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EPT — PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day 2
Two grueling days of competition led the way for payday at the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The large field of 1,347 somehow managed to burst the money bubble in just 10 levels, leaving many to wonder if this tournament would ever show off its brakes. The action was so fast, in fact, that one player […]
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Utah Representative Has Eyes on the World Trade Organization
A Utah lawmaker has presented a resolution that would both clarify Utah’s stance that its behind the Untied States Trade Representative’s (USTR) decision to fight the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Internet gambling and call for the USTR to publicly release all the details concerning its negotiations with the WTO. Utah is devoid of gambling, […]
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UltimateBet's Championship Poker Series Starts Friday
UltimateBet officially kicks off its third UltimateBet Online Championship on this Friday as the site hosts at least one tournament of its series every day for the next 12 days. The site has gone out of its way to attract lower-stakes players in this year’s championship. While the main UBOC schedule has events that range […]
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Poker Goes on Trial Feb. 13 in South Carolina
Friday, Feb. 13, is the day that a South Carolina judge will hear arguments that poker is more of a game of skill than luck as he considers if five men who were caught up in a poker raid should be found guilty. Last month, the defense team of the players got a victory when […]
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The Venetian Announces 2009 Poker Tournaments
The Deep Stack Extravaganza is back. The Venetian will hold four tournament series in 2009 after a very successful 2008 campaign saw hundreds of players flood the poker room with a couple hundred dollars and a dream. The first DSE series of 2009 will kick off Monday, Feb. 2, with the first of 17 $330 […]
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Card Player TV Poker Video Podcasts Now Back on iTunes
The crew at Card Player TV has been producing videos on poker strategy, the lives of poker pros, and poker news nonstop for years, and now podcast viewers can get a steady stream of CPTV videos every single day on iTunes. Whose pimped-out house will we invade next? What new poker strategy or philosophy will […]
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Dani 'Ansky' Stern Hosts This Week's Free Poker Training Video
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 discusses so-called "Hero Calls" in detail. This video, as well as three additional free clips by other instructors, is currently available on the Card Player Pro preview page. Stern […]
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Poker Stars Experiences Record Growth in 2008
There may be hundreds of online poker sites out there, but PokerStars is beginning to establish itself as online poker’s behemoth. PokerStars now has more than 35 percent of the entire market share in terms of concurrent cash players, according to PokerScout.com owner Dan Stewart. “That market share is the highest it’s ever been for […]
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PKR.com Releases Comprehensive Software Update
Leading 3-D online poker room PKR.com today announced a raft of new changes to its software with the release of “Version 1.7” of its innovative client. Over 50 changes have been made including several new features and many improvements to existing features. They include: Three new game environments — includes an Egyptian-themed poker room and […]
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PaddyPowerPoker Launches Instant Play Poker
PaddyPowerPoker.com is, as of today, the first on the iPoker network to launch Instant Play poker. This progressive software means downloads are no longer necessary, all a player needs is Internet access via a browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, and they can play wherever, whenever. Paddy Power Poker Communications Manager said, “We’re […]
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Devilfish Gets 2009 Off to Winning Start
Larger than life poker pro Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott set the side event alight at the Irish Poker Championship 2009 in Galway. The first major tournament of the year saw the DevilfishPoker.com ambassador ease his way through a field of 126 at the €750 side event to take down first place and €33,000. The table was […]
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EPT — PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day 1B
Very few poker tournaments pay out a first-place prize of $3 million. The World Series of Poker main event has accomplished this impressive feat every year since Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker won $2.5 million in 2003 and changed the course of tournament poker history forever. The World Poker Tour World Championship has accomplished this […]
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Ivey Accepts Durrrr's Poker Challenge
“Somebody’s probably going to go broke,” said Phil Ivey. “That’s a lot of money, and a lot of time.” When Phil Ivey says something is “a lot of money,” most people take notice. In what will surely become one of the most anticipated heads-up poker matches of all time, should it actually occur, Phil Ivey […]
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Cake Poker Now Counts for OPOY Standings
Starting this Sunday, Cake Poker will become the sixth poker site to be included in the Card Player Online Player of the Year standings. The top 20 finishers of the site’s big Sunday $100,000-guaranteed tournament (8 p.m. ET, $268 to enter) will earn points for the OPOY award in 2009. (Note: Only players who play […]
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Daniel Negreanu Discusses His $10 Poker Experiment
Daniel Negreanu took some time out of his stay in the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure to talk to Kristy Arnett at Card Player TV about his $10 poker experiment. “Kid Poker” has decided to challenge himself to take a $10 bankroll and raise it up to $100,000, exclusively through cash games on PokerStars. […]
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Card Player Announces Irish Open 2009 Partnership
