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Card Player Launches Dutch Magazine
Card Play Media has launched its 11th European magazine, Card Player Nederland into the Dutch market. The magazine, which has an initial print run of 6,000, will feature regular Card Player columnists Phil Hellmuth and Todd Brunson and is edited by former Card Player Poker + Sport contributor Anthon-Pieter Wink. “We want to publish a […]
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Voting in Scandinavian Poker Awards Ends Today
Today is the last day to vote in the PokerStars.com Scandinavian Poker Awards which will be held on the eve of next week’s European Poker Tour Copenhagen at the Luux on the evening of Monday January 16. The region had a spectacular 2008 with Dane Peter Eastgate winning the 2008 World Series of Poker main […]
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State of the Felt — Jonno Pittock, Part I
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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Heartland Poker Tour Crowns First Champion of 2009 Season
The first Heartland Poker Tour main event of 2009 crowned a champion on Feb. 8 in Quapaw, Oklahoma, at the Downstream Casino Resort. The winner was Sean Saninikone, and he took home $127,404 in prize money for topping a field of 457 players in the $1,000 buy-in main event. Saninikone is a factory worker who […]
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Mike Sexton to Appear at South Carolina Poker Trial
Charleston, meet Mike Sexton. Sexton, the World Poker Tour announcer and an established pro with more than $3 million in lifetime tournament winnings, will appear in Charleston, South Carolina, this Friday morning to serve as an expert witness in the trial of five local poker players, according to the defendants’ attorney Jeff Phillips. The trial […]
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Portugal's João Barbosa Joins Full Tilt
European Poker Tour Warsaw winner João Barbosa has signed for Full Tilt Poker. The 26-year-old computer engineer is the first Portuguese player to sign for the famous team. “I feel very honored and grateful to represent Full Tilt Poker,” said Barbosa. He joins Swede Michael Tureniec who also recently signed for the site. Other Europeans […]
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Ladbrokespoker Joins Microgaming Network Today
Ladbrokespoker.com today joins the Microgaming network, moving from its own standalone software to share player liquidity with other sites on the network. The migration to Microgaming means that Ladbrokespoker is offline today until 2 p.m. GMT. The company says the move will men more players, a choice of US$ and euro currencies, a new lobby […]
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Devilfish Gets Comedic Musical Makeover
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, never a man to hide his own musical talents under a bushel, is the subject of a new musical parody by Matt Broughton, famed for light-hearted comedic reworkings of popular songs in the poker idiom. Broughton, who is a TV presenter with Sky Poker, has already lampooned Lucy Rokach and Simon Trumper […]
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CryptoLogic Eliminates Online Poker Costs
CryptoLogic, once home to the online poker network which hosted Betfair Poker, Playboy Poker, and William Hill Poker, has announced the departure of chief technology officer Michael Starzynski as part of its bid to reduce annual operating costs by $13 million. The company has shifted its strategic focus towards online casino and branded gaming and […]
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Poker After Dark Premieres New Episode Tonight
Let’s just say they all probably have a really high IQ. The first of a new set of episodes for Poker After Dark debuts tonight, at its regular time of 2:05 a.m. on NBC. The new batch of shows will feature some of the most intelligent players the poker world has to offer, all of […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree won the European Ladies Championship in 2008, and she has now jumped out onto the tournament trail as a sponsored player by Absoulte Poker. Boeree cashed in 49th place at the Aruba Poker Classic in October 2008, and she followed that up with another cash in the no-limit hold’em bounties event at the […]
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Online Poker — Steve 'gboro780' Gross Wins Huge at Full Tilt
Although the year has just begun and there is plenty of poker left to play, this was, perhaps, the biggest weekend for online poker in 2009. Some of the very best in the game were able to claim victories and with the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) running, the wins gave first-place prizes that […]
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Irish Open 2009 Outright Betting Market Open
Paddypowerpoker.com has launched the outright betting market for its Irish Open 2009 which is sure to get some players licking their lips at the opportunity to beat the bookie. In two of the last three years the winner of the event — Neil Channing in 2008 and Vincent Melinn in 2006 — backed themselves to […]
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Calgary to Host Canadian Open Championship 2009
The Canadian Poker Tour today announced details of the Canadian Open Championships which will take place at the Stampede Casino in Calgary, Alberta from May 13 to 17, 2009. The centerpiece of the five event festival will be the heads up main event with a buy in of $5,000 where 128 players will play best […]
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Counsellor Wins Australia New Zealand Poker Tour
The Adelaide stop of the PokerStars.com Australia New Zealand Poker Tour has been won by Karl Krautshneder who bested 213 opponents to take down the AUD$170,215 in the Crown Casino, Adelaide at the weekend. Counsellor Krautshneder, who qualified for just $31 on PokerStars.com, said after his victory, ““I feel fantastic after winning my way here […]
