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Online Poker: Interview With Allen 'Reverse' Goldstein
Playing heads up versus a widely-recognized poker pro in one of the biggest online tournaments of the year would be daunting for most people. Well, Allen “Reverse” Goldstein isn’t your average casual online poker player. Goldstein has been playing online poker since the early 2000s and had already won hundreds of thousands of dollars in […]
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Online Qualifier Wins European Poker Tour Copenhagen
Tim Vance, from St. Louis, Missouri, is the new Scandinavian Open champion after winning the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Copenhagen in Denmark. Forty-six-year-old Vance, who runs a construction company back home, won his seat for free in an online frequent-player-point satellite on PokerStars. He won more than €834,964. Vance beat local Soren Jensen heads […]
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Day One of the L.A. Poker Classic
The L.A. Poker Classic is consistently one of the largest World Poker Tour events of the season, and this year’s championship event at the Commerce Casino is no exception. A grand total of 665 entrants each put up the $10,000 buy-in to create a total prize pool of $6,384,000. The players at the final seven […]
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Final Table Set At European Poker Tour Copenhagen
The sellout PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen, Denmark, enters its final day today with eight players vying for the €834,590 first prize. Four Danes, two Americans, a Swede, and a Frenchman are left from a field of 460 runners. The final table, in seat order with chip counts, is: Seat 1: Rasmus […]
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Antonio Esfandiari Hired by World Poker Tour
The first time Steve Lipscomb, World Poker Tour Enterprises founder, president, and CEO, hired Antonio Esfandiari, it was to perform magic at the press release party for the launch of the World Poker Tour. Lipscomb just tapped Esfandiari for another duty for which the player known as “The Magician” is a natural fit. Esfandiari will […]
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BING Poker €100,000 Guaranteed This Sunday
BING Poker now guarantees €3 million in prize money each month, and players have an opportunity to score big this Sunday at 8:00 GMT with the weekly €100,000-guaranteed event. The buy-in is €120+€10, but satellites are running around the clock. The buy-ins and guaranteed seats for these are: 20 player €20+€2 — 3 seats 10 […]
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Final Table Set At European Poker Tour Copenhagen
The sellout PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen, Denmark, enters its final day today with eight players vying for the €834,590 first prize. Four Danes, two Americans, a Swede, and a Frenchman are left from a field of 460 runners. The final table, in seat order with chip counts, is: Seat 1: Rasmus […]
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Card Player Profile: Erica Schoenberg
Erica Schoenberg has roughly $600,000 in lifetime tournament earnings, even though she has only played professionally for a few years. Before she became a professional poker player, she worked as a model, a personal trainer, a professional volleyball player, and a professional blackjack player. Schoenberg went deep in the first major poker tournament in which […]
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Card Player Player of the Year Weekly Update
The most notable news on the tournament trail this week was once again made by none other than David “The Dragon” Pham and Men “The Master” Nguyen. These two players continued their red-hot campaign for Card Player Player of the Year in early 2008 by each making another final table. The Dragon made his fourth […]
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Duplicate Poker Announces World Championship
DuplicatePoker.com is getting ready for its first Duplicate Poker World Championship, which will be held this Fall. In duplicate poker, every table is dealt the same set of cards as holecards and boardcards, and the object is to maximize profits and minimize losses to do better than your same-seat opponents at the other tables. So, […]
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SpadeClub Winner: Pete 'PeteNice22' Ghalam
SpadeClub.com, the innovative new online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Click here to find out more. Pete “PeteNice22” Ghalam, of Florida, learned to play poker just five years ago when a power outage forced him and his friends to find something to do. He […]
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European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open Day 2
The €6,700 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open, being held in the Casino Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered its critical stage. With all 39 remaining players making the money, the drive is now on to claim the first prize of €834,590. The sellout 460-strong field generated a prize pool of almost €3 million, and among […]
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WPT LAPC Championship Event Starts Tomorrow
The $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour championship event at the L.A. Poker Classic will begin tomorrow. The championship event is scheduled for six days at Commerce Casino. The final table will take place next Thursday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. Last year, Eric Hershler walked away with $2,429,970 when he defeated J.C. Tran heads up […]
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AsianLogic To Launch Two New Poker Rooms
Asian Logic, theAsia-Pacific online and land-based gaming company, today announced a deal with Fortune Bid Holdings to launch two new online Asian-facing poker rooms. AsianLogic subsidiary ESL will operate the rooms, which will be on Playtech’s iPoker network, with the first, Dirty Stack Poker, opening in April 2008. A second will follow soon thereafter and […]
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TV Presenter Wins Party Poker Sports Star Challenge
Kara Scott has won the PartyPoker.com Sports Stars Challenge III, beating seasoned snooker pro Steve Davis, darts legend Wayne Mardel, former Manchester United defender Norman Whiteside, England cricketer Gladstone Small, and rugby league star Brad Drew. The 32-year-old Canadian, now living in Brighton, England, presents poker and kickboxing shows on TV and said of her […]
