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Aussie Prison Escapee Taunts Police With Poker Invite

A 21-year-old who escaped from custody while on visit to a hospital in Townsville, Australia taunted police and prison authorities by inviting his friends to a poker game according to ABC.net.au. Justin Grant, who was being held on charges a variety of charges including drug offences, updated his Facebook page several times while on the […]

Online Poker: Casey Jarzabek Continues to Lead OPOY Race

It’s been over a month since we’ve looked at the Card Player Online Player of the Year standings. The focus of the poker world was squarely on the WSOP but that didn’t stop a few players from climbing the OPOY standings throughout June and July. With more than 7,000 points, Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek remains in […]

This Week in Poker: July 17 – 23

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: […]

The Scoop -- Watch Ted Forrest on this Week's Episode

Ted Forrest discusses losing 45 pounds for a prop bet this summer 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 about how the prop bet developed between Forrest and […]

November Nine Profile: Jonathan Duhamel

Jonathan Duhamel can already envision it — a heads-up battle with The Grinder wherein the young Canadian emerges victorious and takes home nearly $9 million and poker’s most prestigious title. At 22, Duhamel is the youngest player at this year’s final table. With nearly 66 million in chips, he is also the far-and-away chip leader, […]

Betsson Poker Revenue Falls 21 Percent Year-On-Year

Betsson Poker’s revenue plummeted 21 percent in the second quarter of 2010 to SEK25.3 million (€2.68 million) from SEK31.9 million (€3.38 million) in the same period of last year. The second quarter 2010 was also down 17 percent on the SEK30.3 million generated in the first quarter of 2010. Poker, as a percentage of overall […]

PokerStars Balkan Poker Tour Grand Final Satellites

The PokerStars.com Balkan Poker Tour grand final takes place at the Golden Sands Resort, Varna, Bulgaria from September 2 to 5, 2010 and online qualifiers are underway. The Balkan Poker Festival is the first ever PokerStars.com event in Bulgaria and has a buy in of €900+€90. It is expected that up to 200 players from […]

Deion Sanders to Host Poker Event at Seminole Hard Rock

Former NFL cornerback, Major League Baseball outfielder, Florida State legend, and NFL Network sports commentator, Deion “Prime Time” Sanders will host a no-limit hold’em single-table poker tournament, on Thursday, Aug. 5 starting at 9 p.m. The prize package up for grabs will total $2,000. All participants will receive a football autographed by Sanders, a native […]

Win a Trip to Watch 2010 WSOP FT

The 2010 WSOP November Nine have been decided, and Card Player is giving its readers a chance to win a dream trip to see the winner crowned! Create your own funny or unique cover for a Card Player magazine and you and a friend could be headed to watch the 2010 WSOP main-event final table […]

David Sands Newest Member of Brunson 10

At the start of the World Series of Poker, four players began a competition to win a spot as a member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10. Dan “djk123” Kelly, David “DocSands” Sands, Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka and Michael “Martine23” Martin all signed up to compete in the contest that awarded points based on WSOP performance. After […]

888 and Microgaming Get French Poker Licence

Microgaming and 888 have been awarded a licence to operate in the French online poker market by regulator ARJEL. A joint venture established by the two companies will now launch into the increasingly active, regulated market. Roger Raatgever, CEO at Microgaming, said,“Today’s announcement represents an important step in the development of the industry and marks […]

Full Tilt Poker Renews Million Dollar Cash Game Deal

Emblaze Productions has announced FullTiltPoker.com will continue to sponsor the Million Dollar Cash Game for the next three years. This year’s invite-only event will be filmed in London on September 8 and 9 in high definition and will feature some of poker’s biggest names including Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan (pictured), Phil Hellmuth, and Chris Ferguson. […]

Frank’s Poker Bill Nears Mark-up, Vote

Analogies were quite popular in Wednesday’s Congressional hearing on Rep. Barney Frank’s online poker bill. Rep. Spencer Bacchus (R-AL) compared poker players to heroin addicts, poker pro Annie Duke compared the opposition’s argument to the mindset of a tyrannical China or Iran, and two witnesses on the panel likened the notion of allowing current poker […]

CPsocial Poker Blogs of the Week -- July 21, 2010

Here are our picks for this week’s best CPsocial member blogs: MattyF had two interesting blogs this week, so we figured we’d highlight both of them: Folding = Making Money by MattyF In this blog, MattyF discusses the under-appreciated idea of how folding is a long-term money-making proposition in a lot of cases. Don’t always […]

November Nine Q and A: Michael Mizrachi

It would be an understatement to say that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi had a good summer at the World Series of Poker. He kicked things off by winning the $50,000 Players Championship and he finished it off by making the November Nine in seventh chip-position with 14,450,000. In between stamping his mark on the two […]

