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Win Your Seat in the Festa al Lago Tournament Series
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 will hold a satellite on Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET wherein Exclusive members can play to win a seat in event No. […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Sept. 13-19
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 Barcelona Open The final table of the EPT Barcelona Open event took place on Sunday, Sept. 14, and Sebastian Ruthenberg took home the first-place prize worth €1,361,000 by emerging as the […]
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Online Poker: TheActionKid Wins WCOOP Triple Shootout
The two events to take place last night in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) were a no-limit hold’em triple shootout event and an Omaha eight-or-better event. Read the event recaps below to find out who the winners were, and check out the entire WCOOP schedule and results list on CardPlayer.com. WCOOP Event […]
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Devilfish Reality Show Reveals All Next Week
The fourth instalment of “How to Become a Poker Millionaire” will air next Thursday on ITV at 10:35 p.m. Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott is the star of the new five-part series which sees the British poker legend attempt to turn four losing players into winners. Last week’s show discussed every poker player’s most hated acquaintance, ‘tilt’, […]
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Playtech Expands Italian Poker Market Presence
Playtech, the software design and development company which owns the iPoker network today announced it has inked a deal with the Gala Coral’s Eurobet to provide its poker network services to the company’s Italian wing, Eurobet Italia. The Italian online poker market has recently been opened up and today’s move by Playtech marks its second […]
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Entraction Network Signs DOXXpoker
Swedish poker network Entraction today announced it has signed DOXXpoker.com, a new online poker room run by East European bookmaker DOXXbet. The new poker room will focus its efforts on Slovakia, Russia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria. DOXXpoker has a Maltese license and Stefan Svec, casino and poker manager at […]
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BoylePoker IPO Seats Sell; Prize Pool Swells
The International Poker Open 2008 is creating a stir this year as BoylePoker.com is adding an extra €20,000 to the prize pool, alongside 20 percent of the rake generated by pre-registered players. 700 players are already registered for the €135 + €15 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, and as the field grows, so too do the […]
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BrucePoker Joins Ongame Network
The Ongame network, part of the bwin group, has announced it has signed Irish online poker site BrucePoker.com. The site, part of the Bruce Betting business which has 60 bookmakers shops in Ireland, recently signed Irish pro and former Irish Open finalist Nicky Power. Bruce Betting poker manager Paul Smallwood said, “At BrucePoker.com we are […]
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New World Poker Marathon Record Set
Englishman Dave Cain believes he has set a new world record for poker playing, clocking up a staggering 74 hour heads up poker session earlier this week in the Library Bar, Lincoln. Cain, who was raising money for charity with his attempt, had planned to play 100 hours but stopped short on health grounds after […]
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Jason Evans: What's My Line?
Every Thursday, Card Player sits down with some of the best in the game to discuss pivotal hands from the week’s biggest tournaments on the circuit. The World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open has always been a tour favorite, thanks to its slow-moving blind structure and deep 30,000 stacks. This year, tournament director Tab Ducheteau […]
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WPT: Vivek Rajkumar Wins the 2008 Borgata Poker Open
The final six players stepped into the ring at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 18, and just before 7 p.m. the match was over. These six players had emerged from a field of 516 players to have the right to play for the […]
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Full Tilt to Host Charity Poker on Sunday for $10
This Sunday, Sept. 21, Full Tilt is hosting a $10 buy-in charity tournament called Monster at 6:30 p.m. EST to benefit the Injured Riders Fund for Road 2 Recovery. The tournament is open to everyone and can be found under the Private tournaments tab. The password is “Recovery.” Among those who have already committed to […]
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World Series of Poker Europe Begins Tomorrow
The World Series of Poker begins its second voyage into European waters on Friday, Sept. 19, when the first preliminary event at the 2008 WSOP Europe shuffles up at 1 p.m. GMT at the London Clubs International. The first event is a £1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament that lasts four days. The event will run through […]
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SpadeClub Poker Saves You Money at Bellagio
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 is happy to add a new Club Reward to its growing list of partner offers: a discounted room rate at Bellagio so that […]
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CP Readers Get More Exclusive Seats to Bodog Poker $100K
Bodog is still offering CardPlayer.com readers an exclusive $10+$1 buy-in tournament that awards five $100,000-guaranteed tournament seats as an overlay, and the next chance to capitalize on it is this Saturday. The overlay in each tournament is worth $545, since Bodog is adding five $109 tournament credit prizes. The $10 from the buy-ins will be […]
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Online Poker: Shaun Deeb Wins WCOOP PLO Event
