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Online Poker: FTOPS Results for Events No. 1-10

The 15th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is in full swing and as of Monday, a total of 10 events are officially in the books. The turnout has been great so far, with nine of the 10 events surpassing their original guarantees. The series kicked off with a good old fashioned […]

EPT: Copenhagen Main Event Begins Today

The PokerStars European Poker Tour stop in Copenhagen began on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. local time. The best professionals in the poker world have gathered in Denmark for this yearly highlight on the tournament trail. Last season Jens Kyllonen topped a field of 462 players to take home the top prize worth $1,141,474. […]

Online Poker Falls 18.1 Percent at Svenska Spel

Svenska Spel, the state-owned Swedish gaming operator, has announced a drop in online poker revenue of 18.1 percent for full year 2009. Although the company does not break down figures for its Internet business it indicated that poker fell while Lotto grew 4.1 percent and sports book jumped 5.4 percent. Internet makes up 14 percent […]

Bodog Offers Sports Tickets Package

For most sports fans, two tickets to the Super Bowl would seem like a dream come true. Combine that with another pair of tickets to the NBA Finals, the NHL Finals, and baseball’s World Series, and you’re going to find one giddy sports fan. But that’s exactly what Bodog is proposing with its Ultimate Sports […]

Rennie Carnevale Wins At Adelaide

The PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour $3,000 no-limit hold’em main event drew a record field of 236 players from 13 countries. The total prize pool was $644,280 with $165,900 going to the champion who was crowned on Sunday, Feb. 14. There were 122 players that survived to day 2 from the initial 236, and […]

Online Poker: Chad 'jse81' Batista Wins FTOPS Event

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: $1,668,200 Entrants: 8,341 Places Paid: 1,260 Final Table Results: 1. Blompf — $227,757* 2. oldrich88 — $196,971* 3. iownoknp — $125,115 4. Ramewa38 — $83,410 5. qsf84 […]

Hugo Lemaire Wins Euro Finals of Poker Main Event

Frenchman Hugo Lemaire has won the €5,000 buy-in Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship at the Aviation Club de France in Paris. The event attracted 142 players and the final table payouts were: 1: Hugo Lemaire — €213,570 2: Eric Qu — €113,460 3: Michel Abecassis — €80,090 4: Dominik Nitsche — €53,390 5: Daniel […]

Joeri Zandvliet Victorious at UKIPT Manchester

Joeri Zandvliet from Utrect, Netherlands topped the field of 518 players at the PokerStars.com UK and Ireland Poker Tour Manchester over the weekend taking down the first prize of £63,200 at the G Casino. The final hand of the tournament saw the Duthchman’s 9-9 up against Jack Ellwood’s A-Q and while a queen came on […]

California Candidate Supports Online Poker

One of the major struggles for online poker advocates in the past few years has been getting the attention of current members of Congress and then educating them about the major issues concerning the game. It has been rare that a politician arrives in Washington, D.C., with a decidedly pro-online-poker viewpoint. But that’s exactly what […]

EU to Clarify Online Gambling Laws

Newly appointed EU Internal Markets Commissioner Michel Barnier (pictured) has announced he will seek to address the current confusion over online gambling in EU states with the prospect of a Green Paper on the issue now on the agenda. “I want to launch a constructive dialogue [on gambling] with the Parliament and member states and […]

High Stakes Poker Season 6 Begins Sunday

Season six of the popular television show, High Stakes Poker will debut on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. EST on Game Show Network. The new season will air each subsequent Sunday at 8 p.m., with encore airings at 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Leading up to the season six debut, GSN will air an […]

This Week in Poker: Feb. 5-12

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: Tyler Reiman — 2,500 3: Mike McDonald — 2,240 4: […]

Bay 101 Poker Players To Receive Poker Books and DVDs

The Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California, will be hosting Player Appreciation Week at the conclusion of this year’s World Poker Tour Shooting Star tournament. This promotion will be available March 15-18 (Monday through Thursday). The four tournaments start at 9:30 a.m. and will feature $65 buy-ins with one optional $50 rebuy. All players […]

Online Poker: Steve Gross Climbs Back Into OPOY Top 10

Don’t look now, but reigning Online Player of the Year winner Steve “gboro780” Gross (pictured right) is back in the top 10. After finishing second in 2008 and winning it all in 2009, Gross vowed to concentrate on live tournaments in the new year and perhaps take a small step back from online tournaments. At […]

Vancouver Poker Rooms Gear Up for Olympic Crowds

The eyes of the world will be on Vancouver, British Columbia, today for the opening ceremony of the XXI Winter Olympic Games. The opening ceremonies will be hosted at BC Place in downtown Vancouver. Poker players in the area will be happy to find out that just across the street, the Edgewater Casino has just […]

European Poker Awards Take Place Tonight

The ninth annual European Poker Awards will be held tonight the Aviation Club de France in Paris. The nominations for the six categories are: Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro (pictured) (Italy/Australia) Dragan Gallic (Croatia) Vitaly Lunkin (Russia) Antoine Saout (France) Bertrand Grospellier (France) Europe’s Leading Lady Leo Margets (Spain) Sandra Naujoks (Germany) Kara Scott […]

