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Phil Hellmuth Hosts Beauty and the Bet Charity Event
This weekend at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth hosted the Beauty and the Bet charity poker tournament benefiting the TASER Foundation, an organization in support of families of fallen officers. "We were very fortunate to have a mutual friend through the PPA (Poker Players Alliance), […]
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California Poker Petition Fails
The deadline for citizens of California to submit petitions that would place their propositions on a ballot has come and gone, and that means residents there will not get to vote on whether the state should or should not establish an online poker room. Tony Sandstrom announced that he intended to collect 430,000 signatures in […]
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UltimateBet Online Championship 2 Starts Friday
The second-annual UltimateBet Online Championship (UBOC 2) kicks off on Friday, Dec. 7, with a $100,000-guaranteed no-limit hold'em event with a $200 buy-in (with $15 registration fee). This time around, the series sports 13 events spanning 10 days and $2 million in guaranteed prize pools. The series will conclude with the main event, a $750,000-guaranteed […]
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Brunsons Issue Statement on Passing of Chip Reese
Todd Brunson and Doyle Brunson have issued official statements on the passing of Chip Reese. "I have lost one of my oldest and dearest friends today," said Doyle Brunson. "He was one of the most unique individuals I have ever known, and poker has lost one of the greats today." "I have lost a mentor […]
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Chip Reese: 1951-2007
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 […]
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WSOP Circuit Has a Good Year
The 2007 installment of the World Series of Poker Circuit series saw another good year, with prize pools breaking the $1-million mark several times at casinos in what people would call tourist towns like Las Vegas and New Orleans. In places like Council Bluffs Iowa, the crowds weren't as strong, but the top prizes awarded […]
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NPL Tournament of Champions Boasts Field of Pros
The National Poker League's $15,000 buy-in Tournament of Champions kicked off today and attracted 57 players, including many of the game's biggest names, like Allen Cunningham, Barry Greenstein, and John Juanda. Entrants from around the world converged in the Venetian poker room at noon. Winners from all of this season's NPL stops were there to […]
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Tournament Trail Q & A: Freddy Deeb
During the second level of day 4 at the 2007 World Poker Tour World Poker Finals, Freddy Deeb took some harsh beats. The first of these bad beats was his table draw: Seat 1: Nenad Medic Seat 2: Steven "333" Riter Seat 3: Robert "exitonly" Coburn Seat 4: Freddy Deeb Seat 5: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan […]
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GSN Adds to Monday Night Programming
Monday nights on GSN are getting even more jam-packed. Tonight, the programming kicks off with the continuation of the biggest cash game ever televised on High Stakes Poker (HSP). At 9 p.m. PT, viewers can watch pros Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Farha, Barry Greenstein, Guy Laliberte, and Daniel Negreanu play […]
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Player of the Year Race Rounds Out This Month
The calendar page just flipped to December, and players in contention for the Card Player Player of the Year (POY) race have only one month left to accumulate points. The competition is in its final stretch and, with a few big events left awarding elusive POY points, there is still time to steal David Pham's […]
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Online Poker: BIGbossM Wins at Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million lured 6,881 entrants last night, building a $1,376,200 prize pool. That prize pool amounted to the largest in a Sunday Million since July. There was almost $200,000 on the line for the first-place finisher, if no deal was made at the final table. After 6,879 players had bitten […]
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Tony G. Takes Down Moscow Millions Poker Tourney
The inaugural Moscow Millions has been won by Antanas "Tony G" Guoga, who immediately donated the $205,000 first prize to a local orphanage. The $10,500 buy-in event attracted 53 players, despite losing its sponsor Full Tilt earlier this year. Players were treated to 90 minute levels. Tony G said of the event, "The structure was […]
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PartyPoker Women's World Open on TV This Week
PartyPoker's inaugural Women's World Open is broadcast on Five in the UK and Ireland this week. The first show goes out at 12:30 a.m. on Wed., Dec. 5 and Thurs., Dec. 6 and will continue for the seven subsequent weeks. The tournament attracted well-known U.S. professionals Jennifer Tilly, Liz Lieu, and Shannon Elizabeth, as well […]
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POKERTRILLION.COM Launches Today
POKERTRILLION.com, a new online poker site, is offering its players the opportunity to buy into main events at major tournaments for just half the entry fee. In return for playing in the Poker Trillion colors, the company is offering a 50 percent discount on entry into the main event of any World Series of Poker, […]
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Tony G. Takes Down Moscow Millions Poker Tourney
The inaugural Moscow Millions has been won by Antanas "Tony G" Guoga, who immediately donated the $205,000 first prize to a local orphanage. The $10,500 buy-in event attracted 53 players, despite losing its sponsor Full Tilt earlier this year. Players were treated to 90 minute levels. Tony G said of the event, "The structure was […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Brian 'Sbrugby' Townsend
Brian "sbrugby" Townsend is one of the most well-known and feared cash game players around. He got his start playing 25¢-50¢ limit hold'em on PartyPoker in 2003, and he now plays the biggest cash games available online against the toughest opponents – and wins. He has starred on the hit GSN show High Stakes Poker […]
