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WSOP Main Event Final Table Moved to November
The World Series of Poker today officially announced that the final table of the 2008 main event will not compete on July 16 as originally scheduled but, instead, the players will reconvene Nov. 9-10. The idea behind the change is to create more buzz, and, according to Jeffrey Pollack, the Commissioner of the WSOP, this […]
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World Series of Poker Final Table Delayed for TV
USA Today is reporting that the World Series of Poker main event final table is to be delayed until Nov. 9 at the behest of broadcaster ESPN. According to the report, ESPN will host a two-hour broadcast of the final table ‘almost virtually real time’ a few hours after the final stages of the game […]
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Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars Palace
The final 54 returned to the tournament room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to battle down to the final table. Along the way, 36 players would seperate themselves from the pack just enough to finish in the money and walk away with a bit of a profit. The remaining field was stacked with seasoned […]
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PartyPoker Slashes Single-Table Tournament Charges
PartyPoker.com yesterday announced it was introducing flat fees to its single-table tournaments (STTs) of $200 and up. All STTs above this level will now have a single flat fee of just $10. Players at the $5,000 six-seat STTs will now save $190 per game, paying only $10 in registration fees, while those playing the $2,000 […]
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Bodog Running BPP WSOP Main Event Qualifiers All May
Qualifiers with buy-ins of only 5 Bodog Poker Points (BPPs) that will award seats into a June tournament wherein a World Series of Poker main-event prize package can be won will run four times a day through May. WSOP Seat Giveaway qualifiers take place every day at 3:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 […]
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Bodog Poker Giving Free WSOP Seat to Card Player Readers
Bodog Poker and Card Player have teamed up once again to offer Card Player readers an amazing exclusive — this time, Bodog is giving away a free $12,000 prize package for the World Series of Poker main event. Any Card Player referred Bodog players (new signups through Card Player or current account holders who signed […]
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Strip Poker: Vegas the Hotspot for Summer Freerolls
Las Vegas is no doubt the hotspot for summer tournaments, as mentioned in a previous story (click here), but the poker rooms have not forgotten about cash game players, either, as many of them are offering up thousands of dollars in freerolls for hours played. Tomorrow is the kickoff of the qualifying period for Caesars […]
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Tournament Trail Q & A: Chris 'Genius28' Lee
At just 21 years old, Chris “Genius28” Lee has yet to make his mark in the live tournament scene, but he’s not far off the radar, given his online résumé and reputation. Despite being a six-figure winning player in both online tournaments and sit-and-gos, Chris is still first and foremost regarded by his opponents as […]
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Latin America Poker Tour This Weekend in Rio de Janeiro
The PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) starts this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event, coming hot on the heels of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) and European Poker Tour (EPT), will be held from May 3-5. The three-day no-limit hold’em tournament is expected to attract 300 entrants paying the US$2,500 buy-in. […]
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PartyPoker Revenues Show Steady Growth
PartyGaming, the parent company of PartyPoker.com, today announced its first-quarter 2008 key performance indicators, including gross revenue, which showed growth of 13 percent for poker on the same period (January-March) last year and 10 percent on the fourth quarter 2007, up to $80.7 million from $71.6 million. The company said growth would have been higher […]
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PartyPoker Million Cruise Sets Sail Saturday
The PartyPoker.com Million VI cruise sets sail this Saturday from Venice, Italy. The cruise, which takes in stops all over the Mediterranean, last seven days and will see players of the caliber of EPT stars like Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald, Soren Kongsgaard, and Florian Langmann take to the felt alongside hundreds of online qualifiers. Poker legend […]
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$3 Million Guaranteed World Poker Crown Final Set for Spain
The live final of the $3 million 888.com World Poker Crown will feature players from Canada, Holland, Italy, Germany, and Poland battling for the $1 million first prize. The 10 players fought through a field of 2,214 players, each paying $1,050 over 11 hours at the weekend and will now be flown to Barcelona and […]
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European Ladies Championship Starts Saturday
Media starlets Abi Titmuss and Lizzie Cundy are among the 53 ladies playing the LadbrokesPoker.com European Ladies Championship this weekend in London. The event, which is being filmed for broadcast on Sky Sports 2 in July and August, has a first prize of $30,000 as well as a trip to Las Vegas during the World […]
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Day 1 of the WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars – Las Vegas
The World Series of Poker Circuit made its second-to-last stop of the season today with the $5,000 buy-in main event at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Most of the preliminary events had surpassed their expected number of entrants, but the main event failed to replicate last year’s field size by just two players, finishing out […]
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Strip Poker: Vegas the Hotspot for Summer Tourneys
During the summer months in Las Vegas, the only thing hotter than the temperature is all of the poker action. Things begin to heat up at the end of May with the World Series of Poker, but that isn’t the only tournament series in town. Running nearly the duration of the WSOP is The […]
