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Bar Poker League Expands into Netherlands
International entertainment company, The World Poker Store has announced the expansion of its Bar Poker League into the Netherlands. In a new agreement with Play It Simpel, the company responsible for the poker reality TV show “Poker Kampioen Van Nederland”, a Netherlands poker league under that company’s name will be converted into a new leg […]
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Doyle Brunson Versus Annette Obrestad Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Sept. 26, history will be made at the Empire Casino in London, as the king of poker, Doyle Brunson takes on the European queen, Annette Obrestad in a face-off style event. At 1 p.m. (BST), the two champions will sit opposite each other for a full-on, nail-biting, gun-slinging, awe-inspiring no-limit hold’em heads-up match. It’s […]
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PokerStars Breaks Online Poker Prize Pool Record
The PokerStars.com World Championship Of Online Poker broke all kinds of records this year. Its total prize pool increased by $3 million from last year to an astounding $39,958,000. Players from 118 countries took part in 33 events and 55,758 buy-ins, and the main event alone had a prize pool of $10,925,000. Some players did […]
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Husband and Wife Both with Heartland Poker Tour Titles
It’s been said that a couple who plays together, stays together, and that could not be more true than for the Zogmans. At the most recent Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) event, Mary Jo Belcore-Zogman won first place, outlasting 201 players at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Minnesota. Not only did she take home the […]
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Strip Poker: Hard Rock Poker Lounge Hosts Ladies Tourney
The Hard Rock Poker Lounge is looking to attract the ladies with its women-only rebuy tournament every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The buy-in is $20, which gets players 1,500 in chips. Rebuys for $10 get players 1,000 in chips and are available throughout the first hour. One last add-on for $10 is allowed just […]
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Poker Stars to Run Million Dollar Men Freerolls
Six of the November Nine players represent PokerStars, and the site is offering players a free chance to compete against the World Series of Poker main event finalists in a single-table tournament for a top prize of $100,000. There are three seats up for grabs, and players can start qualifying Sept. 27 in one of […]
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PokerTrillion Withdraws Claims Against Boss Media
PokerTrillion, the online poker room, today announced it had halted its legal action against its former network Boss Media. The short statement simply said, “Trillion Limited (POKERTRILLION.com) announces that they have withdrawn all claims made against Boss Media and related parties ending the legal dispute between the companies.” Previously, on Aug. 18, the company released […]
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World Series Of Poker Europe Update: Day 4
Day 4 of the World Series Of Poker Europe, presented by Betfair, saw the second day of the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event play out with many highs, lows, and moments of pure entertainment. The first couple of eliminations saw Andreas Hoivold, Josh Gould, Barry Greenstein, and Jean-Robert Bellande make very short appearances in the Empire Casino […]
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Gus Hansen Poker Site For Sale
Danish poker site, ThePlayr.com has announced that it is now up for sale on SitePoint.com. The site was launched on the Danish Market in September 2007, and began expanding internationally earlier this year. According to the Alexa ranking, since its launch, it quickly became the biggest poker news site and second largest poker community site […]
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Zachary Ford is Liverpool GCBPT Champion
Zachary Ford was crowned champion from a field of 230 in Gala Casinos British Poker Tour’s Liverpool festival. Things were close at the final table with five players struggling towards first place. But after agreeing on a deal, Zachary’s 900,000 chip stack came out on top, earning him the title, £26,000, and a seat in […]
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Phil Hellmuth Meets His Match in London
With Phil Hellmuth in town vying for his 12th bracelet in the WSOPE, there is another prestigious title to be won in London. On Saturday, Sept. 27 at 12 p.m. (BST) in Leicester Square, the record-holding pro will meet with a group of Hellmuth wannabes. This time they will not be looking to master his […]
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Poker is "Sport" Says UK Advertising Watchdog
The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK today issued an adjudication against a recent PokerStars poster advertisement. The ad, which featured Daniel Negreanu with text next to the picture stating, “Poker is a sport of courage, conviction and confidence. Play for free at the world’s largest poker site". A complaint about the by-line suggested that […]
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Celebration Time at PartyPoker.com
There is a lot to celebrate at PartyPoker.com at the moment. PartyGaming has been given two awards at the annual eGaming Awards. These awards recognise outstanding achievements in the online gaming industry. The company won “Operator of the Year” for the second time in three years, and was also given the prestigious title of “Socially […]
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Card Player Survives Battle of Sites
PaddyPowerPoker.com’s Battle of the Sites Grand Final played out on Sunday, with 14 ambitious poker players endeavouring to do their websites proud in the struggle for number one. More than $15,000 worth of live tournament packages and cash prizes were up for grabs, but only seven players made the cut. It was no easy feat […]
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World Series Of Poker Europe Update: Day 3
