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PKR.com Signs German Pro

PKR.com yesterday announced it has signed its first German pro poker player, Sascha “locodice” Walter. The 25 year-old hails from Stuttgart and has been playing at PKR.com since 1997. He is now the most successful German player at the site playing $2/$4 and $3/$6 no-limit hold’em and up to $2/$4 pot-limit Omaha. “It’s a great […]

Egypt's Red Sea Poker Cup Nears

After the success of the recent Mediterranean Poker Cup, the organisers move swiftly on to Egypt with the Red Sea Poker Cup 2010, at the Domina Coral Bay Hotel & Casino, Sharm El Sheikh, from December 11 to 18, 2010. The festival features a €1,100 buy in main event and €3,300 buy in VIP event. […]

WPT Doyle Brunson Classic: Day 1

Day 1 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic is in the books. By all accounts, it seems that lowering the buy-in from $15,000 to $10,000 has resulted in a substantial increase in field size. The 2009 tournament drew a total of 329 players, but even though registration is still open, the Bellagio has […]

Cadillac1944 Gives Some Back

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. Cadillac1944 was at one point up more than $1 million […]

The Scoop: Matt Affleck Part I

Matt Affleck stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear him talk in depth about his heart-breaking elimination in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event. […]

Carbon Poker Goes Mac Friendly

Merge Gaming Network’s Carbon Poker has joined the list of poker sites that have become mac compatible. After a phase of beta-testing, a Mac-friendly version has now been made available. The site has upgraded many of its features also – Tournament lobbies will now open in a separate window, full-screen mode has been improved resulting […]

Regular Wins Massive Poker Bad Beat Jackpot in London

A bad beat jackpot of £222,000 has been won at the Casino at The Empire in London. Sixteen players, mostly regulars, finally struck gold for the first time since the jackpot was launched in February this year. The bad beat occurred on a £1-£2 table when Rupert Graham’s quad sixes were beaten by Halit Avoyli’s […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway Begins Today

The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway main event finally gets going today at The Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway, Ireland. After a day’s delay in order to give players a chance to attend despite difficult weather conditions, the €560 buy-in main event will begin at noon, kicking off season II of the tour. The […]

WPT: Five Diamond World Poker Classic Begins Friday

The World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic begins at noon PDT on Friday, December 3 at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Card Player will be live on the scene to bring you all of the action in live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos from CardPlayer TV. Last year this event featured one of […]

PokerStars Fish and Chips Showdown

PokerStars is giving its players a chance to win a trip to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January to compete in the Fish & Chips Showdown — an event that will combine fishing and poker in the Bahamas. Satellites are currently running to the two-day event. Prize packages include the buy-in, hotel accommodation at the […]

Eskimo Clark's Bracelet Auctions for $4,050

The auction for the 1999 World Series of Poker $1,500 Razz bracelet of Paul “Eskimo” Clark ended Wednesday on eBay, with a winning bid of $4,050. The piece of poker history goes to “n***x,” whose identity is protected by eBay privacy rules. A total of 15 bids were placed on the item. The bracelet was […]

Sebastian Homann Wins WPT Marrakech

The champion of the World Poker Tour Marrakech main event is 23-year-old Sebastian Homann. The German was chip leader for most of the event and kept the pace up at the final table which he overcame to take home €244,508, plus a $25,500 entry into the 2011 WPT World Championship. With 220 players on the […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway Delayed

The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway main event was due to get underway in the west of Ireland today kick-starting season II of the tour. However, adverse weather conditions across much of Europe, including heavy snowfall, has caused many airports to close, ensuring significant travel disruption. The €560 buy-in main event will now […]

Devilfish Gaming Sees Revenue And Losses Increase

Devilfish Gaming Plc, which announced the imminent sale of its Devilfish Poker subsidiary last month, today issued its financial results for the year ending June 30, 2010. Turnover at the company was up 13 percent to £783,353 compared to £695,072 a year earlier. Gross profit was £525,115 representing a margin of 67 percent before costs […]

Titan Launches French Online Poker Site

Titan Poker players in France can now play at the company’s newly launched French site Titan.fr. The Nation Traffic, which owns the site which formerly operated on the iPoker network, is the latest in a long line to move into the French market despite concerns about their ability to turn a profit due to the […]

UB and AP Introduce Security Token

UB and Absolute Poker, both apart of the Cereus Network, have launched the new Security Token. The token — a small one-button electronic device that once activated and tied to an account will require a player to use both a password and to have the physical device at hand — is now available for purchase […]

