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Dwan Up Over $1M in Durrrr Challenge

It’s no secret that the Durrrr Challenge has started to get a bit stale with the lack of action in the past year, but last week Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius resumed their match and put a significant dent in the contest’s hand requirements, putting in more than 2,000 hands. On Wednesday, the two logged […]

PokerNexus Closed by Owner Due to “Poor Returns”

Canadian technology company Chartwell has issued a statement explaining the closure of its online poker room and community at PokerNexus.com. The company said the closure was part of its commitment to focus on its core gaming system, casino. “A decision was made to close the Chartwell Poker community, PokerNexus as of the end of the […]

PaddyPowerPoker Expands Irish Open Satellite Schedule

PaddyPowerPoker.com is expanding its $10 rebuy Irish Open super satellite schedule from this Friday with a $10 rebuy satellite every Monday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 7.30 p.m.. In every super satellite one Irish Open ticket is guaranteed, with more depending on the total prizepool generated. Those who qualify for the event via the […]

Pole Conquers European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria

A Pole ploughed his way through Sweden, Finland, and Denmark to conquer the European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria main event final table. He was one of three fellow countrymen who took home titles from the seven events EMOP had to offer. Maciej Lipny beat 287 others to take home the top end of the […]

Jennifer Harman to Donate 1 Percent of Winnings to Charity

Jennifer Harman always has been a class act when it comes to giving back to her community and helping those who need it the most. So perhaps it isn’t surprising that the pro poker player has offered to donate 1 percent of her future poker earnings to the NephCure Foundation, an organization that funds research […]

Poker Hand Discussion: What Would You Do With Two Pair?

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 […]

PokerStars Nordic Poker Awards Announced

PokerStars.com has announced details of the Nordic Poker Awards which take place in Park Cafe, Copenhagen on Feb. 15, 2010 at 8 p.m. – just prior to the European Poker Tour Copenhagen. The awards will pay tribute to exceptional poker talent from Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden and all EPT players are welcome to attend. […]

Euro Finals of Poker Begins

The world famous Aviation Club de France once again plays host to the Euro Finals of Poker soon with a host of games and buy-ins to suit all pockets. Last year Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott won the €5,000 Diamond Championship for €152,000. This year the festival will see 14 events from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14 […]

Dave D'Alesandro Wins UBOC Main Event

It was a monster weekend in the world of online poker, and Sunday’s action capped off an impressive record-setting week at the virtual tables. Three sites decided to up their usual guarantees, resulting in the biggest paydays in the history of the tournaments. The biggest prize pool belonged to the PokerStars Sunday Million, which upped […]

California Poker: Greg Heslip Wins Annie Duke Freeroll

Saturday, Jan. 30 served as a grand confirmation for the new poker room at Pala Casino in San Diego County. It wasn’t the grand opening for the room — that took place on May 22 — but there was excitement in the air as the new room staged its first major tournament event. Poker professional […]

A Poker Life: Liv Boeree

With a killer dark-haired, blue-eyed combo, Liv Boeree turns heads wherever she goes, but especially so when she saunters into a typically male-dominated poker room. While she may stick out like a sore thumb looks-wise, when it comes to the level at which she plays, Boeree is fitting in right with the best of them. […]

Dutch Poker Pro Has Property Seized By Taxman

Dutch poker pro, Steven Van Zadelhoff, has had his house raided and belongings impounded by Dutch tax athorities demanding uncollected tax income reportedly amounting to hundreds of thousands of euro, according to newspaper De Telegraaf. The tax authorities are demanding access to his online poker accounts but Van Zadelhoff and his lawyer Peter Plasman are […]

PartyPoker Premier League IV Betting Market

Partybets has opened the outright betting market for the forthcoming $100,000 buy-in PartyPoker Premier League IV being held in Las Vegas from Feb. 12 to 18. The first showing is: J.C. Tran — 5/1 Daniel Negreanu — 6/1 Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 7/1 Luke Schwartz — 8/1 Roland de Wolfe — 9/1 Tony G — 9/1 […]

Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge Hits TV Screens Tonight

One of the events in 2009 that got everybody’s tongues wagging was Full Tilt’s Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge. Tom Dwan set a challenge for anyone who wanted to take him on heads up for a $500,000 buy-in with a choice of no-limit hold’em or pot-limit Omaha. Three men accepted the proposal and on Nov. 17, […]

Online Poker: UB Online Championship Events No. 11-17

The UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) is coming to an end with 17 of its scheduled 18 events already in the books. All that remains is the much anticipated $1,000 Main Event which takes place Sunday afternoon with a $1 million guarantee. Of the 17 completed events, all but three have surpassed their guarantees, ensuring a […]

