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Roll Call Article Supports Frank’s Online Poker BillOn Sunday, the New Orleans Saints upset the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl XLIV. As Drew Brees and the Saints dominated the fourth quarter to seal their victory, the millions of people who gambled on the game likely either groaned or shouted with glee. Super Bowl betting was the topic of an article that […]
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Ladbrokes Poker Hosts Valentine's Battle
One poker site heating up the felt for poker lovers with the approach of St. Valentine’s Day is LadbrokesPoker.com. It’s men versus women on Thursday, Feb. 11, with €1,000 in the prize pool. The buy-in is free but one lucky player is set to receive €500 in cash and an all-expenses paid trip for two […]
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Boylepoker's Battle Royale for Irish Open 2010 ContinuesBoylepoker.com’s “last Longest” promotion for all its Irish Open online poker qualifiers kicked off late January and continues to heat up with the approach of one of Ireland’s most popular live poker events. Anyone who qualifies for the Irish Open on the site is eligible to participate in Battle Royale. The Boylepoker.com qualifier who lasts […]
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Devilfish Services Signs Consultancy Deal with Merkur WinDevilfish Gaming Plc’s online gaming consultancy business, Devilfish Services, which was launched late last year, is set to aid Merkur Win in the setting up and launch of its online poker and casino products. Merkur Win is part of the German Gauselmann Group which has 500 entertainment centres around Europe, and has sold more than […]
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Check Raise Management Signs Rising Poker StarsCheck Raise Management has signed three new up-and-coming poker players. The poker agency will represent their interests in the cut-and-thrust world of the poker business. World Series of Poker finalist Laurence “Lady Luck” Grondin, WSOPE runner-up Stanislav Alekhin, and French online superstar Hugo Lemaire will join Jude Ainsworth, Andrew Feldman and Sammy George on Check […]
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Russian Poker Business Hit By New Laws
Laws introduced in Russia last year to restrict poker appear to have had a negative impact on a once thriving poker business in the region. Poker Style, owner of a magazine promoting “luxury lifestyle,” the poker portal PokerStyle.ru, and originator of the Russian Poker Tour, is understood to owe significant amounts of money with at […]
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Danish Poker Club Gets Country's First Poker LicenceThe Riverclub in Valby, Denmark says it is the first club in the country to be granted a licence to host live poker tournaments according to the Copenhagen Post. Live poker has famously been a fraught affair in Denmark with only a handful of state-run casinos able to offer the game. The Danish government made […]
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Jeff Madsen Wins the Borgata Winter OpenThe final table of the Borgata Winter Open $3,000 no-limit hold’em championship began just after 11 a.m. EST today at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The initial field of 766 players had been whittled down to the final 10, and all of them were guaranteed at least $31,876 in prize […]
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Poker Tournament Trail: Ryan D’AngeloRyan D’Angelo (pictured right) has been playing tournament poker both online and live for a few years now. He has lifetime winnings of $1,465,928, and he just scored his largest cash to date at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, where he finished in fifth place and took home $700,000. D’Angelo was among the chip leaders for […]
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This Week in Poker: Jan. 30-Feb. 5
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: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000 2: Tyler Reiman — 2,500 3: Mike McDonald — 2,240 4: […]
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Online Poker: Ronald Grauer Takes Over Lead in OPOY RaceWilliam “imahustla1” Givens (pictured right) held onto his lead for nearly three weeks for 2010 Online Player of the Year honors, but he’ll have to make up some ground after getting passed by two players on Wednesday. Givens was featured this week on Card Player TV’s The Online Zone and discussed his recent success. Zurich, […]
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Quebec Government Eyeing Online Poker RegulationThe Quebec government has approved the province’s lottery commission to establish online poker and sports betting sites this year. “I believe this to be an efficient way of fighting the underground economy,” said Quebec’s finance minister, Raymond Bachand. “Our citizens are not (currently) protected, and the money goes to illegal channels.” The new online poker […]
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Boylepoker Sponsors Irish Poker RankingsBoylepoker.com has today announced that it is sponsoring this year’s Irish Poker Rankings competition. The prestigious poker player of the year race was launched in 2009 and has since been expanded with many more clubs and events coming on board, and also more prizes up for grabs for high ranking players such as a token […]
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Finnish Slot Machine Association Turns to Online Poker
Following a government decision, the Finnish Slot Machine Association (RAY) got the green light to begin offering online poker and casino games. RAY’s gaming operations raises funds to support voluntary health and welfare organisations, and so previously had the exclusive right in Finland to operate slot machines, casino table games, and a casino. According to […]
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PlayersOnly.com Joins Merge Gaming Poker Network
Jazette Enterprises, controller of online poker room playersonly.com, and other sites which also have poker offerings, sportsbook.com and superbook.com, will join Merge Gaming’s poker network by mid-April this year. Anthony Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Merge Gaming, said, “This is an industry changing deal and we are delighted to have come to an agreement with […]
