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L.A. Poker Classic Prelim Update
The L.A. Poker Classic continues as events No. 5-7, all $500 buy-ins, have been completed. Event No. 5 was a $500 buy-in seven-card stud event that attracted 136 players. It was the smallest field of the series so far, but Paul Vinci took home a nice prize of just under $20,000 of the nearly $66,000 […]
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EU Strikes at Germany's Online Gambling Ban
German authorities and the European Union are set to go head-to-head in the courts over the German Interstate Treaty which came into force on Jan. 1, 2008, and banned online gaming, including poker. German states hope the treaty, which works similarly to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the U.S., will protect their monopolies […]
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WPT Borgata Poker Classic Final Table Bios
Lee Watkinson Seat 1 Chips: 397,000 (fifth at final table) Lifetime Winnings: $3,462,025 2008 POY Points: 0 Hometown: Cheney, Washington Prior WPT Experience: 11 cashes – Second place at 2004 Legends of Poker – Second place at 2004 Mirage Poker Showdown Poker Accomplishments: Eleven WSOP cashes, including five final tables, and one gold bracelet (2006 […]
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EU Gets Legal on German, Swedish Online Gaming Rules
The European Union’s Internal Market Commissioner today issued a letter of formal notice to German authorities — the first stage in legal proceedings — in relation to the German Interstate Treaty, which effectively banned all online gaming and betting in the country from Jan. 1, 2008. Formal objections had already been raised by the European […]
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Party Poker European Open Starts Friday
The PartyPoker.com European Open IV starts tomorrow, Friday Feb.1, in London with a host of big guns anteing up the $7,000 buy-in in the hope of taking the lion’s share of the $504,000 prize pool on offer. The event, organised by Matchroom Sport and broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK later this year, sees […]
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EPT Dortmund Day 1B Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open, taking place in the Hohensyburg Casino, Dortmund, attracted a total of 411 players for the €8,000 buy-in main event, with 198 players taking to the felt on day 1A and 213 players on day 1B. This created a total prize pool of €3,288,000, and a likely first prize […]
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WPT Borgata Poker Classic Day 4 Recap
While the 27 remaining players had all guaranteed themselves a profitable tournament, all had their eyes set on bigger things. For some, it was the hope that they could squeeze themselves up a few more spots, and for some, it was the goal of making it to the television final table. But for the 15 […]
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Day 4 of the Borgata Poker Classic
While the 27 remaining players had all guaranteed themselves a profitable tournament, all had their eyes set on bigger things. For some, it was the hope that they could squeeze themselves up a few more spots, and for some, it was the goal of making it to the television final table. But for the 15 […]
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A Hundred New Poker Dealer Jobs for Florida
Jacksonville Greyhound Racing (JGR), which operates a poker room at one of its three facilities in North Florida, has hired 100 dealers to staff a new poker room that will open at its Orange Park Kennel Club. When the room opens around April 1, it will be the second room owned and operated by JGR. […]
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Strip Poker: Opportunity Village to Host Charity Event
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene — on The Strip and around the city. The Third-Annual No-limit Texas Hold’em Celebrity Poker Tournament to benefit Opportunity Village is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. in the Caesars Palace poker room in Las Vegas, with first place awarding […]
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Party Poker Sees Revenue Up 23 Percent
PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker, saw group revenue rise by 52 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007 to $120 million as poker continued to thrive, despite the company’s exit from the U.S. market in October 2006. Total group revenue, which also sees receipts from bingo, casino, and sportsbook, was $448.2 million for 2007, up significantly […]
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EPT Dortmund Day 1A Update
Day 1A at the €8,000 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open attracted a very respectable 198 players to Casino Hohensyburg, Dortmund, but by the end of play, 70 remained. At the start of play, Team PokerStars pros Dario Minieri and Katja Thater found themselves at the same table, along with EPT Baden winner Julian […]
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WPT Borgata Poker Classic Day 3 Update
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Classic was a great example of the drastic way that the speed of play can change in the course of a poker tournament. Ninety-nine players began the day and things started slowly amongst a groggy field that was still shaking off the cobwebs from yesterday. In […]
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Day 3 at the WPT Borgata Poker Classic
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Classic was a great example of the drastic way that the speed of play can change in the course of a poker tournament. Ninety-nine players began the day and things started slowly amongst a groggy field that was still shaking off the cobwebs from yesterday. In […]
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Poker Proponent Charles Nesson on Colbert Report
Last week, Harvard law professor and founder of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) Charles Nesson made an appearance on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. He faced off with Stephen Colbert about the strategic benefits of playing poker and described the recent laws affecting online poker. “Online [poker] is like a school; it’s right […]
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L.A. Poker Classic Rebuy Event Attracts 811 Entrants
