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WCOOP: de bluffer Wins on Day 6For the second day in a row at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the series failed to meet one of it’s guarantees. Event no. 16, a pot-limit Omaha tournament, featured an overlay which was great for eventual winner de bluffer, who logged off of his computer $78,750 richer. Check out the results […]
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Poker For The Homeless Tournament Takes Place SundayPokerStars.com Poker For The Homeless returns tomorrow Sunday September 12, 2010 as part of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin and five bounties have been confirmed for the event. The bounties will have €350 on their heads. Of this, €250 goes to charity and €100 to the player who knocks them out of the […]
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Borgata Poker Open Begins in Atlantic City
The 2010 Borgata Poker Open is underway at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. There are a total of 21 events offered during the tournament series. The featured World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open championship event will cap off the busy schedule of tournaments and it will be filmed from day […]
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Commerce Hold’em Series is Underway in LA
There is $1.2 million in guaranteed prize money up for grabs at the 19-day Commerce Hold’em Series that will run between now and September 17. Buy-ins begin as low as $120 and for the first time, Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA has included two hugely popular multi-day start events on the tournament schedule. One […]
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Foxwoods Mega Stack Pulls Strong NumbersLive poker tournaments at Foxwoods Hotel and Casino have shown strong growth during 2010 and that trend continued at their most recent event, the Mega Stack Series XVII. This consistent trend of growth is a positive sign for poker in New England and on the East Coast. The tournament series ran from August 17-23 and […]
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PokerStars 50-Billionth Hand Promotion Starts Today
PokerStars is approaching an impressive milestone — 50 billion hands. The hand will take place this month, and PokerStars is awarding large cash prizes to players who are fortunate enough to be dealt in for it. At a cash game table, all players dealt in on the 50-billionth hand will be rewarded with $500 for […]
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Q and A With Linda JohnsonNational Poker Month is currently taking place in support of Poker Gives, a 501 © (3) non-profit charity organization founded by poker industry leaders Mike Sexton, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, and Lisa Tenner. You have a chance to join the poker community and give back to worthwhile charity organizations during September. The goal is to […]
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This Week in Poker: Sept. 3 – 10
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update The Card Player Player of the Year Race is brought to you by Bodog 1: Thomas Marchese — 4,766 2: Sorel Mizzi — 3,862 3: Dwyte Pilgrim — 3,776 4: […]
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WCOOP: Kyle Knecht Wins Event No. 14It was a relatively quiet day at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). With razz on the schedule, the series missed a guarantee for the first time and was forced to provide an overlay. The two-day no-limit hold’em heads-up event wrapped up and in the end, IneedMassari defeated AJacejackAJ for the title and […]
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Bodog Hosting Freeroll for Card Player Readers
This Sunday, Bodog will be offering Card Player readers an exclusive opportunity to qualify for the Bodog Poker Open V main event. The winner of the freeroll will receive a $500 seat to the $200,000-guaranteed main event on Oct. 3. Second to 10th place will be awarded an entry into a Sept. 26 $55 satellite […]
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CPTV's The Scoop: Lauren Kling Part 1Lauren “SUPERMODL” Kling stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out her interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear about her start in poker. Kling also talks about how she ended up choosing poker as […]
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European Masters of Poker Iron Man Freeroll Tonight
The European Masters of Poker Iron Man VIP Freerolls continue tonight on the Entraction network. Players can win an EMOP Barcelona package worth €2,000 via VIP point buy-in freerolls. The package includes the tournament buy-in (€1,100), four nights in a hotel, and €350 in travel contribution which will be credited to the winner’s account. There […]
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Poker Book Extract -- The Devilfish in Vegas Part IIt’s 1997 and Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott has just won a World Series of Poker bracelet in Las Vegas on only his second trip. In the extract below he describes how he took on wealthy businessman and WSOP champion Lyle Berman. There’s no point going home with a bag full of squirrel heads to mount on […]
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Las Vegas Daily Poker Tournament Listings Now AvailableIf you’ve ever wanted a complete, up-to-date listing of regular poker tournaments in Las Vegas, CardPlayer.com now has you covered. The Las Vegas Poker section was recently released, and in it you can find times, buy-ins, starting stacks, blind structures, and more for poker tournaments at every casino in Las Vegas. For instance, let’s say […]
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Online Poker: PokerStars Offering WCOOP Reload Bonus
PokerStars is currently offering a reload bonus for players looking to compete in the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The deposit needs to be made before 11:59 ET on Sept. 11 using the bonus code WCOOP — and players who do so will receive a 20 percent bonus up to $100. The bonus […]
