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British Masters Poker Tour 2010 Announced

UK bookmaker Coral has announced details of the British Masters Poker Tour 2010 which will see the second season take in six stops from May to October 2010. Each festival will host a £500+£50 main event buy-in, with £200+£20 and £100+£10 side events. All will be held in gala casinos around Britain. The dates for […]

Mclean Karr Wins Bay 101 Shooting Star

A final table that began with so much promise flamed out rather quickly on the final day of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event in San Jose, California. The deep blind structure set up by Matt Savage and his tournament staff struck again on the final day of […]

Winnin’ O the Green Hits Full Stride at the Bike

The 2010 Winnin’ O the Green tournament poker series is underway at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California (pictured right). So far winners have been crowned in 15 events (see below) at the series that features 25 events in all and has been running since March 1. Everything is leading up to the $500 […]

This Week in Poker: March 6-12

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: Thomas Marchese — 2,880 3: Dwyte Pilgrim — 2,592 4: […]

Poker Tournament Trail: Chris Moore

Chris Moore (pictured right) won the $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em championship at the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic in late February, and he took home the top prize worth $147,200. He now holds career earnings of $1,741,000, and the majority of his cashes have come in heads-up and short-handed events. It was the second year in […]

Galfond Benefits from Isildur1's Crazy Week

One day, he’s crushing. The next day, he’s getting crushed. The legend of Isildur1 continues to grow. The anonymous Swedish phenom was back at the high-stakes Full Tilt tables this week, taking on any and all challengers. While the fearless online pro hasn’t been completely absent from the nosebleeds since CardRunners pro Brian Hastings (pictured […]

Wynn Poker Classic: Championship Event Begins March 15

The Wynn Classic has been running at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas since Feb. 25 and a dozen events have crowned champions so far (see below). The tournament series will reach its finale when play begins in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship event on Monday, Mar. 15 at noon PDT. The tournament […]

Pappas 'Optimistic' Mark-Up Coming Soon

Many online poker players watched with great interest when the House Financial Services committee held a hearing on Dec. 3 to discuss the merits and obstacles of a federally regulated online poker system. But when the hearing concluded without a vote, many people wondered, “What’s next?” The most likely answer has always been a congressional […]

B3W Group Launches New Poker Network

Online gaming solutions provider, the B3W Group, has announced the launch of its new poker network, with its software available to both fully licensed and white label operators. B3W’s portfolio will now boast a variety of games including casino, scratch-cards, horse racing, and of course, poker. B3W’s Games Development Manager said, “The final result of […]

32Red's Poker Revenues Continue to Fall

32Red has announced its preliminary results for the year ending Dec. 31, 2009, with poker revenue dropping 7.3 percent to £971,000 in 2009 from £1,052,000 in 2008. The first half of 2009 saw poker revenues of £492,000 in comparison to £548,000 for the same period in 2008. The second half of 2009 saw revenue drop […]

Poker for the Homeless March Madness II This Weekend

PaddyPowerPoker.com and Dublin’s The Jackpot Club host the Poker for the Homeless March Madness II festival this weekend. A massive turnout is anticipated with many big names from the poker and indeed the sports world already registered such as Irish rugby star Reggie Corrigan, boxing legends Jim Rock and Michael Carruth, snooker pro Ken Doherty […]

Phil Hellmuth Headlines Bay 101 Final Table

There were 27 players remaining at the start of day 3 at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. At the end of a very long day of play just six players remain, including one of the biggest names in poker, Phil Hellmuth (pictured right). The Poker Brat is […]

UB Cancels Aruba Poker Classic for 2010

Paul Leggett, Chief Operations Officer of Tokwiro, owner and operator of UB.com, has confirmed that the site is putting the Aruba Poker Classic on hold for 2010. UB will shift its focus in the future, increasing its presence at existing major events. Leggett said that the site will also begin laying the groundwork to give […]

Poker Strategy: Mortensen Busts Negreanu at LAPC

Though he plays a very limited tournament schedule, 2001 WSOP main-event Champion Carlos Mortensen makes the most of every opportunity, and more often than not, you can find him at the final table. During the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic series, Mortensen went on a tear and rivaled three-event winner Al Barbieri for Player of the […]

Anthon-Pieter Wink Wins Unibet Open Budapest

Card Player Netherlands editor Anthon-Pieter Wink topped the 460-strong field at last weekend’s Unibet Open in Budapest lifting the top prize of €170,000 in the €1,650 buy-in main event. Wink beat Peder Skaj from Sweden heads up when having raised 100,000 on the button and facing a raise of 300,000 he called. The flop came […]

