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ParadisePoker Qualifiers for Scottish Championship
ParadisePoker today announced its satellite schedule for qualification for the Scottish Poker Championship taking place on Aug. 30 at the Gala Maybury Casino in Edinburgh. Ten players from the site will win a €2,500 package, including €600 spending money and the £1,000 buy-in to the event. The €109 grand final on ParadisePoker takes place on […]
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Win a Package to Play Poker in Costa Rica on DoylesRoom
Poker can be a grind, so when it is possible to both play poker and be on vacation, players jump at the chance. DoylesRoom is offering up the tempting opportunity to its players who are eligible to win a $4,000 package to play in the Costa Rica Challenge in Central America for as little as […]
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Amateur Golfer Wins Heartland Poker Tour in Indiana
A 23-year-old budding professional golfer and options trader is $206,273 richer after winning the $1,650 Heartland Poker Tour event that wrapped up at the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana, yesterday. Today, Shane Sigsbee is playing in the 36-hole U.S. Amateur qualifier in Indiana. “This feels pretty good,” Sigsbee said. “Now it’s off to the […]
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Mike Matusow Posts Free Poker Training Video
2008 World Series of Poker bracelet-winner Mike “The Mouth” Matusow is the host of this week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). In the video, Matusow continues his H.O.R.S.E.-ing Around series, wherein he disects the games in H.O.R.S.E. (hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, seven-card stud, and seven-card stud eight-or-better) […]
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PokerTek Secures $5 Million Loan
PokerTek, the company that manufactures electronic poker tables for casinos and heads-up tables for amusement only, has secured a $5 million loan to help grow the company this year. The loan, of which a maximum of $4.1 million could be used within the year, depending on PokerTek’s accounts receivable and inventory, is being provided by […]
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Full Tilt Poker Iron Man Promotion Beefed Up Even More
Full Tilt Poker’s elaborate Iron Man Challenge promotion (explained in detail in a previous CardPlayer.com article) just got a bit more elaborate — and a lot more lucrative for players. The Iron Man Challenge now includes three new features: Iron Man Plus, a mid-year bonus, and a one-a-day freeroll. The Iron Man Plus feature was […]
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ESPN to Premiere Event No. 2 $1,500 No-Limit Event Tonight
The first $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event of the 2008 World Series of Poker was the largest non-main-event turnout for any WSOP tournament it its 39-year history. A field of 3,929 entrants generated a prize pool of almost $5.4 million, and tonight on ESPN, viewers will get to see the action first-hand as the event […]
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RiffMan117 Wins GUKPT Online Main Event
The $500 no-limit hold’em main event of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Online Festival (GUKPT) was won by RiffMan117, also known as Curtis Ledger. Ledger qualified for the event via a $25 feeder tournament which he won earlier in the day. The event, which had a collected prize pool of $58,500 plus an added $10,000 […]
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Specialist Online Gaming Bank Opens For Business
A new online bank targeting online gaming companies and enthusiasts was launched today. Ivobank, whose investors include the billionaire Indonesian Sampoerna family with a significant interest in gaming company Mansion, is believed to be the first independent bank to begin operations since 2001. Managing director, Timothy Sawyer, said the bank, which is headquartered in London, […]
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South African Gambling Law Finally Signed but Delays Not Over
South Africa’s long-awaited National Gambling Amendment Law has finally been signed by President Thabo Mbeki but reports in the South African press suggest it will not be implemented until a date chosen by the President. The law, which was introduced as a bill to the South African legislature last year and approved by government committee […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — Joe Tehan
With $2.2 million in live winnings on his résumé, including a win in the 2006 WPT MandalayBay Poker Championship, tournament grinder Joe Tehan has been one of the more recognizable faces on tour for the past four years. Tehan is no stranger to the wear and tear of the summer tournament schedule, and he managed […]
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New Poker After Dark to Feature Past Heads-Up Champions
Season four of NBC’s Poker After Dark is once again switching from its original format for an all-new week of episodes that will feature heads-up play between the four previous winners of NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Phil Hellmuth (2005), Ted Forrest (2006), Paul Wasicka (2007), and Chris Ferguson (2008) all put up $50,000 for […]
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Online Poker: avkid86 Wins Poker Stars Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million Attendance at last night’s PokerStars Sunday Million was down from last week when 8,370 entrants bought in. The numbers may have been lower, but the attendance and prize pool were still significantly higher than they were averaging before the hugely popular $2 million-guaranteed Sunday Million that took place two weeks ago as […]
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Meet Chip Leader of WSOP Main Event in a CPTV Interview
On July 14, the final nine players of the 6,844 who entered the $10,000 World Series of Poker main event turned a page in their poker career and began on a three-and-a-half-month journey that will ultimately lead to the final table of the biggest tournament of their lives. Immediately, the global poker community fixed their […]
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Winner Of London EPT Set To Receive £1 Million
