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Seattle native Brandon Schaefer was one of the first winners on the European Poker Tour, and a poker pro for 7 years before deciding to join the Army. With two ...
Last week, Card Player columnist Gavin Griffin made a deep run in the 2012 World Series of Poker event no. 8, $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better. Griffin tore through a record field ...
On Friday, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom cashed for the first time in an event at the summer World Series of Poker. Later in the day after busting Event No. 16 ($1,500 ...
One moment he’d like everyone to forget. The other, he’ll remember forever. On Friday, 30-year-old Adam Friedman finally got the monkey off his back by winning event no. 15, the ...
Colorado’s The Daily Sentinel has reported that British poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones has entered a not-guilty plea to the charge of first-degree murder of his wife, Sabrina in 1997. Bebb-Jones’ ...
Following on from the launch of PokerStars’ Spanish online poker site comes the news that PokerStars has also become the sponsor of the Spanish Basketball Federation (Federacion Espanola de Baloncesto). ...
After nearly two decades of close calls, and years of being called “one of the best players without a bracelet,” Andy Bloch has finally gotten the monkey off his back ...
Out of 1,604 entrants, only nine players remain in the $1,500 no-limit hold’em six-max event. Some big names till left fighting for the bracelet and $454,835 first place prize, including ...
On Friday evening, former poker pro Brandon Schaefer won the $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Schaefer took $311,174 after beating out a field of ...
The Nevada Gaming Policy Committee, headed by Gov. Brian Sandoval, will reconvene on June 14 in Las Vegas to talk about the state’s looming Internet poker industry. American Gaming Association ...
Make sure to follow Card Player’s live updates as today’s final table of the WSOP $5,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better event answers a lot of critical questions: Can Phil Ivey capture ...
Brian Hastings is best known as a high stakes cash game player, but this week he captured his first World Series of Poker title in the $10,000 no-limit hold'em heads-up ...
David Arsht, a 66-year-old physician from Philadelphia, has claimed event no. 13, the $1,500 limit hold’em tournament. For his victory, Arsht earned $211,921, his first gold bracelet and 912 Card ...
You may have noticed an early trend developing at the 2012 World Series of Poker. It’s not quite a full blown girl power movement, but you’d have to be blind ...
Here’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes ...
Lottomatica subsidiary GTECH G2, home of Poker Heaven, Sportingbet and Bet365 poker sites, is launching a new Spanish poker network. The company announced six new partners, Grup Peralada, Acrismatic, Orenes ...
On Thursday, cash game pro Brian Hastings won the $10,000 heads-up event at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Hastings took $371,498 after beating out a field of 152. The ...
Day 1A of the Eureka Poker Tour €1,100 main event kicked off Thursday at the Golden Sands Resort in Varna, Bulgaria. Play continues today with day 1B starting at 2 ...
The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Olivier Busquet, who recently finished runner-up at the EPT Campione main event. Busquet, a high-stakes heads-up sit-n-go ...
International Game Technology is the second company to obtain Nevada Gaming Control Board approval for licensure to manufacture, run and maintain an intrastate online poker site. Bally Technologies received the ...
A London-based bookmaker with a large online component took an assault of questions Thursday as it looks to gain entry into the U.S. via the Silver State. Nevertheless, William Hill ...
One of the most common mistakes I see in small stakes players is a tendency to treat calling as a compromise. A player will have a concern, often justified, that ...
Here’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes ...
Things are warming up at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour’s very first stop at the Casino Blankenberge in Belgium, and today the fireworks begin with day 1A of the £1,000 ...
Read more about Padraig’s WSOP adventure on Twitter. I went straight to Dublin airport from an all night cash game in the Voodoo Club to catch my flight to Vegas. ...
PaddyPowerPoker.com is launching its Euro 2012 €10,000 Goal Predictor challenge with many great prizes and cash offerings on offer. All players need to do is predict goals in the matches ...
The final four is set in the 2012 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em heads up event, with the first match pitting Jason Mo vs. Brock Parker and the ...
Ashkan Razavi has emerged victorious in the World Series of Poker $1,500 no-limit hold’em re-entry event, earning his first gold bracelet, the $781,398 first prize and 1,200 Card Player Player ...
The fastest final table of the summer thus far took place on Wednesday when Vincent Van der Fluit made quick work of his opponents in event no. 11, the $1,500 ...
Aubin Cazals topped 409 players, including a final heads-up battle with Joseph Cheong, in order to win the first ever $5,000 no-limit hold’em mix max event for $480,000 and his ...