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Republican Rep. Fights Minnesota's Attempt to Ban Poker Sites
Not so fast. A Republican in the Minnesota state legislature introduced a bill yesterday that would prevent the state from carrying out its plan to ban access to approximately 200 gambling sites. “I have some serious concerns about the government censoring web sites,” said Rep. Pat Garofalo, who has served in the legislature since 2004. […]
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World Poker Tour Revenues RiseWorld Poker Tour Enterprises yesterday announced revenues of $5.5 million for the first quarter of 2009, an increase of 10 percent on the $5 million in the first quarter of 2008 and a positive turnaround from results throughout 2008. The financial statement from WPT said this was a result of higher ClubWPT revenues and a […]
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888 Poker Income Continues to Fall
888.com, owner of Pacific Poker, today published its key performance indicators for the first quarter (Jan. to Mar) 2009. The figures show total operating income for its business-to-consumer poker operation was US$14 million, down from $15 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. The number of active customers in the business-to-consumer poker operation was 133,000, […]
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World Poker Tour Venice Stop Begins Wednesday
The World Poker Tour will make its first stop in Italy on Wednesday, May 6, with a €4,000+€400 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament at the Casino Di Venezia in Venice. The main event will take place from May 6-10, and in addition to prize money, the eventual winner will walk away with a WPT bracelet and […]
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Phil Hellmuth Featured in Cash Game on Poker After Dark
With 11 bracelets, Phil Hellmuth is considered by many to be one of the best tournament players in the world. But that doesn’t stop his detractors from saying that he can’t compete at a high level in the big cash games. Over the next two weeks, Hellmuth’s doubters and supporters will have a chance to […]
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Patrik Antonius Up Nearly $500,000 in Durrrr Poker Challenge
At this pace, Tom "durrrr" Dwan will lose nearly $3.5 million in this challenge. Of course, it is still early. Even though the online pro is down nearly $500,000, the deficit is far from insurmountable with so much poker left to be played. The two competitors have played just 13,246 hands of the 50,000-hand challenge. […]
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Online Poker — Steve 'gboro780' Gross Takes OPOY Lead
It was kind of a quiet Sunday across the online poker world, as many of the top names in the game were still transitioning from stops overseas at the EPT San Remo and EPT Monte Carlo. Dan "Wretchy" Martin had a solid day, however, taking down the second $100 rebuy on PokerStars after finishing runner-up […]
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Scotland's Largest Poker Tournament by Paddy Power
PaddyPower Dial-a-Bet has launched the Paddy Power Charity Poker Open which it hopes will become the largest tournament ever to take place in Scotland. The event takes place at the Normandy Hotel, Renfrew, with four starting heats on May 16, 17, 23, and 24. These heats are expected to attract up to 500 players with […]
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Dutchman Wins European Poker Tour Monte Carlo
Pieter de Korver (pictured right) from the Netherlands yesterday won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final, topping a field of 935 at the €10,000 buy in Monaco event. The final table of eight consisted of: Seat 1 – Peter Traply, Hungary, PokerStars qualifier, 4,365,000 Seat 2 – Mikhail Tulchinskiy, Russia, 3,220,000 Seat […]
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EPT — Vanessa Rousso is European High Roller ChampionThe PokerStars.com €25,000 European High Roller Championship attracted a mixed field of main event bustouts, online whizz kids, legendary pros, and up-and-coming faces. A total of 79 players turned out for the star-studded event, including Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, William Thorson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Erik Seidel, Thomas Wahlroos, Michael Mcdonald, John Juanda, Nelly, Chris Ferguson, […]
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EPT — Pieter De Korver Wins 2009 Grand FinalThe final day at the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final welcomed back eight players who all had their eyes on the final prize worth €2.3 million. They had survived four days of poker to make it this far and waded through a massive field of 935 players. They now had to fight it […]
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ANZPT — Paren Arzoomanian Wins Inaugural Sydney Main Event
Author’s Note: All monetary values are AUD The initial PokerStars Australia-New Zealand Poker Tour stop in Sydney, Australia, attracted 493 players to the $2,000+$200 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event at Star City Casino and created a prize pool worth $986,000. The top 45 players walked away with prize money, and all 26 players returning on […]
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European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Day 4 Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final has its final eight. From 935 players the field has been whittled down over four days and a top prize of €2.3 million is now in the sights of the remaining competitors who are guaranteed a prize of at least €170,000. Yesterday saw a number of […]
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EPT — Grand Final Day 4
Day 4 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final began with 31 players and it took ten and a half hours for that number to dwindle down to eight. Tomorrow is the all-important day and will be life-changing for some, particularly the person who gets to take home $3,056,255 for first place. It wasn’t […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News Apr. 25-May 1
Check out CardPlayer.com every week for a wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update 1: Poorya Nazari — 3,000 2: Jude Ainsworth — 2,840 3: Cornel Cimpan — 2,730 4: Anthony Gregg — 2,500 5: Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 2,448 6: Constant Rijkenberg — 2,400 7: […]
