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Give Some Poker for the Holidays
Buying gifts for friends and loved ones for the holidays is one of the many pleasures and frustrations about this time of year – but buying for poker fans has never been easier. Beyond the chips and tables, there are still plenty of choices that your favorite card player would most likely love to get […]
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Strip Poker: Celebrity Charity Tourney at Hilton Tomorrow
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. Robin Leach, host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, is set to host the first-annual Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Las Vegas Hilton tomorrow to benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation. A live auction […]
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Online Poker: CHIPFLOW Wins Sunday Million
Despite some smaller-than-usual attendances in the tournaments this Sunday, there were some huge tournaments with equally huge ramifications. All-star Internet pros packed the final tables of most of the major events (with a good number of said pros taking down their respective events), one player took down his second major tournament in barely more than […]
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Mac Software Released on PokerStars
Poker players who own Mac computers have long been waiting for the day that they could use PokerStars, and that day has finally come. Late last week, PokerStars released a Mac version of its software. There are a few minor features available on the regular version that the Mac PokerStars software in its current beta […]
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Bills Remain in Limbo Despite New Cosponsors
The list of members of Congress who are now co-sponsors of Barney Frank's bill, which would essentially make online poker legal at a federal level in the United States, has grown to 44. The bill would provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and would […]
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Gaming VC Gets Poker Revenue Boost
Gaming VC, the Maltese-licensed gaming firm, has posted robust results for the first half of 2007. Gross win for poker was €1.4 million to June 2007, up from €1.15 in the same period in 2006. To the end of November 2007, poker gross win was €2.9 million, up from €1.9 million in the same period […]
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European Poker Tour Prague Starts Today
Up to 450 players are expected to take part in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour in Prague which starts today. The €5,000 no-limit Texas hold'em event takes place in the Golden Prague Poker at the Hilton Hotel. Day one will be spilt over two days with day 1A featuring Team PokerStars member Katja Thater, and […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Mike 'Goleafsgoeh' Leah
Canadian Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah is yet another testament to The Great White North's ability to produce top-notch poker players. 33-year-old Leah has had a competitive nature for most of his life; he played a lot of sports growing up and was even on the Canadian Olympic wrestling team while he finished his schooling. Leah currently […]
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Card Player Profile: T.J. Cloutier
By Ryan Lucchesi and Lizzy Harrison T.J. Cloutier has won six World Series of Poker bracelets. He currently resides in Texas, but he spends his summers in Las Vegas on a quest for bracelet number seven. Cloutier considers himself an old-school player, but that doesn't mean he can't hold his own with the new generation […]
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Memorial Video Featuring Chip Reese Posted
Card Player wishes to direct its readers to a memorial video featuring Chip Reese, who passed away Tuesday morning. Barry Greenstein and Patrik Antonius reflect on the life of their friend and mentor, and Doyle Brunson, Phil Gordon, and Howard Lederer all talk about what a wonderful player Reese was. Please click here to view […]
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UCLA Wins Poker Match Against USC
A poker team representing UCLA's Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society beat a team representing USC in front of about 35 spectators at the Kerckhoff Grand Salon near UCLA last week. Five players from each team played a best-of-three series of heads-up matches, and three of UCLA's players beat three of USC's players to capture the […]
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Strip Poker: Allen Cunningham Wins NPL Championship
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. This season of the National Poker League culminated in a $15,000 buy-in Tournament of Champions, and it was five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Allen Cunningham who took home the $325,000 first-place prize. […]
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David Pham Tightens Grip on Player of the Year Lead
Determined to join the elite group of players that have won more than one Card Player Player of the Year (POY) award, David Pham further distanced himself at the No. 1 position from other top-ranked players close on his heels by winning event No. 8, a $2,500 buy-in tournament, at the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic. […]
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One Week Left To Qualify for BING Poker €250,000 Guaranteed
With only one week left to qualify for BING Poker's inaugural €250,000-guaranteed multi-table tournament, anticipation is reaching fever pitch. The no limit hold'em event will be held on Sunday on Dec. 16 at 19:00 GMT. The €320 buy-in event will be the largest ever held on the site. Players can qualify via the regular Lotto […]
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MANSION.com Launches Customizable Tournaments
MANSION.com today announced the launch of its new customizable tournament offering, allowing players to create their own buy-ins, game types, blind structures, and payout schedules. This unique feature allows players to select a start time to themselves, their friends, colleagues, or family, then choose a game type, a limit type, and nominate the buy-in from […]
