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WSOP Circuit — Jesse Hale Wins the Council Bluffs Main Event
The $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, attracted 67 players, and the final nine took their seats at the final table today at 2 p.m. Cards got into the air promptly at the Horseshoe Casino, and Jeff Daubs risked all of his chips in […]
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2009 Wynn Classic Poker Tournament Series Begins
The 2009 Wynn Classic poker tournament series begins today with single-table satellites running at Wynn Las Vegas. This is the third year for the Wynn Classic. The first tournament is a $500 no-limit hold’em event that begins at noon on Thursday, Feb. 26. All 17 events in the tournament series will have Card Player Player […]
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Mississippi's Spring Break Poker Classic Features 22 Events
Residents of the Gulf Coast have an 18-day tournament series to look forward to. MGM Mirage recently announced the schedule of its Spring Break Poker Classic, to be held at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi. The tournament series will feature 22 events from March 27-April 13, with buy-ins ranging from as low as $200 […]
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Recession Busting Rake Race at DevilfishPoker.com
DevilfishPoker.com today announced a massive €150,000 rake race for March 2009. The recession-busting race takes place from March 1 to 31 and will see the top 101 players on the leader board at the end of the month receive payouts from €200 up to €25,000. The top 10 on the leader board will go through […]
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PKR.com Launches Saturday Big Shot Tournament
Innovative 3-D online poker room PKR.com today announced the introduction of a new $500 toruanment aimed at experienced players on Saturday nights. The Saturday Big Shot event will take place at 8 p.m. GMT each and is, the company says, the largest poker tournament of its kind on Saturday evenings on the internet. Cardroom manager […]
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Poker Turnover at Entraction Up 31 Percent in 2008
Sweden’s publicly-quoted Entraction network, which is home to online poker rooms such as DevilfishPoker.com and NoIQPoker.com, today released its interim report for 2008. The report shows that net turnover for poker jumped 31 percent during the year to SEK238 million (€21 million) from SEK180 million (€16 million). From Oct. to Dec. 2008 net poker turnover […]
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PaddyPowerPoker Expands Irish Open Sole Survivor
PaddyPowerPoker.com today announced an innovative new way for players to qualify for both the Irish Open and the $100,000 Sole Survivor promotion, the latter which will see the last PaddyPowerPoker qualifier standing at the Irish Open win a $100,000 sponsorship package for a year. Between Feb. 27 and Mar. 20, 10 Sole Survivor Showdown tournaments […]
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Finn Wins European Masters of Poker Tallinn
The first leg of the inaugural European Masters of Poker series, held in Tallin, Estonia at the weekend, has been won by Johanna Pyysing from Finland who topped the field of 248 players ahead of former EPT Barcelona winner Bjorn-Erik Glenne from Norway. Pyysing lifted €69,440 for his victory in the €1,000 + €100 buy-in […]
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WPT — L.A. Poker Classic Day 4
Day 4 of the World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship at the L.A. Poker Classic began today at noon, and 63 players returned. The plan for the day was to play five levels, or down to 18 players remaining, whichever came first. It looked like that target number was going to be reached quickly, […]
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Shaun Hendrickson on His Bodog Poker Hawaiian VIP Getaway
Card Player reader Shaun "Cougars4444" Hendrickson recently won the Card Player-exclusive Pro Bowl in Paradise tournament series on Bodog Poker, and his win netted him a VIP vacation package to watch the Pro Bowl live in Hawaii. Hendrickson got back from his trip a short while ago, and Card Player caught up with him to […]
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NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Lineup Announced
Get your empty brackets ready, because poker’s own March Madness is set to kick off in 10 days, and the roster of invitees has been announced. The names of the 64 players to participate in this year’s NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC) was just released, and included on the list are the names of […]
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Analyst Expects U.S. Legal Shift for Poker
Analyst Daniel Stewart today reported that U.S Department of Justice settlements are expected for poker companies in the first half of 2009. This statement comes amid rumours which emerged concerning the re-introduction of online gambling legislation to the House of Congress. The man responsible for this is Massachusetts Democrat Representative, Barney Frank. Previous to this, […]
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Total Revenue Up; Poker Down at Centrebet
Australian gaming company Centrebet today released its results for the first half of FY09. The results for the six months ending Dec. 31, 2008 reveal that total online wagering turnover was up 18 percent on the same period the year previous. This according to chairman, Graham Kelly, is because of the deregulation of the Australian […]
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Jorgensen Takes Hansen Down on Fight Night
On Saturday evening (Feb. 21) in Denmark, two heavy weights of the poker world took to the boxing ring to settle a bet. Not long after the final table of the EPT Scandinavian Open played out, and nineteen-year-old Jens Kyllonen was crowned champion, the crowds began to flock to the stadium in Copenhagen for an […]
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WPT — L.A. Poker Classic Day 3
