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Marty Smyth Freeroll Announced at BoylePoker.com
Boylepoker.com has announced the launch of its brand new Marty Smyth Freeroll, which will take place on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. (GMT). The $1,000 minimum freeroll offers online players the chance to win five percent of whatever Smyth takes home from the Poker Million VII. This means that the top prize could be […]
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"GoNuts" Wins Ladbrokes Poker Million Seat
The final seat for the LadbrokesPoker.com Poker Million VII has gone to online player “GoNuts”. The Norwegian, who is also the winner of the Ladbrokes Chase the Chair promotion, beat 120 players to reserve a $120,000 seat at the Poker Million VII semi-final. On Dec. 11, "GoNuts" will come up against pros such as Marty […]
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Devilfish DVD Hits the Shops
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott’s reality TV show “How to Become a Poker Millionaire” is now available on DVD. The reality show takes four losing poker players, and under the supervision of Brit poker boss Ulliott, attempts to turn their game around. Every episode waves goodbye to one hopeful, until the final two compete heads-up to claim […]
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JC Tran is PartyPoker.com Premier League Champion
JC Tran has taken down the PartyPoker.com Premier League III and the top prize of $300,000 from the $1.25 million prize pool. Tran, who seemed to easily demolish anything that came into his path, was favourite to win as he was top of the league table with three first places and two seconds in the […]
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Poker Stars Introduces Badugi
Badugi is one part razz, one part draw poker, and a whole lot of fun — depending on who you talk to. PokerStars is now offering this unique style of poker, which originated in Asia. The site is running both tournaments and sit-and-gos, although the latter is seldom attracting the higher-limits players. The more frugal […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov has accomplished what is arguably the most impressive poker feat of 2008. 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 then he also made the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe main event in October. Demidov […]
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Online Poker — Peter 'twirlpro' Turmezy Wins Sunday Million
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend gave all of the major sites a bit of a boost in traffic but couldn’t help a few tournaments from missing their guarantees. The live tournament action began to heat up at Bellagio, but most of the online community opted to stay in and grind in front of their laptops. Card […]
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APPT: Sydney Grand Final Begins Today
The second Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final will cap off the second season for this growing poker tour beginning tomorrow. The tournament will be held at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Many professional poker players will be in attendance, including Australia’s only world champion, Joe Hachem. The tournament will feature two day-one […]
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Paul Foltyn Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final
The winner of the BlueSquarePoker.com‘s 2008 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour grand final main event is Paul “BadPab” Foltyn. Foltyn overcame a field of 184 players and beat Jeff Duvall heads up to take down the £167,000 top prize. After taking all of Guy Steel’s chips and sending him packing in third place (£69,000), Foltyn, began […]
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Final Table Set in PartyPoker.com Premier League III
The final table has come to light at the PartyPoker.com Premier League III. JC Tran sits comfortably as the leader with 450,000 chips, as he prepares to vie for the $300,000 first prize. He is also the league winner with 45 points due to the three first places and two seconds he successfully gathered during […]
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T6 Poker Suspends Online Operations
Scandinavian online poker room T6 Poker has ceased operations but assures players this is a transitory move until a network change is implemented. The full statement direct from the company website reads: “Dear Players, We have an important announcement to make. We will be changing network and will be offline for a short time period […]
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PKR.com APT Pro Bounty Sees Record Turn-Out
Players were chomping at the bit to take a shot at the “Poker Pack” in an exclusive APT Pro Bounty at PKR.com. Those who did not play remained on the sidelines for all the action and took part in the live Q&A on the forums, while the record turn-out of 1,130 battled each other, as […]
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Players Criticize World Series of Poker Coverage
At 17 hours, it was the longest final table in World Series of Poker history. Thanks to some seamless editing, it was fit neatly into a two-hour time block for ESPN. Depending on whom you ask, the 2008 main event final table was either a massive failure or a huge success. Or you could ask […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Nov. 22-28
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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Regulate Online Poker Says Polish Expert
Zbigniew Macioszek, a member of the board of Casinos Poland, has told the Warsaw Business Journal that the Polish government’s restrictions on online poker are restrictive and outdated and should be reviewed and online poker made legal. "Poland did not take to craps, for example, but poker is very popular…the need for gambling is as […]
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60 Minutes to Air Segment on Online Poker Cheating Scandal
