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The Title Defense Begins for Joe Cada

Just like last year, Joe Cada is in the field on Day 1c of the main event. Just like last year, he hopes to exceed everyone’s expectations. Cada’s title defense officially begins today as he sits down for the 2010 main event. It’s been a tough summer for the young champion, as he has struggled […]

CPsocial Poker Blogs of the Week: July 7, 2010

Our CPsocial community is growing every week here on CardPlayer.com, and we’re starting to see some promising bloggers pop up from among our members. Given that, it’s we decided that it’s high time we show these bloggers some love by highlighting our favorite blogs of the week. Here are our picks for this week’s best […]

Cake Poker Network Launches ComeOn.com

The Cake Poker Network has its latest recruit, ComeOn.com, a online poker, casino, and sports betting site utilising software provider CTXM’s casino suite and Cake’s poker liquidity. Ralph Murphy, ComeOn.com country director UK said, “Entering a relatively mature market, we have worked hard to produce a cutting edge gaming experience for our players.” “ComeOn chose […]

WSOP: Day 1B of 2010 Main Event

Day 1b of the 2010 World Series of Poker main event is in the books. A total of 1,489 entrants turned out for the second of the four starting days. Combined with Monday’s total, the first two starting days have a field size of 2,614. For comparison, 1,989 players had registered through the first two […]

WSOP Champ Peter Eastgate Quits Poker

Former World Series of Poker main-event champion Peter Eastgate has dramatically quit poker on the eve of the tournament which thrust him into fame and fortune. The 24-year-old Dane released a statement through PokerStars.com, his former sponsor, saying, "When I started playing poker for a living, it was never my goal to spend the rest […]

Ray Romano Talks Poker and Brad Garrett

For the fourth consecutive year, Ray Romano played in the World Series of Poker main event. Unfortunately for the comedic actor, it also marked the fourth consecutive year he failed to make the money as he was unable to make it through day 1. However, Romano took time out of one of breaks to talk […]

PartyGaming Poker Revenue Expectations Fall Again

PartyGaming, the publicly-quoted parent company of PartyPoker, today issued its second quarter trading update indicating that poker revenue is expected to drop between 11 and 13 percent (in Euro) in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the first quarter. The company said that, “Poker has been particularly tough… due to reduced frequency of play […]

WSOP: Berda Wins Event No. 56

At his second final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker Tomer Berda didn’t just go deeper, he went all the way. Rebounding from a fifth-place finish in event No. 5 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em) a few weeks ago, Berda sat down at the final table of event No. 56 ($2,500 no-limit hold’em) Monday ranked […]

WSOP Main Event -- Grinder Near the Top

The first flight-day of poker’s premiere event drew 1,125 players. There will be roughly 800 who will return for day 2A on Friday. Michael Mizrachi is one of the notables who finished with a stack over 100,000. He had a great start to his day and just kept rolling. Mizrachi was setup on one of […]

WSOP: Marcel Vonk Wins Event No. 54

Marcel Vonk topped a huge field to win the last $1,000 no-limit hold’em event of the 2010 World Series of Poker. Vonk emerged victorious from a field of 3,844 to take home his first bracelet and $570,960 in event No. 54. This was just Vonk’s second career cash at the WSOP. Vonk cashed in the […]

Creativity Could Win You a Ticket to the WSOP Final Table

Last year Joe Cada outlasted eight other talented players to make history as the youngest-ever WSOP main-event winner. (Oh, and he snagged a bit of cash, as well.) Hundreds of people in the audience watched a tense final table play out as history unfolded right before their very eyes. This year, you can be right […]

Dutch Court Rules Poker a Skill Game

A Dutch court has ruled that poker is a game of skill, not chance, in a three-year-old case according to DutchNews.nl. The ruling will delight poker players in the Netherlands which previously regarded poker as a gambling game which could only be played in state-run Holland Casinos. The court, in The Hague, ruled that the […]

WSOP: Huck Seed Wins Tournament of Champions

Huck Seed has been a monster in the poker world for over 15 years. Now he can add another title to his name with his victory in the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. As if he had anything else to prove, Seed already has four bracelets to his name and won the […]

10k PLO: Alaei Wins Third Career Bracelet

Daniel Alaei has won his third World Series of Poker bracelet. The $10,000 pot-limit Omaha world championship saw some of poker’s finest come out to compete for WSOP glory. Among the 346 entrants Daniel Alaei quietly played his way into the final day, arriving at the final table ranked third in chips. He took the […]

10 Years Later, Jesus Hopes to Repeat

The wait is over as Day 1a of the main event begins today. Out of the thousands who compete this week, only one will walk away as champion. Ten years ago, that champion was Chris Ferguson. The player better known as ‘Jesus’ by his fans sat down with Card Player to talk about his WSOP […]

