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Day One (A) at the WPT World Poker Finals
Foxwoods is a perennial stop on the World Poker Tour, and it has been since the beginning. It is one of the charter casinos on the tour, and starting with season four, two stops have been made at Foxwoods every year. The total prize pool created by the first five editions of the World Poker […]
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Card Player Profile: Nenad Medic
Nenad Medic is a former college basketball player turned poker professional. The Canadian citizen has over $2 million in lifetime tournament winnings. His first tournament cash was in early 2005 when finished in sixth place in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Since that final-table appearance in the Bahamas, he has cashed in many major events. However, […]
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2008 Heartland Poker Tour Schedule Set
The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) has solidified its dates for the 2008 season. The HPT features lower buy-in tournaments at casinos around the country. The main events are filmed and broadcast through syndications in markets all around the United States and Canada, and many of its tournaments have sold out. The Tour features a Player […]
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Full Tilt Signs Jon Little and Scott Clements
Full Tilt Poker has continued its poker pro-signing spree by recently adding both Scott Clements and Jonathan Little to its roster of sponsored poker pros. This signing came hot on the heels of the two players' respective first- and second-place finishes at the North American Poker Championship in Canada. Their finishes bumped both players into […]
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Strip Poker: The Grinder's Tourney at Planet Hollywood
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has cashed 15 times in the World Series of Poker, owns two World Poker Tour titles, was named Card Player Player of the Year last year, has $5.9 million in […]
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Jon Friedberg Explains His Tournament Strategy
Jon Friedberg, represented by Card Player Media, was a recent guest on the Sludge and Lake sports radio show. He answered calls from listeners and explained the strategy behind his tournament play. Click here to listen to the complete show. The Sludge and Lake Show is a syndicated radio show on Clear Channel covering all […]
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PartyPoker.Net in German Expansion
PartyGaming, the publicly-quoted owner of PartyPoker, today announced it has entered into an exclusive arrangement with RTL Interactive, a subsidiary of RTL Television in Germany, to launch RTLPoker.de. The new German-language website is dedicated to providing information and tips for its users who enjoy playing the game. The RTL.de website already has over six million […]
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World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Starts Wednesday
Foxwoods Resort and Casino stands like an oasis in the middle of the Connecticut countryside, a Mecca to gambling and a lifestyle that people who love to walk to halls of casinos appreciate annually by the thousands. And tomorrow, the World Poker Tour films the seventh major poker tournament to take place there when the […]
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Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI Starts Wednesday
The quarterly Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) starts its sixth installment on Wednesday, and participants are guaranteed more than $9 million in prize pools, the most ever for the series. This quarter's series, which runs from Nov. 7-18, has 16 events and features four events with guaranteed prize pools of $1 million or more. […]
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Borgata to Hold a Deep-Stack Tournament
The Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City is the home of the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open and is looking to give players a chance to compete in a multiple-day tournament with large starting stacks, similar to WPT events, for half the price. The Borgata Deep Stack Tournament is a $5,200 buy-in no-limit […]
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World Poker Tour Revenues Down
Third-quarter 2007 financial results for World Poker Tour Enterprises were $4.4 million, compared to $5.9 million in the same period of 2006. The company said the decrease was mainly a result of the delivery of fewer domestic television episodes delivered in the 2007 period. The company recorded a net loss for the quarter of $2.2 […]
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Amsterdam Master Classics Main Event Starts Tomorrow
The €5,000 main event at the 16th Master Classics of Poker – the Lido Poker Tournament – begins tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Holland Casino, Amsterdam. The festival got under way on Nov. 2. Winners of the three no-limit hold'em events so far are: Friday – K. Turchenko (Russia) – €45,216 – beating Pascal […]
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Industry News: Blue Square and 888 Team Up
In a busy week for 888, the company announced it had entered into an agreement with Rank Group, Plc, owner of Blue Square, to develop a multinational sportsbook offering which complements 888's unified offering of casino, poker, bingo, and backgammon. 888 plans to launch across Europe in the first quarter of 2008, with localized sportsbook […]
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Strip Poker: Mötley Crüe Singer Raises Money for Charity
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. In rock-star fashion, Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil held his Third-Annual Off the Strip Poker Tournament this weekend inside the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The event raised approximately $175,000 […]
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New Poker After Dark Episodes Return on NBC
After a few weeks of reruns, Poker After Dark (PAD) is back, starting with a new episode at 2:05 a.m. PT early Tuesday morning on NBC. This week's shows will feature newcomers Paul Wasicka and Alan "Boston" Dvorkis. Wasicka is known for coming in runner-up in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event to […]
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Heartland Poker Tour Stop in Iowa Concludes
