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First Cake Network Poker Room Launches Mac Client
LockPoker.com today annouced the launch of its online poker client for Apple Mac computers. It is the first room on the Cake Network to open its doors to Mac users. Features include play and real money games, single table tournaments, multi-table tournaments, and satellites to some of the world’s biggest live events. Players can use […]
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PaddyPowerPoker.com Announces ECOOP IV
PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced its European Championship of Online Poker IV (ECOOP IV), which will begin on May 25 and run until Jun. 7. The $1,500 + $80 main event concludes the festival of events on Jun. 7., and features a $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool. There are 14 tournaments to pick and choose from including […]
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Keith Ferrera Wins 2009 Wynn Classic Championship
It was scheduled to be a four-day tournament, but the field played down so fast that tournament officials decided to shave off the last day and crown a champion on day three. By making trip aces on the final hand, Keith Ferrera won the 2009 Wynn Classic Poker Championship. This was Ferrera’s third final table […]
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Bay 101 Shooting Star — Day 2
Day 2 at the Bay 101 Shooting Star World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold’em event saw the field shrink from 145 players down to the final 36. The money bubble burst as well today, and every player remaining will take home at least $15,000 in prize money tomorrow. Here is a look at the players […]
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This Week's Free Poker Video Training Clip Now Posted
Noah “NoahSD” Stephens-Davidowitz hosts this week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). In this video, NoahSD analyzes hands submitted by a Card Player Pro member playing at a $1-$2 no-limit hold’em. This video, as well as three additional free clips by other instructors, is currently available on the […]
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Poker Stars Launches New Live Poker Room in Macau
March 19 will mark a significant milestone for poker in Macau as PokerStars launches its new live poker room at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. The room, with 22 tournament and cash tables, will be the largest poker room in continental Asia. “PokerStars is committed to the development of poker across Asia, and this […]
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Venetian Will Host 89 Poker Tables for Deep Stack III
The Venetian recently announced the schedule of its third Deep Stack Extravaganza (DSE) tournament series of the year, and it is obvious that the casino expects the summer poker series to do very well. In a fact-sheet accompanying the new schedule, The Venetian stated, “We will be expanding to 89 tables to better accommodate our […]
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Boss Media Takes Over Six CryptoLogic Poker Rooms
Boss Media, a subsidiary of GTECH Corporation and owner of the IPN poker network, today announced it has taken over six online poker rooms previously on the CryptoLogic network. Yesterday, March 17 saw the migration of Extreme Poker, today March 18 sees Classic Poker, DTD Poker, and Betjacks join IPN, and tomorrow March 19 will […]
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Praz Bansi in Final 12 of $10,000 Wynn Classic
Londoner Praz Bansi, member of the Hitsquad poker team, has made the final 12 of the $10,000 buy in Wynn Classic main event. The Las Vegas event attracted 104 players and Bansi is now guaranteed $12,610 but will be shooting for first prize of $348,036. The final two tables consist of: Keith Fererra — 113,200 […]
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Marty Smyth Wins Special Boylepoker Omaha Game
How many times does World Series of Poker bracelet holder Marty Smyth have to prove just why he rates among poker chart toppers? Boylepoker.com’s latest Omaha event, Be Our Sponsored Pro, was no different, as it saw host Smyth wreaking havoc and ultimately destroying 46 other players. His victory would normally mean he would join […]
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Heads Up Event Kicks off GUKPT Tomorrow
The 2009 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s third leg kicks off at London’s Grosvenor Victoria tomorrow and will run for 11 days. Side events with a wide range of buy-ins will be on offer, as will be an exclusive £2,500 heads up tournament, to complement the main event which will run from Mar. 26-29. Twenty-three-year-old Sunny […]
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PokerStars Launches Largest Asian Poker Room Tomorrow
PokerStars.com is launching its exciting new live poker room at the Gran Lisboa Casino tomorrow, Mar. 19. PokerStars Macau will be the largest poker room in continental Asia, featuring 24-hour cash games, weekly tournaments, the annual Asia Pacific Poker Tour, and freeroll tournaments. The opening coincides with the return of the Macau Poker Cup, known […]
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Wynn Classic Main Event — Day Two
A total of 54 players returned on day 2 of the Wynn Classic Main Event, all hoping to make the money and possibly put themselves in position to make a run at the title. Although the schedule originally stated that the field would play until the final 27, the tournament was moving so fast that […]
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Bay 101 Shooting Star — Day 1B
Day 1B at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star event took place today in San Jose, California. There were 256 players in today’s field, which almost doubled the amount (135) that jumped into the ring yesterday. That made the total size of the field 391 players, topping the 376 that entered last year. […]
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Poker Pro Freddy Deeb Featured in High Stakes Living
“When you have a good wife, it’s really easy,” Freddy Deeb says, when asked how difficult it is to balance a life of high-stakes poker with his family obligations. Deeb welcomed Card Player TV into his Southern California home recently for the newest episode of High Stakes Living. The two-time bracelet winner gives viewers a […]
