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Neil Channing Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton

Neil “Bad Beat” Channing has won the £1,000 buy in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton main event beating 228 opponents to take down the £64,050 top prize. The former Irish Open winner got heads up with Adebayo Odetoyinbo at the G Casino in Luton, crippling him with A-K against 7-7 then ousting him shortly thereafter. […]

PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn -- Day 3

By day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn, a 420-strong field had been decreased to 84, and those survivors took to their seats in the hopes of not only making it into the money, but going all the way to the €400,000 reserved only for the champion. Coming so close, Team PokerStars Pro […]

English Poker Open Satellite at Cake Poker Tonight

Cake Poker satellites for the 2010 English Poker Open are underway at the site with daily feeders starting from $3. Up for grabs are $7,000 packages for the second renewal of the event which will take place at the Palm Beach Casino, London from September 11 to 14. Once again players will be treated to […]

PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn -- Day 2

Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn began with 210 players, and five levels later, 84 remained. Play was fast-paced and aggressive, and finished just 28 players off the money. The day saw the rise of the Brits, well, mainly one Brit to be exact, Jonathan Weekes. The PokerStars qualifier soared from 145,400 […]

Knock Out Poker Pros and Win Cash at Boylepoker

Starting on Monday, Aug. 16, Boylepoker.com is launching a week-long Scalp Series where players get the chance to knock out pros in various online tournaments with buy-ins between $5.50 and $11. The pleasure of knocking out either Marty “marty_smyth” Smyth, Nicky “NickyP0wer” Power, John “John0Shea” O’Shea, and Pete “PeteMurphy” Murphy is not the only attraction, […]

GSN Premieres Doubles Poker Championship

Already the home of High Stakes Poker and the Aussie Millions, Game Show Network has decided to ‘up the ante’ by putting on a brand new poker series, starting this weekend. The new show will feature an exclusive made-for-TV tournament called the Doubles Poker Championship. Instead of a normal tournament where every player is out […]

Poker Quiz: What Would You Do With K-J in This Spot?

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 […]

Free Poker Odds Calculator iPhone App Now Available!

Calculate the winning odds of poker hands no matter where you are with the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator iPhone app! This application is based on the most authoritative odds calculator on the Internet, the CardPlayer.com Poker Odds Calculator. What’s more, it’s completely free! (At least, it is for now. Get it while the getting […]

The Scoop: Watch Daniel Alaei on This Week's Episode

Daniel Alaei joins Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on this week’s episode of The Scoop, brought to you by Full Tilt Poker. Be sure to catch part 1 of Alaei’s interview on Card Player TV. The trio discusses how Alaei has managed to maintain such a low profile despite racking up more than $5.2 million […]

WSOP November Nine: Soi Nguyen

The chances are good that the streak of a relative unknown winning the World Series of Poker main event will continue, with seven of the nine players remaining (with Michael Mizrachi and John Racener the notable exceptions) flying in under the radar. But if you’re hoping another amateur takes the title, there’s only one man […]

PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn -- Day 1B

On day 1B of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn 238 players showed up and took their seats, but after nine levels of play, only 120 of them made it through to day 2. This added to day 1A’s 90 survivors means a total day 2 field of 210. Before looking at who did well […]

French Court Orders ISPs To Block Poker Sites

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in France have been ordered by a French court to block access to unlicensed poker and gambling websites. The move was instigated by regulator Arjel against Orange France, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, Free, Numericable, Auchan Telecom and Darty who were ordered to block consumers access to sites including British bookmakers and poker […]

Malta Poker Open Returns in October

The Malta Poker Open returns to the Mediterranean island from from Oct. 29 to 31 2010 with the centerpiece event being the €1,000 + €100 main event on Oct. 30 and 31. Portomaso Casino will host the event in the heart of St. Juilans entertainment district as well as a Ladies Only tournament on October […]

Poker Strategy -- The Bluff Catcher

Robert Pisano stormed through the 2010 World Series of Poker main event before a major confrontation with November Nine chip leader Jonathan Duhamel help end his tournament run in 23rd place. The 26-year-old pro scored a payday of $317,161 for his finish — not bad for a $10,000 investment. Originally from New York, Pisano has […]

Who is Chris Olaafson? - Poker Video Mystery on YouTube

A video posted to online site YouTube has aroused the curiosity of the poker world, well, at least those not on vacation, after it made its way onto internet forums yesterday. The video, featuring impressively high production values, is entitled The Best Poker Player in the World? and features Daniel Negreanu, Tiffany Michelle, and Arnaud […]

