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Poker Stars Breaks Through to Italy, Now Fully Licensed Ther
PokerStars yesterday announced the launch of PokerStars.it, a fully licensed version of the poker site that will enable Italian players to play poker online within the constraints of current Italian law. Italy granted PokerStars the license a few days ago, and PokerStars quickly capitalized upon the decision by releasing its new site to the rapidly […]
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Poker Players Alliance Gives Congressional Grades
The Poker Players Alliance has been all about giving poker players the resources they need to fight for their rights both in the courtroom and with their ballots, and the latest PPA initiative focuses on the latter of the two. The PPA recently released a website that provides grades for members of Congress based on […]
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Irish Winter Festival Betting Market Open
The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival, taking place at Citywest hotel from Oct. 25 to 27 will see some of the biggest names in poker take to the felt. Alongside PaddyPowerPoker pro Ciaran O’Leary are Andy Black, Neil Channing and Marty Smyth all of whom are 50/1 to win the €1,500 + €150 main event outright. […]
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Sky Poker Freeroll's Offer Trip to Vegas
Sky Poker, sponsor of the PDC World Darts Championship, is running a series of freeroll’s all this week at 8:30 p.m. to celebrate the event with a top prize on offer of an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for two. One in 10 players will qualify for the grand final on Oct. 24 […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Thanet Main Event Today
The £1,000 buy-in main event at the BlueSqPoker.com Grosvenor UK Poker Tour returns today to the G Casino in Thanet, Kent and will finish up on Sunday with a new GUKPT title holder. The festival sees a range of side events with buy-ins from £100 — £300. Over 200 people are expected to play and […]
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WPT: North American Poker Championship Day 4
The final table is all set for tomorrow’s conclusion of the WPT North American Poker Championship. A total of 27 players gathered to play down to the final TV table of six, and many notables were still in contention. The action began quickly when short-stacked “Miami” John Cernuto was eliminated in 27th place. A few […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Michael Martin
Michael Martin had come close to live tournament glory before his major victory at the European Poker Tour London stop in early October. Martin finished in fifth place at the EPT Grand Final in season four. He also finished as runner-up at the 2007 Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam and scored another second-place finish […]
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New Free Poker Training Video Features Two Coaches
This week’s free poker training video clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) features not one but two poker coaches. Both Tony “bond18” Dunst and Andrew “Foucault” Brokos host the video, which features a replay of a six-handed no-limit hold’em multi-table tournament that Dunst recently played in. Dunst is a self-proclaimed “MTT donk,” […]
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Cool Hand Online Poker Offers Freeroll Frenzy
Cool Hand Online Poker is looking to attract new players with its week-long freeroll frenzy. From Oct. 15-22, the site will offer one freeroll tournament every hour. There will be four $500 freerolls, four $200 freerolls, two $40 freerolls, and 14 $20 freerolls every day. Players can also take advantage of the $350 sign-up offer […]
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Dennis Phillips Auctioning Spot on WSOP Shirt for Charity
UPDATE: The eBay auction can be found by clicking here. Dennis Phillips has a true date with destiny in a few weeks when he heads back to the Rio All-Suite Resort and Casino as the World Series of Poker main event’s chip leader, a role that’s allowed Phillips to put more weight behind charitable causes […]
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Samuel Oberlin Wins Southern Indiana WSOP Circuit Championship
The final table of the first World Series of Poker circuit event of the 2008-2009 season was contested on Tuesday at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana. This was the sixth time that a WSOP circuit event has been held in Southern Indiana, although this was the smallest turnout for the $5,000 no-limit […]
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WPT: North American Poker Championship Day 3
As the conclusion of the 2008 WPT North American Poker Championship draws near, Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar has put himself in a great position to be the first player ever to win back-to-back World Poker Tour main events. A little less than a month ago, Rajkumar stormed through the field at Borgata, beating a field of […]
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PartyPoker.com Premier League is Back Next Month
PartyPoker.com today announced the return of the Premier League III, the innovative league format TV tournament which sees 12 of the world’s best poker players for a total prize pool of $1.25 million. The buy-in for the event has been upped to $75,000, with $350,000 added by PartyPoker.com, and the first player confirmed for the […]
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ParadisePoker Revenue Down 18 Percent This Year
Sportingbet, the online gaming company which operates ParadisePoker, today announced its full year results to the end of July 2008. Poker revenue in the period dropped 18 percent from £29 million in 2007 to £23.7 million in 2008. The company statement said, “Poker remains difficult in [a] slowing and highly competitive market. U.S. focused sites […]
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Slovenian Electronic Poker Table Hits Vegas
Alfastreet, the Slovenian company which develops electronic gaming devices, will preview its multi-player electronic poker table at the GE2 event in Las Vegas later this month. The RR8 table, which was launched at a gaming event in Sofia, Bulgaria earlier this month, allows up to 10 players to play poker together using electronic screens. In […]
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Tournament Trail: Festa al Lago — Nick Binger Finishes 1st then 2nd
