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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, […]
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European Poker Tour Dortmund Day 3 Recap
After a roller-coaster day of ups and downs, the PokerStars.com EPT German Open found its final table, and what a table it is. But, of course, the day did have its casualties: 18: Jan Collado-Fernandez (Germany) €17,000 19: Amir Sarughieh (Germany) €17,000 20 – Jochen Lucke (Germany) €17,000 21 – Moritz Kranich (Germany) €17,000 22 […]
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European Poker Tour German Open Day 3 Update
After a roller-coaster day of ups and downs, the PokerStars.com EPT German Open found its final table, and what a table it is. But, of course, the day did not have its casualties: 18. Jan Collado-Fernandez (Germany) — €17,000 19. Amir Sarughieh (Germany) — €17,000 20. Jochen Lucke (Germany) — €17,000 21. Moritz Kranich (Germany) […]
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Harman's Charity Poker Tournament Raises Over $100,000
Nearly 300 people played in one of the biggest charity poker tournaments of the year. In the end, Jennifer Harman’s charity poker tournament in Reno raised approximately $107,000 for the National Kidney Foundation. Harman was hopeful that the new charity tournament would be successful in its first year. “I hope it’s successful,” she told Card […]
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Scotty Nguyen Discuses Poker and H.O.R.S.E. on The Scoop
It’s hard to argue that there is a better tournament H.O.R.S.E. player today than Scotty Nguyen. The former world champ has been a menace at the mixed games, winning the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship at the World Series last year before following it up with an impressive encore performance with a victory in the L.A. […]
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Card Player Cruises Caribbean Adventure Champions
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 Exclusive members have been playing in monthly winner-take-all tournaments that reward the first-place finisher with a seven-night Card Player Cruise for two throughout […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Update, Mar. 13, 2009
There was plenty of jockeying for position on this week’s Online Player of the Year leader-board race. While only one new player was added to the top 10, the other nine spent the week one-uping each other in an effort to climb the ranks. You can click on the links to read about this week’s […]
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This Week in Poker — Poker Tournament News Mar. 7-13
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 — 2,000 6: Tristan Clemencon — 1,962 […]
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32Red Poker Revenue Falls 13 Percent
32Red.com, the publicly-quoted operator of 32RedPoker.com, has announced a 13 percent drop in poker net gaming revenue to £1.05 million in the year to Dec. 2008 from £1.21 million the previous year. The company said in its annual report that, “Revenues from our poker operation, which represents 8% of total Group revenue for 2008, have […]
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European Poker Tour Dortmund Day 2 Recap
A total prize pool of €3,335,000 was created by the record 667 players at the PokerStars.com EPT German Open and 251 players started day 2 vying for the €917,000 top prize Players would play through the bubble and well into the money before the day was done. Last year’s winner Mike McDonald (pictured right) was […]
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European Poker Tour German Open Day 2 Update
The record 667 entrants at the PokerStars.com EPT German Open have created a total prize pool of €3,335,000. The remaining 251 players on day 2 were vying for the €917,000 top prize and would play through the bubble and well into the money before the day was done. Early bustouts were EPT Barcelona champion Sebastian […]
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Vanessa Rousso — What's My Line?
