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Isildur1 Discussed on High Stakes PokerThe second episode of the sixth season of High Stakes Poker on GSN didn’t quite have the fireworks on the felt that the season premiere had — with 11-time Phil Hellmuth dramatically going bust halfway into the episode and refusing to rebuy — but there was plenty of action and an interesting bit of table […]
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Merger Creates Largest Gaming Group in South Africa
Gold Reef Resorts Limited and Tsogo Sun Holdings have agreed to merge their respective gaming and hotel businesses, in turn creating the largest gaming group in South Africa. The merger will see Gold Reef acquire Tsogo shares held by Tsogo Investment Holding Company Limited and SABSA Holdings Limited in exchange for new Gold Reef shares. […]
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Norway Puts Ban on Online Gaming PaymentsThe Norwegian government decided on Friday that credit card companies and online payment processors will not be permitted to transfer funds between Norwegian citizens and online gaming operators from Jun. 1 onwards, according to Gaming Intelligence Group. This ban applies to all but the state monopoly holders Norsk Tipping and Rikstoto. The move has gone […]
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Anton Wigg Wins EPT CopenhagenIn the early hours of Monday morning in Denmark, the PokerStars European Poker Tour found its champion after one of the Tour’s longer running final tables. It didn’t help that nine players began the day instead of the usual eight. However with the departure of Denmark’s Magnus Hansen, the EPT had its final eight once […]
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PokerStars.net NAPT Venetian: Day 2A total of 477 players survived the first day of play at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour at the Venetian, and after time expired on the second day, the field sat at 150, just three tables from the money. The chip leader entering the day was Andy “BKiCe” Seth (pictured right), and though he […]
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$2,000 Freerolls for SpadeClub MembersSpadeClub members now have another way to win cash. Online poker rooms are rolling out the red carpet for all SpadeClub members. Check out SpadeClub today to play in a series of $2,000 freerolls open only to SpadeClub members, hosted by UB.com, Bodog, and Absolute Poker. It is absolutely free to play for SpadeClub members. […]
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European Poker Tour Copenhagen -- Day 4Out of the 24 players who started day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen, a final table had to be found. With some interesting players left on the battle grounds at start of play, the day was clearly not going to be a walk in the park. The most well-known player of them […]
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PokerStars.net NAPT Venetian: Day 1The European Poker Tour is going strong in Copenhagen and the World Poker Tour is gearing up in Los Angeles, but it was at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour where the players chose to spend their Saturday. A grand total of 872 runners showed up at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas […]
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Online Poker: FTOPS Results Events No. 11-20
While the focus may be on live tournaments this week, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XV keeps on chugging along, making the eventual winners very happy with monster paydays. Thanks to the inflated field sizes and big buy-ins, many of the successful players have put themselves in the hunt for Card Player Online […]
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Betfair Sponsors Amateur Poker Association and TourBetfairPoker.com has announced its sponsorship of the Amateur Poker Association and Tour (APAT) season 4 which will comprise 28 low buy-in live poker festivals in the UK and Ireland and three in Europe. The online poker site will host exclusive online qualifiers for all APAT events as well as the APAT online championships and league […]
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Euro City Poker Tour Barcelona Qualifiers UnderwayTitanPoker.com has launched its Euro City Poker Tour Barcelona qualifiers with thrice-weekly grand finals at the site. Three $7,000 packages for the €500,000 guaranteed, €2500 + €250 buy-in tournament taking place at Gran Casino Barcelona from March 18 to 21 are up for grabs each week. The package includes buy-in to the tournament, 4 nights […]
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European Poker Tour Copenhagen -- Day 3Day 3 of any EPT is one which is filled with a lot of angst. Making it through is something which weighs on all players’ minds. For some it means being able to afford the flight home or even just the next event, for others it’s just a familiar marker one step closer to the […]
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$4 Million Guarantee at PokerStars' Sunday MillionTo think, it is still called the Sunday Million. But PokerStars has proven that when it wants to, it can jack up a prize pool like no other site can. In celebration of the 40th billion hand dealt on the site, PokerStars is offering a guaranteed $1 million payout to the first-place finisher in this […]
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Steve 'gboro780' Gross Retakes OPOY LeadLast week, we were somewhat surprised to see reigning Online Player of the Year winner Steve “gboro780” Gross (pictured right) back in the top 10 so early in the year. This week, he had the online poker community shaking their heads even more by jumping into first place. Gross had a monster week, taking third […]
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This Week in Poker: Feb. 13-19Check 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: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000 2: Tyler Reiman — 2,500 3: Dwyte Pilgrim (pictured right) — […]
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European Poker Tour Copenhagen -- Day 2
Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour went from one extreme to another with big names steaming through the field and zooming up the ranks, and other well-respected names hitting the rail with nothing. The top three players who went into day 2 were all knocked out as the day progressed. Andrew Pantling, Ilkka […]
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Entraction Network Poker Up 34 Percent in 2009
Sweden’s publicly quoted poker software provider Entraction saw its gaming surplus from poker rise 34 percent in 2009 to SEK435.7 million (€326.3 million) while the fourth quarter surplus was up 8 percent to SEK106.8 million (€99.3 million). Poker net sales for turnkey partners (rake less bonuses) grew 7 percent to SEK73.9 million (€68.9 million) in […]
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Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Senate President Want PokerThe domino effect continues. Elected officials in Maryland have spoken out in favor of adding poker and other table games to their new slot casinos recently as the state’s legislature is considering bills to expand their gaming offerings. Although there is still a lot of work to bring legalized table games to Maryland, the fact […]
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David Benyamine Wins Premier League Poker IVFrenchman David Benyamine has won the PartyPoker Premier League IV title at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas beating UK young gun Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz heads up to take down $476,000. Schwartz was a significant chip favourite going into the heads up battle with 1.32 million compared to Benyamine’s 520,000 but an early […]
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PokerStars Launches NAPT with Celebrity Charity Tourney
To kick off the greatly anticipated North American Poker Tour, several big-name pros and celebrities will show up to the Venetian on Friday at 5 p.m. to play in the NAPT’s charity poker event, a $500 rebuy tournament that will raise money for Three Squares. Three Squares is a Las Vegas charity that provides food […]
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Online Poker: Isildur1 Hits $900K DownswingIsildur1 finally got his wish and got some no-limit hold’em action, but after losing $903,000 Wednesday night, he may wish he never asked for it in the first place. After winning $1.6 million in two days, Isildur1 dropped about $300,000 playing $100-$200 and $200-$400 no-limit hold’em. The biggest winner during that stretch was Justin “ZeeJustin” […]
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Online Poker: Lance 'kingpin023' Harris Wins FTOPS Event
Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — FTOPS Event No. 12 Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $1,541,000 Entrants: 1,541 Places Paid: 162 Final Table Results: 1. Lance “kingpin023” Harris — $331,315 2. grindtherail — $209,576 3. Steve “gboro780” Gross — $155,641 (pictured right) 4. […]
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Poker.org Becomes Highest-Sold .org Domain in History
Poker.org is now the sex.com of all dot org sites. The Washington Post reported yesterday that National A-1 Advertising, an advertising and marketing agency based in Philadelphia, had sold the domain name poker.org for $1 million — easily the largest sum ever paid for a .org domain. The buyer was PokerCompany.com, which identifies itself as […]
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D'Alesandro Visits the Online ZoneDave “DOUBLEDAVE22” D’Alesandro recently picked up $279,044 for winning the UB Online Championship (UBOC) main event, but that may never have happened had he not won $3 in a freeroll on Bodog his freshman year in college. The 22-year-old spent the next four years attending class and using his free time to grind that initial […]
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Poker Strategy: Lauren Kling Discusses $1K Monday HandRising online poker star Lauren “SUPERMODL” Kling made headlines two weeks ago when she finished runner-up in the UB Online Championship (UBOC) main event_ for $163,244. The score put an impressive cap on an amazing January run where she made final tables at the Sunday Mulligan, $100 rebuy, and $1K Monday. In this interview, Kling […]
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Greg Raymer Talks to Conservatives at CPACFor the second straight year, Greg Raymer and the Poker Players Alliance will attend the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference, which begins today and runs through Saturday, welcomes conservative activists from around the country and will feature speeches by a number of influential names in the conservative community — including […]
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World Poker Tour Rolls into Bucharest in March
Hot on the heels of the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship announcement is the news that the tour rolls into Bucharest, Romania for the first time from March 27 to April 2, 2010. The $4,750 buy-in event will be sponsored by Gamebookers which is now running qualifiers until March 14 offering a $7,500 package including […]
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PartyPoker Premier League Final Six Decided TomorrowThe PartyPoker Premier League IV league stages have come to an end with only four out of the six seats secured for the final. The players taking those seats are Phil Laak, David Benyamine, Giovanni Safina, and Luke “FullFlush” Schwartz. Online qualifier and amateur poker player, Safina, said, “It was emotional to play with the […]
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European Poker Tour: Copenhagen Day 1BDay 1B at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen 35,000 DKK no-limit hold’em main event has come to a close, and the second day of play attracted 232 players. That brings the total for the event up to a final field size of 423 players. The turnout shrunk by more than 8 percent from the […]
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Charity Poker: Fallen Heroes Tournament This FridayThe fourth-annual Fallen Heroes Fund Memorial Poker Tournament will take place at the Bicycle Casino in Southern California, and registration for the tournament will be open from 5-8:30 p.m. PT this Friday, Feb. 19. The tournament will raise money for the families left behind when a Los Angeles County law enforcement officer or firefighter dies […]
