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Bodog Releases Betting Odds on Final Nine WSOP Players
Bodog has released betting odds for the final nine World Series of Poker main event players, and with a lack of any real superstar competitor among them, it’s no surprise that they directly reflect chip stacks. According to Bodog, the chip leader of the “November Nine” with 26.4 million, Dennis Phillips, and second-place Ivan Demidov, […]
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Strip Poker: Chris Webber to Host Tourney at Planet Hollywood
Retired professional basketball player Chris Webber is uniting poker and sports stars on Friday night at Planet Hollywood during C-Webb’s Bada Bling Celebrity Weekend for a charity poker tournament to benefit the Chris Webber Foundation. Not only will sports icons be in attendance, such as Rip Hamiliton of the Detroit Pistons, boxing champion Floyd Mayweather […]
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GUKPT Online Festival Kicks Off
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Online festival is under way on BlueSquarePoker.com, with two events, the $200 and $300 buy-in no-limit hold’em freezeouts, already complete. The winners were Frank “Codfatherace” Romanello, who beat 104 players to pick up $6,156 in the $200 event, and Oliver “dont1know” Boyce, who topped the 91-runner field in the $300 […]
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32Red Poker Revenues Flat, Player Numbers Down
Online gaming operator 32Red has announced poker revenues remained flat in the first six months of 2008 at £0.6 million, the same as both the first and second halves of 2007. The trading update also said that active player numbers had fallen between January and June 2008 to 8,668 from 8,802 in the previous six […]
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Mike Matusow to Host Card Player Pro Member Chat Wednesday
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow — a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, member of Team Full Tilt, host of Card Player TV’s The Mouthpiece, and poker coach for poker video training site Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) — is set to host a 30-minute chat session with members of Card Player Pro tomorrow (Wednesday) […]
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Poker Stars Offering Qualifiers for EPT Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain, is a beautiful city with one of the richest histories in the world, and now poker players can take a trip there, take in the sights, and, of course, play some poker — all for as little as $2.22, courtesy of PokerStars. PokerStars, the sponsor of the European Poker Tour, is giving its […]
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Qualify for the Asian Poker Tour Event in Macau on Bodog
The Asian Poker Tour in Macau is scheduled for Aug. 26-31 with a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 million, and Bodog Poker is giving players a chance to win an exclusive all-expenses-paid trip to play the event for free. Freerolls are running four times daily from now until the end of July, and they will […]
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Strip Poker: Venetian to Introduce Poker-Themed Stage Show
The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino recently announced that it will debut the first-ever live interactive poker-themed stage show called The Real Deal!. Included in the Venetian’s lineup of entertainment offerings in the Venetian Showroom, the Real Deal! was created to give poker players and fans alike the opportunity to interact with the games’ biggest […]
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Poker Channel's Euro Highlights for August
From August 4: (All times CET) The Great British Poker Tour: Nightly at 9 p.m. Showcasing the best of British poker talent, the nationwide tour consists of five festivals nationwide, finishing with a £2,500 buy-in final. Grosvenor UK Poker Tour: Mon/Wed/Sun at 10 p.m. The series, which covers 10 cities, combines table action and behind-the-scenes […]
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CryptoLogic Integrates e-Wallet for BetSafe
CryptoLogic, the NASDAQ-quoted gaming software provider, today announced it had completed the integration of its poker site to the eWallet payment system at its partner Betsafe. Up until now, sportsbook punters and poker players at Betsafe, which joined Cryptologic in January 2007, could not seamlessly transfer funds from one account to the other, but that […]
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World Series Of Poker Premieres Tonight on ESPN
It’s finally time for poker fans to get their yearly fix of brand-new episodes of the World Series of Poker. Tuesday night is now poker night on ESPN, and it all begins tonight from 8-10 p.m. ET with the premiere show that will feature the $10,000 pot-limit hold’em world championship. This is the first event […]
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APAT's United Kingdom Team Championship Results
The Amateur Poker Association and Tour (APAT) held the United Kingdom Team Championship in the G Casino, Blackpool, on July 19 and 20. Teams of 10 were assembled out of 200 entries from 20 UK poker communities with a £50 buy-in per person. The final table consisted of Rich Offless (Chezger), Ross Johnson (Poker Player), […]
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SwankPoker Set to Launch 'Adult' Offering
SwankPoker.com, a new ‘adult’ online poker room which is set to launch in the coming weeks, is offering players something akin to a match made in heaven — a heady cocktail of poker and sex. Rewards at the site are enticing and include packages to the world’s best brothels, strip clubs, and swing clubs; all-expenses […]
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Tournament Trail Q & A: Michael 'SirWatts' Watson
Michael Watson did not have a lot of success at the 2008 World Series of Poker, cashing just twice for less than $14,000. He was not discouraged by this slow start and focused up when the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup IV began, where he ended up walking away with $1,673,770. Watson deafeated a final […]
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Free Poker Training Video Features Heads-Up Pro Analysis
This week’s free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) is a fun, innovative approach to analyzing two players’ play in a heads-up sit-and-go — both sets of holecards are shown (to viewers only) and PokerSavvy Plus coach Evan “_Fisherman” Roberts gives his own input. This video clip, as well […]
