Poker News

Win a Ticket Tomorrow for the Irish Winter Festival

With the Irish Winter Festival set to kick off at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin on Oct. 23, PaddyPowerPoker.com has today announced its weekly ticket-only satellites to the event. The first $200 + $15 super satellite freezeout takes place tomorrow at 8 p.m. (BST) and has a ticket for every $2,300 in the prizepool. Paddy […]

Dutch Citizens to Get More Live Poker

Dutch Justice Minister, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, has announced plans to expand the availability of live poker to Dutch citizens but Dutch players seem to be unhappy that the plan involves state gambling monopoly Holland Casino. The minister wants to relax the Netherlands stringent rules on who can organise live poker tournaments, hoping that wider choice […]

Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival Satellites Underway

Satellites are underway for the the 2009 Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival which will take place at the INEC, Killarney, Ireland from Oct. 2-4. Players can qualify for as little as €3 until September 20 and flights, according to a Ladbrokes statement, can be purchased for as little as €3. Kate McLennan, head of Ladbrokes Poker […]

World Poker Tour Sold to Gamynia Limited for $9.1 Million

World Poker Tour Enterprises, owner of the World Poker Tour, today announced it has 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, pending stockholder approval. As of June 28, 2009, […]

CelebPoker Moves to iPoker Network

CelebPoker.com, the UK-based online poker room, has announced it will move from the Boss network to the iPoker network on August 12 after concluding that players would “benefit greatly from the cutting edge technology offered by Playtech." Playtech company owns and operates iPoker. The move will allow CelebPoker players the opportunity to play against 35,000 […]

William Hill to Move Online Gaming Offshore

William Hill, one of the UK’s oldest and largest bookmakers and owner of William Hill Poker, today confirmed it was to move its online operations to Gibraltar in a bid to save on its tax bill in the UK. The company said it will move its online betting service, sportsbook, and online fixed-odds games. While […]

Brit Matt Perrins Wins Italian Poker Tour Venice

Brit pro Matt Perrins beat 438 other players at the PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour Venice including some big names such as Johnny Lodden, Dario Minieri, and Vanessa Rousso. The 21-year-old from Manchester took home the lion’s share of €200,000 from a total prize pool of €851,660. His heads up opponent was Swede Johannes Sodastrom and […]

November Nine Q and A — Phil Ivey

The poker world knew that Phil Ivey was going to take the 2009 World Series of Poker very seriously, thanks to a number of side-bets he made on that were dependent upon his success during the summer. He proved to everyone that he is the most dominant player in the game today by winning not […]

New Full Tilt Poker Software Allows For Deal-Making

Full Tilt Poker recently unveiled their latest software update and the new features that came with it. Among the new features to launch are deal-making, new lobby views, and a bonus for loyal customers. Last Thursday, site users were allowed to update their software before logging in and discovered an option to upgrade to their […]

Online Poker — Sosnoviy 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: $1,582,200 Entrants: 7,911 Places Paid: 1,170 Final Table Results: 1. Sosnoviy — $237,330 2. almaty.kz — $174,042 3. shack232 — $118,665 4. getdaragzout — $79,742 5. kenneeoin — […]

Poker Stars to Give Away $1 Million in Added WCOOP Seats

One million dollars in added value. Needless to say, when it comes to its premiere poker series, PokerStars doesn’t mess around. For the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker, the popular online poker site has announced that it will be adding $1 million in WCOOP seats to its special series of satellite tournaments, which are […]

Grosvenor Poker Revenue Jumps But Blue Square Falls

Rank Group, which owns both Grosvenor Casinos and Blue Square Poker, has issued its half yearly trading statement to June 2009 which shows live poker booming at its casinos but online poker taking a hit. Grosvenor Casinos, which hosts the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, saw poker grow 56.5 percent to £3.6 million between January and […]

Poker Income Slumps at 888.com

888.com, parent company of Pacific Poker, today said its operating income for poker was down 36 percent in the second quarter of 2009 at $13 million compared to $20 million in the same period last year. Operating income for the period was down 9 percent on the first quarter of 2009. The number of active […]

Boylepoker.com Announces New Tournament Schedule

Boylepoker.com toaday announced its new tournament schedule and to celebrate to company is throwing a week long festival with added money and three International Poker Open tickets up for grabs. Each night this week the $5 + $0.50 Turbo Freezeout tournaments at 10:30 p.m. will have $50 added to the prizepool and three tournaments will […]

Ladbrokes and William Hill set to Leave UK

The Daily Mail has reported that both Ladbrokes and William Hill, Britain’s two biggies bookmakers, look set to announce they will move offshore to avail of lower taxes. Both bookies run popular online poker businesses. William Hill is expected to announce the move as early as tomorrow when it publishes its half yearly financial statement […]

