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Aussie Millions — Stewart Scott Wins the 2009 Main Event
The final table at the 2009 Aussie Milions Poker Champioinship $10,500 AUD no-limit hold’em main event began today at 12:30 p.m. and eight players returned to stake their claim at a first-place prize worth $2,000,000 AUD. Barny Boatman was joined by a group of relative unknowns to start the day, and the final table was […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 3 News
The €5,000 buy in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville played down to its final table of eight yesterday as 39 players bit the dust including Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Ivo Donev, Alessio Isaia, and Michel Abecassis falling by the wayside during play. The final table consists of: Tristan Clemencon (France) — 1,731,000 Moritz Kranich (Germany) —1,434,000 […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 3 Update
Day 3 of the €5,000 buy in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville saw 47 players work their way down to a final table of 8 with players of the caliber of Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Ivo Donev, Alessio Isaia, and Michel Abecassis falling by the wayside during play. Ulliott’s tournament life came to an end when […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Jan. 17-23
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: Allen Casrter — 1,680 5: Alexandre Gomes — 1,500 6: Bobby Suer — 1,400 […]
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Tom McEvoy: Johnny Chan was the Big Winner in 1983 WSOP
In Part 2 of his two-part interview on Card Player TV’s The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt), 1983 World Champ Tom McEvoy shares the circumstances surrounding his main-event win and a host of other topics with the show’s hosts, Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez. McEvoy explains how poker Hall of Famer Johnny Chan was the […]
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Charity Poker Tournament Assists Global Warming Efforts
What do professional snowboarders and professional poker players have in common? They’ll both be hanging out at Hard Rock on Tuesday, doing their part for charity. The Hard Rock poker room is hosting a charity poker tournament on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. to benefit Protect Our Winters, a non-profit organization “dedicated to reversing […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Update Jan. 23, 2009
It’s been almost a month now since Card Player’s 2009 Online Player of the Year race has begun. The notables had trouble establishing a pace due to the monstrosity that was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, but now that the live tournaments have taken a back seat to the grind that is online poker, players have […]
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Aussie Millions — Main Event Day 4
Day 4 at the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship $10,500 AUD no-limit hold’em main event turned into a long, slow crawl to the final table, and the end of the night did not come until 2 a.m. The early going was very tough on the professionals left in the field, and with the elimination of […]
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LAPT — Fabian Ortiz Wins Chile Event
Fabian Ortiz made history when he won the $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event at the Latin American Poker Tour stop in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Thursday. He became the first Latin American player to win an LAPT title. He took home $141,426 in prize money for topping a field of 215 players. Ortiz emerged […]
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Poker Legend Amarillo Slim Beaten and Robbed
Texas poker legend Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston has been beaten and robbed while trying to secure collateral on an unpaid debt according to Associated Press. The 80-year-old was lured to a field on the pretence of retrieving a four-wheel drive vehicle in lieu of a $3,000 gambling debt when he was assaulted receiving a broken […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 2 News
Of the 248 players who started the day at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville only 47 remain after a day of fast and furious play which saw 64 make the money. Exits during the day included Euro Finals of Poker runner up Roger Hairabedian, Mats Iremark, Vanessa Rousso, Matthew Marafioti Ludovic Lacay, Gino Alacqua, Stuart […]
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Englishman Wins Aussie Million Heads-Up Event
Former World Series of Poker Europe runner up John Tabatabai defeated Alec Torelli in the finals of the $5,300 no-limit hold’em heads-up championship at the Aussie Million to win $100,000 AUD and an gold ring. The final hand came down to a preflop showdown that pitted Tabatabai’s A7 against the K10 of a short-stacked Torelli. […]
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Redtooth Expands UK Pub Poker With Acquisition
Redtooth Poker has announced its acquisition of “Poker Down the Pub’ in the UK to bring the total number of pubs participating in its league to over 1,000, making it the largest pub poker circuit in the UK. Scott Marsh, former director of Poker Down the Pub who has taken over as National Poker Manager […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 2 Update
Day 2 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville saw 248 players return to the felt with the aim of cruising past the money bubble at 64 players and on to the final table. As expected the action was frenzied in the first couple of levels as short stacks gambled for their tournament lives and […]
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Anthony Gregg — What's My Line?
