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CryptoLogic Poker Network Outsourced by March 09
CryptoLogic, the Dublin-based network which hosts poker rooms such as William Hill Poker and Littlewoods Poker, has announced the development of its new growth plan and restructuring programme which is hoped to increase profitability during 2009. Through a partnership with GTECH Corporation’s International Poker Network, the plan had been to outsource its poker network in […]
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ParadisePoker Announces Five Days of Value
ParadisePoker.com has today announced five fantastic festival filled days from Jan. 19-23. There will be €30,000 worth of freerolls taking place, with cash and electronic prizes that only get bigger and better as the days proceed. Friday, Jan. 23, sees the biggest day of the festival as Paradise Poker will be doubling the prize money […]
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Dusk Till Dawn £1 Million Poker Grand Slam
The Dusk Till Dawn Club is introducing a new festival to bring some of the world’s most popular poker events to its customers’ doorstep — the £1 Million Poker Grand Slam. The Grand Slam kicks off on May 27 with its £250,000 guaranteed main event. The £1,000 + £75 buy-in no-limit hold’em freezeout will play […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Poorya Nazari
Poorya Nazari jumped to $3 million in career poker tournament winnings in a single bound on Saturday. He won the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 European Poker Tour main event, emerging from a field of 1,347 players after five days of no-limit hold’em poker. Nazari lives in Richmond Hill, in the Canadian province of Ontario, […]
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Mike Matusow's Poker Show Returns Tomorrow
After an extended period of time off for the holidays, CardPlayer TV’s The Mouthpiece will return will return tomorrow for its first episode of 2009. It will be difficult for Mike Matusow to top his success in 2008. The entertaining pro easily had one of his best years in terms of tournament poker, but he […]
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Poker Pro Shannon Shorr Visits CardPlayer’s Online Zone
It decidedly was not too bad of a week for Shannon Shorr. The 23-year-old online pro won the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan this week for $49,000, and then followed it up with a $101,000 first-place win in Full Tilt’s $1,000 buy-in tournament on Monday. Two days and $150,000 — just another day in the life… […]
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Borgata Winter Open Tournament Series Begins Today
Author’s Note: Julio Rodriguez contributed to this report. The 2009 Borgata Winter Open tournament series kicks off on Jan. 13 at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and it ends on Jan. 29 with the conclusion of a five-day no-limit hold’em championship event. The championship event buy-in has been reduced from […]
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Wynn Classic Giving Away 13 Free Poker Entries
Most casinos’ promotions require you to spend anywhere from 40-80 hours in their poker room over a month or two to become eligible for a freeroll tournament, which you then need to win to get any substantial amount of money. The Wynn has decided to do something a little different. In an effort to promote […]
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Card Player Will Be Reporting Live from the Aussie Millions
The Aussie Millions Poker Championship will stage two major poker tournaments in the coming days at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, and CardPlayer.com will be there to bring you all of the action. The $100,000 AUD no-limit hold’em challenge begins at 2:15 p.m. AEDT time on Saturday, Jan. 17, and thanks to the large […]
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Citizens Tell Obama to Let People Play Online Poker
A suggestion to Barack Obama to “let online poker players in the United States play legally and without fear of prosecution” that appeared on his “Citizen’s Briefing Book” website has quickly been voted the second-most-popular idea and is promised to be seen by the President-elect. The site was set up by Obama’s transition team and […]
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WPT — Southern Poker Championships Begins Today
The World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship begins today at noon at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. This is the second time that the Beau Rivage will host a WPT event, the first was the WPT Gulf Coast Poker Championship that took place in September 2007. The $10,000 WPT no-limit hold’em championship event […]
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Caesars, Poker Stars, and Full Tilt Offer NBC Heads-Up Seats
Chris Ferguson. Phil Hellmuth. Peter Eastgate. You? How would you like to play — for free — for a $500,000 first prize against only 63 other players? Granted, it will be a tough field, but a freeroll for half a million dollars will get anyone’s attention. A Las Vegas casino and the world’s two most […]
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Fraud Warning for Swedish Online Poker Players
According to GamingIntelligenceGroup.com, a warning has been issued to online poker players in Sweden due to a report made to the police by an online player. Players user ID’s, passwords, and bank details are said to be at risk due to a scam which involves fraudsters acting as the country’s tax authority, Skatteverket. The player […]
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Full Tilt Poker Signs Soren Kongsgaard
Soren Kongsgaard has signed a contract with Full Tilt Poker and will now be part of its team for the next 12 months at least. The contract will see the young Dane represent the site in most legs of the European Poker Tour and some World Series of Poker events. Konsgaard already has some impressive […]
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CircusCasino.com Starts Poker for Olympics Campaign
Since poker is now officially recognised as a sport, it is no surprise its supporters would champion for it to become an Olympic event. Online gaming company, CircusCasino.com hopes to get the game recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in order for it to be included as a demonstration sport in 2012, and then […]
