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Online Poker: UFman2 Wins Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee
Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee While the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker $10,000 high-rollers event was running in the background, the Full Tilt $750,000-guaranteed event managed to lure 3,838 entrants for a prize pool of $767,600. This represented a three-week high for the tournament and was a huge step forward compared to last weekend’s (Labor […]
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Non-Beta Mac Software Released on Poker Stars
After months of beta testing, the world’s largest online poker site, PokerStars, recently released a full Mac version of its poker client to its users. “They didn’t rush into a launch, but developed the best software for the platform, in line with Mac user feedback and advice, to ensure users have a positive experience,” said […]
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Online Poker: WCOOP High Roller Event has a Winner
Two huge events kicked off last night in the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), a $10,000 buy-in high-rollers no-limit hold’em event and a $500 buy-in two-day no-limit hold’em event. The former crowned a champion in the wee hours of this morning, while the latter will resume today at 4:30 p.m. ET. Check […]
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Frenchman Alain Roy Wins Partouche Poker Tour
The $8,500 buy-in Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes was won at the weekend by Frenchman Alain Roy, who collected $1,426,465 for his victory over 479 opponents. Roy defeated Claudio Rinaldi (pictured at right), from Switzerland, after just three hands of heads-up play to take the lion’s share of the $3.2 million prize pool at the […]
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Edward Sabat Takes Down APPT Macau
American Edward Sabat has won the PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour event in Macau, topping a field of 538 players to lift the $453,851 first prize. Sabat battled through a 12-hour final table to triumph in the $3,200 buy-in event after qualifying online. Two Europeans made the final table: Mikael Rosen came fourth for $108,600 […]
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Tony Cascarino Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Bolton
Tony Cascarino, the former Chelsea and Republic of Ireland football star, won the Bolton leg of the BlueSquarePoker.com Grosvenor UK Poker Tour at the weekend collecting £52,850 for his victory over 174 competitors. Cascarino beat Ali Mallu by overcoming a 4:1 chip lead. After drawing level Cascarino won two all in hands in a row; […]
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Alain Roy Wins Partouche Poker Tour Main Event in Cannes
Only one player could walk away from the €8,500 buy-in Partouche Poker Tour no-limit hold’em main event in Cannes on Sunday, Sept. 7, with the $1,426,465 first-place prize, and that player’s name is Alain Roy. Roy emerged from a field of 480 players in a tournament that featured a huge prize pool worth €3.2 million […]
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Edward Sabat Wins the APPT Macau Main Event
Edward Sabat won the $3,200 no-limit hold’em main event at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop in Macau on Saturday, Sept. 6. He took home $453,851 for beating out a field of 538 players. The win takes Sabat’s lifetime winnings to just over $600,000. Sabat qualified for the event playing poker online, and he was […]
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Card Player TV Guide: Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6
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 SpadeClub This is the first edition of This Week in SpadeClub. Every week, Anat Gerber and Brittany […]
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Online Poker: New Winners Crowned in WCOOP Events 3 and 4
Event No. 3 – Limit Hold’em While it is true that no-limit hold’em has taken over, possibly for good, it can’t quite be said that its limit counterpart is dead. Event No. 3, a $200+$15 buy-in tournament, was given a guarantee of just $300,000 for Saturday afternoon’s first World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) tournament […]
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Online Poker: WCOOP Events 1 and 2 Kick Off Strong
Event No. 1 – Shorthanded No-Limit Hold’em The first event of the series started off by blowing PokerStars’ modest $1 million guarantee out of the water. The $200+$15 six-max tournament attracted 7,217 entrants, creating a total prize pool of $1,443,400. With the buy-in and prize pool offering similar numbers to the Sunday Million, event No. […]
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Celebrities Use Poker to Raise Money for Needy Causes
The popularity of poker has been increasing in all demographics, including celebrities, and why is that? It is the perfect way to gather fellow Hollywood stars for a night of fun, competition, and charity — and three such events are going to be held soon. Famously known as the voice of Bart Simpson, actress Nancy […]
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Borgata Poker Open Starts with Huge Field
Now this is the way to start a poker series. The Borgata Poker Open started Wednesday with a $300 event that attracted 1,192 entrants, for a prize pool of $357,600, of which $77,170 goes to the winner. The 16-event series runs until Sept. 16, and the $10,000 World Poker Tour event is scheduled to take […]
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CP Readers Get WSOPE Cheap Seat Opportunity on Bodog Poker
Bodog Poker is running qualifiers to the upcoming World Series of Poker Europe, set to take place Sept. 27-Oct. 2, and the $75 buy-in semi-final, which awards WSOPE packages, is this Sunday. Card Player readers are getting a special opportunity to qualify for the semi-final for just 50¢. Tomorrow, the Card Player Euro Main Event […]
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This Week in Poker: Poker Tournament News Aug. 30-Sept. 5
