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World Poker Tour and Bike Sign 5-Year ExtensionToday, the World Poker Tour and the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA announced a five-year extension of their longstanding relationship. The extension will see the Legends of Poker remain a WPT event through 2015. The agreement ensures the Legends of Poker event will maintain its position on the tour and the WPT televised series […]
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Action Quiet This Fall Without Isildur1It is almost exactly one year to the day when Patrik Antonius and Isildur1 played one of the biggest pots in the history of online poker. The $878,959 monster pot between the Team Full Tilt Pro and the mysterious Swede, whom many believe to be Viktor Blom, helped kick-start a week last November that saw […]
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Young-shin Im APPT Winner in CebuThe PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has crowned its first ever female champion. Young-shin Im, of Korea, was one of 236 entrants who packed into the Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa in the Philippines last week for the PHP 100,000 buy-in APPT Cebu main event. After five days of poker, Im eventually found herself […]
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Poker Quiz: Playing Trips On The FlopCard Player documents some of the most talked-about hands in the poker world with Poker Hand Matchups. Getting the analysis of a hand is great, but we’d like to see what you, the reader, would do if you got the chance to sit down with the pros. Each week, we’ll bring you a scenario straight […]
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European Masters of Poker Malta Starts TodayThe final land-based leg of season II European Masters of Poker gets underway today in Malta. The €1500 + €150 main event gets underway at Casino di Venezia, Malta has two day 1s and will reach a final table on Sunday. The side event schedule is: Nov. 16: 20:00 CET — €150+20 (€100 rebuy & […]
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Michal Polchlopek Wins Italian Poker Tour MaltaMichal Polchlopek, 24, from Malta has won the PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour Malta to take down €190,000 at Portomaso Casino on the Mediterranean island. The final table chip leader at the start of play after overcame a near 2-1 chip deficit heads up after five hours against Ukranian Oleksandar Sharov before taking the title with […]
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PokerStars UK and Ireland Online Championship ApproachesThe PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Championship of Online Poker is fast approaching and satellites are now up and running. Eleven events of all kinds will take place at PokerStars from Dec. 5 to 12 with $512,000 guaranteed overall including the $150,000 guaranteed main event prize pool. Anyone who cashes in the Championship will get points […]
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PokerStars NAPT LA Final Table SetIt isn’t often that one hand of poker sets the entire tone for a tournament day. When one hand takes place between the two largest stacks left in an event it can send the tournament on two drastically different trajectories. If the stack that is second in command doubles up it can set up a […]
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UB Hosting Sniper $80K GuaranteedTomorrow night, UB will host its Pro Bounty poker tournament with the $200+15 buy-in $80,000-guaranteed Sniper tournament at 9 p.m. EST. There will be a $200 bounty on the head of Team UB Pro Joe Sebok. “I am pumped to be able to rep the Sniper tournament on UB, as I think it’s one of […]
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One Week Until Mediterranean Poker Cup In CyprusIt’s just one week until the Mediterranean Poker Cup hits Cyprus starting Nov. 22 and featuring a three-day $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event with a guaranteed prize pool of $400,000. Entertainment will be provided by Ukrainian pop group Hot Chocolate. To get there, European players can fly direct to Lefkosa in Northern Cyprus, while […]
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Chris DeMaci Leads at Pokerstars NAPT LA Main EventA total of 81 players returned to the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles for day 3 of the 2010 North American Poker Tour main event. With two scheduled days remaining, we are now down to the final 19 competitors. Leading the way is Chris DeMaci, better known by his online handle “RuberbandMan.” DeMaci is the […]
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Andy Sherwood Wins PKR Live V Poker EventOnline qualifier Andy “jjcooler” Sherwood has won the PKR Live V title at the Fox Poker Club, London taking home $20,000 for his $27 satellite entry. The $500 buy in tournament attracted 150 runners and created a prize pool of $75,000 and the final table hosted some PKR.com legends including “Rob1nHood”, “OMGMrGreen” and “Patatosalatas”. However […]
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DrugsOrMe Wins Cooler for 186KTune 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 biggest game over the past week was a Friday […]
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Cake Poker MNF Tournaments TonightFor the Eagles versus Redskins game tonight, Cake Poker will be hosting two Money Night Football tournaments. The tournaments will award any player who changes their screen name to reference their favorite football team (or favorite player) and cashes, an entry into a weekly $500 Kamikaze tournament. The tournaments kick off at 8:30 p.m. EST […]
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Peter Eastgate Puts Bracelet on eBayFormer World Series of Poker main event champion Peter Eastgate has put his bracelet on the auction site eBay. Eastgate, who earlier this year said he was quitting poker, won $9,152,416 for his performance in 2008. Eastgate was then the youngest winner in the history of the event. The starting bid for his championship bracelet […]
