by Brian Pempus | Published: Aug 27, '15

Houston-based poker player Mina Greco is coming off a final table at the World Poker Tour main event at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. The $175,673 score for fifth place is the largest to date for 38-year-old long-time poker player. The $3,500 buy-in drew 1,175 players. She had entered the final table as the […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Apr 27, '24

Visitors to Hollywood Casino at Greektown in Detroit now have a new place to bet on the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings. The property became the first casino to house an official ESPN Bet retail sportsbook after the venue officially opened for business on Wednesday. The 4,500 square-foot sportsbook includes a restaurant on the […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 23, '18

The 2018 Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event wrapped up early Monday morning in Durant, Oklahoma. After three action-packed days of play, Brad Freeman sat with all the chips at the end for a first-place prize of $170,984. The 29-year-old from Spring, Texas used to play professionally, but now works as […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Apr 22, '18

With a final total of 1,086 entries, the 2018 Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event surpassed its $1 million guarantee to create a final prize pool of $1,053,420. This is the largest ever CPPT main event held at Choctaw Casino & Resort in terms of field size, blowing away the previous […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 05, '15

A number of exciting poker events wrapped up this week, awarding plenty of prize money and Card Player Player of the Year points. Here is a look at the tournaments that made the biggest impact on the 2015 POY race over the past seven days: 2015 WSOP National Championship Loni Harwood has won the 2015 […]

by Padraig Parkinson | Published: Nov 26, '13

It’s not too difficult to look like a class act at a two week poker festival that coincides with the Galway races. Being able to stand upright some of the time is more than enough to get you through the qualifiers. Remembering the bar person’s name (and your own of course) some of the time […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Aug 30, '10

As the World Series of Poker 2010 progressed it was clear it was going to be a vintage year for European challengers. In part II of our overview of the most successful WSOP ever – total participation was up 20 percent to 72,966 from 60,875 in 2009 — our reporters on the ground at the […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jul 28, '10

Full Tilt and Omar Sharif Event Raises Over £110,000 The 10th Annual Omar Sharif Poker and Backgammon Tournament sponsored by Full Tilt Poker raised more than £110,000 for children’s charity One to One in May. The star-studded poker event, which took place at Michelin-starred restaurant and club Sketch, was won by Mark Bramley, and again […]

by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Dec 21, '09

The Littlewoods Poker World Heads-Up Poker Championship 2009 began on October 27 and saw a total of four days of play at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London. It was the first time the event, which is now in its ninth year, took place in London. The exciting £3,000 buy-in tournament attracted 42 players, but […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Sep 16, '09

*Get Your International Poker Open Extra Chips Now * Boylepoker.com has launched its VIP Club points promotion which has added an interesting twist to the International Poker Open 2009. Through August and September players can add 2,000 chips to their IPO starting stack of 8,000 by earning VIP Club points on the site. While the […]