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Students Look Forward to Oxford Cup VIII

The Oxford Cup, presented by DragonStack, and in association with Joe Barnard and Loose Cannon Club, will return for its eighth year. The official student £20 rebuy event will take place at the Oxford Union across the weekend of Jun. 6. Many famous faces have attended in the past and this time it is Anthony […]

Venetian Deep Stack Begins Thursday

The Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III begins on Thursday, May 28 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Things will kick of with three $250 super-satellites, which will run at noon, 4 p.m., and 8 p.m. There will also be a $550 super satellite for the $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship event held on May 12. Players […]

2009 World Series of Poker Begins

The wait is over. The 40th annual World Series of Poker begins today at 12 p.m., with Event No. 1 ($500 no-limit hold’em casino employees). The first open buy-in event will begin at 12 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, when cards get into the air for Event No. 2 ($40,000 no-limit hold’em). This historic event, […]

Payment Processer Owes Poker Companies Millions

One year ago, Internet entrepreneur Daniel Tzvetkoff was being talked about for buying all sorts of top notch cars and properties, including tourism Tony Smith’s mansion on the affluent Australian Gold Coast for $29 million. Tzvetkoff created a gold mine in online payment processing company, Intabill, a company he is managing director of and owns […]

Sexy Poker Banned in Australia

Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) has banned the Nintendo Wii game Sexy Poker saying the game contravened guidelines which prohibit the “depiction of nudity as an incentive.” The OFLC said it could not give the Gameloft-developed game a classification because it “cannot be accommodated in MA15+.” No MA18+ classification exists in Australia. […]

Nomination Process for the Poker Hall of Fame Open

Wondering why Barry Greenstein isn’t a member of the Poker Hall of Fame? Want to give a nod to the poker ambassador, Mike Sexton? Perhaps you think it’s time for a member of the younger generation to break into the elite club, like Daniel Negreanu or Allen Cunningham? Whatever you think, Harrah’s wants you to […]

Annie Duke Pokes Fun at Rivers in Charity Poker Event

More “blood-stained money” is about to go to another charity, courtesy of Annie Duke and poker players. Duke, the popular pro who has gained additional fame from her performance on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice show this year, will host the Sucking Out on the Rivers charity poker tournament tomorrow. Proceeds of the tournament will benefit Refugees […]

How Pros Prepare for the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker looming ahead, Card Player caught up with some familiar poker faces to find out how they prepare, what events they may play, and impart advice to the less experienced. Peter Eastgate “Right now I am looking at either renting a house or a condo with some of my Danish […]

Devilfish Crowns Hull Talent Trail Champions

David Ulliott had the honour of crowning the winner of the Hull Daily Mail’s Talent Trail 2009. Five-piece rock band, Dirty Wish, rose to the top of hundreds of acts including singers, comedians, and dancers to take down £1,500 and a trophy at the final in Hull City Hall last week. Ulliott saw many of […]

World Series of Poker Starts Tomorrow

For the next six weeks, all eyes in the poker world will fall on the 40th World Series of Poker which gets starts tomorrow May 27 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. The 57-event Series gets underway with the first bracelet event, the $500 buy-in Casino Employees tournament at midday PST and […]

Black Belt Sponsored Pros Announced

Eight poker enthusiasts waited by their phones last night for a call they had been working towards for months (some, for years). The voices at the other end of the line would be Neil Channing alongside presenters Padraig Parkinson, Jesse May, and Matt Broughton of The Poker Show. Channing was about to inform the poker […]

Ashton ‘theASHMAN103’ Griffin Wins $25K Heads-Up Championship

One of the premier events in the world of online poker recently concluded after two days of action. A total of 63 players entered the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt, creating a prize pool of $1,575,000. First Round Day one saw the field reach the money and trim down to just the final four. […]

Online Poker — Jesper Hougaard 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: 7,177 Places Paid: 1,080 Final Table Results: 1. Jesper “KipsterDK” Hougaard — $206,834* 2. philipoo — $174,580* 3. praetoriancz — $129,139* 4. bbs99 — $79,500 5. […]

Tony Phillips Wins GUKPT Newcastle

The fifth leg of the 2009 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour stopped in Newcastle where it was won by Londoner, Tony Phillips. The 22-year-old beat off 151 players to pick up the top prize of £47,200 and become the youngest player ever to win a GUKPT main event. The final table is not unfamiliar for the […]

