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PaddyPowerPoker Irish Open Ticket Only Satellites Begin

PaddyPowerPoker.com launches its weekly €175 + €18 Irish Open 2010 ticket-only satellites with the first tournament on January 7 at 7:30 p.m. A ticket to the Irish Open main event will be awarded for every €3,600 in the prize pool. Spokesman Paddy Power said, “The Ticket-Only super sats are a welcome addition to our Irish […]

PokerStars Sponsors Major UK Snooker Tournament

PokerStars.com has stepped in at the last minute to sponsor this weekend‘s Wembly Masters snooker tournament in London after Matchroom Sport supremo and World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn brokered a one-year deal. “Pokerstars are a major company and the biggest online operator in the poker industry,“ Hearn told the UK’s Daily Telegraph. “It’s potentially a […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure -- Day 1B

The question on everyone’s mind at the start of day 1B at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure wasn’t if this year’s field would beat the previous record of 1,347 players. The question was by how many players last year’s mark would fall. The final answer came when the official number of players was released late […]

LA Kings Hold Poker Tournament This Weekend

While it may not seem like an obvious connection, the hockey and poker worlds have intermingled quite a bit recently. This summer, the Stanley Cup made an appearance at the World Series of Poker, and several hockey stars graced the Rio for a charity poker tournament. Now, the LA Kings are teaming up with the […]

PokerStars Launches North American Poker Tour

PokerStars now has a live poker tour in the United States. The biggest online poker site in the world announced today that it was launching the North American Poker Tour (NAPT), which it bills as “the first major poker tour in North America created by poker players, for poker players, with accessible buy-ins, expectations for […]

EMOP Gran Canaria Set to Sell Out

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. Qualification is now underway on all Entraction network sites including Pokerdassi.com, 24hPoker.com, Potraiser.com, NoIQPoker.com, Pokerihuone.com, and C4A.com. The last […]

Estonia Legalises Online Poker But Limits Operators

Estonia has legalised all online gambling including poker but operators must obtain a licence in the country before being able to operate legally. According to the Estonia Free Press local operators can apply for a licence immediately and international operators will be able to apply from 2011. The Olympic Entertainment Group has said it plans […]

PartyPoker Premier League Line-Up Takes Shape

PartyPoker.com yesterday announced Yevgeniy Timoshenko as the second addition to the line-up of the Premier League IV. The young Ukranian-born American, who won the World Championship of Online Poker last year will join current champion J.C. Tran on the felt at the exclusive made-for-TV event. Mike Sexton enthused about Timoshenko’s ability saying, “He has completely […]

Microgaming Poker Network Changes Way it Calculates Rake

Microgaming Poker Network yesterday confirmed it was changing the way it calculated rake for the poker rooms operating there, shifting from the “contribution” method to the “weighted contribution” method. Currently rake is allocated between operators based on the number of players any given operator had in a hand with no consideration given to the relative […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure – Day 1A

Day 1A of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is officially in the books, with a total of 669 entrants. In order to surpass last year’s total of 1,347, day 1B will need a modest 678 players to register. Though we are a long way from official numbers, some tournament officials have estimated the Wednesday field could […]

Aviation Club Celebrates 15 Years of Poker in France

To celebrate fifteen years of poker at Aviation Club de France, the popular poker venue hosted a special 150€ freezeout tournament today that will conclude with a dinner and award ceremony in Jan. 8. The commemorative event kicks off the Paris Open of Poker, which runs Jan. 5-28 at the Aviation Club. Tournament buy-ins vary […]

Cake Poker Gives Away $52,000 Jackpot Prize

Thanks to Cake Poker’s generous promotion, one San Diego, California, resident became $52,000 richer last week. ‘Jotun665,’ a cash-games player on the site, frequently played shorthanded no-limit hold’em games between $1-$2 and $5-$10 stakes on Cake in 2009. But thanks to all of the Gold Cards he collected, his biggest poker win came off the […]

PaddyPowerPoker Launches $10 Irish Open Super Satellites

PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced a series of four $10 rebuy Irish Open super satellites running for the next four Mondays, until Feb. 1, at 8pm. The satellites are for tickets into the €3,500 buy in Irish Open taking place at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin and players who win are eligible to take place in the €100,000 […]

SKY Sports 2 Airs PKR Heads Up Grand Slam Tonight

The PKR Grand Slam Heads Up begins its run tonight on SKY Sports 2 and HD2 at 10 p.m. and features: Luke Schwartz Vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Lex Veldius Vs. Nam Le Sandra Naujoks Vs. Sammy George John Duthie Vs. Tom Dwan (pictured} Annette Obrestad Vs. Ian Frazer The 32-player event had a prize pool of […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Begins Tuesday

