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This Week in Poker: June 19 – 25

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 (pictured […]

Card Player's Player of the Year: WSOP Update

The first 31 events at the 2010 World Series of Poker produced little movement in the Card Player Player of the Year Race. Then two players (Jeffrey Papola and Men “The Master” Nguyen) jumped into the top 10 at the final table of event No. 32 ($5,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em) on June 19, and kicked […]

The Scoop -- Watch Part II with Jason Mercier this Week

Jason Mercier discusses a big hand he played against Phil Ivey on High Stakes Poker 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 what it is like to play […]

Euro City Poker Tour Hits Vienna in November

The EuroCityPokerTour returns from November 10 to 14 to the Montesino Pokertainment Center in Vienna, Austria with a €3,000 + €300 main event and a prize pool expected to exceed €1 million. March saw the Tour stop in Barcelona where it was won by Frenchman Fabrice Bachellez. Players can buy in directly to the main […]

Aussie Government Rejects Poker Legalisation

The Australian government’s independent research and advisory body, the Productivity Commission, has recommended that online poker in the country should be legalised but the government has been quick to reject the idea. The recommendation came in a comprehensive study of gambling in the country undertaken by the Commssion and published Wednesday which said, “In consultation […]

WSOP: Steve Jelinek Wins On Second Try

The buzz surrounding the final table of event No. 41 ($1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better) existed because of its potential for historic firsts. Amidst 847 entrants, Phil Hellmuth made it to the final 9 with the hopes of winning a record 12th World Series of Poker bracelet and his first in a non-hold’em […]

Phil Hellmuth Reaches 42nd WSOP FT

Phil Hellmuth is at it again. Less than a week after Phil Ivey won his eighth career bracelet to inch ever closer to the all-time leader, Hellmuth is in a position to win his first non-hold’em bracelet — and 12th career bracelet — in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event today. Hellmuth entered today’s play […]

Actress and Model Claire Renaut Joins 888Poker

Claire Renaut, actress, model, and journalist, has signed for 888Poker as a pro joining Shane Warne and Leo Margets on the team. Renaut, hose first movie as a script writer is due out next month, will play for 888 at the World Series of Poker, currently underway in Las Vegas. Renaut’s has won the ladies […]

PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour Changes

PokerStars.com has confirmed details of the Edinburgh stop on the UK & Ireland Poker Tour which will take place in the Corn Exchange from August 19 to 22. The main event buy-in will be £500+50. Elsewhere the buy-in for the Dublin main event in September has been reduced from €1,000 to €500+60. The guarantee for […]

Win WSOP Share of BoylePoker Pros Tonight

Boylepoker.com continues its series of low buy-in tournaments where online poker players can win a share of its pros at the upcoming World Series of Poker main event this week. Here’s how WSOPieces works. Each night from Jun. 14-25 at 7.30 p.m. (BST) players can get involved in tournaments of various buy-ins at the site […]

Frank Kassela Wins 2nd 2010 Bracelet

It took until event No. 40 ($2,500 seven card razz) for the 2010 World Series of Poker to see its first double-bracelet winner. Early Thursday morning, poker pro Frank Kassela became the first player to win a second title of the summer. Kassela’s first win came back in event No. 15 ($10,000 seven card stud […]

Steven Kelly Wins Event No. 39

Steven Kelly entered the final day of event No. 39 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout) with one of the slimmest poker résumé remaining. However, early Thursday morning at the 2010 World Series of Poker, Kelly became one of the more accomplished. His first major tournament score was two weeks ago in event No. 16 ($1,500 no-limit […]

Scott Montgomery Wins First Bracelet

Scott Montgomery was commonly associated with being one of the players at the inaugural “November Nine” back in 2008. After Wednesday’s performance, Montgomery can now be associated with being one of the owners of a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Montgomery won his first career bracelet and took home $481,760 when he won event no. 36, […]

Poker Strategy: Jose Luis Velador Knocks Out Phil Ivey

Jose Luis Velador entered the final day of event no. 33 ($2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha) with the chip lead and a good shot a winning his second career bracelet. The only thing standing in his way was a superstar field of notables such as Kevin MacPhee, Josh Tieman, Burt Boutin, Rob Hollink, Victor Ramdin, David Chiu […]

London Poker Championships Announced

London’s Victoria Casino hosts the London Poker Championships from July 10 to 18 with 10 tournaments at varying buy ins across no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha. The full schedule of events is: Sat July 10, 2 p.m. — £200 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout (GUKPT Club Championship) – 10,000 starting chips Sun July 11, 5 p.m. — […]

Argentinean Soccer Star is New PokerStars Ambassador

Argentinean international footballer Juan Sebastián “Brujita” Verón is the latest PokerStars.com ambassador, starring in a new ad for PokerStars.net for the Latin American market. Sarne Lightman , managing director of PokerStars Latin America, said, “It is truly a pleasure for us to have Verón as an Ambassador for PokerStars.net. His sporting and competitive spirit embodies […]