Event No. 4 at the L.A. Poker Classic, which was a $300 no-limit hold’em rebuy tournament, had a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000, but the 811 entrants, 1,107 rebuys, and 445 add-ons well surpassed that amount. The prize pool came out to nearly $688,000 with Bud Lavassani from Burbank, California, taking the lion’s share of […]
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European Poker Tour Dortmund Starts Today
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open started today in the Hohensyburg Casino, Dortmund, with a total of 198 players taking to the felt on day 1A. Team PokerStars pros Katja Thater and Dario Minieri were all seated at the same table when the cards took to the air at 15:00 local time, and other […]
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Party Poker 24-Hour 'Big Game II' Starts Tomorrow
Midnight tomorrow (Wednesday/Thursday) sees the start of a five-week TV run for the much-anticipated PartyPoker.com Poker Den: The Big Game II on Channel Four in the UK. The $20,000 buy-in cash game was filmed over a continuous 24-hour period in London late last year by Matchroom Sports and features a mouth-watering lineup which includes Dave […]
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Harrah's Returns to Private Ownership
Harrah’s Entertainment, the world’s largest casino group by revenue and owner of the World Series of Poker brand, retuned to private ownership yesterday with the acquisition by Hamlet Merger $17.1 billion. Stockholders will receive $90 for each share of common stock and the company will cease trading on the New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia stock […]
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Lapland Lady Wins Bet365 Leader Board
Twenty-two-year-old Cecilia Borg, from Northern Sweden, has won the bet365 Poker Leader Board Challenge 2007/08 and will play every iPoker network-supported European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour event over the coming year as part of her prize. Borg, a teacher in her home province of Västerbotten, which borders Lapland, said of her victory, “I […]
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WPT Borgata Poker Classic Day 2 Update
Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Classic started with 313 players. Despite the slow-moving blinds structure, 214 players were eliminated during the seven scheduled levels. Only 54 players will walk out of the Borgata convention center with anything to show for their efforts, leaving the remaining 99 players far from the money. […]
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Day 2 of the Borgata Poker Classic
Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Classic started with 313 players. Despite the slow-moving blinds structure, 214 players were eliminated during the seven scheduled levels. Only 54 players will walk out of the Borgata convention center with anything to show for their efforts, leaving the remaining 99 players far from the money. […]
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This Week's Free Card Player Pro Poker Training Video
It’s Monday, which means that it’s time, once again, for your weekly helping of completely free poker training videos from Card Player Pro. Card Player Pro is a new offering from the partnership of Card Player and PokerSavvy Plus, and Card Player readers and viewers get access to free hand-for-hand training videos and strategy interviews […]
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Online Poker: SNo0oWMAN Wins Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million Last night PokerStars held the monthly $500 buy-in version of the Sunday Million, and it was a huge success. The $500 buy-in Sunday Millions usually have prize pools between $1.3 million and $1.4 million, but last night’s event attracted 3,192 entrants to generate a prize pool of $1,596,000. Whoever became the last […]
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L.A. Poker Classic Through Event No. 3
The L.A. Poker Classic kicked off Thursday to an impressive crowd. Taking place in one of the biggest poker cities in the United States, event No. 1, a $300 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, attracted 1,191 participants. The winner was Kimya Williams. He took home nearly $78,000 of the $347,000 prize pool. Catering to all players […]
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African Charities to Benefit from Celebrity Poker Event
Three Southern African charities will benefit to the tune of around €14,000 (R150,000) next month when around a dozen celebrities will take to the felt to play in the All Africa Poker Celebrity Charity Challenge. The event, taking place at Piggs Peak, Swaziland, will feature Darren Scott, Lee-Ann Liebenberg, Kurt Darren, Minki Van der Westhuizen, […]
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WPT Borgata Winter Open Day 1 Update
When 51 tables are dealing no-limit Texas hold’em, anything can happen on the felt. During the early part of day 1 at the 2008 Borgata Winter Open, the unthinkable often did happen. This winter World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata has become popular with the professional players, and with so many of them in […]
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Rock Poker Celebrates Birthday in Birmingham
Two hundred members of Rock Poker Online turned out for the first anniversary of the site’s launch to play a £25 no-limit hold’em freezeout at the Broadway Casino, Birmingham, over the weekend. The tournament was organised by original Late Night Poker star Malcolm “The Rock” Harwood and was won by the inappropriately monikered Warrington player […]
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Day 1 at the WPT Borgata Winter Open
When 51 tables are dealing no-limit Texas hold’em, anything can happen on the felt. During the early part of day 1 at the 2008 Borgata Winter Open, the unthinkable often did happen. This winter World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata has become popular with the professional players, and with so many of them in […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Jake 'TheFitGuy' Walsh
When Jake “TheFitGuy” Walsh began flexing his muscles in online poker, people noticed. The 24-year-old virtually came out of nowhere to start making deep cashes in the Internet’s biggest poker tournaments. He is a player with a healthy amount of gamble in him, and that has given him a wild table-image that he has used […]
