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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Dec. 27 – Jan. 2
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 Final 2008 POY Standings: John Phan — 6,704 David “The Dragon” Pham — 6,022 Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier — 5,510 Ivan Demidov — 4,940 Erik Seidel — 4,754 David Benyamine — […]
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EPT — PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Begins
One of the largest events of the year will kick off major tournament poker in 2009 when the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event begins on Monday, Jan. 5 at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. This will be the fifth year for this destination tournament, and it also marks the second time […]
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"ElkY" Wins European Player of the Year 2008
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier is the Card Player European Player of the Year 2008. The Frenchman, who now calls London, England home, made six major final tables during 2008 including memorable victories at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January and World Poker Tour Festa Al Lago Classic in October. He wrestled the title from 2007 winner […]
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Irish Poker Championship Gets Underway Today
The PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship is due to set the poker ball rolling for the new year, and it will play out in the Radisson SAS Hotel in Galway, Ireland from Jan. 2-5. The €2,000 buy-in will see many well-known names participating including Donnacha O’Dea, Marty Smyth, Padraig Parkinson, Ciaran O’ Leary, and Andy Black. […]
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This Week in Poker -- Dec. 26-Jan. 1
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 Final 2009 POY Standings 1: Eric Baldwin (pictured right) Points: 6,994 Cashes: 17 POY Money Won: $1,494,494 Final Tables: 17 Tournament Wins: 4 Average Money Won per POY Cash: $87,911 […]
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London's Famous Hippodrome to Get Poker Room
London’s iconic Hippodrome building in Leicester Square is to become a casino complete with poker room according to a report in the Guardian newspaper on Tuesday. The £8 million plan by Hippodrome Casinos has received full planning permission and the company won an appeal in the high court which challenged the decision. The venue, which […]
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Greek Poker Tour Set for Austria This Month
The second season of the Greek Poker Tour has been announced with the Concord Card Casino in Vienna, Austria the venue for the €500 + €50 buy-in main event on January 30 and February 1 2009. Season one saw over €200,000 in prize money given away and the main event this year will have a […]
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Tournament Trail POY Q and A — Michael Binger
Michael Binger cashed an astounding 21 times in 2008, at poker tournaments on three different continents. He found early success at the Aussie Millions, where he cashed twice, and then he returned to the United States and traveled the tournament trail. Binger had a lot of success in preliminary events in 2008, winning tournaments at […]
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Poker Industry Happenings — Jan. 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 Ocean’s Eleven Casino continued its tradition of generosity this past holiday season, as the casino’s managers, employees, and patrons donated their time and money to help out the less fortunate […]
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Tournament Trail POY Q and A — David Benyamine
David Benyamine is a true triple threat in the poker world, one of the few. He can take your entire bankroll in Bobby’s Room, at a high-stakes cash game, or at one of the $10,000 no-limit hold’em events he plays in all over the world. Benyamine added a large chunk of tournament success to his […]
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New Year's Eve Poker Action
New Year’s Eve sees plenty of poker offerings for those in search of a game before the clock strikes 12. PaddyPowerPoker.com‘s “12 Days of Christmas” continues to give away prizes and cash until Jan. 5, 2009. This evening at 8 p.m. a $5 + 50c no-limit hold’em speed rebuy kicks off, with $250 and a […]
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Tournament Trail POY Q and A — Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel won his first World Poker Tour title in 2008. He defeated a field of 346 players to walk away with $992,890, the largest win of his career at the Foxwoods Poker Classic. The second largest single cash of Seidel’s storied career also came in 2008, when he finished runner-up to Alexander Kostritsyn at […]
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Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure Will Be Televised on GSN
As if playing poker in the Bahamas was not enough of an incentive, PokerStars has confirmed that its PCA event will be televised on Game Show Network. Matt Clark, a representative for the online site, confirmed to Card Player that PokerStars has reached an agreement with GSN to air the tournament, with the premiere date […]
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World Records Smashed at PokerStars.com
Sunday, Dec. 28, saw numerous records smashed at PokerStars.com for World Record Week. Firstly, it set the Guinness World Record for the “Largest Online Poker Tournament” when 35,000 players paid $11 to participate in a $500,000 guaranteed tournament. Play ran for more than nine-and-a-half hours and a record 8,750 players made the money. “Stan34powa” was […]
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Tournament Trail POY Q and A — Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov accomplished the most impressive poker feat of 2008 on his way to finishing in fourth place in the Card Player Player of the Year race. He made the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship main event in July, and he also made the final table […]
