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The Scoop — Carter King on the Poker Stars WCOOP

He’s the reigning World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event winner, but that doesn’t mean Carter “ckingusc” King is hiding any secrets to his success. In fact, King had no problem talking strategy and divulging the importance of patience in online poker. “I think the two most common mistakes are either opening with marginal […]

Poker Tournament Trail — Sebastian Ruthenberg

What could be better than winning a PokerStars European Poker Tour event in Barcelona, with the sun splitting the trees, and more than $1.9 million dollars added to your bank account. Perhaps winning the same event one year later? There’s nothing more any poker player or enthusiast dreams of than successfully defending a title and […]

Andy Greekfish Guests on The Poker Show Monday

Andy Greekfish guest presents The Poker Show this Monday from 8 to 11 p.m., as last Monday’s show is still causing ripples in the online poker world. Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz joined Jesse May and Matt Broughton earlier this week fresh off his appearance on Late Night Poker, where he and nemesis Andrew Feldman battled it […]

New Leader Boards at PartyPoker

PartyPoker.com today announced its new leader board promo which will see $30,000 distributed to players across two monthly and two weekly competitions. The company said, “A player doesn’t have to opt in for the leader boards – they just have to take part in sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments and see their ranking on the board! […]

Online Poker — Canadians Can Now Play on Bodog

Starting today, online poker players hailing from Canada can now officially play on Bodog, through Bodog.ca. Led by Keith McDonnell, Bodog Europe holds the rights to Bodog.ca. “We’re extremely excited to be able to bring the unique Bodog experience to Canadian players," said McDonnell. "Canadians are passionate sports fans and are extremely savvy consumers. The […]

European Poker Tour — Barcelona Main Event Begins Friday

It has arrived. And we are there to give you news and live updates, as they happen. Day 1A at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event will begin at 12:30 p.m. CEST (3:30 a.m. PDT) in Spain on Friday, Sept. 4. The no-limit hold’em tournament features an €8,000 buy-in, and there will be […]

Online Poker — Alex Kamberis Wins Super Tuesday

Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $378,000 Entrants: 378 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. YrrsiN — $94,500 2. dsindy — $60,480 3. Taylor “ElMastermind” McFarland — $45,360 (pictured right) 4. dlratx — $34,965 5. […]

Online Poker — Interview With David ‘SirSands’ Sands

Each week, Card Player TV brings you the Online Zone, a glimpse into the world of high-stakes online tournament players. David “SirSands” Sands is one of the highest-ranked online poker players in the world. In fact, he currently sits in fourth place in the Card Player Online Player of the Year race despite putting in […]

Online Poker — PokerStars WCOOP Begins on Thursday

It’s finally here! The time has come for every online grinder’s dream come true, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Bloodshot eyes and sore clicking fingers will be the norm for the next two and a half weeks as players compete in the largest online tournament series in the world. This year’s WCOOP […]

iPoker Revenue Jumps 23.8 Percent at Playtech

Playtech, the Israel-based software developer and operator which owns the iPoker network today released its financial statistics for the first six months of 2009. Poker revenue, which is generated from relationships with popular online poker rooms such as PaddyPowerPoker, Boylepoker, and Titan, was up 23.8 percent to €17.3 million compared to €14.0 million in the […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Cardiff Underway

The £1,000 buy in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Cardiff main event is underway at the G Casino in the Welsh capital. The festival returns to Cardiff after a one year absence and is the seventh leg of this season’s GUKPT. Michael Greco won the main event in 2007 when it last hit Wales but early […]

32Red Poker Revenue Down but Players Up

32Red Poker revenue fell in the first half of 2009 to £0.5 million from £0.6 million in the first half of 2008. However the number of active poker players jumped 27.5 percent to 11,054 from 8,668 a year earlier. Poker player yield was down to £44 in the first six months of 2009 from £64 […]

Pot-Limit Omaha Race at PaddyPowerPoker.com

PaddyPowerPoker.com today announced its exPLOsion cash race which will see players win an additional $130,000 between Sept. 7 and the end of October on the pot-limit Omaha and pot-limit Omaha high-low leader boards. Players who make the four leader boards by playing these cash Omaha games will be awarded prizes weekly depending on their position […]

Poker Strategy — Brian Rast PLO Cash Game Hand Analysis

Brian Rast has earned nearly $1 million in live tournaments, but his bread and butter is playing high-stakes cash games. Online, he’s better known as “tsarrast,” and he regularly competes in the $500-$1,000 half pot-limit hold’em/half pot-limit Omaha games. He sat down with Card Player to discuss an interesting pot-limit Omaha hand he played against […]

PokerStars is Bringing Poker to the Baltic States

PokerStars recently announced that it will hold the first-annual Baltic Festival this autumn in Tallinn, Estonia. The four-day main event will begin on Oct. 28, with the final table taking place on Oct. 31. Additional events will be scheduled at a later date, but tournament organizers have set the main event buy-in at €1,100 and […]