Dan Kelly Wins $25k Six-Max Event

As online poker phenoms have proven themselves in the live arena, everybody likes to take their pick at the next up-and-coming, 21-year-old, online star to win a bracelet. Dan Kelly was one of the names prominently thrown around this year and on Saturday night, this 21-year-old proved he’s the real deal. Kelly took down one […]

Papola Credits Balance For WSOP Success

In a lot of ways, Jeffrey Papola looks like your typical online pro. With shaggy hair and an unshaven face, he wears sandals and listens to his iPod at the table. But that’s just about where the similarities end. While most of his peers are completely immersed in the game, Papola has managed to find […]

Tom Dwan In Position To Win First Bracelet

Tom Dwan will have another chance to put a major dent in the bankrolls of some of poker’s elite. Dwan will take close to 1 million in chips into the final day of event No. 55 ($10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship). That is good for the overall chip lead by a wide margin. He started day […]

WSOP: Brendan Taylor Wins Event No. 53

Just after the clock struck midnight Saturday morning, Brendan Taylor was able to double his career tournament earnings, by winning event No. 53, the $1,500 limit hold’em shootout at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Taylor won his first career bracelet, along with $184,950 after besting a fairly stacked table of limit players. The day […]

Dan Kelly Leads Going Into Event 52 Final

Day 3 of event No. 52 ($25,000 no-limit hold’em six-handed) played down quickly from 18 players to the final six on Friday, and when the chips were bagged for the night one player’s meteoric rise up the leader board stood out above the rest. Daniel “djk123” Kelly is known as one of the toughest online […]

This Week in Poker: June 26 – July 2

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: […]

Poker Strategy: Daniel Negreanu Lowball

It’s no secret that Daniel Negreanu is one of the best all-around poker players on the planet and knows how to play all the games at a high level. Even in one of his self-admitted worst games, 2-7 no-limit single draw, he was able to score an eighth place finish in the $10,000 championship event. […]

WSOP Gold: Gavin Smith

Moments after he won event no. 44 to finally secure his first WSOP bracelet, Gavin Smith couldn’t help but get caught up in the emotion of the moment. After he was handed a microphone, Smith praised his heads-up opponent, thanked his friends and supporters, and tried to hold back the tears. It was a touching […]

Everest Poker and Betclic Poker Launch in France

Everest Poker and Betclic Poker online sites have gone live in the newly liberalised French online poker market. This follows on from yesterday’s news that bwin was the first site to launch just after midnight on July 1. Arthur Wang, chief executive of GigaMedia, joint owner of the sites along with Mangas Gaming, said, “We […]

The Scoop: Watch Part III with Jason Mercier this Week

Jason Mercier finishes his discussion about appearing on High Stakes Poker on 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 what it is like to play for extremely high stakes […]

Kenney Leads After Day 2 at $25k

Day 2 of event No. 52 ($25,000 no-limit hold’em six-Handed) saw many top poker players hit the rail, while others battled their way to the final 18 and into the money. Bryn Kenney will be the chip leader going into day 3. He has 2.4 million in chips, nearly a million more than the man […]

WSOP: Ryan Welch Wins Event No. 51

Ryan Welch (pictured right) won event No. 51 ($3,000 no limit hold’em triple chance) at the 2010 World Series of Poker after a three hour heads-up match against Jon “sketchy1” Eaton. He outlasted the fellow online pro in a back-and-forth match that saw the two exchange the lead multiple times. It was Welch’s first bracelet […]

Paddy Power Poker Revamps C*A*S*H With Freerolls

PaddyPowerPoker.com has revamped its C*A*S*H VIP programme with cash bonuses up to $800 each month for its regular players as well as weekly freerolls at each VIP level in the C*A*S*H Army. The C*A*S*H VIP programme sees players rewarded with Paddy Points for playing regularly on the site. The higher the rank in the C*A*S*H […]

Jetbull.com Joins Cake Poker Network

Cake Poker Network yesterday announced it has signed up Jetbull.com a European-facing multi-channel online gaming site. The network, which recently received Maltese Gaming approval has been active in the last few weeks, having recently signed up to host UnabomberPoker.com, AdamEvePoker.com, KakuyPoker, Betexpress.com, and JuicyStakes.com. It will now offer Jetbull.com’s Euro poker players a highly liquid […]

Four Berlin Poker Robbers Convicted

Four men were today convicted of the European Poker Tour Berlin heist in March. The robbery was dramatically captured by attending media and the gang got away with €242,000, most of which is still missing. The three youngest thieves, all under 21, received three-and-a-half years in prison while the a 21-year-old who handed himself in […]