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ANZPT - Karl Krautschneider Wins Debut Poker Event
The popular online poker site’s very first stop on its new PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was won by Melburnian Karl Krautschneider at the SKYCITY Casino in Adelaide, Australia, on Feb. 7. This was the inaugural stop for the PokerStars ANZPT, which will feature stops in both Australia and New Zealand during its first […]
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Online Poker — Interview with Mark 'Dipthrong' Herm
Mark “dipthrong” Herm had one of the best years online in 2008. His play was so superb and his results were so consistent that he was able to finish in eighth place for Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. Though his finishes were stellar beforehand, Herm’s year really got going with an amazing […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Kenna James Part II
With more than $3 million in tournament winnings over the past 12 years, Kenna James has proven his place among the greats of the green felt. In part II of this interview, James speaks to Card Player about his poker beginnings, his time as a prop player, and lessons learned along the way. Rebecca McAdam: […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Kenna James Part I
One name well-known to the poker community is Kenna James. The Chicago born pro with a great heart and passion for poker and music has some great plans for both himself and the international circuit for the coming year. In part I of this interview, James speaks to to Card Player about travelling, the spiritual […]
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Richard Webb Wins Canadian Poker Tour
Richard Webb, a 48-year-old from Dashwood, Ontario, has been crowned champion of the Canadian Poker Tour after defeating 50 players in the televised event in Ocean World Resort and Casino, Dominican Republic. Seven players qualified for the event via PartyPoker.com but it was Webb who took for the $60,000 top prize and a one-year sponsorship […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News Jan. 31-Feb. 6
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: Anthony Gregg — 2,500 3: Benjamin Spindler — 2,000 4: Stewart Scott — 1,920 4: Moritz Kranich — 1,920 6: Steve Weinstein — 1,800 […]
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Layne Flack Talks About Poker and Doyle on The Scoop
One of the most lively poker pros on tour, Layne Flack, doesn’t hesitate to go into a wide variety of topics in this week’s edition of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt) with Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez. In Part I of the interview, which aired last week on Card Player TV, Flack reiterated his […]
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The second week of preliminary events at Commerce Casino for the L.A. Poker Classic was highlighted by a $300 no-limit hold’em rebuy event. The tournament drew 623 entrants who purchased 933 rebuys and 356 add-ons. The first-place prize in this event was the largest of the week at $140,467 and it went to Jake Solis. […]
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Bodog Poker Holding Card Player-Exclusive Event Saturday
Last month Bodog awarded a Card Player reader with a VIP trip to Hawaii to watch football with a Card Player-exclusive tournament series. Well, that series may be over, but that doesn’t mean that Bodog is done giving Card Player readers a little extra. For a limited time, Bodog will be hosting value-added tournaments for […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Update, Feb. 6, 2009
Just when it looked like there would be some separation in Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race, things tightened up once more. The top five players are now just 146 points apart from top to bottom, and even more are bunched below them, waiting in the wings for their opportunity to move up. […]
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Card Player-Exclusive Cake Poker Freeroll Set for Saturday
Cake Poker and Card Player have teamed up to give Card Player newsletter subscribers a new reason to get excited when they get new e-mail. In the most-recent newsletter, sent out on Monday, newsletter subscribers got a taste of the new newsletter format, as well as a bunch of subscriber-exclusive promotions and contests. Cake kicked […]
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PartyPoker Revenue Falls But Players Grow
PartyGaming Plc, the parent company of PartyPoker.com, today issued a trading update containing fourth quarter 2008 key performance indicators and figures for the first five weeks of 2009. The update showed that in the five weeks to Feb. 4, 2009 new player sign-ups at the site increased to an average of 1,494 per day, bringing […]
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Bwin Poker Up 14 Percent in 2008 as Numbers Soar
Bwin, the publicly quoted Austro-German betting giant today reported gross gaming revenues up 19 percent for the full year to end Dec. 2008 to €420.9 million from €353.5 million in 2007. Poker revenue for the year leapt 14.2 percent to €94.2 million in the same period from €82.5 millionin 2007. Active poker customers for 2008 […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis has won 11 ATP World Tour tennis singles titles. He has also played in the finals of the U.S. Open and Wimbledon, two of the Grand Slam titles in professional tennis. Philippoussis recently retired from the game of pro tennis, but he has turned to another game in professional poker. He played in […]
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Steve Weinstein — What's My Line?
Every Thursday, Card Player sits down with some of the best in the game to discuss pivotal hands from the week’s biggest tournaments on the circuit. Steve "Thorladen" Weinstein has been a staple of the online community since the days when the biggest game around was $3-$6 no-limit hold’em. The cash game specialist has made […]
