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Cake Poker Offers CP Readers Freeroll Into WSOP Qualifier
The last World Series of Poker qualifiers on Cake Poker are going on this weekend and before the WSOP $12,000 final main-event qualifier, and Cake is offering CardPlayer.com readers an excusive freeroll into the tournament. The freeroll is listed under the private tournament tab as “Card Player WSOP,” and the password is: CPWSOP. The freeroll […]
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GSN Says Happy Father's Day with TV Poker Marathon
GSN is giving a Father’s Day present to poker-loving daddies on Sunday by broadcasting eight hours of consecutive poker television that features the U.S. premiere broadcast of this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), hosted by Daniel Negreanu and A.J. Benza. The day starts at 3 p.m. ET/CT with six hours of World Poker Tour events […]
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Improvements Appreciated at 39th Annual WSOP
It’s been called a zoo, it’s been called chaotic, but it’s hard to imagine thousands of poker players playing 55 events in a confined area being anything but crazy. The World Series of Poker is considered the most legendary and prestigious tournament series in the world and should be run like it is. With the […]
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Huge Online Qualifier Day for WSOP ME Sunday
Players from all around the world have been spending the last few months trying to sneak their way into this year’s World Series of Poker main event, and many of them will be playing in guaranteed qualifiers that are scheduled for Sunday wherein at least 350 main-event packages will be won at two of the […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: David 'HotPauko' Paukovitz
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 winner David “HotPauko” Paukovitz is SpadeClub’s most recent $5,000 weekly event winner. Paukovitz is a proud member of the “unofficial” SpadeClub forum, and he wants to thank his forum buddies for […]
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Chat with Mike Matusow on PokerSavvy Today
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has never been a quiet guy, and today fans will get the chance to speak to him about anything. Matusow will be available for live chat today from 2-3 p.m. PST (5-6 p.m. ET) at PokerSavvy. Ask him about his recent bracelet win in the deuce-to-seven triple-draw lowball rebuy event or […]
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World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 14
The winners of the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha and $2,000 limit hold’em events were announced, and the $5,000 no-limit hold’em and $3,000 H.O.R.S.E events made their way towards the final stages. The day also saw the start of the $2,000 no-limit hold’em and $2,500 pot-limit hold’em events. The $1,500 pot-limit Omaha attracted 759 entrants creating a […]
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VIP Players Go Free to Irish Winter Festival
This Sunday, Jun. 15 sees the launch of the PaddyPowerPoker.com VIP Go Free promotion which sees players who rack up 500,000 Paddy Points playing on the site up to Oct. 15 earn an executive package to the €1,500 + €150 main event at the Irish Winter Festival. The event is being held at Citywest Hotel, […]
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WSOP: Daniel Negreanu Wins Event No. 20
The year of the pro continues, as Daniel Negreanu takes his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet on the heels of a series that has seen the best of the best come out on top. Many final tables thus far have been packed with pros, but the final table of event no. 20, $2,000 limit […]
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WSOP: History — 1978 Recap
Jack Binion had taken over most of the responsibility for running the World Series of Poker from his father Benny by 1978. Benny Binion was still the man that started it all at Binion’s Horseshoe, but his charismatic presence was now more as a figure head. The preliminary events saw Doyle Brunson win his fifth […]
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WSOP: Vanessa Selbst Wins Event No. 19
Vanessa Selbst came into the final table of the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event today at the World Series of Poker with a lot of momentum behind her. She was the overwhelming chip leader, and she put those chips to good use, knocking out four opponents en route to three-handed action. Selbst suffered a small setback […]
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WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A — Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow won his third gold bracelet last night in the $5,000 no-limit deuce-to-seven draw lowball event. The names of the players he had to face at the final table speak for themsleves: David Benyamine, Tony G, Tom Schneider, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, and Jeffrey Lisandro. Not to mention the fact that Matusow […]
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Five Bodog Poker $100K Seats for Card Player Readers
Forget Christmas, World Series of Poker season is the season of giving — at least, as far as Bodog and Card Player are concerned. The two have teamed up to give CardPlayer.com readers exclusive access to an $10+$1 buy-in tournament awarding five $100,000-guaranteed tournament seats as an overlay. That means the top five finishers will […]
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Poker Stars to Run World's Largest Online WSOP Qualifier
On track to send more players to the World Series of Poker main event than all other poker sites combined, PokerStars is gearing up to run the world’s largest online qualifier in its 200-seat guaranteed tournament. The satellite is scheduled for June 15 at 4:30 p.m. ET, and the buy-in is $370, but players can […]
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Poker Stars European Poker Tour Announces New Schedule
The European Poker Tour is nearing its fifth season, and with the success of last year’s installment that saw the biggest prize pool ever generated outside of Las Vegas in the Monte Carlo Grand Final, organizers look forward to even bigger turnouts and prize pools. The first event of this year’s EPT will take place […]