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Back That Ace Up Returns to PaddyPowerPoker.com
PaddyPowerPoker.com has today announced the third instalment of its cash race promotion "Back That Ace Up III: Back With A Vengeance". More than $10,000 in cash and prizes will be on offer to the top fifty finishers on the race’s leader board each week starting at midnight, Sunday, Jan. 18. Players’ positions on the leader […]
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Eastern Poker Tour Raises Pub Poker Standard
Just about every day of the week in towns dotting Massachusetts and Rhode Island, poker players find their way to local bars to play for money, pride, and a chance at a seat in the World Series of Poker main event. The four-year-old Eastern Poker Tour (EPT) is elevating the concept of free pub poker […]
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Next Event in Bodog Poker Pro Bowl in Paradise Series Tonight
The 23rd event in the Card Player -exclusive Pro Bowl in Paradise tournament series, which takes place on Bodog, is being held today at 9:05 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 […]
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Peter Eastgate Wins PCA Side Event
Danish hero Peter Eastgate is proving himself worthy of the World Champion title, as once again he played some envy-inspiring poker and took down the $5,000 side event at the PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure. Paradise Island in the Bahamas was home to the event which saw 273 entries and a top prize of $343,000. Eastgate’s final […]
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Internet Gambling Regulations Likely for Spain
According to GamblingCompliance.com, the Spanish government is soon to put together national regulations for Internet gambling. The move was triggered by a motion passed in late December, but a time frame for the introduction of new legislation has not been provided. Members of parliament have urged the government to resolve the issue before Easter, but […]
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Europeans Off to Great Start at Aussie Millions
Europe’s hopes for a bumper Aussie Millions got off to a flying start when German Christian Heich won the $1,100 buy in no-limit hold’em event collecting AUS$150,000 (€77,000). The first event attracted a record 731 players and ended when he called his heads up opponent Steve Topakas’ double belly buster straight draw all in with […]
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Poker Hand Value Voice Recognition Software for Mac
Software house Canywriter yesterday released version 2.4 of Poker Ghost for Mac operating systems which the company claims is the world’s first hand strength voice recognition software for Texas hold’em. The software allows players to speak the number and suit of their cards, then say "calculate" and the programme automatically calculates the strength of the […]
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Venetian and Caesars Poker Tournaments Square Off
It has happened again. The Venetian and Caesars Palace have once again selected the same month for their big poker tournament series. Coincidence? “Is it coincidence? Yes and no,” responded Jim Pedulla, Caesars’ poker room manager. “When we schedule these things, we look at what’s in the best interest of the company and what’s in […]
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Second Season of Best Damn Poker Show Airs Tonight
Fox Sports Net will air the season premiere of the second season of the Best Damn Poker Show tonight at 9 p.m. The show, which is sponsored by UltimateBet.net, features 24 poker-playing hopefuls as they compete to be the last man (or woman) standing. The competitors are taught by “The Poker Brat,” Phil Hellmuth, and […]
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Online Poker — livelikunger Wins Poker Stars Sunday Million
Sunday was a big day for many online superstars as they fought for their share of the millions of dollars up for grabs. Over at Full Tilt, Shannon "BLUFFforRENT" Shorr took down the Sunday Mulligan for over $48,000. Mike "Sowerss" Sowers came out on top of the PokerStars $100 rebuy, and Corey "Comandr_Cool" Burbick won […]
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Western Series of Poker Announced
The Western Club has announced its Western Series Of Poker, which is due to kick off on Mar. 3 and run for five days. The £1,000 buy-in main event will play out over three days and is capped at 120 players. The tournament will be a European Ranking Event, and will follow the World Series […]
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Poker Pro Nenad Medic Visits The Scoop
Nenad Medic has the rare distinction of having both a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour title. 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 professional poker player talks about how he went […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Returns This Week
The BlueSqPoker.com sponsored Grosvenor UK Poker Tour gets underway for the third year today in Brighton, England with a £200 no-limit hold’em freezeout at the Grosvenor Casino. The two day tournament has blind levels of 45 minutes and players start with 6,000 in chips. Events run all week with the major attraction the four-day £1,000 […]
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Euro PokerStars Win $1.7 Million on Caribbean Adventure
The $10,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, held at Paradise Island, was won yesterday by Poorya Nazari from Canada who took home $3 million for topping the record breaking 1,347 strong field. Twenty-three year-old Benny Spindler, an online cash game specialist from Germany came third for $1.1 million while 36-year-old Peter Tielen from the Netherlands came fifth […]
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EPT — Poorya Nazari Wins the 2009 Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure
The final eight players at the 2009 European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure returned to the Imperial Ballroom at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas to play for the 10th-largest poker tournament top prize in history today. The massive field of 1,347 players made this event the largest ever hosted outside of the United States, […]