World Poker Tour: Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2

Day 2 has ended at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event and there are 27 players that will advance to day 3 tomorrow, which begins at 11 a.m. PST. The day began with 126 players and action moved at a quick clip. Play ended just after 10 p.m. […]

Full Tilt's MiniFTOPS Now Running

If you want a chance at a big payday but your bankroll is on a budget, then perhaps you would enjoy the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (MiniFTOPS) XV. The series kicks off tonight with the first of 27 events designed to suit those of us with more modest bankrolls. The schedule features the […]

Tiger Woods Turns Down $75 Million Poker Offer

No matter how many corporate sponsors decide to distance themselves from the embattled Tiger Woods, one thing is perfectly clear — he’s not exactly hurting for the money. That became abundantly clear when Paddy Power, an Irish-based online gaming site, announced that the pro golfer had turned down its five-year, $75 million sponsorship offer. The […]

Pokerhost.com Joins Merge Poker Network

Online poker site Pokerhost.com is to join the Merge Gaming Network with all players due to be migrated over by the end of this week. Merge Gaming accepts players from the US and although small (104 cash game players at the time of writing) claims to be the fastest growing poker network. Anthony Taylor, chief […]

PaddyPowerPoker Player Wins $95,000 Sit’n’Go Jackpot

“alanbrrrth1” has become the second PaddyPowerPoker.com player to win the sit’n’go jackpot in less than a week, taking down $95,000 for winning six consecutive Rio sit’n’go tournaments on February 26. The player spent a total of $141 on his six buy-ins to win the prize which starts at $25,000 and progresses upwards each week. On […]

Women’s World Open Line-Up Takes Shape

The PartyPoker Women’s World Open IV line-up began to take shape yesterday when the company announced it had secured Annette Obrestad (pictured), Kara Scott, Laurence Grondin, Pippa Flanders, Maria Demetriou, Shelly Rubenstein, Kim Wooka, Soraya Homam, and last year’s winner Aisling Collins. The $3,000 buy-in tournament will be held on March 23 and 24 and […]

World Poker Tour: Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1

Both day 1A and 1B at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event have come to a close and the official size of the field is 333 players. The additional exciting stipulation of 50 bounty players was once again a feature at this year’s event and while many of […]

Poker Hand Discussion: What Would You Do with a Straight?

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 […]

More Games and Tables Added to California Grand Casino

It’s been less than a year since the new California Grand Casino has opened, but the Northern California property is already offering patrons a wide selection of games and numerous opportunities to win serious amounts of cash. The casino recently announced that it has begun offering three-card poker and “Buster Blackjack” — a Vegas-style blackjack […]

Tom "durrrr" Dwan Dominates High-Stakes Cash Games

Million dollar days are becoming increasingly commonplace among the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt, but when a player hits seven figures twice within two weeks’ time, you can be sure it will turn some heads. Tom “durrrr” Dwan hasn’t been doing very well on the live circuit these days. He lasted all of a […]

LadbrokesPoker Sponsors Boyzone’s Shane Lynch

LadbrokesPoker yesterday announced it had signed Boyzone star Shane Lynch on a year-long deal to support his motor sport and poker hobbies. Lynch, when not signing with his multi-million selling pop act, is one of the rising stars in “drifting”, the UK’s fastest growing motor sport. Ladbrokes will sponsor him for his drifting season as […]

PokerStars World’s Largest Poker Game Video Viral

PokerStars,com, which last year signed a deal with the England rugby team as its offical gaming and casino partner, has released an online video with rugby stars playing a game of giant poker. The video shows England rugby stars James Haskell (Stade Francais), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints) and Delon Armitage. (London Irish) playing a hand […]

Roy Brindley Wins Irish Omaha Championship

Card Player writer Roy Brindley has won the Irish Omaha Championship at the Eglinton Casino, Galway topping the field of 21 players in the triple chance €1,000 + €100 buy-in game. Brindley, who regularly blogs at CardPlayer.com beat PaddyPowerPoker’s Noel Hayes head up. The final table payouts were: 1: Roy Brindley — €7,300 2: Noel […]

Online Poker: MAE9690 Wins PokerStars Sunday 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: $2,024,600 Entrants: 10,123 Places Paid: 1,440 Final Table Results: 1. MAE9690 — $283,449 2. camillo30 — $206,509 3. reelhugefish — $145,771 4. asturiano — $101,230 5. AA […]

Ivey's Vegetarian Bet Highlights HSP

Poker once again took a bit of a backseat on Sunday night’s episode of High Stakes Poker, as the most interesting development was a proposed — and eventually accepted — prop bet between Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. After a few minutes of discussion and negotiating the terms, Ivey accepted Dwan’s challenge on the show […]