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Online Poker — Ross Mallor Wins 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: 7,431 Places Paid: 1,080 Final Table Results: 1. Ross “tysonduke23” Mallor — $225,000 2. Faraday — $165,555 3. shawry5 — $120,000 4. rmpvieira — $79,500 5. […]

Centrebet Poker Revenue Down 17 Percent in 2009

Centrebet, the publicly-quoted Australian bookmaker, today issued its full year 2009 financial report which states poker revenue fell 17 percent to AUS$3.8 million (€1.5 million) in the year to June 30, 2009. The company said this was consistent with international online gaming industry trends. “Poker is an important retention tool for wagering and casino clients […]

The Poker Show Returns Tonight with Guest Presenter

Tonight sees The Poker Show return for its second season. The last series proved extremely popular with guests such as Greg Raymer, Peter Eastgate, Doyle Brunson, Annette Obrestad, J.C. Tran, Marty Smyth, Theo Jorgensen, Neil Channing, Dan Harrington, Roland De Wolfe, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Sexton, Phil Laak, and John Duthie. This time, the show will […]

Adjusting Expectations at U.S. Poker Tournaments

The $10,000 no-limit hold’em World Poker Tour championship event at the 2009 Legends of Poker drew 279 entrants. This was a sharp decline from the field that entered last year, when 373 players made the trip to the Bicycle Casino. The field shrank by 25.2 percent, and this current edition was the second-lowest turnout in […]

Europeans Shine in Kiev and Macau

Last weekend saw great success for the European poker contingent across the globe in two highly prestigious events. First of all, the premier stop of this season’s PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, which was held in the Kyiv Sports Palace, Ukraine, was won by 21-year-old Maxim “Decay” Lykov from Russia. This was the the first time […]

Vic Gets New Poker Events and EPT Satellites

September sees the Grosvenor Casino Victoria London’s regular tournament schedule get a bit of a sprucing up with some new deepstack events. The first is a £200 no-limit hold’em freezeout on Wednesdays at 7.45 p.m. (BST) which will see a starting chip stack of 10,000 plus a 30-minute clock; and the second is a £100 […]

WPT Legends of Poker — Day 2 Chip Counts

For the second day in a row, WSOP November Nine member Steven Begleiter leads the field at the 2009 WPT Legends of Poker main event. He is joined in the top ten by notables such as Prahlad Friedman, Thuy Doan, Bryan Devonshire, James Mackey, Billy Baxter and Toto Leonidas. Check out the full list below. […]

WPT Legends of Poker Day 2

Day 2 of the WPT Legends of Poker main event has come and gone, and things are beginning to get very interesting for those still in contention at the Bike. The first day showcased World Series of Poker November Nine member Steven Begleiter tearing through his opponents and amassing a monster stack well above the […]

Turning Point — Layne Flack

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. Recently, we caught up with Layne Flack to talk about a crucial hand he played on […]

Asian Poker Tour — Adrien Allain Wins Macau Main Event

Adrien Allain found a very unconventional way to win over $3 million HKD on Aug. 23 at the Asian Poker Tour Macau main event. “I’m overwhelmed; this is so wonderful. I qualified for this tournament through a $5 lottery tournament on PKR and end up beating all these top players. Vive La France,” said Allain […]

European Poker Tour — Maxim Lykov Wins Kiev Main Event

Maxim Lykov came into the final day of the €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour stop in Kiev, Ukraine, with the chip lead. He held onto that lead and defeated a field of 296 players to win his first major tournament title on Sunday, Aug. 23. The young player also […]

WPT Legends of Poker — Day 1 Chip Counts

Rank Player Name Chip Count 1 Steven Begleiter 235,275 2 Alex Golshanara 135,025 3 Tommy Vedes 124,725 4 Eugene Katchalov 124,150 5 Sam Stein 112,250 6 Markus Gonsalves 108,600 7 Matt Marafioti 107,500 8 Eddie Ngo 105,000 9 Mike Krescanko 104,950 10 Toto Leonidas 90,525 11 Vigen Manukyan 89,750 12 Adam Geyer 88,500 13 Carter […]

Deal Me In — Poker Pro Chau Giang

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, […]

WPT Legends of Poker Day 1

When registration came to a close on day 1 of the $10,000 World Poker Tour no-limit hold’em championship event at the 2009 Legends of Poker the final tally stood at 279 players. That made the total prize pool for the event $2,625,500, and the eventual champion will walk away with $1,009,000. Last year’s field of […]

