Poker News

This Week in Poker — July 18-24

Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update 1: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,337 2: Eric Baldwin — 4,300 3: Angel Guillen — 3,492 4: Cornel Cimpan — 3,450 5: Brock Parker — 3,132 6: Mike Leah — 3,052 […]

New Episodes of the 2009 WSOP Begin Airing Tuesday

There was one name that was repeated early and often in an ESPN media conference call earlier this week — Phil Ivey. “There’s some mystical, magical quality to Phil Ivey that elevates him above the rest,” said Norman Chad, the well-known color commentator for ESPN’s poker broadcasts. “He just has an amazing table presence that’s […]

Poker Player Swallowed by Dragons

It was only a matter of time before some smart poker player took a shot, and according to BBC.co.uk, the poker player in question was JJ Hazan. Unfortunately, Hazan, who bravely stepped into popular TV show, Dragon’s Den on Wednesday night, was sent away with his tail between his legs. Hazan, complete with dark sunglasses, […]

Betsson Blames Seasonal Affects for Drop in Poker

Betsson, the publicly-quoted Swedish online gaming and betting operator, today released its interim report for the six month period to the end of June. Despite good overall figures, poker which counts for 14.2 percent of the total gross profit for the second quarter, is down 4.9 percent compared to the second quarter of 2008, and […]

The $1K Roundup — Week of July 20, 2009

It was a big week in the online world for some of the game’s best players. At Full Tilt, Ben “bonafidedonkey” Palmer took down one of the largest $1K Monday’s in recent memory, scoring a six-figure payday. Over at the PokerStars Super Tuesday, Justin Bonomo broke through for his first major online win since rejoining […]

FullTilt Poker Million VIII First Semi-Final Complete

Online qualifier Peter Vasiliou has joined Luke “_FullFlush1_” Schwartz, Annette Obrestad, Tony Bloom, Juha Helppi, Nam Le, and Paul Zimbler in the first semi-final of the FullTilt.com Poker Million VIII. Vasiliou beat Gavin Smith, Joao Barbosa, Mike McDonald, John Duthie and fellow qualifier Adam Carey in the “runner up” heat to take his seat beside […]

PartyPoker Parent Hits Acquisition Trail

PartyGaming, the publicly-quoted parent company of PartyPoker.com, today announced it had entered the acquisition market with the purchase of Cashcade, home to some of Europe’s biggest bingo and casino brands including Foxybingo and Getminted. The initial consideration is £71.9 million in cash with up to £24 million payable over the next two years depending on […]

New Poker Game Crosses Boundaries

Cross-platform multi-player games developer, Moblyng Games, has today announced the release of m:Poker. m:Poker is Moblyng Games’ version of Texas Hold’em and is available for various phones and networks including iPhone, Nokia N97, and even Facebook. The company’s Chief Executive Officer and founder, Stewart Putney, said, “This isn’t a bluff — Moblyng Games is doing […]

British Masters Poker Tour Teeside Begins Tomorrow

The British Masters Poker Tour hits the Gala Casino, Teesside tomorrow and will play out over three days. The third leg of the Tour will include a £200 + £20 no-limit hold’em event (tomorrow at 6 p.m. (BST)); a two-day £500 + £50 no-limit hold’em main event starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and Sunday […]

The Mouthpiece Returns to Card Player TV

The Mouthpiece is back. After focusing his attention on the World Series, Mike Matusow’s exclusive Card Player TV show will begin filming again tomorrow. As always, readers are encouraged to call in and ask the Mouth any question of their choosing. Calls will be accepted between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. PDT. Matusow will discuss […]

High-Stakes Poker is Huge in Bobby’s Room Again

Passersby can’t help but try and sneak a peak inside the stained-glass windows that enclose the legendary area inside the Bellagio poker room affectionately known as Bobby’s Room. It’s reserved for the highest-staked live cash games in the world, and despite the flailing economy, the action that has taken place in the past couple of […]

iPoker Parent Company Issues Profit Warning

While iPoker reports mixed results (up 17.8 percent year-on-year but down 6.4 percent on the previous quarter), parent company Playtech appears to have issued a profit warning based on its key performance indicators for the second quarter of 2009. Gross income for the quarter rose 23.3 percent to €33.1 million from the €26.9 million reported […]

Russia Says Poker is not a Sport

Mosnews.com reported that the Russian Ministry of Sports and Tourism has officially excluded poker from its list of sports. The list which was approved by the Russian State physical training and sport committee on Jan. 1, 2004, came to include poker in 2007. The Russian Minister of Sports and Tourism, Vitaly Mutko, wrote in a […]

Online Qualifier for International Poker Open Tonight

Satellites for the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open start tonight and run each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 p.m. until the event sells out. Tonight sees players qualify from as little as $5.50 (with one add on or rebuy) for the main freezeout satellite each Friday which has a $25 + $2.50 buy in. So […]

Howard Stern Joins PPA During National Poker Week

To some, he’s a crude and outlandish character. To others, he’s a hero of free speech. To the Poker Players Alliance, he’s now one of their own. The PPA announced yesterday that the popular and controversial radio host Howard Stern was joining its organization in support of the regulation of online poker. “With Howard Stern […]

