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Plasterer Wins APPT New Zealand
New Zealand plaster Daniel Craker has won the PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Auckland, New Zealand topping the 306-strong field to take the first prize of NZD$250,000 (€111,000). The NZD$3,500 buy-in event was the largest tournament ever held in New Zealand and the final table of nine featured a finely balanced mix of locals […]
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Gutshot Terminated from Microgaming Network
Last week we reported that Gutshot.com the online poker wing of the popular London poker club which closed recently had moved from the Microgaming network. However, a subsequent press release by Microgaming network said the site was suspended for breaching rules. The short statement said, “Following breaches by Gutshot Poker room of the Microgaming Poker […]
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SwankPoker Sends German Player 365 Prophylactics'
SwankPoker.com, the online poker site which brings together adult entertainment and poker, recently reported it had sent 365 condoms — one for each day of the year — to a lucky German player who subsequently bragged about his swag on a German poker forum. The site has been the subject of much curious discussion on […]
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WPT: North American Poker Championship Day 1B
Saturday brought the second day of action at the 2008 World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship. The field grew by 165 new players who anteed up the $10,000 CDN to enter the no-limit hold’em championship event and grew the total size of the field to 288. The reason for all of these small day-one […]
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Online Poker: Play a Hand With Ben 'bfineman' Fineman
Ben “bfineman” Fineman is an online poker pro who has racked up more than $630,000 in Online Player of the Year-qualified winnings since 2007. His biggest-ever score came when he took down a six-handed no-limit hold’em event in the most recent Full Tilt Online Poker Series, netting him an even $300,000. His next-biggest online cash […]
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Card Player TV Guide — Week of Oct. 5-11
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. High Stakes Living: Card Player TV tours the home of […]
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WSOP: Horseshoe Southern Indiana Circuit Event Begins Tomorrow
The first World Series of Poker circuit event championship on the 2008-2009 schedule kicks off tomorrow at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana and it will feature $5,000 no-limit hold’em championship event. The event will take place over three days, with the final table taking place on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Here is a look at the schedule: […]
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WPT: North American Poker Championships Day 1A
The first of three day-one flights in the 2008 World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship took place on Friday at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Day 1A attracted 125 players, who ponied up the $10,000 CDN entry fee, and they played only five levels to complete the day. At the end of […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Oct. 4-10
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrapup of the news from the live poker tournament trail. This Week in Tournament Poker EPT London The 596 players who signed up for the EPT London £5,200 main event created one of the largest prize pools of the year, an impressive £3,349,200, with a £1 million […]
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North Carolina Police Bust 39 for Playing Poker
North Carolina continued the “Carolina way” of busting up poker games when authorities raided a home where people were playing poker for cash. Fayetteville, North Carolina, police charged 39 people for illegal gambling, a misdemeanor, and the owner of the home where the games were being spread was also charged with illegal alcohol sales. After […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner — Vincent 'Dylansdaddy' Pike
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 member Vincent “Dylansdaddy” Pike took out the competition on Sept. 28 to take home his share of the $5,000 prize pool. He […]
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Latin American Poker Tour Announces Season Two Schedule
The PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour has recently announced its expanded season-two schedule, which will begin in early November. The first event returns to San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov 3-5, 2008, at the Ramada Plaza’s Herradura Conference Centre. The buy-in for this and all LAPT main events, aside from the season-ending LAPT Championship, is $3,700. […]
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€10,000 Freeroll on ParadisePoker.com
Owner of ParadisePoker, Sportingbet, is celebrating 10 successful years with four earth-moving promotions. By the time the party’s over, a total of €275,000 will be given away. From Oct 1-10, it is running daily €10 + €1 tournaments with €10,000 added to the prize pool of every single one. Today sees a €10,000 freeroll at […]
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NETeller Changes Name to NEOVIA
NETeller Plc, the online payment process popular in the online poker community, has announced it is changing its name to NEOVIA Financial Plc from Nov. 17. The move is aimed at differentiating the company from its premier brands NETELLER, NETBANK, and Net+. The company, which was the first major casualty of the clampdown in online […]
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Greek Poker Championships for Dusk Till Dawn
Dusk Till Dawn, the Nottingham, England poker club, has announced details for the Greek Poker Championship (GPC) which it will host from Nov. 14 to 16, 2008. The main event, held on Nov. 15, is a £400 no-limit hold’em freeze out with 7,500 starting stack and 30 minute clock. It is limited to Greek/Cypriot players […]
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Matt Brady — What's My Line?