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SpadeClub to Award a WPT Boot Camp Seat May 10
SpadeClub, the complete poker community, now offers members a chance to win a WPT Boot Camp seat. Qualifying for the event is easy: achieve 100 percent completion on your player profile before May 9 at 11:59 p.m. ET and you will automatically be entered into a freeroll tournament for your shot at a WPT Boot […]
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James Mutchler Wins HPT Event at Majestic Star Casino
The Heartland Poker Tour celebrated a milestone yesterday when the last hand of its $2,000 event, held at Majestic Star Casino in Indiana, took place. With the conclusion of the event, which was won by James Mutchler, who won $180,000, more than $10 million has now been won through HPT events. This was Multchler’s fourth […]
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Free Poker Training Video Now Available
This week’s free poker training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) features Isaac “Ike” Haxton (playing on PokerStars as PhilIvey2694). In the video, Haxton plays a four sixhanded $0.50/$1 cash-game tables simultaneously. Click here to view this video or any of the other three free video clips currently available. In the video, […]
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WSOP Circuit Main Event at Caesars Vegas Starts Today
The $5,000 championship event of the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Caesars Palace Las Vegas starts at noon PT today. The final table of the event is scheduled to take place Thursday, and if the preliminary events are any indication, the final event should attract a good-sized field. Several of the $500 events […]
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Two Swedes Jailed for Organising Poker Tournament
Swedish news outlet TheLocal.se today reported that two men were found guilty of organising an illegal poker tournament and were jailed for six and eight months, respectively. The court also fined two others the equivalent of 80 days’ wages, while two more were cleared of all charges relating to the illegal tournament. The two were […]
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Betsson Poker Profit Dips Due To Currency Movements
Profits at Scandinavian betting exchange and gaming operator Betsson have dipped in the first quarter of 2008, primarily as a result of currency fluctuations, according to the company, and in spite of player numbers increasing. The company made a gross profit of SEK45.1 million (€4.83 million) between January 2008 and March 2008 compared to SEK48.1 […]
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WSOP Value at Virgin Poker Tomorrow
The third in a series of four tournaments offering World Series of Poker packages takes place tomorrow evening at 8:30 p.m. GMT on Virgin Poker. The company is offering one guaranteed €10,500 package, which includes $10,000 (€7,000) main-event seat, €1,500 spending money, return Virgin Atlantic flight from London Gatwick to Las Vegas, and hotel accommodation. […]
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Nude Poker Player Outlawed by UK TV Channel
Russian gymnast come poker player Catgirl today plays the PartyPoker.com World Open in London dressed only in a body painted outfit after her plans to play the event naked were overruled by TV’s Channel Five where the tournament will eventually be shown in the UK. The $8,000 buy-in event has attracted some of the game’s […]
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Poker Players Fight the Law in South Carolina
In South Carolina authorities have taken up the task of wiping out home poker by investigating games and then raiding them with force usually reserved for drug busts. The law the police are using to nail these players has been on the books since 1802 and restricts the playing of any type of game in […]
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Online Poker: KipsterDK Wins at Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million PokerStars held its monthly $500 buy-in version of the Sunday Million last night, which meant fewer entrants but a bigger prize pool than normal. The tournament started with 3,119 entrants, which meant a prize pool of $1,559,500 and a first-place prize of $272,000 barring a final-table deal. And, as per usual for […]
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Tournament Trail: Gus Hansen After WPT Championship
Gus Hansen knocked out every player from the final table of the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship this weekend — except one. David Chiu, who stayed out of Hansen’s way as he destroyed the final table, came back from way behind to win the championship and $3 million-plus. Click here for the story. Hansen shared […]
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Danes on Brink of Liberalising Gambling Market
Gaming industry legal monitor Gambling Compliance today reports that the Danish government has given a clear indication of its intention to open up the gambling market in the country. According to the report, government minister Kristian Jensen has gone on national radio in Denmark to declare that the government was preparing reforms in the sector […]
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David Chiu Snatches Victory from Jaws of World Poker Tour Defeat
It was a win-win situation for Full Tilt Poker, which sponsors both Gus Hansen and David Chiu, as the head-up battle for the World Poker Tour Championship event at Bellagio got under way at the weekend. The $25,000 main event attracted 545 entrants, but when the dust settled, only Chiu and Hansen remained — the […]
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Mansion Pro Wins GUKPT Manchester
Mansion Poker sponsored pro Marc Goodwin beat 308 opponents to win the fourth leg of the £1,000 main event at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in the G Casino, Manchester this weekend. He collected £90,420 for his win as well as a seat to the grand final in November after beating fellow Englishman and serial […]
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Nancy Todd Tyner Wins WPT Ladies Championship
The first-ever World Poker Tour Ladies Championship took place Friday night at Bellagio, and Nancy Todd Tyner took home the title. At the televised final table, she defeated Vanessa Selbst heads up to receive the nearly $69,000 first-place prize and the coveted title. Selbst was awarded almost $41,000 for her efforts. The following are the […]