For the seventh year in a row, all eyes in the world of poker will turn to the Caribbean to start 2010. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event begins on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at noon EST, and Card Player will be there to bring you all of the action in live coverage. […]

Live Tournament Poker -- January Preview

The New Year in poker always begins quickly thanks to a couple of large events. First and foremost there is the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (Jan. 4-14) in the Bahamas (pictured right), and that is followed by the Aussie Millions (Jan. 14-31) in Melbourne, Australia. Those two tournament series dominate the calendar in […]

Cereus Network Sending Players to Super Bowl

The National Football League’s Super Bowl kicks off its festivities on Feb. 7 in Miami, Florida, and the Cereus Poker Network is offering its players a chance at all of the on-field action. Three lucky players will win $12,000 prize packages that include VIP Super Bowl tickets for two, four nights accommodations at the Bold […]

Poker After Dark Begins Airing New Season Tonight

Poker After Dark is kicking off season six late tonight at 2:05 a.m. on NBC, and this week, six poker commentators are going to get to prove their skills on the felt. The players putting up the $20,000 buy-in for the $120,000 winner-take-all tournament are Howard Lederer, Gabe Kaplan, Joe Sebok, Mark Gregorich, Kara Scott, […]

Online Poker -- urya99 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: $1,780,000 Entrants: 8,900 Places Paid: 1,350 Final Table Results: 1. urya99 — $254,184 2. latouche83 — $186,900 3. copernic67 — $132,521 4. AAA MARTIN — $89,000 5. […]

A Poker Life: Mike "Timex" McDonald

Eighteen is a magic number in the timeline of a person’s life, and depending on who you are talking to, the age can have a number of different reasons for significance. It’s the age at which one can vote, purchase tobacco, and bear arms. For poker players, it means being able to play poker online […]

PokerStars Issues Reusable Reload Bonus

PokerStars is ringing in the new year with a 25 percent reusable reload bonus, but for those who wish to take advantage of it, time is of the essence. Players who use the promotional code “2010” to get the bonus, must deposit up to €100 between Jan. 1 and 10. The bonus then also allows […]

Final Festive Freezeouts at Boylepoker Tonight

The two final Festive Freezeouts take place at Boylepoker.com tonight. The first event is a $5 buy-in turbo tournament at 7 p.m. (GMT) which will be followed by a $10 buy-in deepstack event at 7:30 p.m.. Boylepoker.com is adding $250 to each tournament each night. Check out these games and end your holiday season on […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- POY Eric Baldwin

Eric Baldwin (pictured right) is the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year. He won the award with 6,994 points. He won four poker tournaments this year including his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in event No. 34 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em). His most impressive accomplishment in 2009 was the fact that he made […]

Qualify for the Irish Open 2010 Now at PaddyPowerPoker

PaddyPowerPoker.com is already looking ahead to the Irish Open 2010. The prestigious event with its €3,200 + €300 buy-in will kick off on Apr. 2 and run for four days. A super satellite will take place the day before it begins. All those who qualify at the site will be eligible for the second-ever €100,000 […]

Steve Gross Wins 2009 OPOY Title

Steve “gboro780” Gross (pictured right) had a bit of a sweat entering the final week of the 2009 Card Player Online Player of the Year (OPOY) race, but in the end, he really had nothing to worry about thanks to a strong December showing where he built up a large lead. Gross had some pressure […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- Peter Eastgate

Peter Eastgate proved his champion status and astounded his opponents once again, but this time on the other side of the Atlantic, when he finished runner up in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London main event. He spoke to Card Player straight after about his journey to second place, his image at the felt, and […]

Poker No Longer a Sport in Ukraine

According to the Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s Justice Ministry has changed its decision to include poker on the list of sports recognized in Ukraine. Apparently this is because it conflicts with article 2 of Ukraine law which prohibits gambling business and participation in gambling. A similar decision was made in Russia in July when after all […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- Cornel Cimpan

Cornel Cimpan (pictured right) scored his biggest win of the year at the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino in February. He was awarded $1,686,760 in prize money and the 2,400 POY points that built him a solid foundation in the Card Player Player of the Year race. Cimpan became a serious […]

European Poker Awards Nominations and Betting

The ninth annual European Poker Awards will be held at the Aviation Club de France in Paris on February 12th and for the first time bookmaker Paddy Power has opened betting markets on the awards. The nominations and current prices for the six categories are: Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro (pictured) (Italy/Australia) — 13/8 […]

Attendance at Major Tourney Tours

The past year has been a tough one for many industries in America and all over the world. The poor state of the economy has affected the majority of businesses, and big buy-in tournament poker is certainly included in the dilemma. Tournament poker at the highest buy-in levels took a hit in 2009. The $10,000 […]