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European Poker Tour Grand Final Day 4 Recap
Much was at stake on day 4 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo. While the money bubble had already been burst the previous day, the remaining 39 players still had plenty to worry about. They wouldn’t be going home as losers, but a $205,543 difference between their currently guaranteed payday […]
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PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final – Season II
The second edition of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo attracted 298 players looking for fortune in a place where it has been sought for centuries. The €10,000 buy-in ensured that the winner would walk away with a first-place prize of €900,000. In a trend that was divergent from Season I, […]
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Billy Baxter Wins Second Five-Star Poker Classic Prelim
The legendary Billy Baxter is one of the original fixtures in the early Las Vegas poker scene, and yesterday, he won his second Five-Star World Poker Classic preliminary event, proving that his skill has withstood the test of time. His first win came in event No. 6, a $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament. Baxter defeated […]
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Evolution of the PokerStars.com EPT: Part II
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final has grown to become one of the most prestigous poker tournaments of the year, and the premiere event held outside of the United States. To shed light on this record growth, Card Player has provided some history about the EPT and prior Grand Final Championships. Season one, […]
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WPTE Rethinks Forced Donations for Ladies Championship
The World Poker Tour Ladies Championship attracted 150 women, but much of the publicity surrounding the event was not about who played. Rather, it was about who did not play. A number of high-profile female poker players refused to play in the event because of their opposition of the obligatory 15 percent charitable donation taken […]
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Kitchen Designer Wins $180,000 at HPT Event
A part-time poker player and full-time kitchen designer now owes his wife a horse after winning the Heartland Poker Tour event that wrapped up at Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colo. Monday. Michael Thulson promised his wife a pony is he won the event. Call the breeders because Thulson now has $180,810 to spend […]
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From the EPT Grand Final: Freddy Deeb
Saying that Freddy Deeb’s tournament earnings are impressive is a vast understatement. The Las Vegas resident boasts more than $5.8 million in winnings over the course of his poker career. Deeb has pocketed cash in major tournaments all over the world, but before the 2008 PokerStar.com European Poker Tour Grand Final, he had yet to […]
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Shannon Shorr Leads Going Into Day 2 of the $5K Prelim at Bellagio
Yesterday’s field of 179 in the penultimate $5,000 preliminary event of the Five-Star World Poker Classic created a prize pool just short of $900,000. After 14 hours of grueling play, the field made the money at 18 and finished the day with 16 of the world’s best, all vying for the first place prize of […]
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France to Open Up Online Gaming Market By 2010
French Budget Minister, Eric Woerth, has told French newspapers that he plans to recommend to President Nicolas Sarkozy a “controlled opening” of the online gaming market according to press agency Reuters. It is expected that plans for the opening up of the tightly managed state-run betting industry in France will be published before summer and […]
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Denmark May End State Gambling Monopoly
The Copenhagen Post today reported that the government and New Alliance party in Denmark is proposing the end of state gaming operator Danske Spil’s monopoly in the country in the wake of an EU Commission lawsuit against the country. Government representative Anders Samuelsen says there is little point in continuing to protect the monopoly as […]
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PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Day 3 Recap
Day 3 at the €10,000 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo saw the money bubble burst as 124 players played into the money and down to 39 in search of the €2 million plus first prize. Play slowed up for an agonizing three hours at the bubble and veteran Surinder Sunar […]
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EPT Live Video Feed on CardPlayer.com Now
The EPT Live video feed from the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo is available all day today during play, showing a featured table, and will also be available tomorrow for the final table. Simply click here or on the link in the tournament tracker to watch all of the action at […]
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Antonio Esfandiari Chip Leader at EPT Grand Final
As the third day of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final began in Monte Carlo, the 124 remaining players had two things on their minds; first, of course, the $3.2 million first-place prize, and second, the looming money bubble. The day featured both the ying and yang of poker, as it started extremely fast […]
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From the EPT Grand Final: Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano is a Team Poker Stars Pro and he is currently among the rapidly narrowing field of the €10,000 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final. Pagano has finished in the money in a record-breaking nine EPT events and he has just under $150,000 in career tournament earnings. His highest finish in an EPT […]
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SpadeClub Members Remark About Two Month Milestone
Since launching on Feb. 11, SpadeClub has awarded two $40,000 Mega Monthly event winners, six $5,000 weekly event winners, and has accumulated more than 12,000 members! Since its launch a little over two months ago, SpadeClub has enhanced its community pages, offered special promotions to its members and is soon to launch even more Club […]
