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Men Nguyen Is the Master of the Legends of Poker
Bicycle Casino’s Legends of Poker is more than halfway over, and it’s time to take the temperature of the tourney to see just how well poker is going in California during this economic downturn that the president is calling a Wall Street hangover. Entries are slightly down in some events and slightly up in others […]
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€20,000 added Devilympics Wide Open
With 45 events still to play anyone could still win gold and the €5,000 first prize at the DevilfishPoker.com Devilympics. Only 25 points separate the top nine on the leaderboard and with 50 points available to each player over five events every day players can still step up to the plate with a strong chance […]
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Ladies International Poker Series Heads to South America
The Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) is going international later this month by holding a series in Miraflores (near Lima), Peru. The host casino is the Casino Atlantic City. The series starts Saturday, Aug. 23, with a mega-satellite that will award winners with buy-ins to all of the tournaments scheduled for the week, including the […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Larry 'Redman41' Redler
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. Larry “Redman41” Redler beat out 1,285 Exclusive members on Sunday, Aug. 10 to receive the first-place prize and take home his share of the […]
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High Stakes Poker Update
Although filming for High Stakes Poker has yet to begin and the venue and players have yet to be chosen, Vice President of Original Programming and Development for GSN Kevin Belinkoff and President of Poker PROductions Mori Eskandani sat down with Card Player TV to ensure that the network’s highest-rated show will be back for […]
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BoylePoker Pro Marty Smyth Does Omaha Double
BoylePoker.com pro Marty Smyth, who earlier this year won the World Series of Poker pot-limit Omaha world championship in Las Vegas, has achieved a rare double — he is now the Macau Sporting Club Irish Poker Classic Omaha champion, as well. Smyth, who triumphed in the €300 buy-in (with one rebuy) Omaha event yesterday in […]
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Aruba Poker Classic 50-Seat-Guaranteed Event Saturday
The 2008 Aruba Poker Classic is coming up (Sept. 27-Oct. 4), and UltimateBet is hosting a huge qualifier to get players into the event cheaply. The site is holding a $500+$30 50-seat-guaranteed tournament this Saturday, Aug. 16, at 5:30 p.m. ET. The seats given away in Saturday’s event are worth $8,500, which is $5,500 for […]
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Venetian Announces Fourth Deep Stack Extravaganza for 2008
Due to popular demand, the Venetian poker room in Las Vegas has announced a fourth installment of its Deep Stack Extravaganza (DSE) for 2008. A whole new series will take place Nov. 1-25. The Venetian introduced its DSE series last year, and it has proved to be so popular that competing casinos throughout Las Vegas […]
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Marathon Poker Cash Game Takes Place Next Month
Next month, a handful of the pros will head to East London to play in a cash poker game that will run 36 hours straight and will be filmed for television. The PartyPoker.com Poker Den — the Big Game is set to take place in London’s Poker Den and is the third time the event […]
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Online Poker: Yuval Bronshtein Wins Two FTOPS Events in Same
Last night, playing as yuvee04, tournament regular and mixed-games professional poker player Yuval Bronshtein made history by winning two Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) events on the same day. The win is his third overall FTOPS victory, more than any other player since the Series began in 2006. Bronshtein began his winning night by […]
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Playtech Announces Italian Poker Partnership with Snai
Playtech has today announced Snai as its first Italian licensee on its Italian poker network. The company will now receive Playtech’s entire range of poker tournaments, which will be integrated with Snai’s online betting system. Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer of Playtech, said, “As the leading software provider to the online gaming industry, working extensively […]
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Everest Poker Revenues Climb Higher
GigaMedia, the publicly-quoted Taiwanese owner of Everest Poker, has reported second quarter growth of 26 percent on the same period in 2007 to $27.4 million. Revenue declined 8 percent when compared to the first quarter of 2008 but the company said the figures were “solid… despite seasonal slowdown and [the] European soccer championship." Active depositing […]
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Irish Poker Classic Seats Going Once… Twice…
The Irish Poker Classic’s €150,000 guaranteed main event is just days away. With 165 players already registered, time is running out for those who wish to win a seat. Tomorrow sees the last chance to qualify with a mega bonus super satellite €200 + €20 no-limit hold’em freezout taking place at 7 p.m. in the […]
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Win a Seat at EPT Barcelona with DevilfishPoker.com
DevilfishPoker.com has launched the first of many satellites to worldwide events by giving its players the opportunity to play in the fifth season of the European Poker Tour. The EPT is due to kick-off in Barcelona from Sept. 10 to 14, and will now also see three DevilfishPoker players taking part. To be in with […]
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Cake Poker Increases its Guaranteed Prize Pool for Sunday Tourney
U.S.-friendly poker room CakePoker continues to grow, and this month, Cake has increased its weekly Sunday guarantees by $25,000. The staple Sunday tournament is now a $100,000-guaranteed event and at a more convenient 5 p.m. ET timeslot. In addition, on the last Sunday of every month, Cake will more than double that guarantee and host […]
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PPA Holding Charity Tourney in Denver During DNC
