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Travel the Road to Vegas with DevilfishPoker.com
DevilfishPoker.com today launched its €175,000 Road to Las Vegas campaign offering online poker players at the site a chance to win one of 25 packages to play at the World Series of Poker 2009. The packages include $5,000 in tournament buy ins, €2,000 in expenses, and one week’s stay at a top hotel such as […]
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Innovative Search for Poker Pro Launched at Boylepoker
Boylepoker.com today launched an innovative search for its next online poker pro to join the swelling ranks of players on its roster such as pot-limit Omaha and Poker Million champion Marty Smyth and World Series of Poker main event finalist Padraig Parkinson. During the month of March online poker players can take part in nine […]
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PaddyPowerPoker Grows Players and Profitability
PaddyPower Plc, the publicly-quoted Irish bookmaker which owns PaddyPowerPoker.com today announced its preliminary results for 2008. While the company does not break down the financials for poker within its profit and loss account it said it was happy that revenue level had been maintained when currency fluctuations had been stripped out while active player numbers […]
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Irish Casinos to Be Regulated to Comply with EU Law
Irish casinos and card rooms are to get the regulation they have long lobbied for according to a report in the Irish Times newspaper today. Minister for Justice Dermot Ahearn plans a two-step process for regulation which will first see the establishment of a gaming control section in his department. This will register and control […]
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Sunny Chattha Win GUKPT Walsall Main Event
Twenty-three-year-old Sunny Chattha from south London took down last weekend’s Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall main event beating 300 opponents to lift the £88,150 first prize. Chattha beat of stiff competition from a who’s who of British poker at the final table which included Mickey Wernick who came sixth, James Akenhead who came seventh and […]
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Poker Industry Happenings — March 1, 2009
Get the scoop on the latest promotions and tournament results from casinos near you with CardPlayer.com’s regular Poker Industry Happenings feature. California Ocean’s Eleven Casino The Rat Pack is Back. On March 15, Ocean’s Eleven Casino will host its annual Rat Pack No-Limit Hold’em Tournament. The buy-in will be $330, with a guaranteed prize pool […]
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Interview with EPT Copenhagen Winner Jens Kyllonen
Nineteen-year-old Jens Kyllonen can afford his dream apartment in Helsinki, and also to play in many future events after beating 462 players at the PokerStars.com EPT Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen last week. Card Player spoke to him after he destroyed the final table and took down the top prize of €878,057. Rebecca McAdam: How do […]
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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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Qualify for PartyPoker Sunday Million Today
PartyPoker.com‘s Monthly Million — a $1 million guaranteed tournament with a buy in of $600 + $40 — returns this Sunday March 1 on the site at 5:45 GMT (6:45 CET) and the online poker site has just announced three ways to qualify for this weekend’s mammoth event. Fifty seats are guaranteed today, Saturday at […]
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ParadisePoker Bad Beat Jackpot Hit for €102,723
ParadisePoker.com bad beat jackpot hit last Thursday when player oFFShore had his quad jacks (on the flop) beaten by player square19 who hit quad aces (on the river). As a result oFFShore won €102,723 while square19 received €51,261. The pot was worth €109 and was taken down by square19. The bad beat jackpot was €293,495 […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Feb. 21-27
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: Jens Kyllonen — 1,920 […]
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Kathy Liebert Discusses Poker and Backing on The Scoop
On this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker), Kathy Liebert sits down with Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez for Part 2 of her interview on CardPlayer TV to discuss backing, drinking, and marketing in poker. Liebert and the two hosts describe some of the difficulties and dangers involved in backing players […]
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High Stakes Poker Premieres Sunday on Game Show Network
Doyle Brunson. Daniel Negreanu. Tom Dwan. Patrik Antonius. Hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line. A chance to see their every move. On Sunday, the wait is over. The fifth season of High Stakes Poker debuts Sunday night on Game Show Network at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CST). The popular poker show features […]
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SirWatts, Charder30, and LearnedFromTV Join Card Player Pro Team
The stable of talent for Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) might need a new wing built as a result of the recent additions to the team. Card Player Pro recently announced that Mike “SirWatts” Watson, Christian “Charder30” Harder, and Tom “LearnedFromTV” Chambers have become permanent members of its team of poker coaches, which […]
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Cornel Cimpan Wins the L.A. Poker Classic
The final six players in the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic took their seats at 4 p.m. today at the final table in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event of this marquee tournament series. Here is a look at the starting stacks when the final table began: 1: Chris Karagulleyan — 4,080,000 2: Mike Sowers — […]
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Everest Poker Gets Malta Gaming License
Everest Poker today announced it had secured a remote gaming license from the Lotteries and Gaming Authority Malta, making it the largest online poker operator to obtain a license from the jurisdiction and giving it full regulated access to EU markets. A statement from the company said, “The LGA-license involves class 1 and 3, and […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall Main Event Under Way
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour has made its second stop of the year at the Grosvenor Casino, Walsall with the nine-day festival culminating in the £1,000 main event which started yesterday. The festival got underway with a £100 no-limit hold’em event and more than 300 players are expected to take to the felt for the […]
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Poker Revenue Up at Grosvenor UK Casinos
Rank Plc, owner of BlueSquarePoker and Grosvenor Casinos in the UK, yesterday reported revenue for poker at its UK casinos was up 34 percent to £5.1 million in 2008 from £3.8 million in 2007. The company, which owns the popular Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, also saw online gaming, including online poker, grow 5.7 percent to […]
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Rock Stars Take to Felt at Ultimate Bet
UltimateBet.com yesterday announced Scott Ian’s Home Game which will see online qualifiers take to the virtual felt with the Anthrax guitar legend as well as Guns ‘N’ Roses rocker Slash, Vinnie Paul of Pantera, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains. Twenty seats are up for grabs in the 27 player […]
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Online Gambling Worth $52 Billion to U.S. Govt.
