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SEGA Poker Stops Operations In Europe

SEGA Poker, the online poker site on the iPoker network owned by gaming giant SEGA, appears to be in difficulties with a message on the website telling players to withdraw their money. It is unclear which jurisdictions are affected but the company posted a message visible to UK/Ireland customers and at least some European players […]

UK Satellites for Irish Winter Poker Festival Announced

UK poker players are being treated to two live super satellites for the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival this October. Eight seats will be guaranteed at the events – four in a £75 rebuy event at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London on Friday October 8 at 8:30 p.m. and four in a £50 rebuy event at […]

Poker Quiz: Playing Top Pair, Top Kicker

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 […]

Ziigmund Gets Back in the Black

It had been a rough start to the month for Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies — until profits over the past week erased all his September losses. The online high-stakes cash game regular dropped more than $500,000 to the likes of Cole South and Brian Hastings out of the gate this month. However, thanks to battles versus […]

WPT Borgata Poker Open Begins Saturday

The World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open championship will begin Saturday, September 18 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The $3,500 buy-in event has a guaranteed $2 million prize pool and will feature two day-one flights. The televised final table will wrap up the following Thursday, September 23. A year ago, the Borgata Poker Open championship […]

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WCOOP: John Monnette Wins Event No. 27

High-stakes poker pro and mixed-game genius John “jmonnett” Monnette took down event no. 27 at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on Tuesday. Monnette, who also has two PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) titles in both seven-card stud and deuce-to-seven lowball, earned $19,250 and the bracelet. Team PokerStars Pro Greg “FossilMan” […]

Online Poker Payment Processor Released On Bail

Australian citizen and businessman Daniel Tzvetkoff, arrested earlier this year in Las Vegas on suspicion of involvement in allegedly illegal online payment processing within the poker industry, has been released on bail from a New York prison according to a report from the Courier-Mail. The Australian newspaper which broke the story says the one-time multi-millionaire, […]

Devilfish Gaming Shares Suspended

Devilfish Gaming Plc, the publicly-listed parent company of DevilfishPoker.com, has requested its shares be suspended “pending clarification of its financial position”. In a statement released to the market yesterday the company said, “The Board is in discussions with its advisers regarding options for either selling or restructuring the Company and possible sources of new working […]

Fabian Quoss Wins English Poker Open

Fabian Quoss, a World Series of Poker event runner-up in 2009, has won the English Poker Open at the Palm Beach Casino, London. Quoss battled through the 193-strong field in the £3,500 buy-in event to get heads up with Sebastian Crul. The pair got their money in pre-flop on the final hand with Quoss’ A-Q […]

PPA Releases 2010 Congressional Ratings

The Poker Players Alliance, the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today released its 2010 PPA Congressional Ratings Guide. The guide provides poker players a simple way to find out if their members of Congress support their poker rights. “The poker community has made tremendous progress over the past […]

Online Poker: UB Bad Beat Jackpot Hit Twice

In the past week, two people have claimed a six-figure prize at the hands of the UB Bad Beat Jackpot The first was a 60-year-old Texas woman with the screen name “KAPPIT,” who claimed $218,115.71 last Tuesday — when her quad nines were beaten by the quad queens of an opponent. Her opponent, “CIBV,” was […]

Nancy Cartwright Monte Carlo Night

For the fifth year in a row Nancy Cartwright will host a Monte Carlo Night fundraiser event that will benefit multiple charities in the Southern California area. The event will take place on Saturday, October 2 and it will begin at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are available online and the donation to attend as a guest […]

2010 PokerStars APPT Auckland Begins Wednesday

The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour makes its third stop of season 4 on Wednesday, September 15 with the $3,000 NZD no-limit hold’em championship event at the SKYCITY Casino in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament will have two day-one flights, and the final table will wrap up on September 19. Last season saw 263 players […]

Full Tilt Freeroll for CP Facebook Fans

If you’re a fan of Card Player on Facebook, thanks! If not, you might want to head over to the Card Player Facebook page and “like” us soon, because you can win hundreds of dollars just for being a fan. This Sunday, Sept. 19, we’re going to give out a password to a $1,720 freeroll […]

WCOOP: kevinnok Wins Event No. 22

The two-day event at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) wrapped up on Monday and kevinnok walked away with the bracelet. Due to a three-way deal, kevinnok actually wound up with the third highest payday of $340,698. PeoplsChamp1 won the most, banking $372,761 for his runner-up finish. Other winners from Monday included bcgt178, […]

