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Venetian Releases April's Deep Stack Poker Schedule
Before its February Deep Stack Extravaganza series has even kicked off, the Venetian has released the schedule of its April version of the popular tournament series. Deep Stack Extravaganza II will run April 1-25, with 24 events ranging from $330 to $2,500. Like previous series, the vast majority of the events will be $330 no-limit […]
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Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 1B
Tournament officials predicted a small increase in turnout for day 1B of the Borgata Winter Poker Open, but instead they got a field much larger than anyone anticipated. A total of 579 players showed up for the second starting day, bringing the overall field number to 1,017. In all, the final prize pool came to […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Stewart Scott
At the beginning of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship $10,500 no-limit hold’em main event Joe Hachem issued a challenge. The challenge went out to all of his fellow Aussies in attendance for one of them to win the tournament, seeing as no Australian had ever accomplished the feat. One player in the room took […]
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New Online "Poker Controller" Launched
Poker Controls, a UK based developer and manufacturer of dedicated online poker tools is today launching its new Poker Controller at the ICE Gaming Exposition in London. The slick new wireless gizmo is designed to help players play faster, more accurately, and more efficiently with function-specific and customisable buttons for multi-tabling. Poker Controls says the […]
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European Masters of Poker at DevilfishPoker.com
DevilfishPoker.com today launched its satellites to the new European Masters of Poker tour where players can win €1,600 packages and shoot for estimated €100,000 top prizes in Estonia, Cyprus, Spain, Czech Republic, and Malta this year. The first stop is Tallin, Estonia from Feb. 22 to 26 which hosts the €1,000+100 main event which will […]
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Play Darts Legend Phil Taylor at Boylepoker.com
Boylepoker.com is holding a $10 bounty tomorrow night Wednesday Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. GMT to kick off its parent company, Boylesports.com sponsorship of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts. The impressive line-up of bounties, each with $100 on their heads, features some of the biggest names ever to take to the oche including […]
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American Poker Players Can Now Play at DoylesRoom
DoylesRoom e-mailed its customers two weeks ago telling them that “big changes” were just around the corner. Today, the poker site has announced that it has moved to the Cake Poker Network and that it will start accepting American players again. DoylesRoom used to cater to American players when it was part of the MicroGaming […]
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Online Poker — Jordan Morgan Goes Deep at Full Tilt
It was a huge Sunday for online poker, and many tournaments that normally require overlays were able to dig themselves out of the hole. While the big guarantees continued to do their thing, it was the smaller tournaments and venues that really benefitted and were able to thrive with larger-than-normal payouts and prize pools. Among […]
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Tom 'LearnedfromTV' Chambers Hosts Free Poker Training Video
Tom “LearnedfromTV” Chambers is the host of this week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). In this video, Chambers plays four tables of $2-$4 pot-limit Omaha and analyzes his play as he goes. This video, as well as three additional free clips by other instructors, is currently available […]
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2009 World Series of Poker Schedule Released
The final-table delay is back. There will be no rebuys. There will be a $40,000-to-enter no-limit holdem event. There will be more bracelet events than ever. Those are the highlighted cliff notes for the 2009 World Series of Poker schedule, which was released this morning. There will be 57 gold bracelets awarded this summer — […]
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Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 1A
The World Poker Tour may have abandoned the Borgata and this year’s Winter Poker Open, but the players certainly have not. With the down economy, Tournament Director Tab Duchateau and his staff made the decision to lower the main event buy-in to $3,000. So far, with day 1A in the books, the players have responded […]
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Ladbrokes Poker Hosts Easter Poker Festival, Brighton
Ladbrokespoker.com today announced its Easter Rendezvous Festival taking place at the Rendezvous Casino, Brighton Marina from April 6 to 13, 2009, the centerpiece of which will be the estimated £100,000 prize pool main event. The online poker site is bringing significant value to the festival with £20,000 added: five $5,000 Las Vegas packages added to […]
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Chat Show Titan Launches International Team Poker
Legendary U.S. talk show host and poker lover Montel Williams is developing a new TV show — International Team Poker League — which will be broadcast around the globe from November 2009. The new format will be a mixture of poker and reality TV show and satellites are set to begin in March 2009 though […]
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Microgaming Poker Network Loses Doyle's Room
Doyle’s Room, the well-know online poker room fronted by living legend Doyle Brunson, is leaving the Microgaming Poker Network and moving to the Cake Poker Network which allows U.S. players. Microgaming, to which Doyle’s Room moved in 2007 after the Tribeca network was wound up, stopped accepting U.S. players from 13 states last year and […]
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Aussie Millions — Million Dollar Cash Game Recap
There are only a few people in the world who have enough money in their bankroll to support a cash-game buy-in of $1 million. In Australia on Sunday, Jan. 25, there were just two such players. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius faced off in the Million Dollar Cash Game at the 2009 Aussie Millions […]
