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PokerStars Expands UK and Ireland Poker Tour DatesPokerStars.com has made some changes to its UK and Ireland Poker Tour which will see extra days added to both the Nottingham and Brighton stops. The Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham stop has expanded by two days and will now take place from May 12 to 17,2010 while the Rendezvous Casino, Brighton stop has been extended […]
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European Masters of Poker Lisbon Starts Today
Casino Estoril is the place to be over the next few days (Mar. 25-28) as the European Masters of Poker pulls into Lisbon, Portugal, for its next stop. This is the third €1,100 buy-in EMOP event in season two with the most recent winner being Maciej Lipny – the Pole who took down EMOP Gran […]
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Boylepoker.com Cheltenham Poker Freeroll Tonight
Boylepoker.com tonight hosts its Cheltenham poker freeroll for all Boylesports.com punters who placed a losing bet over $1/£1/€1 on any horse race at last week’s Cheltenham’s festival. The freeroll takes place this evening Thursday March 25 at 8 p.m. at Boylepoker.com with a total prize pool of €2,500 up for grabs. Boylepoker’s head of poker, […]
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Carlos Mortensen Wins Hollywood Poker OpenCarlos Mortensen (pictured right) made history on March 24 when he won the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event. It was the third time that Mortensen has won a WPT title, and it ties him with Gus Hansen for the most WPT victories ever. Mortensen won his first title at […]
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UB.net Sends Players to Bellator FightsSix weeks ago, Card Player brought you the story that UB.net was partnering with mixed martial arts giant Bellator Fighting Championships and becoming an exclusive sponsor for all nationally televised broadcasts. To celebrate their partnership, UB.net will now host a weekly special weekly Bellator freeroll from March 25th to June 24th, offering winners two cage-side […]
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WPT: Hollywood Poker Open Day 4The final table is set at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open, and Carlos Mortensen (pictured right) is the chip leader with 1,127,000. Mortensen is in the hunt for his third WPT title at his fifth final table on the tour. He won his first title at the Festa al Lago in 2004, and […]
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Betfair Australia CEO Blasts Poker Rivals
Betfair Australia chief executive operator Andrew Twaits has published a stinging opinion on two of his company’s main poker rivals in Australia. Writing on his blog earlier this week Twaits bemoaned what he perceives as unfair practices by Betfair competitors. “A handful of the largest illegal operators are actively promoting their products in the Australian […]
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Four World Champions Confirmed for Irish OpenPaddyPowerPoker.com has confirmed four former world poker champions will hit the felt at this year’s Irish Open being held in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel from April 2 to 5. Dan Harrington(pictured), Noel Furlong, and Jamie Gold – all former World Series of Poker main event winners – will be joined by former Irish Open winner and […]
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European Poker Tour Snowfest -- Day 2Bust outs caught on with rapid momentum as an avalanche of a day kicked off at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest. But before day 2 could get going, EPT Tournament Director supremo Thomas Kremser made his usual announcement in a rather unusual way. 259 players watched a big screen featuring a person skiing in […]
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888.com Confirms Poker Slump in 2009
888.com yesterday published its annual report for full-year 2009 confirming last month’s interim figures indicating a major slump in its poker revenue. Poker revenue fell 28 percent to $51.6 million from $71.6 million in 2008. During the year than 206,000 new Casino and Poker first time depositors were added from more than 1.1 million (2008: […]
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Interview with AGA's CEO Frank FahrenkopfFrank Fahrenkopf has more than his fair share of experience in both the political and gaming worlds. After serving as the chairman of the Republican National Committee for most of Ronald Reagan’s tenure as president, Fahrenkopf decided to accept a job as chief executive of the newly formed American Gaming Association in 1995. He told […]
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AGA Changes Position, Now 'Open' to Online PokerThe American Gaming Association is now “open to the concept of legalized internet gambling,” the association’s president and CEO Frank Fahrenkopf told Card Player in an interview this week. The new position marks a significant change for the powerful lobbying group that had previously remained neutral on the issue. “We now believe that internet gaming […]
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WPT: Hollywood Poker Open Day 3
Day 3 at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open ended with 15 players still in the hunt in Indiana on Monday, March 22. The money bubble will burst when a dozen players remain today, so action should be fierce when day 4 begins. The eventual champion will walk away with $391,212, and the top […]
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Poker Strategy: Bart Hanson Makes Big Laydown at LAPCBart Hanson (pictured right) is an accomplished cash-game player and poker commentator who has lent his voice to such projects as Cash Plays, Live at the Bike, and Deuce Plays. Recently, Hanson took a break from the side-games to focus on the L.A. Poker Classic main event wherein he went deep and finished in the […]
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European Poker Tour Snowfest -- Day 1BWhile players battled it out on day 1A of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest, those intending on playing day 1B hit the Austrian slopes for some guaranteed action. Fortunately when those 276 players turned out for the second starting day, there were no casts or slings or any obvious injuries in sight. However, that […]
