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This Week in Poker Training at Card Player Pro — Mar. 21-27
Each week, members of Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) have exclusive access to five new poker training videos made by top online pros. If you are serious about improving your game, there is no better way to learn than by seeing firsthand how the pros play and think. Here are the latest additions […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News Mar. 21-27
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: Cornel Cimpan — 2,730 3: Anthony Gregg — 2,500 4: Steve Brecher — 2,340 5: Chris Moore — 2,110 6: Kathy Liebert — 2,100 […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Update, Mar. 27, 2009
Thanks to recently discovered information, Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race has a new leader. You can click on the links to read about this week’s Sunday majors and the $1K Roundup. After discovering that frtk on PokerStars and fyrtuk on Full Tilt are the same player, he has moved into the top […]
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Card Player Accepting Applications for 2009 WSOP
Is covering the largest and most important poker tournament of the year something you’re interested in doing this summer? If so, now is the time to apply for a 2009 Card Player internship and help our team cover the World Series of Poker and all of the other exciting poker events taking place in Las […]
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PartyPoker.com Introduces The Gladiator
As the Million Dollar Hand peaks today, PartyPoker.com is looking toward its next promotion, The Gladiator. The Gladiator will run from Apr. 1-25 and players must choose to take part in order to be in with a chance of winning prizes. Those who opt in must accumulate a minimum of 10 points per day for […]
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Top Pros Teach at New Training Site
Another poker training site has just been launched called ProPlayLive.com, but this one is a bit different. The site features some of the best and most well known names in poker such as Annie Duke, Greg Raymer, Erik Seidel, Bill Chen, Alex Outhred, John Lukas, Mark Kroon, and Shawn Rice, with more to be added […]
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Malta Against European Parliament Gambling Resolution
Malta has taken a stand at the European parliament against the motion for a single European market for online gambling. Such a topic is extremely important to Malta as over the years it has attracted numerous online gambling and poker sites, largely because of its tax regime. Everest Poker recently secured a remote gaming license […]
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Jimmy Fricke — What's My Line?
One of the most likeable, yet feared players on the tournament circuit is 22-year-old Jimmy Fricke. The former Mahomet, Illinois, resident dropped out of college at the age of 18 to focus on his online career, playing as gobboboy. After turning 19, Fricke began to concentrate on the live-poker scene and pocketed $800,000 for his […]
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Beer and Poker Featured in Basebaldy's High Stakes Livin
Pop quiz, hotshot. What kind of beer does Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin have stocked in his fridge in the “Man Room?” The answer — Miller Lite. A whole lot of Miller Lite. So much that he needed to add a second fridge outside by the pool to accommodate his thirst for the tasty beverage. To aptly […]
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Heartland Poker Tour Locks in PokerStars as Title Sponsor
“It gives us a lot of street cred,” said Greg Lang about the Heartland Poker Tour’s new title sponsor, PokerStars. “We’re very excited about it. I think PokerStars.net is going to provide us exposure in the poker arena in a way we haven’t been able to get yet. Lang, the executive producer and one of […]
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The Scoop on the PokerStars SCOOP Poker Tournament Series
Now this is an interesting tournament series. Do you only have $5.50 in your account? No worries, you still can buy directly into an event. On the other hand, if you have a spare $25,000 in your bankroll with nowhere to go, this tournament series has a game for you, as well. In case you […]
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Run it Twice — Mike Watson
Mike "SirWatts" Watson is a 24-year-old professional poker player who makes his living traveling the tournament circuit and playing cash games online. He has accumulated just under $2.3 million in tournament winnings, which include a World Poker Tour win at the 2008 Bellagio Cup IV, but when he’s not competing in a live event, he’s […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of Mar. 22
Read the recaps for the $1K events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday The $1K Monday tournament on Full Tilt attracted 418 runner this week, a huge increase from last week’s field of 356. The prize pool easily cleared the $300,000 guarantee, eventually settling on $418,000 after […]
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PaddyPowerPoker's Back That Ace Up Returns
PaddyPowerPoker has announced the return of its cash race, "Back That Ace Up". The fourth edition of the popular promotion will begin at midnight on Mar. 29, and over the following 10 weeks will award more than $60,000 in cash prizes to players taking part. To make it even more tempting, a World Series of […]
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Full Tilt's Online Poker Series XII Announced
The twelfth instalment of Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series (FTOPS) will be hitting a computer screen near you on May 6. The Series guarantees more than $18 million in prize money over the course of 25 pro-hosted events. This includes six events where at least $1 million is on offer, a two-day event which guarantees […]
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GUKPT London Main Event Begins Today