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German Wins €851,400 at European Poker Tour Deauville
Moritz Kranich took down the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville yesterday topping the field of 645 players in the €5,000 buy in main event to collect the top prize of €851,400. The young German qualified on PokerStars.com and his largest victory previously was a $77,000 third place in the $1,050 World Championship of Online Poker […]
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Moritz Kranich Wins European Poker Tour Deauville
Moritz Kranich has won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville, beating 644 opponents in the €5,000 buy-in main event to collect the top prize of €851,400. The 28-year-old qualified on PokerStars.com, and his previous best result was a $77,000 third-place finish in the $1,050 World Championship of Online Poker Second Chance event. At the start […]
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Online Poker — Interview With Steve 'gboro780' Gross
Steve "gboro780" Gross is the consummate online tournament grinder. His success is directly associated with the time and volume he puts into playing, and ultimately winning. Until recently, he had yet to add a six-figure score to his résumé, so when it is pointed out that he has over $2 million in online winnings, you […]
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Aussie Millions — Stewart Scott Wins the 2009 Main Event
The final table at the 2009 Aussie Milions Poker Champioinship $10,500 AUD no-limit hold’em main event began today at 12:30 p.m. and eight players returned to stake their claim at a first-place prize worth $2,000,000 AUD. Barny Boatman was joined by a group of relative unknowns to start the day, and the final table was […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 3 News
The €5,000 buy in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville played down to its final table of eight yesterday as 39 players bit the dust including Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Ivo Donev, and Michel Abecassis falling by the wayside during play. The final table consists of: Tristan Clemencon (France) — 1,731,000 Moritz Kranich (Germany) —1,434,000 Andrea Benelli […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 3 Update
Day 3 of the €5,000 buy in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville saw 47 players work their way down to a final table of 8 with players of the caliber of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Ivo Donev, and Michel Abecassis falling by the wayside during play. Ulliott’s tournament life came to an end when his A-9 […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Jan. 17-23
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: Allen Casrter — 1,680 5: Alexandre Gomes — 1,500 6: Bobby Suer — 1,400 […]
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Tom McEvoy: Johnny Chan was the Big Winner in 1983 WSOP
In Part 2 of his two-part interview on Card Player TV’s The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt), 1983 World Champ Tom McEvoy shares the circumstances surrounding his main-event win and a host of other topics with the show’s hosts, Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez. McEvoy explains how poker Hall of Famer Johnny Chan was the […]
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Charity Poker Tournament Assists Global Warming Efforts
What do professional snowboarders and professional poker players have in common? They’ll both be hanging out at Hard Rock on Tuesday, doing their part for charity. The Hard Rock poker room is hosting a charity poker tournament on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. to benefit Protect Our Winters, a non-profit organization “dedicated to reversing […]
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Online Poker — OPOY Update Jan. 23, 2009
It’s been almost a month now since Card Player’s 2009 Online Player of the Year race has begun. The notables had trouble establishing a pace due to the monstrosity that was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, but now that the live tournaments have taken a back seat to the grind that is online poker, players have […]
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Aussie Millions — Main Event Day 4
Day 4 at the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship $10,500 AUD no-limit hold’em main event turned into a long, slow crawl to the final table, and the end of the night did not come until 2 a.m. The early going was very tough on the professionals left in the field, and with the elimination of […]
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LAPT — Fabian Ortiz Wins Chile Event
Fabian Ortiz made history when he won the $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event at the Latin American Poker Tour stop in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Thursday. He became the first Latin American player to win an LAPT title. He took home $141,426 in prize money for topping a field of 215 players. Ortiz emerged […]
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Poker Legend Amarillo Slim Beaten and Robbed
Texas poker legend Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston has been beaten and robbed while trying to secure collateral on an unpaid debt according to Associated Press. The 80-year-old was lured to a field on the pretence of retrieving a four-wheel drive vehicle in lieu of a $3,000 gambling debt when he was assaulted receiving a broken […]
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European Poker Tour Deauville Day 2 News
Of the 248 players who started the day at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Deauville only 47 remain after a day of fast and furious play which saw 64 make the money. Exits during the day included Euro Finals of Poker runner up Roger Hairabedian, Mats Iremark, Vanessa Rousso, Matthew Marafioti Ludovic Lacay, Gino Alacqua, Stuart […]
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Englishman Wins Aussie Million Heads-Up Event
Former World Series of Poker Europe runner up John Tabatabai defeated Alec Torelli in the finals of the $5,300 no-limit hold’em heads-up championship at the Aussie Million to win $100,000 AUD and an gold ring. The final hand came down to a preflop showdown that pitted Tabatabai’s A7 against the K10 of a short-stacked Torelli. […]