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Bellagio Hosts New Year's Day and Eve Poker Tournaments
Did you have a miserable year in terms of poker, seeing all of your premiere hands waste away on the river? Maybe you had an amazing 2008, raking in pots wherever you went. Well, either way, you can either end your 2008 on a grand note or start your 2009 in spectacular fashion with two […]
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Poker After Dark's Fifth Season Debuts Tonight
The fifth season of NBC’s Poker After Dark will debut tonight at its normal late-night time (2:05 a.m.) with a special cast of characters who came oh-so-close to winning the big one. “Basically, we’re going to have 16 new episodes that will be spread out in 2009,” said executive producer, Mori Eskandani. This first three […]
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Online Poker -- PokerStars Sets Guinness World Record
PokerStars is now home to the largest online poker tournament in history thanks to Sunday’s record-breaking no-limit hold’em contest. The tournament was the culmination of their World Record Weekend promotion and saw an astounding 35,000 entrants put up the $10+$1 buy-in to be a part of history. If that wasn’t enough, PokerStars was kind enough […]
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Online Poker — PokerStars Has Huge Weekend With Big Payouts
The last weekend before the new year was also a record setting one. While PokerStars attempted to host the largest online tournament in history, thousands of players flooded the site, in some instances creating larger than normal prize pools. A few notables were able to claim wins on Sunday, including Dan "Lenny" Heimiller, who beat […]
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Charity Poker Events in 2009 to Benefit Paralyzed Vets
Two charity poker tournaments featuring some of the biggest names in poker and entertainment — both benefitting the Paralyzed Veterans of America — will take place early in 2009. Ben Affleck, Andy Bloch, Lee Childs, Poker Players Alliance Chairman Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Richard and Kyle Petty, Mike Sexton, and Montel Williams committed to the events, […]
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Season VII of World Poker Tour Premieres on FSN
The World Poker Tour begins its stay at another new home Jan. 4 on Fox Sports Net, when the poker show begins airing its seventh season of 26 episodes on Sunday, Jan. 4. Please check your local listings for times. The WPT is also changing its format for the new season. All final tables of […]
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Boylepoker.com Players win over $120,000
Two Boylepoker.com players recently made big scores at the site winning over $120,000 between them. John O’Shea, playing under the name “doesalrite” lifted $44,950 when he won event four at the European Championship of Online Poker and immediately followed up with a fifth place finish in event five. O’Shea finished fifth in the $2,500 event […]
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NoIQ Poker Leaves iPoker Network for Entraction
NoIQ Poker today announced its move from the iPoker network to the Entraction network which hosts poker rooms such as DevilfishPoker.com. The online poker room, which has 10,000 active players per month, was removed from the iPoker network earlier this week. "We made a thorough evaluation of several poker networks before we decided to go […]
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"Super Sunday" €250,000 at DevilfishPoker.com
DevilfishPoker.com today hosts "Super Sunday" with €250,000 in guaranteed prize pools and a special €1,000 added “Devilfish New Year Chip Race” with nine limited edition 500-piece casino-grade Devilfish chip sets for the finalists. ‘Super Sunday” sees a huge €200,000 guaranteed no-limit hold’em tournament at 8 p.m. GMT this evening followed a the pot-limit Omaha €50,000 […]
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iPoker Network Removes Two Online Poker Rooms
iPoker network today announced that NoIQ Poker and Carlos Poker will be removed from the network on January 24, 2009. No reason was given in the statement but NoIQ Poker has issued a statement to its players which says, “It’s Christmas time and we are about to close off the year, but not without some […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A Part II: Noah Boeken
One dangerously talented pro often found at various events around Europe and the States is 27 year-old Dutchman Noah Boeken. Card Player spoke to the young gent at the recent European Poker Tour in Prague, where despite feeling unwell, he remained upbeat about his game and upcoming events. Continuing on from yesterday’s Tournament Trail Part […]
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What's My Line — David 'Chino' Rheem
Every Thursday, Card Player sits down with some of the best in the game to discuss pivotal hands from the week’s biggest tournaments on the circuit. David "Chino" Rheem didn’t have much time to soak in his seventh place finish at the World Series of Poker main event. Just one month later, Rheem was back […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Dec. 20 – Dec. 26
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 POY Standings: John Phan — 6,704 David “The Dragon” Pham — 6,022 Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier — 5,510 Ivan Demidov — 4,940 Erik Seidel — 4,754 David Benyamine — 4,436 Michael […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A Part I: Noah Boeken
Noah Boeken is a familiar face on the international tournament circuit. The thing is however, he cannot be classed as just another young hot shot who shows up at numerous events guns blazing, only to bust out days before the money. The reason he can be separated from this rapidly expanding group is the list […]
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Buddhist Monks Busted Playing Poker in Korea
The Korean Times reported on Christmas Day that five Buddist monks had been apprehended for playing poker at a hotel in North Chungcheong Province. The monks, who were staying at the hotel near Mt. Songni to attend a Buddhist event, had over 9 million won in play (approx. $6,700) and according to a police source […]
