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Victory Poker Announces Move to Cake Network
Victory Poker today ended a week of speculation by confirming it was moving to the Cake Network. The U.S.-friendly online poker company, which launched in February this year, said it was leaving the Everleaf Gaming network for the larger, more liquid Cake Network on Sept. 1, 2010. Dan Fleyshman, chief executive officer of Victory Poker, […]
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PokerStars Signs Sponsorship Deal With French TV
PokerStars.com has signed a sponsorship deal with French TV channel Canal+. The company recently moved into the newly regulated and licenced French online poker market and will begin its sponsorship of select sports coverage on the TV station this weekend with the Basketball World Championships taking place in Turkey. In May PokerStars announced its sponsorship […]
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Poker Revenue Down 8 Percent at Playtech
Playtech, the Israeli-based owner of the iPoker network, saw poker revenue decline 8 percent to €15.8 million in the first half of 2010 compared to the same period of 2009 when it was €17.3 million. The most recent figure is also down 5 percent on the previous six months, July to December 2009, when it […]
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Sergio Castelluccio Wins Italian Poker Tour San RemoSergio Castelluccio has won the PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour San Remo, topping the 396-strong field to take down the €200,000 top prize. All eight finalists in the €2,000 + €200 buy in event were Italian and Castelluccio started the day third in chips. His heads up opponent was PokerStars qualifier Stefano Demontis who started the […]
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Andrew Frankenberger Wins Legends of PokerAndrew Frankenberger held the chip lead at the start of the final table at the 2010 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. He didn’t keep the chip lead from wire-to-wire but he regained control when it mattered and at the end of the […]
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Patrik Antonius Rallies From Durrrr ChallengeEven though earlier in the month Patrik Antonius fell more than $2 million into the abyss of the Durrrr Challenge, he has been having a solid August overall — thanks in part to a profitable past seven days. At $300-$600 pot-limit Omaha on Full Tilt Poker, Antonius had the big blind and the A 7 […]
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Poker Quiz: Playing Back End Of a StraightCard 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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Online Poker Banned In South Africa
A South African high court has ruled all forms of online gambling, including poker, are illegal in South Africa. As a result of the North Gauteng high court ruling the Gauteng Gambling Board said online casinos and poker rooms offering services in the country are now open to prosecution. Head of legal services for the […]
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WPT: Legends of Poker Final Table SetDay 4 at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24. A total of 15 players began the day and at the end of the night just 6 remained. The final table will crown a champion tomorrow and the champion will walk away […]
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Online Poker: UBOC Results 1-10The UB Online Championships (UBOC) have reached their halfway point in the series and although their have been some missed guarantees, the players certainly aren’t complaining about any of the overlays. Jeremy “DUHDUHDAISY” Fitzpatrick picked up the biggest score thus far with a win in event No. 8 for $134,090. Other notable winners so far […]
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Read CP Mag Online: WSOP November NineOur readers get their daily poker fix from the CardPlayer.com homepage, which features the latest breaking news stories, player profiles, blogs, and exclusive video content. But did you know that “The Poker Authority” also brings Card Player magazine to Web, as well? By clicking on the “Magazine” link on the left side of the homepage, […]
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PokerStars to Give Away Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4
There is still time to participate in the PokerStars Million Dollar Lamborghini Freeroll. Freerolls and satellites to a weekly final are currently running throughout the day. The weekly finals are Sundays, July 25-Sept. 26, and will include a $100,000 prize pool for the top 4,000 finishers to go along with 2,000 seats into the grand […]
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World Poker Tour -- Legends of Poker Day 3Day 3 at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 23. A total of 60 players began the day and at the end of the night just 15 remained. Andrew Frankenberger leads the way with 1,958,000 but all eyes will be on the […]
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Dutch Commission Urges Online Poker Regulation
A commission set up by Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin to review the country’s position on online poker has urged the government to “give up its barely-enforced monopoly and licence a small number of online poker companies,” according to Dutchnews.nl. The move would prevent non-Dutch online poker companies from targeting players in the country […]
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Poker For The Homeless Returns At UKIPT DublinPokerStars.com Poker For The Homeless returns Sunday September 12, 2010 as part of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin with a €100 + €20 + €20 buy in event to close the festival in support of Irish homelessness. Of this €30 goes to the fundraisers— €20 directly from each player who signs up to […]
