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Ongame 'Heat' Tournaments See Huge Growth
Ongame Network's innovative Heat poker tournaments have seen growth of more than 200 percent since they were introduced two months ago. The $1,000 buy-in monthly grand tournament started in 2005, but the Heat element was introduced in August, and by October 620 players participated. Heats emulate major offline poker tournaments by allowing players a choice […]
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Mike Vela Wins the 2007 WPT World Poker Finals
Six players took their seats shortly after 5 p.m. ET at Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the final table of the 2007 World Poker Tour World Poker Finals. While all six of them had the $1,704,986 first-place prize on their minds, two of them had a little WPT history on their minds, as well. Nick […]
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Interview: Annie Duke Faces Congress Tomorrow
Annie Duke is one of the most well-known and respected poker players around, and she stands right on the front line in the fight for the legality of online poker. Her reputation as a poker player is well deserved thanks to a World Series of Poker bracelet-win in 2004, a victory at the 2005 WSOP […]
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World Poker Finals – Player Profiles
In a tournament that started with 575 players, the final six are split between two generations — three players are under 25, and three are over 40. But don’t write off these youngsters as inexperienced, because two of them just happen to be defending champions here at the World Poker Tour World Poker Finals at […]
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CRE Report Blasts the UIGEA and its Proposed Rules
The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE), an agency that provides Congress with independent analyses of regulations, recently released a report giving the proposed statutes that would be used to enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) a big thumbs down. The CRE has several problems with the UIGEA. First, the UIGEA and its proposed […]
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Big Slick Waterford Winter Poker Festival Starts Friday
Friday, Nov. 16 sees the start of the Big Slick Waterford Winter Festival at the Woodlands Hotel, Waterford, in southeast Ireland. The three-day €500+€50 no-limit hold'em main event begins Friday at 7:30 p.m. and is set to attract hundreds of local and overseas players, including Dave "El Blondie" Colclough, Padraig Parkinson, Roy Brindley, WSOP bracelet-winner […]
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Polish Card Player Reader Runner-Up in Battle of Mags
Last week's paddypowerpoker.com Battle of the Mags TV tournament went right to the wire for Polish Card Player reader Krzysztof Zajac when he came runner-up to Irish Poker Pro reader John Donnelly in a battle for a £14,000 tournament package deal that takes in European Poker Tour stops in Prague, Copenhagen, and the Irish Open […]
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New Poker After Dark Episodes Feature Poker Mainstays
In this week's Ibrand-new episodes of Poker After Dark, six of the most highly respected and well-known poker players will battle for a $120,000 winner-take-all prize. Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Gus Hansen, and Phil Hellmuth are featured at tonight's table. Hellmuth holds the record for most World Series of Poker bracelets […]
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Day Five of the World Poker Finals
"One more player," has been the recurring theme at this year's World Poker Finals. On Sunday, the players returned and they were just one player away from reaching the money. Today, the remaining 19 players came back and they were just one player away from the final two tables. Eventually, Young Phan was eliminated by […]
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Judiciary Hearing on Internet Gambling Wednesday
A Judiciary Committee searing on Internet gaming titled "Hearing on Establishing Consistent Enforcement Policies in the Context of Online Wagers" will take place at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday in room 2141 of the Rayburn House office building in Washington, D.C. The hearing is open to the public and the Poker Players Alliance encourages any interested […]
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Online Poker: Braien Wins FTOPS Sunday Major
FTOPS Event No. 7 – $1 million-guaranteed no-limit hold'em The first $1 million-guaranteed event in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI (FTOPS), event No. 7, proved to be quite successful, despite some other events in the series having already required overlays. Events No. 1 and 3 – a $750,000-guaranteed, shorthanded no-limit hold'em event and […]
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Hendon Mobster Wins Great British Poker Tour
One hundred players took to the felt at the Great British Poker Tour (GBPT) grand final over the weekend, which saw Hendon Mobster Joe Beevers collect the winner's check of £87,500 when he beat Rob Akery heads up after almost 12 hours of final-table play. The £2,500 event attracted a field of well-known players, including […]
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Trond Eidsvig Wins Amsterdam Master Classics
The popular Amsterdam Master Classics main event, the €5,000 buy-in Lido Poker Championship, attracted 428 runners last week, creating a total prize pool of €2,140,000. The event was won in the early hours of Sunday morning by Norwegian Trond Eidsvig, who recently came fourth at the EPT Dublin event and fifth at the EPT Barcelona […]
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Day Four at the World Poker Finals
Fifty-one players entered the Sunset Ballroom at Foxwoods Resort and Casino for day four of the 2007 World Poker Tour World Poker Finals, and all but one would make the money. Play had ended right on the money bubble the night before, and thus, action started hand-for-hand at noon. It took less than 15 minutes […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Jimmy 'Gobboboy' Fricke
Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke (pronounced like "Mickey") came raging onto the poker public's radar less than one year ago. It was hard for people not to notice when this young, baby-faced, non-threatening kid wound up heads-up with Gus Hansen – one of poker's "bad boys" who has a truly intimidating presence – in a match worth […]
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Day Three of the World Poker Finals
With 130 players returning to play five levels of poker, it was tough to foresee whether or not the 50-player money bubble would be reached. As short stacks clung to life and tried to survive, the seasoned professionals feasted on their opponent's chips to put themselves in contention for the $1.7 million dollar first-place prize. […]
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Day Two at the WPT World Poker Finals
It was a classic case of young meets old at the close of Day 2 at the World Poker Tour World Poker Finals at Foxwoods as poker's youngest stars battled some of the game's seasoned pros at the top the leader board. Online phenom Matt "mattg1983" Graham was the chip leader at the end of […]
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Absolute Poker Releases Investigation Update
Absolute Poker released another statement concerning the security breach that was uncovered last month. Click here to read a story about the scandal. Among the highlights of the announcement was an internal investigator's estimate that cheaters managed to win more than $800,000 from unsuspecting players, and that its internal security was first breached on Aug. […]
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Interview: Mark Mendel Helps Antigua Stare Down U.S.
