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Poker Tournament Trail — Ted Lawson on Pot-Limit Omaha

The $10,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament at the 2009 Festa al Lago Classic concluded on Saturday, Oct. 17, and Ted Lawson (pictured right) topped the field to walk away with the $62,080 top prize and a Bellagio championship Rolex. Players that he surpassed on the way to winning the tournament included Matt Glantz, Pat Walsh, Justin […]

Poker Strategy — Raymond Wu on EPT London

Team PokerStars pro Raymond Wu represented his site well at the PokerStars EPT London main event. Wu navigated his way through a field of 730 before busting out in seventh place, netting himself a final-table finish and earning £87,000. A total of 24 players returned to battle to the final table on day five, including […]

Three Poker Final Tables in Three Months for Akenhead

Full Tilt Poker pro James Akenhead will make his third final table appearance in three months at the Full Tilt Poker Million. Akenhead qualified for the final table when he took down the semi-final on Oct. 9. His opponents are Full Tilt Poker’s Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Cardrunners’ co-founder Taylor Caby, and Peter Vasiliou, a travel […]

European Poker Tour Warsaw Starts Today

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour kicks off today at 12:30 p.m. (local time) in Warsaw, Poland for the second time ever, and will run until Sunday. Over the next two days, a maximum of 400 entrants will sit down and try to outlast each other in the 25,000 PLN (Polish zloty) buy-in no-limit hold’em event. […]

Darren Annis Wins GUKPT Thanet Main Event

The eighth leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour at the G Casino in Thanet attracted 132 players, which created a prize pool of £132,000. This is a drop in the attendance figure from last year when Andrew Teng outlasted a field of 226. This year it was Darren Annis, a 38-year-old former I.T. consultant, […]

Kentucky Supreme Court Prepares for IMEGA Poker Case

On Thursday, the oral arguments for one of the most prominent poker-related cases will take place in Kentucky — and you can watch it live. The hearing, which is open to the public and available on http://courts.ky.gov, could be the conclusion of what has been a lengthy battle between the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming […]

World Poker Finals Tournament Series Preview

The 2009 World Poker Finals began today at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The tournament series will feature 20 poker tournaments between now and the conclusion of the World Poker Tour $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship on Nov. 10. Games spread will include no-limit hold’em, limit hold’em, seven-card stud, seven-card stud eight-or-better, pot-limit Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better, […]

Full Tilt Poker — Now You Can Run It Twice

Imagine you are taking a chance with a huge chunk of your bankroll in a game you really can’t afford to be playing in. You look down at pocket queens and after a series of raises, find yourself all in preflop against an opponent’s big slick. Unless you happen to be in Bobby’s Room, the […]

European Poker Tour Warsaw Main Event Begins Tomorrow

The next stop on the PokerStars European Poker Tour season six schedule begins tomorrow in Warsaw, Poland. The 25,000 PLN no-limit hold’em main event will employ the standard EPT structure, and the final table will conclude on Sunday, Oct. 25. Card Player will provide daily recaps for each day of the event. The tournament field […]

Dream Team Poker Comes to the Bike for Monday Night Football

Dream Team Poker recently launched in Las Vegas and flourished with events at Hard Rock, Caesars, and the Rio for the World Series of Poker. But now it may have found a permanent home in Los Angeles at the Bicycle Casino. The company announced last week that it had signed an agreement with the Bike […]

Poker Tournament Trail — Howard Lederer on $10K HORSE

Howard Lederer defeated a tough field that included Eli Elezra, Matt Glantz, James Van Alstyne, Andy Bloch, Jerry Buss, Michael Binger, Scott Clements, David Singer, and Dan Shak, Ralph Perry, and Rod Pardey to win the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2009 Festa al Lago Classic. The tournament win at Bellagio was the fourth for […]

Online Poker — Vivek Rajkumar Wins at Full Tilt

It was a solid weekend on Full Tilt Poker for both Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar and Card Player Online Player of the Year leader Steve “gboro780” Gross. (pictured left) Rajkumar made a deal in the Sunday $1 Million Guarantee, but ultimately came out on top to pick up a nice score of nearly $180,000. Gross came […]

German Markus Sippe is International Poker Open 2009 Winner

This year’s Boylepoker.com International Poker Open saw an even bigger field of 1,440, meaning it once again broke the record for the biggest poker tournament ever held outside of America. With many big names in attendance such as Padraig Parkinson, Marty Smyth, Paul Marrow, and Surinder Sunar, scattered among players of all levels from all […]

WPT — Christophe Savary Wins Marrakech Main Event

The third and final day of play at the World Poker Tour Marrakech €4,500 no-limit hold’em championship saw 17 players return to action from the original field of 416. The top prize was €377,262, and the day would not end until one player walked away with that prize. Ludovic Lacay (pictured right), Benjamin Spindler, and […]

