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Croatia Leads World Cup of Poker VI at PCA

The second day of heats for the PokerStars World Cup of Poker VI at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the Bahamas played out yesterday and saw Finland soar from sixth place to second in the list of nine competing. The final begins today and each team sits down with a chip stack relative to […]

DevilfishPoker's Let it Snow Freerolls Begin Tonight

As much of Europe remains under a blanket of snow and temperatures struggle to reach 0 celsius, DevilfishPoker.com is running a series of $100 freerolls to help house-bound online poker players get through the cold snap. The $100 freerolls begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. GMT (8:30 p.m CET) and run until Saturday, Jan. 17. Registration […]

Peppermill Hosts Deep Stack Poker Series

Reno poker players itching for bigger starting stacks and more play will be pleased to learn about the new Deep Stack Poker Tournaments that will be running at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino from Jan. 13-17. The casino will run three daily tournaments during that time (at noon, 4 p.m., and 7 p.m.), at several […]

PCA High Roller Championship -- Day 2

Coming into day 2 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller Championship, Dario Minieri (pictured left) was listed as the overall chip leader, just a chip or two ahead of another big stack in Lex Veldhuis. But when the players returned Tuesday afternoon to continue play, Veldhuis discovered that he had miscounted his chips and, […]

WSOPE Coverage Begins Jan. 31

It was one of the most talented final tables in televised poker history. And soon, you will be able to watch it on ESPN2. The sports television network recently announced the dates for its World Series of Poker Europe coverage, scheduled to begin Jan. 31 at 11 p.m. Lon McEachern and Norman Chad will commentate […]

Chilipoker.com Targets Irish Online Poker Market

Malta-based Chiligaming and Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports yesterday announced the launch of Setantabets.com and a new poker site to be run by Chilipoker. The companies will jointly promote the new poker site which will be operational from February 1, 2010. Chiligaming founder Alexandre Dreyfus said, “I am very proud and ambitious about our new partnership […]

Everest Poker Sponsors Ten Poker Players for One Year

Everest Poker today announced the names of the 10 poker players who won sponsorship worth $100,000 at the Live the Dream final in Vienna, Austria. The ten players are: Fabien “SchumyFab” Perrot (France) Leonard “leoledingo” Truche (France) Julien “Garrincho54” Claudepierre (France) Ronny “Spadesman” Pickard (Germany) Tobias “Tobestar11” Wagner (Germany) Koen “koendb” de Bakker (Netherlands) Javier […]

Francis McCormack Lifts Irish Poker Rankings Title

Francis “Wally” McCormack has lifted the Irish Poker Rankings 2009 title after securing five first place victories and 11 other final table finishes last year. McCormack beat off stiff competition from Dara O’Kearney and Rob Taylor to secure the title and it was his victory in the European Deepstack Championship early in the year which […]

Norwegian Wins $450,000 at PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Twenty-four year-old Aage Ravn from Norway was the highest finishing European at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure yesterday taking sixth spot in the the 1,529-strong field. The IT consultant from Narvik collected $450,000 for his victory in the Bahamas after winning his seat in a $100 rebuy event on PokerStars.com. It was only his second major […]

Harrison Gimbel Wins 2010 PCA

The final table of the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure began today at noon EST at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. The final eight players had fought their way through a massive field of 1,529 competitors to make it to the final day of play, and they all had their eyes on the first-place prize […]

Obrestad Debuts on Poker After Dark

Poker has become a sport wherein players are identified by their personalities, trademarks, and success, often resulting in sticky aliases. This week, NBC is premiering brand-new Poker After Dark (PAD) episodes, and it’s featuring players with nicknames. It all starts tonight at 2:05 a.m. The six players putting up the $20,000 to play for the […]

Watch the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Live Now

You may not have had the chance to watch the World Series of Poker main event live this past year, but PokerStars is making sure that you can do so with the final table of its premiere event, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The PCA main event final table is happening now, and you can watch […]

Online Poker -- Isetit Wins 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: $1,744,200 Entrants: 8,721 Places Paid: 1,260 Final Table Results: 1. Isetit — $256,576 2. marktb — $187,501 3. AFFTOR — $130,815 4. bubbba82 — $87,210 5. bufo523 […]

Under The Gun Poker Q & A -- Vicky Coren

Vicky Coren has been front stage of late with the launch of her new book, For Richer, For Poorer. After a detailed interview with the London lady about the book Card Player Europe threw some alternative quickfire questions at her, to get to better grips with the EPT London champ. Rebecca McAdam: Do you listen […]