The 2009 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s third leg has made its way towards the serious end of the London leg — the main event. Day 1a of the £1,500 + £75 no-limit hold’em main event kicks off today at 2 p.m. (GMT) with a maximum of 200 players expected. Day 1b will then follow suit […]
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Johnny Lodden Joins Team PokerStars Pro
Norwegian pro and European Poker Tour regular Johnny Lodden is now part of Team PokerStars Pro. The signing comes just before the Norwegian Poker Championships, where Lodden will play as part of the team for the first time. His next appearances as a PokerStars Pro will come in April at the EPT San Remo, and […]
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Dani 'Ansky' Stern Hosts New Free Heads-Up Poker Training Video
Dani “Ansky” Stern is the featured host of this week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). In this video, Ansky is playing at four heads-up $5-$10 no-limit hold’em tables versus a member of Card Player Pro. This video, as well as three additional free clips by other instructors, […]
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Cake Poker Starts Its WSOP Satellites
Spoiler: bad pun approaching… Hungry for a seat at the World Series of Poker? Then log onto Cake Poker and dig in. Cake Poker recently announced its WSOP satellites, giving its players multiple ways to win their seats in the main event, as well as the final $1,500 bracelet event on the World Series calendar. […]
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Full Tilt Poker Announces Newest FTOPS Schedule
Full Tilt Poker released the schedule for its newest Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) today, highlighted by 12 events that are guaranteed to have a minimum prize pool of $500,000. In all, the tournament series will feature 25 events from May 8-17. FTOPS XII kicks off with a $216 no-limit hold’em six-handed event on […]
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Johnny Lodden Signed to Team Poker Stars Pro
PokerStars has recently announced the signing of European Poker Tour regular Johnny Lodden to its team of pros. Lodden will promote the PokerStars brand in online and live events and will represent the site at various global poker tour circuits. Lodden becomes the first Norwegian player to join a team roster that includes Daniel Negreanu, […]
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High Stakes Online Poker — LarsLuzak Banks During HA Sessions
In this new series, CardPlayer.com takes a closer look at online poker’s high-stakes cash games. The report wraps up all of the stomach-churning variance, provides details of the seven-figure swings and highlights the most interesting hands along the way. This week, much of the high stakes shenanigans were driven by Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro and his […]
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Centrebet Poker's Rockin' Packages for Exciting Event
Centrebet Poker is giving its players a chance to win a a $4,500 package to a $500,000 guaranteed main event in Rocks Hotel and Casino, Cyprus, which is taking place from May 9-10. The package will include the $2,500 buy-in, $1,150 towards 5 nights’ accommodation for two at the Rocks Hotel, transfers, a welcome party, […]
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PokerStars Takes on BugsysClub Players
PokerStars.com has taken on 180,000 BugsysClub players after the online poker site ceased trading. Smaller sites such as BugsysClub have found it hard to stay afloat in a market saturated with competing sites, and also due to the burden of the economic recession. A group of private investors launched BugsysClub in 2003 but now due […]
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BestPoker Takes Final Table to Another Level
BestPoker.com is taking the final table to greater heights. If the adrenalin rush from playing those all important hands wasn’t enough, how about doing that 150 feet in the air. “Poker in the Sky” is played firstly online at the site and then the 22 finalists will take to the clouds overlooking Stockholm city centre […]
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Europe Has Its First Single Table Tournament Event
Microgaming online poker network yesterday announced the launch of Europe’s first sit ‘n’ go tournament leading to a live final in Tallinn, Estonia from July 17 to 19, 2009. The €2,200 buy in European Championships of Single Table Tournaments (ECOSTT) has a prize pool of €120,000 and will see player play four no-limit hold’em STTs, […]
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Dwan Regains Modest Lead in Durrrr Poker Challenge
It may have taken a while to really get going, but it appears as if the Durrrr Challenge is starting to be played with a little more frequency. Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius have played three sessions — albeit not entirely lengthy ones — in the past five days, with Dwan grabbing an overall lead […]
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DevilfishPoker Has Seven Seats to Las Vegas in April
DevilfishPoker.com continues with its €175,000 Road to Las Vegas campaign offering online poker players at the site a chance to win one of 25 packages to play at the World Series of Poker 2009. The packages include $5,000 in tournament buy ins, €2,000 in expenses, and one week’s stay at a top hotel such as […]
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PokerRoom Transfers Online Poker Players to Bwin
PokerRoom.com, the troubled online poker room on the Ongame network owned by bwin, is in the process of transferring its players to bwin.com. A message on its website says, “The long awaited transfer of PokerRoom.com accounts to bwin has begun so it time for all you PokerRoom players out there to move across to bwin […]
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A Poker Life — Vanessa Rousso
She’s young, she’s smart, she’s beautiful, and if anyone knows how to capitalize on such marketable characteristics, it’s her — Vanessa Rousso. It’s easy to spot her at any poker table. She’s usually hiding her deep, brown, speculating eyes beneath stylish jet-black sunglasses, shuffling her chips like a seasoned pro, with her long blonde tresses […]
