of PartyGaming said, “Revenues in the fourth quarter have enjoyed their usual seasonal upturn. Casino has performed particularly strongly with double-digit […]

East Circuit Regional Sunday

The second $10,000 Regional Championship on the World Series of Poker Circuit schedule will begin on Sunday, December 19 at the Harrah’s in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Card Player will be there to bring you all of the action from the tournament in live updates, chip counts, and photos from this marquee event on the […]

Harry Reid's Online Bill Dead

According to Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s Internet Poker Act of 2010 is dead after it failed to be added to a tax relief act during the lame-duck session of Congress. Reid’s bill sought to legalize and regulate online poker in order to provide much needed […]

PokerStars EPT: Prague Day 3

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Praque €5,300 main event is now down to 23 players, with 2010 EPT Berlin winner Kevin ‘ImaLuckSac’ MacPhee holding the chip lead. The American won the EPT Berlin main event in March of 2010 for €1 million, and he’s in position to add another EPT trophy to his collection and […]

Dan 'jungleman12' Cates Plays With Cristiano Ronaldo

Earlier this month Dan “jungleman12” Cates sat down at the virtual felt with perhaps the wealthiest opponent he has ever faced. However, the 21-year-old Maryland native wasn’t playing his usual nosebleed stakes. Cates put in a $1-$2 pot-limit Omaha session with Cristiano “CR7sete” Ronaldo — one of the best soccer players in the world and […]

High-Stakes Action With Isildur1

PokerStars will run its SuperStar Showdown this Sunday — a high-stakes match between Isildur1 and Isaac “philivey2694” Haxton. The SuperStar Showdown is a heads-up match consisting of a single session of 2,500 hands. The match is played across four tables of no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha, at stakes no lower than $50-$100. The winner is […]

Victor Chandler Poker Celebrates Move with Festive Giveaways

Celebrating its move to the Entraction network, Victor Chandler Poker has a whole host of festive events and treats lined up for its players. Kicking things off this evening at 9 p.m. (CET), and on Dec. 21, 26, and 20 at the same time, there is a €500 Festive Freeroll. In between these free-to-enter events, […]

Unibet Launches Italian Poker Site

Unibet today announced the launch of its own online poker site in Italy, Unibet.it. The company has partnered with Ongame’s P5 Poker Engine to offer sit ‘n’ go and multi-table tournaments ahead of the expected arrival of cash games in the first half of 2011. Unibet chief executive Henrik Tjärnström said, “Re-launching our operations, using […]

2011 Aussie Millions Preview

One of the most exciting tournament series of the year will take place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia from January 13-31, 2011. January will be jam packed with action down under both on and off the felt due to a loaded schedule of events at the popular tournament series. Highlights will include the […]