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Celebrity Charity Poker Event Hits Monte Carlo
Monday, April 27 sees a massive influx of celebrities to Monte Carlo to take part in the Ante Up for Africa tournament which precedes the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final. The €4,000 buy in no-limit hold’em event will see a host of big names from the entertainment and sport fields including Nelly, Nico Rosberg, […]
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Two Frenchmen Make World Poker Tour Final Table
Bruno Fitoussi and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier from France have made the final table of the $25,000 buy in World Poker Tour Five Star World Poker Classic at Bellagio, Las Vegas. They are guaranteed $98,050 with a top prize of $2.15 million on offer. The final table with chip counts is: Scotty Nguyen — 5,880,000 Yevgeniy […]
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Jeff Kimber Leads Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Main Event
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event has rolled into the G Casino, Manchester with Jeff Kimber leading the pack after day 1A on the fourth leg of the tour. A series of side events preceded the £1,000 main event which started yesterday. Play in the main event will start over two days at 2 […]
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Dutchman Wins European Poker Tour San Remo
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo achieved a remarkable feat, having atttracted 1,178 players vying for the €1.5 million top prize. Chip leader Dragan Galic had done something no other player had in EPT history – he was chip leader overnight each night since day 1 – but could he sustain his charge for […]
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Constant Rijkenberg Wins European Poker Tour San Remo
The eight players who found themselves at the final table of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo had already achieved a remarkable feat, having bested 1,170 other players on their way to their shot at the €1.5 million top prize. Chip leader Dragan Galic had done something no other player had in EPT history […]
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WPT Championship — Day 5
The final table at the 2009 WPT Championship is set. There are still two more days of play remaining, but the field played down so fast that it caused not only one early day, but presented an opportunity for another tomorrow. On Friday, the field will have to cut itself from 10 to just six, […]
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See Both Players Cards in This Week's Free Poker Video
This week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) features Dani "Ansky" Stern. In this video, Stern is playing Mike Matusow in a heads-up battle. What makes this video especially unique, however, is that the viewer can see both Stern’s and Matusow’s holecards, so you can see just how […]
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Online Poker -- The $1K Roundup, Week of April 19
Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-in: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $315,000 Entrants: 315 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: EO777 — $78,750 Ton Locsta — $50,400 deuceballz — $37,800 Kevin "wobblymr" Parkes — $29,138 Grippolio aka GripDsNutz — $22,050 Va […]
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Europeans Riding High at World Poker Tour Event
Several well-known European players cashed yesterday at the World Poker Tour Five Star World Poker Classic at Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas. The were: David Benyamine – $32,685 Boris Becker –$40,855 Barny Boatman (pictured right) — $40,855 Three players remain in contention when play gets back underway today: Ross Boatman —1,545,000 Bertrand Grospellier — […]
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Online Poker Rooms Get in on Asian Poker Tour
A host of online poker networks and rooms have signed up to send players to the Asian Poker Tour Macau this year including iPoker Network, PartyPoker, Ongame Network, Bwin, PKR, Dafa Poker, JBET Poker, Betfriends and 32Red The Asian Poker Tour has extended its run in Macau this year to 12 days. The event will […]
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Run It Twice — Matt Giannetti
Matt Giannetti is a 24-year-old professional poker player who lives in Las Vegas. Since turning pro, he has been consistently beating high-stakes no-limit hold’em cash games both online and live. He sat down with Card Player to discuss a hand he played at Bellagio. The Game Game: No-limit hold’em Blinds: $25-$50 Key Concepts: Don’t be […]
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Switzerland To Lift Online Poker Ban
Switzerland is the latest European nation to plan on lifting its ban on online gambling including poker, following hot on the heels of Denmark which announced it would do the same earlier this week. Swissinfo.com says the justice ministry was planning to draft a proposal to grant a limited number of licences to operators of […]
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World's Largest Team Poker Event Announced
Details of the Team Championship of Poker were released yesterday and organisers hope the event will attract 150 teams and up to €350,000 in prize money to Dublin, Ireland from Aug. 20 to 23, 2009. The event will take place at Citywest hotel, famed for the Irish Open, and will have €30,000 in added prize […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 4 Recap
Just 32 players from the original field of 1,178 players returned for day 4 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo with all eyes on the €1.5 million top prize. By the end of play we had our final eight. Here’s how some of the action went down from CardPlayer.com’s live updates yesterday: Benjamin […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 4 Update
Day 4 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo saw 32 players take to the felt pushing for the €1.5 million top prize. By the end of play we had our final eight. Those knocked out along the way were: 9: Pierre Neuville, Belgium, €78,800 10: Gianni Giaroni, Italy, €78,800 11: Giuseppe Argento, Italy, […]
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WPT Championship — Day 4
Day 4 at the 2009 World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio saw 62 players return. Action began with just a dozen players needing to fall before the money bubble burst. It took two levels of action for that feat to take place, and the players who fell very close to the money included Jimmy Fricke, […]
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D'Amato Criticizes Capitol Hill Article On Frank's Poker Bill
Poker Players Alliance Chairman Alfonse D’Amato, the former Republican Senator of New York, criticized an article in The Hill this week for what he said “wrongfully suggests that the issue of regulating Internet gaming is somehow partisan in nature.” The article in question, “Frank’s Internet gambling bill faces tough course to passage,” was written by […]
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Is PartyGaming in Takeover Talks with Everest Poker?
