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WPT: John Phan Wins the 2008 Legends of Poker
The final six players in the 2008 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event took their seats at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, this afternoon at 4 p.m. A first-place prize worth $1,091,428 was up for grabs, and every player had his eyes set on that prize. Five of […]
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PartyPoker Revenues Up Ahead of Poker Relaunch
PartyGaming, the Gibraltar-based publicly quoted gaming operator, today announced its interim results for the six months to June 30, 2008. PartyPoker.com, which makes up 60 percent of the business in terms of net revenue, grew net revenue in the period by 6.4 percent to $153.9 million compared to $144.6 million a year previous. Clean EBITDA […]
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Amit Makhija: 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, while covering the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino, we spoke to final table chip leader Amit Makhija about the hand that […]
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World Poker Association Pushes for Universal Rules
Jesse Jones is so passionate about legitimizing poker as a worldwide sport that he is spending a good portion if his retirement focusing his energies on the World Poker Association, a non-profit organization he founded to protect the rights of poker-playing professionals and semi-pros who go to work at major poker events. He believes the […]
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Grand Sierra Resort to Host State of Nevada Poker Championships
The schedule for the first-annual State of Nevada Poker Championships in Reno, Nevada, at the Grand Sierra Resort has recently been announced, and the 32-event series will run Sept. 25-Oct. 5. Three events will run per day during the series at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m. There will be 11 State Championships — […]
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Wheeling Island Offering Playboy Tournament Series
The Wheeling Island Hotel, Casino, and Racetrack is getting ready for its first Playboy Poker Open, wherein players can compete in weekly satellites for their chance at a grand prize of $52,800 and a trip for two to a VIP Party at the Playboy Mansion on Nov. 19. The Playboy Poker Open main event will […]
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Judge Sides with Investigators in South Carolina Poker Trial
A judge refused to dismiss the charges levied against five men who were fined for playing home poker in South Carolina, sending the case on a collision with a possible jury trial, or another go-around at dismissal. Bob Chimento, Scott Richards, Michael Williamson, Jeremy Brestel, and John Taylor Will believe that the law they’re accused […]
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Battle the Ranks at PaddyPowerPoker.com
PaddyPowerPoker.com today announced its revamped C*A*S*H V.I.P. programme. All real-money account holders are automatically signed up to the programme at the level of Private, and from there can strive for Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, and General by earning Paddy Points. The new and improved system will reward its soldiers with bigger bonuses from both cash […]
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Czechs Lobby for Poker Regulation
The Prague Post today reported that the Czech Association of Poker Clubs (CAPC) has hired consultants from Ernst & Young to help lobby the government to recognize poker as a sport. The report says that, as a result of this lobbying, the Finance Ministry will soon introduce a “lottery act” to streamline national regulations for […]
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Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final Coming Soon
The Partouche Poker Tour’s grand final will take place in Cannes, France, at the Palm Beach Casino, from Sept. 3-7. The €8,500 buy-in main event has a guaranteed prize pool of €2 million. After 2,460 satellite tournaments and eight super-satellites, a minimum of 300 players will await the grand final, wherein one lucky winner will […]
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888.com Net Poker Revenue Up 2.2 Percent
888.com, the publicly quoted bookmaker, today issued its interim results for the six months to the end of June 2008. The company, which operates Pacific Poker, saw net poker revenues up 2.2 percent to $41.7 million from $40.8 million in the same period of 2007. Across all business units, the company grew strongly with profit […]
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Full Tilt's Million Dollar Cash Game is Back
Season three of the Million Dollar Cash Game plays out in London on Sept. 17 and 18, and is due to be broadcast on Sky Sports in January 2009. The series is sponsored by FullTiltPoker.com and produced by poker production specialist, Emblaze Productions. The event is very exclusive, and only those who received a personal […]
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WPT: Legends of Poker Day 4 Recap
Day 4 of the 2008 Legends of Poker was expected to be a long, drawn-out battle down to the final six players. Just four hours in, however, the final 10 had already been determined. Coming into the day with 27 players, there were no shortage of huge pots, huge suckouts, and huge collapses that whittled […]
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WPT: Legends of Poker Q and A — Layne Flack
Layne Flack came to the 2008 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker riding high after the biggest win of his career. He won $577,725 and his sixth gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker, and he looked to continue that success at the first major stop on the tournament trail. Flack has made a […]
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PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Starts Next Week
The Olympics is the world’s stage for the ultimate display of athletic talent, and the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) could be considered the equivalent for online poker players. While the Chinese gymnasts flipped on the floor exercise to claim victory, poker players may have to coin-flip for theirs. The 2008 WCOOP is […]