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L.A. Poker Classic: Preliminary Events Update
The 2010 L.A. Poker Classic began on Jan. 20 at the Commerce Casino in Southern California. There have been 14 winners crowned in 15 events during the last two weeks, and thousands of players have entered the preliminaries. The tournament kicked off with a bang two weeks ago. The $300 no-limit hold’em event with a […]
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Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza BeginsThe first Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza of 2010 has begun at the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino. Five preliminary events have booked results so far, and there are still 18 prelims left on the schedule. The tournament series will conclude with the first PokerStars North American Poker Tour event to take place on U.S. soil, […]
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Poker Strategy: Hoyt Corkins at the WPTWith over $5 million in career tournament winnings, Hoyt Corkins has more than earned his reputation as one of the best ever to play the game. The “Alabama Cowboy” is no stranger to the bright lights and cameras of televised poker, having appeared at a World Poker Tour final table an astounding six times in […]
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Online Poker: Felipe "Improved" Montenegro Wins at AP
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: $344,000 Entrants: 344 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. mralan2950 — $86,000 2. Christina “cristinalindley” Lindley — $55,040 (pictured right) 3. nowa1 — $41,280 4. Aaron “SpanishKey” Been — […]
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Will "imahustla1" Givens Visits Card Player TV's Online ZoneIt wasn’t too long ago that Will “imahustla1” Givens was broke, leaving Las Vegas and wondering if he’d ever play poker professionally again. The 24-year-old packed up and headed back home to Aurora, Colorado, taking a job while playing the occasional small-stakes cash game on the side. Then, in October 2009, Givens did well enough […]
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Bodog Searching for Next Great Female ProIn the last decade, a number of female poker pros have risen out of anonymity and proven themselves at the highest levels of the game. Now, Bodog is searching for the next great female poker player to represent them in future tournaments. “Bodog Poker is on the lookout for female players to sponsor and send […]
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Dragonfish to Supply Greek Company with Online Poker
Dragonfish, the business-to-business online poker provider owned by 888.com, has announced it has signed a deal with Lex Online Entertainment to provide the company with online poker and casino software. Lex, a subsidiary of Greek-listed company Centric, will position Lexpoker.com to the southern and eastern European markets. Dragonfish will also provide back office technology, fraud […]
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French Sweeping Euro Finals Of Poker
The Euro Finals of Poker, currently underway at the Aviation Club de Paris, has four winners on the board from the festival schedule of 14 events. The all-French winners so far are: €500 buy-in no-limit hold’em warm up: Jerome Debrie — $14,401 €250 buy-in no-limit hold’em: Abdelakim Laidouni — $10,474 €200 buy-in limit H.O.R.S.E.: Nicholas […]
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French Broadcaster To Launch Online PokerTF1, a major commercial broadcaster in France, has signed a three-year deal with state-owned Francaise des Jeux which will see the latter provide an online poker platform for the TV company when regulation and legalisation hit France later in the year. Francaise de Jeux recently announced it was to partner with casino operator Barrière to […]
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World Poker Tour: First Midwest Event Scheduled in March
The World Poker Tour will stage its first event in the Midwest this March at the Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg in Indiana. The $10,000 WPT no-limit hold’em championship will take place on Mar. 20-24. It will be just one of 28 evens on the schedule for the inaugural Hollywood Poker Open. Preliminary events will spread no-limit […]
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Borgata Winter Open: Championship Draws 766 PlayersThe $2 million-guaranteed Borgata Winter Open no-limit hold’em championship is currently in progress at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The tournament has attracted a large field of 766 players, and 135 were still in the tournament when day 2 began. The total prize pool for the event is $2,527,800, and […]
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Year-on-Year Fall for PartyPoker Revenue Continues
PartyGaming Plc, parent company of PartyPoker, saw poker revenues fall 11 percent to $49.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 from $55.1 million a year earlier. However this figure was up 9 percent on the third quarter of 2009. Average daily players were down from 536,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 517,000 […]
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Poker Challenge Nets Player $30,000 at Boylepoker.comTowards the end of 2009 Peter Murphy started the Multiplier Challenge x2 – an attempt to turn $1,000 into $40,000 at Boylepoker.com in just 11 weeks. It was the second time he’d tried the feat, having successfully turned $100 into $10,000 earlier in the year. However the second challenge, proved a rollercoaster ride that fell […]
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Poker Tournament Trail: Annie DukeAnnie Duke (pictured left) is one of the most famous poker players on the planet. She is also one of the most active people in the poker industry in her contributions to charitable causes. She co-founded Ante Up For Africa with Don Cheadle and Norman Epstein, and she also serves as a board member for […]
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SpadeClub.com: New Year, New ImprovementsSpadeClub.com is excited to make 2010 the best year yet! There is a lot to celebrate and look forward to, and SpadeClub is ready to share some exciting developments and new tournaments. SpadeClub wanted to do something special for its most loyal members, so a VIP program was created in 2009. There are three different […]
