Poker News

Everest Poker Revenues Down One-Third

Everest Poker has announced a steep drop in its poker revenues for the second and third quarters of 2009. The company, which was recently sold by its owners GigaMedia to Mangas Gaming in a deal worth $100 million, saw revenue in the second quarter fall 36 percent to $17.4 million compared to a year earlier. […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier (pictured right) finished 2009 with 4,109 points in the Card Player Player of the Year race, which puts him in seventh place overall. Following his breakout performance in 2008, this year proved to be an exceptional sophomore season for Mercier, and the future looks bright for the young Team PokerStars pro. Mercier has […]

Online Poker – Full Tilt Poker Suspends Brian Townsend

Full Tilt Pro Brian Townsend (pictured right) has been suspended from his red pro status for one month, following allegations that he shared a database of 50,000 hands with recent Isildur1 slayer Brian Hastings. Hastings, a senior at Cornell University, managed to take the unknown Swede for $4.2 million in a short span of just […]

L.A. Poker Classic -- Multiple Satellites Offered

The $10,000 World Poker Tour no-limit hold’em championship event at the L.A. Poker Classic doesn’t begin until Feb. 26, but players can begin qualifying for the event on Jan. 15 at Commerce Casino. Winners of $40 single-table satellites will advance to higher stages, and the $1,000 single-table satellites that await those that advance will award […]

Steve Gross Closes in on OPOY Award

In 2008, Steve “gboro780” Gross (pictured right) fought hard, but ultimately failed to overcome Alex “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis and his large lead in the Online Player of the Year race, eventually settling for second place. This time around, Gross has a comfortable lead of his own heading into the final week of the year. Gross added […]

Ladbrokes to Enter Italian Poker Market Next Month

Ladbrokes has confirmed it will enter the burgeoning Italian poker market in January 2010 after receiving a licence from the Italian regulator. Chief executive officer Chris Bell said of the move, “We are committed to expanding the international reach of our online business and Italy is an excellent regulated market opportunity. “We hope that further […]

Waheed Ashraf wins Dusk Till Dawn Monte Carlo Tournament

The £1,000 buy-in Dusk Till Dawn Monte Carlo main event, held at the eponymous club in Nottingham at the weekend, was won by Waheed Ashraf. He took down £68,000 for topping the 300-strong field in the £250,000 guaranteed main event. The final table payouts were: 1: Waheed Ashraf — £68,000 2: Paul Richford — £53,000 […]

Eric Baldwin Signs with UltimateBet

It’s been a pretty good week for Eric Baldwin (pictured right), but then again he has had a pretty good year as well. Just days after he clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award, Baldwin has signed a sponsorship deal with Ultimate Bet. Baldwin will become a member of Team UB, joining […]

Holiday Discount for Card Player Magazine Subscriptions

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas. And, of course, happy Hanukkah and happy Kwanzaa, as well. Tis’ the season to be giving, and one of the best ways to give the gift of poker to a poker player is with a free one-year subscription to Card Player magazine. But hurry, Card Player’s special holiday discount is […]

World Poker Tour Comes Back to Paris

The World Poker Tour has announced details of its 2010 Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club de France, Paris. The €10,000 buy-in event will be held from May 8 to 13 and is set to be filmed for TV broadcast. Bruno Fitoussi (pictured), poker consultant for the Aviation Club said, “"The Aviation Club […]

Online Poker – UB Unveils Bubble Buster Promotion

A min-cash is better than nothing and now UB.com is making it even more appealing with their new Bubble Buster promotion. The UB Online Championship (UBOC) is gearing up for its fourth installment in January and the site is rewarding it’s loyal players with freerolls, buy-ins and cash. The series, which begins Jan. 20, will […]

Bayou Poker Challenge -- Allen Kessler Wins Main Event

The Bayou Poker Challenge $3,000 no-limit hold’em main event crowned a champion on Sunday, Dec. 20 at the Harrah’s in New Orleans and that champion is poker professional Allen Kessler (pictured right). Chainsaw beat 79 opponents during the three-day tournament to win $70,796 in prize money and a $10,000 seat in the 2010 World Series […]

Online Poker -- Michael Huber 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: $1,708,000 Entrants: 8,540 Places Paid: 1,260 Final Table Results: 1. hassan77 — $195,661* 2. Michael “dapalma150” Palma — $206,512* 3. moorzer — $160,782* 4. BigFlopper01 — $85,400 […]

European Masters of Poker Hits Gran Canaria in January

The European Masters of Poker rolls into Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands from Jan. 28 to 31, 2010 and qualification is now underway on all Entraction network sites including Pokerdassi.com, 24hPoker.com, Potraiser.com, NoIQPoker.com, Pokerihuone.com, and C4A.com. Players can qualify for as little as €2 or 200 VIP points in over 30 daily feeder […]

