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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 2 Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo played down to 31 players last night as Dario Minieri lead the five remaining Italians in the field in the €5,000 buy-in event. In almost the final hand of the night, the pint-sized local boy made a full house on the river to bust fellow countryman Alessandro De […]
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Double Your Winnings at Paradise Poker Today
Having already added €100,000 in February and March, ParadisePoker’s popular Double Your Winnings promotion is back this Friday, April 4 on selected multitable tournaments. Players will also get an additional cash bonus of up to €150, plus, anyone who has played 10 raked hands is eligible for the €10,000 freeroll, which had a first-place prize […]
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Win a WSOP Main Event Seat at DoylesRoom
Two-time World Series of Poker champion Doyle Brunson knows all about playing in the main event, since he’s been doing it for more than two decades, and his poker site, DoylesRoom, is giving players a chance to play in the richest poker tournament in the world by offering $13,000 prize packages. The packages include the […]
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Poker Stars European Poker Tour San Remo Continues
The PokerStars European Poker Tour event in San Remo, Italy, continues today, and will progress until the last chip is in the hands of the last player on Saturday. That player will take home $1.3 million. The buy-in of the event was €5,000, or approximately $7,200. The first EPT event ever to be held in […]
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Strip Poker: 2008 Venetian Deep Stack II Begins Tomorrow
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city. The Venetian poker room added two more Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament series to this year’s schedule, and the first-ever April edition begins tomorrow. Varying from the other deep-stack series, this one will feature the same […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 1B Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo attracted a total of 700 entrants, with 363 taking to the felt yesterday, creating a total prize pool of €3,195,860. Seventy-two players will get paid. This is a record-breaking number for an Italian poker tournament, and it has been well-supported by the locals, who made up 35 percent […]
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Borgata to Offer $500K Guaranteed Prize Pool Event
The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa announced today that it will host a $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool Deep Stack Poker Tournament, making it the largest guaranteed event in Atlantic City history. The buy-in is $2,000, and the no-limit hold’em tournament will take place May 4-6. Players will start with 30,000 in starting chips, and the […]
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Hearing on UIGEA Underlines Severe Flaws
This morning a House subcommittee heard testimony on the proposed rules that will be used to enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and there was only one person in the room who thought the UIGEA will actually work as intended. That person was Alabama Rep. Spencer Bachus, who described gambling as a “scourge” […]
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Hevad Khan Wins Prelim at Foxwoods Poker Classic
In event No. 9 of the Foxwoods Poker Classic, a $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em prelim, 2007 World Series of Poker main event final tablist Hevad Khan went head to head for first place against 2006 WSOP main event final tablist Michael Binger. In the end, it was Khan who was the last player standing out […]
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European Poker Tour San Remo Day 1A Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo attracted a sell-out field of 337 players on day 1A yesterday, and with day 1B expected to be even bigger, the EPT’s first stop in Italy could hardly be more successful. However, only 95 players progressed from the starting field in this €5,000 buy-in event, which was initially […]
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Dutch Chill on Online Poker
Reuters news agency today reported the upper house of the Dutch parliament narrowly defeated a bill passed in the lower house in 2006 which would have allowed state gambling monopoly Holland Casino to launch an online gaming site. The bill was defeated by 37-35 votes yesterday and means Holland Casino, which had signed a deal […]
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Mike Sexton to Play Party Poker World Open
The fourth PartyPoker.com World Open, taking place in London from April 25-May 2, will see “Ambassador of Poker” Mike Sexton take to the felt alongside recent Irish Open champion and 16/1 favourite Neil Channing. A PartyBets.com spokesman said, “There was no choice but to make Neil Channing favourite to win, considering his form, but he […]
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£50,000 Windfall for Irish Open Champ Neil Channing
It was revealed today that PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open Champion Neil Channing won an additional £50,000 from bookie Paddy Power by backing himself to win with £500 at 100/1 during the event. Channing placed the bet at the start of day 2, when he was in 64th position out of 257 remaining players. This is the […]
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Poker Loses its Candidate for Washington State Governor
Lee Rousso, the Washington State attorney who is currently battling the state’s harsh online gambling law through the courts, is no longer running for Governor there. He announced his campaign in January through the Poker Players Alliance, where he serves as state director. He put his name in the hat as a Democrat nominee to […]
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Five-Star World Poker Classic Prelims Start Tomorrow
Season six of the World Poker Tour is coming to a close as it gears up for its biggest and final event, the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic. The first of 14 no-limit hold’em preliminary events, which lead up to the $25,000 buy-in WPT Championship, kicks off tomorrow at noon. It is a $2,000 buy-in tournament. […]
