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Court Orders Danish Online Poker Player to Forfeit Winnings

The Danish Supreme Court has forced a 35-year-old unemployed man to forfeit DKK194,000 (€26,000) he had won playing online poker after finding he was playing professionally. The court ruled that the man had broken laws relating to earning a living from gambling as he had won the money over the course of a full year […]

Back to School Poker Lessons at DevilfishPoker.com

DevilfishPoker.com settles into September with five Back to School poker lessons and players have 20 days left to make the grade. The upside is these lessons are there purely to help players fatten up their bankrolls. Ambassador for the site, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, said, “I was no angel in school but I learned a thing […]

Borgata Poker Open Kicks Off Today in Atlantic City

The 2009 Borgata Poker Open kicked off today with its first event of the series, a $350 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament. Tournament officials are gunning for huge turnouts, and so far, the prognosis is good with 850 players showing up for the first event. The tournament drew some notable players in Eugene Todd, Lacey Jones, […]

Carter Phillips Wins Poker Stars EPT Barcelona

The final table of the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event began at 2 p.m. local time in the Catalan region of Spain. When cards got into the air for the final day of this €8,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, Carter Phillips held the chip lead, and Marc Goodwin was second place in […]

Poker Strategy — Matt Hawrilenko Cash Game Hand Analysis

Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko is known as one of the most skilled limit hold’em players in the world. Despite rarely traveling to tournaments other than the World Series of Poker, he’s accrued more than $1.6 million in tournament winnings and won his first bracelet this summer in the $5,000 short-handed no-limit hold’em event. Hawrilenko spends most […]

Online Poker — Ray Davis Wins His First WCOOP Title

Floating is not a big part of Badugi, and that’s probably why Raymond “raydavis77” Davis came out on top in event No. 15 of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Davis beat out a large field of 376 players and a stacked final table that included the likes of Billy “crocky” Agyros, Jason “JP […]

Deal Me In — Poker Pro Howard Lederer

In its pages are never-before-revealed details of the lives of some of the biggest names in poker. Phil Hellmuth’s new book profiles 20 of the biggest poker players in the world, giving the reader an intimate look at the game’s biggest celebrities. Deal Me In, a collection of autobiographical accounts from many of poker’s elite, […]

Durrrr and Ivey Featured on Poker After Dark’s Cash Game

The cash game is back. Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Phil Ivey headline a talented group of six players who put their games on display in a special two-week cash-game edition of Poker After Dark, which will air this week and next week on NBC. Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer, Eli Elezra, and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies round […]

European Court Ruling Could Restrict Online Poker

Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, yesterday delivered a blow to online gambling companies when it ruled that Direccao do Departamento de Jogos da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Lisboa, a charity which monopolises electronic betting in Portugal, could restrict the free movement of goods and services (in this case online betting) if […]

Poker Pro Gus Hansen Wins Domain Name Battle

Gus Hansen, the world-renowned poker pro from Denmark, has won a legal battle for ownership of the Internet domain name GusHansen.com over a cyber squatter who purchased it and attempted to fool people into thinking he was the real Gus Hansen. Hansen hired Safenames, a domain name registrar and online brand protection company, to help […]

PartyPoker Sponsors World’s Strongest Man Contest

PartyPoker.com today announced it is the new sponsor of The World’s Strongest Man event to be held in Malta this October. Players from the UK, Russia, Poland, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden can win 16 luxury trips to the event worth €1,500 to the event in two €100 buy in events at the site on Sept. […]

“ActionJack’s” Daughter Wins Betfred Ladies Poker Tour

Kelly Jackson, daughter of Paul “ActionJack” Jackson won the Birmingham leg of the Betfred Ladies Poker Tour at the weekend topping the 100-strong field and taking don the first prize of £3,290 plus a place in the grand final in London in November. The £100 buy in event was the biggest of the series so […]

Card Player Cruises Poker Ship Heads to Eastern Seaboard

The monotony of the daily grind getting to you? Just want to get away for a while? How does a nine-day cruise on one of the largest ships in the world — complete with several poker games and tournaments, a rock climbing wall, a nine-hole miniature golf course, and an ice skating rink — sound? […]

Poker Stars EPT -- Barcelona Day 4

Day 4 at the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event began at 12:30 p.m. CEST (3:30 a.m. PDT) today when the final 23 players took their seats. The next 10 hours saw the field shrink down to a final table of eight players, which will be held tomorrow. At the start of the […]

Poker Tournament Trail — Julien Nuijten

With only two tables left at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, Julien Nuijten is causing a stir on the Spanish felt. Gradually increasing his stack to the “danger” level, the young Dutchman has become some of his opponents’ worst nightmare. With such an intense atmosphere, fueled by the many seasoned professionals and young hotshots gunning […]

