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European Poker Tour Prague Day 1A Recap
Day 1a of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague attracted 272 players paying €5,000 + €250 but by the end of the day over two-thirds of the field would have fallen on their swords. Some of the notables who took to the felt were Alain Roy, Luca Pagano, Marcin Horecki, Christoffer Hansen, Johannes Strassmann, Gino […]
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European Poker Tour Prague Day 1A Update
Day 1a of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague attracted 272 players paying €5,000 + €250 but by the end of the day over two-thirds of the field would have fallen on their swords. Some of the notables who took to the felt were Alain Roy, Luca Pagano, Marcin Horecki, Christoffer Hansen, Johannes Strassmann, Gino […]
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World Series of Poker Might Not Have Rebuy Events in 2009
Rebuy events at the World Series of Poker might be on their way out. WSOP Communications Director Seth Palanksy has confirmed that organizers of the World Series are considering the possibility of getting rid of rebuy events in 2009 based on some concerns voiced by players. “There is a movement to not have any rebuy […]
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High Stakes Poker Announces Lineup
High Stakes Poker has just announced its lineup of stars and professionals for its fifth season, and it’s sure to generate excitement as the list includes some of the most well-known poker players in the world, as well as the top two finishers of the 2008 main event. World champions Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson […]
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Poker Players Alliance Spreading Word Through Ad Campaign
The Poker Players Alliance is launching an ad campaign directed at those who work on Capitol Hill to encourage federal online poker regulation. This week, ads will appear in the three Capitol Hill publications Roll Call, The Politico, and The Hill urging readers to look at online poker regulation as a solution to the problems […]
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SpadeClub Poker's Biggest Winner to Date
SpadeClub.com, the total poker experience, offers more than 2,500 tournaments and $100,000 awarded every month, all for just $19.99 a month. No entry fees, no deposits, no risk. Find out more. Ken “Handbone” Meyer is SpadeClub’s biggest winner of prizes and promotions to date after winning a $12,000 World Series prize package and the first […]
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LAPT — Nuevo Vallarta Event Will Continue on PokerStars.net
PokerStars announced today that they will hold a freeroll for the final 89 players who still had chips remaining when Mexican gaming officials shut down the $2,500 no-limit hold’em Latin American Poker Tour main event in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, on Saturday, Dec. 6. The freeroll will be held on PokerStars.net, and the players will begin […]
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A Poker Life — November Nine's Craig Marquis
Under the bright lights in Rio’s famed Penn & Teller Theater, 23-year-old Craig Marquis sits at the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker main event. Leading up to this point, Marquis played seven grueling days to wade through the 6,844-player field to get down to the November Nine and had endured 117 […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour 2009 Schedule Released
The BlueSqPoker.com Grosvenor UK Poker Tour has announced the dates and venues of the tour for its third season starting January 2009. The sponsor is adding £150,000 to the tour next year which will see the return of the Cardiff leg, the first Scottish leg (Aberdeen), two online festivals, a mini-GUKPT summer series for those […]
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PartyPoker Women's World Open on TV Tomorrow Night
The PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open II begins its broadcast run on Channel 5 in the UK tomorrow night (Wed. Dec.10/Thurs. Dec. 11) at 00:05 a.m. The event saw 36 players stump up the $3,000 buy in with the eventual winner taking $50,000 from the $108,000 prize pool. Notable participants include defending champion Beverly Pace, Card […]
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European Poker Tour Prague Starts Today
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague main event starts today in the Hilton Hotel Casino in the Czech capital. The €5,000 + €250 freezout main event runs until Dec. 13 including two starting days, with each day officially starting at 12 p.m. (local time). Blinds begin at 25/50 and players start out with 10,000 chips. […]
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Win Your Way In Cheap With Bellagio Satellites
One of the many reasons why poker tournaments are so endearing to the general public is because anybody, regardless of skill level, can be a part of it. You can’t walk onto the court with Kobe, or line up along side Peyton, but as long as you can come up with the buy-in, you can […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Allen Bari
Allen Bari has cashed 17 times playing tournament poker this year, including a big tournament win at the 2008 Borgata Summer Open, where he defeated Vinny Pahuja heads-up in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship event to win $500,000 in prize money. He has appeared at four final tables and won two tournaments during his successful […]
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European Poker Tour Prague Stop Begins Tomorrow
The second stop ever in the Czech Republic capital city of Prague on the PokerStars European Poker Tour begins tomorrow at noon CET (3 a.m. PST). The €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event will play down to one champion over the course of four tournament days that will take place from Dec. 9-13. The Prague stop […]
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APPT — Martin Rowe Wins Sydney Grand Final
The final event on season two of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour ended on Sunday, Dec. 7, when Martin Rowe won the $6,000 AUD APPT Grand Final in Sydney, Australia. The local Aussie topped a field of 477 players during four days of poker, and he walked away with a first-place prize worth $1 […]
