Poker News

PartyPoker Team Expands as Does Premier League Line-Up

A lot of moving and shaking is going on this week at PartyPoker.com. First of all, Kara Scott has signed a deal with PartyPoker which will see her representing the site as a Canadian in various major tournaments worldwide (including Canadian Poker Tour events). She will also resume the role she is most known for, […]

Freeroll into Irish Poker Open 2010

PaddyPowerPoker.com is offering even more ways to get to the 2010 Irish Open, scheduled to begin on Apr. 2 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. Now is the chance to qualify for free with the site’s new Irish Open freeroll tournaments, where tokens for super satellites can be won. Each day from Thursday through to […]

William Reynolds Wins PCA High Roller Event

The final table of the $25,000 high roller no-limit hold’em championship at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure began a little after noon EST today in the Bahamas. The final-table bubble took many long hours the night before and the unfortunate bubble girl was Team PokerStars pro Sandra Naujoks. The final eight players had fought long […]

Poker Sites Matching Haiti Donations

Devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the country of Haiti is reeling as tens of thousands are likely dead and many more injured or without necessities. As relief and rescue efforts come into the country, many people around the world are wondering what they can do to help out. Always charitable, the poker community has […]

Poker Strategy: Reynolds vs. Raymer

William Reynolds is a young pro from Sioux City, Iowa, whose biggest score to date is a fourth-place finish in the 2009 European Poker Tour San Remo event for $490,000. He competed in the $25,000 high-rollers event at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and got into a big hand with 2004 World Series of Poker […]

Chinese Taipei Win World Cup of Poker VI

Croatia may have gone into the final day of the PokerStars World Cup of Poker VI as chip leader, but in the end it was the Chinese Taipei team consisting of Wan Hsan Lai, Wen-Hao Pan, Tsu-Chi Wang, Tseng Wei Ming, and captain Raymond Wu who rose to the top after almost 10 hours of […]

Titan Poker Launches Sportsbook

Euro Partners, an affiliate program for Playtech licensees, is tapping into the world of sports betting with Titanbet.com. This new online sportsbook platform comes from the makers of Titan Poker and is the first platform of this kind to be produced by software developer Playtech. Euro Partners Marketing VP, Marc Kenigsberg , said, “Euro Partners […]

DoylesRoom.com Eyes European Online Poker Market

DoylesRoom.com yesterday announced it was planning a major European expansion in 2010 though a variety of overseas partnerships. Will Griffiths, president of the online poker room which sponsors UK player Chris Moorman, said, “We’re all really excited about what we have planned for Europe in 2010, from both an affiliate relationship standpoint and in terms […]

Win Place on Team Devilfish for EMOP Gran Canaria Tonight

Dave Ulliott invites online poker players to shoot for a spot on Team Devilfish at European Masters of Poker Gran Canaria tonight, January 14 at 8 p.m. GMT (21:00 CET) on DevilfishPoker.com with three guaranteed packages worth €2,000 in the highly anticipated €100 buy-in grand final. Team Devilfish will take part in the €1,100 buy-in […]

PCA High Roller Championship -- Day 3

A total of 24 players returned to the Imperial Ballroom at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller Championship, but only a third of them would survive the day and make the EPT Live final table of eight. Furthermore, a third of them would walk away from the tournament […]

Commerce Adds Five $10K Seats to Prelim LAPC Events

In 2009, Cornel Cimpan won the Los Angeles Poker Classic main event for nearly $1.7 million. He beat out 695 other players — most of whom put up the $10,000 buy-in themselves — to win one of the most prestigious titles in poker. Always one of the biggest series of the year, the 2010 LAPC […]

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 […]