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888 to Launch Online Poker for South African ClientDragonfish, the business-to-business unit of 888.com, today announced it has signed a deal with South Africa hotel and entertainment group Tsogo Sun Gaming (TSG) to launch online poker, casino, sports betting, and bingo products on behalf of the firm. A joint company will be formed ahead of the launch of sport betting. This will be […]
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PKR.com Announces Oktoberfest Online Poker Festival
PKR.com, the 3D online poker room, today announced the launch of Oktoberfest, a 10-day online poker festival starting Oct. 15 at the site. Players will be able to participate in a wide array of events including a new Omaha high-low, as well as formats such as deepstack, double chance, rebuy, and bounty tournaments. The festival […]
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World Series of Poker Europe Main Event — Day 1BThe second starting day of the World Series of Poker Europe main event saw oodles of poker talent hitting the felt for six 90-minute levels of championship play. A larger field than day 1A, filled with a mix of 178 amateurs, professionals, online qualifiers, cash-game specialists, the young, the old, and the brave turned out […]
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World Series of Poker Europe Main Event — Day 1ADay 1A of the World Series of Poker Europe £10,000 buy-in main event (sponsored by Betfair) saw 156 players from more than two dozen different nations attempt to withstand six 90-minute levels of play. As the day’s action progressed, there were many big-name casualties. These included Jeff Madsen, Hoyt Corkins, Dario Alioto, Max Pescatori, Robert […]
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Poker Brat Makes Grand Entrance to WSOPE Main EventEvery year Phil Hellmuth does something interesting for his entrance to the World Series of Poker Europe main event. In 2007, he along with 12 models, boarded a Hellmuth-branded double-decker bus and saw what London had to offer as they toured the city in style. Last year, Ultimate Bet held a Phil Hellmuth lookalike contest, […]
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FullFlush1 and Durrrr on The Poker Show Live Next WeekThe world’s premier online poker radio show, The Poker Show Live, sponsored by Boylepoker.com, will be at the centre of a feeding frenzy next week as controversial poker stars Luke “_FullFlush1_” Schwartz and Tom “Durrrr” Dwan drop by the studio to talk to presenters Jesse May and Matt Broughton. Jess and Padraig Parkinson will also […]
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WSOP Champions to Attend Northridge Charity Poker Event
On Saturday, Oct. 3, several members of both the poker community and the Hollywood scene will come together for the 4th annual Monte Carlo Night, where money will be raised to benefit the Devonshire PALS’ LAPD Youth Center for at-risk kids. The night, with a ‘Denim and Diamonds’ theme, will feature a no-limit Texas hold’em […]
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WSOP Europe — Jani Vilmunen Wins Event No. 3
The handing out of bracelets continues in London with the winner of the World Series of Poker Europe’s £5,000 pot-limit Omaha event. After three days of poker-fuelled chaos, 154 players became nine, those nine faced each other until a champion was crowned, and that champ was Jani Vilmunen [pictured right]. He takes home £204,048 for […]
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Europe Wins Inaugural Caesar’s Cup Team Poker Event
Europe defeated America in the inaugural Caesar’s Cup by a margin of 4-1 at the World Series of Poker Europe yesterday. The invite-only event saw Annette Obrestad captain the European team while Daniel Negreanu (a Canadian by birth) captained the U.S. team. The made-for-TV tournament got underway late at the Empire casino with Barry Greenstein […]
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Las Vegas Entrepreneur Bob Stupak Dies at 67Bob Stupak, a man who literally helped shape the Las Vegas skyline, died today after a long battle with leukemia. He was 67. The Las Vegas gaming entrepreneur was most well known for his ambitious project — the 1,149-foot-tall Stratosphere Tower — that looms over the Las Vegas Strip. But he was quite the fixture […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Weekly Recap — Sep. 25, 2009
Just like in 2008, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has completely changed the look of the Card Player Online Player of the Year race. Steve “gboro780” Gross didn’t have the greatest WCOOP run, but he did take advantage of the inflated fields and prize pools around him, scoring a second-place finish in […]
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This Week in Poker — September 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: Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 5,413 2: Eric Baldwin — 4,588 3: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,337 4: Cornel Cimpan — 3,570 5: Angel Guillen — 3,492 6: Mike Leah — 3,257 […]
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Cake Poker Offers Overlays with Player Appreciation Days
Cake Poker is giving back to its online community with the Cake Player Appreciation Days this weekend from Sept. 24-27. As a “thank you” to its players, Cake is offering bonuses, as well as adding cash to its tournaments. Win With Tournament Play The first bankroll booster comes in the form of a 50-percent reload […]
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World Series of Poker Europe Event 3 — Day 2 RecapIt was time for more Omaha action on day 2 of event No. 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe (sponsored by Betfair). The £5,000 pot-limit Omaha event began the day with 35 players, but as only 18 were getting paid, it was time to use it or lose it. Jani Vilmunen [pictured right] […]
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Paul Zimbler Sets New Heads Up Poker RecordPaul Zimbler has succeeded in his quest to set a new heads-up poker world record, playing 78 hours 25 minutes 45 seconds straight against 183 of opponents and raising £35,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the process. The marathon session, which started Monday night, ended on Thursday evening around 8 p.m. BST with a report […]
