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Day One (A) at the North American Poker Championship
Season VI of the World Poker Tour concludes the international leg of the tour this week in an eight-day event held on the Canadian-U.S. border at the beautiful Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario. After stops in the Caribbean (Turks and Caicos) and Europe (Barcelona, Spain), the WPT North American Poker Championship kicked off […]
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Aussie Millions Qualifiers on BING Poker
BING Poker is sending players to the Aussie Millions 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. Players can qualify over the next few weeks for the grand finals for as little as $2.20. Winners of the $2.20 and $6 daily satellites progress to the weekly Sunday $50 final, which takes place at 18:30 GMT. The Sunday final qualifies […]
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Harrah's Rincon Closes Due to Threat of Fire
When fires in Southern California spread to the Rincon Indian reservation earlier this week, Harrah's Rincon casino was forced to close. The property has so far escaped major damage and plans to reopen on Monday morning. Other casinos that have been closed this week include the Viejas Casino and the Barona Valley Ranch Resort and […]
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World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Attracting Thousands
The first three preliminary events of the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods have attracted staggering numbers. The first event was a $260 buy-in no-limit hold'em shootout event that had a prize pool of more than $347,000 as a result of the 1,369 entrants. Michael Luciano Polera won a first-place prize of nearly $84,000. The next […]
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First Cash Poker Room Coming to Macau
It was announced today that the PokerDome Group partnered with the Diamond Casino in the Holiday Inn to bring the first permanent cash poker room to the People's Republic of China in the growing gaming city of Macau. The two companies anticipate that the room will be open to customers by Nov. 20. The room […]
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Third Annual B.C. Poker Championship Set for Nov. 18-25
A week of tournament play is scheduled for Nov. 18-25 at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia, for the Third-Annual B.C. Poker Championship. Because of last year's turnout, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation is expecting over $3.6 million in prize-pool money. The following is the tournament schedule: Nov. 18 – $550 buy-in […]
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Full Tilt Poker Rounds Up More Pros for its Roster
Full Tilt Poker recently announced the addition of seven top tournament and cash-game pros to its huge roster of poker talent. The additions were primarily comprised of international players and/or players who made names for themselves in the online poker world. The new players include: Amanda “Mandy B” Baker (live results; online results) Peter "Nordberg" […]
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De Wolfe and Mizzi Favorites for EPT Dublin Title
Paddypower.com today announced new betting markets on the European Poker Tour Dublin tournament taking place at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin, between Oct. 20 and Nov. 3. The company is offering "Outright Winner" and "Top Irish" markets. Defending champion Roland De Wolfe has enjoyed tremendous success in the Emerald Isle over past year, winning the 2006 […]
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PokerManager 'Free One-Stop Shop' for Players
New freeware product PokerManager has been launched, offering poker players a "one-stop shop" for negotiating the thousands of online tournaments and poker videos on the Internet. The founders of PokerManager, who have spent 12 months developing the product, are giving it away and say it will allow players to trawl through over 10,000 daily online […]
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Poker Down the Pub Finals Set for Dusk Till Dawn
Europe's largest poker club, Dusk Till Dawn (DTD), in Nottingham, England, will host the pokerdownthepub.com (PDTP) national finals on Saturday, Dec. 15, where regional finalists will compete to become the National Pub Poker champion. Former Late Night Poker winner and DTD-player Simon Trumper will direct the finals. The tournament will be one of the first […]
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Deadline Again Extended in WTO Compensatory Ruling
The U.S. now has until Dec. 14, 2007, to conclude negotiations with countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) that are filing monetary-damage claims against it, largely in response to the ruling the WTO made in favor of Antigua and Barbuda versus the U.S. regarding Internet gambling in 2005. This is a WTO-sanctioned extension, as […]
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PartyPoker Sees Mixed Results in Third Quarter of 2007
PartyGaming, owner of the one-time largest online poker site in the world, PartyPoker, today published its third-quarter results for 2007. The headline metrics showed: Group revenue up 24 percent to $115.7 million (2006: $93.3 million) and up 5 percent versus previous quarter Poker revenue down 3 percent to $74.8 million (2006: $76.9 million) and up […]
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Swedish Poker Grows 140 Percent in Eight Months
Sweden's state-owned gaming monopoly, Svenska Spel, saw profits leap 19 percent to SEK1.4 billion ($215 million) in the first nine months of 2007 on the back of strong demand for online gaming, including poker. The number of active poker players in this period was 110,000. It raked SEK283 million (€31.0 million), which represented a growth […]
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David Singer Wins The 2007 Caesars Palace Classic
Action began shortly after 3 p.m. PT on Oct. 24, 2007, at the final table of the Caesars Palace Classic, and excitement was in the air. A star-studded final table was the order of the day, and an enthusiastic crowd was present at the start of competition. Here is a quick look at the chip […]
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PPA Policy Forum in D.C. Packs Congressional Office
