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Irishman Wins Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau

On the other side of the world an Irishman has done his country proud. Dermot Blain is the 2009 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau champion after beating a tough field of 429 players over a six-day period. The 25-year-old Dubliner won his way to the event by playing a PokerStars Macau satellite, but things weren’t […]

World Poker Tour Slovakia Main Event Begins Today

The World Poker Tour Slovakia main event begins today and will continue for five days including two starting days. The WPT joined the 2009 Central European Summer Poker Tournament with a €4,000 + €400 buy-in main event to be held for the first time in Central Europe. The deepstack event is taking place in Bratislava […]

Tom Dwan’s Poker Challenge gets Betting Market

The Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge which sees online pro Tom Dwan take on four players heads-up and live at $500,000 a game is coming up this September, and Boylesports.com has today announced the betting market for it. First to take the plunge is Brit Sammy George. The two will play heads up with blinds of […]

The Scoop on the WCOOP — Inside 2009’s Biggest Online Poker Series

In 2008, two poker players logged off of their PokerStars accounts each more than $1 million richer. That was after the conclusion of last year’s World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) main event. The good news for online poker players is that this year’s series promises to be even bigger. “Despite the issue with the […]

Deal Me In — Poker Pro Jennifer Harman

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, […]

This Week in Poker — Aug. 22-28

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: Eric Baldwin — 4,588 2: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,337 3: Angel Guillen — 3,492 4: Cornel Cimpan — 3,450 5: Mike Leah — 3,137 6: Brock Parker — 3,132 […]

Online Poker — OPOY Weekly Recap — Aug. 28, 2009

The 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is just days away, and the series promises to not only award huge payouts, but also turn the Card Player Online Player of the Year race completely on its head. Before all of the carnage begins, let’s go over the current status of the top 10 to […]

Poker Stars Signs Joe Cada for November’s Final Table

And then there was one — one player at this year’s World Series of Poker main event final table who hasn’t associated himself with an online poker room. Joe Cada, the youngest player at the final table, has signed with PokerStars to be its third representative in November, his management company Top Set confirmed today. […]

Poker Revenue Falls but PartyGaming Remains Upbeat

With PartyGaming in various headlines recently for its new deal with World Poker Tour Enterprises, and most recently its announcement of World Open V online qualification, it is back in the limelight once again with its half-year financial results for the six months ending Jun. 30, 2009. The first result which appears quite strikingly is […]

Surge Your Way to PaddyPowerPoker Pro Online Final

There’s a surge this September at PaddyPowerPoker.com which will help players on their way towards the Paddy Power Poker Pro online grand finals in October. September Surge means players can bypass the usual promotion protocol and instead simply earn a certain amount of Paddy Points during the month to then receive a promotion on Oct. […]

Online Poker — The 1K Roundup, Week of Aug. 24, 2009

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: $390,000 Entrants: 390 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. Peter “Nordberg” Feldman — $97,500 (pictured right) 2. Greg “gregior” Howard — $62,400 3. jbenya — $46,800 4. Cobalt56 — […]

How the 2009 WSOP November Nine are Preparing for the Final Table

They were given just under four months to prepare for the biggest final table of their lives. How they were to prepare was up to them. This week saw several members of the November Nine back in action as they tried to get back in the swing of things in preparation for the main event […]

PokerStars Clarifies U.S. Market Share Speculation

PokerStars came out yesterday with a short statement in an attempt to clarify details about its market share in America. It did this because of so much speculation and controversy over its status and finances, and what many saw as its dominating success due to its continued operations in the U.S.. When the Unlawful Internet […]

Next Poker Network Launches Later This Year

Europe will have a new white label poker network before the end of the year according to a statement from Swedish mobile gaming and entertainment group, Aspiro, today. Aspiro’s subsidiary, Miles Ahead, has signed an agreement with its first European poker site – which remains unnamed at the moment – on a revenue share basis. […]

Greek Poker Players to Pay 10 Percent Tax on Winnings

Greek newspaper Ethnos yesterday reported that all Greek gambling winnings, including poker, will be subject to a 10 percent tax from September 21. The decision was made by the Ministry of Economy and Finances and the paper report strong opposition from the business community – even lottery wins over €1 will be subject to the […]

Prahlad Friedman Wins the WPT Legends of Poker

When the final table at the 2009 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship began, Kevin Schaffel held the chip lead. Schaffel was appearing in his first live tournament after making the November Nine in the World Series of Poker main event, and he was riding a world of momentum as he […]