On Sunday, Nov. 30, the nation will be told about the online poker cheating scandal that rocked the poker world during this week’s broadcast of “60 Minutes.” Titled “The Cheaters,” the segment will focus on how online players uncovered cheating at UltimateBet and Absolute Poker. The story is a collaboration between “60 Minutes” reporter Steven […]
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GUKPT Grand Final Seeing Stars on Day 1b
Day 1b of BlueSquarePoker.com‘s Grosvenor UK Poker Tour grand final main event kicked off at 2 p.m. (BST) today. The £3,000 + £150 buy-in event which is taking place in the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London, saw 87 players hammered down to 23 during day 1a yesterday. Today, 97 players including alternates turned up to […]
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Progressive Movements for Online Gaming in Switzerland
The president of the Swiss Gaming Board, Benno Schneider has announced his wishes to further investigate the lifting of the ban on online gaming in Switzerland, according to Gaming Intelligence Group. Such steps would not have their complications and would not be without cost, but Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reported that Mr.Scneider felt it would be […]
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European Championship of Online Poker Heats Up
The $4,150,000 guaranteed European Championship of Online Poker III (ECOOP) presented by iPoker began on Nov. 24 and will run for 14 days with 14 fantastic events. The opening no-limit hold’em tournament was a good start to the championship with 1,420 participants. The total prize pool — $284,000 — was actually $34,000 more than what […]
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Bodog Dressing Up Thanksgiving Weekend Tourney Schedule
Bodog Poker is giving online poker players reason to be thankful this weekend with a series of special Thanksgiving online tournaments. Starting Thanksgiving Thursday, there will be a different tournament each day of the weekend featuring a different format and buy-in level, including a special qualifier for the Sunday $100,000-guaranteed tournament and the massive overlay […]
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GUKPT Grand Final Main Event Kicks Off Today
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour grand final main event sponsored by BlueSquarePoker.com began today at 2 p.m. (BST). The £3,000 + £150 buy-in four-day event is taking place in the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London, where last year’s champion Mike Ellis will attempt to defend his title. The event has two starting days of 200 […]
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Sportingbet's Poker Rake Takes a Downward Turn
Online sports betting, casino, and gaming group, Sportingbet Plc, announced its first quarter results for the three months ended Oct. 31, 2008. The generated poker rake for that period in the European region is £5.1m before bonus deductions. That figure is down 7.3 percent year on year. Amounts wagered for the quarter were £364.9m, a […]
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PartyPoker.com Premier League Heat Results: Day 3
Day 3 of PartyPoker.com Premier League III heats saw Peter Eastgate and Phil Hellmuth take revenge for their previous results by slaughtering the competition and taking down 10 points each. Heat 5 got down to the nitty gritty in no time, and J.C. Tran and Eastgate found themselves heads up with the blinds only at […]
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All Africa Poker Tournament Announced
From Feb. 26 to Mar. 1, 2009, the R3,500,000 (South African Rand) All Africa Poker Tournament (AAPT) will play out at Piggs Peak Hotel and Casino, Swaziland, South Africa. This event will see five packages to the 2009 World Series of Poker on offer, valued at R150,000. The first nine places will be paid with […]
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Play This Sunday to Win a $2,500 Satellite Seat to a 2009 Bellagio Event
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. SpadeClub is giving its Exclusive members a chance to play for a $25,000 seat in the 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT Championship event […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Will Failla
Will "The Thrill" Failla has been one of the most colorful characters on the tournament trail since he began posting consistent results in 2005. He now holds over $1 million in career tournament winnings. During his poker career, he has made apperances at a dozen final tables, and he has won four poker tournaments. Despite […]
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Casinos Cut Costs for Hotel Reservations
Try to imagine a bunch of elderly, gray-haired hotel owners doing the limbo. Now picture yourself in the room, eagerly and excitedly goading them on: “How loooow can you go?” Scary image? Perhaps. But you might feel better if you were planning on booking a room on the Las Vegas Strip in the next couple […]
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Poker Industry May Be Coming to Texas
Texas State Rep. Jose Menendez is again trying to convince his lawmaking colleagues that people have the right to play poker in a safe and protected way by introducing a bill that would bring cardrooms to the state. His bill, H.B. 222 (and also called the Poker Gaming Act of 2009), would create a poker […]
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JC Tran Sees Double in PartyPoker.com Premier League
J.C. Tran has done it again in his second successive PartyPoker.com Premier League III heat after taking down Vicky Coren heads up. The final hand that did the damage saw Tran raise with A-6 and Coren shove with K-K. An ace hit the flop and it was all over. Ten more points are now added […]
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Kevin Allen Wins Seat in Ladbrokes Poker Million
When 29-year-old Kevin Allen from Romford won the LEOCOP pot-limit event recently, he didn’t realise he also won a ticket to the invitation-only LEOCOP IV Masters on Nov. 22, and ultimately the chance to take down the Poker Million VII. This guarantees him the opportunity to play in the live final on Dec. 12 where […]