WPT -- Daniel Alaei Wins Doyle Brunson Classic Championship

The final table at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic took place on Saturday at Bellagio and it was loaded with talent. Every player that made the final day of the tournament was a professional and two of them were former WPT champions. An enthusiastic crowd filled the audience and excitement […]

WPT – Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 5

The final six in the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship is now determined, but getting to that point from the remaining 16 players was anything but pleasant thanks to yet another off-the-wall situation at the table, this time between Scotty Nguyen and Chad Batista. The day began innocently enough with short stacked Joe […]

Dream Team Poker -- Saturday Event at the Bike

The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California will host the Ho Ho No-Limit Hold’em Dream Team Poker championship event this Saturday, Dec. 19. The tournament will begin at 2 p.m. in the Bicycle Casino event center. Entries are $201 per team or $67 per person. Registration is open to the public and if players don’t […]

$1K Holiday Freeroll Tourneys on UB

UltimateBet — now running under the new, more concise moniker UB.com — is giving new players a reason to celebrate this holiday season. The site is providing $2,000, in the form of two exclusive $1,000 freeroll tournaments, to people who sign up for new accounts using this link from Dec. 1-26. (Note: All UB links […]

This Week in Poker -- December 12 – 18

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 1: Eric Baldwin — 6,994 (pictured right) 2: Cornel Cimpan — 5,934 3: Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 5,509 4: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,473 5: Soheil Shamseddin — 4,283 6: Jason Mercier […]

Check Out Aria's New Poker Room

At midnight on Dec. 17, Aria’s doors officially opened to the public. Las Vegas’ newest casino — and the centerpiece of the multi-billion dollar CityCenter — is the home of a brand new poker room. The historic grand opening for Aria — a 4,004-room hotel-casino in a 67-acre complex — provides a timely opportunity for […]

Cake Institutes ‘Reindeer Games’ for Poker Players

For the greater part of the last century, ‘Donner,’ ‘Vixen,’ and ‘Rudolph’ have been known as some of the mythical creatures that help Santa Claus on his big day. Now, Cake Poker wants you to associate them with one other thing – some great value poker tournaments. Starting Dec. 20 and running through Dec. 27, […]

PartyPoker Player Numbers Up

A trading update from PartyGaming Plc, parent company of PartyPoker.com, has said player numbers and net daily revenues are up this quarter compared to last. Jim Ryan, chief executive officer of the company said, “Returning poker to growth has been a key focus for us.  We are pleased to see that the initiatives introduced throughout […]

PKR.com Launches Nuts and Loaded Online Poker Rooms

PKR.com, the next-generation online poker room, yesterday announced it had entered into partnership with IPC Media to launch poker sites for two of IPC’s biggest magazines, Nuts and Loaded. PKR marketing director Simon Prodger said, “We think that the collaboration with IPC Media is a perfect matchup of brands. Nuts and Loaded readers are spot […]

WPT -- Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 4

Day 4 at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic saw a field of 36 players return and none of them were in a rush. The field meandered down to the money bubble, and then play continued forward slowly. By the end of the night 16 players still remained, and they will […]

Bodog Features 12 Days of Poker

‘Tis the season for giving, and Bodog poker is doing its part to give poker players added value in its December tournaments. Bodog recently announced its 12 Days of Poker promotion, which began on Dec. 16 and runs through Dec. 17. During this period, the popular poker site will give away dozens of free seats […]

2010 WSOP Schedule Released

The 2010 World Series of Poker will feature a new $50,000 mixed games championship, which will replace the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. in years past as the “players championship.” The event will feature only no-limit hold’em at the final table, and it will be televised by ESPN. Check out the complete 2010 WSOP schedule. “We really took […]

PokerStars Announces Dates for New ANZPT Season

While the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) just launched in February, its initial success has led the company to add new tour stops and the promise of additional events in its second season. PokerStars announced yesterday the dates of the first six events of its second season, highlighted by a brand-new venue in Perth. […]

WSOP Circuit -- Chris Klodnicki Wins Harrah’s A.C. Event

At the last World Series of Poker Circuit stop that took place in Atlantic City at Caesars Palace in March, Chris Klodnicki (pictured right) made the final table and finished in eighth place. This summer at the WSOP, Klodnicki finished in third place in event No. 42 ($2,500 mixed event), which came one year after […]

Irish Open Poker Festival Schedule Announced

PaddyPowerPoker.com has released the full schedule for the Irish Open 2010 festival which sees a €750 + €75 pot-limit Omaha event, a €300 + €30 ladies event, a €1,500 + €150 no-limit hold’em event, and a €270 + €30 + €30 no-limit hold’em scalps event alongside the €3,200 + €300 main event. “We’ve further improved […]

Everest Poker Bought by Mangas Gaming

Online poker room Everest Poker has been taken over by Mangas Gaming, owner of French betting site Betclic and Scandinavian site Expekt. The deal sees Mangas taking 60 percent of Everest Poker. Everest’s previous owner, Gigamedia, will retain a 40 percent share in the business. Everest Poker earned $24 million in poker revenue in 2008. […]