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WCOOP: Alexander Kostritsyn Wins Event No. 9Alexander Kostritsyn topped a monster field in event no. 9 of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) to walk away with a first-place prize of $269,284. The two-day event resumed on Wednesday with 93 players, but it was the Russian who took it down outright. Other winners included nilsef and flashdisastr. Event no. […]
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Online Poker: Shannon Shorr Wins Full Tilt $1K MondayRead the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $490,000 Entrants: 490 Final Table Results: 1. Shannon “BLUFFforRENT” Shorr — $122,500 2. Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong — $75,950 3. Josh Arieh — $56,350 4. Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby — $44,100 5. […]
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Court Says Austria Gambling Regulations "Discriminatory"
Just a day after the landmark ruling condemning Germany’s gaming regulations the European Court of Justice has told Austria its regulation of gaming services is disproportionate and discriminatory. The court ruled that obliging operators to be physically present in the country in which they operate “constitutes a restriction on freedom of establishment”. Sigrid Ligné, Secretary […]
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Tribal Casinos To Offer Online Poker
Tribal casinos in over 30 states will soon be offering online poker as a result of a deal announced yesterday between the Atlantis Internet Group (ATIG) and Cake Gaming. The private gaming network, known as Casino Gateway Network (CGN) and backed by the legal opinion of the National Indian Gaming Commission, allows players to play […]
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UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin Starts Today
The penultimate leg of the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour gets underway today at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin and over 400 players have already registered for the €250,000 guaranteed main event. The field for the €500 buy-in tournament is capped at 600 runners and will host, among others, PokerStars pros Vanessa Rousso and Julian […]
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Crazy Prop Bet Challenge at Irish Winter Poker FestivalAnyone who’s ever attended a PaddyPowerPoker.com tournament in Ireland will know to expect something special in the way of entertainment and the upcoming Irish Winter Festival will be no different. Former world snooker and darts champions Dennis Taylor and Eric Bristow are set to attend and will take part in an unusual prop bet challenge […]
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Poker Quiz: Playing Pair and a Flush DrawCard 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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Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final: Final NineThe third season of the French-based Partouche Poker Tour ended with an impressive field attending the Grand Final at the Palms Beach Casino in Cannes on the shores of the French Riviera. The €8,500 buy-in tournament attracted a large field of 764 players and created a €5,684,160 total prize pool. The top 81 players in […]
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Ziigmund Begins Month on DownswingIt’s been a rough start to the month of September for Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies. The online high-stakes cash game regular has been one of the biggest losers in the past week — dropping more than $500,000 to the likes of Cole South and Brian Hastings. At $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha on Full Tilt Poker this past […]
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Online Poker: Full Tilt's MiniFTOPS Kicks Off Tonight
The Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (MiniFTOPS) is back to give players with more modest bankrolls a chance at poker glory. MiniFTOPS XVII kicks off tonight with the first of 34 events. The schedule features the same events as the normal FTOPS, but all of the buy-ins are at about one-tenth the price. Even […]
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NAPT: LA Event Schedule ReleasedThe full schedule for the poker festival at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Los Angeles stop was released today. The season 1 stop will include 21 different events and buy-ins will range from $335 to $5,000 in the no-limit hold’em main event. The poker festival begins on Monday, November 8 and runs through Sunday, […]
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WCOOP: Glucksi203 Wins On Day 3Three events started on day 3 of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), but only two have concluded. Event no. 9, which is taking the place of the usually scheduled Super Tuesday tournament, drew an impressive field of 1,612 players. There are 93 players remaining and all are gunning for a first-place prize […]
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Read CP Mag Online: David BakerThe newest, totally free online edition of Card Player magazine recently went up. Anyone who wishes to can get a full dose of Card Player magazine for free online just a few weeks after it hits casinos and mailboxes. By clicking on the “Magazine” link on the left side of the homepage, readers can access […]
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World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner’s Assets Frozen
World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner, Sherkhan Farnood, has had his assets frozen by the Afghan Central Bank amid allegations of corruption involving overseas property deals according to Reuters newsagency. Farnood, who was until his resignation last week the Chairman of Kabulbank in Afghanistan, won his WSOPE bracelet in the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event in […]
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EU Rules German Gambling Monopoly “Unjustifiable"
The European Court of Justice today issued a landmark ruling on Germany’s protectionist gambling sector saying it was “unjustifiable” and must be dismantled according to Bloomberg news agency. “The German rules do not limit games of chance in a consistent and systematic manner,” the Luxembourg court said. “In such circumstances, the preventive objective of that […]