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WPT — Olivier Busquet Wins the Borgata Poker OpenThe final table at the $3,500 World Poker Tour no-limit hold’em championship came to a close today at the 2009 Borgata Poker Open. Olivier Busquet topped a field of 1,018 players to take home the top prize worth $925,514 and his first WPT title. Busquet came into the final table with the chip lead, but […]
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Poker Tournament Trail — Roland de Wolfe
Roland de Wolfe was a journalist writing about poker before he decided to take a seat at the felt as a professional player. The decision has proved to be a good one for the Londoner. He has now won $4,512,347 playing tournament poker, and this summer he achieved something that only one other poker player […]
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Online Poker — Yevgeniy Timoshenko Wins $1K Monday
It’s been quite the week for WCOOP Main Event champion Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko. After taking down the largest prize in the history of online poker, he didn’t even have time to enjoy it, because he was leading at the final table of the $1K Monday at the time. Of course, he won that too, […]
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Chris Moorman Signs as Poker Pro for DoylesRoomDoylesRoom.com has signed the latest member of The Brunson 10 ― 24-year-old Chris Moorman from England. Moorman, who has over $4 milion in career winnings, joins Alec Torelli, Amit Makhija and Zachary Clark as part of the team. “Moorman reminds me a lot of me, except for the British accent,” said Doyle Brunson. “He’s a […]
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Final Table from Hell is Back Tonight at DevilfishPoker.comThe Final Table from Hell III gets underway at DevilfishPoker.com this evening at 9 p.m. CET (8 p.m. BST). The winners of the weekly Devilfish Bounty tournament each Thursday for the next five weeks get a seat at the Final Table to play against Dave Ulliott in November. The winner of the six-seater tournament will […]
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World Series of Poker Europe Event 3 — Day 1
Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Europe (sponsored by Betfair) event No. 3, the £5,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament, kicked off with 154 wannabe bracelet winners. Among the many Internet phenomenons, live poker gods, and exciting newcomers in the field were Irish Open champion Christer Johansson, Michael Binger, Barny Boatman, Anthony Lellouche, Sorel Mizzi, […]
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PKR Launches Mac Compatible Poker SoftwarePKR.com, the 3D online poker room, today announced its revolutionary online software is now available for Apple Mac users. Apple Mac’s using the Leopard or Snow Leopard operating system are now fully compatible with PKR and online poke players can download the software, which includes all the features of the Windows-based software, for free. PKR.com […]
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Direct Buy-Ins to Irish Poker Festival Sold OutThe Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival being held in Killarney from, Oct. 2 to 4, has sold out its direct buy in seats. The only way for poker players to qualify now is via the live €60 super satellite at the INEC Killarney where 30 seats will be up for grabs on Oct 1. Last year […]
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World Series of Poker Europe — Erik Cajelais Wins Event No. 2With five players out of a 158-strong starting field returning to continue the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe’s £2,500 pot-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha event, it didn’t take too long to trash it out. After a total of eight hours at the final table across both days, the winner was revealed — young […]
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WPT — Borgata Poker Open Day 4
It was business as usual at the Borgata Poker Open today as the field once again played down quickly during eight levels of poker. This time, the number of players lost was small, as the field shrank from 27 down to a final television-table of six, but the stakes were high, as each spot climbed […]
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Poker Tournament Trail — Greg Mueller
Greg Mueller made three final tables at the 2009 World Series of Poker. His first came when he cashed in seventh place in the $10,000 seven-card stud world championship. Mueller’s next deep run came in the $10,000 limit hold’em world championship, a game that is one of his specialties. Mueller won his first gold bracelet […]
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Online Poker — Interview With Ryan ‘g0lfa’ D’Angelo
In its eight-year history, only two players had won multiple bracelets at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Unknown Canadian player spawng was the first to accomplish the task, picking up his first bracelet in 2005 and his second just a year later. In 2006, Kyle “kwob20” Bowker won both of his bracelets, […]
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Poker Strategy — Tom Dwan Poker After Dark Cash Game Hand“From 1995, I’ve played high limit. I’ve never played in a tougher game than this one.” — Eli Elezra For the past two weeks, Poker After Dark ran brand-new episodes that featured a stacked, six-handed table of cash-game experts on NBC, and viewers were riveted. By the end of the two weeks, the players had […]
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World Series of Poker Europe Event 2 — Day 2
Day 2 of event No. 2, the World Series of Poker Europe’s £2,500 pot-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha tournament, saw the field struggle to find a winner with so many big names and skilled professionals still remaining. The general consensus was that play would continue until a champion was crowned instead of having a final table today, […]
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PokerStars Lose One Pro, Gains AnotherPokerStars.com yesterday confirmed the departure of long-time pro Isabelle Mercier. The French Canadian player, who won the World Poker Tour Ladies Night II in 2004, had been with PokerStars for five years and is moving on to “take on new projects”. However, things do not stay static in the world of high-stakes poker for long […]