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Full Tilt Poker Starts 2009 WSOP Satellites
It’s that time of year. The weather begins to get warmer, the sun stays up late into the evening, and online poker players finally start seeing those World Series of Poker satellites that they’ve been craving for months. Full Tilt has begun running qualifiers for the 2009 WSOP, and not just into the main event. […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle has played at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship for the past three years. Twice he has defeated a very tough opponent in the first round to advance. In 2007 he defeated Phil Ivey, and this year he defeated David "The Dragon" Pham. Cheadle brings a calm demeanor to the table that allows […]
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Bay 101 Shooting Star — Day 1A
Day 1A at the 2009 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event featured 23 professional players with $5,000 bounties on their heads. Shawn Buchanan was not one of the bounty players today, but that didn’t stop him from becoming the first player in the tournament to profit from his trip […]
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Qualify for European Masters of Poker at DevilfishPoker
DevilfishPoker.com is now running satellites for the €1,000 + €100 buy in European Masters of Poker taking place at the Golden Sands Resort, Varna, Bulgaria from April 15 to 18. Online poker players can qualify for a €1,800 package from as little as €2 with nine daily qualifiers feeding into the €100 Sunday Main Qualifier […]
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World Series of Poker Qualification on FullTilt Now
FullTiltPoker.com has announced its World Series of Poker qualification schedule which includs 50 free seats for the main event and a $10 million bonus to any FullTilt qualifier who goes on to win the main event. Among the numerous ways to play in the greatest poker show on earth in Las Vegas this year are […]
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Neil Channing Launches Black Belt Poker
Reigning Irish Open champion Neil Channing has launched BlackBeltPoker.com an online staking proposition which will see 50 invited players participate in a grading process with one progressing to black belt level and becoming the ambassador for the site. As part of the grading players start at green belt and after a minimum six hours daily […]
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Charity Tournament for Jade Goody Hospice is Sell Out
Harlow Greyhound Stadium in Essex, UK is set to host a charity poker and darts tournament on March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in aid of St. Clare’s Hosipce which recently cared for terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody. The event sold out in a matter of days and will also feature an evening of […]
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Wynn Classic Main Event — Day 1
The preliminary events were a success, and the deep stacks and long structures were player favorites, but the jury was still out on whether the Wynn Classic main event was going to attract a decent-sized field. With competition at the Bay 101 Shooting Star in San Jose, many thought the Wynn would struggle to even […]
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Samuel Chartier Takes Down WSOP Atlantic City Circuit Event
O Canada, O Canada — two Canadians distanced themselves from the rest of the field at the World Series of Poker Circuit main event at Caesars, Atlantic City on Saturday as Samuel Chartier scored the big win for $322,944, while John Nixon took home $177,619. The Circuit event saw 208 players pony up the $5,150 […]
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Online Poker — grimmy101 and Iceman1278 Win Big on Sunday
Read the recaps for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, Cake, and Bodog below: Full Tilt Poker — $1 Million Guarantee Full Tilt bumped up its guarantee to $1 million this week after increasing the buy-in to $500. The larger buy-in cause a drop in attendance down to 2,355 but increased the overall […]
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Boylepoker Be Our Sponsored Pro Omaha Event Tonight
Boylepoker.com’s Be Our Sponsored Pro series continues this evening at $30 pot-limit Omaha tournament at 8 p.m. The event will be hosted by pot-limit Omaha World Champion Marty Smyth. During the month of March online poker players will take part in nine online tournaments with the winner of each tournament progressing to a live final […]
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Gran Casino Madrid, Spain Licenses iPoker Platform
Gran Casino, Madrid is to launch an online poker room and casino games after signing a licensing deal with Playtech which developed and operates the iPoker platform. Broker Collins Stewart, which rates Playtech as a ‘buy’, says: "The Madrid region is one of the leaders of Spain’s online gambling regulation drive, meaning the deal also […]
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London Poker Circuit Kicks Off in Kensington Today
The new 888.com London Poker Circuit tour starts today at the Kensington Close Hotel & Spa in the English capital with a £100 + £10 super satellite to Thursday’s £1,000 three-day main event. This week also sees a £200 no-limit hold’em freezeout on Tuesday and a £300 no-limit hold’em double chance freezeut on Wednesday as […]
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European Poker Tour Has Second Female Champion
When the 667 players at the €5,000 buy in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open were distilled down to a final table of eight there was quite a game in store with several unsurprising names at the final table and one very surprising one — last year’s champion. The chip counts going into the […]
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Sandra Naujoks is European Poker Tour Dortmund Champion
When the 667 players at the €5,000 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open were distilled down to a final table of eight, there was quite a game in store with several unsurprising names at the final table and one very surprising one — last year’s champion. The chip counts going into the final, […]