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European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Day 3 Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final yesterday played down from 138 to 32 players and among the bust outs were Michael Watson, Fabrice Soulier, Nenad Medic, Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson, Benjamin Spindler, Team PokerStars Pro Isabelle Mercier, Sorel Mizzi, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, Carl Olson, Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akaari, and former […]
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EPT — Grand Final Day 3
Day 3 at the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo began at noon with 138 players in the mix. By the end of the night 88 of them would have prize money in their pocket or dreams of a larger piece of the pie tomorrow. A total of 31 players will […]
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Cake Poker Wants to Send You to Playboy Mansion for Free
How would you like to go to the Playboy Mansion? Yeah, that’s what Cake Poker thought. Next question: how would you like to go to the Playboy Mansion for free? Even better. Cake Poker will be running an exclusive freeroll tournament for all Card Player readers who have signed up for the poker site with […]
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'Bond 18' Discusses Early-Stage Play in Free Poker Video
Many instructional videos for tournament poker feature the final table of a massive tournament the online pro waded through before ever turning on the camera. While they are beneficial, they don’t do much good for the amateur poker player looking to first reach that final table. Tony "Bond 18" Dunst fills this void by hosting […]
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California State Poker Championship Begins
The California State Poker Championship is under way at Commerce Casino in Southern California. The tournament series will feature 24 events in all, including a $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship with a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million that begins on May 22. The series began with a $200 casino industry employees no-limit hold’em event […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Update, May 1, 2009
It’s been two weeks since the latest Online Player of the Year update due to the increased action at the WPT Championship. During that 14-day span, the rankings have changed considerably, although the leader remains the same — Shaun "tedsfishfry" Deeb. Deeb has cashed four times since, adding a total of 332 points to his […]
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SoCal Hosts Two Charity Poker Tournaments Next Weekend
Greg Raymer is going to have a busy Saturday next weekend. The 2004 WSOP main-event champ is scheduled to appear at two charity poker tournaments in Southern California on May 9, one to benefit domestic violence victims and another to help out with the implementation of a program to end dog fighting in the area. […]
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Full Tilt Unveiled as New Sponsor of Poker Million
Full Tilt was today announced as the new sponsor of the prestigious Poker Million event, previously sponsored by Ladbrokes. The Matchroom Sport produced event will again take place some time in December, with the first six qualifying heats for the 72-player tournament starting in mid-July in London. The second round of qualifiers will take place […]
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Erica Schoenberg Talks About Poker and Golf on The Scoop
“Eff you Adam,” Erica Schoenberg says with a smile. Her playful derision is directed at Adam Schoenfeld, one of the hosts of the weekly Card Player TV show, The Scoop. Schoenberg talks about her golf game quite a bit in this week’s episode, which is sponsored by Full Tilt, discussing a potential prop bet that […]
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European Poker Sites on Minnesota Blacklist
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has released the blacklist of sites it is trying to block its residents from accessing and some surprising names appear, not least because they do not accept U.S. players. Releasing the list to Internet Service Providers, the Department informed them: “Attached is a list of online gambling sites and […]
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European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Day 2 Recap
Day 2 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final the field of 527 was whittled down to 138 in pursuit of the €2.3 million top prize. The number of recognisable names busted from the tournament during the day read like a who’s who of world poker and included Team PokerStars pros Ivan […]
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NBC Launches New Poker Show — Face the Ace
NBC is ready to go prime-time with its newest poker series. The network announced this week that it would debut a brand-new poker-themed game show this August entitled, Face the Ace. The show, which will be hosted by Sopranos star Steve Schirripa, will give contestants an opportunity to battle some of the biggest names in […]
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EPT — Grand Final Day 2
The two starting days’ survivors made their way to the Sporting complex at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel today for day 2 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final. It was announced that an overall total of 935 players entered this year’s Final, creating a prize pool worth €9,350,000, including the first-place prize of […]
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Poker's World Series of Golf Signs 13-Episode Deal
It’s golf with poker rules and a lot of money on the line. And now, there will be 13 episodes of it on TV. The World Series of Golf announced this week that it had made an agreement with cable network WGN America to broadcast its tournament over 13 episodes. The high-stakes golf tournament had […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of April 26
The $1K events were a bit down this week, as two of the three failed to clear their guarantees. Over at Full Tilt, David "Bussa Buss" Baker put himself back into Online Player of the Year contention with a third-place finish in the $1K Monday. Baker now sits in 11th place, just 92 points away […]