A Poker Life — Mike ‘GoLeafsGoEh’ Leah

After 16 years of working at the one and only job he’d ever known, Mike Leah quit to pursue a career in poker. Many before him have taken the giant leap from the corporate world and the safety of a guaranteed paycheck to the unpredictable, ever-changing game of poker, but none with quite the ambition […]

Richard Toth Wins World Poker Tour Slovakia

Hungarian Richard Toth won the World Poker Tour Slovakia last week, topping the field of 100 players — the smallest in World Poker Tour history, taking the dubious honour from season one’s Legends of Poker which attracted 134 players. Toth faced stiff competition at the final table of the $4,000 buy in event from World […]

Online Poker Bank Ivobank Closed to New Customers

Online gaming bank Ivobank has closed to new customers according to a statement on its website. Visitors wishing to open an account at the bank are now met with a statement which says, “Following a recent strategic review by its shareholder, Ivobank regrets to announce that with effect from Monday 7th September 2009 that it […]

Dane Takes Down PartyPoker Monthly Million

“Fedling6” from Denamrk won the PartyPoker.com Monthly Million on Sunday taking down the top prize of $147,000 for besting a field of 1,687 players. The tournament paid 200 places in the $600 + $40 buy-in event and the final table payouts were: 1: Fedling6 (Denmark) — $147,000 2: Nice_Steady (Netherlands) — $119,000 3: thesheik2222 (Germany) […]

Poker’s UIGEA Upheld by U.S. 3rd Circuit Court

The UIGEA is here to stay, at least for now. The U.S. third circuit court of appeals upheld the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act this week, rejecting the argument that the law should be repealed because it was unconstitutional. The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, the organization that brought the case to the court, […]

Online Poker — Will Haydon Wins at Full Tilt

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, Bodog and Cake below: Note: The PokerStars Sunday Million did not run this week because of the ongoing World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). You can read more about that series by clicking here. Full Tilt — $750,000 Guarantee […]

Poker Tournament Trail — Marc Goodwin

Marc Goodwin currently sits third in chips with 1,545,000 going into day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour. With a relaxed and charismatic air, this fedora-wearing, book-reading, Brit is tearing up the felt at the Casino Barcelona and taking his opponents by surprise at every turn. Card Player caught up with Goodwin after a […]

Online Poker — Sumpas Wins WCOOP High Roller Event

The weekend brought huge paydays to a number of players in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), but none walked away with more than Sumpas, who took down the $10,000 High-Roller event for $611,455. That score eclipsed his previous high, when he banked $415,150 with a sixth-place finish in the 2008 WCOOP Main […]

PokerStars EPT — Barcelona Day 3

No poker player has won two PokerStars European Poker Tour main event titles. That could all change here at the 2009 Barcelona €8,000 no-limit hold’em main event. Team PokerStars Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier rose to the top of the leader board during the third day of action in this event, moving himself into prime position to […]

bwin to Buy Italian Poker Operator

bwin today released a statement to address rumours which emerged over the weekend that it was to buy Italian online poker business Gioco Digitale. The Austro-German publicly-quoted company confirmed it had agreed to buy the business but said the transaction had not yet been finalized. “In response to market rumours and recent press statements, the […]

Karl Mahrenholz Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Cardiff

Karl Mahrenholz topped the 120 strong field at Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Cardiff at the weekend taking down £38,700 in the £1,000 buy in event. His victory follows a runner up finish to fellow Hitsquad member Praz Bansi at GUKPT Bolton in 2007. Numbers were significantly down from when Michael Greco won the event the […]

Devilfish Gaming Launches Consultancy Business

Devilfish Gaming Plc today announced it was moving into the consultancy business, launching Devilfish Services which offers both business-to-business suppliers and business-to-consumer operators a wide array of services. Drawing on a wealth of internal experience in the online gaming and poker markets, Devilfish Services includes, “Building businesses from scratch, from the initial funding requirements, through […]

Online Poker — Daniel ‘djk123’ Kelly Wins His First WCOOP Event

The first five events of the 2009 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) are now in the books. To say that the start of this series has been a success in an understatement. Of the five events that concluded, four have shattered their guarantees. Last year, Daniel “djk123” Kelly finished sixth in the Card […]

PokerStars EPT — Barcelona Day 2

There is fast, aggressive tournament play, and then there is what took place on day 2 of the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event. A group of 240 players returned for the day and by the end of the first 75-minute level, 50 of them had already been knocked out. This fast pace […]

Poker Tournament Trail -- Lex Veldhuis

Lex Veldhuis has made a big impression on the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona from day one. With a stack continuously among chip leaders, and at many points, the chip leader, the young man from the Netherlands changes the pace and style of the game whatever table he is sitting on. Card Player caught up […]