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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 […]

The Poker Show’s Penultimate Week Goes Main Event Mad

The main event kicks off tonight and The Poker Show will be there, well it will in person, in the form of Padraig Parkinson. Parkinson will be playing this evening for day 1A, and he’ll be informing co-presenters Jesse May and Matt Broughton all about it on next week’s show. The penultimate week for the […]

Poker Partnership Falls Foul in New Zealand

A battle on the felt turned into a battle in court after two New Zealand poker playing friends fell out over tournament winnnings. According to New Zealand news site, The Dominion Post, Bakery owner Jamil Dia won more than AU$500,000 in 2005 in a poker tournament at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. This in turn […]

Good News Today for WPT Enterprises

WPT Enterprises, the company that owns the WPT television series, today announced it has been notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that it once more complies with the $1.00 per share minimum closing bid price requirement. Its shares had previously dropped below this, largely due to a harsh economic climate, but things are looking up […]

WSOP — Matt Hawrilenko Wins Event No. 56

Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko can now call himself a million-dollar man after winning Event No. 56 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em six-handed). The penultimate event of the 2009 World Series of Poker saw only the third million-dollar payout of this year’s WSOP go to Hawrilenko. With 12 previous WSOP cashes, number 13 proved to be the lucky one […]

WSOP Q and A — David Bach

In an amazing show of consistency at the World Series of Poker, David Bach had appeared at a WSOP final table in each of the four years leading up to the 40th annual WSOP. The morning of July 1, 2009, he made his fifth WSOP final table in as many years the most memorable, and […]

Alex Bolotin Wins Ante Up for Africa Poker Tournament

Actors, comedians, athletes, poker professionals, and a host of other celebrities were on hand yesterday at the Rio for the third-annual Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament. The $5,000 event attracted some of the biggest names in Hollywood, with stars like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Don Cheadle, Sarah Silverman, and Nelly all in attendance. […]

The $1K Roundup, Week of June 29, 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: $320,000 Entrants: 320 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. tuna_fish_tank — $80,000 2. 21boo21 — $51,200 3. Benjamin “TheStein” Zamani — $38,400 4. Alvaro “VARICO” Ballesteros — $29,600 5. […]

Poker Stars WCOOP Schedule Released

The schedule for the biggest online poker tournament series of the year has been announced, and a minimum of $40 million will be won by those who participate. It’s all set to kick off in September. PokerStars today announced the full list of events for its 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), which will […]