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Fifth Arrest Made in EPT Poker Heist Investigation
The 31-year-ol suspected of organizing the recent robbery at the European Poker Tour Berlin, has been arrested by police in Berlin. Named only as Mohammed Abou-C by authorities, he was apprehended while driving in the city last Thursday and the arrest brings to a total of five the number of people now connected with the […]
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Germany Crowns Strip Poker ChampionMarcel Langkebel beat model Jasmin Sun heads up in the first national strip poker tournament in Germany over the weekend. The event, held in Hamburg after qualifiers in Berlin, Dresden and Cologne, attracted a large and curious crowd which saw players able to trade garments for more chips. Organisers said the event proved so popular […]
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Grinder Charges to Top of $50k ChampionshipAt the start of day 3 of the $50,000 Players Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker both David Oppenheim (pictured below right) and Alexander Kostritsyn (pictured left) had solid chip stacks. During the day each took charge as the chip leader for a short period, but then fell back to the pack. At […]
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WSOP: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1BMaybe it’s the economy. Or the fact that there are five more $1,000 events at this year’s World Series of Poker. Whatever the reason is, there was a noticeable decline in entrants on Day 1B of event no. 3, the $1,000 no-limit hold’em event. While Day 1A saw 2,601 players take their seats in hopes […]
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WSOP History: Schedule Evolution (Part 1/3)Thousands more have come to the Rio today to compete in the World Series of Poker’s first $1,000 event of the summer, creating an overall field of 4,345. The first of eight $1,000 bracelet events, these extravagant small buy-in events show just how dramatically the WSOP schedule has changed over the years. In this feature, […]
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WSOP: Day 2 of the $50,000 Players ChampionshipYou can’t win a five-day tournament on day 2, but you sure can lose. The finish line was nowhere in sight for the competitors in the World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship, but many were guilty of playing themselves right out of the tournament despite the relatively deep stacks in front of them. Day […]
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WSOP: Day 1A of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em EventOn Saturday at the 2010 World Series of Poker, the most expensive event of the summer was running simultaneously with one of the cheapest. While the $50,000 Players Championship, which drew just 116 entrants, was grinding along on Day 2, event no. 3 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em) welcomed 2,601 players on Day 1A. Reigning WSOP main-event […]
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European Masters of Poker Italy Final Table Set
The fourth European Masters of Poker being held in Campione, Italy saw 386 players turn out for the €1,100 buy in main event on Friday. The final table has now been set and includes: 1: Kogovsek Tomaz 820,000 2: Percopo Fabio 609,000 3: Urek Primoz 885,000 4: Koskivirta Atte 539,000 5: Pitko Janne 2,068,000 6: […]
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Tom Dwan Makes WSOP Bracelet BetsTom Dwan stands to make over $2 million in bracelet bets if he takes down a WSOP event this summer, the young pro has told Card Player. Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu are amongst the high stakes pros getting in on the action. “Phil (Ivey) and Daniel (Negreanu) obviously bet against me, along with a […]
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Swedish Online Phenom Joins Victory Poker
Swedish online high stakes poker player Joel “Odonkor1” Nordqvist has joined Team Victory Poker. Dan Fleyshman, chief executive of Victory Poker, said,“I’m truly excited to sign such an online superstar and look forward to his performance at this year’s WSOP. We’ll also be keeping an eye on him in nosebleed high-stakes games online.” Nordqvist was […]
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WSOP: Day 1 at the Players ChampioinshipAll of the big names in poker were present at the start of the $50,000 Players Championship at the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, the list of big names would run almost the entire length of the registration sheet for the tournament. At the […]
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The Scoop: Catch Part II of the Lex Veldhuis Interview
Lex Veldhuis talks about the way he approaches playing multiple tables online in this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out part two of his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV and watch Veldhuis talk about pushing through the initial learning […]
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This Week in Poker: May 22 – 28
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 — 3,902 2: Sorel Mizzi — 3,542 (pictured right) 3: Mike Beasley — […]
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Online Poker: Mark 'dipthrong' Herm Cracks OPOY Top Ten
The 2010 World Series of Poker is officially underway, but that won’t stop Card Player from bringing you the latest news from the world of online poker. After a relatively quiet week, the top three in this week’s Online Player of the Year leader board look exactly the same. The only difference is that Casey […]
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Scotty Nguyen Looks to Make WSOP RunAs the $50,000 Players Championship gets underway today, one man is an unlikely position. He is hoping to repeat his historical success at premiere mixed games events, yet he is also hoping to redeem himself. Scotty Nguyen, of course, is that man. Nguyen went from being one of poker’s most popular players to an unlikely […]