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. This Week in Tournament Poker Asian Poker Tour Macau Yevgeniy Timoshenko emerged with the victory at the Asian Poker Tour event in Macau on Aug. 31, emerging from a field of 257 players to win $500,000. Timoshenko […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Bruce 'jaxmaddog' Swindell
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 Bruce “jaxmaddog” Swindell sat down at his computer on Sunday to play in the $5,000 weekly and was able to beat […]
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Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker Starts Today
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker begins today with the first of 33-events. It is a $215 buy-in, six-handed no-limit hold’em tournament that begins at 1:30 p.m. ET and features a guaranteed $1 million prize pool. A full WCOOP schedule and list of results can be found on the CardPlayer.com WCOOP landing page. There […]
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Be Featured on Card Player TV's Calling Station Today
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 Roy Winston. Beginning at 4:15 p.m. PST, Winston will take calls to answer anything concerning poker strategy. The phone number to […]
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Obama Wins Poker Players Vote
A survey undertaken by DuplicatePoker.com revealed that Barack Obama is a keen favourite for president among the poker community, over John McCain. Of the 1,639 American poker players who took the survey, 1,043 said they were voting for Senator Obama, and only 596 backed Senator McCain. An even larger number of 1,117 believe that Obama […]
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Zachary Clark: 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. This week, after covering the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino, we spoke to Zachary Clark about a hand he won during the play-down […]
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SpadeClub Held First Bellagio Championship Monthly Qualifier
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 Sunday, Aug. 31, more than 100 SpadeClub members player became a part of SpadeClub history when they turned on their computers and opened […]
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California Intrastate Poker Bill Shelved Until 2009
The California bill that would tax and regulate an intrastate online poker industry will not go any further in 2008. The bill, A.B. 2026, introduced by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, has been put on the inactive legislative file by its author at the request of Poker Voters of America, who pushed for the law. According to […]
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Battle for the World Poker Tour Season Pass at DoylesRoom
Players on DoylesRoom can begin qualifying now for a Battle for the Season Pass III package, which will send winners and a guest on a seven-day trip to the Dominican Republic for a mixture of vacation, poker learning, and potential for thousands of dollars in prizes. According to the DoylesRoom website, here is what the […]
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Devilfish Stars in New Poker TV Show Tonight
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott is to star in a new five-part TV series starting on ITV Wales tonight, Thursday Sept.4 at 10.35 pm called “How to Become a Poker Millionaire”. The series of 30 minute shows follows Devilfish as he trains four losing poker players, one of whom gets knocked out each episode, until one is […]
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Czech Minister Proposes Online Poker Ban
Czech Republic government minister Dzamila Stehlikova has told the Prague Post she plans to ban online gambling including poker. The Czech government is currently drafting legislation to regulate gambling in the country but the newspaper said the Green Party, which is a junior partner in the ruling coalition, ‘planned to push through a ban on […]
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PokerStars WCOOP Starts Tomorrow
PokerStars.com is offering a monster tournament schedule which is absolutely bursting at the seams with World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) events, starting tomorrow. The schedule is not lacking in variety either with shootouts, single- and multi-table tournaments, and rebuy events all on the menu. There is still something for players of all levels however, […]
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France, Germany, and Italy Get Online Gaming Bank
Ivobank, the online bank targeting online gaming companies and enthusiasts which launched in July in Canada, the UK, Spain, and Ireland, yesterday broadened its reach to include France, Germany, and Italy. Ivobank, whose investors include the billionaire Indonesian Sampoerna family with a significant interest in gaming company Mansion, is believed to be the first independent […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — John Phan
John Phan is on top of the poker world these days. He won two gold bracelets at the 2008 World Series of Poker, and he followed that up by making the final table of the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup IV, where he finished in fifth place to finish off the summer. When he returned […]
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Play in SpadeClub's $40,000 Mega Monthly Poker Freeroll
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’s next $40,000 Mega Monthly is just around the corner. SpadeClub has been holding a $40,000 Mega Monthly event since February 2008, and the […]
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Dennis Phillips Looks to Roy Winston for Coaching
At the beginning of May, the World Series of Poker announced the drastic and unprecedented decision to move back the final table of the main event to November, nearly fourth months later. The decision was met with an overwhelming response, and questions arose as to what the nine players would do during the hiatus. Getting […]
