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NPL and the Venetian Hold Press Conference to Announce Plans for Partnership
The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino and the National Poker League (NPL) officially announced plans for their new partnership at a press conference inside the Venetian poker room yesterday. The NPL is a worldwide poker tour that consists of the United Kingdom Open (Aug. 12-18), the Asia Open (Oct. 10-14), the Australian Open (Oct. 21-29), […]
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Full Tilt Bids Adieu to Moscow Millions
Full Tilt Poker has decided that sending people to Russia this Fall may not have been as good of an idea as it initially thought. The site recently put its Moscow Millions promotion on an indefinite hiatus. A press release from Full Tilt states that it chose to "postpone sponsorship to ensure complete dedication to […]
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Full Tilt Online Poker Series V Kicks Off Wednesday
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is back with its fifth installment Wednesday, and the series will pay out more than ever to its participants – at least $7 million over 14 events. In addition to the newly upped total guaranteed prize pools (the FTOPS IV, held in May, had guaranteed prize pools totaling […]
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ESPN to Debut Two World Series of Poker Events
ESPN continues its coverage of the 2007 World Series of Poker and airs two brand-new episodes tonight. At 5 p.m. PDT, it is the $5,000 buy-in pot-limit hold'em event. Watch a final table full of poker pros including Allen Cunningham, Jason Lester, Jeffrey Lisandro, Humberto Brenes, and Gavin Griffin battle for a first-place prize of […]
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Euro Poker News: Swede Strikes Gold With WSOP Bet
A mystery Swedish poker pro made a great call recently when he placed a $100 bet with www.partybets.com on Jon Kalmar to make the final table of the World Series of Poker main event at odds of 250/1. "I read in a poker forum that PartyBets.com was offering odds on making the final table at […]
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Strip Poker: Tuesday Is Ladies Night at Caesars Palace
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on the Strip and around the city. Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip is looking to bank on the growing popularity of poker among women by resuming its weekly ladies tournament. The $75 buy-in ladies tournament is every Tuesday […]
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WPTE Enters Into Agreement With the Chinese
Note: This story has been updated since it was originally posted. World Poker Tour Enterprises has entered into a five-year agreement with the government-sanctioned China Leisure Sports Administrative Center (CLSAC) that will allow WPTE to "brand and exploit" a new poker tour called the Traktor Poker Tour. Traktor poker, or Tuo La Ji, is a […]
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Euro Poker News: Stellar Line-Up for Women's World Open
The inaugural PartyPoker Women's World Open gets under way in London on Tuesday, 7 August, running until Friday 10 August. The 36-runner field sees one of the strongest lineups ever assembled for a women's poker tournament in Europe, and includes Liz Lieu, Jennifer Tilly, Shannon Elizabeth, Xuyen 'Bad Girl' Pham, Pippa Flanders, Katherine Hartree, Jen […]
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Euro Poker News: NPL's UK Open Brings Stars to London
The Las Vegas-based National Poker League hosts the first in a series of international televised poker tournaments starting this Sunday in the form of the UK Open at London's lavish Loose Cannon club. The NPL World Circuit Tour will also feature stops in the Philippines, Australia, and the United States, resulting in 26 episodes for […]
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Online Poker: Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad Wins at Full Tilt
Last night was an unusual night for online poker. The most obvious difference this week was the absence of the UltimateBet $200,000 guarantee. (Read on to find out why it wasn't held.) Along with that, both the PokerStars Sunday Million and the Full Tilt $500,000 guarantee had significantly reduced attendances. PokerStars' two new powerhouse tournaments, […]
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CardPlayer Media expands into Spain, Russia, and Hungary.
Las Vegas, NV. (August 5, 2007) – Card Player Media is pleased to announce that it has entered into licensing agreements that will bring Card Player magazine to the rapidly growing poker markets of Spain, Russia and Hungary. The magazines will launch in the Fall of 2007 and will join the growing group of Card […]
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Online Poker: Interview With James 'P0KERPR0' Campbell
Unlike many players' screen names, which only manage to hold true half of the time (I'm talking to you, BiGsTaK$ and CrackNURAces), James "P0KERPR0" Campbell's screen name suits him perfectly 24/7. He is among an exclusive group of players who seem to show up at the top of every leader board out there, regardless of […]
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Strip Poker: Win a Car for Playing Poker at the Palms
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on the Strip and around the city. Poker players, rev your engines. The Palms poker room is raffling away a 2007 Mustang to one lucky player. To participate in the promotion, players must log at least 48 hours in a […]
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Heartland Poker Tour Launching Points League
The people behind the wildly successful Heartland Poker Tour have launched the Heartland Poker League, a small-buy-in tournament series that will take place in participating casinos around the country starting this fall. The league will work like this: Each week, participating casinos will host tournaments that cost $50 to $100 to enter. Seasons will run […]
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Harrah's Announces 2007-2008 WSOP Circuit Schedule
The World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas ended less than a month ago, but the fourth season of the WSOP Circuit is just beginning. Harrah's announced this week the newly expanded 2007-2008 schedule, which includes 12 stops around the country. So far, about $13 million has been awarded in prize money […]
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Euro Poker News: Europe's Largest Poker Tournament Ever?