A new PriceWaterhouseCoopers report estimates the U.S. government could raise up to $52 billion in revenue over the next 10 years by rescinding the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act and taxing and regulating the online gambling industry including online poker. The report also estimates that the online gambling sector has continued to grow despite […]
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World Poker Challenge Begins Today
The World Poker Challenge begins today at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. The first tournament is a $2,000 added no-limit hold’em tournament with a $200 buy-in. The tournament series will feature 25 preliminary events and a $5,000 championship that runs from Mar. 14-15. A dozen events in Reno will have Card Player Player […]
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Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson — What's My Line?
Chris “Jesus” Ferguson has had success at the World Series of Poker ever since he began playing more than a decade ago. Yet, due to a self-imposed boycott that lasted three years, the five-time bracelet winner had never competed on the World Poker Tour’s grandest stage. Though he came into the day with the chip […]
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Dani Stern Hosts This Week's Free Poker Video Training Clip
Dani “Ansky” Stern is the host of this week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). In this video, Stern plays four cash-game tables of six-handed $2-$4 no-limit hold’em This video, as well as three additional free clips by other instructors, is currently available on the Card Player Pro […]
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Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of Feb. 22
The L.A. Poker Classic is coming to a close, which resulted in many of the $1,000 buy-in tournaments on the various sites getting a bit of a boost this week. Read the recaps for the $1K events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday The $1K Monday was […]
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L.A. Poker Classic Final-Table Bios
Seat 1 — Chris Ferguson Chips: 1,565,000 (sixth chip position) Lifetime winnings: $7,346,742 2009 Player of the Year (POY) points: 0 Hometown: Pacific Palisades, California Card Player Bio: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson can throw playing cards through vegetables, ballroom dance, and play some serious poker. He was born in Los Angeles on April 11, 1963, and […]
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Run it Twice — Andrew Brokos
In this new series, Card Player sits down with high stakes pros to take a second look at a particular cash-game hand. 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 […]
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Poker Game at Police Station Ignites Controversy
The victim of a burglary went to his local police station in England to report the crime only to be asked if he was there for the poker tournament according to a BBC report today. Graham Hall had suffered a break-in at his home and went to Oxfordshire’s police headquarters to report the incident. When […]
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Roy Brindley's Explosive Autobiography Out Now
Poker pro and Card Player writer Roy Brindley’s explosive new autobiography hits the shops ahead of this weekend amid a wave of publicity. Poker professional, broadcaster, writer are all words easily associated with Roy Brindley. Perhaps less easily identifiable are depressive, homeless, lawless, and terminally unlucky. Brindley, in his new autobiography, ‘Life’s a Gamble – […]
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PokerStars Launches Italian Real Money Poker
PokerStars.com has announced it has launched real money poker games to the Italian market. The new website, PokerStars.it now offers games from €0.50 to a maximum of €100 and has been licensed by the Italian Monopolies of State (AAMS). The site will undergoe some testing in the first few weeks and for that reason games […]
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WPT — L.A. Poker Classic Day 5
Twenty players headed into day 5 of the L.A. Poker Classic with one goal in mind, make that televised World Poker Tour final table. Play lasted for nearly 12 hours, and along the way some of the best in the game faltered, while one of the most recognizable faces in poker survived to show his […]
