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Frank’s Bill to Regulate Online Poker ‘Unlikely’ to be Heard This MonthRep. Barney Frank’s bill to explicitly legalize and regulate online poker in the United States is “unlikely” to be heard this month, as the Congressman focuses on financial regulatory reform, the Poker Players Alliance told Card Player this week. However, the PPA will be actively pushing his second poker-related bill, which would delay the implementations […]
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PaddyPowerPoker’s European Championship of Online Poker VPaddyPowerPoker.com has announced the European Championship of Online Poker V (ECOOP V) which will take place from Nov. 23 to Dec. 6. The festival will feature 14 events including Hold’em, Omaha, and seven card stud, with various buy-ins from $100 + $9 to $2,500 + $100, and an overall guaranteed prize pool of $4.55 million. […]
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Feldman Makes Comeback in FullTilt Million Dollar Cash Game
The remaining hours of the FullTilt Million Dollar Cash Game saw Andrew Feldman experience a rollercoaster session. Early on he ran his king-high flush smack bang into the nut flush of Phil Ivey in a pot worth $100,000, but although crippled, he then went on to end his time at the table of doom $135,000 […]
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Suicide Prevention Charity Poker Event Takes Place Saturday
This Saturday, Sept. 19, the latest card club to hit the streets of Dublin, The Voodoo Card Club on Arran Quay, will play host to the second Christopher Connolly Memorial Tournament. With a buy-in of €140, €40 will go to Pieta House, the Centre for the Prevention of Self-Harm or Suicide. If that wasn’t a […]
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EuroSportBET Launches Online Poker Site on Ongame Network
Ongame Network Ltd. has revealed its latest partner operator, EuroSportBET. EuroSportBET is expanding from offering UK-only online sports betting services and will shortly implement Ongame Network’s online poker software platform, the P5 Poker Engine, for its new UK-facing online poker site. Martin Lerby, Head of Ongame Network, said, “This new partnership showcases the full potential […]
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Online Poker — Interview With Jonathan ‘Iftarii’ Jaffe
Each week, Card Player TV brings you the Online Zone, a glimpse into the world of high-stakes online tournament players. Jonathan “Iftarii” Jaffe primarily focuses his game on high-stakes heads-up sit-and-gos, but that hasn’t stopped him from making his mark on the tournament scene, going deep at the World Series of Poker, making a World […]
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Poker Industry — EPT Tournament Director Thomas Kremser
European Poker Tour Tournament Director Thomas Kremser spoke with Card Player about the implication of a new blind structure for EPT season six, as well as the introduction of three new festivals of poker on the tour, beginning with EPT London in October. Ryan Lucchesi: I’ve heard positive player feedback in regards to the new […]
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Win A Way Into Bellagio World Poker Classic at DoylesRoom
The World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five-Diamond World Poker Classic is set to kick off at the beautiful Bellagio casino in Las Vegas on Dec. 13, and who better to get you there other than Texas Dolly himself? DoylesRoom is now offering step tournaments so that players can win their way in online to the […]
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Poker Strategy — Poker After Dark Cash Game Hand AnalysisLast week, Poker After Dark on NBC showcased what they referred to as the toughest cash-game lineup ever assembled for television. From Tuesday to Saturday, viewers tuned in at 2:05 a.m. ET to watch an hour of high-speed action which was all recapped in a special Director’s Cut episode shown on Sunday at 1 a.m. […]
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Watchdog Bans Annette Obrestad Poker Ad in UKThe UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) today banned a Betfair email ad featuring Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, concluding it was, “…likely to have particular appeal to children and young people, and that, by representing a successful young poker player with the implication she was 15 years old, it could encourage young people to gamble and was […]
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Sammy George Wins PokerHeaven European Cash GameSammy George arrived late into the PokerHeaven.com European Cash Game and stole the show from his opponents. Before he arrived, it was Eric Liu and Andy Black who controlled the table, but George, eager to make up for his loss in the event last year, mixed everything up when he sat down. The game was […]
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Online Poker Companies Diversify their BusinessesOnline poker room operators bwin and PKR yesterday announced they had entered significant business deals which will diversify their product offerings. Austrian bookmaker bwin acquired a majority share in UnitedGames, one of Europe’s leading massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) developers and publishers. Manfred Bodner, Co-CEO of bwin said, “United Games brings a lot of interesting […]
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Last Chance to Qualify for PartyPoker World Open V
The PartyPoker.com World Open V will run from Oct.11 to 15 at the Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair, London, and this Sunday is the last chance to qualify at the site for a package to the event. The packages are worth $13,000 including the buy-in, seven nights accomodation, plus $1,000 spending money. The last $650 […]
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FullTilt Poker Million Dollar Cash Game Kicks Off Today
FullTilt Poker and Emblaze Productions have announced the line-up for this year’s Million Dollar Cash Game, taking place today and tomorrow in London. FullTilt pros Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Justin “Boosted J” Smith Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, and Howard Lederer will be there, as will of course, Tom “Durrrr” Dwan. The […]
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Commerce Poker Tournament Attracts Nearly 4,000 Entrants
Commerce Casino needed three starting days to hold the masses, but by the time the dust cleared, it had made history. The casino hosted the largest non-World Series of Poker live poker tournament ever this past week, welcoming 3,967 entrants to its $220 buy-in event at its new Hold’em Series. “Commerce was jam packed this […]