Not only did Vanessa Rousso make the finals of the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship, but she did so by facing the toughest competition that any finalist has ever encountered. Despite over $2 million in lifetime tournament winnings, Rousso is sometimes overlooked and noted more for her good looks than for her poker prowess. Yet, […]
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Bay 101 Shooting Star and Wynn Classic Begin Monday
Next week will be a busy one in the world of poker with major $10,000 buy-in events taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, and San Jose, California. Both the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star and Wynn Classic kick off on Monday, Mar. 16, and Card Player’s live reporting teams will be on the […]
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Pre-Registration Opens for World Series of Poker
Let the games begin. Or, at the very least, let the registration for the games begin. Harrah’s Entertainment announced yesterday that pre-registration for the 2009 World Series of Poker is now available. Players wishing to compete in the 40th-annual WSOP can reserve their spots either online at www.worldseriesofpoker.com or in person the main cage of […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Brad Garrett
Brad Garrett is best known for his role as Robert on the show Everybody Loves Raymond and for his stand-up comedy. Both Garrett and co-star Ray Romano have made appearances on the felt, and Garrett recently played at the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship. Garrett defeated Annie Duke in the first round and then almost […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of Mar. 8
The three big $1,000 buy-in events were a bit slow this week, dropping in attendance on every site. Read the recaps for the $1K events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday The $1K Monday dropped to 372 entrants, down 59 entrants from last week. Though the field […]
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Run it Twice — Andrew Brokos
Andrew "Foucault" Brokos is known for his knowledge of the game and experience in no-limit hold’em cash games. An instructor for Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus), Brokos is used to breaking down hands for strategy analysis, and here he discusses a no-limit cash-game hand with Card Player. The Game Type: Cash game Game: […]
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Irish Open Attracts Poker's Big Names This April
Paddypowerpoker.com today announced some of the big names set to return to the felt at the Irish Open 2009. Phil “The Unabomber " Laak returns to the Emerald Isle, having played with partner Jennifer Tilly in 2007. Last year’s winner Neil Channing will return to defend his title and pot-Limit Omaha World Champion Marty Smyth, […]
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European Poker Tour Dortmund Day 1B Recap
Day 1B of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dortmund, kicked off yesterday with an-all singing, all-dancing cast — and that was just the pre-game entertainment provided by a burlesque troupe. Among the 358 players taking part — creating a record field of 664 players and a prize pool of over €3 million — were Bertrand […]
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EU Disagrees on Online Gambling Harmonisation
Earlier this week the European Parliament adopted “The Intergrity of Online Gambling” report which sought to ensure the right of member states to regulate internally their own online gambling sectors “in accordance with their traditions and cultures.” Support came from MEPs from countries such as Sweden, German, and Denmark who are seeking to support their […]
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European Poker Tour German Open Day 1B Update
The dancing girls took to the stage once again at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dortmund, much to the bemusement of players, media, and curious onlookers as they repeated yesterday’s opening spectacle which included the can-can, an Edith Piaf performance, and some French feathers et danse. The field was packed with more familiar faces than […]
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State of the Felt — Mori Eskandani
In State of the Felt, Card Player will periodically bring you insights and opinions from some of the most important 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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Andrew 'Foucault' Brokos Hosts Free Poker Training Video
Andrew “Foucault” Brokos hosts this week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). In this video, Brokos analyzes hands from his play at a two six-handed $5-$10 no-limit hold’em tables and discusses how to combat aggressive opponents in today’s online poker games. This video, as well as three additional […]
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Bill Introduced to Legalize Home Poker in South Carolina
South Carolina has been the epicenter of the legislative fight for poker recently. In February, five poker players were found guilty of breaking the state’s gambling laws in a decision that has already been appealed. The defendants are fighting a law that has been on the books since 1802, which, if read literally, would ban […]
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PKR.com and Bluefirepoker Team Up for Training
PKR.com, the 3-D online poker room, today announced it was teaming up with online poker training site Bluefirepoker.com which will provide PKR.com and PKR.TV with strategy content. Subscriptions to Bluefirepoker, headed by online poker legend Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, will be available exclusively in Europe to PKR players using loyalty points in the PKR shop. PKR […]
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PartyPoker Excited By Future U.S. Opportunities
PartyGaming.com today announced its full year results for 2008 with poker revenue from PartyPoker.com falling 7 percent to $274 million from $295 million in 2007. The number of poker sign-ups was down 22 percent in 2008 to just under 445,000 from 573,000 in 2007 while in the 4 weeks ended 4 March 2009, average gross […]
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Boylepoker Multiplier Challenge Takes Dramatic Twist
The Boylepoker.com Multiplier Challenge being undertaken by Peter Murphy with a view to turning $100 into $10,000 in just 11 weeks has taken an unlikely turn as another player, who decided to imitate Murphy, turned $100 into $135,000 in just 10 days. Adrian McCarthy wrote to Murphy on the Boylepokerblog.com, saying “I was inspired by […]
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European Poker Tour Dortmund Day 1A Recap
A strong contingent of 306 players showed up for day 1A of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open, with a strong local showing among the field. The 2007 record turnout of 493 looks set to be smashed as today’s day 1B players get set to tangle on the felt. Notable in the field were […]
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European Poker Tour German Open Day 1A Update
A healthy gathering of 306 players turned out on day 1A of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open, largely dominated by German faces, as the record turnout of 493 from 2007 looks set to be smashed as today’s day 1B players get set to take to the felt. Among those participating were Soren Kongsgaard, second […]
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Winner's Circle – Huck Seed
The Winner’s Circle takes a look at the biggest wins from the tournament trail by 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 through their own eyes and words. If you ever wanted to […]
