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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 […]

SKY Sports Shows WSOP Final Table Tonight

SKY Sports Extra airs the final table of the 40th Annual World Series of Poker across the UK and Ireland tonight from 9 to 11 p.m. The final table, held in November at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, featured Card Player boss Jeff Shulman and six time bracelet winner Phil Ivey and […]

Poker Strategy -- Jon Little Discusses Taking a Beat

Jonathan Little is known for his huge tournament success. He has accumulated more than $4.3 million in winnings, including two World Poker Tour titles. But when he’s not competing in live or online poker tournaments, he’s working on his deep-stack play by grinding in cash games. Little sat down with Card Player to discuss an […]

Bellagio Releases Five-Star World Poker Classic Schedule

The schedule for the 2010 Five-Star World Poker Classic has been released by Bellagio, and one thing that will jump out at players is the preliminary-events schedule. Each one of the 18 preliminary events features a $1,000 buy-in with rebuys. Two of those events will be pot-limit Omaha, while the rest will spread no-limit hold’em. […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- Jason Mercier

Card Player caught up with Jason Mercier just after the European Poker Tour Barcelona where he had been juggling both live events and the World Championship of Online Poker. Mercier played the main event and four side events in Spain, while also playing the WCOOP on PokerStars.com, and at the time he had not made […]

PokerStars Brings European Poker Tour to Berlin

PokerStars.com recently announced a new stop on the European Poker Tour with the winner guaranteed €1 million in Berlin from March 2 to 7, 2010. John Duthie, chief executive officer of the EPT said, “We are excited to be making our first stop in the beautiful city of Berlin. We have experienced great success throughout […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- Arnaud Mattern Part II

In part I of Card Player’s interview with Arnaud Mattern, the French pro spoke about his recent signing with Poker Stars and his experiences of playing against legends like Daniel Negreanu and Doyle Brunson. Here in part II, he speaks about the European Poker Tour London and other EPT’s, as well as a bet he […]

Online Poker -- The Data Mining Dilemma

Brian Townsend’s recent red pro suspension from Full Tilt has many in the industry taking a closer look at the rules of data mining and hand sharing across the various online sites. Townsend received a 30-day suspension after admitting that he gathered 30,000 third-party hands to supplement the 20,000 hands he played himself in preparation […]

Online Poker -- coach6999 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: $1,868,800 Entrants: 9,344 Places Paid: 1,350 Final Table Results: 1. coach6999 — $143,444* 2. BBOY3110 — $213,443* 3. tsakalias — $190,767* 4. schnaggels19 — $122,287* 5. mystinen60 […]

PokerStars Sets World Record for Largest Online Tournament

Sunday was a historic day for online poker, as PokerStars broke its own record for the largest online tournament of all time. The previous record of 35,000 players was broken twice on July 19, 2009. Full Tilt Poker hosted a tournament that boasted a 50,000 player field, only to see PokerStars top it later that […]

PaddyPowerPoker’s Twelve Days of Christmas Continues

PaddyPowerPoker.com’s Twelve Days of Christmas kicked off on Christmas day, not with a partridge in a pear tee, but with a $10 + $1 buy-in no-limit hold’em freezeout event which had $500 added to the pot by the site. It continues now until Jan. 5 with $5 + $0.50 buy-in rebuy events each evening at […]

Poker Tournament Trail Part I -- Arnaud Mattern

Arnaud Mattern is well-known for his determination to get another European Poker Tour title, and he can be found at nearly every EPT event there is attempting to do so. It then made sense to hear that he had signed with the tour’s sponsor, PokerStars.com. Just after the EPT London, Mattern spoke to Card Player […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- Victoria Coren Part II

In part two of our interview with UK writer, broadcaster, and poker player Vicky Coren she talks about fellow players’ reactions to her book, her adult movie experiences, and her feelings about Erik Cajelais. Drop by part one to find out the story so far. Rebecca McAdam: Did you ever think your first book would […]

PokerStars $1 Buy-In World Record Attempt Tonight

PokerStars.com will tonight attempt to set the world record for the largest ever online poker tournament. It hopes to attract more than the 65,000 players it attracted in July 2009 to the $1 buy-in tournament taking place at 14:45 p.m. ET (19:45 p.m. GMT) on Sunday Dec. 27. The tournament will have a $300,000 guaranteed […]

DevilfishPoker.com's €10,000 Freeroll Takes Place Tonight

Tonight, Dec. 27, it’s time to set the presents (and the leftovers) aside as DevilfishPoker.com’s €10,000 freeroll is taking place. Every night at 8.30 p.m. players have been trying to qualify for the event, but only 72 will take part, and only one will take home the €3,000 first prize. Elsewhere at the site, the […]

Mike Kosowski -- From Ground Zero to Poker Millionaire

On Sept. 11, 2001, Detective Sergeant Mike Kosowski rushed into the World Trade Center as one of the first responders to the largest terrorist attack on American soil. More than eight years later, he still chokes up thinking about the horror he witnessed, describing it on camera as “every kind of misery.” Undoubtedly, 9/11 was […]

Top 10 Poker Stories of 2009 - Part 2

Card Player is recapping the 10 biggest — and most talked about — poker stories of 2009. Part 1 featured stories No. 10 through No. 6, while Part 2 highlights the five biggest headlines of the year. From Jeffrey Lisandro to Phil Ivey, and from Russ Hamilton to Isildur1, it was quite a year for […]

This Week in Poker -- December 19 – 25

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 2: Cornel Cimpan — 5,934 3: Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 5,509 4: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,473 5: Soheil Shamseddin — 4,283 6: Daniel Alaei — 4,142 […]

Poker Tournament Trail - Victoria Coren

This season’s European Poker Tour has been filled with all the usual suspects and many new faces from the major international poker circuit. In London in October, one of these big names was not only playing in an event she once won, but also launching her brand new book For Richer For Poorer. Card Player […]

Boylepoker Christmas Charity Tournament Tonight

Boylepoker.com today hosts a special Christmas charity freeroll at 4 p.m. with $5,000 guaranteed to the winner and a further $5,000 to charity. Players can qualify throughout the day from just 50 VIP points. The winner can donate the $5,000 charity gift to one of the following charities: 1: World Wide Fund for Nature 2: […]