Irish poker tournament organisers Poker Ireland have teamed up with Danish online site Mermaid Poker to launch what they hope will be the largest-ever tournament to take place on European soil. The event, the International Poker Open, will take place on Saturday and Sunday October 6-7, 2007 in the Royal Dublin Society Shelbourne Hall and […]
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Euro Poker News: William Hill Poker Sees Rake Increase
Top UK bookmaking firm William Hill has announced its interim results for the first half of 2007. While profits are up £1.2 million to £161.2 million, the company's interactive channel, which covers its poker product, saw a decline in both revenue and profit. 'Poker and casino have also had a difficult trading period,' the company […]
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Venetian Announces Partnership With National Poker League
It was announced that the Venetian poker room has partnered with the National Poker League. Special guest tournament directors will include Matt Savage, Mel Judah, and Marcel Luske. In addition, Kirk Morrison and Dave Farra will serve as commentators. Further details will be released at a press conference scheduled for Aug. 7. The NPL will […]
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Strip Poker: Poker Pros to Play in a Celebrity Poker Shootout
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on the Strip and around the city. Once again, poker pros are showing that the cutthroat game essential to their livelihood can be used to benefit charity. On Aug. 12, a Celebrity Poker Shootout will take place at the Palms […]
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Victorian Poker Championships Main Event Begins Saturday
This year's Victorian Poker Championship is taking place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, and the variety of preliminary tournaments has attracted big names and large fields. A few of the events so far have included heads-up and limit hold'em, seven-card stud, short-handed no-limit hold'em, seven-card razz, pot-limit hold'em, and of course, no-limit hold'em. […]
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Card Player and LIPS Partner for Women's Poker
The time has come to give the woman poker player one single place to find everything poker, including information regarding the whereabouts of ladies only tournaments. That place is right here at CardPlayer.com. I am excited to announce that Card Player and LIPS have partnered to bring our readers information specifically geared toward woman poker […]
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Latest Heartland Poker Tour Event Concludes
The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) was designed to give all poker players a shot at "the big time." Modest buy-ins, televised final tables, big prize pools, and events in casinos all over the country make it possible for anyone to stake a claim in a major poker tournament. The founders imagined people just like Dan […]
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California Man Circulates Petition for State-Run Online Poker Site
A Californian man has launched a petition that would allow state voters to decide if California should establish a state-owned online poker site. Anthony Sandstrom submitted the proper forms to California state offices that allow him to circulate his petition, which is called Initiative for Potholes Repair Funded by A California State Owned Online Poker […]
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Strip Poker: Venetian Offers Free $50,000
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on the Strip and around the city. The Venetian poker room is running a $50,000 freeroll promotion. Players can qualify for the tournament by logging a minimum of 50 hours in the month of August. Starting today through Aug. 31, […]
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NETELLER Funds Already Hitting U.S. Customers Banks
Disgruntled American NETELLER customers who had to wait more than six months to withdraw their bankrolls from the embattled eWallet have started receiving their money. After months of debating lawsuits and forming boards, members of the Neteller Customer Coalition, a group made up of 817 members who have kept each other posted about the NETELLER […]
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Strip Poker: Orleans Open Comes to an End
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on the Strip and around the city. James Van Alstyne added to his Card Player Player of the Year (POY) points yesterday when he won the 2007 Orleans Open $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em championship tournament. The event attracted a total […]
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Strip Poker: Planet Hollywood Changes Michael Mizrachi Tournament Schedule
In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player will cover the Las Vegas poker scene – from the Strip and around the city. As reported earlier this week, 2006 Card Player Player of the Year Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi signed with Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino, but changes have already been made to Mizrachi's scheduled […]
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NETELLER Now Allowing Withdrawal Requests
The store has reopened. Starting today, U.S NETELLER customers whose accounts were frozen since January have access to their accounts and can request withdrawals. U.S. customers can access their accounts until Jan. 26, 2008. No fees will be charged for withdrawing funds. Customers will receive their money either through electronic transfer – if they have […]
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Online Poker: Jordan 'iMsoLucky0' Morgan Wins at Full Tilt
The world's record books were revised by PokerStars once again this week when the site's Sunday Hundred Grand tournament's player-cap was upped to 20,000 entrants and the event lured the maximum players allowed. That attendance made it the biggest real-money tournament (by number of entrants) in history. The tournament beat out its own record of […]
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Online Poker: Interview With 'Andy McLEOD'
No top-10 list would be complete without the screen name of online poker superstar "Andy McLEOD" on it. The Card Player Online Player of the Year (OPOY) standings are no different, with him currently sitting in the No. 3 spot with 3,932 points. Andy McLEOD (his name on PokerStars), who also plays under the screen […]