Following Alec "traheho" Torelli and his back-to-back victories at Bellagio, Nick Binger did his best to make some noise when he won event No. 6 and then went on to finish runner-up in event No. 10. Binger has been on a mini-tear since his deep run at the World Poker Tour Championship in April. Since […]
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Poker Pros Inspired by Visit to Walter Reed Medical Center
The word “battle” has been used to describe the tug and pull that goes on at the poker table, but it’s a far cry of what the soldiers have seen who were visited by a a handful of professional online poker players at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center yesterday. The players were brought to […]
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Strip Poker: Binion's Announces Poker Open Schedule
The legendary Binion’s Casino in downtown Las Vegas has announced the schedule for the Second-Annual Poker Open that starts on Wednesday, Oct. 15. “More than 3,000 people participated in the inaugural Poker Open,” said Glenn Casale, director of casino operations in a press release. “The players were so pleased with the tournament ─ the way […]
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Ask Alec Torelli Strategy Questions on Card Player TV Show
Card Player TV’s show Calling Station gives viewers and fans a chance to call in and ask top pros strategy questions. The newest Calling Station episode is being filmed today with featured pro Alec Torelli. Beginning at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET, Torelli will take calls to answer anything concerning poker strategy. The phone number […]
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WPT: North American Poker Championship Day 2
It took four days, but the prize pool for the 2008 North American Poker Championship at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls has finally been announced. With 454 players in the field, the total prize pool ballooned to $4.37 million and will be dispersed unevenly throughout the final 45 players. Here is a look at the […]
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International Poker Open 2008 Betting Market
BoylePoker.com pro Marty Smyth is the 150/1 favourite along with Andy Black and Neil Channing for this weekend’s Boylepoker International Poker Open 2008. The €135 + €15 buy-in event is being held in the Regency Airport Hotel from Oct. 17 to 19 and will host 1,200 players from across Europe. It will be the biggest […]
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DevilfishPoker.com Launches E-Wallet for Asia
DevilfishPoker.com has launched NETELLER (1Pay), an e-wallet payment system targeting the Chinese and Taiwanese markets. The wallet allows Asian poker players to access secure funding options online, anywhere at any time. To sign up for the service players simply visit 1-Pay.com, click “join now”, follow the subsequent steps, choose a currency, and transfer funds directly […]
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Caribbean Cruises on Offer at WilliamHillPoker
WilliamHillPoker.com is offering poker players 10 cruise packages worth $5,000 every night this week from as little as £1. The week-long cruises offered between Oct. 13 and 19 are in conjunction with four packages offered on Tuesday Oct. 21 in the Quadruple Cruise freeroll. To qualify for the freeroll players must finish in the top […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Johan Storakers
Tournament grinder Johan Storakers made quite a showing recently at the 2008 UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic. Early on day one, Storakers was crippled down to 2,000 in chips from his starting stack of 15,000 after his pocket kings ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. Despite the setback, Storakers kept his head down and powered through, […]
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APPT: Daniel Craker Wins Auckland Stop
The inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop in Auckland, New Zealand, drew 306 entrants and broke the record for the largest poker tournament ever in the country. The total prize pool for the event was $856,000 NZD, with the top 32 players receiving prize money. The final day of play in this three-day event saw […]
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New Poker After Dark Features High-Stakes Cash Game
This week’s brand-new Poker After Dark episodes are going to feature a high stakes no-limit hold’em cash game with blinds at a sky high $200-$400 and a minimum buy-in of $100,000. It all starts Tuesday at 2:05 a.m. on NBC. The players sitting down this week are top pros Patrik Antonius, Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, […]
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Strip Poker: Tiffany Michelle Wins Charity Tourney at MGM
The 2008 World Series of Poker main event last-woman-standing award went to Tiffany Michelle, and at the Fourth-Annual Road 2 Recovery Charity Poker Tournament held at the MGM in Las Vegas this weekend, she was the last person standing. The event was successful in raising more than $43,000 for the Injured Riders Fund. Sixty-seven players […]
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Online Poker — govshark2 Wins Poker Stars Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million It was another weekend of overlays for the flagship events at most major sites, and PokerStars was no exception. The site’s Sunday Million tournament had 7,307 entrants last night at $200 an entry, meaning that PokerStars had to put up $38,600 to match the $1.5 million guarantee. Considering the site made a […]
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Genting Stanley Axes Poker at Leicester Casino
Cank Casino in Leicester, England has been chosen by owner Genting Stanley to trail a “new concept in its gaming business” according to ThisIsLeicester.co.uk. The new concept will see live table games, including poker and blackjack, replaced with slot machines and electronic games. The news website was told by one staff member at the casino […]
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Two Polish Qualifiers for Irish Poker Championship
Recent European Poker Tour finalist Fintan Gavin and Poker for the Homeless organizer Padraig Parkinson travelled to Warsaw at the weekend to play in a bounty tournament, the prizes for which were two tickets to the upcoming PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship taking place in Galway in January 2009. Also attending the tournament was TV producer […]
