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WSOP Q and A — Vitaly Lunkin
Vitaly Lunkin won his first World Series of Poker event one year ago in a $1,500 no-limit hold’em event to take home $628,417 in prize money after beating a field of 2,706 players. In 2009, the very first event he entered was for much higher stakes. Lunkin was one of the 201 contestants who bought […]
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Three Ladies to be Inducted into Women in Poker Hall of Fame
On Friday, three very deserving women will be inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. The 2009 honorees are June Field, Jan Fisher, and Cyndy Violette. “The Women in Poker Hall of Fame was founded to honor women in poker who have acquired prominence in and made significant contributions to the poker world,” […]
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World Series of Poker Gold — Thang Luu Completes Historic RepeatThis may very well go down as one of the most impressive feats in World Series of Poker history. Thang Luu, a 34-year-old Las Vegas resident who moved to the United States from Vietnam, followed up his win at the World Series’ $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better event in 2008 with a repeat victory in 2009 in […]
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New Free Poker Training Video Features $2,000 Satellite
This week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) features Andrew ‘Foucault’ Brokos. In this video, Brokos takes the viewer through bubble-play in a satellite that sent the winners to the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) main event (worth $10,300). This video, as well as three additional […]
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Online Poker — Rock & Fold 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: $1,753,200 Entrants: 8,766 Places Paid: 1,260 Final Table Results: 1. Rock & Fold — $257,895 2. scottuga44 — $188,469 3. peterpatat — $131,490 4. papaya66 — $87,660 5. […]
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Poker Industry Happenings -- June 1, 2009
California Ocean’s Eleven Casino Kurt Renfro took the lion’s share of the prize pool — $23,239 — for his win in the annual Memorial Day tournament at Ocean’s Eleven Casino. Twenty-two players made the money in the $440 tournament, which saw 221 players compete for more than $86,000 in cash. Washington Muckleshoot Casino One tournament […]
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Mortensen Leads WSOP Champions Invitational
They may only be playing for a car and a trophy, but the inaugural WSOP champions invitational attracted 20 world champions to the Rio yesterday for ultimate bragging rights and a spot in front of ESPN’s cameras. At the end of the day, 2001 champ Carlos “The Matador” Mortensen held the overall chip lead. The […]
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€8 Million Prize Pool for Pool and Poker TournamentPoolPok, a new concept which aims to marry the world’s of eight-ball pool and no-limit hold’em, is set to launch with €8 million in prize money across six poker and pool tournaments and a grand final. The event, which is the brainchild of French professional billiards player Vincent Facquet, will see participants play in an […]
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WSOP — Vitaly Lunkin Wins $40K Anniversary TournamentWinning a bracelet in the 2008 World Series of Poker was the highlight of Vitaly Lunkin’s career. The quiet, reserved Lunkin was able to wave the Russian flag with pride as he topped a field of 2,706 and picked up $628,417 along the way. But that memory was easily cast aside on Sunday night when […]
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Entraction Poker Network Expands with Mazzo Deal
Entraction, the Swedish-based online poker network operator, today announced it has signed Mazzo Gaming which it will host on its expanding poker network. Peter Åström, CEO of Entraction, said, “Mazzo Gaming will bring a healthy flow of players from markets where Entraction have a relative small share and that is good for the network. This […]
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WSOP — Thang Luu Wins Event No. 3
In 2007, Thang Luu entered his first World Series of Poker final table with a shot at a bracelet. He fell just short and vowed to close out the victory if he ever got the chance again. In 2008, Luu made the very same final table… and won. Heading into Sunday’s final table of event […]
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Harrah’s To Consider Hosting More $1,000 Events in 2010 WSOPLooking for the WSOP 2010 schedule? You’re at the wrong place. Click here. Robert Shrestha flew down from Toronto to play in the Stimulus Special. A recreational poker player for the past six years, he was ready to give the World Series of Poker a try for the first time. “I figured I’d have a […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A Part II — Sami KelopuroOne name widely known across the virtual world of poker belongs to a face which is less familiar in the live poker circuit. Sami Kelopuro should perhaps introduce himself as “LarsLuzak” when he sits down at a table – that is if he wants to send shivers down the backs of his opponents. The 21-year-old […]
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WSOP — Day 3 of the $40K Anniversary TournamentThe final table of the $40,000 Anniversary Event is set, thanks to a lightning fast playdown on day 3. After two consecutive days of play that went well into the morning hours, the final nine were already determined just after 9 p.m. on Saturday. It’s a good thing too, because those players are going to […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A Part I: Sami Kelopuro
One name widely known across the virtual world of poker belongs to a face which is less familiar in the live poker circuit. Sami Kelopuro should perhaps introduce himself as “LarsLuzak” when he sits down at a table – that is if he wants to send shivers down the backs of his opponents. The 21-year-old […]
