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Online Poker: UB Online Championship Events No. 11-17

The UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) is coming to an end with 17 of its scheduled 18 events already in the books. All that remains is the much anticipated $1,000 Main Event which takes place Sunday afternoon with a $1 million guarantee. Of the 17 completed events, all but three have surpassed their guarantees, ensuring a […]

WSOP Europe Begins on ESPN2

The World Series of Poker Europe hits ESPN2 tonight at 11 p.m.. The first episode kicks things off with the inaugural Caesars Cup, a team event which sees Europe take America on for a battle of epic proportions. Team America is made from the stuff of legends with the likes of Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, […]

European Masters of Poker Final Table Tonight

The second leg of the European Masters of Poker season two kicked off in Casino Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands on Jan. 28. The event reached its max of 360 and with still so many survivors late yesterday it was decided play would continue for two more hours or until the final table. The […]

Tyron Krost Wins Aussie Millions

In 2009 Australian Stewart Scott became the first Australian player to win the Aussie Millions main event. The run of Aussie champions at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia has now been increased to a second year. Tyron Krost (pictured left), a resident of Sydney, topped a field of 746 players today at the final […]

New Irish Omaha Championship Announced

The first major Omaha poker event to be held in Ireland, the Irish Omaha Championship, is due to kick off on Mar. 4 and run for three days. This inaugural €1,100 buy-in event will be held in the same place as the Irish Poker Championship (IPC), the Eglinton casino in Galway. On hearing about the […]

Aussie Millions: Erik Seidel Wins $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

The Aussie Millions $10,000 AUD pot-limit Omaha event has come to a close and the champion is Erik Seidel (pictured left). He took home the top prize worth $120,000 and he captured the 22nd tournament win of his poker career in the process. Seidel defeated a tough field of 26 players to take home the […]

Cloutier, Liebert, and McEvoy Coming to Choctaw

Sometimes, bigger is better. At least that’s what the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, thinks. And poker players will likely have a hard time disagreeing after the casino kicks off a special celebrity tournament to help celebrate the casino’s $300 million expansion grand opening. From Feb. 9-14, poker players will get the chance to […]

Delaware Legalizes Poker, Table Games

Publicly, Atlantic City casino representatives say that that their companies are confident about the future, saying their properties offer much more than their new competitors ever will. But privately, one wonders just how anxious they are, as gaming analysts predict Atlantic City’s table-games revenue might decrease as much as 15 percent due to neighboring states’ […]

Cake Poker Buys T.J. Cloutier's Bracelet

The poker community was stunned last week when it was discovered that a pawn shop in Plano, Texas, was selling a World Series of Poker bracelet won in 2005 by legendary poker champion T.J. Cloutier on eBay. The seller confirmed that the 14 karat gold, diamond-encrusted bracelet was 100 percent authentic and acquired from Cloutier […]

Michael Phelps Returns to Poker

A field of 64 players converged in Atlantic City yesterday to compete in the $2,000 heads-up championship at the Borgata Winter Open. Among the many notables in attendance was 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, who was making his first public appearance on the poker felt in about a year. It’s no secret that Phelps […]

Online Poker: Top 10 Gets a Shake-Up in OPOY Race

It’s only been a week since the last Online Player of the Year update, but what a week it’s been. Thanks to the ongoing UB Online Championship (UBOC) and increased guarantees at Full Tilt Poker, the field sizes and prize pools have exploded to create more OPOY-qualifying tournaments than ever. The end result is a […]

Poker Tournament Trail: Praz Bansi

Praz Bansi (pictured right) began 2010 by making a deep run at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. He finished in 18th place ($87,500) out of 1,529 players after holding the chip lead at various times of the tournament, and he was one of the most exciting players to watch at the event. When play had all […]

This Week in Poker -- Jan. 23-29

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 (pictured […]

Online Poker: Cake Players Earn 4X Rewards in February

The month of February may be short on days, but it won’t be short on play thanks to Cake Poker and its newest player reward program, Gold Spree. Starting Feb. 1, every Cake player will be assigned a personalized Frequent Player Point (FPP) goal. If that goal is achieved by Valentine’s Day, the player will […]

Phil Ivey: Poker's Winningest Player

Anything you can do, I can do better … It may not be the last time these two poker pros trade spots, but Phil Ivey surpassed Daniel Negreanu this week to officially become No. 1 in lifetime tournament poker winnings. “It’s exciting. I’ve been after that for a while now, so it feels good to […]

Purple Lounge Owner Raises £870,000 in Share Placing

London’s AIM-listed Media Corporation, owner of online poker site Purple Lounge, has placed 29,102,728 shares – its entire holding – with investors to enable it to raise £0.87 million to be used for new acquisitions. The company bought Purple Lounge in October 2009 and Justin Drummond, chief executive of the group said, “Whilst the Group […]

