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Luke Priour Wins Event No. 5 at the Caesars Palace Classic
The fifth preliminary event at the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic was a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event that attracted 175 entrants. Day 1 was a long, grueling affair on Monday, Oct. 20, as the field shrunk from 175 to a final table of 10 players during 13 levels of poker, which ended after 3 a.m. Some […]
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WPT: Festa al Lago Day 1B
With the economy down and the buy-in up, many thought the WPT Festa al Lago would have trouble attracted a field of over 300 players. Even the optimists were predicting a bit of a slump. But the popularity of poker ultimately prevailed and a whopping 215 runners made their way to the Fontana Lounge at […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Russell 'losin' Simpson
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. Exclusive member Russell “losin” Simpson has been playing in poker tournaments for the past 10 years, but he was beginning to think of it […]
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PartyPoker Still Recovering From UIGEA
PartyGaming is looking to make up its post-UIGEA poker loses through an increased online casino presence by signing a five-year contract with WaterLogic, a subsidiary of CryptoLogic, for a suite of casino games. The launch is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2009 and includes the slots games The Fantastic Four, Hulk, […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Michael Phelps
You’ve just won eight gold medals at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games. You’re the most decorated Olympian in history. You’ve already been to Disneyland. What do you do next? In the case of Michael Phelps, you head to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and try your luck in a couple of poker tournaments at the […]
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International Poker Open 2008 Sets Attendance Record
The BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2008 was won last weekend in dramatic fashion by Irishman Ruairi Coy who lifted the title and €37,530 after beating French challenger Max Decorne at 5.30 a.m. on Monday morning just two hours before he was due in work. The event set a new attendance record for a field outside […]
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PartyGaming and CryptoLogic to Pool Poker Resources?
The Financial Times today reports that Cryptologic, the Dublin-based gaming software developer, is in talks with PartyGaming, the Gibraltar-based owner of PartyPoker.com, about saving costs through pooling their poker businesses. CryptoLogic said on Monday it was in discussions with a major poker network to “increase liquidity while reducing expenses substantially.” In the last week the […]
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BlueSqPoker Power Hour Challenge Final Week
Players at BlueSqPoker.com have just one week to win a trip of a lifetime for two to Las Vegas in the Power Hour STT Challenge where the goal is to win as many six or 10 seat STT’s in one hour. To win the main prize, which includes a three night stay at a leading […]
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WPT: Festa al Lago Day 1A
With the premiere of The Real Deal! show at the Venetian scheduled to take place on Tuesday, many of the best in the game made sure they played on Monday in order to free up their schedule. The result was a ridiculously stacked field of 153, where upwards of 80 percent of the players were […]
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Online Poker — doulas12 Wins Poker Stars Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million All four major events has overlays again this weekend, and the top of the prize-pool heap was still the PokerStars Sunday Million. The event had 7,446 entrants, just 54 shy of not requiring an overlay. The site had to pump a paltry $10,800 into the prize pool to match the $1.5 million […]
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Foxwoods World Poker Finals Begins Today
The 2008 World Poker Finals begins today at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. The tournament series will feature 15 preliminary events that will lead up to the $10,000 World Poker Tour no-limit hold’em championship on Nov. 5. The tournament series will conclude on Nov. 11 at the conclusion of the WPT final table in the […]
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Alec Torelli — What's My Line?
