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Tournament Trail Q and A — Jamie Gold
People love him or they hate him, but either way, Jamie Gold is written forever in poker history for winning the largest tournament — the 2006 World Series of Poker main event — for which he received $12 million. An interesting player at all fronts, he came to the feature table at the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish […]
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Bodog Poker Holding Card Player-Exclusive Event Tonight
Bodog’s Card Player-exclusive, value-added tournament series is close to concluding, and your last chance (for now) to cash in is tonight. Tonight’s event is a $10+$1 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament that starts at 9:05 p.m. ET, and Bodog is adding $109 to the prize pool in the form of a seat in its Sunday $100,000-guaranteed event. […]
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Irish Open 2009 Day 1 Recap
The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2009 kicked off yesterday with 701 players all vying for a piece of the €2,240,000 prize pool. Many big names and familiar faces took planes, trains, and automobiles to get to Citywest Hotel and Resort in Dublin for what is known as one of the world’s most prestigious poker events. Dan […]
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PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2009 — Day 1
The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2009 kicked off yesterday with 701 players all vying for a piece of the €2,240,000 prize pool. Many big names and familiar faces took planes, trains, and automobiles to get to Citywest Hotel and Resort in Dublin for what is known as one of the world’s most prestigious poker events. Dan […]
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WSOP Circuit — Caesars Las Vegas Event Begins Saturday
The World Series of Poker Circuit event at Caesars, Las Vegas, begins on Saturday, Apr. 11. The tournament series will host 21 events, and it concludes when the champion is crowned in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em Circuit championship on Thursday, Apr. 30. The games spread will include limit and no-limit hold’em, six-handed no-limit hold’em, pot-limit […]
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PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Poker Open Begins Friday
One of the largest European Poker Tournaments of the year begins today in Dublin, Ireland at the Citywest Hotel when cards get into the air at the 2009 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open. Many players are expected at this €3,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, and the field is expected to top the 667 players that participated last […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News Apr. 3-10
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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Tournament Trail Q and A — Daniel Delshad
The first Dream Team Poker event took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nov. 7-8, 2008. Dream Team Poker events involve teams of three players who compete in a no-limit hold’em tournament as individual players. Each player is given a rank when they bust out of an event (the eventual […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Update, April 10, 2009
Last week, the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) failed to make much of a difference in Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. This week, a number of big SCOOP finishes propelled some players into the top 10 and pushed others out. Shaun "tedsfishfry" Deeb had a quiet run after winning nearly […]
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SCOOP Day 8 — Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi Wins Event No. 16
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events are now in full swing. The SCOOP is a 22-tournament series spread out over 11 days of action. Each tournament is offered with three different sets of buy-ins ranging from low, to mid, to high stakes. Buy-ins are offered for as little as $5.50 and can […]
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Poker Pro Jimmy 'Gobboboy' Fricke Returns to The Scoop
Most people who are familiar with Jimmy Fricke know that he came in second place in the 2007 Aussie Millions main event. What many people don’t know, however, is how much he was staked for that event and how his game changed following his breakout performance. Fricke discusses some of the details regarding that tournament […]
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NBC National Heads-up Poker Championship Airs Sunday
Sixty-four of the biggest names in poker in a March Madness-style heads-up format, all for half a million dollars. This Sunday, the first episode of the 2009 National Heads-up Championship will premiere on NBC at 12 p.m. ET. The popular tournament took place in March at Caesars Palace, with Huck Seed and Vanessa Rousso distancing […]
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Irish Open Starts Today With Poker Elite in Attendance
The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open main event starts today at Citywest Hotel, Dublin with around 600 players expected to pony up the €3,200 buy in to play in one of Europe’s leading events. A number of big names will appear including Brian ‘sbrugby’ Townsend, former world champion Jamie Gold, Ciaran O’Leary, Phil Laak, and reigning champion […]
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New Free Poker Training Video Features $5,000 Heads-Up
This week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) features Evan “_Fisherman” Roberts. In this video, Roberts discusses a big bluff that he made at a $25-$50 heads-up no-limit hold’em table against a passive, tilty opponent. This video, as well as three additional free clips by other instructors, is […]
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Antonius Takes Lead in High-Stakes Poker Durrrr Challenge
