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High Stakes Golf with Poker Pros Debuts on ESPN
High-stakes poker players converged back in August to play high-stakes golf at the Inaugural Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Golf Invitational ,and ESPN cameras captured all of the action. The two-episode series premieres this Sunday, Oct. 21, at 12 p.m. PT and will conclude next Sunday, Oct. 28, at 12 p.m. PT. Details about the […]
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PokerBowl Changes Location to the Palms
The PokerBowl team tournament begins tomorrow at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, and teams are nearly set. The following is the roster and event schedule: Northern Conference Chicago: Joseph Michael, James Ferguson, Sorel Mizzi, Mike Glasser, Jonathon Little, Shannon Shorr Cleveland: Justin Bonomo, Carl Olson, Steve Sung, Danny Wong, J.C. Alvarado, Jared Hamby Minnesota: […]
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Absolute Poker Confirms Security Breach
Management from Absolute Poker today sent out an e-mail to its players acknowledging that its security was breached for a limited time. Click here to read about the breach and how it was discovered by players. Absolute Poker's Statement Absolute Poker has identified an internal security breach that compromised our systems for a limited period […]
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Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow on Radio Show Tonight
Poker pro Mike Matusow, 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 show on Clear […]
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West Virginia Poker Goes Live Today
By the end of the day, two poker rooms will have opened up in West Virginia, and the rooms were approved by the residents in the counties where the casinos resides. Mountaineer Racetrack in Chester opens its 37-table River Poker Room at 4 p.m. ET today, and Wheeling Island opened its 20-table room this morning. […]
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Win a Trip to Helsinki with BING Poker
BING Poker is offering its players the chance to participate in the Helsinki Freezeout 2008, taking place in the Grand Casino, Helsinki, Finland, on Jan. 10-11, 2008. Satellites are running daily over the next six weeks for entry into the €370 grand finals on Nov. 11 and Dec. 9 and cost €4.50. Winners of the […]
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Possible Absolute Poker Security Breach Investigated
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) has hired an independent auditor to investigate claims that Absolute Poker's security system was breached during a $1,000 buy-in tournament held last month. There is speculation that a former Absolute Poker employee shared holecard information with the winner of that tournament. Absolute Poker approached Gaming Associates, a company that provides […]
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Strip Poker: CPTV Visits Caesars Palace Classic
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. Halfway through the preliminary events, the Caesars Palace Classic has already awarded more than $1 million in prize pool money that was generated by just over 1,500 competitors. As the official media partner, Card […]
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DoylesRoom.com Returns to U.S. Market
DoylesRoom.com, the online poker room endorsed by Doyle Brunson, has reopened its tables to customers in the United States. All of the sites that ran on the Tribeca Tables poker network had left the U.S. after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was signed into law. DoylesRoom.com used to run on that network and left […]
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Betting on Late Night Poker Announced
PartyBets.com has announced its betting market for the forthcoming PartyPoker Late Night Poker, which is being filmed in Cardiff from Tuesday, Oct. 23. Among the favorites are Andy Black, Roland De Wolfe, Annette Obrestad, and Pascal Perrault, all at 20-1. The tournament will be broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland in 2008 […]
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Dutch Master Classics Approach
The 16th Master Classics of Poker takes place in the Holland Casino, Amsterdam, from Nov. 2-10 with the €5,000 main event – the Lido Poker Tournament – beginning on Wednesday, Nov.7. Holland Casino has already sold more than 2,000 tickets for the series of events, and the main event capacity has been increased to 400 […]
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Poker Stars WCOOP Main Event Winner Disqualified
PokerStars has announced that, after recently concluding a two-week long investigation, it has disqualified the winner of the Sept. 30 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) main event and redistributed the prize pool for the tournament. The winner of the event, TheV0id, would have received $1.2 million for being the last man standing in the […]
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Richard Lee Cuts Deal With Texas Prosecutors
Richard Lee, the sixth-place finisher of the 2006 World Series of Poker, will give up $2.2 million dollars to the state of Texas as part of his plea agreement made yesterday with county prosecutors. He won't go to jail. Last month, Lee and four partners were charged with promoting gambling for running a website on […]
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U.S. Stars Turn Out for Great British Poker Tour
Five stars of the poker world from the U.S. have signed up to take part in the Great British Poker Tour grand final taking place at the Gala Casino Harbourside, Bristol, England, from Nov. 5-11. Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Williamson III, and Jamie Gold will compete for the title of Great British […]
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European Magazines Battle for Bragging Rights
Paddypowerpoker.com today announced details of the grand final of its Battle of the Mags competition. On Nov. 8, readers of Europe's top poker magazines are set to compete in a televised single-table tournament for the title and over £14,000 in major poker tournament entries. The final table comprises eight players and is a winner-take-all affair. […]
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Markus Lehmann Wins the WPT Spanish Championship
