Poker News

World Series of Poker Europe Main Event — Day 4

The World Series of Poker Europe main event has done it once again. The lineup of professional players that have made the final table that will take place tomorrow in London have loaded the felt with interesting story lines, and excitement will run high at tomorrow. Six of the final nine players have won WSOP […]

PokerStars EPT High Roller Recap — Day 1

The 16-event festival of poker that is the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London began today with the £20,000 + £500 ($31,952 + $799) High-Roller no-limit hold’em event. This is always an exciting tournament as so many big names are usually in London for all the poker action that occurs when the EPT and the World […]

Six More Gambling-Related Bank Accounts Seized

The Poker Players Alliance posted a Baltimore City Paper story on its website today that details the latest developments in an investigation that has seen more than a dozen bank accounts seized by federal authorities, six of which were confiscated earlier this month. The focus of this case has been centered on Maryland, although most […]

Poker Strategy — Andrew Brokos on Not Three-Betting

Andrew “Foucault” Brokos is known for his knowledge of the game and experience in short-handed no-limit hold’em cash games. An instructor for Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus), Brokos has lots of experience breaking down hands for strategy analysis, and here, he discusses a no-limit cash-game hand with Card Player. The Game: Game: No-limit […]

World Series of Poker Europe Main Event — Day 3

Day 3 has come to a close at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe main event, and 36 players remain from the original 334 who entered. When the field enters level 17 at noon local time in London on Wednesday, big names who will still be in the hunt include Card Player Player of […]

$40,000 Murphy Multiplier x2 at Boylepoker.com

Last April Boylepoker.com pro Peter Murphy turned $100 into $10,000 in the Multiplier Challenge. Starting tomorrow he attempts to go one better in the Multiplier Challenge x 2 when he will try to turn $1,000 into $40,000 in just 11 weeks. Paul Spillane, head of poker at Boyle Sports, said, “Peter showed just how good […]

EPT London Poker Festival Kicks Off Wednesday

It’s not only the field-sizes that are growing on the European Poker Tour, it’s also the number and variety of tournaments that are being offered. Beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 30 and running until Oct. 7, the EPT London Poker Festival will feature new events, such as the £2,000 European 8-Game Championship, a £1,000 pot-limit Omaha […]

Krzystzof Grubka Wins EMOP Malta Grand Final

The European Masters of Poker Malta Grand Final which took place at the weekend in Vittoriosa, Malta was won by Polish player Krzystzof Grubka who lifted €95,000 for topping the 291 strong field. Grubka faced Joakim Sörenson heads-up but the pair cut a deal with chip counts of 2.4 million and 1.9 million respectively and […]

Entraction Poker Network Jettisons Boss Media Deal

Entraction, the Swedish-quoted online gaming network, yesterday said it had terminated its contract with Boss Media and will close Cardroom2 on its network as a result. Boss Media, which operated the International Poker Network is currently available as a second cardroom on Entraction but the company said the traffic between the networks was not extensive […]

International Poker Open Betting Market Launched

Marty Smyth and Julian Gardner today head the Boylesports.com betting market for the upcoming Boylepoker.com International Poker Open 2009. Both players are priced 175/1 to win the tournament which looks set to become the largest poker tournament ever held outside the U.S. Other notable players whose participation has been confirmed by the market are: Padraig […]

Dusk Till Dawn Opens Seven Days Per Week

Dusk Till Dawn, the Nottingham, England-based live poker room has announced it will return to seven day opening from tomorrow Sept. 30. The club, which recently hosted the English Poker Open but faced an uncertain future earlier this year, will now open Sunday to Thursday 7:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 7:30 […]

World Series of Poker Europe Main Event — Day 2

The two starting-day fields of the World Series of Poker Europe main event (sponsored by Betfair) saw 178 players whittled down to 92. Despite this, there is a fantastic line-up for day 3, including Card Player’s own CEO Barry Shulman (111,200) [pictured right], John Tabatabai (160,100), Ram Vaswani (202,500), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (192,100), Antonio Esfandiari (173,300), […]

Poker Stars Crushes Record for Most Players at One Time

PokerStars likes its world records. In July, the site welcomed 65,000 players for the largest poker tournament field ever assembled. Today, it announced that it had eclipsed its previous record for the most players in an online cardroom at one time, with 307,016 players competing at 42,118 tables at the same time on Sept. 6. […]

IMG Contract to Focus on WSOP’s Global Expansion

Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment announced last week that it was extending its contract with IMG Sports & Entertainment an additional four years for the global representation of the World Series of Poker brand and property. IMG will be responsible for expanding the brand internationally, with regards to sponsorship, event management, licensing, and television distribution. IMG has […]

Online Poker — Jeremiah Vinsant Wins at UltimateBet

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: $1,503,000 Entrants: 7,515 Places Paid: 1,080 Final Table Results: 1. nomaddman — $225,450 2. mikla12345 — $165,886 3. jas42 — $120,240 4. Richard “RonaldKosh” Fohrenbach — $79,659 […]

New Poker After Dark Pits USA Against Italy

New episodes of Poker After Dark on NBC keep rolling off the reel, and this week, U.S.A. will square off against Italy in a winner-take-all $20,000 buy-in six-handed tournament. Making up the U.S. side is Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren, and Chris Ferguson, who is fresh off of a win in last week’s “Magnificent Six,” in […]

International Poker Open Set to Smash Records

Boylepoker.com today said direct buy-ins to the upcoming International Poker Open 2009 had sold out and the only way for players to participate in the $225 + $25 event was by qualifying online at the site. So far 1,271 players have registered for the event, taking place at the Regency Hotel, Dublin from Oct. 16 […]

888 to Launch Online Poker for South African Client

Dragonfish, 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 […]

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 […]

World Series of Poker Europe Main Event — Day 1B

The 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 […]

World Series of Poker Europe Main Event — Day 1A

Day 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 […]

Poker Brat Makes Grand Entrance to WSOPE Main Event

Every 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, […]

FullFlush1 and Durrrr on The Poker Show Live Next Week

The 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Las Vegas Entrepreneur Bob Stupak Dies at 67

Bob 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]