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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: […]

Interview with AGA's CEO Frank Fahrenkopf

Frank 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 […]

AGA Changes Position, Now 'Open' to Online Poker

The 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 […]

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 […]

Poker Strategy: Bart Hanson Makes Big Laydown at LAPC

Bart 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 […]

European Poker Tour Snowfest -- Day 1B

While 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 […]

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) […]

Tony Hachem Wins Perth Main Event

Tony 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 […]

Tom Dwan Continues to Roll on High Stakes Poker

As 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

European Poker Tour Snowfest -- Day 1A

Day 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. […]

UK Gambling Commission Warns Pub Poker Club

The 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 […]

All Four EPT Poker Robbers Now in Custody

It 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 – […]

Belgium EU Presidency Seeks Online Poker Clarity

Belgium, 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Last Chances for Irish Open Tickets This Week

PaddyPowerPoker.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 […]

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 […]

Last Entraction Weekly Qualifier for EMOP Lisbon

Casino 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 […]

The Scoop: Huck Seed Stars in This Week’s Episode

Huck Seed discusses his success at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship over the years, and how the Isildur1 saga has inspired him to work on his online heads-up game, all on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Seed sits down with Diego Cordovez for The […]

This Week in Poker: March 13-19

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 (pictured right) 2: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000 3: Dwyte Pilgrim — […]

ESPN Gets Emmy Nomination for WSOP

For the second consecutive year, ESPN’s final-table coverage of the World Series of Poker main event has been nominated for a Sports Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Just like last year, it is up for the award for “Outstanding Live Event Turnaround.” In 2008, in an effort to energize and […]

Senior Citizens' Poker Game Broken Up

It seemed too absurd to be true. And after the public ridicule and outcry that followed, Idaho legislators decided it was too absurd to continue. Approximately 20 elderly residents of the Twin Falls Senior Center in Idaho were told by local police last month that they were breaking the law by playing in their regular […]

Steve Gross and Casey Jarzabek Extend Lead in OPOY Race

On Sunday, Steve “gboro780” Gross finally created some distance between himself and Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek in the Card Player Online Player of the Year race when he took down the $100 rebuy on PokerStars for $85,921. Little did he know that just a few hours later, Jarzabek would keep the pace by taking down the […]

Poker Strategy: Scott Seiver at LAPC High Roller Event

Scott Seiver has over $2.1 million in tournament earnings and a WSOP bracelet, but that doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of the 24-year-old’s poker career. Thanks to his extensive cash-game background, Seiver has excelled in deep-stacked tournaments, specifically high-roller events at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, North American Poker Tour, and, most recently, the […]

Second EPT Berlin Robber Arrested

A second suspect in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Berlin robbery has been arrested by police in the German capital. Twenty-year-old Ahmad El-Awayti was picked up at a central Berlin subway station on Wednesday afternoon according to The Associated Press. He did not resist arrest. Police also say they have found the Mercedes car used […]

PKR Live IV Returns to Loose Cannon Club

Online poker room PKR.com has announced the return of PKR Live to the Losse Cannon Club in London from May 7 to 9, 2010. This will be the fourth outing for the popular live poker weekend and will feature a $500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event as well as a $150 side event. Packages worth […]

ANZPT: Perth Main Event Will Award $500,000

The first day of play has come to a close at the PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event, and the two day-one flights have attracted a field of 222 players. The total prize pool for the event stands at $510,600, which makes for a strong showing at the first major […]