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WSOP Players Championship Betting Market OpenBritish bookie, Bet365, has opened a betting market on the $50,000 buy-in Players Championship, event 2 at the World Series of Poker, which starts today Friday 28 May. Unsurprisingly Phil Ivey heads the market at 22/1 to win. He’s followed by Allen Cunningham and Gus Hansen at 28/1, Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu and […]
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Cash Game Players Fall 18 Percent at 888 Poker888.com, owner of Pacific Poker, today issued a weak trading update for the period January to May 2010 saying daily average ring (cash) game players fell 18 percent. The update indicated that “management believes that this decline reflects industry-wide trends.” The company also said revenue had also been affected by the weakness of the euro […]
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Final Online Poker Qualifier For Betfair Ibiza This SundayHot on the heels of Betfair Live Tallinn comes the news that the Betfair Poker team will be hitting party island Ibiza next week for the fourth in the series of live tournaments hosted by the site. The $850 buy in tournament will be held at Casino Ibiza, Gran Hotel Ibiza from June 4 to […]
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The 2010 World Series of Poker Has ArrivedThe 41st annual World Series of Poker begins today in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio Hotel and Casino. There will be a total of 57 bracelet events that will take place this summer, making it the largest WSOP lineup ever. Cards will be in the air at noon for the casino employees event, although […]
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WSOP: History Recap Archive Now Available
CardPlayer.com has released a new section on the website today in conjunction with the start of the 41st World Series of Poker. A new WSOP history page includes a year-by-year recap of the event in an archive on the site. The recaps follow the full journey of the event, from the original location at Binion’s […]
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Wyoming Considers Revising Poker Laws
“Bona fide” is a phrase that has been causing a lot of legal controversy in the poker world. In 2008, five Colorado poker players had their cases dropped without prejudice when the district attorney failed to convince a jury that poker wasn’t a “bona fide contest of skill,” something state law exempts from its gambling […]
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Card Player Launches CPsocial CommunityThe World Series of Poker is around the corner, and we wanted to give CardPlayer.com fans yet another reason to make our site their hub during the biggest poker event of the year. That’s why today we’re announcing the launch of CPsocial, which is our way of letting our users connect with each other and […]
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Vegas Poker Series Prepare for MassesThere’s no time of year quite like the summer for Las Vegas poker players. With the World Series of Poker in full throttle, tons of real and wannabe pro card players are in town to show off their skills with the hopes of taking down a big score. The focus is naturally at the Rio […]
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2010 WSOPE To Bestow Five BraceletsJust one day before the 2010 World Series of Poker kicks off at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the WSOP Europe is tentatively the center of attention as Harrah’s recently announced the dates of its prestigious September series. The WSOPE will run Sept. 14-28, with its £10,000 main event beginning on Sept. […]
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European Masters of Poker Italy Starts TodayThe European Masters of Poker Italy gets underway today with two side events kicking off the festival at Casino de Campione (pictured) in the Italian enclave of Campione, 60 km north of Milan. Today’s tournament’s are: May 27 — €300+30 no-limit hold’em , 10,000 starting chips , 30 min levels May 27 — €300+30 mixed […]
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Paddy Power Poker World Cup Shirt GiveawayPaddyPowerPoker.com is giving poker and soccer fans a little boost during the forthcoming World Cup in South Africa (pictured). Daily $3 + $0.30c tournaments from June 1 to July 15 will see $100 added to the prizepool and the winner of each tournament will receive a football shirt of their choice in the Win The […]
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Winamax Poker Gets €12 Million Investment
Winamax Poker has announced it has received a €12 million cash injection from French private equity firm AGF ahead of the imminent liberalisation of the online gaming sector in the country. Chief executive officer Marc Simoncini said the company planned to position itself as a top two online poker operator in France and the investment […]
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WSOP Stats -- Who’s been best since '03? (Part 3/3)If we’re keeping score strictly by prize money, Jamie Gold is greatest World Series of Poker player both in history and since the dawn of the poker boom. But Gold and any other successful tournament pro will tell you the same thing — there is a lot of variance in tournament poker, and for you […]
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PokerStars Sends Player to Mt. Everest“Well, we knocked the bastard off!” — Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest PokerStars has always been an online site that has thrown its hat into many rings, so to speak. Besides running the world’s largest online poker site and sponsoring many successful live tours, they’ve been known to […]
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Paradise Poker Revenue Falls 1.7 Percent
Paradise Poker, owned by publicly-quoted Sportingbet, saw third quarter revenue to end April 2010 fall 1.7 percent to £5.7 million from £5.8 million in the same period of 2009. However the company said it experienced “good growth” in customer numbers, up 15 percent. These were acquired predominantly from cross-selling to its sportsbook. It also said […]