Mark Mendel is the attorney who represents Antigua and Barbuda in the World Trade Organization dispute against the United States that is causing headlines worldwide because of the grand implications the case has not only for the U.S., but for the WTO itself. WTO panels have repeatedly ruled in Antigua's favor in Antigua's claim that […]
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Strip Poker: Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock Tourneys
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock have had great success hosting cash games, and have recently added tournaments. At Red Rock, there is a daily tournament at 10 a.m. The buy-in is $100, which […]
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Qualify for the European Deep Stack Championship Online
Online qualifiers for the highly anticipated Green Joker Poker European Deep Stack Poker Championship, taking place in the Drogheda Poker Club, Drogheda, Ireland, from Feb. 2-10, 2008, start this Sunday, Nov. 11 on www.greenjokerpoker.com. The main satellites are $250 (with $20 registration fee) grand final freezeouts with packages for every $3,000 in the prize pool. […]
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PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship Attracts Stars
PartyPoker.com today announced exclusive qualification for the 2008 Irish Poker Championship. The tournament, being held at the fabulous Radisson Hotel and Spa, Galway, Ireland, from Jan. 3-6, 2008, is attracting a host of top names in the game with "Ambassador of Poker" Mike Sexton, former WSOP main-event winner Noel Furlong, WSOP bracelet-winners Ciaran O’Leary and […]
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Irish Open Side Events Announced
Paddypowerpoker.com today announced the full side-event schedule for the 2008 Irish Open. The week-long festival of poker surrounding the €3 Million-guaranteed main event features hold'em and Omaha tournaments, as well as the first-ever Irish Open ladies event. The festival begins on Mar. 19 with a supersatellite to the main event, while Good Friday sees the […]
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Win Trip to South Africa With BING Poker
BING Poker is offering players the chance to participate in the South African Poker Open 2008 in Gauteng, South Africa. The tournament, held in the Monte Casino, takes place from Feb. 5-10, 2008. The prize is a €5,500 package, including entry to three tournaments: $500 no-limit Texas hold'em $3,800 no-limit Texas hold'em main event $360 […]
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Day One (B) of the World Poker Finals
He is known more for his cash-game skills than his tournament prowess, but that doesn't mean that online phenom Tom "durrrr" Dwan can't build a chip stack. On day one (B) of the World Poker Finals, Dwan jumped out to an early chip lead after doubling up with a straight flush and spent the rest […]
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Venetian Hosting NPL Series this Month
The Venetian in Las Vegas is hosting the Nation Poker League Vegas Open later this month. The series features four events with buy-in of $2,500, one with a buy-in of $5,000 and one for $15,000. Three days of supersatellites into the $15,000 event will also be held. The schedule follows (all events are no-limit hold'em): […]
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Hilton to Host Celebrity Charity Tourney
It is a theme that never gets old: celebrities using their popularity for a needy cause. In the case of the first-annual Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Las Vegas Hilton, celebrities will converge on Tuesday, Dec. 11, to play in an event to benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation. Britt Bockius, Tracy Byrd, Rodney Carrington, Lee […]
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Holiday Poker Fun
The holidays are coming up and people are looking for ways to celebrate. Playing in a world-class poker tournament in a new and exciting location could be a nice getaway that offers a real possibility for making some money and adding to your loved-ones' piles of presents. The next two European Poker Tour stops are […]
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Industry News: Betsson Profit Up 416 Percent
Betsson, the Swedish-listed gaming developer and licensing firm, saw operating profit grow 416 percent in the third quarter of 2007, to SEK 54.4 million from SEK 10.4, in the same quarter of 2006. This was on the back of 147 percent growth in revenues in the same period to SEK 177.2 million in Q3 2007 […]
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Industry News: Poker Pushes Playtech to Record Revenues
Playtech, the publicly traded designer, developer, and licensor of software for the online, mobile, and land-based gaming industry, today announced its trading update for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2007 with poker revenues totaling $7.5 million, up an impressive 266 percent from $2.1 million in Q3 2006. The company said in […]
