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Omar Sharif Charity Poker Event Raises £110,000The 10th Annual Omar Sharif Poker and Backgammon Tournament sponsored by Full Tilt Poker raised over £110,000 for children’s charity One to One on Sunday May 16. The star-studded poker event which took place at Michelin-starred restaurant and club Sketch was won by Mark Bramley and again featured Beverly Pace and Michael Greco at the […]
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WSOP Stats -- Who’s been best since '03? (Part 2/3)In 2003, Chris Moneymaker changed everything. Just like the NBA keeps different stats for different eras (after the institution of the shot clock or the three-point line, for example), we here at Card Player decided it was time to begin keeping track of the major stats of the post-Moneymaker era of the World Series of […]
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Patrick Karschamroon Wins CA State Poker Championship
The $3,085 no-limit hold’em championship event at the California State Poker Championship came to a conclusion on May 24. Patrick Karschamroon (pictured right) was the champion, and he was awarded $162,970 in prize money. He topped an impressive final table that included Gavin Griffin (third place) and Miami John Cernuto (fourth place) on the final […]
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WSOP Stats -- Who’s Been Best Since '03? (Part 1/3)If you don’t know it, Phil Hellmuth will gladly tell you. With 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, he is the all-time leader. No one has won more events in what is universally recognized as the most distinguished tournament series in the game. Total number of bracelets — it’s the one statistic that seems to […]
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Poker Pro Annette Obrestad Wins $87,000 Online
Full Tilt poker pro Annette Obrestad won the Sunday 500 on PokerStars on at the weekend taking down $87,400. Obrestad, from Norway, will make her much anticipated World Series of Poker debut this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check out our WSOP profile article on Obrestad, where she outlines here preparations and hopes for the […]
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PokerStars Announces Baltic Poker Festival Return
PokerStars.com yesterday announced the return of the popular Baltic Festival taking place at the Olympic Casino, Tallinn, Estonia from June 16 to 19, 2010. The centrepiece main event sees its buy in increase to €1,500 from €1,100. The main event attracted 307 players from 24 countries last year and was won by Thomas Partridge from […]
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Casino Club Poker Parent Gets London Stock ListingGaming VC yesterday had its shares admitted to the Alternative Investment Market on London’s Stock Exchange having moved its company from Luxembourg to the Isle of Man. The company owns Casino Club Poker and operates primarily in German-speaking markets in Europe. At the time of writing the shares were trading at 182.0 pence, down 0.5 […]
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World Poker Tour: Ali Tekintamgac Wins Barcelona EventThe World Poker Tour Spanish Championship ended today when Ali Tekintamgac (pictured right) topped a field of 326 opponents to win €315,000, a $25,000 seat in the 2011 WPT Championship and a Tiffany bracelet. Tekintamgac scored his first major tournament win to go along with his first tournament cash, which he scored at the European […]
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APPT: Victorino Torres Wins Macau METhe PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau $40,000 HKD ($5,160 US) no-limit hold’em main event attracted a total of 342 players in China this past week and the total prize pool was $12,730,608 HKD (approximately US $1.63 million). The eventual champion of the tournament was Victorino Torres (pictured left), who walked away with $3,246,200 HKD […]
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Cereus Sending Prop Bettors to WSOPThe Cereus Network wants to send a pair of players to the World Series of Poker, and you don’t even have to win a satellite to qualify. With “The Craziest Last Longer Bet” promotion, players are encouraged to send in a video explaining their idea for the bet. The idea came about from a recent […]
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Online Poker: Kirbynator Wins Second Major on Full Tilt
It was an exciting Sunday in the world of online poker. Online player “kirbynator” took down the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guarantee for $132,788, giving him his fourth high-profile win of the last month. The pro started off his run by winning the $200,000 guarantee rebuy tournament on Full Tilt Poker. Then, he won the […]
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German Wins World Poker Tour Spanish Championship
Ali Tekintamgac has won the €3,200 + €300 buy in World Poker Tour Spanish Championship main event at the Gran Casino, Barcelona. The German topped the field of 326 runners to take home €315,000 and a seat into the WPT World Championship event in 2011. He beat Roberto Garcia Santiago heads up when his Q […]
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Cake Poker Network in Online Casino Partnership
CTXM, the UK-based casino software provider, today announced it has partnered with Cake Poker Network to offer the company and network partners its suite of online casino games. As part of the deal Cake Poker Network will also launch two new sites, Comeon.com and AdamEvePoker.com. Cake’s director of marketing Andrew Turner said, "Cake is extremely […]
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Stuart Rutter is GUKPT Coventry ChampionThe 2010 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s fifth leg came to a close at the G Casino in Coventry with Birmingham’s Stuart Rutter taking down the first prize of £41,910. It took three days of play and 141 other players to beat but in the end the 27-year-old pro walked away with the top prize and […]
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WSOP Look Out: Annette ObrestadOn Friday, the 2010 World Series of Poker will officially begin. This weekend, Annette Obrestad will likely play in her first WSOP event in Las Vegas. In the WSOP’s 41-year history, there hasn’t been a level of anticipation quite like this one for a 21-year-old’s debut. Expectations are high, and all eyes will be fixed […]
