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NickDandolos 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: $1,652,000 Entrants: 8,260 1. NickDandolos — $195,648* 2. Jason “strassa2” Strasser — $185,267* 3. Mike “mcst0002” McStott — $163,585* 4. izzy83 — $82,600 5. toco — […]

Vanessa Selbst Wins Partouche Poker Tour

Vanessa Selbst has won the Partouche Poker Tour event in a weekend of drama which saw German Ali Tekintamgac expelled from the final table before play started. The €8,500 buy in event, which played down to the final table of nine in September before returning to the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes at the weekend, […]

Sam El Sayed Wins WPT Amneville

Sam El Sayed, a Swiss-based Lebanese poker pro, topped the 542-strong field in Amneville, France to lift the PartyPoker.fr World Poker Tour title and €426,425 first prize at the weekend. Sayed started the final table of the €3,500 buy in main event as chip leader and made his advantage pay. Heads up he raised Franck […]

bwin’s Ongame Poker Network Expands

bwin’s online poker network, Ongame, expands this week with the addition of a new room, Full Deck Poker. The company joins Betfair Poker which moved to Ongame during the summer. Zac O’Brien, VIP manager at the site said, “Many poker markets in a number of countries have matured over the past year or so and […]

Top 10 Hands From WSOP Final Table

It took a total of 219 hands to reach the heads-up match between Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener. On Monday evening, Duhamel sat down with 188,950,000 in chips, while Racener resumed his quest short stacked with 30,750,000. It didn’t take long for Duhamel to finish off his short-stacked opponent, as the Canadian won the bracelet […]

Pascal Lefrancois Joins FullTiltPoker.com

French poker pro Pascal Lefrancois has been signed on a ‘red pro’ sponsorship deal to Full Tilt Poker. The 24-year old from Montreal, Canada is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner having taken down a $1,500 no-limit hold’em event this year before going on to increase his WSOP 2010 live tournament winnings to over […]

WSOP Main Event: Final Heads Up Match is Set!

The most exciting day in tournament poker of the year lived up to its billing Saturday. With thousands in the crowd at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, over-the-top Hollywood-style introductions, and thrilling hands leading the way, the November Nine took a memorable journey down to a final heads-up match at the 2010 […]

Player Disqualified From Partouche Final

Breaking news from the Partouche Poker Tour… Paris, November the 5th, Following an investigation, the German player Ali Tekintamgac has been found guilty of obtaining his Partouche Poker Tour Season 3 final table seat through fraudulent actions. As a result, the Tournament Director has decided to disqualify Ali Tekintamgac. The final table will now start […]

Caesars Holds Poker Event To Raise Money For The Deaf

The sixth annual World Deaf Poker Tournament will take place Saturday, November 6 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Southern Nevada Silver Knights (SNSK) and the American Society for Deaf Children are partnering together to sponsor the event, with proceeds going equally to both organizations. Two Texas hold’em tournaments will be held for the deaf […]

NAPT LA Adds Bounty Shootout Event

The PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Los Angeles has announced that it will hold a $5,000 Bounty Shootout Event at the Crystal Casino on November 16 and 18. Action will be filmed and the event will air on ESPN2 in December. Entry to this event will be capped at 81 players, creating 9 tables […]

WSOP Circuit: Zackey Wins WSOP Africa

On Sunday Oct. 31, South African Warren Zackey won the inaugural World Series of Poker Circuit Africa main event. The 187-player field for the $5,000 buy-in event, which was held at the Emerald Resort and Casino in South Africa, was bested by the 43-year-old plumbing supplies salesman from Johannesburg. Zackey recorded his first major tournament […]

Duhamel is November Nine Odds On Favorite

Everyone is weighing in on who they think will win the World Series of Poker main event, but now it’s time to see what the bookmakers think. According to most sports books, Jonathan Duhamel is the odds on favorite to win, most likely because of his dominating chip lead. Duhamel has nearly three times the […]

Online Poker: PokerStars Women’s Caribbean Adventure

PokerStars is giving its female players an opportunity to win a trip to the the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Qualifiers to weekly finals start as low as $2.20. Each weekly final is on Sunday and will award prize packages worth $3,480. The package includes four nights accommodation at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the […]

Card Player TV Profiles The November Nine

Card Player will have you covered for all of your World Series of Poker main event final table needs. Below, you can check out a compilation of videos from the November Nine. Be sure to check out the final table preview and don’t miss live updates of all the action starting at noon PST on […]

Follow Live Updates from WSOP Main Event Final

The Main Event Final Table has begun. Follow along with the action in live updates all day with Card Player’s live reporting team. The November Nine are about to return to decide the 2010 world champion! Play begins at the final table at noon PST on Saturday, Nov. 6 as the final nine shrink to […]

