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Play Poker at the Playboy Mansion This Weekend

If you’ve already busted out of the World Series of Poker main event and are aching for more — or if you just can’t get enough poker and want to have some poolside fun with celebrities, athletes, and amazingly attractive women — then this weekend’s Aces & Angels Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Playboy Mansion […]

WSOP — Complete Day 2B Chip Counts

Here are the official WSOP main event day 2B chip counts for all surviving 2,923 players. Notes: DNR — Did Not Report Rank Last Name, First Name Chip Count 1 Weber, Troy 353,000 2 Marks, Tyson 196,500 3 Costello, Stephen 192,000 4 Cada, Joseph 187,225 5 Wissing, Mads 185,750 6 Patterson, Tyler 179,500 7 Sanders, […]

Norway’s Proposed Online Gambling Ban Under Surveillance

Norway has been warned by the European Free Trade Association’s Surveillance Authority that its plans to stop financial transactions to all gaming operators except the state monopoly breach EFTA internal market freedoms. According to the Remote Gambling Association, the EFTA ESA has reminded Norwegian authorities that “such measures constitute an unjustified restriction of the freedoms […]

Centrebet Poker’s Euro Revenue Down 17 Percent

Centrebet, the Australian bookmaker and online gaming operator, yesterday released a market update for its year end June 2009 financials. The company said European poker revenue would be $3.8 million, down by 17 percent, and this represented 6 percent of total revenue. Total revenue for Centrebet which includes sports betting, casino, and games would be […]

Poker Grows But Boom Unlikely in Moscow

It’s been one week since casinos officially closed their doors in Moscow and the Moscow Times is reporting that 95 percent have complied with the new law. However, one industry player told the paper he did not expect a boom in poker which remains legal in licensed clubs. Erik Shakhbazyan, CEO of Poker Style Group, […]

WSOP — Day 2A of the Main Event

The second day of play for the survivors from days 1A and 1B in the 2009 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at noon today in the Amazon Room at the Rio. There were 1,476 of them at the start of play, but by the end of the night, just 648 […]

WSOP -- Kara Scott -- What's My Line?

Kara Scott has been a part of the poker world as a television hostess since 2007 on shows such as Sky Poker in the UK and EPT Live for PokerStars. In the past year, the Canadian turned Brit has transformed into a successful poker player, going deep in the 2008 WSOP main event and the […]

WSOP -- Complete Day 2A Chip Counts

Here are the official WSOP main event day 2A chip counts for all surviving 1,476 players. Notes: *Eric Cloutier’s initial chip count of 150,750 was misreported. His actual count is 15,750. WSOP Bracelet Winners In Bold DNR — Did Not Report Rank Last Name, First Name Chip Count 1 Cloutier, Eric 150,750* 2 Demes, Brandon […]

European Masters of Poker Moves on to Barcelona

The European Masters of Poker is making its way towards Barcelona from its last stop in Prague where 258 players competed for the top rung of the €258,000 prize pool. On Jul. 29, Casino Barcelona will be the location for four days of poker-fuelled mayhem, as this leg is anticipated to be the biggest with […]

WSOP — Day 1D of the Main Event

Day 1D at the 2009 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event drew the largest field of the four day-one flights on the schedule. Here is the daily attendance breakdown: Day 1A: 1,116 Day 1B: 873 Day 1C: 1,696 Day 1D: 2,809 The amount of players who waited until the last day that […]

PartyPoker Launches New “Genius” Promotion

PartyPoker.com yesterday announced it was launching an innovative promotion which will see the online poker site square every 50,000th cash game pot, guarantee a prize pool of $10,000 for every millionth hand, and guarantee $100,000 in the final 10 millionth hand of the “Genius” promotion. All players seated at the table where these hands hit […]

Hundreds Turned Away from the WSOP Main Event

“Right now, I’m in shock. It’s way beyond disappointment.” Those words come from Mickey Appleman, a longtime veteran of the World Series of Poker who doesn’t believe he has missed a main event since he first started playing the tournaments 30 years ago. That streak ended today when Harrah’s closed off additional entries to Day […]

Online Poker — jovdark6 Wins PokerStars 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: $1,500,000 Entrants: 7,307 Places Paid: 1,080 Final Table Results: 1. jovdark6 — $225,000 2. Lileor99 — $165,555 3. teflon shaf — $120,000 4. Connor “blanconegro” Drinan — $79,500 […]

WSOP – Day 1C of the Main Event

Jeff Lisandro has begun his quest for the perfect ending to a historic 2009 World Series of Poker. From the field of 1,696 entrants, Lisandro has emerged as one of the day 1c leaders with 145,000 in chips. Already with three WSOP gold bracelets this summer, Lisandro is looking for another shot at the elusive […]