Along with the new year comes exciting thoughts of upcoming events, and one of these is the Irish Open 2009. Due to take place at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland from April 9-13, 2009, festivities include the €3,200 + €300 main event, a two-day €1,500 + €150 no-limit hold’em freezeout, a €300 + €30 […]
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PartyGaming Sues over Empire Online Acquisition
PartyGaming Plc, the London-quoted online gaming operator which owns PartyPoker.com, today to Bloomberg news agency it was suing Livermore Investment Groups Ltd. over the 2006 acquisition of online poker site Empire Online. Livermore formerly operated as Empire Online and became an investment business after its $38 million takeover by PartyGaming. John Shepherd of PartGaming said […]
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EPT — PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day 1A
The tournament circuit offers multiple exotic locations throughout the year, but few are truly poker in paradise. The Atlantis resort in the Bahamas has become the mecca of tournament poker. For one week out of the year, players young and old escape the cold to the warm waters of the Atlantic, and when it is […]
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Hellmuth Highlights New Poker After Dark Episodes
Tonight, another new batch of Poker After Dark episodes will air on NBC at 2:05 a.m., featuring players who have a reputation for being anything but quiet. The self-proclaimed greatest player in the world, Phil Hellmuth, will take on five other vocal competitors — Todd Brunson, Phil Gordon, David Grey, Gabe Kaplan, and Cory Zeidman […]
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ESPN Airing World Series of Poker Europe
ESPN announced that it will air the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe main event starting Sunday, Feb. 1. The tournament, which attracted 362 entrants, will be aired in eight one-hour episodes. The first four episodes will be shown back to back starting at 6 p.m. ET before moving to ESPN2. Episodes will be rerun […]
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PartyPoker.com Premier League III Airs in UK Tonight
The much anticipated PartyPoker.com Premier League III starts tonight/tomorrow morning on Channel 4 in the UK at 01:35 a.m. (Monday Jan. 5/Tuesday Jan. 6). The first match features Peter Eastgate, Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott, Annette Obrestad, Roland de Wolfe, Andy Black, and JC Tran. Victoria Coren commentates with Jesse May. With the increased buy-in — $75,000 […]
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Online Poker — Tourneys Kick Off First Sunday of 2009
The first Sunday of the 2009 Card Player Online Player of the Year race kicked off yesterday, though many of the online world’s best competitors were kicking their feet up to relax at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Surprisingly, the number of laptops in the lobby was down yesterday as the players opted for the free […]
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European Poker Tour Caribbean Adventure Kicks Off
The PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure, part of the European Poker Tour, stops off at Paradise Island in the Caribbean today with a hugh field expected for the $10,000 buy-in event. Last year Frenchman Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier beat 1,135 others to lift the first prize of $2 million. The schedule for the event is: $10,000 EPT Main […]
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World's Richest Race Rake at Ladbrokespoker.com
Ladbrokespoker.com has announced the richest cash game race rake ever held with $4 million being distributed to players over four months. The top 3,000 rakers each month between January and April 2009 will share in $1 million per month. The payout’s break down as: $25,000 first prize $10,000 for a top 5 finish $5,000 for […]
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Irish Poker Championship Title Stays in Emerald Isle
The PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship,was held in the Radisson SAS hotel, Galway, Ireland from Jan. 2 to 5 and was the first major festival of 2009. The €2,000 (9 percent withheld) buy-in event attracted a score of big names on the circuit including Mike Sexton, Kenna James Donnacha O’Dea, Marty Smyth, Padraig Parkinson, Ciaran O’ […]
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Online Poker — Interview with Va Shon 'Julian Verse' Watkins
Va Shon Watkins had a monster 2008, going from relative unknown to the top of the online poker world with one of the largest scores of the year. Playing as Julian Verse on Full Tilt, Watkins tore through the FTOPS main event and steamrolled the final table to claim the outright victory, along with over […]
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Poker for the Homeless Charity Event Today
Formerly known as Simon Poker Day, the Poker for the Homeless charity event takes place this evening at the PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship event in Galway. The €330 buy in event (of which €100 goes directly to homeless charities) is generously supported by some of Europe’s top online poker rooms including PartyPoker.com , Ladbrokespoker.com, Boylepoker.com, […]
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PartyGaming Chief Predicts Online Poker Consolidation
Jim Ryan, CEO of PartyGaming has told the Financial Times there will only be five online poker operators of any consequence in the next three years and he believes PartyGaming will be one of them. “We need to retake the hill and position ourselves to be that leader again,” Ryan told the London newspaper. “Our […]
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Czech Republic Allows Online Gambling from Monday
The Czech Republic is set to legalise and regulate online gambling with five firms being granted permits to operate from January 5, 2009 according to the Prague Post. Tomáš Bahník from the Fortuna Group, which will receive a license, told the Czech newspaper, “We are sad and bitter that foreign internet betting companies are allowed […]
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Poker Tournament Trail -- 2009 POY Eric BaldwinEric Baldwin (pictured left) is the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year. He won the award with 6,994 points. He won four poker tournaments this year, including his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in event No. 34($1,500 no-limit hold’em). His most impressive accomplishment in 2009 was the fact that he made 17 […]
