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Dan Harrington to Play in Irish Open 2009
PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced the addition of another poker great to the list of players taking part in the Irish Open 2009. ‘Action Dan’ Harrington is the third former world champion to join the field at Citywest Hotel in Dublin in just over one week’s time, with Jamie Gold and Noel Furlong already registered. Dan Harrington […]
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Part 2 — Pappas Discusses Online Poker's Political Battle
Poker Players Alliance Executive Director John Pappas answered questions late last week about the status of online poker’s fight for licensing and regulation. In Part 2 of the two-part interview, Pappas discusses what the PPA’s mindset will be when these poker-related bills are introduced, as well as an update on the court cases the organization […]
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Feast of Poker Festivity Hits bet365
Another online poker room with a lot to offer players over the next few months is bet365. First of all, there is more than $500,000 up for grabs in three cash races. Players will earn rake points in every cash game played, and then the top 500 finishers from each fortnight-long race will take a […]
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Poker for the Homeless Raises €10,000
The Boylepoker.com Poker for the Homeless March Madness festival took place over the weekend just gone in the Jackpot Club in Dublin and was a massive success. The festival raised €10,000 for Dublin Simon, which added to the money raised over the past three years for Irish homeless charities, amounts to more than €150,000. Celebrities […]
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Win Big at DevilfishPoker this Month
DevilfishPoker.com is today launching the next stage of its €175,000 Road to Las Vegas promotion. April will see an additional seven World Series of Poker packages on offer, each worth €7,000 including one week of accommodation at the Wynn Hotel and Casino, €2,000 in expenses, and $5,000 for tournament buy-ins. There are many ways to […]
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Qualify Now for Betfred Ladies Poker Tour
The third season of the Betfred.com Ladies Poker Tour will take in eight stops across the U.K., and will also hit Spain between now and November. It kicks off on Apr. 18 at the Alea Casino in Leeds, but before then, players can attempt to qualify at Betfred Poker from as little as $2, or […]
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Winner's Circle — Jeff Madsen
The Winner’s Circle takes a look at the biggest wins from the tournament trail by the players that 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 […]
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Mickey Rourke Featured in DoylesRoom Poker Tournament
As a boxer, Mickey Rourke was pretty intimidating. As an actor, he’s hailed for his great work. As a poker player, he’s just getting started. “I’m still a rookie,” said Rourke, who earned critical praise for his leading role in the 2008 movie The Wrestler. “I started playing poker six months ago.” When the boxer-turned-actor […]
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Pappas Discusses the Details of PPA's Fight for Online Poker
As the executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, John Pappas is the man ultimately responsible for getting everything in place for the poker community’s fight to reverse the finalized regulations of the UIGEA. Pappas became the executive director of the PPA in late 2007 after serving as the vice president of government affairs for […]
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888 Announces New Poker Network – Dragonfish
888.com, the Israeli-based online gaming operator, today announced the launch of its new business-to-business white-label enterprise, Dragonfish. The company will offer software and back-end services such as customer support to online poker, casino, and bingo sites. In a statement the company said, “The new branding is in recognition of Dragonfish’s separate function within 888 and […]
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Noel Magner is Boylepoker's Next Sponsored Pro
The Boylepoker.com Be Our Sponsored Pro challenge came to a conclusion on Sat., Mar. 28, at the Poker for the Homeless March Madness weekend in Dublin’s Jackpot Club. Noel Magner proved to be the strongest link out of the nine finalists who won their seats via nine different online tournaments at Boylepoker.com. The final table […]
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Finland to Launch State-Run Online Poker
Finland’s sport and culture minister Stefan Wallin says he is confident the country will have a state-run online poker site by the end of the year according to a report on Finland.fi. Wallin said the Slot Machine Association (RAY), the government’s gaming monopoly, had already undertaken the necessary technical preparations ahead of launching the service. […]
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Qualify for Sunday's PartyPoker.com Monthly Million
The third PartyPoker.com Monthly Million $1 million guaranteed tournament is due to take place on Sun., Apr. 5 at 5.45 p.m. (BST). Players can qualify for the $600+$40 buy-in event in various ways and for as little as $1. Qualifiers include $64+$6 daily satellites with 18 seats guaranteed, a mega Friday $50+$5 satellite which has […]
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Ladbrokes Extends $1 Million Rake Race Until August
Ladbrokespoker.com has announced it is extending the richest cash game race rake ever held with an additional four months added to the schedule, each month seeing the company give away $1 million. The top 3,000 rakers each month between April and August 2009 will share in $1 million per month. The payout’s break down as: […]
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Five-Star World Poker Classic Begins Tuesday
The Five-Star World Poker Classic begins on Tuesday, Mar. 31 at Bellagio in Las Vegas with a $500 SpadeClub.com no-limit hold’em event. The tournament series will feature 16 preliminary events, and the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship. The series will end when the final table of the WPT Championship crowns a champion on Saturday, […]
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New International Field Featured on Poker After Dark
