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Blake Cahail — What's My Line? Part II
NOTE: This is the second part of a two-part series examining Blake Cahail’s recent run to the L.A. Poker Classic final table. You can read the first part by clicking here. Event – Blinds/Antes L.A. Poker Classic 1,200-2,400 with a 400 ante. Player Blake Cahail Daniel Negreanu Chip Counts About 140,000 48,600 Hand A […]
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Full Tilt Poker Academy Open for Business
FullTiltPoker.com yesterday launched the new Full Tilt Poker Academy where online poker players can now gain insights into the game from some of the top players in the world including including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham […]
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NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship -- Day 1
The first day of play at the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship saw 64 players, many of whom regularly compete in poker rooms online, enter the ring in the hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades brackets at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. At the end of the night, 32 players remained. These survivors will take […]
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Winnin' O' the Green Tournament Series Begins
The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California first hosted the Winnin’ O’ the Green tournament series in 1984, and 25 years later the tournament is still going strong. The 2009 edition began on Thursday, Mar. 5 with a $300 no-limit hold’em tournament. The series will feature 16 events between now and Sunday, Mar. 22. Tournaments […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News Feb. 28 – Mar. 5
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: Benjamin Spindler — 2,000 4: Binh Nguyen (pictured at right) — 2,000 6: Jens […]
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Check Out T-Shirts Designed By SpadeClub Members
SpadeClub.com, the total poker experience, offers more than 2,500 tournaments and $100,000 awarded every month, all for just $19.998 a month. No entry fees, no deposits, no risk. Find out more. The SpadeClub community has been putting their creative skills to the test with the myDesign T-shirt contest. SpadeClub members had the opportunity to send […]
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Play Poker With Anthrax Guitarist Scott Ian and Other Rockers Wed.
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian is no stranger to poker, and he has such a high poker profile that UltimateBet picked him up as part of its team of poker pros. But Ian isn’t the only rocker with a passion for poker, and he wants to prove it by inviting UltimateBet players to play against him, […]
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Blake Cahail — What's My Line? Part I
Blake Cahail is one of the best up-and-coming players on the tournament circuit today. After turning 21, Cahail focused his attention on live tournament play and quickly found success alongside buddies like James "mig.com" Mackey and Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle. In March 2008, Cahail final tabled the $10,000 Wynn Classic championship event, finishing in third place […]
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888.com London Poker Circuit Approaches
The 888.com London Poker Circuit is just around the corner with the first event scheduled for the Kensington Close Hotel & Spa on Monday March 16. Events will take place in three prestigious central London hotels each month between now and November. While most games at on the circuit will have buy ins of £200-£300 […]
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European Poker Circuit Expands With Exotic New Stops
Poker players have long travelled the length and breadth of Europe in search of action and out of the boom in the early part of this decade sprung a well-worn trail – Dublin, London, Barcelona, Prague, Copenhagen, Paris, and Monte Carlo. All very fine locations to visit, shop, relax, sight-see and, above all, play poker. […]
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France To Regulate Online Poker, Taxed at 2.5 Percent
France yesterday announced it is to open the online gambling market, including online poker, from Jan. 1 2010 in a move designed to stymie currently illegal betting which is worth €7 billion. Budget minister Eric Woerth said there was “no use denying the reality of online gambling and the expectations of French people”. However, news […]
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The Cinderella of NBC's Heads-Up Poker Championship
Times have been tough for Blandino Gines, but you’ll be hard-pressed to see him without a smile on his face this weekend. The 52-year-old immigrant from the Philippines has been unemployed for the past four years. Due to a declining economy and fewer job opportunities, he has had to accept being a stay-at-home dad in […]
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New VIP Rewards at Boylepoker.com
Boylepoker.com today announced the launch of its new VIP programme offering the best rewards in online poker. Players start at Bronze level and move up through Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Elite, along the way collecting cash loyalty bonuses and reload bonuses. The VIP points are added to players’ accounts automatically as they accumulate during […]
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Cheltenham Racing Poker Festival at PaddyPowerPoker
PaddyPowerPoker.com today announced a series of online poker tournaments to celebrate next week’s Cheltenham racing festival. From Tuesday March 10 to Friday March 13 there will be two tournaments each day – one at 11:15 a.m. and one at 7:45 p.m. The evening tournament is the Cheltenham Bounty which sees $100 bounty on the head […]
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NBC Heads-Up — First-Round Matches Set
The 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship first-round matches have been announced from the draw party at PURE night club in Caesars Palace. Now you have the opportunity to make your picks and email them in to readerparticipation@www.cardplayer.com before play begins on Friday at 1:30 p.m. to be eligible for Card Player prizes. Include your shirt […]
