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EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day Three
Forty players survived day 3 at the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Day 3 saw the always unpredictable passing of the money bubble in the Bahamas, and, after fighting through an enormous field of 1,136 players just to get this far, no one wanted to be eliminated so close to the bubble. The […]
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EPT Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure — Day 3 Recap
Forty players survived day 3 at the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Day 3 saw the always unpredictable passing of the money bubble in the Bahamas, and, after fighting through an enormous field of 1,136 players just to get this far, no one wanted to be eliminated so close to the bubble. The […]
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Executive Poker Tour Stops at Taj A.C. This Weekend
The Executive Poker Tour makes its first stop of 2008 this weekend at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. Four tournaments, plus many satellites into the larger events, are scheduled to take place through the weekend, starting Friday morning. Although these tournaments generate decent prize pools, a portion of the buy-ins go to the […]
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Strip Poker: Next WSOP Ladies Academy at Caesars
The World Series of Poker Academy has announced that the next two-day ladies-only event will take place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from Jan. 25-26. The instructors include Annie Duke, Alex “The Insider” Outhred, and former FBI agent Joe Navarro. The last sold-out ladies academy graduated the 2006 WSOP ladies-event champion Sally Anne Boyer. […]
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Montel Williams to Host MS Charity Poker Tourney
Avid poker player Montel Williams will take a break from his daytime talk show hosting duties to host the Montel Williams MS Foundation Gala and Pro-Celebrity Poker Challenge on Thursday, March 13 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City at 6 p.m. Eastern time. The inaugural event will begin with a cocktail reception and […]
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Poker Pro Jimmy Fricke Wins Aussie Millions Event
Jimmy Fricke, the young American poker player who finished second to Gus Hansen in last year’s Aussie Millions championship event, now has an Aussie Millions title. Fricke won $16,800 for outlasting the 95 other entrants who bought into the third event of this year’s Aussie Millions series, a $500 seven-card stud/seven-card stud eight-or-better/razz event. He […]
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Day 3 Begins at the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure
Day 3 of the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) will be played today at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas. There are 153 players remaining, and 120 of them will walk away with a payday. With the money bubble looming large early in play, this will be one of the most […]
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Betfair Poker Sees $600,000 All-Night Cash Game
The early hours of this morning saw a marathon $250-$500 no-limit hold’em cash game on Betfair Poker which ended at 10 a.m. this morning with $600,000 on the table before the final two players opted to quit the game. ‘Operation’ and ‘SuckMyD’ finally left the game with $150,000 and $450,000 respectively — ‘SuckMyD,’ believed to […]
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Europeans Take PokerStars Caribbean Adventure by Storm
Day 2 of the PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure is the day that the moves are made. Some slide out of contention, some come bludgeoning into view. When they started at noon today, there were 478 without the knowledge of which way it would go. When they finished tonight, 159 knew that they had had a better […]
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Tournament Trail Q & A: Peter Jetten
Peter “Apathy” Jetten is primarily a force in the online poker world, but he has been increasingly making his presence felt on the live tournament poker circuit. Jetten has already garnered respect from many players on the tour, young and old, and he recently recorded a high finish in the 2007 World Poker Tour Doyle […]
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Full Tilt Online Poker Series VII Set to Begin Feb. 6
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) VII is now only one month away, and qualifiers are already running. More than $10 million in guaranteed prize money is going to be awarded over 20 events, with $2 million of that for the main event alone. Every event will be hosted by a Full Tilt […]
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Online Poker: Giorango Wins Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million had 7,104 entrants last night, generating a prize pool of $1,420,800. That is the largest attendance the $200 buy-in version of the event has had in quite some time. The Sunday Million had 6,680 entrants on Dec. 23 (the last time the $200 buy-in version was held, […]
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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Enters Day 2
The European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) enters its second day today (technically its third day of play), and, for the first time during the tournament, the playing field will be combined after playing two day 1s. A whopping 1,136 players entered this year’s PCA. This is the first year the tournament will be […]
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Jude Ainsworth Wins PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship
The €2,000 buy-in PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship was won last night by local Galway player Jude Ainsworth in a thrilling battle with Michael McCool from Nottingham, England. Ainsworth, who has just finished a PhD in Bio Chemistry, picked up €180,000 after calling McCool’s all-in with 108 and finding himself up against 55. The flop fell […]
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European Poker Tour Takes to the Caribbean
A total of 1,136 players hit the Bahamas this weekend to participate in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. This beat last year’s turnout of 937 players. The total prize pool for the event is a colossal $8.5 million with $2 million going to the eventual winner. Day two starts today with 478 players returning. The current […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Jon 'Sketchy1' Eaton