£250,000 Guaranteed at Dusk Till Dawn This Week

The first leg of the Dusk Till Dawn £1 million guaranteed Grand Slam starts this Wednesday May 27 at 2 p.m. in the Nottingham club and the £1,000 buy in main event could see an overlay on the £250,000 guaranteed prize pool. Last Wednesday May 20, with just one week to go, only 64 players […]

WSOP History -- 2009 Recap

The 2009 World Series of Poker marked the 40th anniversary of the event and its unique history was honored throughout the summer. The first open buy-in event was a $40,000 no-limit hold’em event that attracted 201 of the best players in the world. Vitaly Lunkin won the event to take home his second gold bracelet […]

WSOP History -- 2008 Recap

The 2008 World Series of Poker saw some of the most significant changes to the schedule in years. For the first time in the history of the main event play would be paused for several months once the final nine were set in July, and they would not return until early November. This led everyone […]

Black Belt Poker’s Search for Sponsored Pros Part II

Tomorrow is deadline day, and will see the man behind Black Belt Poker, Neil Channing, and Nik Persaud select eight out of their 31 Graders to represent the company as sponsored professionals. One of these “Brown Belts” hoping to hear his phone ring tomorrow as the calls are made live on air on The Poker […]

Black Belt Poker’s Search for Sponsored Pros Part I

The words Black Belt Poker could be heard more and more frequently in recent poker-themed conversations, as the company, and indeed the idea behind it, became increasingly exciting and popular over the past few months. Neil Channing is the man behind the idea, and no person can better explain the concept than the former Irish […]

Another Big Line Up for The Poker Show

This week on The Poker Show, Jesse May and Padraig Parkinson have a star-studded show lined up. The live online poker radio show will feature two WSOP bracelet holders — World Series of Poker event champ Michael Keiner, and World Series of Poker Europe success story, Theo Jorgensen, along with WSOP main event finalist Jon […]

Harrah’s Launches New Online Subsidiary for the WSOP

Harrah’s is one step closer to offering online poker. The company announced on Friday that Mitch Garber, the former CEO of PartyGaming, will head Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment, Inc. — a new subsidiary that will oversee online and international operations for the World Series of Poker. “As the world’s largest gaming company, Harrah’s is taking a […]

This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News May 16 — 22

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 — […]

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 this Sunday, May 24, at 2:30 p.m. ET. Previous […]

Online Poker — Weekly OPOY Update, May 22, 2009

It’s been a couple weeks since the last Online Player of the Year update, and it’s safe to say that the recent Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) has drastically altered the overall look of the top 10. First place still belongs to Steve “gboro780” Gross, who hasn’t slowed down at all since winning the […]

Poker’s Andrew Robl Talks Databases on The Scoop

The more Andrew Robl talked about it, the more you could see his conviction. “I don’t think it’s good for the game,” Robl simply said at first, speaking about the databases available online that show which poker players are winners and which are losers online. But the young pro then talked about all of the […]

Run It Twice — Andrew Robl

Andrew Robl is a high-stakes cash game player who honed his skills online under the moniker “good2cu.” He quickly rose up the ranks from the micro stakes and now consistently competes in the highest no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha games live or online. Robl sat down with Card Player to discuss an interesting hand he […]

PKR Gets Exclusive WSOP TV Deal

With ESPN no longer airing the World Series of Poker across Europe, it was announced today that PKR.com will be the exclusive European live broadcaster. Poker fans will be able to watch all the action as it unfolds from 24 bracelet events for free at PKR.com’s World Series micro-site, WSOP.PKR.com. Marketing Director at the site, […]

Check Raise Management Signs More Pros

Check Raise Management has today announced the latest names to join its agency. The first is Sammy George — a high stakes specialist based in London who is thought to have won $3 million in live cash games. British pro, Roland de Wolfe had this to say about him, “He uses his style to great […]

Hellmuth’s New Poker Book Profiles The Game’s Greats

Allen Cunningham as a pizza delivery boy. Peter Eastgate as a substitute elementary school teacher. Phil Ivey as a telemarketer. Scotty Nguyen as a busboy. Chau Giang as a KFC employee. Phil Hellmuth as a monkey cage cleaner. You can’t make this stuff up. Deal Me In, a collection of autobiographical accounts from many of […]

Women’s World Open Starts Sunday

The PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open gets underway this Sunday May 24 to May 27, 2009 with 36 players taking part in the $3,000 event including Annette Obrestad, Sandra Naujoks, Jennifer Tilly, and Veronique Gourdon. Returning to chase the $50,000 top prize will be last year’s winner Soraya Homam from Germany. Obrestad, who will be viewed […]