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Poker Hall Of Fame NominationsNominations are now open to determine the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame inductees. Poker fans, members of the media, and even the players themselves are now eligible to submit their nominations for the next batch of entrants online at the official website of the World Series of Poker. Names will be accepted through Aug. 31, […]
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OPOY Spotlight: Casey JarzabekThe Card Player Online Player of the Year award honors the best tournament player across the major online sites in a given calendar year. Previous winners have included greats such as Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron, Alexander “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis and Steve “gboro780” Gross. Here, we take a look at one of the current top contenders. Casey “bigdogpckt5s” […]
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Online Poker: pvas2 Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
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 Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,559,600 Entrants: 7,798 Final Table Results: 1. pvas2 — $233,943 2. Paul ‘PremiumStud’ Dewald — $171,556 3. eleach86 — $116,970 4. BWFCLEE — $78,603 5. […]
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WPT: Legends of Poker Day 2Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at 1 p.m on Sunday, August 22. A total of 241 players joined the action and at the end of the night just 60 remained. Phil Collins (pictured right) is the overnight chip leader with 898,000 after starting the […]
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Risk Does Business At UK & Ireland Poker Tour EdinburghNicholas Abou Risk has won the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Edinburgh beating 400 opponents to take down the £50,000 first prize and a £5,250 seat in the upcoming European Poker Tour London tournament. The 25-year-old Canadian, who lives in Dublin, Ireland, started the final table yesterday as chip leader and was joined, for […]
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Serb Wins High Rollers at Full Tilt Cyprus Poker Classic
Perica Bukara won the Full Tilt Cyprus Classic High Rollers event at the Merit Crystal Cove Casino at the weekend beating 35 opponents in the $25,000 buy-in event. The strong filed included Phil Ivey and Carter Phillips, both of whom busted before the money, and David Benyamine and Andrew Feldman, both of whom made the […]
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Casino Manager Bids To Set Poker Record on MountainA casino manager from Bristol, England aims to set an unusual poker record while raising money for charity next month. Chris Green, general manager of the Grosvenor Casino, Bristol will trek to the top of the 3,500 foot-high Mount Snowdon with nine colleagues before playing a game of poker to raise £10,000 for Marie Curie […]
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Qualify for Full Tilt Poker España Series MadridThroughout August online poker players have three weekly chances to win a $3,200 prize package to Full Tilt Poker España Madrid 2010 with buy-ins ranging from $200 + $16 to $500 + $35. The satellite schedule is: Tuesdays at 15:45 ET (21:45 CET) — $200 + $16 buy-in, three $3,200 prize packages guaranteed Thursdays at […]
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World Porld Tour -- Legends of Poker Day 1BDay 1B at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at 1 p.m on Saturday, August 21. A total of 276 players joined the action on the second flight offered and at the end of the night 151 remained. Vinnie Vinh is the overnight chip leader with 180,000. The […]
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Betfair Poker Gives Card Player Readers $10 For FreeBetfairPoker.com is giving Card Player readers who sign up for an account a $10 cash bonus to celebrate the company’s recent move to the Ongame Network. All players need to do is sign up for an account through Card Player using the code BF104U and their account will be credited with $10 once their details […]
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WinStar Oklahoma River $3 Million Poker Series Begins
The River Guaranteed $3 Million Poker Series at the WinStar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma begins on Monday. The tournament series has an impressive amount of guaranteed prize pools up for grabs as the tournament series title would suggest. Each of the nine events on the schedule has a guaranteed prize pool worth at least $30,000, […]
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PKR Live Five Hits London in November
PKR.com will host PKR Live Five at the Fox Poker Club, London from November 12 to 14, 2010. Qualification for the 150 runner, $500 buy-in main event is underway at PKR.com from just $4.95. The main event will have an estimated prize pool of $75,000 and the Sunday of the festival sees a $150 Terminator […]
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Book Review: Devilfish ⎯ The Life & Times of a Poker LegendDave “Devilfish” Ulliott, poker legend. People either love him or hate him but the one thing no one in poker can do is ignore him. Now he has told his life story in Devilfish ⎯ The Life & Times of a Poker Legend and what a story it is. From rags to riches, prisons to […]
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World Poker Tour -- Legends of Poker Day 1A
Day 1A at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at 1 p.m on Friday, August 20. A total of 186 players joined the action on the first day offered and at the end of the night 90 remained. Notable professionals that hit the rail during the day included […]
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This Week in Poker: August 14 -- 20
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 — 4,442 2: Sorel Mizzi — 3,862 3: Jeffrey Papola — 3,420 4: […]