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Hard Rock Hosts Mindy Trinidad Memorial Poker Tournament
Mindy Trinidad strolled to the poker table, poker chips in one hand, a martini in the other. She sat down and starting quizzing the other players at the table, wanting to know where everyone was from and what they did. Jo Ann Bryan remembers being one of those players who was trying to focus on […]
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Online Poker — Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin Wins at Full Tilt
Sunday was kind to many of the top pros across the various sites, as the notables were able to score big payday after big payday. Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin, an online player who frequents the live-tournament scene, was able to score the top prize at Full Tilt by taking down the $750,000 guarantee. He was joined […]
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LAPT — Nuevo Vallarta Poker Event Cancelled After Starting
Local gaming officials decided to stop day 1 of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Nuevo Vallarta event during the ninth level of play at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5. The officials were present at the tournament observing things for most of the day before they decided to stop the proceedings. When the officials […]
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The Art of the Chop — Poker Negotiations
A lot is written about poker strategy. How to play the turn, when you should slow-play, playing on the bubble of a tournament — the list goes on. But shockingly little is written about chopping at final tables, an intense few minutes of negotiation that often leads to the gain — or loss — of […]
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Eoghan "Intruder123" O'Dea Wins ECOOP Main Event
Eoghan “Intruder123” O’Dea, son of Irish World Series of Poker bracelet winner Donnacha O’Dea, has won the European Championship of Online Poker playing at PaddyPowerPoker.com. The young Irishman, who will play the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII semi-final later this week, topped a field of 1,283 players who had each paid $1,060 to play the prestigious […]
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Poker Player Loses Business with Soccer Pro
Former poker pro Tony Chessa has closed his Scottish nightclub Oxygen after it failed to draw enough punters to stay solvent. Chessa, who recruited Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor as an investor, is now broke and back at home living with his parents according to the Daily Record. “The keys were handed back and we drew […]
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Alan Vinson Wins GCBPT Grand Final
English veteran “Tall” Alan Vinson has won the Gala Casinos British Poker Tour Grand Final beating Rob Akery heads up to lift the title, won last year by Joe Beevers, the £83,000 top prize and a World Series of Poker main event 2009 package. Akery was chip leader going into the heads up game but […]
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Local Man Wins APPT Sydney
Martin Rowe, 34, from Sydney, won the PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour, Sydney yesterday taking down the AUD$1 Million top prize for beating 476 opponents. “I cannot believe I have won tonight,” said the overwhelmed Sydneysider. “I felt on edge but not out of control the entire tournament and now to have the title I […]
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Finland Beats Sweden in Pokerfinnkampen
Finland beat Sweden at the weekend in the annual Pokerfinnkampen tournament held in Tallinn, Estonia despite being outnumbers at the final table 2-1. The event saw 55 Finns and 45 Swedes take to the felt and four Swedes and two Finns make the final table. The eventual victor was Antti Lehtinen from Finland who won […]
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Ladbrokes Poker Million Betting Market Open
The Ladbrokes Poker Million VII betting market has been formed by the sponsor with World Series of Poker pot-limit Omaha world champion Marty Smyth currently the clear 7/1 favourite. He is followed by Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott at 8/1 and Jonas Danielsson at 9/1. The event, which is at the semi-final stage with 16 players left, […]
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Ash Hussain is GUKPT Champion of Champions
Ash Hussain became the BluesSqPoker.com Grosvenor UK Poker Tour champion of champions at the weekend topping the 93-strong field who had won their way into the £75,000 freeroll by winning a GUKPT event over the last year. Hussain collected £20,000 for his win at the G Casino, Luton having seen the payout structure voted for […]
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Next Bodog Pro Bowl in Paradise Poker Tournament Today
The 12th event in the Card Player-exclusive Pro Bowl in Paradise tournament series, which takes place on Bodog, is being held today at 3:05 p.m. ET. The event will feature an added seat in the Bodog Sunday $100,000-guaranteed tournament (worth $109) for the winner. The Pro Bowl in Paradise is a series of 26 events, […]
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Card Player Updating Live From Five-Diamond World Poker Classic
It’s that quiet time of the season as we wrap up the year and bring on the next. The Card Player Player of the Year race is all but locked up for only a select few contenders and the rest of the poker world gears up for their final shot at glory. We know that […]
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This Week in Poker — Tournament News Nov. 29-Dec. 4
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 Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier — 5,410 David “The Dragon” Pham — 5,222 Ivan Demidov — 4,940 Erik Seidel — 4,754 Michael Binger — 4,416 David […]
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Poker Pro David Benefield Visits 'The Scoop'
At 23, David Benefield has already established himself as one of the greats at the high-limits cash games. He sits down with Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez on Card Player TV for this week’s edition of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker). The popular blogger and player discusses his tournament ambitions, the differences between […]
