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Online Poker: Splashthaap0t Wins at Full Tilt
While the lumbering behemoth that was the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker main event chugged along in the background (that tournament wouldn't conclude until after 2 p.m. ET today, almost 22 hours after it began), it was business as usual for the major tournaments on the other major poker sites. All three of the […]
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WSOP Academy Announces Next Ladies-Only Poker Camp
At this summer's World Series of Poker, Sally Boyer was fresh off of training from the WSOP Ladies-Only Academy when she won a bracelet in the $1,000 ladies no-limit hold'em World Championship event. Boyer outlasted a record field of 1,286 players to take home the first-place prize of more than $262,000. The WSOP Academy announced […]
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Online Poker: TheV0id Wins PokerStars WCOOP Main Event
The 2007 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is now over. After 23 huge events with combined prize pools of more than $24 million and more than 40,000 total entries, just 23 players can claim to have won one of the coveted gold WCOOP bracelets. And only one player can claim both a bracelet […]
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Proposed Rules for UIGEA Released Today
The Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board today announced that they have finished writing the rules that will allow the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act to be enacted. But banks and financial institutions will not have to follow the UIGEA rules until sometime next year because of government protocol that allows public […]
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Last Chance at a Free Caesars Palace Classic $10,000 Seat
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on The Strip and around the city. The Caesars Palace Classic is only a couple weeks away, and the poker room has been buzzing with anticipation, especially on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. That is because the poker room has been […]
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WCOOP Main Event Still Taking Place
Approaching 20 hours, the main event of PokerStars' World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is still taking place. As of 9 a.m. PT, Monday, there are four players remaining, and they're each guaranteed to win at least $307,295. The tournament started at 1:30 p.m. PT on Sunday. Team PokerStars Member Vanessa Rousso is still in […]
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Israeli Wins Asian Pacific Poker Tour in Seoul
Israeli Ziv Bachar won the PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour held in Seoul, Korea, that ended yesterday. He outlasted 185 other players and won $139,872 in the $2,500 buy-in event, which was the first of its kind to be held in Seoul. The event took place at the Sheraton Walkerhill. The final nine and their […]
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Euro Poker: Poker Helps Betfair Revenues Soar
Online betting exchange Betfair has seen annual revenues jump 30 percent after investment in technology and new products, including a revamped poker client. A new online casino and the relaunch of Betfair Poker on a proprietary platform helped active users increase by 57 percent, to 433,000, in the year up to April 2007. The company […]
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Mike "The Mouth" Matusow to Develop Poker Content with iAmplify
Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 1, 2007): Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has officially signed with iAmplifyVegas to develop poker content. The new video series will bring Matusow’s unique perspective on poker play to the masses and will be offered through iAmplifyVegas.com. Matusow, represented by Card Player Media, is one of the most well-known poker players world […]
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Rhynie Campbell Wins WPT Turks and Caicos Poker Classic
The first 16 hands of action played out quietly at the World Poker Tour Turks and Caicos Poker Classic. The Caribbean sun shined in the background through the remnants of an early morning shower outside. Inside the restaurant, where the final table was being filmed, the action picked up on hand No. 17: Rhynie Campbell […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Scott 'Stpauli111' Hall
The screen name stpauli111 has been ubiquitous in the top spots of tournaments results since March of this year. He came out of almost nowhere to win more than $61,000 from the final tables of four Online Player of the Year-qualified tournaments that month, alone. The ball was greased and on a steep downhill slope, […]
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Euro Poker: EPT Dublin Charity Tournament Announced
Dublin once again plays host to one of Europe's most unique events when the Simon Poker Tournament returns as part of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour on Nov. 3, 2007, at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Confirmed for the event so far are snooker legends Steve Davis and Ken Doherty. Last year, more than 200 […]
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WPT Turks and Caicos Final Table Preview
Pre-final table chip counts: 1: Erik Cajelais – $1,086,000 2: Alan Sass – $466,000 3. Trevor Hebert – $400,000 4. Chris Smith – $301,000 5. Rhynie Campbell – $275,000 6. Nam Le – $232,000 1st place – $436,675 2nd place – $225,000 3rd place – $125,000 4th place – $70,000 5th place – $50,000 6th […]
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Euro Poker: EPT London Final Table Recap
The PokerStars.Com European Poker Tour London has been won by Joseph Mouawad from Lebanon, who beat 391 others to pick up the £611,520 first prize at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino. Mouawad, who qualified online with the sponsor, defeated Florian Langmann from Germany heads up, hitting first a pair of queens, then a third queen to […]
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Euro Poker: EPT London Day Three Update
Forty players returned to the Grosvenor Victoria Casino for day three of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London. Amid unprecedented scenes of hari-kiri on day two, more than 100 players fell on their swords in just over six hours of play, and proceedings were suspended at 8:30 p.m. to allow filming of the approach to […]