PartyPoker Introduces Online Qualification for World Open V

The PartyPoker.com World Open V will run from Oct.11 to 15 at the Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair, London. Not all 48 players have been confirmed but those who will definitely be making a play at the $250,000 top prize include Mike Sexton, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Tom Dwan, Luke Schwartz, November Niner James Akenhead, […]

Run it Twice — Ray Henson Discusses Limit Poker Hand

Ray Henson is a professional cash-game player who travels from his home in Houston, Texas, to Los Angeles to play at the Commerce Casino, and he sat down with Card Player to discuss a limit hold’em hand he played recently. Game Game: Limit hold’em Stakes: $400-$800 Blinds: $200-$400 Place: Commerce Casino Run it Twice – […]

Literally Everyone Wins in New $5,000 Online Poker Freeroll

At CardPlayer.com, our readers are always in the money. Starting Aug. 27 at 9 p.m. ET, Card Player and UltimateBet will present the first tournament in the all-new Everyone Wins Poker Series, a $5,000 freeroll online poker tournament wherein everyone who plays gets paid! The action is capped at 1,000 entrants, so make sure you […]

Late Night Poker’s Explosive Duel Airs Next Month

The first two heats of Full Tilt’s Late Night Poker took place on Monday and regardless of the high quality line-up, all eyes were on one battle — Luke “Full Flush” Schwartz versus Andrew Feldman. The heated rivalry between the two was evident as they argued their way through the match. Although Schwartz was miles […]

Entraction Poker Revenue up 45 Percent This Year

Entraction network, the publicly quoted Swedish poker network which is home to popular online poker rooms such as DevilfishPoker.com, today announced net sales for poker up 45 percent in the first half of 2009. This strong growth trend continues from the first quarter of 2009. Poker net sales for turnkey partners, defined as rake less […]

Legends of Poker Final Table Set

Poker is fun, for everyone … especially those at the final table of the 2009 WPT Legends of Poker main event. The final six players are locked in and ready to duke it out for the first-place prize of $1 million. Leading the way in both the chip counts and the headlines is World Series […]

Poker Sites Eurolinx and BetonBet Cease Trading

The Linx Media Group which operates online poker rooms Eurolinx and BetonBet has announced that it has ceased trading and is now putting its sites into liquidation. These sites, plus Linx Casino, were members of the Microgaming Network, but software license agreements have since been terminated. Liquidators have yet to be appointed, according to a […]

Casinos Austrian Poker Tour Hits Penultimate Stop

The Casinos Austrian Poker Tour is now in full swing at its sixth stop at Casino Graz, and will finish on Aug. 30. The tour consists of seven different weeks filled with seven tournaments in seven different casinos around Austria. It began in January and now in its penultimate stop, it looks forward to the […]

Turning Point — Peter Rho at Legends of Poker

Welcome to Card Player’s Turning Point. Here, we catch up with the best poker players on tour to discuss strategy and pick their brains about real-life situations they encounter in some of the biggest tournaments on the planet. Peter Rho has been competing in some of the highest buy-in tournaments on tour for the past […]

Qualify Now for PaddyPowerPoker’s Monthly Million

PaddyPowerPoker.com’s inaugural $1 million guaranteed Monthly Million tournament is due to take place on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. (GMT) and the site has just released details of its qualifier schedule. Feeder satellites run daily with buy-ins varying from $1 to $100, with many guaranteeing seats to the Monthly Million, and single-table sit ‘n’go satellites […]

Turn Points into Cash in September with PartyPoker

PartyPoker.com has announced a new promotion which is due to kick off in September called the “Cash Machine”. If a player earns a minimum of 10 PartyPoints on at least 10 days between Sept. 1 and 28, the number of points accumulated on the lowest of those days will be turned into cash, with each […]

Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Begins Today

As the Asian Poker Tour Macau winds down, another tour takes its place. Today sees the start of day 1A of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour at the Grand Lisboa Casino in Macau. Last year 538 players turned out for the event, but in the end, accountancy student Eddie Sabat emerged triumphant lifting the $453,851 […]

WPT Legends of Poker Day 3

Day 3 of the $10,000 no-limit hold’em World Poker Tour championship event at the 2009 Legends of Poker saw 74 players return to the new event center at the Bicycle Casino. Over the course of four levels, the field was whittled down to the top 27 players, and the money bubble burst. One of those […]

PartyGaming Outbids Gamynia for World Poker Tour Assets

World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) announced today that it has tentatively agreed to sell nearly all of its substantial assets — other than cash, investments, and certain other assets — to Peerless Media, a subsidiary of PartyGaming. Peerless Media will pay WPTE $12.3 million in the deal, as well as 5 percent of the company’s […]