European Poker Tour — Kiev Main Event Day 4

Day 4 of the €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour stop in Kiev, Ukraine was a long ride. Play lasted close to 12 hours as the field shrank from the final 32 players to a final table of eight. The EPT Live video feed was rolling the entire day, bringing […]

PokerStars Unveils New Poker Show on Fox

Oh, you’ve got a brand new heads-up poker show on a major network? Touché. Just weeks after Full Tilt Poker launched its new poker series Face the Ace, which was met with mixed reviews and poor ratings, PokerStars announced this week it would air its own new poker series, PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge. PokerStars hasn’t […]

This Week in Poker — August 15-21

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 […]

World Poker Tour — Legends of Poker Preview

The 2009 Legends of Poker stop on the World Poker Tour begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event will take place at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California. The event will last five days, and it will crown a champion on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Players will begin […]

European Poker Tour — Kiev Main Event Day 3

A short day 3 took place at the €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour stop in Kiev, Ukraine. Just 68 players began the day and the money bubble burst when 40 players remained. The third level of the day saw the 41st player bust out of the tournament after a […]

World Poker Tour Enterprises Considers Alternative Deal

World Poker Tour Enterprises, owner of the World Poker Tour, recently announced it had sold most of its operating assets (other than cash, investments, and certain excluded assets) to Gamynia for $9.075 million plus a percentage of future revenues from its WPT and Professional Poker Tour brands. This Asset Purchase Agreement was filed with the […]

Final Direct Buy-in International Poker Open Seats Released

With tickets selling like wildfire for the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open, the site has today announced that it is releasing 200 more seats for direct buy-in, 100 for each starting day. The event kicks off at the Regency Hotel in Dublin on Oct. 16 and plays out for three days. The Open is Europe’s largest […]

Asian Poker Tour Macau Main Event Prospers

The Asian Poker Tour Macau’s main event day 1B kicked off today with 193 players. Added to the 133 from day 1A, means that 326 players took part this year, creating a total prize pool of HK$10,919,040 and a first place prize of HK$3,035,000. This attendance figure is up 69 from last year, meaning that […]

European Poker Tour — Kiev Main Event Day 2

Day 2 of the €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Kiev stop began with 203 players. Action was fast to start the day, as 40 players fell during the first level of play, and it never slowed down — just 68 players remained at day’s end. Lost along the way […]

Online Poker — The 1K Roundup, Week of Aug. 17, 2009

Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — Monday 1K Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $322,000 Entrants: 332 Final Table Results: 1. JBlaze20 — $83,000 2. David Pham — $53,120 (pictured right) 3. subiime — $39,840 4. des-er-ray — $30,710 5. pepe11 — $23,240 6. […]

Asian Poker Tour — Macau Main Event Begins Today

The $32,000 HKD ($4,400 USD) no-limit hold’em main event at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour stop in Macau will begin at noon local time on Thursday, Aug. 20. The main event will run for four days and will crown a champion on Sunday, Aug. 23. Players will begin with 10,000 in tournament chips in the […]

Poker Continues to Boom at bwin

bwin Interactive Entertainment AG announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2009, ending on Jun. 30, 2009, and things are looking good for its poker sector, a trend which has continued since its last interim report. Net poker revenues rose 12.3 percent from €17.9 million in the second quarter […]

PokerTek Makes ICP Electronics a Shareholder

Automated poker table manufacturers, PokerTek Inc., the publicly traded company, (NASDAQ symbol PTEK), has announced that ICP Electronics Inc., which is listed on the Taiwan stock exchange, is due to become a shareholder in the company. ICP has provided electronic design and engineering services to PokerTek, and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the poker company, […]

Korea Wins Asian Poker Tour Macau Team Event

Korea trashed all other competition in the ninth side event of the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau, the JBET Battle of the Nations. All three members of the team, Brandon Wong and Poker Pack pros David “Chino” Rheem and Steve Sung, made it to the final table of the HK$48,000 buy-in event, and basically had […]

Poker Tournament Trail Q and A — Ludovic Lacay

Ludovic Lacay is no stranger to holding a large chip stack during a huge poker tournament. His aggressive style allows him to collect chips quickly, and he then wields his stack as a weapon against opponents. He was among the chip leaders for many days during the 2009 World Series of Poker main event, where […]

European Poker Tour — Kiev Main Event Day 1B

The second day of play at the €5,000 European Poker Tour Kiev no-limit hold’em main event, presented by PokerStars, attracted 167 players today in the capital of Ukraine. That brings the total size of the field to 296, and the prize pool is as follows: Total Prize Pool: €1,391,200 Places Paid: 40 1: €330,000 2: […]