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North American Poker Tour: Mohegan Sun Day 3Day 3 at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event welcomed 125 players back to the felt and then play saw the field shrink to the predetermined number of 24 players. The money bubble burst when 104 remained and it took two-and-a-half hours for the players to find their […]
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This Week in Poker: April 2-9
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 (pictured right) 2: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000 3: Sorel Mizzi — […]
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Online Poker: OPOY Top 10 Gets Shakeup
Last week, reigning Online Player of the Year winner Steve “gboro780” Gross was passed by Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek for the lead. This week, Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur (pictured left) passed Gross to take possession of second place. In a five-day stretch, Paur made nearly $200,000 by finishing fourth in the $75,000 guarantee and winning both the […]
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The Scoop -- Part II of the Sam Farha Interview
Sam Farha discusses the legacy of his legendary heads-up match with Chris Moneymaker 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 hear about some of the hands from the most […]
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French Poker Law Fails Says Gambling Association
The UK-based Remote Gambling Association, which represents the world’s largest licenced and publicly-quoted remote gambling companies, has criticized the recent law opening the online poker and gaming market in France. The RGA is calling on the French government to amend the law saying it “makes a mockery of a supposed ‘controlled opening’” of the gaming […]
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PlanetWin365 to Launch Online Poker on EntractionPublicly-quoted online poker network Entraction yesterday announced it had signed a deal with European sportsbook operator PlanetWin365 to host its Vegas365 online poker site. The move will see Entraction, which provides software and sevices to DevilfishPoker.com, 24hPoker.com, NoIQPoker.com, and Pokerdassi.com, expand its access to southern and eastern European markets, specifically Italy and Serbia where PlanetWin365 […]
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North American Poker Tour: Mohegan Sun Day 2Day 2 at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw 443 players return to the felt and by the end of the night the number of participants had shrunk to 125. The money bubble will burst early tomorrow when 104 remain and they will all be awarded at […]
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Poker Book Review -- Cowboys FullAcclaimed novelist, poet, academic, and poker player James McManus is back with what is undoubtedly the most definitive account of poker and card playing yet committed to paper. Cowboys Full – The Story of Poker is indeed the story of poker. It will be cherished by aficionados’ and laymen alike and its exhaustive research and […]
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Online Poker: Taylor "ambiguosity" Paur Wins Monday $1K
Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $348,000 Entrants: 348 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. Taylor “ambiguosity” Pau — $87,000 (pictured right) 2. CEP ARROWHEAD — $55,680 3. Corey “muchaka” Cheresnick — $41,760 4. Eric […]
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Everest Poker Signs Deal With French TV Company
The flurry of corporate activity surrounding the imminent liberalisation of the French online poker market continued today with the announcement that Mangas Gaming, which recently purchased a majority share in Everest Poker, has signed a deal with M6 Metropole Television. The four-year strategic partnership will see Everest Poker and Betclic services integrated into M6 websites […]
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Malaga Hosts New Estrellas Poker Tour Today
Hot on the heels of the launch of PokerStars.com France Poker Series earlier this week is the first leg of the new Estrellas Poker Tour taking place in Casino Torrequebrada, Malaga from today April 8 to 11. The four-leg tour will feature three €910 + €90 buy in events – Alicante from May 27 to […]
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PokerStars UKIPT Coventry Starts TodayThe PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour rolls into the G Casino, Coventry today with the £500+£50 buy in main event getting underway at 2 p.m. (BST). The 300 capacity, three-day tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of £100,000 with the final table being played out on Sunday April 11 after two day one’s and […]
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North American Poker Tour: Mohegan Sun Day 1The PokerStars North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began today and the official size of the field is an impressive 716 players. The total prize pool for the tournament is $3,264,244 and the champion will walk away with $750,000. The top 104 players are all going to walk away with […]
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Borgata Spring Poker Open Begins This WeekendThe Borgata Spring Poker Open begins on Saturday, April 10 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The first tournament is a $500 no-limit hold’em event with a $250,000-guaranteed prize pool that begins at 11 a.m. EDT. The $3,500 no-limit hold’em championship is the marquee event on the tournament schedule, […]
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The State of Poker in OklahomaOn paper, Oklahoma shouldn’t be such a big deal in the poker world. The Midwestern state ranks only 28th out of 50 in the U.S. in terms of population, and it is known to outsiders mostly as a Bible-Belt state with a propensity for tornadoes. As recently as 2004, Oklahoma didn’t even have legal poker […]
