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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 […]
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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 […]
