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Online Poker: Interview With Chris 'LUHMAN' Martin
Chris "LUHMAN" Martin left a lucrative career in real estate to pursue an even more lucrative career in poker, and he's not even old enough to get his over-25 discount on car insurance, yet. The 24-year-old poker player from Chicago, Illinois, has had an indisputably successful romp in the online poker world, lately, but his […]
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EPT Donates Monte Carlo Seat to Simon Poker Day
The European Poker Tour today announced it would donate an EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo seat worth €10,600 to the Simon Poker Day charity tournament being held on Saturday, Nov. 3 as part of the EPT Dublin festival in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Padraig Parkinson, spokesman for the collective of players organizing the event, said, […]
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WPT Spanish Championship Day Two Recap
As a cool seaside breeze danced outside the beautiful Casino Barcelona, the remaining 151 players convened in its lower level for day two of the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship. At the beginning of the day (which began at 5 p.m. local time), the plan was to play six or seven 75-minute levels. This was […]
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World Blogger Championship on PokerStars This Weekend
With the growth of the Internet came the growth of online poker sites and the use of blogs. PokerStars found a way for them to go hand in hand when the site launched a full-time blog that kept track of land- and Internet-based poker. Now, PokerStars wants to give back to other bloggers by hosting […]
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WPT Spanish Championship Day One (B) Recap
As expected, day one (B) of the WPT Spanish Championship at Casino Barcelona featured a slightly larger field than the day before. Given their choice of starting days, 129 players decided to play on Friday, nearly 33 percent more than the 97 who played on Thursday. With both days completed, it provides a first look […]
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Success of GUKPT Prompts 2008 Re-Run
Grosvenor Casinos and Blue Square have announced the return of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) in 2008. The Tour mirrors the format of 2007, with nine £1,000 legs and a £3,000 grand final. The £1,000 main event of each leg is four days long, with two starting days, and will take place within a […]
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PokerHeaven Launches Poker IQ Test on Facebook
Online poker company PokerHeaven has launched "Poker IQ Test" on Facebook, claiming to be the first worldwide competition where poker fans compete against one another in a range of tests on when it is right to call or fold in a game of poker. In the first 48 hours it was available, the game was […]
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Ruling Made in Bodog Domain Case
A judge ruled yesterday that BodogLife.com could continue to have an Internet presence, but wouldn't dismiss a $49 million default judgment against the company for alleged patent infringements, nor return the domain name "Bodog.com" to its original owners. Bodog's lawyers will appeal the ruling. The judge did deny 1st Technology LLC's request for a permanent […]
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Paddy Poker 2008 Irish Open to Guarantee €3 Million
The 27th-Annual Paddy Poker Irish Open in Dublin, Ireland, is not set to take place until March of next year, but it is already making headlines. As one Europe's oldest tournaments, it has been luring players from the United States for decades and is looking to make 2008 its biggest year ever by increasing the […]
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Harvard Welcomes Howard Lederer Monday
The first of what looks to be many academic events centered around poker takes place Monday when Howard Lederer and long-time poker pro Crandell Addington head to Harvard to speak in front of the newly formed Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS). They will talk about how poker skills translate into life skills. This will […]
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Strip Poker: Caesars Palace Classic Begins Today
The inaugural Caesars Palace Classic kicks off today at noon with a $550 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. After much anticipation for this tournament series, a big turnout is expected. The following is the event schedule: Caesars Palace Classic schedule Date Event Buy-in Start Time Oct. 12 Event No. 1: No-limit hold'em $550 12 p.m. Oct.13 […]
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Euro Poker: Betdaq Signs with 24hPoker
Swedish poker company 24hPoker has announced an agreement with the Irish online gaming operator Betdaq, a betting exchange where punters bet against each other and pay commission on winning bets. Under the agreement, Betdaq will launch a new poker product on 24hPoker's poker network and Betdaq owner Dermot Desmond will receive an option to acquire […]
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Euro Poker: Bet365 Migrates to Playtech
Playtech, the publicly quoted designer, developer, and licensor of software to the international online and land-based gaming industry, has announced the migration of bet365 to its iPoker platform. Bet365, which migrated its casino platform to Playtech in 2005, has signed up for three years and plans to use the network to target both the European […]
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Day One (A) at the WPT Spanish Championship
Each season of the World Poker Tour has included several tournaments outside the United States, including a stop in Europe. The WPT visited Paris in the first five seasons, but France's gaming regulations have become increasingly more difficult to navigate. The WPT didn't want to risk running afoul of the complicated gaming laws, so they […]
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Strip Poker: Binion's Poker Open Opens Successfully
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. The Binion's Casino in Downtown Las Vegas is proving once again that it knows how to run tournaments. The first-ever Binion's Poker Open began yesterday with great success, as it caters to players looking […]