APPT — Simon Watt Wins Auckland Main Event

The final table of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland main event welcomed back nine players to the final table today at the Skycity Casino in New Zealand. The $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament attracted a total of 263 entrants, and the top prize that each player was gunning for was the $209,085 NZD. […]

Added Value, Likely Overlay in Bodog Poker Open Satellite

If you want to get a head start on qualifying for November’s much-anticipated Bodog Poker Open IV, the best way to do so is to get in on the private satellite that Bodog is holding this Sunday. The tournament is guaranteeing a seat in the $500 buy-in BPO IV main event, and Bodog is even […]

TamTam Poker Brings Game Back to Far West

TamTam Poker is a recent innovative addition to the world of online poker. The European online poker room was launched in September, and is now up and running on the iPoker network using Playtech as its software platform. The site is open to anyone looking for a poker game of their choice with an added […]

Festa al Lago — Ted Lawson Wins $10,000 PLO Event

The $10,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament at the 2009 Festa al Lago Classic attracted 16 players at Bellagio on Friday, October 16. The final six returned to the Fontana Lounge today to decide who would walk away with the $77,600 first-place prize. Players who fell out of contention on the first day of play included Matt […]

Phil Laak Wins PartyPoker World Open V

Phil “The Unabomber” Laak has been made champion of the PartyPoker.com World Open V after beating 47 opponents including a tough final table. The event ran from Oct. 11-15 and saw many big names and familiar faces such as Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, J.P. Kelly, Teddy Sheringham, Andrew Feldman, Roland De Wolfe, and Marty […]

Iraq War Vet Next Up on PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge

The PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge debuted last Sunday, and according to PokerStars representatives, it was the most-watched poker program this year. This Sunday on Fox, a new contestant is getting a shot at $1 million, and that person is Sergeant First Class Denny Luna. Luna, a 20-year Iraq war veteran, is currently serving as an […]

This Week in Poker — Oct. 10-16

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 — 5,596 (pictured right) 2: Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 5,463 3: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,337 4: Brock Parker — 3,772 5: Jason Mercier — 3,711 6: Cornel Cimpan […]

WSOP Circuit — Hammond Poker Event Begins Friday

The first World Series of Poker Circuit event of the 2009-2010 season begins today at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The circuit stop will host a total of 13 tournaments, which culminates with the $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship that begins on Friday, Oct. 23. The games spread will include no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, and […]

Online Poker — OPOY Weekly Recap — Oct. 16, 2009

Very slowly and very quietly, Steve “gboro780” Gross (pictured right) has taken a nearly 1,000-point lead in the 2009 Card Player Online Player of the Year race. Gross made three final tables on the 11th, picking up a modest $30,000, but more importantly scoring 540 points to open up his lead on the competition. Second […]

Everything Must Go — Card Player Poker Store’s Huge Sale

If you’ve been eyeing that Dan Harrington poker book or have been curious what secrets lay in Phil Hellmuth’s instructional poker strategy DVDs, now is the time to let your impulses loose. Starting today, all poker books and poker DVDs in the Card Player Poker Store are half off until we liquidate our inventory! And […]

Record-Breaking International Poker Open Begins Today

The Boylepoker.com International Poker Open 2009 begins today with day 1A at the Regency Hotel in Dublin. Irishman Ruairi Coy was last year’s champion. He took home €37,530 from a total prize pool of €205,000. The $250 buy-in event is totally sold out with more than 1,400 players expected to attend over the two starting […]

CryptoLogic Preempts Poker Figures for Third Quarter

Online gaming software developer, CryptoLogic, has today released a preview of its third quarter results which will be announced in full on Nov. 5. The company has seen a decrease in wagering volumes in both casino and poker compared to last year, and it expects to report third quarter revenue of $9.6 million and a […]

Festa al Lago — Howard Lederer Wins $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.

The $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2009 Festa al Lago tournament series hosted at Bellagio was won by Howard Lederer (pictured right) late on Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas. The tournament, which began on Tuesday, Oct. 13, attracted 19 entrants for a total prize pool worth $184,300. During two days of poker, the field played […]

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Mike Sexton Selected as Sole 2009 Poker Hall of Fame Inductee

Mike Sexton has been selected to be in the Poker Hall of Fame. Harrah’s and the World Series of Poker announced this morning that Sexton had been selected to become the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame. He will be the only person inducted into the Halll at the November final table of […]

World Poker Tour Marrakech Main Event Begins Friday

The World Poker Tour is venturing into Africa for the first time when the WPT Marrakech €4,500 no-limit hold’em main event begins on Oct. 18. The tournament is being hosted at the Casino de Marrakech in Morocco. Players will begin with 20,000 in chips, and participation in the event is capped at 350 players. Levels […]