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European Poker Tour Season Five Dates Announced
PokerStars.com today announced the schedule of dates and venues for season five of the European Poker Tour. As before the Tour beings at Casino Barcelona in Spain in mid-September before moving on to London, Warsaw, Prague before returning to Deauville in France for the first time since season 2 in 2006. The Tour then moves […]
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World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 13
Day 13 saw the $5,000 two-seven lowball with rebuys battle it out to the last player standing, while Europeans dropped off the radar in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha tournament. There was overseas action in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em event, but only one European remains in the $2,000 limit hold’em event. The day also saw the […]
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WSOP: Mike Matusow Wins Event No. 18
Eighty-five of the best poker players in the world bought into the $5,000 no-limit deuce-to-seven draw lowball tournament, and at the end of play tonight, one of the most recognizable poker players in the world emerged victorious. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow captured his third gold bracelet at a table that was just as tough, if […]
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WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A — Andrew Brown
The final day of the $2,000 Omaha eight-or-better event at the 2008 World Series of Poker was a lengthy affair. Eighteen players had to play down to one, which took about 12 hours to accomplish. That last man standing was Andrew Brown, a 26-year-old professional poker player from New York City. His largest challenge was […]
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WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A — Jason Young
Jason Young came into the final table even in chips — with everyone. This was thanks to the shootout structure of event No. 17. He also came into the heads-up match with Mike Schwartz even in chips, although that was thanks in large part to fate. Young prevailed in both cases, and he took down […]
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Strip Poker: Wynn Runs $100K Freeroll for Cash-Game Players
With so many casinos on The Strip, it can be hard to decide where to play poker, but the Wynn wants to make it an easier decision by offering up $100,000 in a freeroll for cash-game players. Log in 50 hours from now until the end of the month (June 30) to qualify. The freeroll […]
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WSOP: Jason Young Wins Event No. 17
After a long Round two, and an even longer night, 26-year old Jason Young came to the final table on one hour of sleep and enough adrenaline to outlast the final nine players standing in the way of his shiny new bracelet. A small-time poker player and parks and recreation worker, Jason Young had found […]
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E-Wallet Citadel Settles with U.S. Attorney General's Office
ESI Entertainment Systems Inc., the parent company to online payment processors Citadel Commerce Corp., ESI Integrity Inc., and PlayLine Inc., has settled with the United States attorney general’s office for $9.1 million for violating portions of the Wire Act. The Canadian company had a little more than $9.1 seized at the same time the USAO […]
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WSOP: History — 1977 Recap
Doyle Brunson picked up in 1977 right were he left of the year before. He took down his third gold bracelet by winning the preliminary seven-card stud eight-or-better tournament before gearing up for the main event. Bobby Baldwin also broke out onto the World Series of Poker scene by winning two gold bracelets in preliminary […]
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Irish Poker Festival Online Satellites Up and Running
Online satellites have begun for the Macau Sporting Club’s sixth annual Irish Poker Classic festival in Cork taking place this August 11 to 17. Players can qualify for one of 13, €1600 main event packages at GreenJokerPoker.com with weekly Sunday satellites for $109 running at 9.30 p.m. BST on Sunday nights. Qualifiers with event sponsors […]
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World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 12
There was a lot of action on day 12 of this years World Series with three winners, one final table, and two new events. The winners were announced of the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit World Championship, the $2,000 Omaha high-low split 8-or-better, and the $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout. The final seven headed into battle in the […]
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WSOP: Andrew Brown Wins Event No. 16
Once again the final day of an event at the World Series of Poker began with two final tables that had players gearing up for the long haul. One player who might have thought he had a short day in store was Jim Pechac. He began the day with two 1,000 chips in front of […]
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WSOP: Svetlana Gromenkova Wins Event No. 15 (Ladies Event)
A field of 1,190 women came out for the $1,000 World Series of Poker ladies world championship of no-limit hold’em, making the event the second-largest women’s-only event ever and creating a prize pool of $1,082,900. Nine women earned their spots at the final-table to play for the WSOP championship bracelet, a limited-edition Corum watch and […]
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WSOP: History — 1976 Recap
A legacy was cemented in history at the World Series of Poker in 1976 as Doyle Brunson won two gold bracelets. His first came in the deuce-to-seven lowball preliminary event, while the second crowned him world champion when he won the main event. Brunson was the last member of his three-man road team to not […]
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WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A — Eric Brooks
Eric Brooks entered the $10,000 seven-card stud world championship because he wanted to play the best players in the world at the World Series of Poker. He got his wish when he faced off with the likes of Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu as action played down to the final table late on day 2 […]
