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Poker Pro Andrew Robl Visits The Scoop
From multi-tabling six-handed cash games online to competing in Bobby’s Room, Andrew Robl has experienced a lot in his relatively short poker career. This week, he joins Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez on The Scoop on Card Player TV (sponsored by Full Tilt). Robl highlights some of the major differences of live play vs. online […]
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Ladbrokespoker Showing Weakness in 2009Ladbrokes Plc, parent company of Ladbrokespoker.com, today issued its interim statement for the first four months of 2009, saying poker was displaying “weakness”. Despite active players up 14 percent during the period and sign-ups growing 10 percent, player yields were down according to the company though they did not report by how much. Overall net […]
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Pollack — The Man Behind the World Series of PokerThere’s less than two weeks remaining until the start of the 40th World Series of Poker. Despite all of the preparation that needs to be done for the 50-day stretch that will witness tens of thousands of people crowding into the Rio, WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack appears calm and composed. The madness is about to […]
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17 World Series Seats to be Given Away on SpadeClubThroughout May and June, SpadeClub will be giving away a total of 17 World Series seats during the World Series 17 Seat Giveaway promotion. Exclusive members have already started playing in daily qualifiers, or saving up points, to gain entry into all of the exciting tournaments. Every week there will be at least one World […]
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DevilfishPoker’s Final Table from HellAfter five weeks of Final Table from Hell qualification the final table played out on Wednesday night with David Ulliott taking his seat with the five lucky qualifiers to vie for the €1,000 top prize. His opponents had beaten over 100 players each to qualify for the single table tournament but unfortunately for Devilfish he […]
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The Poker Show Gets Mouthy with Big NamesNext up on online poker radio show, The Poker Show, a gaggle of outspoken players speak to presenters Jesse May and Padraig Parkinson. Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, and Tony G are next on the list to have their say live on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday between 8 and 11 p.m. (BST). Mike […]
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WSOP Circuit — New Orleans Main Event Begins Monday
The final Circuit championship in the 2008-09 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule will take place at Harrah’s New Orleans beginning on Monday, May 18. There will be a satellite day for the $5,000 no-limit hold’em Circuit championship event held on Sunday, May 17. The $550 mega-satellites will run at 2 p.m., 6 p.m., and […]
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Another SpadeClub Member Wins a World Series SeatSpadeClub member Jeff “DHopper4242” Miller beat out more than 4,272 SpadeClub members in the May 11 VIP $12,000 Reward event to take home a $12,000 World Series prize package. This includes a $10,000 World Series main-event seat and $2,000 to use toward travel expenses. Miller will be joining Feb. 11 VIP $12,000 Reward event winner […]
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Cyndy Violette Hosts Charity Tournament on Full Tilt
Poker pro Cyndy Violette normally plays in some of the toughest mixed games on the planet. On Sunday, she will take a break from high-stakes to play poker for a good cause. Violette will host a charity tournament on Full Tilt Poker this weekend to raise money and awareness for three great causes. The buy-in […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of May 11
The $1K Roundup got a huge boost this week thanks to the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) and event No. 12, which replaced the usual $1K Monday. The event drew in a field of 1,349 players, roughly four times the normal amount for the weekly high-stakes tournament. The only difference was that this event […]
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Poker Pro Matusow Discusses ‘Check-Raising the Devil’From a trailer park to the top of the world, Mike Matusow had come crashing down to earth. But like only he could, he pulled himself back up and returned to the spotlight. “Check-Raising the Devil,” Matusow’s new autobiography, doesn’t spare any details of the poker pro’s tumultuous journey. Written in collaboration with Amy Calistri […]
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Bwin Poker Revenue Soars in First Quarter 2009Bwin, the Austro-German betting giant, today announced its interim results for the first quarter of 2009. Gross poker turnover was up 37 percent to €31.1 million compared to €22.7 million in the same period of 2008. This trend is continued from full year 2008 when gross online poker revenue was up 14.2 percent to €94.2 […]
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Canadian Open Heads-Up Poker Championship Begins Thursday
One of the most anticipated heads-up events of the year begins tomorrow at the Stampede Casino in Calgary, Alberta. The $5,000 heads-up tournament is the main event at the Canadian Open Poker Championship, and it is also a Canadian Poker Tour event. The tournament will feature a best two-out-of-three match play, and players will begin […]
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Russian Poker Tour Begins Thursday
The second stop of the PokerStars Russian Poker Tour will take place in Moscow at the Hotel Renaissance through May 16. The $7,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event begins on Thursday, May 14 at 3 p.m. local time. This event is a sport poker series cup of Russia event, and it will take place over […]
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Devilfish Takes Centre Stage at Oxford UnionDave “Devilfish” Ulliott, ambassador for DevilfishPoker.com and UK poker legend, is set to go where only the greatest of people and figures (such as Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Diego Maradonna, W.B. Yeats, and Kermit the Frog) have gone before. This weekend Ulliott will perform a question and answer session with […]