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European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open Day 2 Recap
The €6,700 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open, being held in the Casino Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered its critical stage. With all 39 remaining players making the money, the drive is now on to claim the first prize of €834,590. The sellout 460-strong field generated a prize pool of almost €3 million, and among […]
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Brunson Blogs at CardPlayerEurope.com
The Legend of Poker himself, Doyle Brunson, is now a resident blogger on CardPlayer.com. The 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner gives insight into his life, the tournament poker circuit, and his opinions. Brunson already has 18 blogs up, and he updates his fans frequently with his witty “Doylisms” and general passion for life […]
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SpadeClub Awards Cash Prize
February 22, 2008, Las Vegas, NV — SpadeClub, a revolutionary new poker community, awarded its first $5,000 weekly tournament winner, Duane Dempsey. SpadeClub, which is powered by Card Player Media, offers a full-scale online community with enhanced features such as player profiles, a friends list, and more than $100,000 each month in cash prizes. Understanding […]
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Card Player Media Adds Bloggers
Feb. 22, 2008, Las Vegas, NV: Card Player Media announces the addition of legendary poker player Doyle Brunson and Gus Hansen to CardPlayer.com as contributing bloggers. CardPlayer.com, owned and operated by Card Player Media, is the leading poker information portal on the Internet. The site provides visitors with live tournament reporting, multimedia content, up-to-the-minute poker […]
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California Lawmaker Introduces Online Poker Bill
California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine has introduced a bill that calls for the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) to investigate if online poker could be played by people in California through systems set up by Californians. The bill calls for the CGCC to perform a study that would determine if current federal laws designed to curb […]
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Card Player Accepting Applications for 2008 WSOP
Is covering the largest and most important poker tournament of the year something you’re interested in doing this summer? If so, now is the time to apply for a 2008 Card Player internship and help our team cover the World Series of Poker and all of the other exciting poker events taking place in Las […]
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Doyle Brunson Blog Now Available on CardPlayer.com
The Legend of Poker himself, Doyle Brunson, is now a resident blogger on CardPlayer.com. The 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner gives insight into his life, the tournament poker circuit, and his opinions. Brunson already has 18 blogs up, and he updates his fans frequently with his witty “Doylisms” and general passion for life […]
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European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open Day 1B
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open, being held in Casino Copenhagen in the Danish capital, had a sellout field of 460 players, generating almost €3 million in prize money. Today, 174 return for day 2 and the drive for the first prize of €834,590. Day 1B saw a number of notable casualties, including recent […]
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European Poker Tour Copenhagen Day 1B Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open, being held in Casino Copenhagen in the Danish capital, had a sellout field of 460 players, generating almost €3 million in prize money. Today, 174 return for day 2 and the drive for the first prize of €834,590. Day 1B saw a number of notable casualties, including recent […]
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NBC Heads Up Poker Championship Players Confirm
The fourth-annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship has its confirmed roster of invited contestants, which includes a mixture of poker professionals, celebrities, and qualifiers. These players will converge in the Caesars Palace poker room on Feb. 29 to compete in one of poker’s premiere events, characterized by an NCAA-style bracket of one-on-one competitions with a $1.5 […]
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Tournament Trail Q & A: Antonio Salorio
Antonio Salorio is perhaps best known for playing the seven-deuce game on the fourth season of the Game Show Network’s High Stakes Poker. Salorio, a prominent nosebleed-stakes cash-game player himself, was invited onto the show but took a huge hit to his bankroll when he got into a confrontation with Brian Brandon holding 7 2. […]
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Strip Poker: Hooman Nikzad Wins NBC Heads Up Seat
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city. The only live qualifier into the 2008 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship (NHPC) took place this weekend at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and Hooman Nikzad was awarded the coveted seat. Pros and […]
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SpadeClub Winner: Duane 'umustmuck13' Dempsey
SpadeClub.com, the innovative new online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Click here to find out more. Duane Dempsey, a 51-year-old from Massachusetts, is SpadeClub’s first $5,000 weekly tournament winner. Duane has been playing poker for most of his life and enjoys the level of […]
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Locals Dominate Day 1A of EPT Scandinavian Open
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open, being held in Casino Copenhagen in the Danish capital, is, perhaps unsurprisingly, being dominated by players from the region. The €6,700 buy-in event is a sell-out with 230 players competing on both of the two day ones, but only 82 made it through day 1A. Team PokerStars pro […]
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888 Hosts $3 Million Guaranteed World Poker Crown
888.com today announced its $3 million-guaranteed World Poker Crown tournament, taking place on Apr. 26, 2008. The event will see the winner pocket a cool $1 million — one of the largest ever prizes in online poker history. The company described the World Poker Crown as a “new breed” of event that starts online and […]