The Scoop: David Oppenheim Part 1

David Oppenheim 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 Oppenheim talk about his deep run in the 2010 $50,000 World Series of Poker Players Championship “I’m […]

Paddy Power Poker To Host Student Masters in 2011

After a week where students hit the news headlines in Ireland, paddypowerpoker.com is offering some solace from the frenzy with the announcement of the Student Masters to be held at Dublin’s Jackpot Club on March 19, 2011. The €100 + €10 buy in event will feature an Irish Open 2011 ticket worth €3,500 added to […]

Unibet Poker Revenue Falls 30 Percent

Third quarter poker revenue at Unibet fell to £3.95 million compared to £5.66 million a year earlier, a decrease of almost 30 percent. Poker represented 13 percent of gross winning revenue in the third quarter of 2010 compared to 19 percent in the third quarter of 2009 although it was up 1 percent compared to […]

888 Poker Revenue Down 34 Percent

888’s third quarter financial statement made for grim reading for its business-to-consumer (B2C) poker unit this week. Operating income is down 34 percent to $8 million from $12 million in the third quarter of 2009 however the company said it was encouraged by the 3 percent increase compared to the second quarter of 2010. The […]

WSOP 2010 The Final Countdown -- Mizrachi Madness

As the November Nine prepare to take to the felt, bringing to an end the WSOP 2010, Rebecca McAdam relives her favourite memories from this year’s Series. The Mizrachi family really stole the show this year. Mike “The Grinder” took the prestigious $50,000 Players Championship title, knocking brother Robert out along the way, much to […]

UB Bad Beat Jackpot Hit for $200K

On Wednesday, a $201,047.48 prize was claimed at the hands of the UB Bad Beat Jackpot. A Canadian player with the screen name “RUNURAGGED” claimed the massive prize for losing with quad nines to quad queens at $0.25-$0.50 no-limit hold’em. The jackpot had reached $617,466.53 when the hand took place. The winner of the hand […]

POY Update: Marchese Takes the Lead

The 2010 World Poker Tour World Poker Finals $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut factored heavily into the Card Player Player of the Year race in early November. Thomas Marchese made his ninth final table of the year and cashed in third place, which was good for $211,759. He was […]

Taylor Paur Sits Atop OPOY Standings

Three months ago, Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur was atop the 2010 Card Player Online Player of the Year standings. Then, a two-month dry spell saw him plummet and Paur was suddenly in danger of falling out of the top 10. Two weeks ago, however, Paur made a dramatic comeback, rattling off three straight wins to earn […]

Full Tilt Sit-and-Go Madness Tomorrow

Full Tilt Poker will run its Super Sit-and-Go Madness promotion starting tomorrow, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. EST. The online site will allow its players to win a share of more than $150,000 in cash and prizes, including entry to the $75,000 Super Madness Freeroll. Any interested player needs to play single-table sit-and-gos and super […]

November Nine Q and A: Jonathan Duhamel

Jonathan Duhamel will take the chip lead into final table of the $10,000 no-limit hold’em. main event at the World Series of Poker with 65,975,000. Live coverage from the final table begins at noon PST on Saturday, November 6 and you can follow all of the action on CardPlayer.com. Card Player caught up with Duhamel […]

Read The New Issue Of Card Player Europe Online Now

The new issue of Card Player Europe is available to read online now. Check out features on Phil Laak and his World Series of Poker Europe victory, some Hollywood Bad Boys, and Devilfish and Pauly McGuire book reviews as well as some WSOP 2010 memories. There’s strategy from Phil Hellmuth and our resident Omaha and […]

WSOP 2010 The Final Countdown -- Party Central

As the November Nine prepare to take to the felt, bringing to an end the WSOP 2010, Rebecca McAdam relives her favourite memories from this year’s Series. In anyone’s memories of Las Vegas and the World Series, parties and celebrations are always going to come to the fore. So, I decided to pile all my […]

Tom Dwan Biggest Winner in October

The month of October was kind for some in the online high-stakes world, and thus ugly for some others. Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies was the biggest loser this past month, largely due to a massive loss at the hands of Tom “durrrr” Dwan in early October. Sahamies lost about $1 million to Dwan in some vicious […]

Read CardPlayer Magazine Online: Phil Laak

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 […]

L.A. Poker Open Kicks Off At Commerce

The L.A. Poker Open starts today at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles and will run through Nov. 21. The first event guarantees a $400,000 prize pool in a $220 no-limit hold’em event with re-entry. It kicks off at 2 p.m. today. A variety of games are on the schedule, including Texas hold’em, Omaha hi-lo, […]