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Last Week For Sponsorship Freeroll at Boylepoker.com

All players who qualify online at Boylepoker.com for the International Poker Open before September 30 will get a chance to play off in a unique freeroll for a $5,000 sponsorship package. The Sat Wars freeroll will initially take place online and when it reaches the final table will be suspended before the players return to […]

WSOP Europe: Main Event Day 1B

You know you are at a poker tournament in Europe when the field is spread across different parts of a casino filling out every nook and cranny of empty space. That was the case on day 1B at the ₤10,650 World Series of Poker Europe main event today in London. A large field of players […]

Bodog Offering Special Satellite to Card Player Readers

While Bodog is kicking off the Bodog Poker Open V this Sunday, the online site is also offering a special satellite to Card Player readers. The highlight of the BPO V is the $470+30 buy-in $200,000-guaranteed main event on Oct. 3., and Bodog is holding a $5+.50 private satellite to the event, which will include […]

WCOOP: Dustin Dorrance-Bowman Wins Event No. 53

Check out the results for events 52-53 below. Event No. 52 — No-Limit Hold’em Turbo ($400,000 Guarantee) Buy-In: $300+$20 Prize Pool: $713,700 Entrants: 2,379 Final Table Results: 1. Joshua “bbbbb33” Weizer — $114,192 2. Kinch18 — $85,644 3. Suleiman08 — $62,163 4. sundalyonly — $42,822 5. Zackattak13 — $32,116 6. MSilence — $24,979 7. dedonno85 […]

Dwyte Pilgrim Wins WPT Borgata Open

Early Friday morning budding poker star Dwyte Pilgrim vaulted into first place in the Card Player Player of the Year Race (POY) with 5,576 points by winning the 2010 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open. Pilgrim surpassed Tom Marchese for the top spot on the POY leader board, by outlasting a WPT record field of […]

PKR Online Poker Room Launches in France

PKR.com, recently awarded a licence to operate in the French market, today launches its online poker room there – PKR.fr. Up and running are real money cash games, sit and go’s, multi-table tournaments and a play money version and the company is offering a first deposit bonus and variety of freerolls. Two French poker players […]

CPTV's The Scoop: Tony Dunst Part 1

Tony Dunst 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 about his sense of poker fashion. Dunst also talks about his run in the 2010 World Series […]

WSOP E: Hansen v. Collopy Final Delayed

The final day of the £10,350 high roller heads-up tournament took place today at the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe in London. The first order of the day was to slice the remaining field of four players down to two for a best-of-three heads-up final. The semi-final matches played out as follows. Semi-Finals: Gus […]

Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival Betting Markets Open

Online bookmaker Ladbrokes.com has opened eight betting markets on the Irish Poker Festival main event taking place in Killarney from Oct. 1 to 3, 2010. The outright betting market for the €500 buy in event has Karl Mahrenholz as favourite at 100/1, Jason Tompkins at 125/1, Jon Kalmar at 150/1, Mick McCloskey at 175/1, and […]

WSOP Europe: Main Event Day 1A

London has been poker’s playing ground for the past couple of weeks and will be for another fortnight or so, but what could be said to be the most important event of them all began today. Day 1A of the £10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Europe main event kicked off at The Casino at […]

Poker Quiz: Do You Like Top Pair Here?

Card 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 […]

Frank 'Not Optimistic' About Bill Passage

Congress is set to adjourn Oct. 8, but don’t expect the bill known as HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, to be passed before the deadline. According to The Hill, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) is “not optimstic” about a possible House floor vote due to the current backlog of legislation […]

Online Poker: Bodog Poker Open V Begins this Sunday

Bodog will kick off the Bodog Poker Open V this Sunday. The series will begin at 4 p.m. EST with a $100+9 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. Bodog will add $15,000 to the prize pool. The highlight of the BPO V is the $470+30 buy-in $200,000-guaranteed main event on Oct. 3. Even with buy-ins of larger […]

WCOOP: Dan Colpoys Wins Event No. 48

There were four new champions on Wednesday at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Dan “APowers1968” Colpoys was the biggest winner, earning $213,955 for taking down event no. 48. Other winners included dcg30, Joel “Feltin’Donks” Shulruf and mustbetilt. Check out the results for events 48-51 below. Event No. 48 — No-Limit Hold’em ($1,000,000 […]

European Masters of Poker Barcelona Main Event Today

The main event of the sixth stop of the European Masters of Poker gets underway today at Gran Casino, Barcelona, Spain. The €1,000 + €100 buy-in season II EMOP Barcelona main event has a capacity of 500 players and will feature two day ones. The full schedule for the week-long poker festival is: Sept. 20 […]