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Poker Stars European Poker Tour San Remo Under Way
The PokerStars European Poker Tour’s event in San Remo, Italy, began today with the first flight of players. The €5,000 (about $7,200) buy-in no-limit hold’em event has sold out with 700 entrants. Day 1B is scheduled to take place tomorrow, and the final table is set for Saturday. The cap was originally 500 players, but […]
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Strip Poker: NSPCA Opens New Wing Thanks to Harman
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city. The tireless charitable efforts made by high-stakes pro Jennifer Harman materialized yesterday at the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) in a ribbon-cutting ceremony and press conference that both promoted […]
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Devilfish Takes Up After-Dinner Speaking
A man of many talents, World Series of Poker bracelet winner and Card Player European Player of the Year Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott has signed up to give the keynote speech at the Casino Affiliate Program (CAP) Spring Break in Limassol, Cyprus, on May 21. He follows on from the legend Doyle Brunson, who gave the […]
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Tournament Trail Q & A: Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander joined the field of 64 players at this year’s NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. It was not the first time he had appeared on the poker scene — he first played on Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown, and won $500,000 for his charity, the United Way of the greater New Orleans area, during season […]
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Mike Matusow Free Poker Training Video Available
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow is the host of this week’s free poker training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). In the video, Matusow walks viewers through his play at a $100-$200 H.O.R.S.E. cash game on Full Tilt. Click here to view this video or any of the other three free video clips […]
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Foxwoods Poker Classic Continues with Big Numbers
The Foxwoods Poker Classic continues with its preliminary events, which lead up to the World Poker Tour $10,000 championship event, which will start Friday. The series started last Monday, and the preliminary events have been attracting large numbers of entrants to the WPT-themed poker room of Foxwoods. Click here to read about the first event. […]
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Online Poker: UH Big Tex Wins Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The quarterly $1,000 buy-in version of the PokerStars Sunday Million was held last night, and it boasted the largest ever field and prize pool for the event. The tournament attracted 1,869 entrants, up from the 1,802 entrants the $1,000 buy-in version had on Dec. 30, 2007. This attendance generated a prize pool […]
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Online Poker: Interview with Chetna 'Rex55' Joshi — Part II
[This is Part II of a two-part interview with online poker player Chetna “Rex55” Joshi. To view Part I, click here. In this segment, she talks about being a girl in a “man’s world” and about dealing with downswings and bad beats.] Shawn Patrick Green: In your poker blog, you’ve written quite a bit about […]
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Player of the Year Update: It's Anyone's Game
It’s about to be April, and a spring logjam has formed with the top 10 tournament poker players of 2008. Only 920 points separate the Card Player Player of the Year (POY) leader, Michael McDonald, from those tied in 10th (Quinn Do, Andreas Gulunay and Hafiz Khan, all with 2,000 points). With so many big […]
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Qualify for WSOP Main Event at Caesars Palace
The richest poker tournament in the world is coming soon to Las Vegas, and in May, Caesars Palace will serve as headquarters for World Series of Poker main-event seats. Not only is Caesars Palace the only place to find official live satellites, but the poker room is also giving away seats absolutely free. The WSOP […]
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Gala Casinos British Poker Tour Hits Nottingham
The Maid Marian Way Gala Casino in Nottingham is the venue for the next stop on the Gala Casinos British Poker Tour from Apr. 16 to 20. The £500 buy-in main event sees day 1a on Fri. Apr. 18 and day 1b on Sat. Apr. 19 with £5,000 added by the sponsor and an estimated […]
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Norwegian Poker Championship Comes to England
The Expekt.com Norwegian Poker Championships take place this year at poker super club Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, England as a result of legislative difficulties in hosting a tournament where players play for money in Norway. The Championship, now in its seventh year, will see up to 500 Norwegian players fly by chartered plane courtesy […]
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Online Poker: Interview with Chetna 'Rex55' Joshi — Part I
Chetna “Rex55” Joshi is big on respect. She knows that, because of the nature of the largely male-dominated poker world, she has to earn any respect that she seeks. The good news for her is that she is incredibly talented and insightful, two things that tend to give one a leg-up in respect-seeking. Joshi is […]
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New Poker After Dark to Feature Gus and the Ladies
Gus Hansen, known as a ladies man, will take on a table full of women in an all new week of Poker After Dark on NBC. In order to win the $120,000 winner-take-all first-place prize, the multiple World Poker Tour winner will have to focus, which could be difficult with all of the beauties surrounding […]
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WSOP Circuit Satellites Start Monday
The next stop on the World Series of Poker Circuit is in Elizabeth, Indiana, at Caesars, and satellite action begins on Monday. The poker room will host $200 buy-in supersatellites starting March 31 at noon and 7 p.m., as well as on April 2 at 7 p.m., April 3 at 9 p.m., April 4 at […]