At the most recent stop on the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT), 23-year-old Donny Calton took down more than $85,000 for first-place in the Iowa State Poker Championship at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel. Just over $307,000 was generated for the prize pool from 214 entrants. Carlton is a professional poker player who recently graduated from […]
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Online Poker: WhatArunAA Wins at Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million had a somewhat disappointing turnout last night. While the event still had in excess of 6,000 entrants, making it easily the biggest weekly $200 buy-in tournament, the 6,398 entrants this week was a decent-sized decrease from last week's 6,524 entrants. The total prize pool for last night's tournament […]
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Little, Clements Move Up Player of Year Leader Board
With less than two months to go, the Card Player magazine's Player of the Year race has undergone another shift, as two players who spent most of the year in the lower half of the top 10 made the final table at the World Poker Tour's North American Poker Championship that took place in Niagara […]
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PartyPoker Irish Poker Championship Qualifiers Start Today
Satellites for the PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship 2008 get under way today. The event, to be held in the fabulous Radisson Hotel and Spa in Galway, Ireland, from Jan. 3-6, 2008, is a €2,000 (9 percent withheld) no-limit hold'em event. Players can qualify for as little as $3. The schedule is: Irish Poker Championship Sub-Qualifier […]
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Simon Poker Day Set To Break €50,000 for Homeless
The second-annual Simon Poker Day, held as part of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, Dublin, attracted 162 players to Industries Hall, RDS, Dublin, on Saturday, Nov. 3, and is on track to break last year's €50,000 in donations for Dublin Simon's homeless projects. The interim accounts show the following donations, to date: Tournament – €16,200 […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Steve 'Stevesbets' Jacobs
Steve "stevesbets" Jacobs is known as one of the best heads-up no-limit hold'em players in the world. The 24-year-old Philadelphia native graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in economics. He had planned on becoming a teacher, and had even entered into Penn's graduate school of education, but apparently his degree kicked in […]
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Largest Guaranteed Tournament Ever on BING Poker
The International Poker Network has announced its inaugural €250,000 guaranteed multitable tournament, to be held on Dec. 16 at 19:00 GMT. It is to be the largest tournament ever held on the network. "Lotto Frenzy" satellites for the €320 game started on Oct. 22 on BING Poker and other sites on the network and cost […]
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Simon Poker Day Raises More Than €40,000 for Homeless
The atmospheric Industries Hall, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin, yesterday (Saturday) hosted 162 players at the second-annual Simon Poker Day, wherein more than €40,000 was raised for the Dublin Simon community. This brings the total raised so far to almost €100,000. The event is the largest of its kind in Europe and attracted snooker stars Ken Doherty […]
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Reuben 'seaanchor' Peters Wins EPT Dublin
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin was won yesterday by Reuben Peters from Colorado, U.S.A., after a thrilling finale wherein he overcame a huge chip disadvantage to beat Norwegian teen sensation, and recent World Series of Poker Europe winner, Annette Obrestad. Peters, who won €532,620, said, "I've had horrible cards for a day and a […]
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EPT Dublin Day Three Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin played down to the final table last night with recent World Series of Poker Europe main-event winner Annette Obrestad emerging as chip leader. The 19-year-old Obrestad dispatched local hero Andy Black on the bubble with J-J versus 3-3, catapulting herself into the chip lead and ending Irish interest. Andy […]
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Scott Clements Wins the North American Poker Championship
One of the best final tables in the history of the World Poker Tour was assembled Friday at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario. A packed crowd watched one of poker's old guard, one amateur, and a sampling of the best young players in the game to see who would take down the […]
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Bodog Presents New Look
After overcoming the debacle regarding its domain name, Bodog Poker has come out with new look that not only improves the cosmetic appearance of the site, but also assists in enhancing a player's experience. Using two years of feedback and user testing, the new software design was created. The immediate changes or additions include better […]
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Annie Duke $100,000 Freeroll Tournament Concludes
Last week, nearly 1,000 players who qualified for the Annie Duke $100,000 Hold'em Poker Tournament gathered inside the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino to compete for free money, and Carlos Chaves, from Banning, California, walked away with the $50,000 first-place prize. Players from all over Southern California qualified for the event by playing cash […]
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Jon "PokerTrip" Friedberg Taking Calls Tonight
World Series of Poker bracelet-winner Jon Friedberg, represented by Card Player Media, will be a guest on the Sludge and Lake radio show today at 6:35 p.m. PT. He will be taking calls from listeners at (800) 320-5326. Listen to the entire show by clicking here. The Sludge and Lake Show is a syndicated radio […]
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Strip Poker: Binion's Poker Open Ends
The Binion's Poker Open culminated yesterday with a Tournament of Champions, which took place just after the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em main event that attracted 124 players, including the reigning World Series of Poker main-event champion, Jerry Yang. Yang cashed in the main event but was eliminated before the final table. It came down to […]