Dwyte Pilgrim Headlines WPT Final Table at Borgata

The final six are set at the 2010 WPT Borgata Poker Open. The $3,000 championship event has already made headlines for breaking the record for largest field in World Poker Tour history with 1,042. There were many story lines entering day four, including the title defense of the 2009 main event by Olivier Busquet. The […]

PokerStars Italian Poker Tour Pulls Into Slovenia

The PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour pulls into the Slovenian town of Nova Gorica today for five days. The fifth stop on the tour features a €2,000 + €200 buy-in main event and a cap of 500 with two day ones starting today. The event is being held at the Perla Casino and Hotel. Last season […]

WSOP E: Gus Hansen Guns For First Bracelet

Poker veteran Gus Hansen is still alive at the end of day two in event No. 4 (£10,350 no-limit hold’em high roller heads-up) at the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe and has a shot at his first WSOP bracelet . Earlier in the series Phil Laak crossed his name off the unofficial best-without-a-bracelet list […]

LAPT Main Event Set For Argentina Thursday

The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) makes its final stop of season 3 with the $5,000 buy-in Grand Final main event running tomorrow through Sunday at the City Center Casino in Rosario, Argentina. Team PokerStars Pros Chris Moneymaker, Dennis Phillips, Victor Ramdin, Ruben Visser and Jorge Arias have confirmed that they will play in […]

WSOP E £10K Main Event Starts Thursday

The World Series of Poker Europe £10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event kicks off Thursday at the Casino at the Empire in London. Day 1A begins at noon BST (4 a.m. PDT) and day 1B will begin at the same time on Friday. The 6-day event will conclude on Sept. 28. Players will begin with 30,000 […]

Ziigmund Continues to Dominate September

The month of September in the high-stakes online world has been headlined by Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies. Sahamies started off this month on a downswing, but has turned everything around drastically over the past two weeks. This past Thursday, the Finnish pro booked a win of more than $600,000 versus Cole South in $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha […]

Read CP Mag Online: David Oppenheim

CardPlayer.com is loaded with news, videos, strategy, and other material special to the website, but don’t forget that you can also read Card Player magazine’s content online. Simply click on the “Magazine” link on the left side of the homepage, and you’ll be able to check out recent issues, which include in-depth features on poker’s […]

WCOOP: Jamie Kaplan Snags Second Bracelet

It took until event no. 47, but we now have the first double-bracelet winner of the 2010 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Jamie “Xaston” Kaplan picked up his first bracelet in event no. 6, earning $213,986. His latest win for $43,130 and another couple of cashes now give him a total of $259,672 […]

Irish Winter Poker Festival $1 Freezeout Tonight

The final week of the nine week Card Player Europe Irish Winter Festival League takes place tonight, Sept. 22, at PaddyPowerPoker.com with a great value route to October’s Irish Winter Festival. The buy-in is $1 with $100 added to the prize pool and the winner of tonight’s tournament will progress to the final table in […]

Alan Trueick Wins Euro Short-Handed Poker Championships

Alan Trueick has won the €550 buy in European Short-Handed Poker Championships main event in Dublin topping the 312-strong field to take home the €40,142 top prize. The field comprised 250 French players and Trueick was the last non-French player at last two tables. The payouts and places were: 1: Alan Trueick (Northern Ireland) — […]

WSOP E: Scott Shelley Wins Event No. 3

After Phil Laak and Jeff Lisandro captured gold bracelets in the first two events at the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe respectively, event No. 3 (₤1,075 no-limit hold’em) was looking to be just as historic. However, Scott Shelley put an end to defending champion J.P. Kelly’s chance to repeat. Shelley won his first bracelet […]

WCOOP: Jason Mercier Wins Event No. 42

Jason Mercier stole headlines on Monday at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) when he took down event no. 42, a two-day no-limit hold’em tournament, for his first bracelet and a first-place prize of $435,862. Mercier defeated osten heads-up after a three-way deal was struck. Fellow Team PokerStars pro Chad Brown also made […]

Tournament Trail Q and A: Frank Kassela

Frank Kassela already had consistent results at the World Series of Poker before the summer of 2010. He had a handful of cashes and a pair of final-table appearances to his credit, but no gold bracelet. That changed this year when he became the only double bracelet winner of the summer, and the leading candidate […]

Belgium Open Poker Championship Satellites Underway

PokerStars.com has launched qualifiers for the upcoming €1,500 + €200 buy in Belgium Open Poker Championship (BOPC) main event taking place at Casino de Namur in Belgium, from November 21 to 29. Daily satellites start at $5 + $0.50, and players can qualify through the these daily tournaments for the weekly $25 + $2 buy-in […]

Sportingbet Settles With Dept. of Justice for $33 Million

Sportingbet Plc has reached a non-prosecution agreement with the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The $33 million settlement will see the company, which owns Paradise Poker, pay $15 million before the end of this month, $12 million before the end of September 2011, and a further […]