The Poker Players Alliance continued its assault on Capitol Hill today with a forum featuring six men who talked to a room full of media, poker advocates, and congressional aides about the state of online poker in America and the current political atmosphere surrounding the game. The hour-long forum, which was titled "Poker: Public Policy, […]
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IRS Clarifies Poker Tournament Tax Rules
IRS has advised that, starting on Mar. 4, 2008, casinos and others sponsoring poker tournaments must report most winnings to winners and IRS. The guidance is designed to clear up confusion about the tax-reporting rules that apply to poker tournaments. IRS clarifies reporting and withholding requirements In IR 2007-173, IRS clarifies that, beginning Mar. 4, […]
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Asia Pacific Poker Tour to Stop in Macau
PokerStars announced today that the city of Macau will be the next stop on the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour, making the Asian Poker Open, with a $2,500 buy-in main event, the first-ever real-money no-limit hold'em poker tournament to be held in China. The event is scheduled for Nov. 22-27 at the Grand Waldo Hotel […]
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Arrested Unibet Boss 'Could be Innocent'
Petter Nylander, CEO for Swedish-listed gaming company Unibet, remains at the center of a pan-European web of legal intrigue after he was arrested at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on Monday on the back of a French-issued warrant. The arrest has provoked strong reactions from both the political and gaming spheres. Thompson Financial has reported that […]
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Day Two of the Caesars Palace Classic
It may be lacking the bright lights and cameras of the World Poker Tour or World Series of Poker, but the Caesars Palace Classic has proven to be one of the more successful $10,000 buy-in tournaments of the year. Despite playing opposite the U.S. PokerBowl across the strip, the CPC's field rivaled the star power […]
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Team Cincinnati Wins the Inaugural U.S. PokerBowl
Poker is known as an individual game, and teamwork is discouraged, if not illegal. This was not the case at the finale of the first-ever U.S. PokerBowl, where teamwork led the self-proclaimed amateurs from Cincinnati to victory. The final day started at 10 a.m. PT with four of the five conference-winners ready to battle for […]
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Mike Matusow Joins Radio Show to Talk Poker
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, 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 table talk. Click here to listen to the complete show. The Sludge and Lake Show is a syndicated radio show on Clear Channel […]
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Strip Poker: $180K Poker Giveaway at Two Station Casinos
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. Two Station Casinos, Red Rock and Green Valley Ranch, are partners in the $180,000 Poker Giveaway, wherein players can win expensive prizes for as little as 10 minutes of play. Cash-game players must register […]
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Day One at the Caesars Palace Classic
The 2007 Caesars Palace Classic got under way today at the world-famous casino and hotel in Las Vegas, and 287 players flooded the tournament poker room, which is tucked away in the depths of the massive Mecca of gambling. This attendance created a prize pool of $2,278,222, and Caesars kicked in the last $126,967 to […]
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U.S. PokerBowl Finale Tuesday
The two remaining conferences in the U.S. PokerBowl met Monday to determine which two teams would advance to Tuesday's finale. The first conference to play was the Southern Conference, and it featured teams from: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Cincinnati, and Miami. The story of the day was Cincinnati, which sent three players to the final table. […]
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New Episode of High Stakes Poker Tonight
Two more weeks of new episodes from the new season of High Stakes Poker on GSN begin tonight at 9 p.m. PT before the long-awaited $500,000 minimum buy-in cash game. The lineup for tonight includes Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Sammy Farha, Jamie Gold, Jennifer Harman, Eli Elezera, and newcomers to the show this season Phil […]
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Online Poker: Macknot Wins Poker Stars Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million PokerStars had 6,524 entrants in its Sunday Million tournament last night, making for a prize pool of $1,304,800. This was up decently from last week, when 6,366 entrants bought in. The United States led the charge at the final table, as five of the nine final-table participants were from the U.S., and […]
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Scott Eckert Wins HPT Event in South Dakota
A painting contractor is the latest hometown hero to win a Heartland Poker Tour event. Scott Eckert, from Fargo, North Dakota, won the $1,500 HPT event that took place at the Lucky Nugget in Deadwood, South Dakota, this weekend. He outlasted 161 players and won $64,133, and more than 550 players tried to qualify for […]
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Strip Poker: Caesars Palace Classic Main Event Today
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. After twelve preliminary events, the inaugural Caesars Palace Classic finally begins its main event, which features a $10,000 buy-in with a guaranteed first-place prize of at least $1 million, at noon today. Players can […]
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Gordon Ramsey Protégé Wins GUKPT London
Leo Kam, a 26-year-old chef at Nobu, one of London's most exclusive restaurants, won the ninth leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) in London's Grosvenor Victoria casino this weekend, beating 432 other participants. Kam, a Canadian who previously worked for renowned Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsey, won his £1,000 entry fee in a £50 […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman
Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman came out of nowhere this year to start tearing up the online poker leader boards. He started making Online Player of the Year-qualified cashes in March of this year, but he didn't start taking poker seriously until May. In the short amount of time between then and now, he's racked up 41 […]
