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Tax on Poker Winnings Further Suspended in GreeceAccording to Reuters, the tax on gaming winnings in Greece has been suspended. In August, it was reported that all Greek gambling winnings, including poker, would be subject to a 10 percent tax from September 21. However, this has been suspended for the time being and will now be discussed further. With this move, the […]
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Qualify Online for Belgium Open Poker ChampionshipsThe sixth €1,500 + €200 buy-in Belgium Open Poker Championships will be held in Casino de Namur in Belgium from Nov. 21 to 29. The main event will play out over nine days (including four starting days, and two day 2’s), and will be streamed live on the Internet and filmed for broadcast. Time is […]
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Caesars Palace Classic Main Event — Day 1The $5,000 preliminary events at the Bellagio Festa Al Lago were a bit of a disappointment, with the highest number of entrants coming in at 55. Many expected a similar fate for the third-annual Caesars Palace Classic, which reduced its buy-in from $10,000 to $5,000. Instead, the poker community responded with 162 players, creating a […]
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WSOP Circuit — Dan Livingston Wins Horseshoe Hammond
The first World Series of Poker Circuit champion of season six was crowned on Sunday at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Illinois. The tournament took place just a few miles away from Chicago, and it was won by Oak Forest, Illinois, resident Dan Livingston (pictured right), who won his way into the $5,000 no-limit hold’em […]
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Michael O’Sullivan Wins Irish Winter Festival Main Event
The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival drew the best of Irish talent and indeed a good sprinkling of international flair to the Citywest Hotel in Dublin last weekend. The all-important Irish Masters played out over three days and saw 398 players taking part in the €1,650 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. In the early hours of […]
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The Poker Show Live gets “Unabombed” this WeekThis week on the Boylepoker.com The Poker Show Live, recent PartyPoker.com World Open V champion Phil Laak will stop by for a chat, as will fellow World Open contender Katie Hearn. The outspoken and often outrageous Luke Schwartz will be talking about his recent success, both at the Poker Million and indeed the World Open […]
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Tommy Vedes Wins the World Poker Tour Festa al Lago ClassicThe final table of the 2009 World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Classic $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship began at 4 p.m. PDT today at Bellagio. The field of 275 players had whittled its way down to the final six, and they returned to see who would walk away with the top prize of $1,218,255. Here […]
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Online Poker — grifo173 Wins Sunday Million
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, Bodog and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,648,400 Entrants: 8,242 Places Paid: 1,350 Final Table Results: 1. grifo173 — $242,479 2. deoxyribo — $177,203 3. Pokerpiggen — $123,630 4. Devin “tobias fuke” Porter — […]
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A Poker Life — Matt HawrilenkoIn high-stakes cash games, the best players are constantly pushing the tiniest of edges and wagering hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hopes that, with the cooperation of the cards and the effective use of a learned skill set, they will proverbially “crush their opponent’s soul.” Bringing a player to his knees is the […]
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WPT — Bellagio Festa al Lago Main Event Day 5Eleven players, six spots. More than half of the remaining field at the 2009 WPT Bellagio Festa al Lago championship would make the final table, but until then there was that pesky formality of determining which five would walk away disappointed. Those poker warriors had already battled for four days, and they returned on Sunday […]
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Christophe Benzimra Wins European Poker Tour WarsawChristophe Benzimra (pictured right), from France, took just under eights hours to win the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Warsaw main-event final table, and he was awarded €358,644 in prize money. He came into the final table sixth in chips and outlasted the competition, including Team PokerStars pro Luca Pagano (who Benzimra busted in fourth […]
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Satellite into World Heads-Up Poker Championship TonightThe World Heads-Up Poker Championship kicks off tomorrow, and although it is in its ninth year, it is making its debut in London. The event will be streamed live online and recorded for TV broadcast. It sees a buy-in of £3,000 + £250 (plus £50 for food and drink) but there is a cheaper way […]
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WPT — Bellagio Festa al Lago Main Event Day 4Day 4 at the 2009 World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Classic took place today at Bellagio in Las Vegas. The $15,000 no-limit hold’em event, which attracted 275 players, saw 37 players return to their seats at noon PDT today, and the first order of business was to burst the money bubble. That task took […]
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European Poker Tour Warsaw Day 4
The 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Warsaw main-event final table has been set. Day 4 came to a conclusion when Alexander Debus busted in ninth place today in Poland. The final eight emerged from a total field of 203 players. Oleksandr Vaserfirer (1,854,000) is the chip leader heading to the final table, and Luca Pagano […]
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Poker Strategy — Justin Young Gives Analysis on CPTVJustin Young has proven himself to be one of the best up-and-coming players on the tournament circuit. In a short two-year period of time, Young has already amassed nearly $2.3 million in both online and live winnings, with the majority of that coming at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. At the 2009 WPT Festa Al […]