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Head Games: Early Tournament StrategyThis 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? […]
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DeadMoney843 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: $1,668,200 Entrants: 8,341 1. DeadMoney843 — $227,364* 2. Sibydom — $197,364* 3. mi777 — $125,115 4. _maarten_436 — $83,410 5. 4everunknown — $66,728 6. superbad2001 — […]
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David Johnson Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour BlackpoolThe second last Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event of the current season was won by David Johnson in the G Casino, Blackpool at the weekend. Johnson topped the 246-strong field in the £1,070 buy in event after coming back from a two-to-one chip deficit in just 30 minutes against his heads up opponent Ruichard […]
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Italian Poker Tour Malta Final Table Set
The PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour Malta final table is set with eight players chasing the €190,000 first prize. Michel Polchpolek is the chip leader in the €2,000 + €200 buy in event which attracted 385 to Portomaso Casino. The final table chip counts are: Seat 1: Sergio Castelluccio – 968,000 Seat 2: Lars Jesper Persson […]
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PokerStars NAPT LA Main Event: Day 2Day 2 of the PokerStars NAPT Los Angeles main event was, for lack of a better term, fast and furious. There have been numerous examples over the years of tournaments that played just a bit quicker than the escalating blinds dictated, but the field at the Bicycle Casino somehow managed to make all of those […]
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Jack Elwood Leads Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Blackpool
Over 250 players ponied up the £1,070 to take part in the penultimate Grosvenor UK Poker Tour of the season in Blackpool. Only ten players remain. They are: Jack Ellwood — 638,500 David Johnson — 569,500 Richard Herbert — 499,000 Andy Bradshaw — 454,000 Rob Boon — 375,000 Vinny Musson — 350,000 Lee Taylor — […]
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Boylepoker Launches Western Open Poker TournamentHot on the heels of the successful International Poker Open, Boylepoker.com has announced a new event with an unusual twist — the end of day chip leaders get paid. The €40,000 guaranteed Western Open takes place at the Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland from Feb. 25 to 27, 2011 with a buy in […]
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Become a Fan of Card Player Europe on FacebookCard Player Europe has its own dedicated Facebook page for poker fans hosting the most up-to-the-minute poker news, views, analysis, promotions, blogs, videos, and magazine features from the vast and exciting world of professional poker. Previously the Euro section of CardPlayer.com shared a Facebook page with our big brother Card Player but as activity rose […]
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PokerStars NAPT -- Los Angeles Day 1BDay 1B of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Los Angeles $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event took place today at the Bicycle Casino in Southern California. The second day-one flight attracted 373 players. Today’s field combined with the players who took the felt on Friday to create a total prize pool worth $3,229,857 and a […]
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Phil Hellmuth Releases New eBookPhil Hellmuth is not only an 11-time World Series of Poker champion, he’s also one of the most accomplished authors in the poker world. Hellmuth has penned some of the most read poker books ever written, including “Play Poker Like the Pros” and “Read ’Em and Reap”. Now the “Poker Brat” is releasing his newest […]
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A Poker Life: Jared JaffeeJared Jaffee has racked up 3,529 Card Player Player of the Year points in 2010, and he currently sits in ninth place in the standings. It is quite an impressive performance when you consider that this in Jaffee’s first year traveling the tournament trail full time. He has made half a dozen final tables this […]
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WSOP Main Event Ratings Drop in 2010The 2010 World Series of Poker main event was the second largest in history, with 7,319 entrants creating a prize pool just shy of $69 million. It featured a big draw at its final table with veteran Michael Mizrachi attempting to win his second bracelet of the year and be crowned world champion. The winner […]
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PokerStars NAPT: Los Angeles Day 1ADay 1A of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Los Angeles $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event took place today at the Bicycle Casino in Southern California. The first day-one flight attracted 330 players. It was a strong start for the final stop on the season 1 schedule for the NAPT, and this tournament should surpass […]
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French Poker Company Set To Enter U.S. Online Market
French online gaming operator, Chiligaming has said it plans to launch an online subscription poker site in the U.S. next year. The company runs Chilipoker.com and Chilipoker.fr and recently launched a licensed site in the French market . Chief executive officer Alexandre Dreyfus, said, “We are very excited about this new dimension to our business. […]
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PKR Live V Starts In London TodayThe fifth running of PKR Live gets underway today at the Fox Poker Club, Soho, London with 150 players from 21 countries attending the $500 buy in event. PKR.com marketing manager, Erika Schwartz Poole, said, “It is with great excitement that we can host this autumn’s event at the Fox. PKR has become a much […]
