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Online Poker — Isabelle Mercier Takes 3rd in 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: $1,542,400 Entrants: 7,712 Places Paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1. Zimmy41 — $231,360 2. labbedorval — $169,664 3. Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier — $115,680 4. DrunkkkYoda — $77,737 […]

Five Winning Tournament Tips For Beginners

Be Able to Fold Good Hands Preflop in Tournaments Although it doesn’t happen very often, there are situations in which folding good hands such as Q-Q, J-J, or A-K preflop is correct. First let’s discuss the pairs. Early in a tournament, most of your opponents will be unwilling to move all in before the flop […]

Playing For Money and Starting a Bankroll

Graduating from play money or just “playing for fun” should be taken seriously for any player who wants to establish success in poker. The first stakes one should play would be the game where he or she feels comfortable. There should be a basic level of confidence when stepping into a real-money poker game. A […]

Forty-Three Europeans Remain in WSOP Main Event

Day five of the World Series of Poker main event saw the field reduced from 406 to 185 players, of which 43 (23 percent) are European. All are guaranteed a minimum of $36,626. Some of the notable Euro bustouts during the day included Andy Black, Vitaly Lunkin, Kara Scott, Jeff Kimber, Thor Hansen, and Rolf […]

Sit ’n’ Go Promo at Paddy Power Poker

PaddyPowerPoker.com has launched its S’n’G Soda contest which will see players vie for $2,000 in cash prizes from midnight on July 15 to midnight on July 28. Paddy Power, spokesman for the company, said, “Players loved our Double Up STT promo, which focused on STTs with Double Up payouts, so we decided it was time […]

WSOP — Complete Day 6 Chip Counts

Here are the complete chip counts heading into day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Rank Last Name, First Name Chip Counts 1 Zackey, Warren 4,872,000 2 Cordes, Kasper 4,352,000 3 Moon, Darvin 3,218,000 4 Schneider, Tom 3,168,000 5 Perner, Bernhard 3,022,000 6 Puumalainen, Miika 2,894,000 7 Affleck, Matt 2,882,000 8 Elias, […]

WSOP Strategy — Lacay Discusses Big Stack Management

With approximately 1.8 million in chips heading into Day 6 of the main event, Ludovic Lacay finds himself in excellent position to contend for the most prestigious poker tournament of the year. The French pro has earned a reputation as a top-notch player, with consistent results in both the live and online arenas. But it’s […]

WSOP — Day 5 of the Main Event

The tournament staff at the World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event made the decision to end day 5 of the tournament early for the second night in a row. There were 407 players when play began at noon PDT, and by the end of the third level for the day (level 20 […]

Deal Me In — Doyle Brunson

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, […]

Europeans Still Going Strong at WSOP Main Event

Day four of the World Series of Poker main event saw the field whittled down to 407 as the money bubble burst and among those players were 85 Europeans – 21 percent of the field. The UK dominates the Euro contingent going into day five with 21 players, though several of these, such as reigning […]

WSOP — Day 4 of the Main Event

The last time Phil Ivey won multiple World Series of Poker bracelets in a single summer, he also made a run at the main event final table. The seven-time bracelet winner has another chance this year after a dominating day four of the main event. Ivey entered day four on Saturday with 371,000 in chips, […]

WSOP — Complete Day 5 Chip Counts

Here are the complete chip counts heading into day five of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Leading the way is PokerStars SCOOP champion Matt “MCMATTO” Affleck. For the second day in a row, Frenchman Ludovic Lacay sits in second place. Yesterday’s chip leader Bertrand Grospellier fell to no. 16 overall, right behind the […]

WSOP — Complete Day 4 Chip Counts

Here are the official chip counts heading into day four for all remaining 789 players. Leading the way is tournament super star Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier who is the only player sitting on over 1 million in chips. NOTE: DNR — Did Not Report Rank Last Name, First Name Chip Count 1 Grospellier, Bertrand 1,380,500 2 […]

Look Into the Future With Paddy Power Poker Pro

PaddyPowerPoker.com, never a company to shy away from having some fun with poker, has produced a new video to promote its current Paddy Power Poker Pro promotion. Check out the video on youtube.com as well as the promotion which is offering €100,000 worth of prizes in the form of packages to poker tournaments. After qualifying […]

WSOP — Day 3 of the Main Event

Day 3 at the World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event is when the players that survived the chaos of the first days get down to business. The players finally form one cohesive group and huge pots start to develop that can quickly change fortunes in the biggest poker tournament of the year. […]