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Poker Tournament Trail — Jens Kyllonen
Jens Kyllonen has been playing live tournament poker for a short time, but his success in live events during that time speaks for itself. His biggest win came at the 2009 EPT Copenhagen main event in February 2009, where he won his first EPT title and walked away with €878,057. In addition to his EPT […]
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New Ad Campaign Launched for Barney Frank’s Poker Bills
Let the ad campaign begin. The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative announced yesterday that it was financing a new online advertising campaign in support of Rep. Barney Frank’s bill to explicitly legalize and regulate online poker. The organization will place advertisements in several publications, including the Washington Post, The Hill, and Politico. “As Congress […]
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Online Poker — Ryan ‘g0lfa’ D’Angelo Wins 2nd WCOOP Title
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has had only two players win multiple bracelets in its eight-year history. Last night, the series made room for a third when Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo picked up his second bracelet of the 2009 series. Unknown Canadian player “spawng” was the first to accomplish the task, picking up […]
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Final Qualification for European Masters of Poker This WeekThe European Masters of Poker will pull into Vittoriosa in Malta for its fifth and final leg on Sept. 23, where it will stay for four days. Up to 500 players will sit down to a starting stack of 15,000 in chips rather than the usual 10,000 for the €1,500 + €150 buy-in finale. Qualifications […]
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Bodog Launches New Online Poker Network
Bodog yesterday announced the launch of a new business-to-business white label online poker network, BodogNetwork.com. The new network’s agreement with BodogBrand.com sees Bodog’s three online gaming brand licensees — Bodog Europe (Bodog.co.uk and Bodog.ca), the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group (Bodog.com) and Haydock Entertainment (Bodog.88.com) — sign binding agreements to become the new network’s first licensees. […]
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Exclusive Boylepoker $1 IPO Freezeout at Card PlayerCard Player Europe readers outside of the U.S have another chance to win a package to the International Poker Open 2009 including tournament buy in with our exclusive $1 freezeout at Boylepoker.com on October 6 at 9 p.m. BST. The password for the Boylepoker IPO $1 freezeout is CP2009. Registration is now open for this […]
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Poker in the Sky Champ on Cloud Nine
Fifty metres up in the Copenhagen sky, a high octane poker game took place, and 24-year-old local Johannes Jorgensen got the better of it. The journalist took the top prize of a $13,000 package for the PartyPoker.com World Open V after beating 22 players including two local celebrities — a Danish Survivor winner and a […]
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English Poker Open Starts TodayDusk ‘Til Dawn the Nottingham, England poker club this week hosts the $1 million guaranteed English Poker Open. The $5,000 buy in event yesterday had an overlay of $155,000 with 169 players registered. The main event starts at 2 p.m. today and ends at 1am with breaks every two levels and a split dinner break […]
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What’s Next? The Future of Online Poker in the United States — Part 2Intrastate poker. It’s a term that’s been thrown around quite a bit in recent months, especially since Rep. Barney Frank’s poker-related bills have stalled in Congress. Individual states are starting to wonder — can’t we just do this on our own? The short answer — yes. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t significant obstacles in […]
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Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Event Postponed
The second event for season three on the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour schedule has been postponed. The $3,000 no-limit hold’em main event in Seoul, South Korea, was set to take place at the 7-Luck casino from Sept. 17-20. The reason for the schedule change is construction delays on a third floor renovation project at […]
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Poker Tournament Trail — Carter Phillips
Carter Phillips won the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event. He topped a field of 479 players to walk away with €850,000 and his first EPT title. He had gone deep in an EPT field before, and he learned form his mistakes to capture the win. After the final card hit the table, […]
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Online Poker — emitzon 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: PokerStars — WCOOP Event No. 26 Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,959,000 Entrants: 9,795 Places Paid: 1,440 Final Table Results: 1. lelijk22 — $274,260 2. dunkmaster50 — $199,818 3. equinespy — $141,048 4. Ryan “RJules12” Julius […]
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Online Poker — Jaffe Wins WCOOP Heads-Up High-Roller EventThe PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) attracted a field of 36 for its high-roller $25,000 buy-in heads-up tournament, creating a total prize pool of $900,000. Some of the game’s most elite players entered, and when the dust cleared, Jonathan “Iftarii” Jaffe (pictured below right) was the last man standing. Jaffe defeated an all-star […]
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Man Wins Ladies Event at Borgata Poker Open
Nicole Rowe entered event No. 7, a “ladies-only” event at the Borgata Poker Open, hoping for a leisurely distraction from the hardship of having been recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Over the course of the two-day tournament, Rowe weaved her way through a field of 269 players and found herself at the final table. When […]
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World Poker Tour — Thomas Bichon Wins Cyprus Classic
The first-ever World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic has crowned a champion, and it is Frenchman Thomas Bichon. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em event attracted 181 players who created a top prize worth $579,165. The top 18 players were awarded prize money at the event, and many top professionals found themselves in the money. They included […]