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NBC Heads-Up — 2009 Event Preview
One of the most anticipated poker events of the year begins tomorrow when the first round kicks off at the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The single-elimination no-limit hold’em heads-up poker tournament will take place in the Caesars Palace poker room, and a champion will be crowned on Sunday, March 8. Every match in […]
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This Week's Free Poker Video Training Clip Features Low Stakes
This week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) is all about low-stakes no-limit hold’em. In this video, Andrew "ama0330" Arnott analyzes hands from his play at a four six-handed $0.10-$0.25 no-limit hold’em tables. This video, as well as three additional free clips by other instructors, is currently available […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of Mar. 1
With the SCOOP about to take place next month on PokerStars, many of the higher buy-in specialists are gearing up and putting in the hours with their fellow grinders in the hopes of being in top form when the 22-event series rolls around. This week’s $1,000 tournaments all met and surpassed their guarantees, meaning huge […]
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Run it Twice — Brian Rast
Brian "tsarrast" Rast is a professional cash-game player who regularly competes in the highest no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha (PLO) games online. Rast sat down with Card Player to talk about an interesting pot-limit Omaha hand he played heads up at $100-$200 stakes. The Game Date: Feb. 4, 2009 Type: Cash game Game: Pot-limit Omaha […]
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Three Weeks Left for Irish Open Online Registration
PaddyPowerPoker.com’s online payment gateway for the Irish Open will remain live for the next three weeks with players and card rooms able to register online at IrishPokerOpen.com in three easy steps. Safe, secure, and simple online payment can be made using credit cards, bank transfer, and cheque and will be available until March 27. To […]
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Cake Poker Goes Mobile as Sector Grows to $5 Billion
CakePoker.com has launched real money mobile gambling for Windows-based mobile devices as a new report from Juniper Research shows mobile gambling will grow to almost $5 billion this year. The online poker network has announced its players can now manage their accounts and play real money games on their mobile phones. Players can visit mobile.cakepoker.com […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold won the largest poker tournament of all time when he won the 2006 World Series of Poker main event. Before that, Gold was a Hollywood power agent, representing some of the top celebrities in the world. He has now chosen to combine the two worlds that he knows well to help charity. Gold […]
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WSOP Circuit – Caesars Atlantic City Stop Begins Today
The second stop in Atlantic City on the 2008-2009 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule begins today at Caesars Atlantic City. The first tournament is a $300 no-limit hold’em tournament, and the Circuit stop concludes with the crowning of a champion in the $5,000 championship event on Saturday, March 14. There will be 11 events […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner — Shane 'smgunning' Gunning
SpadeClub.com, the total poker experience, offers unlimited poker tournaments and $100,000 awarded every month, all for just $19.99* a month. No deposits, no wagers, no risk. Find out more. Shane “smgunning” Gunning of Pennsylvania is SpadeClub’s latest $5,000 weekly event winner. Gunning’s competitive personality shines through in everything he does, from snowmobiling to golfing to […]
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Raymer Makes Poker's Case to Republicans at CPAC
Last week, Greg Raymer and the Poker Players Alliance went into the lion’s den and came out alive. At the 36th-annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., some of the Republican party’s staunchest conservatives came together to reflect on the status of their party and discuss the direction it should be heading. Raymer and […]
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Imper1um and ElkY to Stage Kick Boxing Match
Leading poker pros Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier have agreed a complex prop bet for this year’s World Series of Poker which will see the pair put up $10,000 each over a series of fitness and strength challenges, the centrepiece of which will be a $20,000 kick boxing match. The grueling schedule of […]
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ParadisePoker Revenue Sees 10 Percent Quarterly Drop
Sportingbet Plc, the publicly quoted owner of ParadisePoker, today announced its interim results for the second trading quarter ending Jan. 31 2009. Poker revenue in the period was £5.3 million, down 13 percent from £6.1 million in the same period of 2007/08 while for the six months to Jan. 31 2009 revenue was £9.7 million, […]
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Nicky Hilton Will Be DoylesRoom's Poker Bounty Tomorrow
DoylesRoom continues to reinvent itself as one of the premiere places to play online as it hosts another bounty tournament tomorrow, Wednesday, at 9:30 p.m. ET. Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton will star as the tournament’s celebrity bounty. Ever since DoylesRoom reopened to American players in late January, the site has strived to create tournaments that […]
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State of the Felt — Matt Savage
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 that 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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Winner's Circle — Vivek Rajkumar
The Winner’s Circle takes a look at the biggest wins from the tournament trail through the eyes of 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 in their own words. If you ever wanted […]