DevilfishPoker’s World’s Biggest Rake Chase Strikes Again

DevilfishPoker.com today announces the second monthly period of its World’s Biggest Rake Chase promotion, giving its cash game, sit ‘n’ go, and tournament players another chance to earn some extra money for the summer, with more than €1.7 million in prizes up for grabs. The ambassador for the site, who is of course the fresh-from-Vegas […]

Deal Me In — Johnny Chan

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, […]

Poker Industry Happenings — Aug. 1, 2009

California California Grand Casino The California Grand Casino first opened its doors in 1854 in Pacheco, California. In the past century and a half, the casino has welcomed its local customers with open arms, providing a wide array of table games and great promotions. Now, the casino is poised to begin a new era in […]

Earn Extra Chips for International Poker Open from Today

Boylepoker.com today launches its VIP Club points promotion which has added an interesting twist to the International Poker Open 2009. From Saturday onwards, players can add 2,000 chips to their IPO starting stack of 8,000 by earning VIP Club points on Boylepoker throughout Aug. and Sept . Earlier this week, Paul Spillane, head of poker […]

Peter Eastgate Auctions Eco-Friendly Poker Table for Charity

Reigning world champion, Peter Eastgate from Denmark, has auctioned off an environmentally friendly EGM Green poker table to benefit his children’s charity, Friends of Eastgate. The table, which was signed by 36 of the world’s leading players at this year’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, was gifted to Eastgate by EGM Green founder […]

UK Management Company Courts Jeff Lisandro

UK player management company Check-Raise Management has published an open invite to Jeff Lisandro to get in touch after the three-time bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker 2009 complained in a magazine article that he was struggling to attract sponsorship. Nick Ferro, the London-based agent who shares an Italian heritage with Lisandro, said, […]

Padraig Parkinson Wins Irish Champions Challenge Cup

Boylepoker pro and long-time Card Player Europe columnist Padraig Parkinson has won the invitational Irish Champions Challenge Cup which took place last night at the Eglinton Club in Galway. Parkinson took down the winner take all €1,000 buy in sit ‘n’ go which featured many of the giants of Irish poker including Andy Black, Marty […]

This Week in Poker — July 25-31

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 — 4,300 3: Angel Guillen — 3,492 4: Cornel Cimpan — 3,450 5: Brock Parker — 3,132 6: Mike Leah — 3,052 […]

Tournament Trail Q and A — Faraz Jaka

Faraz Jaka was a dominant force during the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup V $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship event. He took the chip lead during the third day of the event, and he held onto that lead all the way to the start of the final table, entering with more than 5 million in chips. […]

Winner’s Circle — Alexandre Gomes

The Winner’s Circle takes a look at the biggest wins from the tournament trail by the players who made it happen. This series will look at the big hands, toughest opponents, and paths to victory each player took in their most recent tournament win through their own eyes and words. If you ever wanted to […]

Face the Ace Poker Show Premieres Saturday on NBC

Saturday evening marks a significant milestone in the poker industry, as the game goes prime time on a national network. NBC will launch its new television show this week, Face the Ace, where contestants can win up to $1 million by defeating three heralded pros. “It’s an exciting new poker-themed game show premiering on Saturday, […]

PPA Claims ‘Momentum Shift’ After National Poker Week

After its major fly-in to Washington, D.C., the Poker Players Alliance has hailed its inaugural National Poker Week as a significant turning point in the struggle to explicitly legalize and regulate online poker. “One lobbyist told me he’s done this with dozens of clients before, and he’s never felt so good after one. It was […]

Invitational Irish Champions Cup Tonight

The inaugural Irish Champions Challenge Cup takes place tonight against the backdrop of the Galway Race Festival in the city of tribes in the west of Ireland. The invitational event at the Eglinton Card Club will see nine of Ireland’s most well known poker players take their seats in a winner take all €1,000 buy […]

World Poker Tour Revenue Declines but Margin Grows

World Poker Tour Enterprises, the owner of the World Poker Tour, saw second quarter 2009 revenue fall to $4.6 million compared to $5.1 million in the same period in 2008. The company said this was due to lower television and hosting income in the U.S. though it did indicate that the figure fall was partially […]

Matta Makes Good at Lebanese Poker Championship

Nabil Matta topped the field of 206 players at last weekend’s Lebanese Poker Championship in Casino du Liban in Lebanon to take down the top prize of $606,000. The three-day no-limit hold’em event, attended by former world champion Joe Hachem, was inaugurated in 2007 and over the last two years over 22,000 have participated in […]