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First Airings of Poker Show Generate Controversy
The Poker Show, the new online radio poker show presented by Padraig Parkisnon and Jesse May and sponsored by Boylepoker, has generated plenty of interest in its first three broadcasts with Phil Hellmuth giving the show a world exclusive, one caller cut off for drunken abuse, and online forums hopping with young players questioning the […]
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Bertrand Grospellier Sets Online Poker World Record
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier set a world record yesterday at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final. The Frenchman played 62 $6.50 turbo single table tournaments in just one hour on PokerStars.com and finished up $23.60. He spent $403 on buy-ins and finished with $426.60 for a return on investment of 6 percent. Grospellier […]
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Mike Sexton Renews Party Poker Contract
PartyPoker.com today announced it has renewed its relationship with “ambassador of poker” Mike Sexton who will continue to act in several capacities for the online poker room including ambassador, host, consultant, and player. “PartyPoker.com has always had a place in my heart and is special to me,” said Sexton. “I am delighted to pen a […]
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Online Poker Gross Profit Static at Betsson
Betsson, the publicly-quoted Swedish online poker operator, today announced static poker gross profit for the first quarter of 2009 at SEK41 million (€3.85 million) compared to SEK41.2 million in the previous quarter in 2008. The share poker commands of Betsson’s entire business, which also comprises casino and sportsbook, is changed only marginally from 15.9 percent […]
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European Poker Tour Grand Final Day 1A Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand final got underway yesterday with 396 players pony up the €10,000 buy in and 223 make the cut at the end of eight levels of play. Over 360 players have qualified for this event on PokerStars. Among those who busted out along the way were Phil Ivey, […]
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High Stakes Online Poker — Gus Hansen Banks in Pot-Limit Omaha
In this 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 the Great Dane himself, Gus Hansen. […]
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EPT — Grand Final Day 1A
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo began today with a turnout of 396 players. Day 1A saw a mix of some of the most respected online and live players the poker world has to offer, including Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Chris Moneymaker, Chris Ferguson, and Annette Obrestad. Unfortunately, a big helping […]
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Play Poker Against 'Elky' As He Goes for SNG World Record
Today’s promotion on PokerStars gives casual small-stakes poker players a chance to play against one of the best players in the world at a comfortable buy-in. Bertrand Grospellier, in a quest to break a world record, will register for as many $6.50 sit-and-gos as he can over a one-hour period, starting at 1 p.m. ET […]
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Full Tilt Poker Website Gets Makeover
FullTiltPoker.com yesterday launched its newly redesigned website which features easier navigation and mirrors the themes the company uses in its print and TV advertising. Howard Lederer, a Team Full Tilt Pro, said, "With this important relaunch, Full Tilt Poker will integrate its groundbreaking branding with an easy to navigate website. This will greatly improve the […]
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Million Dollar Race Rake This May on PartyPoker
PartyPoker.com has announced the Million Dollar Race taking place between May 1 and 30. The leaderboard race will see the top 3,000 players share over $1 million with the winner receiving $20,000 cash and a World Series of Poker package worth $20,000. A spokesman for the company explained the promotion. “[It] is simple – the […]
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Victoria Casino Hosts 24-Hour Charity Poker Event
London’s famous Grosvenor Victoria Casino is to host a “pokathon” from May 7 to 8 with a tournament starting every four hours in aid of St. John’s Hospice. All registration fees are to be donated to the charity and all tournaments will be dealer dealt. The winner of the six tournaments will play off in […]
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Isabelle Mercier Wins Ante Up For Africa in Monte Carlo
Isabelle Mercier won last night’s €4,000 buy in PokerStars.com Ante Up For Africa charity poker tournament in Monte Carlo ahead of today’s Grand Final with a total of €260,000 raised for the charity which helps victims of the Darfur conflict in Sudan. The final table featured former England footballer Teddy Sheringham, French rugby internationalist Sebastian […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Constant Rijkenberg
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo was an astounding success, with 1,177 players including some of the world’s best poker players, but only one survived the carnage, and that was 20-year-old Constant Rijkenberg (pictured left), from Amsterdam. Card Player spoke to him moments after he won €1,508,000 for taking down first place. The Grand […]
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Online Poker — Steve 'gboro780' Gross Wins at UltimateBet
It was an exciting Sunday for Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. Steve "gboro780" Gross closed the gap on leader Shaun Deeb with a win in Ultimate Bet’s $200,000 guarantee. The victory put Gross just 136 points behind and within striking distance to take over the top spot with a win this week. […]
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Online Poker Revenue in Sweden Drops in 2008
Svenska Spel, the state-run online poker operator in Sweden, has reported a drop in poker revenue of 3.6 percent to SEK372 million (€34.6 million) in 2008 from SEK385 million in 2007. The company said in its annual report, “Both Svenskaspel.se and the casinos offer poker games. The casinos arranged a number of popular poker tournaments […]