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Irish Winter Festival’s Main Event Kicks Off
The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival (IWF) has taken over the Citywest Hotel in Dublin this weekend. The €1500 + €150 buy-in main event, the Irish Masters is due to start this afternoon at 2 p.m. and a field like last year’s (422 players) is anticipated. Some of those expected to take part include Padraig Parkinson, […]
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UltimateBet’s German Takeover Begins TodayDetails of UltimateBet.com’s new series of live land-based poker tournaments in Germany and the Czech Republic will be outlined on its brand new German language information portal, UltimateBet.de. These Texas hold’em events will have various affordable buy-ins with monthly €10,000 guaranteed events taking place at the Czech Republic’s Casino Flamingo, near the German border. The […]
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WPT — Bellagio Festa Al Lago Main Event Day 3A slow grind. That is perhaps the best way to describe the play during day 3 of the WPT Bellagio Festa Al Lago main event. After two days of play saw 177 exit, 98 returned for the snail’s pace crawl to the money, which had been relegated to the final 27. With a $23,855 bubble […]
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WSOP Circuit — Horseshoe Southern Indiana Begins Today
The World Series of Poker Circuit tour pulls into the Horseshoe Casino in Southern Indiana today for the start of a 12-event tournament series. The first event is a $300 no-limit hold’em event that began at noon. Games spread will include no-limit hold’em, six-handed no-limit hold’em, and turbo no-limit hold’em. There will also be a […]
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This Week in Poker — Oct. 17-23
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 — 5,788 (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 […]
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European Poker Tour Warsaw Day 3
Day 3 at the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Warsaw main event saw 55 players return, and it took them just over eight hours to play down into the money. Each of the 24 players who survived today will walk away with at least 28,620 PLN in prize money tomorrow. You can catch all of […]
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Poker’s Phil Hellmuth Stars on This Week’s Episode of The ScoopPhil Hellmuth talks about his houses, a potential TV show on VH1 starring himself, his New York Times best-selling book, and what would happen if he were to become a billionaire, all on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. But he says that he’s discovered that’s […]
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Ultimate Fighting and Poker Champions Combine
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced its new agreement with Zen Gaming to launch a free online poker room. The new UFC-themed site will offer non-stop poker tournaments of all kinds with cash prizes and UFC prizes up for grabs. The tournaments are free with buy-ins of various points amounts. UFC President Dana White said, […]
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Poker Clown Creates Awareness from SpaceCanadian billionaire, entrepreneur, performer, and poker player, Guy Laliberte is used to heights from performing with his company Cirque de Soleil. He is also used to the rush of adrenalin which comes from playing the highest stakes and the biggest pots at the poker table. However, nothing in his past could compare to the recent […]
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WPT — Bellagio Festa al Lago Main Event Day 2The official number of players in the 2009 World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Classic stands at 275, and the total prize pool is more than $4 million. The official payout structure was released near the end of play tonight, and the top prize for the tournament stands at $1,218,225. The top 27 players will […]
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European Poker Tour Warsaw Day 2
Day 2 at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Warsaw main event saw 148 players return to their seats. The order for the day was to play down to the final 56 players, and it took just over four levels for that mark to be reached. Notable players who were lost along the way included Ludovic […]
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Online Poker — Russell Carson Wins at Absolute Poker
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: $352,000 Entrants: 352 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. Caranqui — $88,000 2. Chris “herdgolf86” Tipper — $56,320 3. vmshs — $42,240 4. Kevin “GetPWN3D” Saul — $35,560 (pictured […]
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Biggest Poker Event in Baltic States Kicks Off Next Week
The PokerStars.com Baltic Festival will see the Baltic states get its largest poker tournament ever. It will be held next week from Oct. 27 to 31 at the Swissôtel in Tallinn, Estonia, which even built a brand new casino for the tournament week. The €1,100 buy-in main event starts on Oct. 28 and will see […]
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PaddyPowerPoker’s Irish Winter Festival this WeekendWith many players gearing up for the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival (IWF) which is coming up this weekend at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, the site has announced that those who won’t be making the trip or indeed those who just prefer to play online can still be involved in two ways. Firstly, the Irish […]
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WPT — Bellagio Festa Al Lago Main Event Day 1There are usually a few story lines you can count on following the conclusion of a day 1 at a major poker tournament. The low blinds and deep starting stacks tend to produce little drama on the felt, but you can surely rely on the field numbers themselves to give you some information on the […]