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CakePoker Offers Seat to Tourney at the Mansion
Have you ever had a dream about playing poker with high-profile celebrities and poker pros? Well, CakePoker is offering this in a promotion to award special prize packages. The package includes a $1,500 seat into the Third Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament at the mansion and $1,000 cash for traveling expenses. The event is scheduled for […]
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Earn Double Points on Full Tilt Poker Through Friday
Everyday this week through Friday, Full Tilt is rewarding cash game players with double the points from 1-3 a.m. ET and 1-3 p.m. ET. In cash games, Full Tilt points are awarded for every dollar that is dropped in rake up to three. That means that during these allocated hours, players can earn up to […]
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Strip Poker: WPTL Championship Down to Six
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city. The $1,500 buy-in World Poker Tour Ladies Championship started with 150 entrants but is now down to six players with Vanessa Selbst as chip leader. At the end of day 2, Karina Jett was […]
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PokerStars.com EPT History: Grand Final Season I
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final has grown to become one of the most prestigous poker tournaments of the year, and the premiere event held outside of the United States. To shed light on this record growth, Card Player has provided some history about the EPT and prior Grand Final Championships. The first season […]
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Evolution of the PokerStars.com EPT: Part I
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final has grown to become one of the most prestigous poker tournaments of the year, and the premiere event held outside of the United States. To shed light on this record growth, Card Player has provided some history about the EPT and prior Grand Final Championships. Just like Archimedes […]
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Wilbur Futhey Wins WSOP Circuit at Caesars Indiana
Retired carnival prize salesman and tournament poker regular Wilbur Futhey has won the $5,000 World Series of Poker Circuit event that was held in Caesars Indiana the past two days. He won $180,289, a ring and $10,000 seat into the WSOP main event. This was Futhey’s fourth cash of the series and his his best […]
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Great Britain Wins PartyPoker.com Nations Cup
Team Great Britain, captained by Roland De Wolfe and featuring Irish Open winner Neil Channing, has won 2008 PartyPoker.com Poker Nations Cup. The team, featuring de Wolfe and Channing, as well as Surinder Sunar, Joe Beevers, Ian Frazer and PartyPoker.com VIP online qualifier Charlie Durbin beat Ireland heads-up to lift the prestigious title and $100,000 […]
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PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Day 2 Recap
Day 2 at the €10,000 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo saw the field reduced from 382 to 125 as play was suspended early for the evening due to the colossal fall-off in the field. Leading the way are four Norwegians at the top of the chip counts and household names in the […]
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PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final Day 2
Monte Carlo is a place synonymous with speed; it hosts multiple grand prix races throughout the year, and Ferraris, Aston martins, and Lamborghinis speed erratically down the winding streets that line the hills of Monaco daily. This need for speed transferred over to day 2 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final. The returning […]
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Online Poker: Graslevy Takes Down Sunday Million
Poker Sunday Million The $200 Sunday Million again took place yesterday with 7,254 players, falling slightly short of the 7,680 entrants from the previous week. Still, players ended up playing for more than $1.45 million. The top prize, barring a chop, was $204,562. And there was no chop. UK player graslevy outlasted all the players […]
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Strip Poker: WSOP Academy Hosts Advanced Camp
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city. The World Series of Poker Academy is hosting its first ever advanced no-limit hold’em camp and will take place this weekend at Caesars Palace. Instructors Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Phil Gordon, Paul Wasicka, Andy […]
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Strip Poker: SpadeClub Members Play in Live Tourney
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city. They put the mouse away and turned off the computer for one night to meet up with fellow SpadeClub members in person last week for a live tournament at the Suncoast Casino in Las […]
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From the EPT Grand Final: Mel Judah
Mel Judah has been around the poker scene for quite some time, and he has more than $3 million in tournament earnings. The Australian player has nabbed numerous scores in multiple tournament circuits and he is currently in Monte Carlo competing in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final. Judah’s only EPT cash to date […]
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From the EPT Grand Final: Tim Vance
Tim Vance won the European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open in February 2008 when he defeated 459 entrants, and that victory earned him $1.2 million. Vance is one of the few EPT champions remaining in the field in Monte Carlo, and he is looking for his second EPT title. Card Player conducted a tableside interview with […]
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Congressmen Introduce Bill to Stop UIGEA
Congressmen Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) have teamed up to introduce a bill that would prevent employees of the federal government to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). If passed, H.R. 5767, introduced April 10, would prohibit the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from “proposing, […]
