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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Dec. 13-19
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrapup 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 Michael Binger — 4,416 David […]
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Marty Smyth is European Poker Awards Double Nominee
Marty Smyth has been doing Ireland proud on the poker scene this year. With over $2.6 million in his poker account from 2008 tournaments, he is the pot-limit Omaha world champion, the World Open winner, and the Poker Million king. It’s not surprising then that the BoylePoker.com sponsored pro has been nominated for two awards […]
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WPT — Day 5 of the Doyle Brunson Classic Championship
The final table is set at the 2008 Doyle Brunson Classic Championships. The remaining six players feature two young online pros, three frequent WPT final tablists and even a member of the WSOP November Nine. Surprisingly, the action never hit a wall and the players busted out of the tournament at a rapid rate. That […]
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Valley View Casino brings Dealerless Poker to San Diego
Valley View Casino in San Diego opens the first automated poker room in San Diego County tomorrow as part of its 25,000-square-foot casino expansion. Six PokerPro tables are installed and ready to go. “Our job at Valley View Casino is to offer games and services to our guests that are fun, exciting, and cutting-edge,” said […]
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Mike 'SirWatts' Watson Hosts This Week's Free Poker Video
Mike “SirWatts” Watson is the host of this week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). For this clip, Watson walks the viewer through his thought process step by step in a big hand he played in a pot-limit Omaha cash game. This video, as well as three additional […]
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PartyPoker.com Canadian Poker Tour Qualifiers
The finals of the Canadian Poker Tour roll into the Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic from Jan. 20 to 22, 2009 and PartyPoker.com are hosting qualifiers for the event from as little as $2. Packages for $8,500 are up for grabs and the winner for the tournament, expected to have a $500,000 prize pool, and the […]
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European Masters of Poker Tour Starts February
The Entraction network, which hosts online poker rooms such as DevilfishPoker.com, has announced a five-stop live series from February to September 2009. The European Poker Masters kicks off in Tallinn, Estonia from Feb. 22 to 29, 2009 then passes through Czech Republic, Spain, Cyprus before fetching up at the Casino di Venezia, Malta in September. […]
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WPT — Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 4
At the beginning of day 4 at the 2008 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship, 55 players remained in contention for the $1,538,730 first-place prize. By the end of the night, the tournament field had been sliced down to the true contenders in the tournament. Eighteen of them will return at noon tomorrow to […]
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WSOP Circuit — Brent Roberts Wins Harrah's Atlantic City Stop
The $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah’s Atlantic City concluded on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Brent Roberts won the final WSOP Circuit event in 2008, and he took home a first-place prize worth $280,040. The tournament attracted 179 entrants and created a total prize pool worth $867,100. […]
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Automated Poker Tables Head to Boomtown Bossier City
Automated poker tables are heading to the Gulf Coast, as PokerTek installed four of its PokerPro tables at Boomtown Casino and Hotel in Bossier City, Louisiana. The company also recently installed two table at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino in the Caribbean. This year, PokerTek expanded operations to Montreal, Las Vegas, […]
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Poker Stars Looks to Break Record with Dec. 28 Tourney
Brace yourselves. PokerStars has shocked the poker community many times over this past year with some incredible tournament fields and some impressive prize pools, most notably with its $11 buy-in events. Last Sunday, its Sunday Two Hundred Grand tournament featured 25,000 entrants, with $25,000 going to the overall winner. Not bad for an $11 investment. […]
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Study Finds Danes are Best Poker Players
Research published today in the January 2009 issue of Card Player Poker + Sport has confirmed that Denmark is the most successful poker playing nation on earth. One week in November confirmed this unequivocally when three Danish poker players cleared $10 million in tournament prize money: 22-year-old Peter Eastgate won the World Series of Poker […]
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John Phan Wins the 2008 Card Player Player of the Year Award
With the elimination of Michael Binger in 67th place at the World Poker Tour $15,000 Doyle Brunson Classic Championship on Tuesday, Dec. 16, John Phan clinched the 2008 Card Player Player of the Year title. This is the first time that Phan has won the POY award, and he joins a fraternity of players that […]
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WPT — Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 3
One day after the snowfall settled upon the mountains surrounding Las Vegas, the Card Player Player of the Year race was settled, as well. When day 2 ended at the Doyle Brunson Classic Championship, there was only one threat remaining to John Phan and his POY run. Michael Binger, sitting with 67,000 to start the […]
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Bodog Poker Pro Bowl in Paradise Series Now Open to All
Bodog’s Pro Bowl in Paradise tournament series (a Card Player-exclusive event) is now open to everyone. There are 12 events remaining in the series, so there is plenty of time for players to qualify for the series’ grand prize — a VIP trip to Hawaii to watch football’s Pro Bowl live. Your next chance to […]