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Tax Law That Targeted Tournament Poker Players Stopped
American tournament poker players can now breathe easier, because a proposal by the IRS to siphon off 25 percent of their tournament poker winnings will not be made into a tax law. A proposed rule that would have forced tournament poker players to give up 25 percent of their tournament winnings of $5,000 or more […]
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Strip Poker: Satellite into Caesars Palace Classic Events
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. The inaugural Caesars Palace Classic starts tomorrow, as do the satellites for all events, making big money and a chance at a guaranteed $1 million first-place prize for the $10,000 buy-in main event a […]
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WPT Spanish Championship Starts Today
The World Poker Tour is making its first stop in Spain today with the WPT Spanish Championship, a $10,530 event that takes place at Casino Barcelona. Day one (A) starts today, and the final table of the tournament takes place Tuesday. CardPlayer.com has its tournament-reporting team on the ground in Barcelona and will be providing […]
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Euro Poker: Record Turnout for Tournament in Europe
The International Poker Open, hosted by Mermaid Poker and Poker Ireland, attracted a field of 1,072 players in Dublin on Oct. 6, 2007, smashing the previous record of Europe's largest tournament of 708 set by the Irish Open earlier in the year. The record turnout was remarkable as it was achieved almost entirely by word […]
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Euro Poker: Julian Thew wins EPT Baden
Julian Thew from Nottingham, England, won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Baden Open, collecting €670,800 after he called Hungarian Denes Kalo's all-in push with A-5 preflop. Thew held a dominating A-8 to end a marathon heads-up battle. This was Thew's second major victory in as many months, coming on the back of winning the Plymouth […]
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Charity Event, $1 Million Cash Game at Taj Mahal Soon
The first events of the new Executive Poker Tour (EXPT) are set to take place at Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal from Oct. 24-27, and the Tour includes an exhibition of sorts, featuring a cash game filled with 10 players willing to put $100,000 on the table. The EXPT is a non-profit organization formed by […]
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Frank's Online Gambling Bill Gains Another Supporter
Massachussetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank's bill that calls for the United States to license Internet gambling has picked up another supporter. Congressman Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona became the 38th member of Congress to cosponsor H.R. 2046. The bill, which calls for the United States to license Internet gambling facilities through the director of the […]
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Euro Poker: BING Poker Has $1.75 Million in Guarantees
When choosing which multitable tournament to play online, there are hundreds to pick from at any given time. One of the biggest factors affecting a player's decision is the projected prize pool of an event, but that is often hard to determine beforehand, unless the tournament has a guaranteed prize pool. BING Poker is taking […]
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Big Poker Oktober at the Bike Attracting Big Numbers
Event No. 12 of the Big Poker Oktober series that's taking place now at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles has attracted enough players to build a prize pool of more than $230,000 thanks to the 348 entrants who bought in for $300 apiece and rebought 479 times. Raymond Voskanian won the event and its […]
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Euro Poker: EPT Baden Day Three Update
Day three of the PokerStars.com EPT Baden Open at the Congress Casino saw 40 players return, 24 make the money, and eight reach the final table with a shot at the €670,800 first-place prize. With 282 players buying in for €8,000 each, the total prize pool was €2.14 million, and the final table proved to […]
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Qualify for European Poker Tour Dublin on PokerStars
The next stop on the increasingly popular European Poker Tour is in Dublin, Ireland, and players still have an opportunity to qualify on PokerStars. The event is scheduled for Oct. 30-Nov. 3 at the Merrion Casino Club. Special EPT packages – which include the €8,000 ($11,284*) seat, hotel accommodations, and $1,000 in spending money – […]
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ESPN Airs Final Table of WSOP Main Event Tonight
ESPN is airing the final table of the biggest poker event of the year tonight. Starting at 5 p.m. PT, the final nine players remaining from the 6,358 entrants of the 2007 World Series of Poker main event will fight for the first-place prize of more than $8 million and a place in poker history. […]
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John D'Agostino Talks Poker
John "JDags" D'Agostino, represented by Card Player Media, was a recent guest on the Sludge and Lake radio show. He answered questions from both the hosts and callers and talked about his start in poker. Listen to the entire show by clicking here. The Sludge and Lake show is a syndicated radio show on Clear […]
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Euro Poker: EPT Baden Day Two Recap
Day two of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Baden Open saw 156 players return to battle it out for the €670,800 first-place prize. The tournament attracted 282 players who paid €8,000 each, creating a total prize pool of €2.14 million. By the close of play, just 40 players remained, 24 of whom will cash. Notable […]
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Dates for 2008 World Series of Poker Announced
After much criticism from the participants of this summer's World Series of Poker, Harrah's Entertainment seems already to be taking steps to rectify some previous mistakes for the upcoming 2008 WSOP. The 39th-Annual WSOP will be taking place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for the fourth year in a row, and the official […]
