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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. […]

WPT -- Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 3

The big story coming out of day 3 at the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship was Eric Baldwin (pictured right) clinching the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year race. Unfortunately, two players did their best to steal the spotlight with their bad behavior as the night continued. Only two players (a different two than […]

Poker Strategy -- Dwan Discusses Poker After Dark Hands

Last week, NBC began airing the Poker After Dark season-ending cash games, and viewers everywhere were stunned by the lineup, the gambling, and the high-stakes poker action. On Saturday, a special Director’s Cut episode aired which recapped the week’s action and also provided player insight on a few of the biggest hands. With Tom Dwan’s […]

Pala Casino Completes Renovation and Expansion

The Pala Casino Spa and Resort has completed a $100 million expansion and renovation project. The Pala now has 507 rooms, including 82 luxury suites. All rooms now include flat-screen televisions, luxury armories, iPod docking clock radios, and high-speed Internet. All suites also now have in-room Jacuzzis. “The upgrades to our hotel rooms and suites […]

DevilfishPoker’s €15,000 Endurance Challenge Starts Today

DevilfishPoker.com today starts its second €15,000 Endurance Challenge where online poker players who earn just 100 VIP points at the sitefrom today, Dec.15 to Dec. 30 will share equally a €15,000 prize pool. The online poker room is also running its €500 reload bonus in December – simply use the code XMAS500 when depositing and […]

Georges Tohme Wins Paradise Poker Tour London

The first leg of the new Paradise Poker Tour has been won by Georges Tohme who beat 256 competitors to lift the £23,500 top prize at the Empire Casino last weekend. The 250 player cap for the £500 buy in tournament was exceed by seven players and a prize pool of £128,500 was created. Georges […]

Soccer Stars Turn Out for PartyPoker’s Charity Match

The Italian anti-racism charity soccer event, the Idolo Cup presented by PartyPoker.it, yesterday secured some more big names for the game taking place in Torino, Italy on Dec 21. Named to take part yesterday were Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), John Carew (Aston Villa), Anderson (Manchester United), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Ji Sung Park (Manchester United), Patrice Evra […]

WPT — Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 2

Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five-Diamond Wold Poker Classic $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship event took place today in Las Vegas. The field was scheduled to play five levels of poker, but in accordance with Bellagio tournament rules, registration was open until the end of the third level of play today. The […]

Hearing Scheduled for CA Online Poker

California — the cash-strapped state that has shown willingness in the past to be a trendsetter when it comes to legislative action — is ready to hold a hearing on the merits of regulating online poker. California State Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) told the LA Times this week that the state legislature is planning on […]

L.A. Poker Classic — 2010 Schedule Released

Commerce Casino has released the full schedule for the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic, and the tournament series will feature 51 events that will run from late January until the end of the World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship on March 4. The LAPC will also once again host the WPT Celebrity Invitational, which begins […]

Padraig Parkinson Wins Irish Poker Championship

Padraig Parkinson has won the Irish Poker Championship, the first stop on the new PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour. He beat 258 opponents to take down the €2,000 buy in event for the top prize of €125,000. The final table payouts were: 1: Padraig Parkinson — €125,000 (+£5,000 EPT qualifier) 2: Paul Marrow — […]

Festive Poker Offerings from PaddyPowerPoker.com

It’s that time of year again when poker sites begin to get festive, and one site which has already begun its Christmas crusade is PaddyPowerPoker.com. The site’s latest promotion, Paddy’s Cracking Christmas, is an assortment box of poker delights from cash races to money-added and freeroll tournaments to sit ‘n’ go leader boards. The promotion […]

WPT –- Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 1

Roughly 200 players were on hand for the start of the 2009 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship on Monday, but by the end of the day, the field size had grown to 292, 205 shy of 2008’s numbers. The difference this year is that registration will still be open through level 8, which […]

Hand Discussion: To Bluff or Not to Bluff?

In this weekly series, CardPlayer.com and the Card Player Pro poker video training site (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) are giving you a free, full-length training video. In each article, we will highlight a particularly interesting hand from that video that features unconventional play, and we will ask for your opinions on the hand. Tell us […]

Online Poker — Mark Newhouse Wins Sunday Million

Former World Poker Tour Champion Mark “newhizzle” Newhouse overcame a bad beat at the final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million to claim the victory and $245,897. Sitting four-handed, Newhouse had DeuceBuster all in with pocket tens against his pocket kings. Had the cowboys held, Newhouse would have been three-handed with more than half of […]

A Poker Life -- Andrew Brown

To be great, a player must have unassailable self-assurance and be able present themselves with a certain air of confidence without a hint of vulnerability. Any weakness shown — a regard for money, traces of intimidation, or failure to show 100 percent trust in instincts — will be pounced upon in high-stakes games. Andrew “Browndog19” […]

PartyGaming and bwin in Merger Talks Reports Say

Shares in PartyGaming and bwin jumped 2.5 percent and 4.1 percent respectively this morning after a report in the Sunday Times at the weekend which suggested the two companies were in talks to create a £2 billion betting company. Analyst Nick Batram of KBC Peel Hunt told Reuters today that the discussions were not a […]

Irish Poker Championship Final Table Set

The final table of the €2,000 buy in Irish Poker Championship has been set with Card Player writer and Boylepoker pro Padraig Parkinson sitting third in chips. Parkinson remained near the top of the chip counts all through day 2 and, with just nine players left from a field of 259 in the first leg […]

Irish Poker Championship Day 2 Update

The Irish Poker Championship main event, the first stop on PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour, saw its field squeezed to just 36 players during day 2 at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Galway, Ireland. The €2,000 buy in event saw players such as Jude Ainsworth, J.P. Kelly, and Kieran Walsh knocked out as players […]

World Poker Tour — Doyle Brunson Classic Starts Monday

The World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship event begins at noon on Monday, Dec. 14 at Bellagio. This will be the last WPT event in 2009, and it is the 17th event in the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic tournament series (Preliminary event results are listed below). Players will be able to […]

Paradise Poker Tour London Starts Today

The first leg of the Paradise Poker Tour takes place at the Empire Casino, London today and tomorrow, December 12 and 13, and will be followed by events in Prague (February 2010), Madrid (May 2010) and Bulgaria. The €500 buy-in event has a €100,000 guaranteed prize pool and over half the seats have already been […]

Irish Poker Championship Day 1 Update

The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour got underway in Galway yesterday with the Irish Poker Championship main event. The €2,000 buy in event attracted 259 player, up from last year’s 255 but down on 2007’s 298, creating a prize pool of €471,380 and a first prize of €125,000. The tournament, held at the Radisson […]