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Final Exclusive Bodog Poker $250K Qualifier Today
The Bodog Poker $250,000-guaranteed event is tomorrow, and today is prospective players’ last chance to take advantage of Card Player-exclusive qualifiers for the event. Bodog is hosting a qualifier today that is exclusive to CardPlayer.com readers. The qualifier gives players a shot at a cheap seat in the event by overlaying three $270 seats in […]
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Tony and Eva Parker Charity Tourney Sunday in San Antonio
The first-annual Tony and Eva Parker Celebrity Casino Night hosted by San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker and wife Eva Parker (Longoria) is taking place this weekend on Sunday, Aug. 9 to benefit charity. At Pedrotti’s North Wind Ranch, located at 13715 FM 1560N in San Antonio, the doors will open to guests at 5:30 p.m. […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Roseann 'rnana1' Urban
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. Roseann “rnana1” Urban is SpadeClub’s latest $40,000 Mega Monthly winner and will receive $10,000 from SpadeClub. Urban’s boyfriend introduced her to poker only five […]
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World Poker Tour Releases Financial Report
World Poker Tour Enterprises released their financial report for the first half of 2008, and that report shows that the company has endured a one-third decrease in revenue compared to the same time-frame last year. Earnings for World Poker Tour Enterprises fell 33 percent for the first six months of 2008 compared to the same […]
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Exclusive Bodog Poker $250K Qualifier Today for Card Player Readers
With the Bodog Poker $250,000-guaranteed event just two days away (it will play out this Sunday), players are scrambling to qualify. Bodog is giving CardPlayer.com readers an edge in that scramble with two exclusive shots at a cheap seat for the event. And players need to hurry and get money on Bodog, because one of […]
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Dates Set for Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure
Since its inception in 2004, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been one of the most popular major poker tournaments in the world, drawing huge fields each year, and recently, PokerStars announced the dates for its 2009 event: Jan. 4. Demonstrating the event’s popularity is its past turnouts. Every year thus far has seen an increase […]
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Strip Poker: A Closer Look at the MGM Grand Poker Room
The MGM Grand poker room mixes a young, laid-back atmosphere with a professional and comfortable place to play the game. Located near the lion habitat and closely connected to the Centrifuge Bar, the room exudes fun without sacrificing everything it takes to make a successful poker room. Here is what the room has to offer: […]
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Missouri Voters to Take Up Casino 'Loss Limit' Issue
Missouri voters will decide if the state’s unique “loss limit” rule that stops casino patrons from buying in for more than $500 in two hours should be lifted. According to the supporters of the measure, the change would receive an additional $105.1 million-$130.0 million annually for elementary and secondary education, and $5 million-$7 million annually […]
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Card Player Readers Can Play in Battle of the Sites this Sunday
PaddyPowerPoker.com’s Battle of the Sites (B.O.T.S.) promotion, which sees 14 leading poker websites battle against each other for prizes worth over $15,000, comes to CardPlayerEurope.com readers this weekend. Using the password botscrd3, players can register for the $5+$0.50 tournament that takes place at 8 p.m. ET this Sunday. The tournament has $300 added by paddypowerpoker.com, […]
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Cryptologic Revenues Up as New Business Grows
Cryptologic, the online gaming software provider, today posted its second quarter 2008 results, which showed modest growth of 3.4 percent to $16.8 million over the same period in 2007. The company signed up five new customers between Apr. and Jun. 2008 and said casino was the main driver of its increased business, although it noted […]
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PartyPoker's $1 Million Birthday Party Invite
PartyPoker.com has been celebrating its seventh birthday all this week with a wide range of fun promotions and surprise tournaments. Each player who has earned 77 PartyPoints during the festivites is invited to take part in the $7,777 tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, wherein the top 777 will be paid, and at least 150 seats […]
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Finnish Poker Players Targeted by Tax Man
Thirty Finnish poker players have received letters from Vero, the Finnish tax authority, asking them to declare their winnings from poker, according to a report today by Gaming Intelligence Group. Winnings from poker outside of the European Economic Area, which Finland is a member of, are liable to tax in the country and it is […]
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World Poker Tour Revenues Continue to Decline
World Poker Tour Enterprises, the Nasdaq-listed company behind the poker tour of the same name, has announced revenue dropped to $5.1 million in the second quarter of 2008, a fall of 33 percent from $7.7 million in the same period of 2007. The fall was attributed to lower license fees as a result of lower […]
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New Deadline in Antigua and Barbuda-U.S. WTO Case
A new deadline has been established by the World Trade Organization for Antigua and Barbuda and the United States to reach a conclusion in the five-year-long dispute between the two WTO members centered on online gambling. The new deadline — after several of which have already come and gone — is Oct. 1. WTO panels […]
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Latin American Poker Tour Uruguay Under Way Today
The inaugural Latin American Poker Tour is now in Punta del Este, Uruguay, for the last leg of the tour. The event kicked off today, and it is a three-day $2,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. The first stop of the LAPT was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It drew 314 entrants, and Julien Nuijten of […]