Aussie MIllions: Obrestad, Mizzi Headline Final Table

World Series of Poker Europe’s 2007 main-event champion Annette Obrestad has made the final table of the Aussie Millions main event. Today, she will attempt to win her second major title, but she faces staunch competition in chip leader Sorel Mizzi and fellow pro Peter Jetten. Read the full recap below of how the final […]

Aussie Millions: Main Event Day 3

Day 3 at the 2010 Aussie Millions has come to a close at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The $10,000 AUD no-limit hold’em tournament attracted 746 players overall, and just the final 18 are still in the race for the top prize worth $2 million. There were 83 players at the start of the […]

Online Poker: Nicolas Leger Takes Down Full Tilt $1K Monday

Thanks to the higher guarantees on Full Tilt Poker and the current UB Online Championship (UBOC) on the Cereus Poker Network, tournaments on nearly every site have benefited with larger fields and prize pools. Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and UB below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: […]

Poker Revenues Boom at Leisure & Gaming

Leisure & Gaming Plc, the parent company of BetShop.com, today announced revenue from poker tournament fees jumped to €14.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, up significantly from the €2.7 million earned in the same period of 2008. The company said the average weekly participation in tournament fees had grown from €0.8 million per […]

Royal Cash Races at PaddyPowerPoker This February

Starting Monday Feb. 1 PaddyPowerPoker.com is rewarding its cash game players with over $2,500 in cash and prizes each week. The Royal Cash Race promotion will see players vie for their place on the weekly leader board based on the number of hands they play, the table stakes, and time spent at the tables with […]

Brunson and Benyamine Make Premier League Poker

Doyle Brunson and David Benyamine are the final two players to be added to the PartyPoker Premier League IV line-up in Las Vegas. The $100,000 buy-in event will take place from Feb. 12 to 18 and also will feature Roland de Wolfe, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Luke Schwartz, Tony G, Phil Hellmuth, and […]

Hoyt Corkins Wins WPT Biloxi

The final table at the 2010 World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship took place on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the Beau Rivage Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em tournament attracted 208 players overall, and DoylesRoom’s Hoyt Corkins (pictured right) walked away with the first-place prize worth $739,486. Corkins was the chip […]

Aussie Millions: Main Event Day 2

Day 2 at the 2010 Aussie Millions has ended at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The $10,000 AUD no-limit hold’em tournament attracted 746 players overall and now just 80 remain in contention for the top prize worth $2 million AUD. Action played quick on day 2, almost 73 percent of the 294 players that […]

Poker Strategy: Brian Rast Talks About Semi-Bluffing in PLO

Victory Poker Pro Brian “tsarrast” Rast is most well known for his killer cash game skills and his highly analytical approach to pot-limit Omaha. When he’s not grinding online, he’s competing in the biggest cash games in Las Vegas. Rast sat down with Card Player to discuss a pot-limit Omaha hand he played recently. The […]

New Jersey Considers Online Poker Bill

While supporters of intrastate online poker in California are still trying to secure a legislator to sponsor their bill, a New Jersey state senator has introduced a bill in the Garden State that would grant licenses to Atlantic City casinos for online gambling. “There are probably 500,000 online poker players in New Jersey alone,” said […]

DragTheBar Acquires PokerSwat Online Poker Training Site

PokerSwat.com, the online poker training video site, has been acquired by start-up poker training site DragTheBar.com. DragTheBar will incorporate all of PokerSwat’s 240 training videos to its site over the next couple of months in a move that marks the first takeover of one poker training site by another. Hunter Bick, chief executive officer of […]

Irish Poker Open Tournament Structure Improved

PaddyPowerPoker.com yesterday announced it had tweaked the structure of the Irish Open 2010. The main event will now see two new levels – 1,200/1,400 and 2,500/5,000 – as well as longer blinds which are being increased from 60 minutes to 75 minutes from level seven onwards. The starting stack is 10,000 chips. Spokesman for the […]

WPT: Southern Poker Championship Day 3

Day 3 at the 2010 World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship took place on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Beau Rivage Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em tournament attracted 208 players overall, and just the final table of six remain in contention for the first-place prize worth $739,486. The final table […]

Team Devilfish Hits European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria

Dave “Devilfish" Ulliott will tomorrow take part in the sold out European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria, leading his five-strong Team Devilfish in a charge to make a big impact on the €1,000 main event. Team Devilfish is made up of: Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott — UK Daniel “allin-tony” Boije — Finland Benedetto “DMTRX” Passantino — […]