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Online Poker Data Mining -- The Pro Opinion VIII

Following on from Card Player’s recent report about the data mining dilemma facing the online poker industry, we decided to ask a selection of players their thoughts on what has become a very sensitive issue. Each player was asked if they use online poker tracking tools and if they felt people should be allowed to […]

Kuljinder Sidhu Wins GUKPT Manchester

Twenty-nine year old Kuljinder Sidhu from Birmingham has beaten 191 players to win the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Manchester at G Casino, Bury. Sidhu beat Chris Brammer after two hands of heads up play to take down the top prize of £54,850. “I thought that if I were to win anywhere, it would be here, […]

Formula 1 Driver Jaime Alguersuari Signs for PartyPoker

PartyPoker.com has signed its second Formula 1 driver, 20-year-old Jaime Alguersuari from Spain. Alguersuari, who drives for Toro Rosso, joins Italian F1 ace Giancarlo Fisichella on the Team Party roster. “Some say that I am a novice in F1 and I would say the same about poker,” said Alguersuari. “I have loved the game from […]

PokerStars EPT Grand Final: Day 1A

The 6th season of the PokerStars European Poker Tour is coming to a close with the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo and with 351 players entering on day 1A, it looks like the season will end on a high note. Tournament officials expect an even larger field on Monday and satellites are still running […]

Cake Poker Network to Get Malta License

The Cake Poker Network has been issued a letter of intent from the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority for its Class 4 Remote Gaming License. Cake Network, director of marketing, Andrew Turner said, “We are excited about being in a position to offer our existing and future partners licensing through the Malta Lotteries and Gaming […]

David Williams Wins WPT Championship

“I had a vision of this, right here,” said Bodog pro David Williams (pictured right) as he held up two fistfuls of $100 bills and posed for winner photos after capturing the 2010 World Poker Tour Championship tonight at Bellagio. Williams beat a very talented collection of professionals to win his first WPT title at […]

World Poker Tour Final Table Betting Market

The $25,000 buy in World Poker Tour Championship event, playing out at Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas today, has its final table and Boylesports has opened its outright winner betting market. Yesterday’s favourite, Boylepoker pro John O’Shea, is now the short stack and outsider to win at 14/1. French pro David Benyamine is chip leader and […]

Online Poker Data Mining -- The Pro Opinion VII

Following on from Card Player’s recent report about the data mining dilemma facing the online poker industry, we decided to ask a selection of players their thoughts on what has become a very sensitive issue. Each player was asked if they use online poker tracking tools and if they felt people should be allowed to […]

World Poker Tour Championship: Television Final Table Set

The final television table of six has been decided at the World Poker Tour Championship for season VIII and some of the biggest names in poker are still in contention. David Benyamine (pictured right) leads the way with 4,705,000, and he is joined by 2009 Card Player Player of the Year Eric Baldwin, David Williams, […]

This Week in Poker: April 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 — 3,506 2: Sorel Mizzi — 3,278 3: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000 4: […]

2010 WSOP Changes -- Day 1D, New Sports Bar, Later Restarts

WSOP organizers have said that it was a possibility in the past. Now, they’re saying it’s likely. Registration for day 1D of the WSOP main event will probably close down early this year due to a large pre-registration response and the organizers’ desire to balance out the four starting days as much as possible. “Day […]

The Scoop: Part II of the Interview with Steve Gross

Steve Gross discusses his decision to play solely with his own money in both online and live tournaments on 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 on Card Player TV, and you can learn about the benefits […]

Online Poker Data Mining -- The Pro Opinion VI

Following on from Card Player’s recent report about the data mining dilemma facing the online poker industry, we decided to ask a selection of players their thoughts on what has become a very sensitive issue. Each player was asked if they use online poker tracking tools and if they felt people should be allowed to […]

Leisure & Gaming Italian Poker Revenue Booms

Leisure & Gaming Plc, which owns Betshop Poker in Italy has reported gross online poker rake of €6.6 million in 2009, up from €0.5 million in 2008. This is on the back of the partial regulation and licencing of legal online tournament poker in Italy and poker tournament fees of €47.9 million. Poker contributed 33.2 […]

Boylesports Launches WPT Championship Betting Market

Boylepoker.com pro John O’Shea is the bookies favourite to win the $25,000 + $500 buy in World Poker Tour Championship event currently taking place at Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas. With just 10 players remaining Boylesports.com has opened an outright winner betting market (live until 8 p.m. BST tonight. It will reopen for the final table […]

