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Asia Pacific Poker Tour — Aaron Benton Wins in Sydney

The final table of the 2009 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Sydney Grand Final was contested today in Australia. Nine players returned for the final day from a starting field of 396 players. The total prize pool for the event was $2,376,000 AUD, and the first-place prize up for grabs was $594,000 AUD. The final-table […]

European Poker Tour — Jan Skampa Wins Prague Main Event

The final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event took place today in the Czech Republic. The final eight had emerged from a field of 586 players, and one of them would walk away with €682,000 at the end of the day. Team PokerStars pro Luca Pagano (pictured right) […]

European Poker Tour — Prague Day 4

Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw 24 players return, and all of them were eager to make the final table of eight. Everyone was guaranteed at least €15,500, but after three days of poker, they wanted much, much more. It took a little more than five […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Champions Event Today

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Champion of Champions event gets underway today in Luton with Karl Mahrenholz (pictured) leading the 122 players in the £100,000 freeroll. The event is open to GUKPT winners from 2009 including online, side event, and main event victors. The top 10 in chips going into the event are: 1: Karl […]

This Week in Poker — Nov. 28-Dec. 4

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 (pictured right) — 6,202 2: Cornel Cimpan — 5,670 3: Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 5,463 4: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,473 5: Soheil Shamseddin — 4,085 6: Brock Parker […]

European Poker Tour — Prague Day 3

Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back 95 players, and the first order of business was to burst the money bubble. The top 80 players would get paid, and the unfortunate bubble brigade that fell during early play included Team PokerStars pros Sandra Naujoks and Jude […]

Poker Tournament Trail — Chris Bjorin

Chris Bjorin (pictured left) is one of the pioneers of London tournament poker. He has been traveling to the U.S. to play since 1991, when he cashed three times at the World Series of Poker and almost won his first gold bracelet when he finished second in a $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event (he has since […]

Online Poker – joeingram1 Breaks World Record

On Nov. 25, a Russian online player with the handle “innerspy” set the record for the most hands played online in a 24-hour period. The 22-year-old fought through a tough session of 40,088 hands, but failed to turn a profit during his run. Five days later, American player “joeingram1” broke the record on PokerStars, logging […]

Online Poker — Steve Gross Still Leads OPOY Race

Already sporting a sizable lead in the 2009 Card Player Online Player of the Year race, Steve “gboro780” Gross went ahead and gave himself more of a cushion anyway this Sunday with a third-place finish in the PokerStars $200 rebuy. The score added an additional $20,407 to his bankroll, bringing his year-to-date winnings to an […]

Real Deal Online Poker to Revolutionise Virtual Game

Red Planet Gaming Inc. will supply Gioia International Limited with software in order for it to launch its new online poker site, RealDealPoker.com, in the new year. What is different about the site is that it will not use random number generators to deal the cards. Instead, the founder of the site, Gene Gioia has […]

Intralot Buys Stake in U.S. Online Poker Operator

Intralot, one of the world’s leading lottery-systems provider, yesterday took a 35 percent stake in CyberArts, the U.S.-based online poker software provider. Andreas Papoulias, the managing director of Intralot Interactive said, “The acquisition of a strategic stake in CyberArts is a significant step towards expanding the online gaming capabilities of the Intralot group in view […]

Betting for Tonight’s Full Tilt Poker Million Final

A number of bookmakers are offering odds on the final table of the Full Tilt Poker Million which is being broadcast on SKY Sports 2 across Europe tonight at 7:30 p.m. Paddy Power, Sky Bet, Sportingbet, Blue Square and 888Sport are all offering the win market with Blue Square and 888Sport going 1/4 the odds […]

Barney Frank’s Poker Hearing Concludes Without A Vote

In a sparsely attended hearing Thursday morning, Rep. Barney Frank delivered the case for the regulation of the online gaming industry. The 90-minute hearing featured several expert witnesses and questioning from a handful of members of the House Financial Services Committee. No committee vote was taken, and Rep. Frank concluded the meeting, saying, “We will […]

European Poker Tour — Prague Day 2

Day 2 at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back 328 players, and after six 75-minute levels of poker, less than a third of that field of players remained. Day 3 will see 95 players return tomorrow at noon, and the money bubble will burst when 80 of them […]

Online Poker — Vivek Rajkmuar Wins $1K Monday

Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $371,000 Entrants: 371 Places Paid: 45 Final Table Results: 1. Vivek Rajkumar — $80,110 (pictured right) 2. roshizzle — $72,000 3. Rick W_88 — $44,520 4. zenbj123 — $34,317 5. […]

Boylepoker’s Luke Schwartz Poker Million Special

Tonight at 8 p.m. (WET), Boylepoker.com is offering a $50 + $5 buy-in Luke Schwartz Poker Million tournament with some nice features. The event is in honour of Schwartz making the final table of the Poker Million which will play out tomorrow, Dec. 4. Firstly, the site is adding $5,000 to the event, and secondly, […]