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Party Poker Founder Pleads Guilty in New York
A co-founder of PartyGaming and its largest shareholder pleaded guilty to illegal Internet gambling and was fined $300 million today, and he agreed to cooperate fully with authorities as the investigation continues. According to Bloomberg, Anurag Dikshit pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Wire Act. Dikshit, 37, also faces a maximum sentence of […]
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Binion's New Poker Room Combines History and Elegance
Binion’s Gambling Hall and Casino proudly boasts that it is “the place that made poker famous.” That is written on the homepage of Binion’s website. All receptionists at the casino answer their telephone calls with the catch phrase. Well, now “the place that make poker famous” has a new poker room that brings together the […]
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California Poker Holds Strong in 2008
Las Vegas might be the city most associated with poker, but California continues to be the state that features the most games. The Golden State has nearly double the number of poker tables as Nevada (1,700 tables compared to 907), and poker room managers are reporting that 2008 revenue is pretty similar to last year, […]
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Norwegian Online Poker Ban Likely by Mid-2009
Members of the Norwegian Parliment last week backed plans to prevent Norwegian banks from processing financial transactions from offshore gaming operators including online poker companies according to a report on GamblingCompliance.com The report suggest that the ban will likely come into force in mid-2009 and banks are likely to continue lobbying for, what the reoprt […]
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PartyGaming Criminal Plea in U.S. "Unlikely"
PartyGaming, the Gibraltar-based parent of PartyPoker.com today issued a statement in response to reports in the Financial Times that its co-founder Anurag Dikshit had agreed to pay U.S. authorities $300 million and plead guilty to a charge of illegal gambling. Dikshit, who still has a 27 percent stake in PartyGaming, was a prime mover in […]
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PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship 2009
The PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship kicks off in the Radisson SAS Hotel in Galway, Ireland on Jan. 2 and will run until Jan. 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. The Irish Poker Championship Tour League leader board which […]
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WPT — Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 2
Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship was the final day of major tournament poker for a lot of players in 2008. The day began with a field of 376 who had survived from day 1A and 1B flights, but by the end of play, only 139 remained. The field shrank […]
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Poker Industry Happenings — Dec. 15, 2008
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 It is time to take your poker game to the next level, and Ocean’s Eleven Casino can help you do that — for free. The casino now features advanced poker […]
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Kentucky Appeals Panel Hears Oral Arguments
A Kentucky appeals panel heard oral arguments Friday from lawyers representing several online gambling companies and two online trade groups as Kentucky’s attempt to seize 141 domain names used for both gambling and online poker continues. Kentucky is trying to stop its residents from gambling online by using a law that allows Commonwealth authorities to […]
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Las Vegas Casinos Look Forward to New Year
Needless to say, it hasn’t been a great year for the Las Vegas economy. Of course, it hasn’t been a great financial year for many, but Sin City has been hit particularly hard. With unemployment on the rise and discretionary spending in decline, there are fewer people trekking out to the desert to get their […]
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WPT — Card Player POY Race Chase Down to Six Players at Bellagio
Card Player Player of the Year Breakdown POY Points awarded for $15,000 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship 1st: 2,400 2nd: 2,000 3rd: 1,600 4th: 1,200 5th: 1,000 6th: 800 Current POY Leader: John Phan — 6,704 POY Contenders (place they need to finish to catch Phan) David "The Dragon" Pham: 6,022 — points […]
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Online Poker — Big Sunday Tournament Recap
With only three weeks remaining in Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race, the opportunities to catch runaway leader Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis are slipping further and further away. At this point in the year, it would take a major Sunday victory by someone in the top 10 in order to catch him. Read the […]
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BoylePoker Dishes Out Max in Marty Smyth Freeroll
The Marty Smyth freeroll on BoylePoker.com took place on Dec. 11 offering online players the chance to win five percent of whatever Smyth took home from the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII. This meant that the top prize could be anything up to $50,000, depending on how well the Irish World Series bracelet holder did. Smyth […]
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€250,000 Christmas Guarantees at DevilfishPoker
Poker players are being given the chance to win the Devilfish’s chips this Christmas at DevilfishPoker.com As part of its Christmas festival of online poker the company will be giving away18 exclusive limited-edition casino-grade Devilfish chip sets on top of two €1,000 added tournaments and over €250,000 in guaranteed prize money. The poker party starts […]
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WPT — Doyle Brunson Classic Championship Day 1B
Two months ago, Bellagio hosted the WPT Festa al Lago with a new $15,000 buy in. Although the championship event was considered a success, many in the industry noticed the sluggish turnout. Fast forward to December, and the economy is still in a funk, but the poker community may be seeing signs of a small […]
