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Poker Hand Discussion: What Would You Do with Kings?

In this weekly series, CardPlayer.com and the Card Player Pro poker video training site (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) are giving you a free, full-length training video. In each article, we will highlight a particularly interesting hand from that video that features unconventional play, and we will ask for your opinions on the hand. Tell us […]

McDermott Introduces Poker Companion Bill

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced an updated version of his poker tax bill late last week, adding a new tax that would specifically benefit state and tribal governments if Congress passed legislation to explicitly legalize and regulate online poker. “The major reason (for the updated bill) is to make it possible for states to have […]

Brit Wins European Masters of Poker Lisbon

Englishman Timothy Timotheau was awarded the top prize of €86,680 at the European Masters of Poker Lisbon, after beating 393 players including many top pros such as Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Joao Barbosa, Johan Storakers, and former champion Anton Wigg. It took only six hands heads up between Timotheau and Lithuanian Povilas Purtokas to find a […]

Watch Irish Open Live Tourney Video Feed

PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced the return of its live web stream for this year’s Irish Open. The stream will kick off at start of play this Friday (3.30 p.m. local time, 7:30 a.m. PT) and will run until the winner’s presentation on Monday, Apr. 5. The live stream can be found here at CardPlayer.com and viewers […]

World’s First Webcam Poker Site Launched

A Slovakian company, Tom Horn Enterprise, has developed what it says is “the world’s first online poker room with integrated webcams.” The use of webcams on FacePokerLive.com is not mandatory but Jim Harwey, managing director of Diamond Bay, who is a partner in the site along with the developer and the Czech-based Celebrity Poker Tour, […]

World Poker Tour Bucharest Underway

The World Poker Tour Bucharest got underway yesterday and is the first major poker tournament held in Romania. The €3,000 + €300 main event is being held at the Novotel Bucharest City Centre Hotel in the capital and attracted a number of big names among its 161 entrants including WPT Hollywood winner Carlos Mortensen, Dragan […]

NAPT: Mohegan Sun Tournament Series Begins

The PokerStars North American Poker Tour has pulled into the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut for the next stop of season one. The $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event will begin on April 7, and it will crown a champion on April 11. There will also be a $10,000 no-limit hold’em high-roller bounty tournament that runs on […]

Frenchman Wins EC Poker Tour Barcelona

Frenchman Fabrice Bachellez won the Euro City Poker Tour Barcelona on Sunday March 21 topping the 291 strong field in the €500,000 guaranteed, €2,500 buy in event. The final table payouts were: 1: Fabrice Bachellez (FRA) — €170,000 2: Rebecca Mordoff-Gerin (FRA) — €110,000 3: Andrew Grimason (IRE) — €65,500 4: John Eames (UK) — […]

Online Poker: tony6733 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: $1,874,200 Entrants: 9,371 Places Paid: 1,350 Final Table Results: 1. tony6733 — $267,640 2. Alex “He1en ke11er” Moore — $196,791 3. kvnok88 — $139,534 4. Galgeberg — […]

Full Tilt Launches WSOP Satellites

Full Tilt Poker has announced numerous ways to qualify for this year’s World Series of Poker main event, regardless of your wallet size. A total of 600 seats are on offer via various online qualifiers until Jun. 27 and those who qualify at the site and finish in the money will get a free seat […]

Team PKR Gets First Female Poker Player

The latest addition to Team PKR is Sofia “welllbet” Lövgren from Gothenburg, Sweden. The 20-year-old is a PKR cash game regular and since March 2008 she has become one of the site’s biggest earners from its group of female up-and-comers. The online cash game professional will now take on her first live tournament as part […]

Cuong Tran Takes Down GUKPT London

Vietnam-born, London resident Cuong Tran took down the third leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in London after beating a 318-strong field including an extremely tough final table. Tran’s ultimate obstacle in the way of the £127,800 first prize was former Irish Open champion Neil Channing, but two vital hands went Tran’s way and […]

Negreanu Struggles on High Stakes Poker

Daniel Negreanu has lost a lot of money on High Stakes Poker. To be fair, the four-time bracelet winner has been incredibly unlucky. Over the history of the popular television cash-game series, he has lost a six-figure amount to opponents holding quads on three different occasions. And that’s just a small sample of the big […]

Sorel Mizzi Hits Double Jackpot in Austria

Although players dressed for the cold last week, high up in the snow-covered Austrian Alps, for the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest, there was one player who just couldn’t run any hotter. Recent Card Player Europe cover star Sorel Mizzi didn’t have much luck in the main event, which was won in the end by […]