Two events played out last night in the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The first was a $300 buy-in pot-limit Omaha with rebuys event that had a $500,000 guarantee. The other event of the night was a six-handed no-limit hold’em event that also had a $300 buy-in and a $500,000 guarantee. Read […]
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Full Tilt's Million Pound Challenge; No Easy Feat
FullTiltPoker.com‘s Million Pound Challenge brought 80 online hopefuls one step closer to their dream of beating some of the world’s top pros to become a millionaire. 7,892 players took part in a series of online freerolls at FullTiltPoker.com, but only 80 made it through to the no-limit hold’em live event in the Hellenic Centre in […]
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Frenchman Wins iPoker $2.5 Million Guaranteed
23 year-old Frenchman Olivier “axp15” Lombard took down the $500,000 top prize of an online tournament on the iPoker network on Sept. 7. Olivier qualified for the $2.5 million guaranteed tournament four days previous in an event he almost forgot to play in. Then, after winning the seat, he had to decide whether to go […]
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WTO May Step In To Online Gambling Dispute
Reuters today reported an EU trade official as saying he expected the European Commission to decide by the end of the year whether to report the U.S. to the World Trade Organisation for breaching rules relating to online gaming. The U.S. introduced the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006 effectively excluding many European based […]
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WSOPE Hits London Tomorrow
The World Series Of Poker Europe hits the West End tomorrow, when the 3 day £1,500 + £75 no-limit hold’em event kicks things off at 1 p.m. (GMT). This new event will run for four days, including two starting days. The Casino at the Empire will see more hopefuls come and go on Sept. 22 […]
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Daily Poker Revenue Up 87 Percent at Gaming VC
Gaming VC today announced revenues for poker up 87 percent to €15,000 per day in the first six months of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. New funded players experienced lower growth, up 13 percent to 134 per day compared to 119 per day in the first six months of 2007. Overall the […]
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WPT: Borgata Poker Open Day 4
Much has been made of the 2008 Borgata Poker Open and its player-friendly blind structure. The 40,000 in starting chips, the 75-minute levels, and the smaller-than-average antes gave each player more than the ideal amount of play and plenty of time to make the most of their decisions. As a result, the tournament had a […]
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Strip Poker: Jermaine O'Neal, Greg Anthony Host Tourney
The brand-new Hard Rock poker lounge hosted the annual Old School vs. New School charity poker event this weekend, and NBA players, poker pros, and fans attended in support of the American Cancer Society and Operation Smile. More than 100 competitors donated $1,000 for their seats and many took advantage of $500 rebuys or add-ons […]
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Online Poker: ddrufnek Wins WCOOP NLH Rebuy Event
Last night’s events in the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) couldn’t have been more different. The first event featured the most popular poker variant, no-limit Texas hold’em, and it had a prize pool of almost triple what was guaranteed. The second event was one of the least-played poker variants, no-limit deuce-to-seven single-draw, […]
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PKR TV Ad Breaches Rules; Is Banned
3-D online poker room PKR today fell foul of the UK Advertising Standards Authority for a recent ad which the Authority deemed to “glamorise the risks involved with gambling” and was “irresponsible.” The ad, showed computer generated players at a poker table with a voice over saying, “I’ve come in over the top of pot-sized […]
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Betting Market for Irish Winter Festival Main Event Set
PaddyPowerPoker.com today announced both the tournament structure and outright betting market for the upcoming Irish Winter Festival from Oct. 25 to Oct. 27 at Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland. The estimated €1 million prize pool event will see a structure similar to the Irish Open with a starting stack of 10,000 in chips and 60 minute […]
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Nancy Cartwright to Host Charity Poker Tournament Saturday
Although the notorious character of Bart Simpson on the FOX hit The Simpsons is known for being quite selfish, the person behind the curtain who brings him to life is nothing of the sort. Actress Nancy Cartwright, most famously know as the voice of Bart Simpson, is hosting a charity poker tournament called Monte Carlo […]
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WPT: Borgata Poker Open Day 3
Action got started at 11 a.m. EDT at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for day 3 at the 2008 Borgata Poker Open. The $10,000 World Poker Tour no-limit hold’em championship event saw 68 players return from the initial field of 516 players. The 40,000 starting stacks, 75-minute levels, and favorable […]
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PPA Comments on Barney Frank's Latest UIGEA Bill
The Poker Players Alliance is praising Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass) and his H.R. 6870, the Payment Systems Protection Act, which is designed to remove a considerable amount of stress the banking industry will have to endure thanks to the Unlawful internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) by forcing lawmakers to say exactly what the UIGEA should […]
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Online Poker: NYC P.I.M.P Wins WCOOP $1K NLH Event
Three events wrapped up last night in the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The two-day $1,000 no-limit hold’em event that kicked off Sunday night came to a close and crowned a winner, and two $500 buy-in, $200,000-guaranteed eight-or-better events — one seven-card stud and one mixed Omaha — ran start to finish. […]
