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Seidel: WSOP Schedule 'Screwed Up'Yesterday, 150 players ponied up $10,000 to compete in the seven-card stud championship. Erik Seidel, the eight-time WSOP bracelet winner, was one of those players. He failed to make day 2, but 85 others will return today to compete for $394,807 and a WSOP bracelet. For someone with Seidel’s bankroll and well-rounded talent, you might […]
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The Scoop -- Part III of Interview with Lex Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis discusses key hands that he played during season six on High Stakes Poker on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out part three of his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV and you can see Veldhuis analyze his […]
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Betfair Poker Hits Ibiza This Weekend
The latest stop on the Betfair Live poker tour hoves into view today as the site and its online qualifiers dock in beautiful party island Ibiza. The centerpiece, $850 buy in main event, will be held at Casino Ibiza, Gran Hotel Ibiza starting today June 4 to 6 and will play host to at least […]
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International Federation of Poker Slams Swiss Legal Ruling
The International Federation of Poker yesterday slammed this week’s judgement by a Swiss court that poker is a game of luck and not skill. The ruling means poker tournaments can no longer be held outside of casinos in the country. President of the 25-member nation IFP, Anthony Holden, said, "This is yet another example of […]
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Ten-Day PKR Super Series Starts TonightOnline poker room PKR.com today launches its 10-day Super Series with an $18 buy in, $10,000 guaranteed no-limit hold’em tournament at 17:55 GMT. In total over $130,000 will be guaranteed at Super Series and buy ins will vary from $9 to $40 over a selection of different games including pot-limit Omaha, six-max, bounties, and deepstack […]
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Mizrachi Early Leader In 7-Card StudReminiscent of the Players Championship that just ended on Wednesday morning, every table was stacked for the start of event No. 10 ($10,000 seven-card stud world championship) at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Also reminiscent of the Players Championship, Michael Mizrachi tops the list as chip leader following an impressive performance on day 1. […]
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Peter Gelencser Wins Event No. 7Peter Gelencser (pictured right) won event No. 7 ($2,500 2-7 triple draw lowball) at the 2010 World Series of Poker just after midnight on Friday morning. The young Hungarian defeated Raphael Zimmerman heads up for his first bracelet, along with $180,730 in prize money. Gelencser, who plays under the name “Iteopepe88” online, has plenty of […]
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WSOP -- Joshua Tieman Wins Event 6Joshua Tieman (pictured right) only needed four hours to dispose of his opponents at the final table to win event No. 6 ($5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout) at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Tieman took home his first bracelet and $441,692. His highest finish at the WSOP before this win was third place in […]
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Dutch Online Gaming Laws Come Under Scrutiny
The European Gaming and Betting Association today said it was confident that restrictive Dutch laws on online gaming will soon be reformed. Secretary General of the EGBA said, “We are confident that reform of the gambling laws will take place in the Netherlands, as they already do throughout the EU. Beyond the legal considerations, you […]
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France’s Barriere Poker Gets €16 Million InvestmentFrance’s state-run company betting operator Francaise des Jeux and private casino group Lucien Barriere have announced details of their new joint venture online poker room, BarrierePoker.fr. The companies have invested €8 million each and will get a 43.84 percent stake while the remaining 12.3 percent will be taken up by Online Gaming 3D. The launch […]
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Norwegian Online Poker Payment Ban Comes Into Effect
Norway has become the first European country to legally block financial transactions between online gaming companies and its citizens. As of June 1 financial institutions in the country could no longer facilitate transactions between online poker operators and their customers, much like the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the U.S. Exempt from the ban […]
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WSOP -- Praz Bansi Wins Second BraceletPraz Bansi (pictured left) won event no. 5 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em) at the 2010 World Series of Poker to secure his second bracelet and $515,501. Bansi defeated Vincent Jacques heads-up in a grueling test of will. Bansi’s first bracelet came in the 2006 WSOP when he won event no. 42 ($1,000 No Limit Hold’em). […]
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WSOP -- Aadam Daya Wins Event No. 3Aadam Daya (pictured left) won event No. 3 ($1,000 no-limit hold em) of the 2010 World Series of Poker just after midnight on Thursday morning. Daya defeated Deepak Bhatti heads-up to take home his first bracelet along with $625,872. Massive fields have become a staple of the $1,000 events at the WSOP. This one was […]
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WSOP Unconcerned About Mixed TurnoutThe whispers have started. “Apparently, this event got something like 6,000 players last year…” one player said to another after the final count of 4,345 was announced for the year’s first $1,000 tournament. Numbers have been down in a variety of events at the 2010 World Series of Poker, and the players have taken notice. […]
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Mizrachi Wins $50k Players ChampionshipThe final table of the $50,000 Players Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker was an epic affair, and that’s not just because it lasted 235 hands. It had everything you could ask for at a final table. Huge swings, different styles of play, changes in pace, and a rookie bracelet winner that crossed […]