Jason Alexander’s Wild WSOP Ride

In his third attempt at the World Series of Poker main event, Jason Alexander crept ever so close to making the money. But alas, the popular Seinfeld actor was sent to the rail just before Day 3 concluded. A couple hours before he was eliminated, he sat down with Card Player to discuss his improbable […]

Lisandro Officially Becomes WSOP’s Player of the Year

It’s official. After a historic summer, Jeffrey Lisandro officially clinched the World Series of Poker’s “Player of the Year” award today. The Australian and Italian dual-citizen wrapped up the distinction when Finnish pro Ville Wahlbeck was eliminated from the main event in Day 3. Lisandro captured three bracelets in the 2009 World Series of Poker, […]

This Week in Poker: July 4 – July 10

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 — 4,060 3: Angel Guillen — 3,492 4: Cornel Cimpan — 3,450 5: Brock Parker — 3,132 6: Jeffrey Lisandro — 3,018 […]

The Poker Show’s Last Week Looks Back and Forward

The Poker Show sponsored by Boylepoker.com enters its final week on Sunday with presenters Jesse May and Matt Broughton hoping to catch up with some of the chip leaders at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Padraig Parkinson drops in from Vegas and Eddie Hearn is in the studio to talk about his […]

453 Euro Players Start Day 3 at WSOP Main Event

With 2,044 players returning to the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel, Las Vegas for day 3 of the World Series of Poker main event, Card Player Europe decided to crunch some numbers and extract the obvious Europeans from the field. At least 453 have given their nationality as European – 22 percent of the […]

International Federation of Poker Begins Worldwide Takeover

The newly-formed International Federation of Poker, although only in its toddler stages, is already making a good impression on the poker community. During the past three weeks, the founding group of seven national federations, led by its president, poker player and author, Anthony Holden, have had many meetings; the result of which has been the […]

Free Cake in Poker Players Alliance Freerolls

It’s rare to get a chance to play poker for free money while at the same time supporting a cause that is important to you. Cake Poker’s Poker Players Alliance (PPA) freerolls dole out big money simply for taking the time to help keep support poker. Last week’s PPA $3500 Freeroll on Cake Poker awarded […]

Ivey, Seidel, Sexton, and McEvoy Make Poker Hall of Fame List

Phil Ivey’s multi-bracelet summer probably helped his cause. As the youngest seven-time bracelet winner in history, Ivey headlined a list of 10 players that Harrah’s released this morning for consideration for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame class. “After a five-week process that saw hundreds of votes cast weekly on WSOP.com, the public has made […]

WSOP — Complete Day 3 Chip Counts

Here are the official WSOP main event day 3 chip counts for all surviving 2,044 players. Today is a scheduled day off for all remaining players in the 2009 main event. Day 3 does not take place until tomorrow, July 10, at noon PT. Notes: DNR — Did Not Report Rank Last Name, First Name […]

Jordan Farmar — From the NBA to the WSOP

Last month, he was playing in the NBA Finals, earning his first championship ring as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. This month, he’s playing in his first World Series of Poker main event, trying to make ESPN in something other than basketball. Jordan Farmar, the 22-year-old backup point guard for the Lakers, admits […]

Poker Revenue Declines at PartyGaming; Italian Site Launched

PartyGaming has today released its preclose trading update for the second quarter 2009, which began on Apr. 6. It has also announced a new addition to its Italian poker network, Intralot.it, and online cash games are due to be introduced to this network later in the year. It is not all good news for poker […]

FullTiltPoker Celebrates its Fifth Birthday in Style

FullTiltPoker.com is celebrating its fifth birthday with a whole host of special promotions and events, from today until Jul. 19. Celebrations kick off tonight at 5.05 p.m. (ET) with the largest FullTilt tournament ever, the $20,000 Freeroll. The party really gets going on Jul. 14 at 12.05 p.m., with the launch of a new promotion, […]

WSOP — Day 2B of the Main Event

The second day of play for the survivors from days 1C and 1D in the 2009 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event began today at noon in the Amazon Room at the Rio. There were 2,924 of them at the start of play, which maxed out the physical capacity of the Rio […]

WSOP -- A Day in the Life of a Dealer

They come from all over the country and even overseas. Hundreds of men and women flood into the Rio every day, not to play in a tournament and to dream of winning a big score, but to work. They are the backbone of the WSOP. They are, of course, the dealers. However, in a stressful […]

Run It Twice — Di Dang

Di Dang is a 25-year-old poker pro who makes his living playing the highest stakes cash games on the Internet under the moniker “Urindanger.” He plays as high as the $500-$1,000 half pot-limit Omaha/half pot-limit hold’em games on Full Tilt, and specializes in heads-up action. Dang sat down with Card Player to discuss an interesting […]