In this special edition of "What’s My Line?" we take a look at two key hands that aided Alec Torelli in his unprecedented back-to-back victories at the Bellagio Festa al Lago. Torelli has had quite the year. He got started with some minor success at the EPT Grand Final and then parlayed that momentum to […]
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Full Tilt Online Poker Series X Schedule Announced
Full Tilt has recently announced the tournament schedule for the Full Tilt Online Poker Series X, and $15 million is guaranteed for the 25-event series that begins Nov. 5. The following is the schedule: FTOPS X Schedule Date/Time Buy-in* Game Guarantee Host 1 Nov. 5 @ 9 p.m. ET $200 no-limit hold’em six-max […]
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Tran and Helppi Join PartyPoker Premier League
PartyPoker.com today announced that American J.C. Tran and Finn Juha Helppi would join Andy Black at the Premier League III for the $75,000 buy-in TV event from Nov. 23 to 30. The innovative league format TV tournament sees 12 of the world’s best poker players for a total prize pool of $1.25 million of which […]
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Ongame Latest Entrant to Italian Poker Market
Ongame Network, the subsidiary of betting giant bwin Interactive Entertainment, today announced it was entering the Italian poker market as a result of recent regulatory changes there which have opened up the market. The network will be powered by Ongame’s new P5 Poker Engine. Spokesperson for bwin, Kevin O’Neal, said, “The Italian network is powered […]
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WilliamHillPoker Moves to iPoker To Help Boost Offering
British bookmaker William Hill today announced it had purchased a variety of online gaming businesses, marketing assets and contracts from software developer Playtech for up to $250 million in cash. The company will control 71 percent of William Hill Online as the new company will be known, with Playtech, owner of the iPoker network, taking […]
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Michael Phelps Makes Final Table at Caesars Palace Classic
American swimmer Michael Phelps, the world-record holder for most medals won in a single Olympics, may be a fish in the water, but he’s not at the poker tables. At event No. 2 of the Caesars Palace Classic, a $1,500 buy-in tournament, Phelps finished ninth out of more than 150 players for a payday of […]
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€1.5 Million Belgium Poker Championship Unveiled
The upcoming main event at the Belgium Poker Championship, being held at the Casino de Namur in Belgium from Nov. 13 to 23 is expected to see 1,000 players take to the felt to vie for an estimated €1.5 million. The organisers have now announced full details of the side events at the Championship which […]
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Online Pro Andy Teng Wins GUKPT Thanet
The eighth leg of the BlueSqPoker.com Grosvenor UK Poker Tour held in the G Casino, Thanet has been won by 23 year-old Andy Teng who topped a field of 26 runners to collect the £68,380 first prize and a seat at next month’s Grand Final. Teng, who plays poker online full time and finished 126th […]
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Online Poker — Play Some Hands with Shawn 'jordankickz' Busse
Shawn "jordankickz" Busse is one of the most consistent players in online poker. In March 2007, he made the final tables of the PokerStars Sunday Million, the Nightly Hundred Grand (twice), and the Sunday Second Chance. Later that year, he made the final table of the Sunday Warmup. This year, he made runner-up finishes in […]
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Card Player TV Guide — Week of Oct. 12-18
Card Player TV provides its viewers with a variety of poker videos every week, and there are a few that you may have missed. Here is a highlight of the new releases from this week: This Week in Poker: Card Player TV‘s weekly news show. The Scoop: With special guest Scott Fischman. The Mouthpeice: With […]
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2008 WPT Festa al Lago Main Event Begins Monday
Players all over the world are currently en-route to Las Vegas for the return of Bellagio’s Festa al Lago tournament. The preliminary events have been running alongside main-event satellites for nearly a month, and tournament officials are expecting a large turnout for the week-long World Poker Tour event. Here is the schedule: Oct. 20 — […]
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Banks in Holding Pattern While UIGEA Rules Fester
It’s approaching two years since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was signed into law by President George Bush, and it’s still not clear how much the law will cost the banking industry, nor if it will do its intended job and end online wagering in the United States. What is clear is that […]
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SpadeClub Player of the Year (SPOY) Update
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 Exclusive members are turning on their computers and playing on SpadeClub.com in order to get in all the poker play they can before […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Oct. 11-17
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrapup of the news from the live poker tournament trail. This Week in Tournament Poker World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship The blinds began at 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante, ensuring each player remaining the chance to play deep-stack poker at the final table of the […]
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Largest Poker Field Ever Outside U.S. Assembles Today
The BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2008 starts today at the Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin, Ireland with a sold out field of 1,200 players gathering for therecord breaking €135 + €15 buy in event.It is set to become the largest poker field ever outside of the World Series of Poker, eclipsing the 1, 136 players who […]
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PokerStars Launches Online Poker in Italy
PokerStars.com yesterday announced it had been granted a licence by Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) to operate PokerStars.it which will cater exclusively for Italian players. The Italian market was recently opened up to low-level tournaments and the company will be spreading games from €0.50 to a maximum of €100.00. Research says that up […]
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WPT: Glen Witmer Wins the 2008 North American Poker Championship
Six days of poker with three day-one flights whittled a field of 454 players down to the final six for the final table of the World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship. These final players in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event were all gunning for the $1,090,589 first-place prize, and at the end of […]
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2008 Caesars Palace Classic Poker Tournament Begins
The first of 16 preliminary events at the second-annual Caesars Palace Classic begins tomorrow at noon. Every open-buy-in event at Caesars will have Card Player Player of the Year points up for grabs between Friday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 26. Caesars Palace will run mega-satellites on Monday, Oct. 27, and the three-day no-limit hold’em […]
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Kentucky Judge Upholds State's Right to Seize Gambling Sites
A Kentucky judge today moved not to deny the state the right to seize the domain names of 141 Internet gambling sites, despite motions filed by gambling associations, gaming websites, and even individual poker players to block the move. Judge Thomas Wingate had ordered to allow the state to seize the domain names of the […]
