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Padraig Parkinson Wins Irish Champions Challenge Cup

Boylepoker pro and long-time Card Player Europe columnist Padraig Parkinson has won the invitational Irish Champions Challenge Cup which took place last night at the Eglinton Club in Galway. Parkinson took down the winner take all €1,000 buy in sit ‘n’ go which featured many of the giants of Irish poker including Andy Black, Marty […]

This Week in Poker — July 25-31

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: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,337 2: Eric Baldwin — 4,300 3: Angel Guillen — 3,492 4: Cornel Cimpan — 3,450 5: Brock Parker — 3,132 6: Mike Leah — 3,052 […]

Tournament Trail Q and A — Faraz Jaka

Faraz Jaka was a dominant force during the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup V $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship event. He took the chip lead during the third day of the event, and he held onto that lead all the way to the start of the final table, entering with more than 5 million in chips. […]

Winner’s Circle — Alexandre Gomes

The Winner’s Circle takes a look at the biggest wins from the tournament trail by the players who made it happen. This series will look at the big hands, toughest opponents, and paths to victory each player took in their most recent tournament win through their own eyes and words. If you ever wanted to […]

Face the Ace Poker Show Premieres Saturday on NBC

Saturday evening marks a significant milestone in the poker industry, as the game goes prime time on a national network. NBC will launch its new television show this week, Face the Ace, where contestants can win up to $1 million by defeating three heralded pros. “It’s an exciting new poker-themed game show premiering on Saturday, […]

PPA Claims ‘Momentum Shift’ After National Poker Week

After its major fly-in to Washington, D.C., the Poker Players Alliance has hailed its inaugural National Poker Week as a significant turning point in the struggle to explicitly legalize and regulate online poker. “One lobbyist told me he’s done this with dozens of clients before, and he’s never felt so good after one. It was […]

Invitational Irish Champions Cup Tonight

The inaugural Irish Champions Challenge Cup takes place tonight against the backdrop of the Galway Race Festival in the city of tribes in the west of Ireland. The invitational event at the Eglinton Card Club will see nine of Ireland’s most well known poker players take their seats in a winner take all €1,000 buy […]

World Poker Tour Revenue Declines but Margin Grows

World Poker Tour Enterprises, the owner of the World Poker Tour, saw second quarter 2009 revenue fall to $4.6 million compared to $5.1 million in the same period in 2008. The company said this was due to lower television and hosting income in the U.S. though it did indicate that the figure fall was partially […]

Matta Makes Good at Lebanese Poker Championship

Nabil Matta topped the field of 206 players at last weekend’s Lebanese Poker Championship in Casino du Liban in Lebanon to take down the top prize of $606,000. The three-day no-limit hold’em event, attended by former world champion Joe Hachem, was inaugurated in 2007 and over the last two years over 22,000 have participated in […]

Run it Twice — Brian Rast

Brian Rast has earned nearly $1 million in live tournaments, but that pales in comparison to the money he makes playing high-stakes cash games. Online, he’s better known as “tsarrast,” and he regularly competes in the famous $500-$1,000 half pot-limit hold’em half pot-limit Omaha games. He sat down with Card Player to discuss an interesting […]

EMOP Barcelona Begins Today; Qualify Now for Grand Final

In Barcelona today, up to 500 players will be taking part in the largest stop yet of the European Masters of Poker (EMOP), each hoping for a generous slice of the €500,000 prize pool. The €1,150 buy-in event will run until Sat., Aug. 1 before moving onto Vittoriosa in Malta in September for the final […]

Asian Poker Tour Announces Exciting Macau Schedule

The Asian Poker Tour has published the full schedule for its Macau leg taking place from Aug. 12-23 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. Last year’s winner of the Macau main event was the then 20-year-old poker prodigy Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who took home US$500,000 and made a big splash on to the […]

Boylepoker’s IPO Extra Chips Incentive Under Scrutiny

This year’s Boylepoker.com International Poker Open (IPO), the largest poker tournament outside of the U.S., has generated a lot of controversy since it announced that by playing on the site in August and September players could add 2,000 chips to their 8,000 starting stack. In a recent blog entry at the site, head of poker […]

WSOP Circuit: 2009-2010 Schedule Preview

Looking for the WSOP 2010 schedule? You’re at the wrong place. Click here. The World Series of Poker Circuit schedule for 2009-2010 will include 11 stops at classic poker tournament locations all over the United States. Popular stops in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and Tunica, Mississippi, are once again a part of the […]

Russia Declassifies Poker as Sport; Shuts Down Cardrooms

“Total chaos.” That’s how one Russian gaming official described the situation in his country. In a move that has left more than 400,000 people without jobs, according to the New York Times, Russia has officially shut down all of its casinos and poker rooms. On July 1, a new Russian law went into effect that […]