The London leg of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour is set to be one of the largest tournaments ever played in the UK. It will run from October 1 — 5 in the Victoria Casino, which has the capacity to hold up to 500 players. PokerStars.com is expecting to send more than 150 online qualifiers, […]
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British Poker Tour Liverpool Details Announced
The Gala Casinos British Poker Tour (GCBPT) will hit the half-way mark, when it debuts in Liverpool from September 17 — 21. The main event will be a £500 + £50 no-limit hold’em freezeout, and with a capacity of 220 runners, the estimated prize pool of £110,000 will be further increased by £5,000 added by […]
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Online Poker: Play Some Hands with Steve Sung
Dropping out of college is highly discouraged in most cases, but when you’re a 23-year-old college dropout with $1.5 million in tournament winnings and even more in your bank account from high-stakes cash games, it’s hard to look back on that decision as a mistake. That’s where poker pro Steve Sung stands right now in […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Arthur 'InntheBuff' Kliszak
SpadeClub.com, the total poker experience, offers more than 2,500 tournaments and awards $100,000 every month, all for just $19.99 a month. No entry fees, no deposits, no risk. Find out more. SpadeClub member Arthur “InntheBuff” Kliszak took fist place in SpadeClub’s recent $5,000 weekly event and walked away with $1,500. Kliszak has been playing poker […]
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WSOP Academy Heading to Los Angeles
The World Series of Poker Academy is heading to Los Angeles for the first time in September to conduct an intense weekend poker camp at the Bicycle Casino. Instructors for this edition include Annie Duke, Kenny Tran, poker tells expert and former G-man Joe Navarro, noted poker professional and instructor Alex Outhred, and others. The […]
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UltimateBet and Absolute Poker Merge to Form Cereus Network
UltimateBet and Absolute Poker are combining into one integrated online poker site that will bring players together on one platform, called CEREUS. The project has been in the works for more than a year. Players from both sites will see the change in August when CEREUS launches, and while the new singular network will share […]
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CircusCasino.com Launches Unique UK Poker Event
Genting Stanley’s latest online offering CircusCasino.com has launched a no-limit hold’em tournament which is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK. The £100,000 guaranteed “Second Chance” tournament will see players, who do not qualify in live tournaments, get a second shot at the final in an online qualifier. Likewise, those who […]
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Marcel Luske And Michelle Lau Unite Poker Industry
Dutchman Marcel Luske and Hawaiian Michelle Lau have collaborated with leading industry professionals and authorities from around the world to create “The International Poker Rules”. The IP Rules are intended to provide uniformity to all card rooms and tournaments, and to unite the entire poker industry. Luske said, “As poker has exploded, the beauty of […]
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Luke Staudenmaier: 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 we spoke with Luke Staudenmaier, who finished third in the Bellagio Cup IV main event, the first stop for the World Poker Tour’s seventh season. Staudenmaier, who […]
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Million Dollar FPP Tourney Takes Place Sunday at Poker Stars
PokerStars is giving players a chance to turn their Frequent Players Points (FPPs) into a whole lot of cash on the last Sunday of each month with its Turbo Takedown tourney. It takes place this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET and has a buy-in of 5,000 FPPs. One out of three players will get paid, […]
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High Stakes Poker to Return to GSN for Fifth Season
High Stakes Poker, the TV show that lets poker fans see what it’s like to play for six-figure pots, will return for a fifth season. Both GSN and Poker PROductions, its production company, have confirmed that High Stakes Poker was renewed. Details about when and where the show will be filmed and when new episodes […]
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Scott Kowalske: Playing With Pain — One Year Later
Update: A Card Player reader has teamed up with poker professional Brett “Gank” Jungblut to set up an online charity poker tournament for the Scott Kowalske Fund on PokerStars. Along with Jungblut, fellow World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Scott “BigRiskky” Clements has also registered to play in the event. The tournament will take […]
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Multiplayer Championship Poker for iPhone and iPod Touch
Mobile gaming developer Real Dice has announced the launch of Multiplayer Championship Poker for the iPhone and iPod Touch. From 2005 to 2007 consecutively, the game was given the title “Game of the Year” by Smartphone Magazine. Apple users can now avail of the application and connect with thousands of players worldwide by downloading it […]
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Titan Poker Goes Russian
TitanPoker.com has further increased the number of languages it offers to 12 with the addition of Russian. The online poker room is now available in Russian, English, Danish, German, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish, with its website also appearing in Dutch. The move is due to the large increase in Russian-speaking TitanPoker […]
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Coming Soon: Turn Your SpadeClub Membership Into Millions
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 are being given the chance to turn their $19.99 SpadeClub membership into millions of dollars with a $25,000 seat to the […]
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Win Seat Into North American Poker Championship on Cake Poker
The only Canadian stop on the World Poker Tour is the North American Poker Championship, and CakePoker is now running satellites for its players to win a $12,000 prize package to play the world-class event. Daily quarter-final satellites run for $5 and award seats into a weekly semi-final that takes place every Sunday at 5:30 […]