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WSOP — Day 2 of the $40K Anniversary TournamentThe $40,000 Anniversary tournament at the World Series of Poker continued its rapid rate of progression on Friday as 89 players whittled themselves down to just 23 in the span of eight levels. With the money only going to the final 27, the remaining players had no problem gambling it up early in an effort […]
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WSOP Gold — The Bartender from N.Y. Lives His Dream“That’s your daddy,” Andrew Cohen’s mother-in-law whispered to his six-month-old baby girl, Jaxon, as Cohen accepted his championship bracelet with the Star-Spangled Banner booming over the speakers in the Amazon Room of the Rio. Cohen, a bartender at the N9ne steakhouse at The Palms in Las Vegas, couldn’t help but smile widely as he answered […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News May 23-29
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: 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: Pieter de Korver — […]
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Brunson Kicks off WSOP on The Poker ShowThis week, The Poker Show kicks off its World Series of Poker coverage, with presenter Padraig Parkinson hitting the floor of the Rio and feeding the show with all the freshest news and gossip. Jesse May and Doyle Brunson will discuss the legend’s plans for this year’s WSOP, the future of the game, and of […]
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Aisling Collins is Women’s World Open Champ
The third PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open played down from 36 to one in a battle which ended with a final table from hell. Aisling Collins, a 28-year-old television producer from the UK was the last player standing in a dangerous field which included Annette Obrestad, Sandra Naujoks, and Jennifer Tilly. Collins took the lion’s share […]
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PaddyPowerPoker Offers Players Chance to go Pro
PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced its latest player-friendly promotion which will see online players vie for a seat at a live grand final in October and the chance of picking off €60,000 worth of buy ins and cash to some of the world’s biggest and best poker tournaments. Paddy Power Poker Pro ifs offering €100,000 worth of […]
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WSOP — Day 1 of the $40K Anniversary TournamentThe 40th-annual World Series of Poker kicked off the first open event of the year in big fashion with the largest no-limit hold’em tournament ever hosted in the United States, featuring a $40,000 buy in. After the somewhat disappointing turnout for the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship in April, many skeptics were predicting a disaster […]
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Run It Twice — Eric LiuEric Liu, also known as “p3achy_keen” online, has gained respect as both a tournament and cash game player in his short career. At the age of 24, he’s got more than half a million dollars in tournament winnings, and his cash-game winnings eclipse that amount. With the World Series of Poker beginning this week, Liu […]
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ANZPT — Chris Levick Wins Melbourne Main Event
NOTE: All monetary values are in Australian dollars (AUD). The final table of the PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour crowned another season-one champion on Aug. 27 at the Melbourne main event at Crown Casino. The field consisted of 218 players who bought in for $2,700 and created a prize pool worth $545,000. Chris Levick […]
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Caesars Mega Stack Series Begins Today
The Caesars Mega Stack series began today at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The tournament series will host 40 events between May 28 and July 10, when a champion is crowned in the $2,000 no-limit hold’em championship event. All 40 events in the tournament series will spread no-limit hold’em, and the buy-ins range from $300 […]
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PokerStars Launches Italian Poker Tour
PokerStars is having so much fun running poker tours, they decided, “Why not have another?” The largest online poker site in the world announced today that it was launching the Italian Poker Tour, with the first event for the new tour scheduled for June 1-7 in San Remo, the popular Italian Riviera tourist destination. “PokerStars […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of May 25
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: $341,000 Entrants: 341 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. Matt “shep2k” Shepsky — $85,250 2. kismatwala03197 — $54,560 3. discomonkey — $40,920 4. Keven “Stamdogg” Stammen — $31,543 5. […]
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WSOP History — The First Decade
Major action at the 2009 World Series of Poker begins today with the 40th-annual no-limit hold’em event that features a $40,000 buy-in. To commemorate this historic milestone, the WSOP will focus on the colorful history of the event throughout the summer, and CardPlayer.com will bring you history-based stories periodically. This first installment includes a recap […]
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Explosive Final Table at Women’s World Open IIIThe final table is now set and rearing to go at the third instalment of the $3,000 buy-in Women’s World Open, and with a $108,000 prize pool up for grabs, there is a lot to play for. The remaining seven players are said to make up the strongest final table in the history of the […]
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$40,000 Hold’em Event Debuts at the World Series of PokerWhether or not the $40,000 no-limit hold’em event will be considered the “new main event” of the World Series remains to be seen. But today marks day 1 of the new, prestigious event. “I think it’s a great way to bring together the best no-limit hold’em players in a concentrated field, probably resulting in one […]