Very few people can say that they earned enough money from their home games to quit their conventional jobs. Jon "sketchy1" Eaton is one of those people; he would consistently beat the home games he played in while attending Missouri State University in 2002. Whether he was really that good or his opponents were just […]
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PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship Final Table Set
The €2,000 buy-in PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship, being held at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Galway, Ireland, has reached the final table with eight players competing for the €180,000 first prize. The 298 runners built a prize pool of €542,500 and the remaining players are: Keith McFadden — 698,000 Jude Ainsworth — 527,000 Trevor Dineen — […]
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Poker After Dark to Feature Pros With Passion for Golf
Poker pros who share a love of gambling and high stakes golf will make up the six players for next week’s Poker After Dark (PAD), so viewers should prepare for entertaining tales from the golf course as the players compete in this winner-take-all $20,000 buy-in tournament. World Poker Tour Player of the Year winners and […]
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Strip Poker: Women in Poker Hall of Fame to Debut
Cementing the growth of women in poker, a Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHOF) is set to debut on Feb. 2, 2008, at the Binion’s Casino in Las Vegas. The first inductees include Barbara Enright, Susie Isaacs, Linda Johnson, and Marsha Waggoner. The World Poker Tour’s own Mike Sexton will serve as master of […]
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Card Player Profile: Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu has almost $10 million in lifetime tournament earnings. Excluding World Series of Poker main event champions, the Canadian native has won more money than anyone else playing tournament poker. His first six-figure score came 10 years ago, when he won his first WSOP bracelet. Though Negreanu has done well at the WSOP, if […]
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Win Seat Into NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
The NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship has become one of the premiere poker events of the year, not only because of its unique format, but also because of its exclusive field of players. Nearly of all the 64 seats are filled by invited competitors that include seasoned pros and the year’s hottest players. Caesars Palace […]
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More Free Seats in $100K Event on Bodog Poker
If last week was any indication, it seems that people like free money. The good news is, Bodog and Card Player like giving it away as much as people like getting it; that’s why the two companies are partnering up to once again offer up to 27 Card Player readers free entry into Bodog’s flagship […]
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Preliminary Events of Aussie Millions Start Saturday
The third installment of the Aussie Millions begins with the first preliminary event today at the Crowne Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The last two series have been met with large playing fields stuffed with many popular online poker pros, including just about the entire roster of Team Full Tilt, which is the main sponsor of […]
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PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship Starts Today
The PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship starts today in the Radisson Hotel and Spa, Galway, Ireland with PartyBets.com making Mike Sexton, Bruno Fitoussi, and Julian Gardner among the favourites to lift the first major European title of 2008. Also in contention, according to the bookie, are: Mike Sexton – 25/1 Marcel Luske – 25/1 Robert Williamson […]
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Antonio Esfandiari to Host Tourney at Four Winds Casino
It’s usually fairly unlikely for players to get a chance to play alongside a high-stakes poker pro in a $300 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament anywhere in the Midwest , but on Jan. 6, at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan, that is exactly what will be offered. World Poker Tour title winner Antonio […]
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WPT World Poker Open Starts Tomorrow
The first event of the World Poker Tour World Poker Open starts tomorrow with a $300 no-limit hold’em event. The $10,000 championship event, which will be filmed for television, begins Jan. 20, and the entire series runs from tomorrow until the final table of the WPT event on Jan. 23. The World Poker Open is […]
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$5,000 Heads-Up Event to Take Place in Canada
The Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary will host the Canadian Open Poker Championship March 5-9. The highlight of this weeklong series is a $5,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em tournament that will be capped at 128 entrants. The schedule is as follows: March 5: $500 no-limit hold’em charity event March 6: $5,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em main […]
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Major Events Starting 2008 Off With a Bang
With 2007 in the dust, 2008 is kicking off with four major events right off the bat. This week, preliminary events for the World Poker Tour World Poker Open, World Series of Poker Circuit event in Tunica, and the Aussie Millions Poker Championship begin, as well as the European Poker Tour PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure main […]
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Italian Takes Down Three Poker Tournaments in a Row
Italian PokerStars pro Dario Minieri shocked the online poker world by winning three high-profile tournaments last Sunday as well as going deep in the PokerStars Sunday Million for paydays in excess of $150,000. Minieri, who has won more than $450,000 over his last 2,300 sit-and-go tournaments, won the $50,000 top prize in the High Stakes […]
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Poker Tournament Trail Q & A: Raymond Davis
Raymond Davis is easily spotted in a tournament poker field. He stands out from other players with his keen sense of style and an outgoing personality. Laughter can usually be heard resonating from his table, but his easy-going, outward appearance hides a warrior within. Card Player caught up with Davis late on day 5 of […]