Monday was hump day for the remaining field in the 2009 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic main event. The returning field of 167 all had making the money in their sights and after five levels of play only 64 remained, putting them just 1 elimination away from cashing. Tournament director Matt Savage decided to […]
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Dwan Up About $150,000 in Poker Challenge
Tom Dwan is back on top. On Monday, Dwan regained the lead that he lost on Saturday, finishing the latest session with a $150,000 overall advantage in the challenge. Patrik Antonius couldn’t hold onto the modest $56,000 lead he had accumulated after the weekends’ play. Still, the challenge is young. The two competitors have played […]
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Online Poker — cmyworth Wins Sunday Million
Read the recaps for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, Cake, and Bodog below: PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million attracted a field of 8,800 players, generating a prize pool of $1,760,000. It was a huge drop from the field of 13,267 players who bought in last week, but that was for […]
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UltimateBet Begins World Series of Poker Qualifiers
Ten cents. That’s all you need to enter UltimateBet’s Step 1 qualifier to the World Series of Poker main event. The popular online poker site recently announced that it has begun running WSOP satellites, one of the first of the major poker sites to start qualifiers for the main event, which will commence at the […]
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Boylepoker Sponsors Poker for the Homeless Event
Boylepoker.com has announced details of its upcoming March Madness weekend in Dublin aimed at raising money for the Poker for the Homeless fundraising team from March 27 to 29 at the city’s famous Jackpot Club. The festival kicks off on Friday night with a €100 + €10 no-limit hold’em freezeout where the registration fee and […]
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ElkY Going Strong at WPT L.A. Poker Classic
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier from France is fifth in chips at the end of day 2 of the $10,000 buy in World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic. Just 170 players remain from the 412 which started day 2 at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Sixty-tree players will cash in the event. Card Player European Player […]
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DevilfishPoker Revenue and KPI's Show Strong Growth
Devilfish Gaming Plc, owner of DevilfishPoker.com, today announced its interim results for the second half of 2008 showing strong growth in poker revenue, yield per active player, and user sign ups. The company, which is quoted on the London PLUS market and launched on the Entraction network in May 2008, said daily poker revenues were […]
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Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies Launches PowerPoker
Twenty-six year old online poker legend Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies from Helsinki, Finland is the new face of recently launched online poker site PowerPoker.com. The site, which was started by a group of poker pros and marketing experts, will see Sahamies play at lower and mid levels, dropping down from the nose bleed stakes online poker […]
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WPT — L.A. Poker Classic Day 2
Day 2 of the L.A. Poker Classic is officially in the books. Play continued at its original rapid pace, and among the total of 412 players who survived the first day, only about 170 of them remained by the end of level 11. Only 63 players will get paid, so two-thirds of the room will […]
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Jens Kyllonen is Champion of EPT Copenhagen
After five days of fast and furious poker, the final of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open wrapped up in a style quite like the rest of the week – quick, aggressive, and jaw-dropping. 462 players turned out for the event, all seeking the €878,057 top prize, and the starting days saw fields filled […]
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Jens Kyllonen is Winner of EPT Copenhagen
After five days of poker fuelled madness, the final of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open wrapped up in a calm, cool, and collected fashion. The players were friendly with each other but their game was cold and fast. 462 turned out for the event including many of the most notable pros, all seeking […]
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WPT — L.A. Poker Classic Day 1
Day 1 at the 2009 World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship of the L.A. Poker Classic began promptly at noon today, and the tournament room at Commerce Casino was packed full. It was so full, in fact, that the tournament field had to play in the overflow area outside in a tent. The players […]
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Vivek Rajkumar Wins L.A. Poker Classic Heads Up Championship
The 2009 L.A. Poker Classic Heads Up Championship was a resounding success, not only for the players happy with the unique double-elimination format, but for the fans watching from the rail as well. The three-day event saw hundreds of matches come and go before its conclusion, assuring that each skilled player would receive their shot […]
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European Poker Tour Copenhagen Day 3 Recap
Day 3 got off to a flying start with bust outs a aplenty and all eyes firmly glued to the action at the feature table. This table held a lethal concoction of notable pros such as Roberto Romanello, Andrea Benelli, Thor Hansen, Jonas Klausen, and Rasmus Nielsen. Tore Lagerborg was the first casualty of the […]
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European Poker Tour Copenhagen Day 3 Update
Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open came with a task, and that was to turn 40 players into 8. It seemed no problem at first when players rapidly dropped one by one, but as the day progressed and the final table bubble loomed, the pace came to a screeching hault. The […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Feb. 14 – 20
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 […]