Richard “Chufty” Ashby Signs For Black Belt Poker

Richard “Chufty” Ashby has signed on as a sponsored player with the UK’s Black Belt Poker. Ashby, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet during the summer and finished runner up in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship, will kick off his new deal at the WSOP Europe today in London. “Richard has quite rightly […]

French Casinos Launch 200% Online Poker Brand

Forty French land-based casinos in the form of La Société Française des Jeux sur Internet (SFJI) today launch the latest entrant to the online poker market in the country, 200% Poker. The site will be hosted by Prima Networks, a joint-venture between Microgaming and 888. It will be the fourth site to launch on the […]

International Poker Open Early Registration Offers

Early registration offers for the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open are drawing to a close. All players who qualify online at Boylepoker.com 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 […]

Poker Tournament Trail Q and A: Blair Hinkle

Blair Hinkle recently won the $1,500 main event at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Missouri native took home $88,555, a WSOP Circuit gold ring, and a seat in the $1 million WSOP Circuit National Championship thanks to the victory. He has earned $1,483,426 in lifetime winnings and his […]

WSOP Europe Kicks Off Tuesday

The fourth-annual World Series of Poker Europe will begin Tuesday, September 14 at the Casino at the Empire in London. Five events are on the schedule, with the £2,650 six handed no-limit hold’em event kicking things off at noon BST (4 a.m. PDT). Event No. 2 will feature a £5,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament, and event […]

Full Tilt's Doubles Poker Championship

GSN’s broadcast of the Full Tilt Poker’s Doubles Poker Championship continued this week. The show features two-person teams trying to win one of two final matches in the third round of action and earn a spot at the coveted final table in this $50,000 buy-in event series and a shot at collecting a cool $500,000 […]

WCOOP: Anton Smolyanskiey Wins Big

It was a big Sunday at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Anton “Antoshka” Smolyanskiey won $280,000 after a deal in event no. 21. Event no. 22 is currently paused, but play will resume on Monday afternoon with $469,290 guaranteed to the winner. Check out events 21-22 below. Event No. 21 — No-Limit […]

Dane Wins Porsche Cayman at PKR.com

Carsten Ørum, a police lieutenant from Denmark, has beaten 322,886 competitors to win 2010 Porsche Cayman at next generation online poker room PKR.com. Ørum, also know by his online poker moniker ”Levica”, is a car enthusiast and sells cars in his part time. He had 25 chances to win the car when Sofia “Wellbet” drew […]

Online Poker: crf88 Wins Full Tilt 750K Guarantee

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB, Absolute Poker, Bodog and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Note: This event did not run this week due to the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Full Tilt Poker — $750,000 Guarantee Buy-In: $200+$16 Prize Pool: $750,000 Entrants: […]

Sam Trickett Wins World Poker Open

Sam Trickett has won the PartyPoker.com World Open VI in London, taking down $200,000 for topping a field of 72 players in the made-for-TV $7,000 buy in event. The 24-year-old UK pro outlasted high-calibre players such as Juha Helppi, John Duthie, and Andrew Robl at the final table before going on to beat young Canadian […]

Silver Takes Gold at PokerStars UKIPT Dublin

The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin main event came to an end yesterday evening with 20-year-old Londoner Max Silver walking away with the €72,000 top prize. The Englishman who lives in Dublin also received entry into the UKIPT’s season finale, the £5,250 buy-in European Poker Tour London event. His win comes just weeks […]

WCOOP: DShec Wins Event No. 19

It was a quiet day at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Both events failed to meet their guarantees, but the site is expecting that trend to change with a monster Sunday schedule featuring two events with a combined $4.5 million in guarantees. Check out the results for events 19-20 below. Event No. […]

Final Table of UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin Set

The final table of the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin gets underway later today at the burlington Hotel, Dublin with a mix of homegrown, UK and one Dutch player. The €500 + €60 buy in main event attracted 590 players creating a prize pool of €295,000 of which the winner will receive €72,000 […]

Poker Book Extract -- The Devilfish in Vegas Part II

In part one of our extract from Devilfish: The Life & Times of a Poker Legend our hero from Hull took on Lyle Berman and won handsomely. Next up he challenges Puggy Pearson but gets an altogether different response. Gary had already told me about Puggy Pearson’s mobile tour bus which he travelled round in […]