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Meet Ylon Schwartz of the WSOP November Nine
The 2008 World Series of Poker main event continues its build-up toward the culmination of the final table in November, and the spotlight on the remaining nine players is shining brightly. Card Player TV was able to catch up with Ylon Schwartz just after the final table was set, and the full interview with Schwartz […]
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Devilympics €1,000 Opening Ceremony Freeroll Tomorrow
The highly anticipated Devilympics begins tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 8 at DevilfishPoker.com with a spectacular €1,000 Opening Ceremony Freeroll at 8:30 p.m. BST with a €250 bounty on the head of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott. The Devilympics sees five events taking place every day for 15 days, with €20,000 added to the total prize pool. Olympians will […]
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Ladbrokes Poker Moves Network as Revenue Falls
Ladbrokes Plc today announced it had signed an agreement with the Microgaming Prima network that will see LadbrokesPoker join the network in 2009, which will allow some of its players to compete against U.S.-based players. The company also announced net poker revenue fell 6.4 percent to £14.7 million in the first six months of 2008 […]
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Central London to Get First Legal Poker Club
The Fox Poker Club, central London’s first legal poker club, is to open in 2009 with a full casino licence. Shareholders in the venture include Joe Beevers, Barny Boatman, and Phil Laak. The club will be undertaking a member recruitment drive at Poker in the Park in Leicester Square on Aug. 15 and 16, offering […]
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Doyle Brunson to Play Asian Poker Tour Macau
Poker legend Doyle Brunson will play the second leg of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour, which will be held at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau from August 27-31, 2008. Other poker pros attending include 2008 WSOP and APT Philippines champions, David Saab, J.C. Tran, Nam Le, Quinn Do, and Steve Sung.The latter […]
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More Olympic Fever at Spin32Poker.com
The 2008 Summer Olympics have inspired yet another poker promotion. Spin32Poker.com is joining in the festivities and offering its players more ways to win with its Spin32 Poker Summer Olympics. Throughout August, players can take a shot at winning bronze, silver, and gold medals, with each medal representing a set Comp Point requirement and corresponding […]
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SpadeClub $25,000 Bellagio Championship Qualifiers Now Running
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 have been playing in the Bellagio Championship Series daily qualifiers since Aug. 1 to make it into the first weekly qualifier […]
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Bodog Poker Qualifying Card Player Readers for $250K Tournament
The much-anticipated Bodog Poker $250,000-guaranteed event is coming up this Sunday, and Bodog is giving CardPlayer.com readers two shots at a cheap seat in the event. The site is hosting two CardPlayer.com-exclusive tournaments this Friday and Saturday — an $11 rebuy and an $11 freezeout, respectively — and both tournaments feature an overlay of three […]
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U.S. Postpones Trade Talks with EU on Online Poker Regulations
A meeting requested by the European Union to discuss the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act’s violation of a treaty laid out by the World Trade Organization was postponed by the U.S. just one week prior to the engagement. The EU found the U.S. guilty of breaking trade agreements signed by WTO members. The U.S. was […]
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Full Tilt Online Poker Series IX Begins Today
The ninth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) begins today with the first of 25 events. The entire series will award more than $15 million in combined prize pools. Full Tilt pros will host each event and provide pro chat to answer fan questions. The following is the FTOPS IX schedule: Event […]
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Full Tilt Online Poker Series Begins Today
The ninth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) begins today and will feature 25 events hosted by notable poker pros such as Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Allen Cunningham, and Patrik Antonius. These events will give players the opportunity to talk to their favourite professionals and ask them questions. The Series […]
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New EPT Stop and More PokerStars News
For players constantly seeking greater heights, PokerStars has scheduled in a £20,000+£300 no-limit hold’em showdown at this year’s London EPT. The event will take place on Oct. 5 and 6 with a guaranteed £1 million prize pool. Players can buy in to the event directly or take a shot at winning the high-roller seat online […]
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Barbara Enright Wins LIPS Event at Legends of Poker Series
The Ladies International Poker Series event at the Legends of Poker was won by Barbara Enright after she triumphed over a field of 100 women — and John Vorhaus. Best known for her fifth-place finish in the 1995 World Series of Poker main event, Enright has nearly $1.3 million in tournament winnings. For this $340 […]
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London Turns Eyes to Poker This Fall
The PokerStars European Poker Tour has added a “high-roller” event to its scheduled London stop that will have one of the largest guaranteed prize pools of the year: £1 million. Using today’s currency conversion rate, that’s $1,953,200. That means the buy-in is the third-highest of the year at $39,064, behind only the $50,000 World Series […]
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ESPN Premieres $5,000 Mixed Hold'em Event Tonight
Another installment of ESPN’s coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker is airing starting at 8 p.m. PST, and features the $5,000 mixed hold’em tournament (warning, winner shown at link). This final table garnered extra attention because of the well-known names included in the remaining nine players of the 332 that started. The following […]