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Italian World Cup Hero Joins Team PokerStarsGianluigi “Gigi” Buffon, the nine times Italian goalkeeper of the year and current Juventus and national team shot stopper, has signed with Team PokerStars as its Italian ambassador. Buffon, who will be part of the Italian national football squad taking part in the World Cup in South Africa this summer in a bid to collect […]
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This Week in Poker: May 15 – 21
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 3: Dwyte Pilgrim — 3,116 4: […]
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Las Vegas Poker: Aria Opens Ivey Room this WeekendThe Aria Hotel and Casino will open “The Ivey Room” in honor of poker professional Phil Ivey (pictured right) this weekend in Las Vegas. The private high-stakes room features one poker table, multiple 42-inch flat-screen televisions, and direct private access to a cashier’s cage that holds 480 safety deposit boxes. The room also features complimentary […]
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Online Poker: Taylor 'ambiguosity' Paur Leads OPOY RaceThe PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is officially over and we are getting closer and closer to the time when online poker takes a back seat to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. But before we lock ourselves away into seclusion at the Rio, let’s take a look at the current […]
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Online Poker: Cereus Network Rewards Loyal Players
This Sunday, May 23, the Cereus Poker Network is rewarding all of their loyal players on both UB and Absolute Poker with its new “Double Points” promotion. Instead of the usual “Power Hour,” where ring game players earn double the UltimatePoints or AbsolutePoints, players will have the chance to earn twice as much all day […]
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The Scoop: Part I of the Interview with Lex Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis discusses his aggressive table image among live players on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out part one of his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV to see how he gets into the mind of his opponents and […]
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Poker Tournament Trail: Binh NguyenBinh Nguyen (pictured right) was primarily a cash-game player in California with just a handful of small tournament cashes before the start of the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic in February 2009. He then waded through a large field of 696 players in the $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event to cash in second […]
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Shares in Betshop Poker Parent Company Suspended
Shares in Lesiure & Gaming, the publicly-quoted parent company of Italy’s Betshop Poker, were suspended on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) today after the company revealed it was “constrained by a lack of working capital.” All leisure & Gaming businesses continued to trade and the company said it was “in early stage discussions with a […]
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World Poker Tour Barcelona Sees Record Attendance
The World Poker Tour Spanish Championship, underway at Gran Casino, Barcelona, attracted a turnout of 326 players ⎯ the highest ever for the event. The €3,200 + €300 buy in tournament generated a prize pool of just over €1 million and the winner will lift €315,000 plus a seat into the 2011 WPT World Championship […]
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iPoker to Host State-Run Poker in FinlandPlaytech, the Israeli publicly-quoted online gaming software provider which owns the iPoker network, has won the contract to supply its product to Finland’s Slot Machine Association, Rahaautomaattiyhdistys (‘RAY’). The four-year contract will see iPoker host RAY’s online poker product on the country’s new exclusive local network. Mor Weizer, chief executive officer of Playtech, said, “This […]
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WSOP Circuit: Fred Berger Wins New Orleans Main Event
The final World Series of Poker Circuit event of the 2009-10 season has come to an end at the Harrah’s in New Orleans, and Fred Berger (pictured right) is the champion of the Bayou Poker Challenge. The $5,150 no-limit hold’em championship event attracted 156 players in all and Berger claimed the top prize of $197,584 […]
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Asia Pacific Poker Tour: Macau Main Event Attracts 342
The third day-one flight at the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau $40,000 HKD ($5,160 US) no-limit hold’em main event attracted 170 new players in China and grew the final size of the field to 342 players. This puts the total size of the prize pool at $12,730,608 HKD (approximately $1.63 million US) and the […]
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Full Tilt Prepares for Mini WSOPWhile guys like Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Ivey will be sequestered at the Rio for much of the summer, trying to win one of those elusive bracelets, Full Tilt Poker is running its creative mini WSOP for amateurs who might not be able to afford such a hefty tournament price tag and a […]
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Zynga Poker Sticks With FacebookOnline poker provider Zynga has announced a five-year deal with leading social networking site Facebook. The deal, signed earlier this week, will see Zynga continue to supply Facebook’s millions of users with “a compelling user experience for social games.” Zynga Poker is one of a host of games supplied by the company to Facebook. Others […]
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Superstar DJ David Guetta Rocks Poker Site
In a clever piece of product placement French-facing Everest Poker will appear on screen in the upcoming video from French house DJ and producer David Guetta. Gettin’ Over You, featuring R&B star Chris Willis, features Guetta congratulating a friend in the video for winning an online poker tournament at Everest. Sandrine Mangia-Park, director of Everest […]