A Poker Life — Jordan Smith

“All-in.” “Call.” The audience took a collective gasp and rose to their feet. This could be it. The all-in player, Jordan Smith, got a look at his opponent’s hand —- pocket eights, a set of eights on the flop. He glanced back at his pocket aces with consternation written on his face. The most coveted […]

DevilfishPoker €666 Summer Sizzler Freeroll Tonight

DevilfishPoker.com’s Summer Sizzlers — a series of online poker freerolls with more than €10,000 in prizes — continues tonight at 8 p.m. (BST). The tournament is capped at 2,000 players. The tournaments are free to enter with a guaranteed prize pool of €666, but to add a little zest to the prize pool, players start […]

Cecure Gaming gets New Administrators and Seeks Buyer

Cecure Gaming, a mobile gaming software development company, has officially gone into administration with all services suspended for the time being. On Jul. 20, Graham Bushby and Geoffrey Carlton-Kelly of Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP were appointed joint administrators of the company, and the site says that they now act as agents of the […]

Mark Trett Wins British Masters Poker Tour Teeside

There were 108 players including 8 alternates at the British Masters Poker Tour in Teeside last weekend. Sunday saw the business end of the £55,000 prize pool get dealt out as the final players fought for their tournament lives, with Mark Trett coming out on top. The first few players to go on the final […]

Research Reveals America is Still Largest Online Poker Market

Poker research company, Poker Players Research (PPR), has announced the results of a recent study into worldwide online poker markets to see which country is the biggest. According to eGaming Review, the data found that America is in fact the largest with 10 million real money online players, despite the affects of the Unlawful Internet […]

ANZPT — Danny Chevalier Wins Queenstown Main Event

Danny Chevalier from Melbourne, Australia, had lived in Queenstown, New Zealand, for 11 years before the inaugural stop took place in his current hometown for the PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour. Chevalier beat out a field of 135 players to win the ANZPT Queenstown main event and take home the top prize worth $87,435 […]

Online Poker — Dan ‘Danneville’ Loewinski Wins Sunday Million

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,668,400 Entrants: 8,342 Places Paid: 1,260 Final Table Results: 1. Daniel “Danneville” Loewinski — $245,421 2. Michael “Skammes” Tureniac — $179,353 3. domino16 — $125,130 4. ThePokerBody — […]

Danny Chevalier Wins ANZPT Queenstown

Danny Chevalier took down the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Queenstown after beating 133 other players for the top end of a prize pool of more than NZD$300,000. Spotted among those who turned up for the event were Joe Hachem, Aussie Million 2009 champ Stewart Scott, ANZPT Melbourne winner Chris Levick, and 2009 […]

PartyGaming Spices Up Marketing Department with New Hires

Last week saw a lot of moving and shaking as PartyGaming hired some new highly experienced figures for its marketing sector. Firstly, eGaming Review reported that Chris Welch, former European managing director for Centrebet, took on the role as new head of marketing for PartyGaming, replacing Jon Salmon who held the position for only 11 […]

Tic A Tac Poker for the iPhone

Treemo Lab’s new game Tic A Tac Poker is a fun combination of Poker and Tic Tac Toe where players have eight chances to put together their best hands while also making sure to place their cards strategically on the board. Tic A Tac Poker features three games — Tic A Tac Poker, draw poker […]

Deal Me In — Phil Ivey

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, […]

PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker Starts Tomorrow

The PokerStars.com Americas Cup of Poker will see players from 13 countries represent their nation and compete online in the hopes of making it through to a live final to be held in Argentina. The 13 countries — USA, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay have been […]

November Nine Betting Markets Launched

A number of British bookmakers — VC Bet, 888, Blue Square and Ladbrokes — have launched their World Series of Poker main event final table betting markets. The best current available odds are: Seat 1: Darvin Moon — 11/4 with Victor Chandler Seat 2: James Akenhead — 20/1 with Victor Chandler Seat 3: Phil Ivey […]

Billy Kopp Defends His Play in WSOP Elimination Hand

Despite what you may have heard, Billy Kopp is having a fantastic year of poker. The online player has won a slew of big tournaments this year, including the Sunday $200,000 guarantee on UltimateBet, the Sunday Second Chance and Nightly Hundred Grand on PokerStars, and even the Sunday Brawl on Full Tilt. On the live […]

EPT — Moscow, Russia Stop moved to Kiev, Ukraine

Here is the official press release from PokerStars regarding the move of the first stop for season six on the European Poker Tour from Moscow, Russia to Kiev, Ukraine: The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT) is pleased to announce an alternate venue for its August event, now scheduled to be held in Kiev, the largest […]