England Collapse at Poker Ashes

Australia have beaten England 4-1 in the Poker Ashes, aired over the weekend on Sky Sports, with legendary bowler Shane Warne leading the Aussies to victory over Darren Gough’s Pommies. The 888 sponsored event saw Warne lead fellow countrymen Damien Martyn, Jeff Thomson, Dean Jones, and online qualifier Adam Kloens against an England line-up of […]

PartyPoker Announces The Jackpot Hunter

PartyPoker.com has announced The Jackpot Hunter. This new promotion puts $80,000 up for grabs for players who win five consecutive single table tournaments. There is one jackpot per level so once a player wins five in a row of the same buy-in, they must e-mail jackpot@partypoker.com to secure their prize. The levels and prizes are: […]

State-Run Swedish Poker Falls 16.4 Percent

Svenska Spel, the state-run online gaming operator in Sweden responsible for online poker, has reported its first half 2009 figures which see a 16.4 percent drop-off in poker. Net gaming revenues for the first six months of the year were SEK3.89 billion (€353.7 million) down two percent on the first six months of 2008 with […]

Sexy Poker Drops Nudity; Gets Mature Rating

Wii game, Sexy Poker continues to feed a storm but this time it’s more of a drizzle than a twister. The game was previously banned by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification as it believed it contravened guidelines which prohibit the “depiction of nudity as an incentive”. Now, there is no more nudity in […]

Finn Thanh Doan Wins First Ever Unibet Open

The London Poker Championships were organised by the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, in collaboration with the first ever Unibet Open London. Ten days of poker festivities took place including satellites, before the £2,500 main event kicked off last Thurs., Jul. 16. The Open saw 266 players flock to the Grosvenor Victoria Casino for three days of […]

PokerStars Keeps Guinness World Record

It was a battle for the record books on Sunday between the two largest poker sites in the world. With the World Series of Poker setting records of their own this summer, Full Tilt Poker attempted to do the same and break the old record of 35,000 for the largest online tournament ever held. The […]

Online Poker — danilov153 Takes Down Sunday Million

With two Guinness World Record attempts being held simultaneously on both PokerStars and Full Tilt, the sites got a major boost in their traffic for the big Sunday tournaments. Card Player Online Player of the Year# candidate Steve “gboro780” Gross had a great opportunity to make up some serious ground on leader Shaun “TedsFishFry” Deeb, […]

WPT — Alexandre Gomes Wins Bellagio Cup V

It looked like Faraz Jaka was going to cruise to his first World Poker Tour victory when the final table began at the Bellagio Cup V. He came in with 2 million more in chips than even his closest competitor, and nothing that transpired during the first five hours of play to changed things. Erik […]

Dragonfish and Loper Gate Launch Poker in Balkans

Dragonfish, 888.com’s new business-to-business white-label enterprise, which offers software and back-end services to online poker, casino, and bingo sites, has today announced that in a conjoined effort with Cyprus-based Loper Gate Ltd., it is launching poker and casino in the Balkans. Loper Gate chose Dragonfish to partner for the creation of the brands — play848.com, […]

EverestPoker Main Event Qualifiers Hit Jackpot

EverestPoker’s World Series of Poker main event qualifiers have hit the jackpot now that Everest qualifier and November Niner Antoine Saout is bringing home the bacon. Any players on the site who qualified for the main event were promised that all winnings by Everest players would be doubled by the site and then shared out […]

Deal Me In — Devilfish Ulliot

In its pages are never-before-revealed details of the lives of some of the biggest names in poker. Phil Hellmuth’s new book profiles 20 of the biggest poker players in the world, giving the reader an intimate look at the game’s biggest celebrities. Deal Me In, a collection of autobiographical accounts from many of poker’s elite, […]

Are Euro Governments Making “Patsy” of Commission?

This week Economist.com brought up quite a touchy subject among the Euro poker community and its bystanders — the crackdown on online gaming and gambling by various member states of the European Union, and the commission’s lack of control and input over this. The news site says that a previous study found that seven of […]

Bellagio Cup V — Day 5

Everyone was expecting a quick day five at the 2009 Bellagio Cup V Championship Event, but nobody could have predicted just how fast the final table would be set. With just ten players remaining, only four eliminations needed to take place before the final table participants could take their extended break for the evening. The […]

Devilfish Autobiography Due for Release Next Summer

According to TheBookSeller.com, the auction for Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott’s autobiography was won by Penguin, and it is due to be published next summer as a lead paperback. With such a colourful life, Ulliott is a thoroughly interesting character, with plenty of bows to his string, including acting ambassador of DevilfishPoker.com. He is ultimately a success […]

Bellagio Cup V — Day 4

Day 4 of the Bellagio Cup V took place today in the Fontana Lounge at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Play began at noon when 31 surviving players took their seats in the $15,000 World Poker Tour no-limit hold’em championship. The money bubble would burst when just 27 players remained, and surprisingly it didn’t take too […]