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BING Poker Upgrade Offers Host of New Features
BING Poker has received a comprehensive software upgrade and now offers players a plethora of enhanced options for registration, tournament formats, tournament credits, as well as improved graphics and a more intuitive layout. The first thing players will notice when the fire up the software is that they can now view the poker room lobby […]
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Card Player Profile: Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson has over $6 million in lifetime tournament cashes. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California. Ferguson approached poker as a serious endeavor after 20 years in academia, and his results speak for themselves. Recently, Ferguson won his third World Series of Poker Circuit championship event, and that […]
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Strip Poker: NPL Tournament of Champions Starts Dec. 3
This season of the National Poker League is winding down as the $15,000 buy-in Tournament of Champions begins on Monday. Winners from each event at all NPL stops, including the United Kingdom Open, Asia Open, Australian Open, and Vegas Open, will converge in The Venetian's poker room at 1 p.m. on Dec. 3 to compete […]
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Seminole Tribe Signs Pact With Florida
The Seminole Tribe of Florida signed a compact with the governor that gives it the right to operate gaming facilities at seven locations across Florida for the next 25 years. The locations are in Immokalee, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hillsborough and Broward County (which has three locations). Governor Charlie Crist signed the agreement with Mitchell Cypress, […]
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Strip Poker: Beauty and the Bet Charity Event Tomorrow
Phil Hellmuth is lending his popularity to earn money and awareness for the TASER Foundation by hosting the Beauty and the Bet charity event tomorrow at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The first tournament starts at noon and is a $500 buy-in no-limit hold'em event with unlimited $500 rebuys and a one-time $250 add-on […]
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Poker Playing Professor Says Stay in School
This summer, Steven Garfinkle's e-mail inbox was flooded with congratulatory messages from students and colleagues, with many of the students asking if it would be all right if they stopped by his office to talk about the World Series of Poker. Garfinkle, an associate professor of history at Western Washington University in Washington State, just […]
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UK Pub Chain Signs Poker Deal
Regent Inns, which operates poker in 40 licensed venues in the UK, has signed a deal with the Castro Gaming Company to let customers sign up and reserve a seat at poker tournaments via www.playpubpoker.com. Buy-ins for the pub tournaments are £2.50 or £5, and numbers are capped at 40 with a maximum prize of […]
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Xbox 360 Poker Game Released
Oxygen Games today released World Championship Poker 2: All In for the Xbox 360. The poker simulation game supports webcam functionality and features enhanced game-play operation with intuitive artificial intelligence. Features include multiplayer options for up to 200 players, a single player career option, a choice of venues, third/first-person TV modes, and 14 types of […]
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Five-Diamond World Poker Classic Attracting Big Pros
The Bellagio poker room is the stomping grounds for many of the industry's biggest names, so it is not surprising to see a room full of recognizable faces showing up for the annual World Poker Tour Five-Diamond World Poker Classic. Festivities began on Monday as satellites fired up for players wanting to qualify for the […]
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GPSTS Poker Match Between USC and UCLA Friday
The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) is holding its second intercollegiate poker match tomorrow when teams from the University of Southern California and UCLA meet on UCLA's campus. The match takes place at 1 p.m. PT. Annie Duke is scheduled to speak on the psychology of poker an hour before the match begins. The […]
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Negreanu Selling Toyota He Won for 2004 WSOP POY
Serious collectors of poker memorabilia should note that a unique item is up for grabs on eBay: the Toyota Tundra Daniel Negreanu was given for winning the World Series of Poker Player of the Year award in 2004. The current bid is $18,600, and the reserve has not yet been met. The auction ends today […]
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Industry News: Cantor Gaming to Launch Poker Sites
Cantor Gaming, the UK-based online and mobile gaming services provider will launch new poker sites on 24hPoker's network, 24hNetwork. The company operates www.pub-casino.co.uk in conjunction with Punch Taverns, which runs 9,000 pubs in the UK. Poker will be added to the site by the end of January 2008 before being added to www.tooncasino.co.uk and other […]
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Cake Poker and Its Golden Giveaway
While one ounce of real gold is worth about $799, CakePoker is looking to make virtual gold lucrative, too. At CakePoker, players can earn gold chips for Frequent Player Points (FPP) that can be used to buy prizes or buy into weekly tournaments. FPPs are earned by competing in cash games or real-money tournaments. As […]
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PartyPoker.net German Open Starts Tomorrow
The second PartyPoker.net German Open gets under way tomorrow, Nov. 29, with 36 players paying €2,500 to create a prize pool of €117,000 and a first prize of €50,000. PartyBets.com make World Series of Poker Europe bracelet-winner Thomas 'Buzzer' Bihl and 2007 WSOP bracelet-winner Michael Keiner joint 9/1 favorites while PartyPoker Premier League winner Eddy […]