Everest Poker Sponsors Lyon F.C. Away Jersey

The Everest Poker brand will appear on French football giants Olympic Lyonnais away jerseys in the upcoming 2010/11 season. Sister company, Betclic, which is also owned by Mangas Gaming, will appear on the Lique 1 team’s home jersey. The French gaming market has recently been liberalised and regulated allowing online gaming operators who secured a […]

Betfair Opens November Nine Betting Market

Online betting exchange Betfair has opened a World Series of Poker main event final table betting market. Prices for the November Nine (at time of writing) are: Seat 1: Jason Senti — 7,625,000 — 19/1 Seat 2: Joseph Cheong — 23,525,000 — 7/2 Seat 3: John Dolan — 46,250,000 — 11/4 Seat 4: Jonathan Duhamel […]

Profiling the 2010 November Nine

A monstrous field of 7,319 began this tournament. Now, only nine remain. At first glance, it appears to be a mostly homogeneous group. Eight of the nine players are in their twenties, and none of those eight have a job outside of poker. There’s only one true amateur at the table — at the ripe […]

New Chief Executive Officer for PokerStars

Gabi Campos has been appointed chief executive officer at PokerStars.com according to eGaming Review. The online news site exclusively revealed the appointment today saying founder Isai Scheinberg would continue as chief technical officer and his son Mark will take the position of chairman at PokerStars. Campos was formerly head of Dragonfish, the business-to-business arm of […]

Playtech launches iPoker Network in France

Israeli online poker software developer Playtech launched its iPoker network in France today with Chilipoker the first room to open tables at the new site. Having been granted a licence to operate in the market iPoker will also launch poker rooms on its network for JOA, Groupe Tranchant and Casino du Golfe in the coming […]

FullTilt.com Poker Million Returns This Month

The FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX begins its long and winding road to the December final table this month as the first three heats take place from July 26 to 28 in London. Among those taking part in the initial round of sit ‘n’ gos are Howard Lederer, Ross Boatman, Chris Ferguson, Stuart Rutter, Patrik Antonius, […]

Shawn Marion Foundation Charity Tournament Saturday

Former UNLV Rebel and NBA All-Star Shawn Marion (pictured left) will be hosting a charity poker tournament this Saturday to benefit the Shawn Marion Foundation, which raises awareness and funds for single parents. Proceeds will provide scholarships for UNLV single parents. The Shawn Marion Foundation Tournament features a $250 buy-in and will take place on […]

Online Poker: Ben Warrington Wins Big at Full Tilt Poker

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: $1,605,400 Entrants: 8,027 Places Paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1. ROMDOM — $225,408* 2. Frank “gator93” Hernandez — $192,000* (pictured right) 3. bigbadbandit — $120,405 4. aiglix […]

Italian Makes World Series of Poker November Nine

After eight days of play the World Series of Poker main event has reached its final table but this year only one European player sits among the November Nine. Filippo Candio from Cagliari, Sardinia in Italy is a 26-year-old poker pro whose major score to date was winning the Campionato Italiano in 2009 for €140,000. […]

Jamie Burland Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton

Jamie Burland, a UK pro, has won the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton, topping the field of 259 in the £1,000 + £100 buy in event at the Rendezvous Casino. The heads up battle between Burland and Tomas Cibak from the Czech Republic lasted just seven hands with the players starting virtually equal […]

Italian Firm Provides Poker to Quebec Government

The Canadian province of Quebec is to launch regulated, state-run poker in the final quarter of 2010 and the software and back-end management will be provided by GTech G2, a division of Italy’s Lottomatica. Loto-Québec president and chief executive officer Alain Cousineau said, “We will be offering Québecers a choice of entertaining games like poker, […]

2010 WSOP Main Event November Nine Set!

The most anticipated final table of the year is set! The final nine players have emerged from the initial field of 7,319 at the 2010 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event, which began all the way back on July 5. Jonathan Duhamel ended the night/morning with the chip lead after eliminating the […]

Brits Dominate UK & Ireland Poker Tour Brighton

The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour is down to its final 13 players as the final table was brought forward to today due to the speed with which players were knocked out of the £1,100 buy in game at the Rendezvous Casino, Brighton. The event attracted 259 players and the winner will receive £65,400. […]

Poland Planning Online Poker Ban

Poland has drafted legislation which will regulate online gaming in the country but ban online poker. The European Gaming and Betting Association said that a number of key provisions in the draft proposals, including the “unjustified” ban on online poker are “highly doubtful under EU law” and has urged Polish lawmakers to revise the treaty. […]

WSOP: Final Three Tables Set at Main Event

Since the poker boom, every World Series of Poker seems to get a “Year of the” label. This year, however, has been much tougher to give a label to, but if Michael Mizrachi can survive Saturday and make the November Nine, it might be time to label the 2010 World Series of Poker “The Year […]