The Poker Players Alliance will hold a poker tournament to benefit the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, during the Democratic National Convention. Poker at the Ballpark will take place the night of Tuesday, Aug. 26, on the club level of Coors Field, and all proceeds will go directly to […]
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ESPN to Debut WSOP $1,000 Rebuy Event Tonight
ESPN is debuting two one-hour episodes of the World Series of Poker tonight featuring event No. 5, a $1,000 buy-in rebuy tournament. After 2,258 rebuys from the 766 players who competed, a prize pool of almost $2.9 million was generated. The first-place finisher in this event recieved nearly $637,000. Here are the chip counts going […]
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Meet David Rheem of the November Nine
Just after the 2008 World Series of Poker main event began its three-and-a-half month hiatus, Card Player TV sat down with David “Chino” Rheem of the November Nine. The interview with Rheem can be found on CardPlayerTV.com. The CardPlayer.com player database provides a brief bio on Rheem, reproduced below: David “Chino” Rheem hails from Los […]
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Andrew ‘Foucault’ Brokos Joins PokerSavvy Plus Team
Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) just added a new full-time trainer to its team: Andrew “Foucault” Brokos. Brokos had previously been providing training videos intermittently as a guest instructor on the site. Brokos used to be a teacher, and his teaching background shines through in his poker coaching videos. Drawing from his $5-$10 […]
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Poker Den Returns for Marathon 36-Hour Session
The much anticipated PartyPoker.com Poker Den returns to London on Sept. 31 and Oct. 1 with a stamina sapping 36-hour cash game session: The Big Game III. A wealth of the world’s biggest poker stars set to return to the minimum $10,000 buy-in event including Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott, Tony G, Neil Channing, Roland De Wolfe, […]
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Rookie Spaniard Wins Latin American Poker Tour Uruguay
Jose Miguel Espinar, from Valencia, Spain has won the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour in Punta del Este, Uruguay taking home $241,735 for topping the field of 351 players. Remarkably, Espinar has only been playing poker for nine months. The Spaniard beat Alex Brenes, brother of Humberto, heads up to lift the title. Brenes made […]
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New Free Poker Video Training Clip by Justin Rollo
Justin “WPThero” Rollo is the host of this week’s free poker video training clip, courtesy of Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). The video features Rollo discussing a user-submitted video of his play during a deep run in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up. This video clip, as well as three additional free clips by other […]
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Strip Poker: Excalibur to Convert Room to All Automatic Tabl
Vegas Strip casino Excalibur, famously known for its medieval theme, is making way for new and innovative electronic tables. As of 2 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, the poker room doors will close to reopen on Aug. 21 or Aug. 22 with a whole new look. Twelve PokerPro electronic tables are to be installed, completely […]
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TheV0id Withdraws Case Against PokerStars
PokerStars released a statement announcing that a lawsuit filed against the site by Natalie Teltscher has been withdrawn. Teltscher filed a complaint in the Isle of Man courts after PokerStars disqualified her account’s victory in the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker main event, for which she was awarded more than $1.2 million (after the […]
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First Season of LAPT Ends with Spanish Victory
A player who has only been playing poker since December took down the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour in Punta del Este, Uruguay, this weekend, winning $241,735. Jose Miguel Espinar, from Valencia, Spain, had to beat poker veteran Alex Brenes heads up to claim the title. A total of 351 entrants from 34 countries took […]
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Online Poker: Harlindo Wins Over $250,000 in FTOPS Event No. 10
Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) Event No. 10 With three FTOPS events in full swing at Full Tilt, the normal $750,000 Guarantee tournament took a short hiatus to make room for three championship events, the biggest of which was event No. 10, a $300 buy-in affair hosted by man in red Erik Seidel. Surprisingly, […]
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RGA Supports UIGEA Clarification
The EU-based Remote Gambling Association has endorsed the UIGEA Clarification Act, set forth earlier this month by Pete Session, the Republican representative from Texas. The Clarification Act (HR 6663) aims to ensure that online gaming operators who withdrew from the US (and did not offer sports betting) after the UIGEA was signed into law will […]
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Sam Trickett Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton
Twenty-two year-old Sam Trickett won the BlueSquarePoker.com Grosvenor UK Poker Tour at the weekend, topping a field of 376 runners to take home the £106,000 first prize. Trickett, who also won a £3,000 seat to the tour’s grand final in November, faced a tough final table with Martin Green, Stuart Rutter, and darts star Wayne […]
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Irish Winter Festival Qualifiers Underway
The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival takes place from Oct. 25 to 27 and has an estimated prize pool of €1,000,000. It is a €1,500 + €150 buy-in no-limit hold’em freezeout with a capacity for 800 players and takes place in Citywest Hotel, the home of the 2008 Irish Open. Weekly super satellites at $200 + […]
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Online Poker: Interview with Brent 'Bhanks11' Hanks
Leaving a job that you’re passionate about can be very hard. Brent Hanks had been teaching fifth and sixth graders at a small school since he had graduated from college at St. Bona Venture in rural New York. “I really loved teaching; I loved the kids, and I loved what I did,” Hanks said. “I […]
