By Jonathan Raab and Mike Butlin Before the GUKPT During the late 1990s, before the poker boom, most casinos in the UK viewed poker as an unprofitable activity, and many closed their cardrooms to replace them with more profitable gaming machines and tables. Grosvenor Casinos was the only major ...
By Rebecca McAdam and Card Player Writers "The November Nine" spoke to Card Player in the aftermath of qualifying for the World Series of Poker main-event final table. From day one to the final nine, these men have witnessed an abundance of ...continued
By Shane Torrance The UK has long been home to some of the world's most famous and popular poker players. People like Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Dave Colclough, and the Hendon Mob have been playing and winning in the biggest games around ...continued
Macau, China - a fitting location for the Asian Poker Tour's second leg. For those who don't know, Macau is the Las Vegas of Asia; millions board planes, trains, and boats to visit this gambling Mecca every waking minute. The APT guaranteed ...continued
Steve Sung cut his poker teeth in brick-and-mortar casinos in Southern California, but at that point in his life, he had his sights set on college, and he viewed the game as a hobby. Fast-forward six years and Sung, known on PokerStars as ...continued
888.com Announces Poker Open V By Brendan Murray 888.com has announced the launch of its fifth Poker Open Championship which will be filmed for Sky Sports in Maidstone, England from Oct. 27 to Nov. 7. This exclusive event has only 108 seats on offer, ...continued
In the August issue of Card Player, I discussed how the global economic downturn might affect the poker market and predicted that the industry would have to meet the challenge head on, with consolidation in online poker a looming probability. I also ...continued
United Kingdom After the exploits of our Olympians this summer, a definite patriotic mood has swept the UK this past month. People have been glued to their television screens watching modern day heroes perform extraordinary feats, all in the name of ...continued
iPoker Now Largest Non-US Poker Liquidity Pool Playtech, the publicly-quoted owner of the iPoker network, has reported its interim results for the six months ending June 30, 2008. Poker revenues saw growth of $11.5 million to $22 million, an increase ...continued
Some people go to Barbados and some to Fiji, while others just go to their hometown of Copenhagen to hang out with family and old friends. I still have some time for Internet poker, though - a lot of time! I surely have been one of the most active ...continued
The one consolation of day four of the World Series of Poker main event was that my starting table was the ESPN featured table; otherwise, the day was a major struggle for me. No, I didn't have K-K vs. A-A (or vice versa) and lose a huge pot. ...continued
The Ten Commandments By Noel Hayes Autumn sees the National Hunt season in the UK and Ireland get under way in earnest. This month we look at the top 10 horses to watch over the coming season and give you pointers on where to place your money as the ...continued
One of the strange and unusual aspects of pot-limit Omaha play is what I call the "Genius and Fool" factor; that is, some moves and strategies that are the product of an Omahaian beautiful mind, or simply donk randomness with no more ...continued
Who the Hell is Furlong? I used to lose lots when betting on the basketball playoffs during the World Series. I know nothing about basketball, but it was great fun. When the dates got changed, I was horrified until I realised ESPN planned to cover the ...continued
Everyone's doing it. Tournament players have been complaining so loudly, and for so long, about not being given their chance to shine in "crapshoot" competitions that both brick-and-mortar venues and online sites have sat up and taken ...continued
As you know, I recently returned from Las Vegas. And the most wonderful thing happened to me upon my return home, involving my old sheepskin coat. But let me start at the beginning … Cast your mind back to 1978. Liverpool had won the ...continued
Friday, Aug. 21, 2008 Off to the Asian Poker Tour in Macau. Leave for Hong Kong on Sunday. Michael Phelps expressed his love for poker in a newspaper interview, so I had to write him an open letter. Dear Michael, First of all, congratulations on your ...continued
This is the last column in this series. I'd like to thank Brendan Murray for giving me the opportunity to do this column in Card Player, and Nicky O'Donnell for putting me in touch with Brendan. Most of these columns are based on notes that I ...continued
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