Sit Down with Extra Chips at Boylepoker’s IPO 2009

The Boylepoker.com International Poker Open 2009 hits the Regency Hotel in Dublin on Oct. 16 with $25,000 added by the sponsor and a unique twist – by playing on Boylepoker in August and September players can add 2,000 chips to their 8,000 starting stack. The no-limit Texas hold’em poker tournament is the largest outside of […]

Grosvenor Victoria London Poker Championships Begin

The Grosvenor Victoria London Poker Championships will run for two weeks from today, Jul. 6 to Jul. 19. The festival will include various different poker tournaments at a wide range of buy-ins such as a £100 + £20 pot-limit Omaha rebuy event, a £500 + £50 no-limit hold’em freezeout, and a £100 + £20 pot-limit […]

Full Tilt Online Poker Series XIII Announced

FullTiltPoker.com has announced its Online Poker Series XIII with 25 wide-ranging events in store and a total guaranteed prize pool of more than $16 million including the $2.5 million guaranteed in the main event. The Series kicks off on Aug. 5 and will run until Aug. 16, and as usual, each event will be hosted […]

Poker Sites Target Female Players

According to eGaming Review, a market research company which specialises in the poker industry, Poker Players Research, has reported that female players have become an increasingly important target area in the poker market and are set to grow to a third of real money poker players by 2011. Basing his findings on a survey of […]

888.com’s 888Safe Reveals All to Poker Players

888.com has announced the launch of 888Safe, where poker players can now learn more about safe and secure online gaming. 888.com users will get behind-the-scenes access to the site where they can see what it is doing to ensure fairness and security for its players. There is a Fair Gaming section which makes clear how […]

WSOP Q and A — Scotty Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen has been one of the most successful and consistent players at the World Series of Poker over the last 14 years. Ever since his first cash in a 1995 $2,500 limit-hold’em tournament, the “Prince of Poker” has accumulated five gold bracelets to go along with 36 more cashes. Amid Nguyen’s epic history at […]

Deal Me In — Layne Flack

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, […]

EuroLinx to Refund Losing Ace-Ace Hands

Online poker room EuroLinx has come up with an innovative way of consoling players who take a bad beat with pocket aces — they will refund the player the money they had in the pot up to €25. A spokesperson for the site said an early trial of the scheme had proved very popular. “During […]

WSOP — Day 1B of the Main Event

While most people spent the day barbecuing in their backyard to celebrate the Fourth of July, there were still 873 people that wanted to spend America’s birthday in the Rio’s Amazon Room, as day 1b of the World Series of Poker main event kicked off. The 873 players is a considerable drop from the 1,158 […]

WSOP History — The Second Decade

The $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the 2009 World Series of Poker swung in to day 1B at noon today. To commemorate the historic milestone of the 40th annual WSOP, CardPlayer.com will bring you history-based stories periodically during the summer. This second installment includes a recap for every year during the second decade of […]

WSOP Q and A — Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle was present at the Rio on July 2, 2009 as the co-host of the third annual Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament with poker professional Annie Duke. Cheadle has been able to blend his passion to help refugees in the Darfur region of Africa with one of his favorite hobbies in poker. […]

Improved Structure Credited as Major Reason for Pros’ Success

Last year was affectionately coined “The Year of the Pro” by several media organizations, Card Player included. But incredibly and quietly, pros have continued to dismantle record fields left and right for an even more impressive performance this year. Amateurs only won 10 bracelets of the first 56 events of the 2009 World Series of […]

American Wins WPT Spanish Championship

Mark Flowers from Greenville North Carolina has won the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship in Barcelona topping a field of 160 players in the $7,400 buy in event. He bested Per Sjorgen from Sweden heads up taking $388,453 from the prize pool which totaled $1.12 million. The final table results were: 1: Mark Flowers — […]

WSOP – Day 1A of the Main Event

Day 1a of the World Series of Poker main event has traditionally featured the smallest turnout of the four starting days. In 2008, the day 1a field attracted a modest 1,297. This year, only 1,116 made the early trip to the Amazon room. The reasons for the scarcity are simple. Many amateurs wait for the […]

2009 WSOP -- The 10 Best Performances of the Summer

As Day 1A of the main event kicks off today, Card Player recognizes 10 players whose 2009 World Series performances simply stood out above the rest. It was a year for the ages. Four players won multiple bracelets, pros took down a majority of the events offered, and these players stunned and amazed the gallery […]

This Week in Poker: June 27 – July 3

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 […]