Ian Frazer Wins Final Premier League IV Seat

Ian Frazer will represent Team PartyPoker at this year’s Premier League after taking down the final place in a six-seat shootout against Bodo Sbrzesny, Remy Biechel, Felipe Ramos, Mike Sexton and special guest player Dragan Galic. The $100,000 buy-in event starts tomorrow and runs until Feb. 18 in Las Vegas. It will also feature David […]

PKR’s Valentine Gift to Poker Players

PKR and partner Nuts magazine have joined forces to create a $10 buy-in Valentine’s promotional tournament this Sunday with a twist. In addition to the winner taking down the prize pool, he (or she) will win a date with Nuts magazine cover star Lindsey Strutt. The tournament takes place at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday and […]

Online Poker: Julian Thew Signed to Team PokerStars Pro

PokerStars recently announced that poker professional Julian Thew will be the newest addition to Team PokerStars Pro as the site kicks off the UKIPT Manchester main event. “I’m thrilled to have been offered a spot on Team PokerStars Pro, and I look forward to promoting the brand on my travels throughout the year,” said Thew. […]

ANZPT: Adelaide Main Event Attracts 236 Players

The first event for season two on the PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour has drawn a field of 236 players and created a prize pool worth $644,280. The first-place finisher will walk away with $165,900. This tops the field from last year (215 players) by 10 percent, and there is $57,330 in additional prize […]

Lauren Kling Visits The Online Zone

Lauren Kling didn’t just learn poker while attending UC Berkeley, she actually taught it. In fact, the 24-year-old also threw a little blackjack into the mix, as well, while teaching the class for her studies in industrial engineering and business administration. The Orlando native began to consider poker as a career after graduation, and she […]

WSOP Circuit: Paul Wasicka Wins Tunica Championship

Paul Wasicka is back. The 2006 World Series of Poker main-event runner-up took down a $5,000 WSOP Circuit event today for his first major tournament win since his victory at the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. It also marks another success for well-known poker professionals, who have had a great start to 2010. Hoyt […]

Online Poker: Mike "sowerss" Sowers Wins Super Tuesday

Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $354,000 Entrants: 354 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. ronnyr37617 — $88,500 2. Jacob “bazeman” Bazeley — $56,640 3. railtard1 — $42,480 4. Nick “agriffrod” Mitchell — $32,745 (pictured […]

Betsson Poker Gross Profit Falls 17 Percent in 2009

Betsson, the publicly-quoted Swedish bookmaker and gaming operator, today announced full year 2009 gross profits from poker had fallen 16.8 percent to SEK131.9 million (€13.09 million) from SEK158.5 million (€15.7 million) in 2008. The drop is even more pronounced at 31.7 percent when compared to 2007 gross profit from poker which was SEK193 million. In […]

Team PokerStars Signs Julian Thew

PokerStars.com today announced it has signed Julian Thew to Team PokerStars pro. The Manchester-based European Poker Tour Baden winner in season IV joins John Duthie, Vicky Coren, and JP Kelly on the site’s UK roster and will kick off his new deal at the UK and Ireland Poker Tour Manchester event tomorrow. Thew said of […]

Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship Starts Today

The Euro Finals of Poker, currently underway at the Aviation Club de France, sees the €5,000 Diamond Championship main event start this evening with Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott returning to defend the title. The winners at the 14 event festival so far are: €500 buy-in no-limit hold’em warm up: Jerome Debrie — $14,401 €250 buy-in no-limit […]

One-On-One with Patrik Antonius: Part 2

Where there was action, there was Patrik Antonius. The Finnish pro took on anyone who was willing to face him at the high-stakes tables of Full Tilt in 2009, competing in the Durrrr Challenge against Tom Dwan and facing off against the nosebleeds’ newest competitor, Isildur1, even taking down the biggest pot in online history […]

Calif. Senate Talks Online Poker

Compromise will be key. That was the prevailing lesson that came out of Tuesday’s historic meeting in a California Senate meeting when approximately 30-35 presenters testified on the merits and obstacles of an intrastate online poker system in California. There were competing interests and differing viewpoints, to say the least. In attendance were international online […]

Poker Tournament Trail: Amit Makhija

Amit Makhija (pictured right) has had a successful poker career since he began traveling on the tournament trail in 2008. He has made final tables at both the World Series of Poker (fifth place at the 2008 $10,000 pot-limit hold’em world championship), and the World Poker Tour (second place at the 2008 Legends of Poker). […]

Shak Donates 10% of Winnings to Charity

Few tournament poker players have started out 2010 as well as Dan Shak has. Besides going deep and cashing in the PCA, Aussie Millions, and Borgata Winter Open main events, Shak beat Phil Ivey heads up to win the high-roller event in Australia to launch his 2010 winnings past $1.3 million. And we’re not even […]