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A Poker Life -- Steve Billirakis
Jeff Madsen walked into the 2007 World Series of Poker as the reigning youngest bracelet winner in history, having snagged the title from Eric Froelich the year before, but it didn’t take long before he’d have to bequeath his record to someone new. In event No. 1 of that year’s WSOP, Steve Billirakis, who was […]
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UK Casino Poker Tax Hike Criticised
The British government’s decision to increase tax on poker profits made by UK casinos from 15 percent to 50 percent has dismayed Rank, owner of the Grosvenor brand which hosts the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, according to a report on thisismoney.com yesterday. Rank has written to the government saying the move "may result in the […]
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Simon Moorman Wins GUKPT Manchester
Simon Moorman, father of Chris “Moorman1” Moorman, has won the fourth leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour at the G Casino Manchester. Moorman, who was gifted the seat by his son as a birthday present, topped the field of 298 players to take down the £88,630 top prize and a seat at the Champion […]
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European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Starts Tomorrow
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final rolls into Monaco tomorrow marking the final installment of season five of the Tour. The €10,000 buy in event has a capacity of 1,000 players and comes hot on the heels of the 1,178 player EPT San Remo held up the coast and over the border […]
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EPT — Grand Final Begins on Tuesday
Day 1 at the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final begins on Tuesday, Apr. 28 at noon CEST (3 a.m. PDT). Card Player will be providing live coverage from the event in live updates, chip counts, and photos. There will also be an EPT Live video feed featured on CardPlayer.com during the last two […]
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Bertrand Grospellier Wins $776,000 at World Poker Tour
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier from France finished thrid in yesterday’s World Poker Tour Five Star World Poker Classic at Bellagio, Las Vegas collecting $776,245 for his efforts. Scotty Nguyen was the first to be ousted from the six-handed final earning $285,985 with Shannon Shorr busting next for $408,550. Christian "charder30" Harder and ElkY were eliminated in […]
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The Poker Show Returns to Online Airwaves Tonight
The Poker Show, presented by Jesse May, Padraig Parkisnon, and Matt Broughton and sponsored by Boylepoker.com, returns to the online airwaves tonight with Tom "Durrrr" Dwan and Dan Harrington among the first guests. The UK’s first regular live radio show will be broadcast from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. each Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday starting […]
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Online Gaming Bank Ivobank Offers Monte Carlo Trip
Ivobank, the online bank dedicated to the online gaming community, is offering customers the chance of winning a luxury break to the famous Hotel Ambassador in Monte Carlo for five nights, with €1,000 spending money and helicopter transfers included. To win, players simply need to deposit at one of Ivobank’s partner sites listed at ivobankinfo.com/sites. […]
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko Wins 2009 WPT ChampionshipIt took a while, but 21-year-old online phenom Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko won the 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT Championship late Saturday night. The feat took eight days and thousands of hands, but in the end, the young gun got it done, besting a stacked final table that included Scotty Nguyen, Shannon Shorr, Bertrand […]
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Bertrand Grospellier Makes WPT Final Table Again
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier from France has made the six-handed final table at the World Poker Tour Five Star Poker Classic at Bellagio, Las Vegas today. His fellow countryman Bruno Fitoussi (pictured right) exited the tournament in 10th place yesterday for $98,050 when he raised to 210,000 in middle position and Shannon Shorr reraised to 560,000 […]
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WPT Championship — Day 6
The sixth day of play at the 2009 World Poker Tour Championship began with 10 players at noon on Friday. It took three hours to lose the first player of the day, when Bruno Fitoussi exited in 10th place ($98,050). Eugene Katchalov fell next in ninth place ($130,735) more than a half-hour later. It took […]
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David Grey Reveals the Secrets of the Andy Beal Game
No security necessary — just $26 million in chips, David Grey, and a pistol-carrying Todd Brunson. Perhaps there were safer ways to transport The Corporation’s winnings after Phil Ivey took Andy Beal to town, but it was what it was. A quick drive to Bellagio, and the players divvied up their earnings. Grey returns to […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News Apr. 18-24
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrapup 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: Constant Rijkenberg — 2,400 6: Steve Brecher — 2,340 […]
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Card Player Pro Christian Harder Battling for WPT Title
It’s one thing to talk the talk. It’s quite another to walk the walk. There are a lot of instructional online poker sites out there, but few have the record and the consistency of the instructors of Card Player Pro (powered by Poker Savvy Plus). This week, Card Player Pro instructor Christian ‘Charder30’ Harder is […]
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Card Player Back to Playboy Mansion for Charity Poker Event
Poker in the Playboy Mansion. Does it get any better? On Saturday, July 11, the Playboy Mansion and the Kardashians will host the Aces & Angels Celebrity Poker Tournament. Card Player is the exclusive poker media sponsor for the event. Aces and Angels, founded in 2007, has raised over $427,000 for the families of Southern […]
