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Four Democrats Helped Kill Challenge to UIGEA
A bill that would have forced Federal officials to decide if online poker should be considered gambling failed to make it past the House Financial Services Committee in June. Instead, Barney Frank and Ron Paul’s H.R. 5767 “Payment Systems Protection Act,” which would have stopped the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) […]
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Betdaq Announces Partnership With PokerXFactor
The global betting exchange, Betdaq has announced its partnership with online poker training website, PokerXFactor.com. Seven video tutorials featuring strategic poker advice for players of all abilities will be provided by PokerXFactor professionals, such as Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy and Eric “Rizen” Lynch. PokerXFactor has recently merged with another training site, PokerFox. This acquisition will add […]
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World Series of Poker Euro Update: Day 38
Day 1 officially came to an end today with the close of day 1D. More than 2,000 people registered and just under 1,400 survived the day. The biggest news was the announcement of the top prize for this year’s main event, $9,119,517. The total amount of players was also announced at 6,844, a little over […]
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WSOP: Main Event Day 1D
The final day of registration at the World Series of Poker has become a day where the collective number of the group means more than any one player in the field. Although there were many big names that both survived and busted on Day 1D of the 2008 main event, all eyes fell upon the […]
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WSOP: Main Event Q and A — David Oppenheim
High-stakes cash-game player David Oppenheim has stepped away from his nosebleed-limit tables to play in this year’s main event. Even though this will only be Oppenheim’s fifth tournament of the series this year , he has already cashed for over $100,000 in World Series of Poker events in 2008, finishing deep in both the seven-card […]
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WSOP: History — 1997 Recap
The World Series of Poker main event in 1997 featured the ultimate story in poker redemption by one of the most embattled players in the history of the game. Stu “The Kid” Ungar made his triumphant return to the final table in ’97, although he wasn’t a kid anymore at the age of 44, and […]
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Online Poker: Interview with Cody 'thugmoneymkr' Slaubaugh
It wasn’t too long ago that Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh was delivering Chinese food to starving college students. Nowadays, he’s more about chips and tables than chopsticks and takeout, and he’s got nearly $1 million in recorded winnings to show for it, including five cashes — one of which was a runner-up finish — in the […]
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AsianLogic Announces Deal With Leading Macau Hotel
The company has followed suit after the opening of the PokerStars poker room in May at the Grand Waldo Casino in Cotai, opening a facility of its own, the APT Poker room. With the success of the Asian Poker Tour, the deal came from the growing demand for poker facilities in the gaming capital of […]
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France Makes Further Plans To Protect Gaming Market
A report has been drawn up upon request from France’s Finance Minister, Eric Woerth, which deals with the preventon of illegal operators from entering the market. According to La Tribune, the key proposals in the report, entitled “Online gaming and susceptibility to crime”, include the placement of a regulatory authority. This authority would enforce licensing […]
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$240,000 Up For Grabs On VC Poker
While focus is on the main event in Las Vegas, online players have been given something to look forward to with an offer they cannot refuse. Following the recent announcement of its largest tournament to date, the $2.5 Million GP on 7th September 2008, Victor Chandler Poker now also looks forward to its summer time […]
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World Series of Poker Euro Update: Day 37
The World Series of Poker main event day 1c played out today. While registration for the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em World Championship remains open, the total prize pool for the 2008 WSOP already exceeds the previous record of $159,796,918 set in 2007. After a sluggish first two days that saw only a combined 2,455 entries, […]
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WSOP: Day 1C of the Main Event
The story of the day concerning day 1C of the 2008 World Series of Poker main event had little to do with the individual players in attendence, and everything to do with how many of them showed up. After a sluggish first two days that saw only a combined 2,455 pony up the $10,000 buy-in, […]
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WSOP: Main Event Q and A — Brad Booth
Brad "Yukon" Booth is one of the better known poker players who calls Canada home, and he was off to a fast start in the 2008 World Series of Poker main event. At the dinner break he had 90,000 in chips and stood third overall on day 1C. Booth, who cashed in the Omaha Hi/Lo […]
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World Series of Poker Euro Update: Day 36
Day 1B of the main event proved to be as diverse as the first, with the sound of fireworks from the Las Vegas strip providing a fitting soundtrack for the non-stop action. The day field featured notable pros, former main event champions, and a steady supply of hopeful amateurs all dying to get their mitts […]
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WSOP: Day 1B of the Main Event
As patriotic as America can be on the fourth of July, it’s easy to forget that the World Series of Poker is one of the largest international events of the year in the poker world. As each player entered the Amazon room for day 1B of the main event, they were handed a small American […]