The Durrrr Challenge may have slowed down a bit the past couple weeks, but the players did their best to revive the sluggish start with an epic 2,043-hand session over the course of eight hours. Tom Dwan (pictured below right) came into the day with a slight lead of about $30,000 in the match with […]
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SCOOP Day 7 — Hevad 'RaiNKhAN' Khan Wins Event No. 14
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events are now in full swing. The SCOOP is a 22-tournament series spread out over 11 days of action. Each tournament is offered with three different sets of buy-ins ranging from low, to mid, to high stakes. Buy-ins are offered for as little as $5.50 and can […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of April 5
This week’s $1K tournaments were a bit down thanks to all of the action going down at the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events. In fact, only Full Tilt was able to avoid an overlay this week, as the other two tournaments failed to reach their guarantees. At Full Tilt, Jeremiah "Believer8219" Vinsant […]
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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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Play With the Devilfish on the Final Table from Hell
With Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott in Las Vegas playing poker, the weekly Devilfish Bounty tournament was lacking something. So the man himself decided to roll over the weekly bounty on his head of €250 for the next five weeks, add €250 to the prize pool and give the five winners the chance to play against him […]
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$1,000,000 Bonus for Everest Poker WSOP Qualifiers
Everest Poker has announced an exciting promotion which sees the company matching the World Series of Poker main event winnings of its qualified players up to $1 million, and then sharing it with all those who qualified at the site, regardless of finishing position. Going on last year’s figures, if this promotion was around, then […]
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PaddyPowerPoker Announces Irish Open Live Web Stream
PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced that the Irish Open, whick kicks off tomorrow, will be broadcast live via its web stream. Coverage begins tomorrow at 2 p.m. (BST) and will run until the trophy is presented on Mon., Apr. 13. The live stream can be accessed at IrishPokerOpen.com or at PaddyPowerPoker’s official Irish Open blog. Viewers will […]
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Holland and Denmark Share PartyPoker Monthly Million
The latest PartyPoker.com Monthly Million was a blazing success with 1,567 participants from across the globe. The third instalment took place on Sun., Apr. 5 at 5.45 p.m. (BST) and saw a championship blind structure with a $600 + $40 buy-in. There were various ways to qualify and some players made their way there from […]
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Vadim Trincher Wins the 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic
The final table at the 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic began at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 8, and five players remained in the hunt for a first-place payday worth $731,079. Here is a look at the final table when things began: Seat 1: Lenny Cortellino — 1,175,000 Seat 2: Matthew Casterella — 1,808,000 Seat […]
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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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SpadeClub Member Wins a $25,000 Seat in WPT Championship Event
SpadeClub.com, the total poker experience, offers more than 2,500 tournaments and $100,000 awarded every month, all for just $19.99 a month. No entry fees, no deposits, no risk. Find out more. SpadeClub’s Bellagio Championship Series events came to a close on April 4 with the Bellagio Championship Series Finals. Exclusive member Michael “carabelli” Grishman defeated […]
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Foxwoods Poker Classic — Day 5
The fifth day of the Foxwoods Poker Classic began with just 10 players from the initial field of 259, and the plan was to play down to the final table of six before play would end. This short order took a little bit longer than expected, as play lasted more than five hours to reach […]
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SCOOP Day 6 — James 'Andy McLEOD' Obst Wins Mixed Hold'em Event
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events are now in full swing. The SCOOP is a 22-tournament series spread out over 11 days of action. Each tournament is offered with three different sets of buy-ins ranging from low, to mid, to high stakes. Buy-ins are offered for as little as $5.50 and can […]
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Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament to Benefit SPCA
It’s one of the biggest and most popular charity tournaments of the year. On April 17, the Venetian poker room will host the third-annual Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament. In its previous two years, the Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament has raised more than $450,000 for the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to […]
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PokerStars Sends Record Numbers to EPT San Remo
More than 200 players have qualified for the upcoming European Poker Tour San Remo on PokerStars.com, beating the record of around 150 who played last month’s EPT Dortmund. The event, taking place at Casino San Remo from Apr. 18 to 23, precedes the EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final which last year saw 22-year-old Canadian Glen […]
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PartyPoker To Launch Italian Online Poker Site
PartyGaming Plc, parent company of PartyPoker.com, has announced it is to launch an online poker room in Italy in conjunction with Greek lottery system supplier Intralot. PartyGaming CEO Jim Ryan said, “This is our third business-to-business deal in 2009 and we are confident of continuing to build our portfolio over the coming months.” A number […]