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Cross the Pond to Play with Some of the New Big Boys
Harrah’s hailed the record of 118 different countries represented at this year’s World Series of Poker as seminal for the world of poker, and it indeed serves as another watermark as the popularity of poker increases on a global scale. Good poker tournament players who honed their games outside of the United States aren’t necessarily […]
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Poker After Dark to Feature Young Pros Vs. Old School Pros
Ever since the boom of Internet poker and the rise of its young stars, there has been a debate about who is better, Internet players or live players? This week’s brand-new Poker After Dark episodes will feature one such competition. Going back to the traditional six-player winner-take-all $20,000 buy-in tournament, the featured players will be […]
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CPTV's The Scoop Will Be Aired Every Friday
The Scoop, Card Player TV’s show featuring Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez, will not end with the World Series of Poker. The show is going to be bringing its unique perspective on the world of poker to Card Player audiences all year long. A new episode of The Scoop will premiere every Friday. Schoenfeld and […]
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Online Poker: SAM66 Wins Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million had a very impressive week last week when it doubled its guarantee and had its largest-ever field and prize pool. Last night was back to business as usual for the event, but some of the allure from last week must have lingered, as the field was still much […]
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DevilfishPoker Launches €250 Bounty Tournaments
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott is giving DevilfishPoker.com users the chance to play against him every week at 8 p.m. BST from August 28. DevilfishPoker will add €250 to the prize pool, and the player who knocks Ulliott out will win a €250 bounty prize — not to mention a lifetime of bragging rights. When Ulliott is […]
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PokerStars is World's Stickiest Website
According to research republished on marketing news website ClickZ, the top 10 stickiest brands at home and work in June 2008 include PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, and PartyPoker.com. Sticky websites are sites which successfully hold their customers attention, and which people want to spend a lot of time on. They are also then among those which have […]
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Online Poker: Interview with Mark 'dipthrong' Herm
Last Sunday, Mark “dipthrong” Herm took down the Bodog Poker $100,000-guaranteed tournament, earning $23,600, which is certainly an exciting accomplishment. Two hours later, however, that accomplishment was magnified when he also took down the Full Tilt $750,000 guarantee. It is fairly unprecedented to take down the flagship tournament on two sites on the same day, […]
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Strip Poker: Orleans Open Main Event Begins Sunday
The Las Vegas tournament series have all but come to an end. The last of the remaining events in the Orleans Open is the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship, and it begins on Sunday at noon. Players can get in for cheaper by competing in a $300 buy-in single-table satellite. The winner will receive a […]
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2008 Card Player SpadeClub Poker Classic Tomorrow
This Saturday, July 19, Card Player, SpadeClub and ptseats.com are hosting the first-ever Card Player SpadeClub Poker Classic at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Registration is open to everyone, and the live poker event will begin at 7:15 p.m. in the poker room. The buy-in will be $560, and players will […]
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USA Today Asking People Thoughts on Online Gambling
A blog post in USA Today’s online sports section outlines some of the current proposed legislation that could affect online gambling in America and includes a poll for readers asking them if online gambling should be legalized. The link is: blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/gambling/index.html. The post includes quotes by Rep. Jim A. McDermott, the man who wants […]
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POY Update: Players Creep Up But Erik Seidel Remains No. 1
The 2008 Card Player Player of the Year race has sprinted past the halfway mark, and with the finish line still so far away, the competitors aren’t slowing down. With the World Series of Poker and the first event of Season VII of the World Poker Tour in the books, the leader board has inevitably […]
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SpadeClub Donates $3,000 to Member Success Freeroll
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Find out more. SpadeClub sent four members to the World Series, and based upon how well they did, SpadeClub donated money for a member’s-only freeroll. SpadeClub member “dkhunky” made it all the way to day […]
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World Poker Tour to move to Fox Sports Network
Yesterday evening, World Poker Tour Enterprises announced that it came to an agreement with Fox Sports Network (FSN) to broadcast season seven of the World Poker Tour. FSN now has the rights to broadcast 26 one-hour episodes of WPT in the United States, which are being filmed now. Details such as the amount FSN paid […]
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David Benyamine Runner Up In WPT Bellagio Cup IV
France’s David Benyamine continued his fine run of form, which saw him make three final tables and lift a bracelet at the recent World Series of Poker, by making second place in the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup IV. Benyamine, who started the day second in chips, was pipped at the post by Mike Watson […]
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BrucePoker Launches with New Pro Signing
BrucePoker.com, a new online poker site launched by Irish bookmaker Bruce Betting, today announced it has signed Irish Open finalist and poker pro Nicky Power. Power, a well known and highly respected pro from Waterford, Ireland, will represent BrucePoker at major tournaments across the UK and Ireland including the GUKPT, Irish Classic, Irish Masters, Irish […]