When the World Poker Tour competes internationally, you can expect an international final table. The Spanish Championship in Barcelona was no exception, featuring six players from six different countries including Russia, Sweden, Korea, France, Austria, and Denmark. Despite a tough table featuring three-time WPT Champion Gus Hansen, Markus Lehmann overcame a short stack and a […]
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First WPT Chinese Traktor Poker Qualifier Has Winners
The first qualifying event of the World Poker Tour's foray into China took place on Friday when 209 teams of two tried to become the first provincial qualifiers for the China National Traktor Poker Tour grand final that's scheduled to take place next spring. The qualifying event took place at the Sport Center in the […]
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Strip Poker: Hilton Poker Room Closes Its Doors
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. Known as the "Home of Barry Manilow," the Las Vegas Hilton Casino was just as the title of one of Manilow's most popular songs, "Ready to Take a Chance Again," when it reopened its […]
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Colorado Sees Largest Poker Tournament in State History
The largest tournament ever to be held in Colorado finished Sunday when Michael Haggard won the Heartland Poker Tour event that took place at Golden Gates Casino in Blackhawk, Colorado, this weekend. The series started Oct. 1 with qualifying events, all of which sold out. Golden Gates had 1,545 entrants for the qualifying events and […]
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West Virginia Poker Rooms May Open Friday
The cards hit the air for the first time yesterday at two West Virginia racetracks as Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center in Wheeling and Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Weirton held the first of several practice sessions yesterday with real customers playing $20 sessions in which the rake went to charity. Officials […]
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WPT Spanish Championship Final Table Preview
It's only fitting that the European stop of the World Poker Tour features an international lineup for the final table. Our six players are Austrian, Danish, French, Korean, Russian, and Swedish. This table also features two former WPT winners. Here's a quick look at the official chip counts and the payouts, followed by some background […]
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Legendary Late Night Poker Returns to TV
Late Night Poker is set to return to British and Irish TV screens on Channel 4 early next year with many of the original participants making a comeback. Filming gets under way in Cardiff from Oct. 23-27. The groundbreaking show, which was the first to show players' holecards, returns to its original 1999-2002 format after […]
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PokerStars Updates Software With New Perks
Online poker giant PokerStars released an updated version of its software on Thursday to offer more options and flexibility to its players. Among the changes is an added "Language" section which can be found at the top of the main lobby. Players can now choose from 13 languages. The other upgraded feature is resizable lobbies. […]
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WSOP Academy Adds Booth and Wasicka to Roster
The World Series of Poker Academy is all about teaching the game of poker, and, as in any type of instructional camp, knowledgeable teachers are a must. That is why the WSOP Academy is always looking to add more talented instructors to its already solid roster, and why the Academy recently added poker pros Paul […]
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LParreira Wins Poker Stars $40,000 Blogger Freeroll
On Sunday, 1,337 bloggers played in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker (WBCOOP), an annual event in which PokerStars shows its appreciation to the world's scribes who express themselves on the Internet. A Portuguese blogger, who plays as LParreira, won the event. He won a $12,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure package. That tournament, which […]
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Annie Duke $100,000 Freeroll at San Manuel Casino Full
The San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino only recently announced its Annie Duke $100,000 Hold'em Poker Tournament promotion, which began qualifying players on Sept. 24, and all 1,000 seats have already been filled. Players had to accumulate six dream-catcher stamps on a tournament qualifying card. A stamp was given for every full-house or better in […]
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Online Poker: Pairofnothin Takes Down Sunday Million
The weekend's major events played out in their usual fashion, but their affect on the Card Player Online Player of the Year (OPOY) leader board was anything but ordinary. Some weekends see the top-10 players relatively quiet, with no big wins to speak of and no jockeying for position, but Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman came out […]
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Strip Poker: Caesars Palace Classic Attracting Big Numbers
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. The first-ever Caesars Palace Classic opened Friday and attracted huge fields filled with amateurs and big-name pros alike. The first event was a $550 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. Included in the 499 entrants were […]
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BING Poker Hosts 19 Guaranteed Tournaments Each Day
BING Poker has increased its monthly prize pool guarantees to more than €2.75 million with 19 guaranteed tournaments each day (20 on Sundays) to suit all bankrolls, from €3.30 buy-ins with €1,000 guaranteed to €100 buy-ins with €75,000 guaranteed. BING Poker offers a 100 percent sign-up bonus, up to €650 – click here to find […]
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Day Three in Barcelona at WPT Spanish Championship
Steve "Snooze Button" Sung Thirty-eight players took their seats at the beginning of day three at the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship. The problem was that 39 players still remained, and the vacant chair belonged to none other than the chip leader, Steve Sung. Sung eventually made his way onto the tournament floor about 40 […]