The United States, Russia, Canada, France, Vietnam, and Indonesia. One country will be victorious. Which will it be? Poker After Dark’s third edition of International Week will start tonight at 2:05 a.m., featuring six top pros from around the world. In their two previous installments, International Week brought in solid ratings for the poker show […]
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Online Poker — Shaun Deeb Takes the Lead in OPOY Standings
Last week, Shaun Deeb vaulted up the Card Player Online Player of the Year leader board with an unheard of week, winning three separate tournaments and cashing in five OPOY-qualifying events for nearly six figures. On Sunday, Deeb (pictured at left) continued to roll, taking down the $100 rebuy on PokerStars for $75,790 and then […]
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Howard Lederer Hosts April Fools Charity Poker Tournament
Just three miles west of Downtown Las Vegas is the Las Vegas Springs Reserve. At about 180 acres, the land that once served as this area’s original water source now features botanical gardens, museum galleries, and multiple walking trails and nature walks. On Wednesday, poker players are invited to play in a tournament to benefit […]
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Two New Irish Open Betting Markets at PaddyPower
European poker players who like the occasional punt now have two new PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open poker betting markets to peruse at PaddyPower.com. The Final Table Player to Last Longest market, perhaps unsurprisingly, is headed by last year’s winner Neil Channing. The current prices for this market are: Neil Channing — 4/1 Eric Larcheveque — 5/1 […]
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Twenty Seats to European Masters of Poker This Week
With the European Masters of Poker Varna, Bulgaria just a couple of weeks away (April 15 to 18) poker rooms such as DevilfishPoker.com, NoIQPoker and Pinnacle are giving away 20 additional €1,800 packages to the Entraction network-run €1,100 buy in event which is expected to attract up to 300 players from across Europe. The three […]
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Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival 2009 Announced
The 2009 Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival will take place at the INEC, Killarney, Ireland from Oct. 2-4. The festival will see two side events alongside the €250,000 guaranteed main event which begins on Oct. 2. There will also be a super satellite to the main event the day before kick off, for any last minute […]
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Poker Revenue Down Four Percent at 888.com in 2008
The fall reported in 888.com’s net gaming revenue from poker from 2008 to 2007 was two percent less than first predicted (4 percent instead of 6 percent). This was a decrease from US$80.8m in 2007 to $77.2m in 2008. 888.com, the publicly quoted owner of Pacific Poker, saw revenue, numbers, and net revenue per poker […]
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Martin Silke Wins Grovenor UK Poker Tour London
Martin Silke, a 30-year-old from Castlebar, Ireland, has won the £1,500 buy in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London main event, beating 397 other players to take home the £172,850 top prize. Silke faced a formidable final table which lined up: Seat 1: Simon Eastwood — 421,500 Seat 2: Andreas Hagen — 206,500 Seat 3: Cuong […]
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E.U. Finds Loophole in U.S. Online Gambling Stance
The latest in the U.S. online gambling saga came this week when the European Commission stated in a report that the U.S. Justice Department’s stance against European online gambling businesses ignores World Trade Organisation commitments. Rather than a complaint being filed however, the European Union will attempt to negotiate a solution. This comes at a […]
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Online Poker — Interview With Sunday Mill Winner Carter 'ckingusc' King
Last September, Carter “ckingusc” King made history by winning the tournament with the largest prize pool in online poker history. After the final hand was dealt, King walked away from his monitor with a whopping $1,265,432 and the title of 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) champion. Since then, King’s kept busy and has […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Sandra Naujoks
Sandra Naujoks shone as she ploughed her way through the 667-strong PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open. Making it to the final eight, she sat among some of the best players in the world on one of the most exciting final tables the EPT has seen in some time. First of all there was William […]
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More Scotty, Baby on The Scoop
Scotty Nguyen concludes his three-part interview with Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez on this week’s episode of the The Scoop on Card Player TV (sponsored by Full Tilt). Nguyen is the only poker player to win both the main event and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship at the World Series. The Prince of Poker even […]
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Author of Poker Study Shares His Thoughts on Findings
It is very likely that the Cigital report that was released this week, which provided analytical and statistical data that backs the claim that poker is a game of skill, will be referenced early and often when poker proponents argue that poker is a game of skill. In a conference call today, Paco Hope — […]
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New Report Provides Evidence That Poker is a Game of Skill
Cigital, a software security and consulting firm based out of Virginia, released the findings of a study this week that gives poker supporters some statistical data in their efforts to convince skeptics that poker is a game of skill. The report analyzed 103 million hands that were played in cash games at minimum stakes of […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan likes to play for the highest stakes in the world, as many of you know from the Durrrr Challenge. Dwan is currently facing off against Patrik Antonius, who was one of the first players to accept the challenge, and Dwan just regained the lead this week. Before these two began their epic high-stakes […]