Vanessa Rousso Selling Lamborghini

Poker pro Vanessa Rousso has put her 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo on the auction site eBay. In a 2009 exclusive interview with Card Player, Rousso said that she would keep the sports car for only a year or so. The Team PokerStars Pro explained that she could eventually resell the car for about what she paid […]

Durrrr Loses Nearly $1 Million Tuesday

Even though Tom “durrrr” Dwan resumed his battle in the Durrrr Challenge with Dan “jungleman12” Cates late last week, the real fireworks over the past seven days for the 24-year-old were at $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha against cadillac1944. Dwan and cadillac1944 sat down at the virtual felt Tuesday on Full Tilt Poker for some action at […]

Rush Poker Pulled From Android Market

Rush Poker Mobile, an application that features real money gaming, has been pulled from the Android Market. The software was in the beta testing stage and had been currently unavailable due to maintenance. An e-mail from Full Tilt Poker technical support confirmed. “Rush Poker Mobile is currently unavailable due to maintenance. While we are delighted […]

UK and Ireland Poker Festivities at PokerStars

To get the blood pumping on these cold December nights, PokerStars has announced the launch of its UK & Ireland £20k Festive Giveaway. The Giveaway begins today and will run until Dec. 19 with two massive £20,000 freerolls on Dec. 12 and 19. Freeroll satellites will run daily at 8 p.m. giving 18 players a […]

Ukrainian Crowned Mediterranean Poker Cup Champion

The Mediterranean Poker Cup main event was won by Ukrainian Aleksandr Dovzhenko. He beat Russian Gutkin Maksim heads up for the €104,700 top prize. The main feature of the Mediterranean festival, the three-day $2,500 buy-in main event, kicked off on Nov. 26 and attracted 153 players to the five-star Hotel Merit Girne, Crystal Cove, Cyprus. […]

Sebastian Homann Wins WPT Marrekech

The World Poker Tour has wrapped up its visit to Morocco with German Sebastian Homann taking down the WPT Marrakech championship and its €244,508 top prize. A field of 222 players shelled out €5,000 ($6,606) each to play. Pros Carlos Mortensen, David Benyamine, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Alexandre Gomes, Surinder Sunar were among the familiar faces […]

UB Race to 3 Promotion

UB is offering an entire week of rewards for players who take a seat at designated Race to 3 Sit-and-Gos from now through 11:59 p.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 4. The promotion is giving players a fast track to the $200,000 guarantee this Sunday. Designated Race to 3 Sit-and-Gos can be found at nine-handed single […]

Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge Schedule

The next Mega Stack Challenge is just around the corner at Foxwoods Resort Casino, and 2009 WSOP main event runner-up Darvin Moon has been named the host of the series. Mega Stack Challenge XVIII will run from December 4-12 with six different Texas hold’em tournaments featuring a combined guaranteed prize pool of $375,000. The first […]

OPOY Update: Taylor Paur Leads Casey Jarzabek

There’s only one month left in the Card Player Online Player of the Year race and the winner is far from decided. Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur still leads the way, but the cast of characters behind him changes on a weekly basis. Paur is the first player to crack the five-figure mark with 10,028 points, but […]

Finnish Government Launches Online Poker With Playtech

The Finnish Slot Machine Association, RAY, and Israeli software operator Playtech have joined forces to launch legal, regulated online poker in Finland. Playtech was awarded the contract to offer online poker and other online games in May. Seven different poker games have been available since yesterday. Kari Hyttinen, Head of RAY’s internet gaming operations, said, […]

Andrew Feldman Rules France Versus England Poker Battle

Andrew Feldman turned a £10,000 deficit into profit of more than £35,000 in Eurosport’s France versus England cash game battle held at the Hospital Club in London recently. Also taking part were four online qualifiers plus Marc Inizan, Clement Thumy, Neil Channing, Dave Shallow, and Basile Yaiche. Feldman and Shallow had a few clashes, with […]

Martin Hruby Takes on Dag Palovic in Poker Prop Bet

A prop bet with “hairy” consequences is currently taking place at PokerStars between Slovakian poker pro Dag Palovic and Czech Team PokerStars Pro player Martin Hruby. So far the two have played 25 of 75 $200 sit ‘n’ go matches, with Hruby leading 14 to 11. If Hruby wins, Palovic will have to dye his […]

Tom Dwan Cracks Kings with 6-3 Offsuit

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. The Durrrr Challenge between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” […]

David Paredes Dominates PokerStars USA COOP

Update: John “trainwrecks” Hayes won the USA COOP main event Tuesday morning. He outlasted a field of 1,650 to win nearly $150,000 after a three-way deal. With two wins in the PokerStars USA Championship of Online Poker (USA COOP), poker pro David “gaucho2121” Paredes had an online series to remember. The New York native won […]