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France Passes Online Poker BillFrench parliament has taken a historic decision to open up the state-dominated gambling market after it passed the bill legalising and regulating online betting yesterday, including poker, by 299 votes to 223. The bill is now expected to be signed into law ahead of June’s World Cup in South Africa. The Daily Telegraph quotes budget […]
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PKR’s Road to Vegas Poker Leaderboard Continues
Next-generation online poker room PKR continues its Road to Vegas leaderboard promotion this week with a no-limit hold’em freezeout this Thursday at 8:15 p.m. (BST). All events in the series have a $10+$2 buy in and there are seven $4,000 packages to Las Vegas available for the top seven players for the World Series of […]
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France’s NetBetPoker To Launch SportsbookItchesoft Games, owner of free-to-play French online poker site NetBetPoker.fr, has signed a deal with sports betting operator France Pari which will see the bookmaker provide a white label online sports betting site to enhance NetBet’s business ahead of upcoming market liberalization. Both NetBetPoker and France Pari are currently free-to-play but this is expected to […]
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Ante Up for Africa Poker Event Takes Place in DC April 14
The 2010 Ante Up for Africa DC Poker Tournament will take place at 6:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 14. The buy-in for the fundraiser is $500 and the first-place prize is a $10,000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event. The tournament will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, […]
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North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun Begins TomorrowThe $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour stop at the Mohegan Sun Casino in New England begins tomorrow at noon. The tournament is the last stop featured on the current NAPT season one schedule, following the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the Las Vegas stop that took place at the […]
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European Masters of Poker Italy Side Events AnnouncedThe European Masters of Poker Italy, being held at Casino de Campione in the Italian enclave of Campione situated in the Ticino region of Switzerland, 60 km north of Milan from May 27 to 30, 2010 has announced its side event schedule. The €1,100 buy in main event from May 28 to 30 will be […]
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Online Poker May Become Illegal in Mass.A bill that is being fast-tracked through the Massachusetts legislature this month would expand gambling in the state, offering two casino licenses for at least $100 million each and four slot-machine licenses for a minimum of $15 million apiece in a move that is expected to raise in the vicinity of $200 to $600 million […]
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PokerStars Announces France Poker Series
PokerStars has announced a new regional poker tour, the France Poker Series. The first season of this new poker series will feature seven stops, beginning with the inaugural event on May 1-2 at Casino de Beaulieu on the French Riviera. The grand final will take place in Paris, and the tournament dates are to be […]
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James Mitchell Wins Irish Open 2010After four days of poker-filled madness at Dublin’s Burlington Hotel, Englishman James Mitchell was crowned champion of the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2010. The 20-year-old beat 707 players to the first place prize of €600,000 including big names such as Dan Harrington, Brian Townsend, Kara Scott, Christer Johansson, Neil Channing, and finally heads-up opponent Irishman Paul […]
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Online Poker: acechipchase Wins PokerStars Sunday Million
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: $1,949,800 Entrants: 9,749 Places Paid: 1,350 Final Table Results: 1. acechipchase — $272,977 2. Christopher “RuberbandMan” DeMaci — $198,879 (pictured right) 3. Coyotee_gyn — $140,385 4. DaGrin_Reapr […]
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The Poker Channel and PokerHeaven.com For SaleGaming Media Group, which owns The Poker Channel and PokerHeaven.com is exploring options for the sale of both its businesses according to Telegraph.com. The British newspaper reports that Cavendish Corporate Finance has been appointed to handle the sale after the company received several unsolicited approaches from trade buyers. The company was started in 2005 backed […]
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PaddyPowerPoker Irish Open -- Day 3On day 2 of the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2010 the money bubble was popped, but on day 3 an even more important milestone was reached – the final table. Liam Flood started the day as chip leader but things were not going to be so easy for many of those with healthy chip stacks as […]
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Ivey’s Fearless Bluff Shines on HSPBluffing was definitely the major theme in this week’s episode of High Stakes Poker. Lex Veldhuis basically tried to bluff everyone with shaky results, and Dennis Phillips even turned his pocket jacks into a bluff to get Tom Dwan off the best hand with a large river bet. But the most memorable bluff of the […]
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Big Brother Star Plays Poker With Shane WarneIndian actress and former Big Brother star Shilpa Shetty is playing poker with her cricket team, the Rajasthan Royals captained by Shane Warne according to Mid-day.com. Shetty and Warne, whose team is currently playing the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament, have become poker buddies with Shetty saying, “I learned to play poker a year […]
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PaddyPowerPoker Irish Open 2010 -- Day 2The second day of the €3,200 + €300 buy-in PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2010 was filled to the brim with great play, entertaining characters, bust outs, suck outs, and good old fashioned bad beats as 256 players from an initial 708 took to the floor. The feature table saw the rise of recently signed Team PKR […]