Aruba Poker Classic winner Matt Brady was riding high with more than 300,000 in chips heading into the play-down day. When the tournament format switched over to six-handed play, Brady kicked it up a notch, despite drawing one of the more experienced tables in the room. Seated directly to Mark “PokerH0” Kroon’s left, Brady was […]
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WPT: North American Poker Championships Begins
Day 1A of the World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, begins tomorrow, Oct. 10, at noon. This $10,000 CDN buy-in no-limit hold’em event will feature three day-one flights to accommodate the maximum amount of players, and the final table will take place on Thursday, Oct. […]
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Card Player Exclusive Bodog Poker Freeroll Tomorrow
Bodog Poker and CardPlayer.com are up to their old tricks again, this time offering Card Player readers a free shot at seats in a massive satellite tournament for Sunday’s $100,000-guaranteed event. Essentially, readers can turn $0 into $23,600. The Card Player-exclusive freeroll is taking place tomorrow at 8:33 p.m. ET. The freeroll, called the CP […]
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Alec Torelli Goes Back-to-Back at Bellagio
In poker, the odds of anyone winning back-to-back big-buy-in tournaments are slim to none. On Monday, Oct. 6, Alec “traheho” Torelli accomplished just that, winning both event No. 4 and event No. 5 of Bellagio’s Festa al Lago Classic. Amazingly enough, Torelli beat former WPT champion Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little both times heads-up to claim his […]
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Strip Poker: Caesars Palace to Run Mega Stack in November
The success of the first installment of the Mega Stack at Caesars Palace this summer has inspired the poker room to run another version of the deep-stack tournament series, and it all kicks off in November. Satellites begin on the first of the month, and the first of 18 preliminary events starts on Nov. 2. […]
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Lakes Entertainment Giving WPTE Shares Away to Investors
Lakes Entertainment, the casino developer and operator that holds 61 percent of World Poker Tour Enterprise’s stock, announced that it will divide all WPTE stock it owns and distribute it to Lakes Entertainment shareholders. The approximately 12.4 million shares will be distributed Nov. 28, essentially removing Lakes Entertainment as the primary owner of the WPTE. […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Returns Next Week
The BlueSqPoker.com Grosvenor UK Poker Tour returns for its eight leg new week (Oct. 13 to 19) at the G Casino in Thanet, Kent. The feature event is the £1,000 buy-in main event from Thursday Oct. 16 to 19 while the festival sees a range of side events with buy-ins from £100 — £300. Over […]
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Gaming Regulation Could Create 13,000 Jobs in Ireland
A report commissioned by the Gaming and Leisure Association of Ireland, published earlier this week, predicts that the regulation of casinos and online gaming could generate up to 13,000 jobs and generate as much as €280 million in tax receipts by 2020. DKM Economic Consultants, who undertook the study, say the casino sector could contribute […]
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World Champion Boxer Takes on Poker Players for Charity
A charity poker tournament being held this Saturday Oct. 11 at the Ivory at Harrisons in Sheffield, England sees local boxing heroes Johnny Nelson, the World Boxing Organisation cruiserweight world champion and Ryan Rhodes take to the felt to benefit a host of local charities. The boxers will have a bounty on their heads for […]
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International Poker Open 2008 Attracts Big Names
The €135 + €15 buy in BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2008, being held in Dublin from Oct. 17 to 19 will see a plethora of big name pros attend as well as some of the game’s top players give free workshops and question and answer sessions. BoylePoker.com pros Marty Smyth and Padraig Parkinson are hosting […]
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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 runner-up at the 2007 Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam, and scored another second-place finish at […]
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APPT: Auckland Main Event Begins Tomorrow
The inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland will begin tomorrow, Oct. 9 and run through Oct. 12 at the SKYCITY Casino in Auckland, New Zealand. The main event features a buy-in of $3,000 NZD, and it will most likely be the largest prize pool in New Zealand tournament poker history. There will […]
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Strip Poker: Play Motorcross Celebs for Charity Tomorrow
The MGM Casino in Las Vegas is hosting the Fourth-Annual Road 2 Recovery Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament tomorrow at 4 p.m., and it isn’t too late to register to join motorcross and poker celebs in raising money for charity. The event will boast the attendance of a number of other Supercross celebrities, like Chad Reed, […]
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Be Featured On CPTV's Calling Station
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 Scott Seiver. Beginning at 2:15 p.m. PT/5:15 p.m. ET, Seiver will take calls to answer anything concerning poker strategy. The phone number […]
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A Poker Life: Ralph Perry
A Poker Life is a new series for CardPlayer.com that looks beyond the felt and into the untold stories of poker’s biggest names. On any given Saturday afternoon, one might find Ralph Perry barbequing with neighbors, swimming in his pool, or watching his two sons play soccer at the local Las Vegas fields with his […]