WSOP Europe Begins on ESPN2

The World Series of Poker Europe hits ESPN2 tonight at 11 p.m.. The first episode kicks things off with the inaugural Caesars Cup, a team event which sees Europe take America on for a battle of epic proportions. Team America is made from the stuff of legends with the likes of Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, […]

European Masters of Poker Final Table Tonight

The second leg of the European Masters of Poker season two kicked off in Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands on Jan. 28. The event reached its max of 360 and with still so many survivors late yesterday it was decided play would continue for two more hours or until the final table. The […]

Tyron Krost Wins Aussie Millions

In 2009 Australian Stewart Scott became the first Australian player to win the Aussie Millions main event. The run of Aussie champions at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia has now been increased to a second year. Tyron Krost (pictured left), a resident of Sydney, topped a field of 746 players today at the final […]

New Irish Omaha Championship Announced

The first major Omaha poker event to be held in Ireland, the Irish Omaha Championship, is due to kick off on Mar. 4 and run for three days. This inaugural €1,100 buy-in event will be held in the same place as the Irish Poker Championship (IPC), the Eglinton casino in Galway. On hearing about the […]

Aussie Millions: Erik Seidel Wins $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

The Aussie Millions $10,000 AUD pot-limit Omaha event has come to a close and the champion is Erik Seidel (pictured left). He took home the top prize worth $120,000 and he captured the 22nd tournament win of his poker career in the process. Seidel defeated a tough field of 26 players to take home the […]

Cloutier, Liebert, and McEvoy Coming to Choctaw

Sometimes, bigger is better. At least that’s what the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, thinks. And poker players will likely have a hard time disagreeing after the casino kicks off a special celebrity tournament to help celebrate the casino’s $300 million expansion grand opening. From Feb. 9-14, poker players will get the chance to […]

Delaware Legalizes Poker, Table Games

Publicly, Atlantic City casino representatives say that that their companies are confident about the future, saying their properties offer much more than their new competitors ever will. But privately, one wonders just how anxious they are, as gaming analysts predict Atlantic City’s table-games revenue might decrease as much as 15 percent due to neighboring states’ […]

Cake Poker Buys T.J. Cloutier's Bracelet

The poker community was stunned last week when it was discovered that a pawn shop in Plano, Texas, was selling a World Series of Poker bracelet won in 2005 by legendary poker champion T.J. Cloutier on eBay. The seller confirmed that the 14 karat gold, diamond-encrusted bracelet was 100 percent authentic and acquired from Cloutier […]

Michael Phelps Returns to Poker

A field of 64 players converged in Atlantic City yesterday to compete in the $2,000 heads-up championship at the Borgata Winter Open. Among the many notables in attendance was 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, who was making his first public appearance on the poker felt in about a year. It’s no secret that Phelps […]

Online Poker: Top 10 Gets a Shake-Up in OPOY Race

It’s only been a week since the last Online Player of the Year update, but what a week it’s been. Thanks to the ongoing UB Online Championship (UBOC) and increased guarantees at Full Tilt Poker, the field sizes and prize pools have exploded to create more OPOY-qualifying tournaments than ever. The end result is a […]

Poker Tournament Trail: Praz Bansi

Praz Bansi (pictured right) began 2010 by making a deep run at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. He finished in 18th place ($87,500) out of 1,529 players after holding the chip lead at various times of the tournament, and he was one of the most exciting players to watch at the event. When play had all […]

This Week in Poker -- Jan. 23-29

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 (pictured […]

Online Poker: Cake Players Earn 4X Rewards in February

The month of February may be short on days, but it won’t be short on play thanks to Cake Poker and its newest player reward program, Gold Spree. Starting Feb. 1, every Cake player will be assigned a personalized Frequent Player Point (FPP) goal. If that goal is achieved by Valentine’s Day, the player will […]

Phil Ivey: Poker's Winningest Player

Anything you can do, I can do better … It may not be the last time these two poker pros trade spots, but Phil Ivey surpassed Daniel Negreanu this week to officially become No. 1 in lifetime tournament poker winnings. “It’s exciting. I’ve been after that for a while now, so it feels good to […]

Purple Lounge Owner Raises £870,000 in Share Placing

London’s AIM-listed Media Corporation, owner of online poker site Purple Lounge, has placed 29,102,728 shares – its entire holding – with investors to enable it to raise £0.87 million to be used for new acquisitions. The company bought Purple Lounge in October 2009 and Justin Drummond, chief executive of the group said, “Whilst the Group […]