European Poker Tour — Prague Day 1B

Day 1B at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw 365 players enter play, which brought the total number of players in the event up to 584. The total prize pool for the event is €2,842,100 and the champion will take home €682,000. The top 80 players will all walk […]

WSOP Circuit — Harrah’s Atlantic City Stop Begins Friday

The final World Series of Poker Circuit event for 2009 begins on Friday, Dec. 4 at Harrah’s Atlantic City in New Jersey. The tournament series will feature 17 events, and the $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship will run Dec. 13-15. The series concludes on Dec. 20 with a $1,100 satellite for the 2010 WSOP. Last year, […]

Barney Frank Hearing May Shape Online Poker’s Future

Nearly seven months after Rep. Barney Frank first introduced his two poker-related bills in Congress, the Massachusetts Democrat will hold a hearing to discuss the legislation and address any concerns that skeptics might have concerning the bills. “This hearing will provide further evidence on the ability to effectively regulate Internet gambling and require licensed operators […]

Poker Tournament Trail — Phil Gordon

Phil Gordon (pictured right) and Rafe Furst decided to pledge one percent of their winnings in the 2003 World Series of Poker main event to help fund cancer prevention. They asked many poker players to join them in that cause, and the result is the Bad Beat on Cancer charity campaign that aids the Prevent […]

Online Poker – Cake Increases Sunday Tourney Guarantee

Starting Dec. 6, the big Sunday tournament on Cake Poker will raise its guarantee from $100,000 to $125,000. The tournament schedule has recently been adjusted by Cardroom Manager Lee Jones and now features more than $6 million in guarantees each month. Jones has been key in the development of the site, but he credits the […]

PokerStars Team Shines at Belgium Open

The €10,000 Heads-Up Team event held on Nov. 25 at the Belgium Open Poker Championships saw six teams of four battle each other in heads-up matches. The team who outshone the rest by a long shot was the team representing PokerStars. The four players who featured on the team were Arnaud Mattern, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier […]

FullTiltPoker Series Spain Grand Final Today

The grand final of the four-event FullTiltPoker Series Spain gets underway today at the Casino Gran Madrid in Torrelodones, Spain with the €550,000 guaranteed, €3,000+€300 no-limit hold’em tournament expected to attract up to 200 players. The Series has already seen three events with guarantees of €150,000 played in Torrelodones, Malaga, and Barcelona in June, August, […]

PartyPoker has a Full House this December

This week at PartyPoker.com, players say goodbye to The Gladiator, and wave a big hello to a brand new three-in-one promotion. During November, players tried to accumulate at least 10 PartyPoints per day for five days in order to enter a $5,000 freeroll in The Gladiator. The more days points were earned, the bigger the […]

Poker Strategy — Adam Levy Talks About Table Image

Adam “Roothlus” Levy has gained a reputation as one of the most consistent online and live tournament players in the industry, and has posted major cashes worth more than $2.1 million in his short career. One of his most recent live cashes came at the $5,000 buy-in Caesars Palace Classic main event in which he […]

Binion’s, Birthplace of the WSOP, Closes Hotel Operations

Binion’s, a name synonymous with poker, announced yesterday that it was shutting down hotel operations starting on Dec. 14. “This is a result of this brutal economy that has affected Las Vegas," said Lisa Robinson, a spokesperson for the hotel. “We looked at every aspect of our operations, and the hotel rooms are no longer […]

European Poker Tour — Prague Day 1A

Day 1A at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw 219 players enter action, but by the end of play, just 117 remained. Mark Gork from Germany led the way at the end of play with a stack of 169,200. He was joined in the top 10 by fellow German […]

Barry Shulman on Bernard Lee Poker Show Tonight

Card Player Publisher Barry Shulman (pictured right) will make a guest appearance on the Bernard Lee Poker Show radio broadcast tonight at 7 p.m. EST. The show will air live on 1510 AM The Zone in the Boston area, and it will also be available coast-to-coast on RoundersRadio.com. Shulman will discuss his win at the […]

Las Vegas’ CityCenter Has Arrived

In the capital of the poker world, a mammoth entity has been growing. It is, of course, CityCenter, the largest private construction project of all time. For more than five years, the $8.5 billion development has been adding to the Las Vegas skyline. The project has been delayed again and again, but today the wait […]

Russian Wins European Masters of Poker Slovenia

Vladimir Mefodichev has won the first €1,000+€100 buy-in European Masters of Poker of season two in Ljubljana, Slovenia beating 252 opponents to lift the €58,190 top prize at the Grand Casino. After three days a the final table comprised players from Israel, Russia, France, Greece Germany, Sweden, Denmark (x2), and Romania and the final standings […]