Kirill Telezhkin Wins Betfair Poker Live! Yalta

Kirill Telezhkin has won the Betfair Poker Live! Yalta main event at Hotel Yalta Inturist, Ukraine just three months after taking down the Russian Poker Series Kiev main event. Telezhkin outlasted 259 opponents in the $820 buy in no-limit hold’em event in Crimea, winning $45,000 for his efforts. The “Crazy Racoon” faced Denis “Podox” Pestretsov […]

Check Raise Management Signs Kristoffer Thorsson

Kristoffer “Sumpas” Thorsson has signed a management deal with Check Raise Management in the UK. The 21-year-old Swede is a former World Championship of Online Poker High Roller and Amsterdam Master Classics winner and Spring Championship of Poker runner-up with over $3.7 million in online and live tournament winnings to his name. Nick Ferro of […]

PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn -- Day 1A

After the dust settled at the end of day 1A of the PokerStars European Poker Tour’s first stop of season 7, there were 89 survivors from an original battle field of 181. Sitting on top of the chip leader board after the first starting day in Tallinn, Estonia is German Ali Tekintamgac [pictured left] with […]

World Poker Tour Headed to Florida

The state of Florida has seen a mini poker boom in the five weeks since the cash game caps have been lifted. The limits are up and so is attendance. Of course, the new laws have made the state the target of several poker tours on the circuit. The World Poker Tour announced Tuesday that […]

Unibet Poker Falls 12.7 Percent in Second Quarter

Unibet Holdings today issued its interim report for the first six months of 2010. In the first six months of 2010 gross winnings revenue from poker fell 2.4 percent to £11.8 million from £12.1 million in the same period of 2009. Gross winnings revenue in the second quarter of 2010 fell 12.7 percent to £4.7 […]

Alexander Kuperman Wins Russian Poker Series Riga

Alexander Kuperman has won the PokerStars.com Russian Poker Series in the Latvian capital, Riga. Kuperman took down €95,468.50 for topping the 183-strong field in the €1,850 main event at the Royal Casino & Spa Hotel Resort. Kuperman’s beat PokerStars qualifier Murat Ganeev from Russia heads up when he called Ganeev’s all in with A-7. Ganeev […]

PokerStars European Poker Tour Tallinn Begins Today

A new and exciting season of the PokerStars European Poker Tour kicks off today in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The €4,250 buy-in event not only marks the start of season 7 but is also a first for the EPT. The Baltic States makes its debut on the EPT schedule, following a successful PokerStars Baltic […]

Ultimate Poker Challenge: Jail at Stake

Many stories paint the poker industry in a positive light. Of the hundreds of professionals who make a living off of cards, many of them are upstanding citizens who donate millions to various charities around the world. They go out of their way to help other people and try to make positive contributions to their […]

Borgata Hosts Charity Poker Event for Food Bank

The Borgata Hotel, Casino, and Spa will host a charity poker event on Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. with Cabot Creamery Cooperative to raise funds and awareness for the Southern Branch of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. Several poker pros are expected to be in attendance, including former November Niner Eric Buchman and […]

Online Poker: FTOPS Results Events 1-16

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVII (FTOPS) has nearly reached its halfway point, and a number of notables have put in solid performances. Of the 34 events in the series, 16 have been completed, and only one tournament has failed to make its guarantee. The series started with a no-limit hold’em tournament, which Brent […]

WSOP Main Event Begins on ESPN

On July 5, 1,125 poker players took their seats to compete in day 1A of the 2010 World Series of Poker main event. Today, ESPN unveils the highlights of that day to the world. Main-event coverage of the World Series of Poker is finally here. After a combined four weeks of coverage on the $50,000 […]

Poker Car Thief Gets Four Months in Aussie Jail

A hapless car thief in Melbourne, Australia has received a four month jail sentence for stealing a AUS$355,000 red Ferrari car belonging to poker pro Van Marcus from the Crown Casino in the city. However, 32-year-old Adam Ramsey is already on a 35-month stint in prison for his involvement in a credit card fraud and […]

Online Poker in Finland – A Media Perspective

At the beginning of 2010 the Finnish government announced its plan to open a state-run poker room, much like Svenska Spel did in Sweden several years ago. In May this year Israel’s Playtech won the contract to provide software and services for the new business. However, many media companies in the country are up in […]

Online Gateway for Irish Winter Poker Festival Now Open

The Irish Winter Festival online registration and payment gateway is now open at PaddyPowerPoker.com and the company is offering a free hotel room to the first five people to register and pay for the main event using the site. The payment gateway allows individuals, card rooms, and casinos to register and pay for entry to […]

New Poker After Dark Features Bachelors

Poker After Dark is accustomed to showing some of the biggest stars in the poker community battle it out for a nice chunk of change. But now, apparently, the show is trying to find wives for some of these guys too. This week’s series of all-new episodes is entitled “Lonesome Shark,” as it brings together […]