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iPoker Revenue Up 26 PercentPlaytech, the publicly-quoted parent company of the iPoker network, today announced strong first quarter revenues with poker generating €8.8 million between January and March 2009. This is an increase of 26 percent on the €7 million the company earned in the first quarter of 2007 and is up three percent on the €8.6 million generated […]
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State of the Felt — Thomas Kremser
In State of the Felt, Card Player will periodically bring you insights and opinions from some of the most influential players, tournament and poker organization directors, and other people who influence the poker industry. This is a place where the broad trends and forces that continue to shape the game will have space to live […]
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WSOP Director Says 2009 Payout Structure The Best YetA constant second derivative. The golden ratio. Newtonian optimization. If one didn’t know where he was, he might assume he had stumbled into a Mensa meeting. But those phrases are merely the excited words of a few diligent men explaining how they created what is probably the most equitable payout structure the World Series of […]
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Boylepoker Launches WSOP Fantasy League
Boylepoker.com has today launched its World Series of Poker Fantasy League which sees poker lovers get a shot at predicting which five players will become proud owners of a WSOP bracelet this summer. To be in with a chance of winning a package to a European Poker Tour, Grosvenor UK Poker Tour or Boylepoker.com International […]
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Winner’s Circle — Yevgeniy Timoshenko
The Winner’s Circle takes a look at the biggest wins from the tournament trail by the players who 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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PKR’s Charity Poker Tournament Raises £100,000Celebrities and poker stars galore turned out for the ninth annual Omar Sharif One to One PKR poker tournament on Sunday, which was won by Beverley Pace (comedian Norman Pace’s wife). Actor and pro poker player, Michael Greco finished second, and actor Dexter Fletcher took third. Familiar poker faces among the celebrities included Roland de […]
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Sven Ragnar Åström Wins WPT Venice
The World Poker Tour Venice saw a turn out of 397, creating a prize pool of €1,521,260. Unlike many major tournaments of late, familiar faces could be found getting down to the business end of the prize pool, but it was Sven Ragnar Åström who topped the lot for a payday of €387,960. Surinder Sunar […]
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Online Poker in Italy Continues to GrowIn the wake of the huge numbers attending the European Poker Tour San Remo and the success of the World Poker Tour Venice, Italians continue to show their enthusiasm for online poker, wagering €188 million during April 2009. This is an increase of three percent on March 2009 when the total was €182 million according […]
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Entraction Poker Network Expands RapidlySweden’s Entraction online poker network, home to DevilfishPoker.com and NoIQpoker, has announced strong interim results for the first quarter of 2009. Net turnover was up 52.2 percent to SEK121.1 million (€11..5 million) in the period compared to a year earlier while operating profit was up 101.3 percent to SEK15.5 million (€1.5 million) in the first […]
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WPT — Sven Ragnar Astrom Wins First Venice Stop
The World Poker Tour Venice event came to a conclusion on Sunday, May 10, at the Casino de Venezia in Italy. The €4,000+€400 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament drew a total of 397 players, which created a prize pool worth €1,521,260, with a first-place prize worth €397,960 going to the winner. After four days of poker, […]
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Gavin Smith Wins FTOPS Event
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is now in its twelfth run, but so far Team Full Tilt has been relatively quiet when it comes to collecting wins of their own. In fact, up until this weekend, only Erick Lindgren had ever claimed a victory for the men in red, winning the event he […]
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Online Poker — David Sands Takes Down FTOPS Event
With the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) in full swing, not only did the host site see the benefit of an increase in traffic, but the rest of the online community received a bump, as well, making for some large prize pools and big winners. In the replacement for the Sunday Brawl, Ben “benba” […]
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Poker’s Annie Duke Finishes 2nd on Celebrity ApprenticeFor a fleeting moment, the two women were indistinguishable. After Joan Rivers’ latest board room rant against Annie Duke on Celebrity Apprentice, the cameras panned over a live shot of the two contestants in last night’s season finale. Both women were silently and slowly shaking their heads, both clearly incredulous at the actions and the […]
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Ladbrokespoker Las Vegas Dream Freeroll TonightLadbrokespoker.com expands its World Series of Poker Vegas Dream promotion for the month of May, increasing the multi-table tournament leader board prize pool by $6,500 with three Las Vegas Dream packages for the top three players on the leader board at the end of the month. Additionally the site is offering a new Monday night […]
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Outdated Irish Gambling Legislation Takes Another HitThe Atlantis Casino Club in Clonmel, County Tipperary in Ireland does not plan to reopen despite the dismissal of the unlawful gaming charge brought against it in May 2008. The charge was made after seven policemen raided the club and seized the roulette wheel, safe, and gambling chips. According to The Irish Times, the District […]