With just three tables left in the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, a battle of the blinds went down that left some observers scratching their heads and others applauding a gutsy call at a crucial time in the tournament. The 2008 runner-up, Hafiz Khan, was making another improbable run at the title and was threatening to […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup Week of Jan. 18
The $1,000 buy-in tournaments across PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker were filled with big payouts, notable winners, and even a little controversy. Read the recaps for the $1K events on Full Tilt, PokerStars and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt — $1K Monday The biggest weekly buy-in on Full Tilt drew an impressive 412 […]
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Aussie Millions — Main Event Day 3
Day 3 of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championships main event began at noon today, and 86 players remained in the $10,500 AUD no-limit hold’em tournament. Only the top 64 would receive prize money, and at the end of the night, 28 remained in the hunt for the first-place prize of $2 million that will […]
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iPoker Network Revenue Up 73 Percent in 2008
The iPoker network, home to online poker rooms like PaddyPowerPoker, Titan, Boylepoker, and BlueSqPoker, today announced fourth quarter revenue of €8.6 million, up 43 percent on the same quarter of 2007. Total revenue for the Israeli-based poker network hit €30.1 million in 2008, up 73 percent on the €17.4 million generated in 2007. Publicly-quoted parent […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 1B News
The €5,000 buy PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville attracted a fiercely competitive 343 players to the Casino Barriere on the Normandy coast in France. Included in their number were scores of some of the biggest winners in the game including Dario Minieri, Gavin Griffin, Luca Pagano, Noah Boeken, Peter Eastgate, Antony Lellouche, Thomas Fougeron, […]
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Multiplier Challenge Starts Friday on Boylepoker
BoylePoker.com pro Peter Murphy starts his Multiplier Challenge tomorrow where he will to turn a $100 bankroll into $10,000 at the online poker site in a time frame of just 11 weeks starting. Head of poker at the site, Paul Spillane, said, “It’s every poker player’s dream really to think they can spin such […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 1B Update
Day 1B of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville event saw 343 players pony up the €5,000 buy-in at Casino Barriere on the Normandy coast in France. Among them some of the game’s most recognizable names, including Dario Minieri, Gavin Griffin, Luca Pagano, Noah Boeken, Peter Eastgate, Antony Lellouche, Thomas Fougeron, Bruno Fitoussi, Fabrice Soulier, […]
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Poker Stars Signs Actor Jason Alexander
PokerStars signed actor and poker buff Jason Alexander to its team of celebrity spokespeople. He will promote the PokerStars brand in online and live poker events, including the 2009 World Series of Poker and PokerStars global poker tour circuits. “PokerStars has very graciously asked me to sign on as one of their official players,” Alexander […]
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Borgata Poker Tournament Guarantees $2 Million Prize Pool
A $2 million-guaranteed prize pool and a reduced entry fee. Borgata Hotel and Casino is hoping that combination will bring in the masses this Sunday as its fourth-annual Winter Open main event kicks off. The five-day Atlantic City tournament costs $3,200 to enter, down from $10,000 a year ago. “The goal here is to provide […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Henrik "aintblinkin" Fochler
SpadeClub.com, the total poker experience, offers unlimited poker player and more than $100,000 in cash prizes every month, all for just $19.99* a month. No entry fees, no deposits, no risk. Find out more. Henrik “aintblinkin” Fochler of Berlin, Germany, is SpadeClub’s most recent $30,000 Mega Monthly winner. Fochler is no stranger to the Mega […]
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PokerStars Prepares for Newest Poker Tour with Aussie Event
Aussies and Kiwis now have a poker tour to call their own. In keeping with its affinity for creating new poker tours to satisfy the increasing global hunger for the game, PokerStars has announced the start of its newest endeavor, the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT). The ANZPT will premiere in Adelaide, Australia, with […]
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Los Angeles Poker Classic Begins Thursday
One of the largest tournament series of the year begins on Thursday, Jan. 22 at Commerce Casino. The Los Angeles Poker Classic will feature 33 preliminary events from Jan. 22-Feb. 19. The World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event will take place from Feb. 21-26, and the WPT Celebrity Invitational will follow, running from […]
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Aussie Millions — Main Event Day 2
The advent of two-hour levels in a poker tournament usually slows things down. This is considered a lavish accommodation in the tournament structure to maximize the amount of play a poker player gets for their money. Day 2 at the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship $10,500 AUD no-limit hold’em main event employed two-hour levels at […]
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Max Pescatori Signs for Italy's Gioco Digitale
Italian poker giant Max Pescatori has been snapped up in a sponsorship and developmental deal by Italy’s largest online poker site Gioco Digitale. Pescatori, who has two World Series of Poker bracelets to his name, will not only be ambassador for the site on the global poker circuit but will be heavily involved with the […]
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Seats Available for PartyPoker.com European Open V
PartyPoker.com has announced a limited number of seats are available for the upcoming $7,000 buy in European Open V taking place in London from Feb. 6 to 13, 2009. Players can grab the seats for 75,000 Party Points at the PartyPoker online store and pit their skills against the formidable line up which includes Neil […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 1A News
For the first time since 2006 the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour rolled into Casino Barriere in Deauville, France with 302 players taking to the felt on day 1A of the €5,000 buy in event. The busy field included many recognisable names from the circuit including Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Joao Barbosa, Ludovic Lacay, Arnaud Mattern, Vicky […]