Valdemar Kwaysser Wins First Bracelet

Valdemar Kwaysser (pictured right) won event no. 38 ($10,000 pot-limit hold’em championship) at the 2010 World Series of Poker during a long final table that ended just as abruptly. It was Kwaysser’s third cash of the series and his first career bracelet, netting him a cool $617,214. Kwaysser entered the day 11th in chips and […]

WSOP: Phil Ivey Wins Eighth Bracelet

Phil Ivey just doesn’t stop impressing the poker community. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Phil Ivey continued to cement his reputation as the greatest player in the world by winning his eighth career WSOP bracelet in event no. 37, the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. Ivey will take home $329,840 for his victory, but will […]

Ayaz Mahmood Wins Heads-Up Event

Ayaz Mahmood won the premier heads-up tournament of the calendar year early Tuesday morning at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Mahmood was the last man standing in event No. 35 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em heads-up championship) after making his way through eight different opponents. His path to the bracelet and $625,682 went through John Duthie, […]

Behind The Scenes At The Poker Lounge With Full Tilt

The Poker Lounge in Association with Full Tilt Poker will be broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 from Tuesday, June 22 (12:05 a.m.) for 10 weeks. Card Player Europe takes an exclusive looks behind the scenes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Poker Lounge in Association with Full Tilt Poker. This crack poker production […]

WSOP: Phil Ivey Currently at H.O.R.S.E. Final Table

Phil Ivey is just eight players away from his eighth career bracelet. Ivey made the final table of event no. 37, ($3,000 H.O.R.S.E.) just after 9 p.m. on Monday evening. Other notables at the final table include 2009 WSOP Player of the Year winner Jeffrey Lisandro and fellow bracelet winners Bill Chen, Ken Aldridge, Ryan […]

Heads-Up Championship Needs One More Day

The three-day event is now a four-day event. After a grueling heads-up match in event No. 35 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em heads-up championship) between the two finalists — Moritz Schmejkal and Ayaz Mahmood — tournament officials decided to give the duo an extra day of play. It took the pair over six hours to finish the […]

PokerStars Sponsors Spanish National Basketball Team

With the basketball world championship starting in August in Turkey, PokerStars.com has announced it is sponsoring the Spanish Basketball Federation at the prestigious event. Spain have drawn Lebanon, Lithuania, France, Canada, and New Zealand in group D at the tournament. Juanjo Márquez, chief executive officer of the agency repesenting Pokerstars in Spain, said, "Our client […]

WSOP: Harold Angle Wins Senior Event

Harold Angle made his first career WSOP cash. Unlike most first career cashes, Angle’s cash had a bracelet come along with it. The Sun City, Florida native outlasted 3,142 players to win event no. 34, the seniors no-limit hold’em event, and takes home $487,994 for his first cash in a major tournament. Angle made it […]

2010 WSOP's Top 10 Stories So Far

In terms of bracelets, the 2010 World Series of Poker is more than halfway complete. Yesterday, we talked about how the 2010 WSOP is starting to look like “The Year of the Brit,” while highlighting the first five top stories of the summer. Today, we will feature the rest of the greatest stories so far […]

Papola Wins Event 32 at 2nd Final Table

Every poker player dreams about getting a second chance at a missed opportunity. Jeffrey Papola made the most of his, by winning event no. 32, the $5,000 no-limit hold’em six-handed event. Papola got heads-up for the second time in four days and while the sun was rising on Sunday morning, Papola won his first career […]

William Thorson Wins PokerStars Baltic Festival

Team PokerStars Pro William Thorson has won the PokerStars Baltic Poker Festival main event in Tallinn, Estonia taking down approximately €80,823 for his victory in the 222-strng field. The 27-year-old Swede, who has made four European Poker Tour final tables but never won, beat Dominykas Karmazinas heads up in the €1,400 buy in main event […]

Qualify For WSOP From Under $1 at Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker is now offering a fantastic World Series of Poker promotion where players can qualify for the main event for just 30c or 30 VIP points via satellite’s at the site. Each Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. until June 27, hopeful WSOP participants can vie for one of at least five guaranteed $12,000 […]

Vanessa Rousso Headlines Elite 8

Only eight players remain in event No. 35 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em heads-up championship) at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Out of the 256 that started the tournament, a hand full of well-known pros have survived to have the chance at their first WSOP bracelet. Here are the pairings for the final day: Jason Somerville […]

Velador Claims 2nd Bracelet in Event 33

Three of the players who sat down at the final table of event No. 33 ($2,500 pot-limit hold’em/Omaha) have combined for six career World Series of Poker bracelets. As the quick pace started claiming victims, it was those former champions who found themselves three-handed, fighting for yet another WSOP bracelet. Jose-Luis Velador, who won a […]