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Commerce Poker Tournament Attracts Nearly 4,000 Entrants

Commerce Casino needed three starting days to hold the masses, but by the time the dust cleared, it had made history. The casino hosted the largest non-WSOP live poker tournament ever this past week, welcoming 3,967 entrants to its $220 buy-in event at its new Hold’em Series.

Poker Tournament Trail — Jens Kyllonen

Jens Kyllonen has been playing live tournament poker for a short time, but his success in live events during that time speaks for itself. His biggest win came at the …

New Ad Campaign Launched for Barney Frank’s Poker Bills

Let the ad campaign begin. The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative announced yesterday that it was financing a new online advertising campaign in support of Rep. Barney Frank’s bill to explicitly legalize and regulate online poker.

All Inbox — Gavin Griffin Answers Your Poker Questions

WSOP, WPT and EPT poker winner Gavin Griffin answers questions from Card Player TV viewers about being a poker pro.

Online Poker — Ryan ‘g0lfa’ D’Angelo Wins 2nd WCOOP Title

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has had only two players win multiple bracelets in its eight-year history. Last night, the series made room for a third when …

What’s Next? The Future of Online Poker in the United States — Part 2

Intrastate poker. It’s a term that’s been thrown around quite a bit in recent months, especially since Rep. Barney Frank’s poker-related bills have stalled in Congress. Individual states are starting to wonder — can’t we just do this on our own? The short answer — yes. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t significant obstacles

A Poker Hand Matchup from 2009 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul Event Postponed

The second event for season three on the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour schedule has been postponed. The $3,000 no-limit hold’em main event in Seoul, South Korea, was set to …

Poker Buzz — Barry Greenstein on the Poker Hall of Fame

Poker Hall of Fame Nominee Barry Greenstein discusses why he thinks Mike Sexton and Phil Ivey should be inducted this year, his own poker career, and the Hall of Fame's criteria on this episode of CPTV's 'Poker Buzz.'

Poker Tournament Trail — Carter Phillips

Carter Phillips won the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event. He topped a field of 479 players to walk away with €850,000 and his first EPT title. He …

Online Poker — emitzon Wins at Full Tilt

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, Bodog and Cake below: PokerStars — WCOOP Event No. 26 Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: …

Poker Strategy — Isaac Baron on Overbets

Poker pro Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron discusses river overbets -- as bluffs and for value -- in this edition of Card Player TV's poker strategy series.

Online Poker — Jaffe Wins WCOOP Heads-Up High-Roller Event

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) attracted a field of 36 for its high-roller $25,000 buy-in heads-up tournament, creating a total prize pool of $900,000. Some of the game’s most elite players entered and when the dust cleared, Jonathan “Iftarii” Jaffe was the last man standing. Jaffe defeated an

World Poker Tour — Thomas Bichon Wins Cyprus Classic

The first-ever World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic has crowned a champion, and it is Frenchman Thomas Bichon. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em event attracted 181 players who created a top …

Man Wins Ladies Event at Borgata Poker Open

Nicole Rowe entered event No. 7, a “ladies-only” event at the Borgata Poker Open, hoping for a leisurely distraction from the hardship of having been recently diagnosed with breast cancer. …

Online Poker — Eugene Katchalov Wins WCOOP HU Event

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) had a monster Friday and Saturday highlighted by an epic heads-up tournament won by Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov. The tournament was a grueling 11 rounds of poker. Due to the extremely deep stacks, most rounds took

Too Much of a Good Thing

I am almost always a fan of deep stacked, slow moving tournament structures. The longer a tournament lasts and the deeper the blinds, the more skill is involved, so on average the better players will win more often. But like everything, this needs to …

Are you ready for some football!

So this week I entered two fantasy football leagues. One was an auction for "real men" then I also entered a pansy snake draft in the WCOFF (World Championship of Fantasy Football). Both teams I drafted are excellent for the format. It's a PPR (point …

Kahnawake Issues Final Report on Online Poker Scandal

Twenty months after the UltimateBet cheating scandal first began to break, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission released its final decision regarding the incident on Friday afternoon. “In total, the Commission’s investigation revealed 23 accounts that had a total of 117 usernames that were used by the responsible individual(s)

This Week in Poker — Sept. 5-12

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: Eric Baldwin — 4,588 …

This Week in Poker — Sept. 11, 2009

Card Player TV brings you an update on the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame inductions, the EPT Barcelona, and Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle's Amazing Race on 'This Week In Poker.'

Deal Me In — Poker Pro Annie Duke

CardPlayer.com is providing exclusive excerpts from the book each Sunday. This week’s passage focuses on one of the most well known female pros in the game, Annie Duke. She talks about how her brother encouraged her to pick up the game in this excerpt: “What was perhaps a defining moment in my life occurred while I was in graduate school. My brother invited me to come visit him in Las Vegas, where he was playing in the World Series of Poker. I was 21 or 22 the first time he flew me out.

NBC’s Poker Game Show ‘Face the Ace’ Returns

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. If it is, well, then break out the duct tape. That’s what the producers of the NBC poker game show Face the Ace …

Poker Stars Hosts Charity Event Tomorrow for Kent Senter

Earlier this summer, PokerStars helped make Kent Senter’s lifelong dream come true. The online poker site flew out Senter and his entire family from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas so that he could participate in the World Series of Poker main event. Now, PokerStars is hoping to do a little bit more.

Online Poker — OPOY Weekly Recap — Sep. 11, 2009

For the first time in several months, Shaun “TedsFishFry” Deeb is not in the top two of the Card Player Online Player of the Year race. Steve “gboro780” Gross still …

Harrah’s Chooses 888 for Online Poker and Gaming Brands

888 — it’s a number and a company that all online poker players should start getting familiar with, because they will likely be seeing it much more in the years ahead. Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment announced today that it has signed a long-term contract with 888 Holdings Plc to provide online gaming services

PokerStars EPT — Barcelona Day 2

There is fast, aggressive tournament play, and then there is what took place on day 2 of the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event. A group of 240 players returned for the day and by the end of the first 75-minute level, 50 of them had already been knocked out. This fast pace kept going until the field

Poker Tournament Trail — Lex Veldhuis

Lex Veldhuis has made a big impression on the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona from day one. With a stack continuously among chip leaders, and at many points, the chip leader, the young man from the Netherlands changes the pace and style of the game whatever table he is sitting on.

PokerStars EPT — Barcelona Day 1B

Day 1B at the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event saw a group of 271 players take their seats. This was a larger number than the 208 that were in action on day 1A, but the final field size of 479 players is down substantially from last year, when 619 players played in Barcelona. This represents

Online Poker — Daniel ‘djk123′ Kelly Wins His First WCOOP Event

The first five events of the 2009 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) are now in the books. To say that the start of this series has been a …