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Tournament Trail Q and A: 2008 Player of the Year John Phan
John Phan clinched the 2008 Card Player Player of the Year title last week after an amazing year of poker success. This is the first time that Phan has won the POY award, and he joins a fraternity of players that includes Men “The Master” Nguyen, T.J. Cloutier, Tony Ma, David “The Dragon” Pham, Daniel […]
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Online Poker — Steven 'UFman2' Burkholder Wins Third Major
There are less than two weeks remaining in the 2008 Card Player Online Player of the Year race, and Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis has shown no signs of letting up. With a sixth-place finishin the $100 rebuy on PokerStars, Kamberis put more distance between himself and the pack behind him. At this point in the season, […]
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12 Days of Christmas at PaddyPowerPoker.com
Paddypowerpoker.com today launched its “12 Days of Christmas” promotion which will see online poker players vie for money-added tournaments each evening as well as games consoles from Christmas Day until Jan. 5, 2009. Paddy Power, Communications manager at the site said, “We always run a giveaway promotion at this time of the year; ‘tis the […]
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Boylepoker.com Celebrates Poker Million Victory Tuesday
Boylepoker.com celebrates Marty Smyth’s $1 million win at the recent Ladbrokes Poker Million VIII with a special bounty tournament tomorrow night at 8 p.m. The $10 buy-in tournament sees over $2,000 added in bounty prizes with $1,000 to the player who knocks Smyth out, $300 to the play who knocks out “mmcgenius” (recent winner of […]
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€250,000 Super Sunday at DevilfishPoker.com
DevilfishPoker.com today heralds the Christmas season with the announcement of “Super Sunday” this coming weekend, Dec. 28 which will see €250,000 in guarantee prize pools and a special €1,000 added “Devilfish New Year Chip Race” with nine limited edition 500-piece casino-grade Devilfish chip sets for the finalists. ‘Super Sunday” sees a huge €200,000 guaranteed no-limit […]
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SunPoker Completes Move to iPoker
SunPoker completed its move from the CryptoLogic to iPoker network this weekend. The move is indicative of the decline of the once powerful CryptoLogic network, which is shifting its strategic focus to casino games, and the ascendancy of Israeli-based iPoker which is owned by the publicly-quoted Playtech. Players at SunPoker can still play on CryptoLogic […]
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DevilfishPoker.com €1,000 Added This Sunday
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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Another Online Poker Room Folds
Zosoz.com, the subscription-based, U.S. facing online poker operator has closed for business less than two months after launching. The site, which opened for business in mid-October 2008, stated that, “due to circumstances beyond its control,” it would cease operations at 11:59 ET on Dec. 14. The company, which allowed players to play for real money […]
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WPT -- Chino Rheem Wins the Doyle Brunson Classic Championsh
The final table at the $15,000 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic Championship was defined by periods of play with little to no action, and then other times where the poker table turned into a mine field where no one was safe. This standard carried through to the heads-up match, one that lasted for several […]
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High Stakes Poker Will Premiere March 1
The fifth season of High Stakes Poker will premiere March 1 on Game Show Network, Card Player learned today. While NBC established that in the fall, “Sunday Night is Football Tonight,” thanks to its relentless marketing campaign, it appears that as of March, Sunday night will be Poker Night on GSN. The network plans on […]
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Ante Up for Africa Tourney at UltimateBet Saturday
UltimateBet is holding an Ante Up for Africa tournament Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Annie Duke will play in the event, and all funds raised through the tournament will be donated to Ante Up For Africa, an organization created to raise public awareness and funds for the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. The buy-in […]
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S.C. Court to Hear Arguments that Poker is a Game of Skill
A South Carolina judge is allowing an attorney to argue that charges against five of his clients who were busted in a poker raid should be dismissed because Texas hold’em poker is a game of skill. Municipal Court Judge J. Lawrence Duffy, Jr. has agreed to allow both the prosecution and defense to present any […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Donald 'JOKER' Nunley
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. On Dec. 7, SpadeClub held the $30,000 Mega Monthly event, and more than 1,900 Exclusive members battled it out at the tables to take […]
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Poker Pro John Phan Visits The Scoop
It’s not going to happen again this year. After leading the Card Player Player of the Year race for most of the year in 2005, only to get overtaken in the final few weeks, John Phan has all but locked up the honor in 2008. Phan sits down the Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez on […]
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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 […]