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Chantelle Derrick Wins Irish Ladies Poker Championship
The €100 buy in Irish Ladies Poker Championships, held at the Regency Hotel, Dublin on March 20, attracted 37 players and was won by Chantelle Derrick. The payouts for the event were: 1: Chantelle Derrick — €1,300 2: Julianne Gillen — €950 3: Jane Topkin — €700 4: Rebecca Mc Adam (Cardplayer.com) […]
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Tony Hachem Wins Perth Main EventTony Hachem (pictured right) continued to stake his claim as the best player in the history of the PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour on Sunday, March 21 when he won the $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event in Perth, Australia. It was the sixth cash for Hachem on the tour, and he was awarded $132,750 […]
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Tom Dwan Continues to Roll on High Stakes PokerAs the saying goes — sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Few have ever legitimately questioned whether or not Tom Dwan is good — as the young superstar from New Jersey has torpedoed his way up to the highest no-limit hold’em games both online and live — but even Dwan knows that it […]
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Online Poker: Jeremy Menard Wins Full Tilt 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: $1,847,000 Entrants: 9,235 Places Paid: 1,440 Final Table Results: 1. Mr Brizza — $243,843* 2. allaces43 — $213,843* 3. renassence — $137,509 4. Mikey0690 — $92,350 5. […]
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WPT: Hollywood Poker Open Day 2
Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open welcomed back 103 players to the felt. By the end of the night, just 38 players remained. The second day of the tournament was a tough one for the chip leaders from the previous day. Eric Froehlich entered play with 149,400, and he was trailed […]
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European Poker Tour Snowfest -- Day 1ADay 1A of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest kicked off yesterday at the Alpine Palace Card Casino in Austria with 270 players. With the first starting day usually less busy than the second, the field is anticipated to grow close to the event’s cap of 600 with the addition of the day 1B hopefuls. […]
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UK Gambling Commission Warns Pub Poker ClubThe UK Gambling Commission has cautioned three men under the Gambling Act 2005 for running a pub poker game in Runcorn, Cheshire. It is the first time the Commission has taken such action. The investigation was centered on the Cherry Tree pub in conjunction with Cheshire Police and found that a poker game was being […]
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All Four EPT Poker Robbers Now in CustodyIt has been just over two weeks since four armed robbers made off with €242,000 from the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Berlin, but now justice is being done. All four are in police custody and now await their fate. Last week, a 21-year-old German gave himself up to the police, and named his accomplices – […]
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Belgium EU Presidency Seeks Online Poker ClarityBelgium, which takes the six-month rotating EU council presidency in July 2010, is to use its position to try and clarify and unify the laws relating to online poker across Europe according to RTL. The country recently joined Italy and France in regulating and licensing online poker allowing its nine nationalized casinos to offer online […]
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PokerStars First Ever EPT Snowfest Kicks Off Today
The highly awaited €3,500 + €250 buy-in PokerStars European Poker Tour Snowfest kicks off today at the Alpine Palace Card Casino in Saalbach-Hinterglemm near Salzburg. Hundreds of pros and online qualifiers will take to the green felt after some time on the slopes in one of Austria’s premier ski destinations for the Tour’s first ever […]
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Full Tilt Poker Series España Begins in April
The Full Tilt Poker Series España is returning for 2010 in April, and over the course of four no-limit hold’em freezout tournaments (ending in December), a guaranteed total of $1 million will be given away. The first runs from Apr. 23-25 at Casino Castell de Peralada in Girona. The Series then moves on to Casino […]
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Betfair Poker Announces Tallinn Live Event
BetfairPoker.com has announced the third in its series of recent live events which will be held in the Olympic Casino, Tallinn, Estonia from April 8 to 11. The €500 + €50 buy-in event follows the recent Betfair Vienna Live festival, the main event of which was won by Ardelean Raul from Romania who took home […]
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Last Chances for Irish Open Tickets This WeekPaddyPowerPoker.com has announced the Last Chance Saloon ticket-only satellites to this year’s Irish Open. Every evening between March 26 and 31 there will be $12 + $1 rebuys at 7:30 p.m. and a series of freezeouts at 8:30 p.m. with buy-ins between $109 and $320. Each will offer a ticket to the Irish Open for […]
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WPT: Hollywood Poker Open Day 1
The first World Poker Tour event ever held in the Midwest of the United States began today at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. A total of 143 players bought in to the $10,000 no-limit hold’em event and the total prize pool is $1,331,616. The top 12 players will walk away with prize money and […]
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Last Entraction Weekly Qualifier for EMOP LisbonCasino Estoril is the place to be from Mar. 25-28 as the European Masters of Poker pulls into Lisbon, Portugal, for its next stop. For those looking to be the next Maciej Lipny – the Pole who took down EMOP Gran Canaria for €66,240, time is of the essence, so get qualifying. Players can qualify […]