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New Ways to Save with SpadeClub
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 members not only can play for $100,000 a month in cash prizes, they also can take advantage of special discounts from SpadeClub’s […]
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PPA to Hold Charity Tourney at Republican National Convention
Despite a turbulent history between the Republican Party and online gambling supporters, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has reached out and partnered with the American Gaming Association (AGA) to host a charity poker tournament at the Republican National Convention next week in an effort to raise money for the Paralyzed Veterans of America. The RNC […]
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David 'dpeters17' Peters Wins Heartland Poker Tour E
David “dpeters17” Peters, a young professional poker player from Toledo, Ohio, is the winner of the most recent Heartland Poker Tour event, which was held at Soaring Eagle Casino in Michigan and concluded Monday. Peters outlasted the 300 other players who played in the $1,500 main event, earning $130,178. More than 900 players tried to […]
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Players Down But Poker Revenue Steady at 32Red
Gibraltar-based online gaming company 32Red.com reported its interim results for the half-year ending June 30, 2008. The report showed stagnant poker revenues of £0.6 million during the six month period in June 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. This was despite its number of active players dropping from 10,662 in H1 2007 to […]
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Poker Grows at Paddy Power Despite Dollar Downturn
Paddy Power, the Irish bookmaker that operates PaddyPowerPoker.com, today issued its interim results for the period January to June 2008. While the company’s accounts do not breakdown its “non-retail” business, which includes online and sports betting, casino, poker, bingo, and financial spread betting, the report said its poker business continued to expand. The report said, […]
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WPT: Legends of Poker Day 3 Recap
The remaining 79 players in the 2008 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker arrived at the Bicycle Casino at 2 p.m. today to play down to three final tables. The afternoon portion of play went according to plan, as a steady stream of players marched to the rail. Lost during play on the way down […]
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WPT: Legends of Poker Q and A — Matt Graham
The first few months of Matt “mattg1983” Graham’s live career were a source of frustrating yet promising deep finishes. Other than a win in a preliminary event in Reno, Graham had yet to score big in a $10,000 event, nor had he scored on poker’s biggest stage, the World Series of Poker. That all changed […]
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ESPN Premieres World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha Event
Pot-limit Omaha is a growing game, a fact made more evident by this year’s $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker world championship pot-limit Omaha (PLO) event. Showing a 21-percent increase in attendance from the year before, the 2008 event attracted 381 entrants, generating the largest PLO tournament prize pool in poker history. Tonight, ESPN is […]
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APT Macau Starts Tomorrow
Doyle Brunson is in Macau, China, today to help kick off the second leg of the Asian Poker Tour, which starts Wednesday, Aug. 27. Also today, at 3:30 p.m. Macau time, the APT Poker Room will be opened at Galaxy StarWorld Casino. An hour later, Brunson will be signing books in the lobby of the […]
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Irish Poker Festival to Star in Documentary
Ladbrokes Poker announced today that the €250,000 guaranteed Irish Poker Festival, which is due to take place in the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney from, Oct. 2-5, will be filmed for broadcast on Irish terrestrial station TG4. It will then be distributed to networks worldwide, while a web stream will also be made available on LadbrokesPoker.com. Roy […]
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Poker Channel Highlights for September
Europe’s largest dedicated gaming television network, the Poker Channel, has a variety of offerings for the month of September. At various times: The 2007 World Series Of Poker Europe will captivate audiences across the globe as three London casinos take on a massive field of players, each battling for the prestigious bracelet. Nightly at 9 […]
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Australia's Centrebet Poker Revenue Falls
Australian gaming company Centrebet’s year-on-year poker revenue results show a small drop from $4.7 million (AUD) at year-end June 2007 to $4.5 million at year-end June 2008. Although poker revenue grew at 7 percent in real terms this year, the U.S. exchange rate had an adverse impact on growth in Australian dollars. Total revenue increased […]
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Analyst Predicts Consolidation in Online Poker Industry
James Hollins, an equity analyst at Daniel Stewart & Co. investment bank, has predicted consolidation within the online poker industry is the likely outcome of companies striving for enhanced liquidity in the sector. The report, entitled Gambling Sector August 08, says “The issue of poker site liquidity has emerged rapidly over the past 12 months. […]
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Sponsor Needed For World Heads Up 2008
The €2,500 World Heads Up is due to take place in Casino Barcelona from Oct. 20-25. The event has grown in prestige, stature, and popularity over the years to become one of Europe’s top tournaments. With the date set, the venue arranged, entries capped at 128, and many poker notables already signed up including Dave […]
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WPT: Legends of Poker Day 2 Recap
After two days of preliminary play at the 2008 Legends of Poker, 248 players returned, all with their eyes on the $1,116,428 first-place prize … or at least surviving to the final 36 players to finish in the money. With the blinds starting at 200-400 with a 50 ante, even the shortest stacks had plenty […]