PartyGaming and Danske Spil Launch Online Poker

PartyGaming has announced today that it has signed a five-year deal with Danske Spil, one of Europe’s largest gaming and betting companies. The agreement will now see PartyGaming provide the organisation with an online gaming platform for poker and casino games in Denmark. The terms of the agreement have yet to be finalised. Jim Ryan, […]

Poker Pro Amir Vahedi Passes Away

This past weekend was a difficult one for many in the poker community as one of its most beloved pros, Amir Vahedi, passed away on Jan. 8, reportedly from diabetes complications. Vahedi was perhaps best known for his sixth-place finish in the 2003 World Series of Poker main event, where his colorful personality was on […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure -- Day 5

Day 5 at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure was a short affair today in the Bahamas. Play began at noon EST with 24 players, and by 6 p.m. the final table of eight was set. Headlining the final table is Card Player’s CEO Barry Shulman (pictured right). He will take 6,805,000 into the final table […]

Eight EMOP Gran Canaria Packages Guaranteed Tonight

The European Masters of Poker rolls into Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands from Jan. 28 to 31, 2010 and the event is on the brink of selling out is 260 capacity according to organisers. The last chance for palyers to qualify for this event will be on Sunday January 17 at 20:40 CET […]

Final Qualifier for PartyPoker Premier League IV

PartyPoker.com’s final $450 + $30 buy-in online qualifier for its Premier League IV will kick off tonight at 8.20 p.m. (GMT), and just one package remains. Due to high demand the qualifier, worth $100,000 to the winner, has been pulled forward from Sunday, Jan. 17th. The Premier League IV prize pool is $1.5 million and […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure -- Day 4

The 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been a fast-paced affair since its start. With three days of play still remaining on the schedule, the field had already whittled itself down to an astonishing 63 players. It was determined that the day four survivors would battle down to the final three tables and end play, regardless […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure -- Day 3

Day 3 at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure welcomed a group of 280 players back to their seats this afternoon and the first stretch of play was dominated by the money bubble. The bubble hit during the second level of play and it took a long time before John Leathart was busted by Justin Bonomo […]

Doyle Brunson Regularly Playing $5-$10 Online Poker

Doyle Brunson is used to playing the biggest games around. In Bobby’s Room, the legend would frequently play limit games with blinds as high as $4,000-$8,000. Not exactly chump change for the average amateur looking to throw around a few chips with the 10-time bracelet winner. But now, to welcome new players onto his site, […]

Poker Case Appealed to S.C. Supreme Court

As expected, the South Carolina attorney general has appealed a September court ruling that exonerated five poker players from any wrongdoing from an April 2006 home poker game. Henry McNaster said last week that Judge R. Markley Dennis, Jr. erred in overturning the poker players’ convictions on the basis that poker is a game of […]

Poker Strategy -- John Cernuto at the PCA

“Miami” John Cernuto is competing at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and the long-time pro has had to tweak his game in order to succeed against the overwhelmingly large field of players. He demonstrated an adjustment he made by analyzing a hand he played early on Day 1A of the event. Review of the Hand: […]

Boylepoker Celebrates Resizable Tables with $500 Added

Boylepoker.com was the first site on the iPoker network to launch resizable tables yesterday as part of a software upgrade and to celebrate the company is hosting a special $500 added, $1 buy-in freezeout tonight, Friday January 7 at 8 p.m. GMT. The highly anticipated move to resizable tables is not the only benefit from […]

Qualify for Team Devilfish at EMOP Gran Canaria

Dave Ulliott will be joined by three DevilfishPoker.com players at the European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria in January as the site guarantees three seats to the main event worth €2,000. Team Devilfish will take part in the €1,100 buy-in event in Gran Canaria from Jan. 28 to 31, 2010 and qualification for the three […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure – Day 2

The two starting fields combined for day-2 action at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and with the blinds mounting, the players fought all the way from 884 survivors down to an astonishing 275 or so, just about 50 spots from the money. Speaking of the money, most were surprised to hear that the first-place prize for […]

Pennsylvania Casinos Will Have Poker

Spurred on by a threat from the governor that he would have to cut state jobs by the end of this week if the legislature did not act, the Pennsylvania Senate and House finally came to an agreement yesterday to pass a bill that officially legalizes table games, including poker, in the state. Governor Ed […]

Photo Blog from PCA $100k Day 2

Action has played fast during the early going on day 2 at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 super high roller event. There were 23 players who returned and we are already down to the final 15 after a brisk run of eliminations heading past the first break. This photo blog will give you a […]

Betfair Poker’s Bad Weather Tournaments

BetfairPoker.com] has hastily arranged a series of three tournaments this evening as online poker numbers surge due to many people in the UK and Ireland being snowed into their homes. The company said it had seen the number of UK active players on Betfair Poker up 20 percent as a direct result of the freezing […]