$40K Hold’em Event Unlikely to Return to 2010 WSOP

The $40,000 no-limit hold’em tournament won’t be back next year, said World Series of Poker Communications Director Seth Palansky. “The $40K was a good event. It was a successful event. But it made sense, because it was the 40th-annual World Series of Poker,” Palansky told Card Player this week. “That buy-in amount or that event […]

Leisure & Gaming Poker Revenue Up

Leisure & Gaming Plc, the London Stock Exchange-quoted online gaming company, has reported first half 2009 poker revenue of €3.6 million driven by the strong performance of its Italian poker product which was launched in November 2008. The Italian online poker market was partially deregulated last year allowing a number of companies to begin operating […]

World Amateur Poker Champion is Crowned

Brit Charles Mason took down the main event of the APAT’s World Championship of Amateur Poker at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club. Mason had a four-to-one chip lead heads up versus Jamie Reeve, and when both looked down and found an ace, it was all over. Reeve had A-2 and Mason had A-7 which […]

Exciting Live Poker Event This Weekend in London

The International Club in the centre of London is hosting a £1,000 buy-in live event with $10,000 added this weekend. The tournament has a capacity of 400, meaning the prizepool could potentially be £410,000. With the bonus of the added money, seats are not expected to stay available for long, so check out TheIntClub.com for […]

Online Poker — Play For Free at DoylesRoom

Every Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. EST, Doyle’s Room offers its customers the chance to play and beat Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson and the “Mad Genius” himself, Mike Caro. The best part is, now you can do it for nothing! That’s right. It’s a complete freeroll for all first-time players. All new DoylesRoom players get their […]

Online Poker — Mac Users Can Now Log Onto UltimateBet

UltimateBet recently announced that they have become Mac friendly, giving Apple users complete access to all of the features that PC-users have grown accustomed to. Because the upgrade is not browser-based, all current and future UltimateBet clients can now participate with Mac products. “Our company strives to make our poker room accessible to as many […]

Caesars Cup Captains Add to Their Poker Team Rosters

Charged with the task of making the best possible eight-person teams, captains Daniel Negreanu (pictured left) and Annette Obrestad (pictured below right) have responded in a big way, scoring the likes of Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Patrik Anontius, and Ilari Sahamies for their rosters. The Caesars Cup tournament will take place on Friday, Sept. 25 […]

Poker Industry Happenings — Sept. 1, 2009

California Ocean’s Eleven Casino From Sept. 23 to Sept. 27, more than 200 women are expected to attend Ocean’s Eleven’s 13th annual California Ladies State Poker Championship. While the championship is the feature of the weekend, there will be several other tournaments and special events taking place — with a heavy emphasis on charity. The […]

WSOP Ratings Slightly Up as ESPN Begins Day 2 Coverage

ESPN came under heavy criticism from poker fans earlier this year when the network declined to film and televise the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship at the 2009 World Series of Poker. After five weeks and 10 episodes of coverage of the 2009 WSOP, ESPN officials say that they are comfortable with the decisions they made. But […]

Ramzi Jelassi Wins Italian Poker Tour San Remo

Young Swede Ramzi Jelassi has taken down his biggest live win so far in his career with first place in the PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour San Remo. After earning €170,000 for trumping the field, a confident Jelassi said, “Easy Game. Had Q-Q as my best hand yesterday, which I lost, never any A-A or K-K. […]

Take 2 with Full Tilt Poker This September

From tomorrow until Sept. 30, anyone who plays on at least two ring-game tables at the same time on FullTiltPoker.com will be rewarded with cash bonuses and double Full Tilt Points. Now in its third installment, the total amount of cash up for grabs for each player in Take 2 has been increased from $25 […]

WSOP November Nine Q and A — Kevin Schaffel

Anyone who follows poker knows that Kevin Schaffel will sit down at the 2009 World Series of Poker main event final table Nov. 7-10. He will enter that final table in sixth chip position with 12,390,000. Schaffel has decided to enter a few tournaments in the meantime, and his first endeavor was wildy successful. Schaffel […]

Asia Pacific Poker Tour — Dermot Blain Wins Macau

The final day of play in the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back nine players to the final table. A first-place prize worth $541,089 was up for grabs from the total prize pool of $2,081,000 that was created by a field of 429 players. Dermot Blain eventually claimed that […]

CPTV’s All Inbox Poker Show Features Kevin Schaffel

Card Player TV’s new show, All Inbox, has premiered its first two episodes. Last week, it was Daniel Negreanu. This week, it is World Series of Poker final tablist Kevin Schaffel. Not only did he just place second in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event last week, but he also sat down with […]

Online Poker — Steve Gross Final Tables Sunday Million

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) hasn’t even started yet, and already the Card Player Online Player of the Year Race has been turned on its head. With yet another strong showing in a Sunday major, Steve “gboro780” Gross has retaken the OPOY race lead, jumping ahead of Shaun “TedsFishFry” Deeb by the […]