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Day Three at the WPT Turks and Caicos Poker Classic
While most of the original 137 players enjoyed the white sands and turquoise waters of beautiful Providenciales Island, 30 players sacrificed their third consecutive day of sun in attempts to make the final six and the televised World Poker Tour final table. Big names started the day, but Jim "KrazyKanuck" Worth, Gavin Smith, Mark Seif, […]
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Ivy Hotel Hosts Charity Poker Tournament
While many openings of hip new places are flooded with red carpets, movie stars, and endless displays of money, the opening weekend of Michael Kelly's Ivy Hotel, located in San Diego, was somewhat different, as this premiere featured poker celebrities with money to share for a needy cause. The charity poker tournament benefited the Make […]
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Online Poker: BigLL Takes Down WCOOP 7-Card Stud 8/OB
If seven-card stud is a hard game to play, seven-card stud eight-or-better is even more so. With an entire extra subset of cards to pay special attention to (the low upcards on third street that need to be taken into account before they're mucked), seven-card stud eight-or-better is arguably one of the most focus-intensive poker […]
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Strip Poker: Weekly Free Tournaments at Luxor
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on the Strip and around the city. While coupons are usually reserved for the grocery store, the Luxor is introducing them in the poker room and rewarding frequent cash-game players with free "coupon" tournaments twice a week. Since the qualifying […]
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Poker Academy Prospector is a Powerful Must-Have
Poker Academy Prospector is a fantastic piece of software that is a must-have for any online player who is trying to get better. The many different features packed into this easy-to-use suite help give players a better understanding of their game by taking the player's actual hand histories from online sites they use to generate […]
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Euro Poker: Party Poker 'Grind' Promo Pays Out Big
Twenty-two-year-old James McManus from Dublin, Ireland, was the big winner of PartyPoker.com's The Grind promotion, winning a Mini Cooper S convertible and a Nintendo Wii in the prize draw when he came sixth at the final table of a Grindroll. This came less than two months after he won $52,000 on the PartyPoker.com bad-beat jackpot. […]
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Euro Poker: EPT London Day Two Recap
Day two of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour saw 142 players settle down for a day of world-class poker with such big-name participants as Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, Roland De Wolfe, Surinder Sunar, Pascal Perrault, Thomas Bihl, Liam Flood, Dave Colclough, Per Hildebrand, Barny Boatman, Patrik Antonius, Erik Friberg, Liz Lieu, Jeff Lisandro, and Ville […]
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Day Two of the Turks and Caicos Poker Classic
The World Poker Tour Turks and Caicos Poker Classic was originally scheduled to play for six days. But, after a low turnout of 137 players and a day one (A) cancellation, it looks like it will be over in just four. Eighty-four players came in to today's action looking to put themselves in position to […]
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Annie Duke to Host $100,000 Freeroll at San Manuel Casino
Annie Duke is one of the most famous female poker professionals in the world. She has cashed in more than 50 major tournaments, and at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, she will be hosting one of her own. The Annie Duke $100,000 Hold'em Tournament is scheduled for Oct. 25 and anyone can qualify […]
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The Year of the Youth? Not Quite Yet
There is no doubt that live tournament poker is in the midst of a youth-movement that was given a huge exclamation point when then 18- year-old Annette Obrestad won the first World Series of Poker main event to be held outside the U.S. earlier this month. With her victory, she became the youngest out of […]
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WPT Turks and Caicos Poker Classic Day One Recap
Every season of the World Poker Tour has featured at least one tournament in a tropical location, breaking the normal confines of windowless casino poker. For season six, the WPT visits the Turks and Caicos Islands for the first time, setting up at Club Med. To encourage attendance, the inaugural Turks and Caicos Poker Classic […]
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Online Poker: Pes4fans Wins WCOOP 6-Max No-Limit
Another day, another guarantee-smashing event at the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Last night's event in the PokerStars WCOOP, event No. 17 in the 23-event series, was the a sixhanded no-limit hold'em event with a $300 buy-in (with $20 entry fee). The tournament had a $400,000 guarantee but its prize pool was more than […]
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Euro Poker: Norway to Introduce UIGEA?
Gaming industry analysts the Gaming Intelligence Group today reported that Norwegian Culture Minister Trond Giske claims his government is "working to introduce legislation that would ban online gambling," in a manner similar to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) introduced in the United States. Giske told the Gaming Intelligence Group that online gaming is […]
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Euro Poker: EPT London Day One (B) Recap
Two hundred and fifteen players ponied up the £5,200 entry for day one (B) at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London main event. With the 177 players from day one (A), the total number of participants was 392, creating a total prize pool of £2,038,400. The total number of player was six fewer than the […]
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Judge in iMEGA Case Needs Time to Ponder
Oral arguments in the case where iMEGA, the non-profit organization, is attempting to have the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) declared unconstitutional were heard in New Jersey today. Judge Mary Cooper heard lawyers representing both iMEGA and the U.S. Department of Justice argue whether a temporary retraining order (TRO) that would stop the UIGEA […]