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Swiss Court Rules Poker is Game of Luck
The Supreme Court in Switzerland today ruled that poker, whether live or online, is a game of luck and not skill and as such tournaments cannot be held outside of casinos according to Associated Press. The decision overruled a previous ruling from a lower court, appealed by Swiss casinos, which stated poker was a game […]
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Michael Chow Wins 1st Bracelet vs. HeimillerMichael Chow (pictured left) won event No. 4 ($1,500 Omaha eight-or-better) of the 2010 World Series Of Poker in the early hours of Wednesday morning. He defeated Dan Heimiller in an epic back-and-forth heads-up match that lasted well over three hours. Chow took home his first bracelet and $237,463. The three-day event had 818 entrants, […]
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PokerStars Russian Poker Series Starts TomorrowPokerStars.com tomorrow launches its brand new Russian Poker Series in Kiev, Ukraine with a $6,000 single table challenge followed by the $2750+$250 buy in main event on Thursday. The Khreschatyk Poker Club hosts the inaugural event before the Series moves on to Riga in Latvia from Aug. 4 – 10, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt from October 31 […]
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Erik Seidel to Play Poker for Autism Foundation
Eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel will headline the third annual All In for Autism charity event on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Golden Nugget. The event, a $220 buy-in poker tournament with $100 rebuys, will welcome several celebrities and poker pros who are in town on account of the World Series of Poker. According […]
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Chinese Poker iPhone App Released
Poker players who like to gamble it up get a treat today from software developer Smappsoft with the release of Chinese 13-Card Poker for Apple devices including iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The game, which sees players dealt 13 cards and having to make three poker hands (one three-card and two five-card hands). At showdown […]
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Father and Son Make Unofficial Final TableWhile the Mizrachi brothers were battling for the bracelet in the $50,000 Players Championship, across the Amazon room sat Irving Rice and Rich Rice at the unofficial final table of ten in event No. 3 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em). Irving, 81, and his son Rich, 56, visiting Las Vegas from Fort Lauderdale, FL, entered the 4,435 […]
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WSOP Academy Offers a Full Slate of Events at Rio
The World Series of Poker Academy will be offering a collection of events this summer at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. There are currently three on the schedule, including a ladies-only event hosted by Annie Duke (pictured left), and a Mind & Body Academy that will be hosted by Sam Chauhan and […]
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WSOP Schedule Evolution (Part 3/3)The last few years at the World Series of Poker have seen many tweaks and changes as the event adjusted to outside forces. The combination of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act along with one of the worst recessions in the history of the United States diminished the popularity of live tournament poker in the […]
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Microgaming and 888 Apply for French Poker Licences
Microgaming upcoming launch of its online poker network in the soon-to-be-liberalised French market moved a step closer over the last few days with the announcement of applications for 4 operator licences. Today Microgaming said it had applied for a licence on behalf of an unnamed French land-based casino group while last week it applied for […]
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Italian Wins European Masters of Poker ItalyStop four of season II on the European Masters of Poker tour saw homegrown talent Giovanni Sutera top the 386–strong field to pick up the first prize of €85,220 in the €1,100 buy-in main event at the weekend. He joins Vladimir Mefodichev, Maciej Lipny, and Timothy Timotheuo as season II champion. Sutera started the final […]
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WSOP: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2Tension filled the Amazon Room on Monday afternoon as day 2 of event no. 3 started at this year’s World Series of Poker. The day started with 481 players and only 40 players off of the money. Even with only 441 players cashing and the money bubble looming over the players, play was still relatively […]
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Mizrachi Brothers Headline $50K Championship Final TableThere are few money bubbles in tournament poker bigger than the World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship. Squeak into the money and you are guaranteed $98,331. Fall short and you are left wondering what could have been. A total of 21 of the world’s best players returned for day 4 action at the Rio’s […]
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Borgata Summer Poker Open Schedule Released
The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa has announced the details for the 2010 Borgata Summer Poker Open. The fifth edition of this tournament series will feature 22 main events (46 events total), and it runs from June 11-30. The $2,200 no-limit hold’em championship event will take place on June 25-29 and it has a guaranteed […]
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Online Poker: Dan Smyth Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB, Bodog and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,500,000 Entrants: 7,214 Places Paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1. Dan “danloulou” Smyth — $215,555* 2. airic1400 — $175,000 3. KKruchitAAs — $120,000 4. PICUPUCO — $79,500 […]
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PPA: UIGEA Will be “A Small Bump”Nearly four years after President George W. Bush signed the SAFE Port Act — and its internet gambling provision, the UIGEA — into law in October 2006, banks will finally be obligated to enforce the measure on Tuesday. There has been a lot of confusion and inaccuracies reported about what June 1 means for online […]