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WSOP: Main Event Q and A — Beth Shak
With all of the mania down at the World Series of Poker, it’s easy to forgot about all of the wonderful things that players do to give back. Card Player sat down with Beth Shak to discuss her recent win at the Budding Ivey charity poker tournament at the Golden Nugget and her own philanthropic […]
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Phil Ivey Charity Event Raises $260K for Underprivileged Kids
Arguably one of the most talented and recognizable poker players in the world Phil Ivey and the Annual World Series of Barbeque joined forces to throw one big event that included a huge party and poker tournament all to benefit charity to the tune of $260,000. The Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas hosted the […]
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WSOP: History — 1996 Recap
The 1996 World Series of Poker main event saw the arrival of two rising stars at their very first main event final table. Those two players were aggressive young player Huck Seed, and Vietnamese immigrant Men “The Master” Nguyen. These two players survived past Steven Beam (ninth), Fernando Fisdel (eighth), and J.P. Schmalz (seventh). Joining […]
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WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A — Matt Graham
After more than 17 hours of play on the final day of event No. 53, $1,500 limit hold’em shootout, 24-year-old New Orleans native Matt “mattg1983” Graham bested Jean-Robert Bellande to take home his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the $278,180 first-place prize. Card Player caught up with a visibly exhausted, but excited Graham […]
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WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A — David Daneshgar
You may not know the name, but David Daneshgar has already established himself as a successful live tournament player. In 2006 he claimed a seventh-place finish at the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker, and then, only two weeks later, he nabbed fourth place at the Barcelona stop on the European Poker Tour. Those […]
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International Players Continue to Make Mark at WSOP
In the year of the Olympics, the World Series of Poker did a fair job representing its version of worldwide unity through the number of international players who cashed, made final tables, and won WSOP bracelets this year. Not counting the main event, players from 46 different countries made splashes in this year’s events, including […]
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PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker
The seventh annual PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) will begin on September 5, and run across 16 days. This year’s WCOOP will be the biggest online poker tournament series in the world with a guaranteed prize pool of $30 million — double the total of last year. The Championship will host a […]
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World Series of Poker Euro Update: Day 35
Day 35 of the World Series saw the final two of the $1,500 limit hold’em shootout tackle each other guns blazing for the cash, the gold, and the honour. Meanwhile day 1a of the main event, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship, narrowed its field down to just over half of its original entrants. The […]
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Andy Black Is PartyPoker.com Premier League Champion
The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League came to a dramatic finale with Irishman Andy Black finally making it all the way to claim first place. It has been 20 years since the ‘Mad Monk’ achieved such a feat. He was clearly overwhelmed by his victory when he burst into tears after taking down Brit Roland de […]
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WSOP: Day 1A of the Main Event
In recent years, day 1 of the World Series of Poker main event had resembled more of a madhouse or a circus than the most recognizable poker tournament of the year. Despite a grand commencement featuring Wayne Newton, the University of Nevada – Las Vegas marching band and a wizard of all things, this year’s […]
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WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A — Marty Smyth
The final table of the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha world championship event had the atmosphere of a World Cup soccer match, and Marty Smyth of Ireland gave his boisterous cheering section reason to celebrate well into the morning. Smyth won his first World Series of Poker bracelet as well as $859,549 in prize money. He emerged […]
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WSOP: Main Event Q and A — Jerry Yang
On Day 1A of the main event at the 2008 World Series of Poker it was one of smallest, most humble men in the room who loomed as a giant over all. Jerry Yang, the 2007 world champion was on hand to watch the action in the Amazon room, where one year ago he became […]
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WSOP: History — 1995 Recap
Thanks again to more than half of the participants coming from satellites; the main event grew to 273 players at the 1995 World Series of Poker. Also added that year were two Chinese poker tournaments that took the number of preliminary events to 23. Some established legends of the game, as well as a number […]
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SpadeClub Poker's World Series $40K Giveaway Champions
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. Charles “lobotomy” Goodwin and Ken “Handbone” Meyer were the first to receive their $12,000 prize packages from SpadeClub on June 1. Less than thirty days later, on June 29, SpadeClub awarded David […]
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WSOP: History — 1994 Recap
The World Series of Poker reached its silver 25th anniversary in 1994, and Jack Binion used an idea from Jim Albrecht to commemorate the occasion. The champion of the main event that year would receive his weight in silver bars in addition to the $1 million first-place prize. The added value of the silver anniversary […]