German Students Design Exciting New Poker Game

An invention by students from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany explores a different way for poker players to interact with each other in a game. The paper, written by the students was published on the ACM Portal, and discusses the student’s invention, Poker Surface, which combines multi-touch table and mobile phones in interactive card […]

Poker Grows in South Africa Prompting Legislation Debate

According to business news site, Business Report, the growing popularity of poker in South Africa has led to talk of changing existing legislation. At a Gambling Review Commission public hearing to review existing gambling policies, Attorney Nico Jagga spoke about the difficulties of policing the game in South Africa under current legislation and said that […]

Allan Baekke Wins European Poker Tour Snowfest

High up in the snow covered mountains of Saalbach-Hinterglemm in Austria, 546 poker players spent a week skiing, snowboarding, having snowball fights, and most importantly, playing poker. It was the first time the PokerStars European Poker Tour visited a place like the Alpine Palace, but it probably won’t be the last, with players from 48 […]

Pro-Filled Final Table Set at GUKPT London

The third leg of the 2010 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour kicked off on Mar. 18, with the £1,500 + £90 main event starting on Mar. 25, and it all ends later today with one lucky player going home with £127,800 for first place. The tenhanded final table starts at 2 p.m. (local time), and promises […]

This Week in Poker: March 20-26

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: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000 3: Tyler Reiman — 2,640 4: […]

Online Poker: Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies Dominates March

March is drawing to a close, but the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt continue to draw players and crowds alike day in and day out. Let’s take a look at the biggest winners and losers on the month. Cole South entered the month up nearly $3.5 million in 2010, but March saw a significant […]

The Scoop: Catch Part II of the Interview with Huck Seed

Huck Seed talks about some of the interesting prop bets that he has taken part in during his career 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 for The Scoop on Card Player TV, and you can […]

Lithuania Declares Poker to be a Sport

Oftentimes it is the subject of a mindless debate — should poker be considered a sport? Well, that debate is unlikely to end now, but one country has decided that for its purposes, poker indeed does qualify as a sport. On March 20, the department of physical education and sports of Lithuania issued a decree […]

$50,000 Buy In World Team Poker Line Up Announced

The Golden Nugget Casino, Las Vegas is to host the $50,000 buy in World Team Poker event on May 19 this year. The event will see 40 of the world’s top pros battle it out in eight teams captained by Phil Hellmuth (Team USA) (pictured), Johnny Chan and David Chiu (Team China), Men “The Master” […]

iMEGA Member Comes Forward in Kentucky Poker Case

Yahtay Limited, the owner of the domain “truepoker.com,” has come forward and signed a public affidavit saying that it is indeed a member of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association. iMEGA says that this should be enough to establish “standing” so that it may continue its case against the Commonwealth of Kentucky. “The owners […]

PartyGaming Signs French Online Poker Deal

PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker, today announced a multi-year deal with French betting company PMU to provide it with an online poker service when the French market opens later this year. The PMU-branded company will come into existence when both companies obtain a French licence and will see PMU’s new online poker site share liquidity on […]

European Poker Tour Snowfest -- Day 4

On day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest, high up in the Austrian alps, chip leader Allan Baekke [pictured right] didn’t waste a minute. In the very first hand, Nasr El Nasr, another strong force within the field, raised to 26,000 and Baekke reraised to 71,000. It was folded to El Nasr who […]

APPT: Binh Nguyen Wins Manila Main Event

The first event for season four of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour has come to a close in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. The $2,700 no-limit hold’em championship event had a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million and it attracted a field of 431 players. A total prize pool of $1,042,750 was […]

Online Poker: Philip "USCphildo" Collins Wins $1K Monday

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: $359,000 Entrants: 359 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. Philip “USCphildo” Collins — $89,750 (pictured right) 2. 7IMLOVINIT7 — $57,440 3. PokerToronto — $43,080 4. Mike “CuteIsWhatIAim4” Telker — […]

Pippa Flanders Wins Women's World Open IV

Pippa Flanders, former winner of the World Open in 2006, has won the equivalent women’s version of the tournament taking down $30,000 in the PartyPoker Women’s World Open in the UK yesterday. The 24 player $3,000 buy-in tournament had a total prize pool of $72,000 and a six-seat final table. The full results from the […]

European Poker Tour Snowfest -- Day 3

Day 3 of the €3,500 buy-in PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest saw a handful of players fighting their way to the front and leading the charge. Those seated around these players felt their wrath, and many didn’t stand a chance on a day filled with casualties, suck outs, and hopes dashed. With 86 players returning, […]