Svenska Spel Poker Revenue Down 18 Percent in 2009

Svenska Spel, the Swedish state-run gaming operator, has confirmed its net online poker revenue declined 18.1 percent in to SEK302 million (€31.4 million) from SEK372 million (€38.6 million) in 2008. Online poker represents 3 percent of Svenka Spel’s overall gaming revenue. Earlier this week the company’s annual report observed, “When poker started on internet it […]

WPT Championship: Final 10 Set

There were 18 players remaining when action began on day 5 of the World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio. By the end of the night a final table of 10 was set and they will return tomorrow at noon PDT to play down to the television final table of six. Leading the way is John […]

Mid-South Poker Classic Starts May 6

The World Series of Poker may not begin until May 28, but poker players in the greater Oklahoma area will have a convenient, smaller buy-in series next month to tide themselves over before the action heats up in Vegas. Running May 6-17, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (located just outside of Tulsa in Catoosa) […]

Full Tilt and PokerStars Announce New Poker Pros

Both PokerStars and Full Tilt have made some recent additions to their international rosters, with PokerStars adding four Candian pros and Full Tilt adding two Australian pros to their stables. PokerStars welcomed Greg DeBora, Patrick Pezzin, Marcello Del Grosso, and Anh Van Nguyen to its Team PokerStars.net Pro Canada Team. All four players competed in […]

Boylepoker's IPO is Back with €20,000 Added to Prize Pool

Europe’s largest live no-limit hold’em tournament is back and looks set to be even bigger than before. Boylepoker.com today announced the return of the International Poker Open which will take place from Oct. 15-17 at the Regency Hotel in Dublin. The site is adding €20,000 to this year’s prize pool, which will push the estimated […]

GUKPT Manchester Main Event Begins Today

The 2010 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s fourth leg kicked off at the G Casino, Bury New Rd in Manchester on Apr. 17, but today is the day most have been waiting for, the start of the main event. The £1,000 buy-in tournament will play out until Sunday, Apr. 25 when a new champion will be […]

World Poker Tour Paris To Be Filmed For TV

The Aviation Club de France’s Rendez-Vous a Paris poker festival, being held at the Parisian club from May 1 to 16, will have its World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris main event and High Rollers event filmed for TV broadcast. The €10,000 buy-in WPT main event will start on May 8 with the final […]

WPT: Faraz Jaka Leads Final 18 Players

It was payday down at the 2010 World Poker Tour Championship. A total of 35 players entered the day with hopes getting through the money bubble unscathed, but only 18 of them would achieve that goal. The players were still deep stacked relative to the blinds and antes, but it didn’t take long before the […]

Liv Boeree Wins EPT San Remo Main Event

Liv Boeree (pictured right) claimed her initial fame in the poker world when she won the European Ladies Championship. She has been playing on the tournament trail as consistently as anyone in the world recently and today all of her hard work paid off. Boeree defeated a huge field of 1,239 opponents to win the […]

New Poker Laws Finally Come to Florida

Finally. That’s what many poker players in Florida are inevitably saying as both the Florida Senate and the Florida House passed a new deal this week that will transform the poker landscape of the state. Once the governor signs the new compact and the U.S. Department of Interior approves the new legislation, Florida should finally […]

Full Tilt Launches Rush Poker Tournaments

Late last week, the craze that got the whole online poker world buzzing when it first launched in ring games made a successful transition over to the tournament side. That’s right, Rush Poker tournaments have arrived. “Available exclusively at Full Tilt Poker, enter a Rush Poker Tournament to experience the world’s fastest poker tournament,” the […]

Qualify for World Series for Free at PaddyPowerPoker

What better way to reserve your seat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer than to do it all for free. Today, PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced two ways players can do this during the 60-day countdown to the biggest poker festival of the year. Firstly, players can attempt to earn a set […]

Online Poker Data Mining -- The Pro Opinion V

Following on from Card Player’s recent report about the data mining dilemma facing the online poker industry, we decided to ask a selection of players their thoughts on what has become a very sensitive issue. Each player was asked if they use online poker tracking tools and if they felt people should be allowed to […]

DevilfishPoker Celebrates Spring with New Series

DevilfishPoker is today launching its Spring Tournament Series which will kick off tomorrow and run until May 2, offering a total of €370,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The online series will see 15 tournaments run over 11 days, and will feature events in no-limit hold’em, Omaha, draw and stud poker, for players of all levels. […]

WPT: Shawn Buchanan Leads Final 35

There are still four days remaining in the 2010 $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio, but amazingly, only 35 players remain. The field whittled itself down at a rapid pace over five levels of play from the 98 who began the day. There are two former winners in contention. Carlos Mortensen, (pictured right) who […]