The London Times reported at the weekend that online poker giants PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker.com, and Everest Poker were in talks about a potential deal which could see PartyGaming take over GigaMedia, Everest’s parent company. However, subsequent reports have suggested this was an unlikely scenario. GamblingCompliance.com has said that, “Reports that PartyGaming is in advanced […]
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Online Poker Ban to End in Denmark
Denmark is set to abolish its 60-year-old state-run gambling monopoly Danske Spil according to the Copenhagen Post. The announcement, made yesterday, will see licences granted to online poker, sports betting, and casino games operators. Companies wishing to operate in the jurisdiction will pay for licences and those who are not granted licences will not be […]
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Karl "discomonkey" Fenton Wins PKR Live II
PKR Live II, the second live event to be held by online poker room PKR.com at London’s Loose Cannon Club, has been won by Karl “discomonkey” Fenton who took down the $20,000 top prize in the main event. The 23-year-old Englishman won the $75,000 main event when he paired the board with Q-9 and overtook […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 3 Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo started day three with 124 players and it wasn’t long before the bubble burst with player 113. The record attendance of 1,178 was stripped back with rapid frequency over the preceding days and day three was no different as play was stopped early when the magic number of […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 3 Update
Day-three play in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo began with 124 players — just 11 from the bubble. From the record attendance of 1,178, this was a dramatic drop, and play was stopped early when the magic number of 32 remained. Benjamin Kang had an early double-up with aces versus queens and went […]
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WPT Championship — Day 3
The third day at the World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio saw 162 players return to continue the march down to the final table and a first-place prize worth $2,143,655. The huge starting stacks have kept the action slow for most of the way, but today the speedy nature of no-limit play imposed its will. […]
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LAPT — Dominik Nitsche Wins Mar del Plata Grand Final
The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and the $5,200 no-limit hold’em main event attracted 291 players, including Team PokerStars pro J.C. Alvarado, who is fresh off of his win in the $1,000 buy-in PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker main event. The turnout set a record […]
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Poker Stars Begins Running WSOP Satellites
The wait is over. Last weekend, PokerStars began running satellites into the biggest tournament of the year — the World Series of Poker main event. PokerStars, the site that consistently sends the most players to Las Vegas every year, is the last of the major poker sites to start offering qualifiers into the main event. […]
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Curzon Cruises to Betfred Ladies Poker Tour Win
Emily Curzon, a 25-year-old from Kent won the first leg of the Betfred Ladies Poker Tour last Saturday. She beat 84 opponents at the Alea Casino, Leeds, England to claim the £3,000 and a seat in the Grand Final in November . Betfred juiced the prize pool to the tune of £1,500 before Curzon got […]
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Israeli Wins Second European Masters of Poker
Israeli Reuven Dayan has won the second €1,100 buy in European Masters of Poker which took place in Varna, Bulgaria at the weekend. He topped the 311 strong field which was considerably up on the 248 players which played the first event in Tallinn, Estonia and won €77,750 for his efforts. The final table payouts […]
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Women's World Open III Announced
The PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open will take place from May 24 to May 27, 2009 with 36 players taking part in the $3,000 event including Annette Obrestad, Sandra Naujoks (pictured right), Jennifer Tilly, and Veronique Gourdon. Returing to take part in the event will be last year’s winner Soraya Homam from Germany. Obrestad, who will […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 2 Recap
The field combined on day two at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo with 469 players taking to the felt from a total of 1,178. Some notable players sure to mix it up included Isabelle Mercier, Jani Vilmunen, Joe Elpayaa, Juha Helppi, Marcel Luske, Marcin Horecki, Nasr el Nasr, Ramzi Jelassi, and Tristan Clemencon. […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 2 Update
On day two at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo, 469 players took to the felt from a total of 1,178, and the tension could be cut with a knife. Players took shelter from the drizzly weather outside, and most came straight from the local pizzeria or gelateria for the start of a four-day-long […]