With the larger end of the £615,000 prize pool to play for, the heat was on in central London yesterday. Nine players remained from an original field of 410 in the £1,500 no-limit hold’em event, but only one could take the top prize of ₤144,218, and the object of every player’s fantasy — a World […]
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Jesper Hougaard Breaks World Series Record
With nine players remaining from an original field of 410 in the World Series Of Poker Europe’s £1,500 no-limit hold’em event yesterday, only one was destined to take the top prize of ₤144,218. After some ups and downs, Danish warrior Jesper Hougaard made his way back into the game after starting the day off eighth […]
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Kentucky Attempts to Seize Online Poker Domains
Note: This story was updated at 3 p.m. PT. Kentucky is taking on the online gambling industry by attempting to seize 141 domain names registered to online companies by using a law that allows officials to seize devices that are used to for illegal gambling. The government will try to convince a judge on Thursday […]
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Online Poker: Carter 'ckingusc' King Wins 2008 WCOOP Main Event
The Main Event took place Monday night in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Read the event recap below to find out who took it down, and check out the entire WCOOP schedule and results list on CardPlayer.com. WCOOP Main Event: $5,000 + $200 No-Limit Hold’em A total of 60 players survived day […]
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Yevgeney Podolsky Wins the 2008 California State Poker Championship
The 18 events that comprised the 2008 California State Poker Championship have come to a conclusion at Commerce Casino in Southern California, and Yevgeney Podolsky has been crowned the champion of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em championship event. Podolsky emerged from a field of 484 players to win $183,120 in prize money and 960 Card Player […]
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New Poker After Dark Episodes Premiere Tonight
Mike Matusow has won over $6.5 million in tournaments, but zero in his eight tries on Poker After Dark. The theme for this week’s brand new episodes is Mission Impossible which features Matusow competing against five previous Poker After Dark winners, and the first show premieres on Tuesday at 2:05 a.m. ET on NBC. The […]
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Online Poker: Phil 'USCphildo' Collins Analyzes Hands Part II
Note: This is Part II of a two-part hand-analysis interview with Phil “USCphildo” Collins. Read Part I by clicking here. Hand No. 3 Info PokerStars $500 buy-in $250,000 guarantee Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,200 ante Player Ben86 USCphildo Stack 658,525 1,209,793 Hand ?-? K 10 Action Ben86 raises to 27,286 preflop from under the gun […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A: Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier won the first major poker tournament in the history of Italy when he walked away with the $1,364,330 first-place prize at the European Poker Tour San Remo event during season four. His battle and subsequent victory over local favorite Dario Minieri at that final table earned Mercier a nomination for Performance of the […]
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Playtech Expands Italian Poker Network with Sisal
Playtech, the software design and development company which owns the iPoker network, today announced a third licensee on its rapidly expanding Italian poker network. Sisal, an Italian land based and online gaming company, is the latest to sign with the company, following in the footsteps of Snai and Gala-Coral’s Eurobet Italia. Mor Weizer, Chief Executive […]
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Online Poker: WCOOP Main Event Day 1 Recap
The event to take place last night in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) was the first day of the no-limit hold’em main event. Read the event recap below to find out who is still in contention, and check out the entire WCOOP schedule and results list on CardPlayer.com. WCOOP Main Event: $5,000 […]
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World Series Of Poker Europe Update: Day 2
With 45 paid places to play for on day 2 of the £1,500 no-limit hold’em event, exits were hard to come by early session. World Series Of Poker bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard took a substantial pot off Shaun Deeb with AQ versus 1010 on a KQA77 board. The two went head-to-head once again shortly after […]
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Phil Ivey is FullTilt's Million Dollar Man
Phil Ivey has not relinquished his throne at the FullTiltPoker.com Million Dollar Cash Game as he has just won the trophy and over $500,000 for the second time since the event started. The Million Dollar Cash Game is Europe’s largest high-stakes cash game which sees poker legends come together once a year for a no-holds […]
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Card Player TV Guide: Week of Sept. 14-21
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: Borgata Poker Open Champion: Vivek Rajkumar wins the 2008 WPT Borgata Poker Open. Strategy: Card Player TV sits down with […]
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Online Poker: Phil 'USCphildo' Collins Analyzes Hands Part I
This year, the online poker world is Phil “USCphildo” Collins’ oyster, and he’s snagged pearls to the tune of more than a half-million dollars in Online Player of the Year-qualified finishes since the beginning of 2008. His scores have put him in second place on the OPOY leader board, 80 points out of the top […]
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Online Poker: Team PokerStars Comes Close to Two WCOOP Wins
The two events to take place last night in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) were a limit hold’em event and a H.O.R.S.E. 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 No. 31: $1,000 […]
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World Series Of Poker Europe Update: Day 1B
Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Europe’s £1,500 no-limit hold’em event saw a fresh field of 219 poker faces whittled down to 46 yesterday as players battled fiercely for the top prize of £144,218. Heads-up champion Jeff Kimber doubled up early through Hubert Attali. Kimber pushed all in over Attali’s 1,375 bet, and […]