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Poker Encyclopedia Makes Ideal Christmas Gift
The late Elkan Allan, one of Britain's best known and most visionary media operators, was an avid poker player and was working on The Poker Encyclopaedia when he died in June 2006. With the help of young croupier and poker writer Hannah Mackay the book has now come to life in time for Christmas. A […]
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Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic Continues
The Five-Diamond World Poker Classic preliminary events at the Bellagio have been successful in attracting large starting fields, making for huge payouts. In just the first eight events, nearly $5.5 million in prize-pool money has been generated by more than 2,500 entrants. The fields have been comprised of a variety of players, including well-known pros, […]
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WSOP Circuit Event in New Orleans Comes to an End
The World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah's New Orleans came to an end yesterday, and Andy Philachack of Garland, Texas, won the nearly $248,000 first-place prize, breaking his runner-up streak in major tournaments. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh finished second for more than $130,000. The 160 entrants generated a prize pool of […]
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Roy "The Oracle" Winston Signs With Card Player Media
Roy "The Oracle" Winston has officially signed with Card Player Media Representation. Winston, a relative newcomer to tournament poker, has had a tremendous run in 2007. His most recent cash came just yesterday, when he won event No. 7 of the Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, a $2,000 no-limit hold'em event. A medical doctor from […]
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PokerTek Cruising With Carnival
PokerTek, the company who manufactures the PokerPro live digital poker tables has entered an agreement with Carnival Cruise Lines to place machines on all 22 of its ships. PokerTek started a trial run with Carnival in April of 2006, and the cruise line liked the PokerPro tables so much they ordered enough for the entire […]
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Strip Poker: NPL Championship to Crown Winner Today
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. The National Poker League's $15,000 buy-in Tournament of Champions is down to three from the six that played yesterday. The televised final table resumes today at 3 p.m. inside the Venetian poker room. The […]
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Chip Reese's Funeral Takes Place Friday
David "Chip" Reese's funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at the Palm Mortuary located at 6701 N. Jones Blvd. in Las Vegas. The funeral is open to the public. The Reese family has requested that, in lieu of flowers or other gifts of condolences, money be donated to the Alzheimer's […]
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Asia Pacific Poker Tour $ 1 Million Guaranteed
The PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour grand final will be guaranteed a prize pool of $1 million the company announced today. Held in the Star City Casino in Sydney's Darling Harbour from Dec. 12 to 16, the no-limit hold'em game has an AUS$6,300 buy-in and rounds off the successful tour, which has taken place in […]
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Factory Worker Wins PartyPoker German Open
Marco Joos, a factory worker from Stuttgart, Germany, has won the PartyPoker.com German Open, taking down the €50,000 first-place prize after dispensing with some of the biggest names in the German-speaking poker world. He defeated Ph.D. student Kristijan Dragicevic, from Zurich, Switzerland, heads up by turning around a 3-1 chip deficit. A bold move with […]
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Tournament Trail Q & A: Michael Binger
Michael Binger broke into the poker scene in 2006 when he finished third in the largest tournament in poker history at the World Series of Poker main event. He has since become a fixture on the tournament trail and has posted consistent results. He followed up his success in 2006 by cashing eights times at […]
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Remembering Chip Reese
Tuesday, the poker world awoke to the shocking news of David "Chip" Reese's death with sorrow and tears, and once the emotional tide caused by his sudden passing recedes, there's no doubt that more and more people will come forward and share their memories of one of the greatest poker players who ever lived. Reese, […]
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Strip Poker: NPL Championship Final Table Full of Pros
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. The National Poker League's $15,000 buy-in Tournament of Champions is down to six players from the 57 entrants that started, and it is a stacked final table. Five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner […]
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WSOP Circuit Event in New Orleans Final Table Set
The World Series of Poker Circuit event at Harrah's New Orleans started on Monday with 160 entrants. Today, there are only nine players remaining who will begin battle at noon to claim their piece of the $765,000 prize pool and the title at the Winter Bayou Poker Challenge. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh enters […]
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Michael Ellis Wins GUKPT Grand Final
Michael Ellis, a former investment banker, won the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour grand final over the weekend, defeating fellow Londoner Sami Yusuf to lift the £207,000 first-place prize. The field of 199 entrants created a total prize pool of £594,000. Ellis, whose previous largest win was £14,510, started the final table with a below-average chip […]
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Poker Legend David "Chip" Reese Dies
David "Chip" Reese, the three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, longtime cash-game star, and member of the Poker Hall of Fame, has died. He was 56. Card Player has learned that Reese went to the hospital last night with symptoms of pneumonia but was then sent home later that night and passed away in […]
