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- Dare2Dream Brings Mental Fitness Regimen to Poker Lifestyle
The mental side of poker is the overlooked aspect of the game, and getting one’s self into mental shape can spell the difference between...…
- Alex Bolotin Captures ‘Ante Up For Africa’ Charity Win
In a day at the 2009 World Series of Poker largely reserved for charity and good works, Alex Bolotin captured the ‘Ante Up For Africa’ poker fundraiser...…
- 2009 WSOP: Matt Hawrilenko Captures Shorthanded NLHE Bracelet
Day 3 of Event #56, $5,000 Six-handed No-Limit Hold’em, started with 16 players looking to make the final table and win the final preliminary...…
- Howard and Suzie Lederer Celebrity Charity Tourney Raises Tens of Thousands in Effort
An evening full of festive entertainment at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas marked the inaugural Howard and Suzie Lederer Celebrity Charity Tourney...…
- Poker News Briefs, July 2nd, 2009
The roster of players for the first Caesars Cup, to be conducted at this fall’s World Series of Poker Europe, have now been named...…
- From the Poker Vaults: Jimmy Casella
While Texans dominated the first several years of the World Series of Poker, a few outsiders did manage to work their way into the mix...…
- 2009 WSOP: Abe Mosseri Claims Event #55 2-7 Triple Draw Gold
This year’s World Series of Poker featured only one 2-7 Triple Draw event, Event #55. The field drew gamblers, lowball specialists...…
- 2009 WSOP: Veckey Triumphs in $1,500 NLHE Event #54
Tony Veckey has won his first World Series of Poker bracelet, triumphing over a 2,818-player field in Event #54, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em...…
- $770 Cash Freeroll Series at Poker770 Open to All!
Don't forget that our year-long $770 Cash Freeroll Series at Poker770 is open to all players regardless of where they signed up from...…
- 2009 WSOP: #56 Six-Handed NLHE – Hellmuth Denied 12th as Matthews Heads Final 16
Day 2 of Event #56, $5,000 Six-handed No-Limit Hold’em, kicked off Wednesday with 160 players looking to survive the money bubble and work...…
- Tournament Poker with Jeremiah Smith: To Three-bet or Not to Three-bet
As I was stopping by to check in on Thomas 'gnightmoon' Fuller’s table in a WSOP event, he looks back over his shoulder and asked, 'So...…
- Poker Shrink Vol. 66: Illusory Correlation
A leads to B, and B leads to C, so A leads to C. We all have some sense of what is logical...…
- Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 9: Let’s Play Razz
I love playing razz. Sometimes it’s my favorite game...but only sometimes, and I’ll tell you why...…
- Tournament Poker with Jeremiah Smith: To Flip or Not To Flip
While understanding the eventual inevitability, most live pros do their best to avoid coinflips. Late on Day 2 of the $1,000 WSOP 'stimulus special'...…
- Poker Shrink Vol. 65: Habituation
Human beings get used to things. New sights and sounds eventually become familiar. Even something that is initially very exciting can become routine. Habituation is this tendency we all have towards a decreased response to certain stimuli. A lot of...…
- Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 8: Omaha/8 Starting Hands, Part 2
The first episode of this short, two-part exploration of hands you ought to consider playing during...…
- Tournament Poker with Jeremiah Smith: Trusting Your Reads, Part 2
At the time, it made perfect sense. My hand was inconsequential — I was going to use my superior ability to outmaneuver my opponent and win this pot...…
- Poker Shrink Vol. 64: Eustress
One of my favorite concepts in all of psychology is eustress. When we think of stress, we usually...…
- Talking HORSE with Lou Krieger, Vol. 7: Omaha/8 Starting Hands, Part 1
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “I like Omaha/8 because you get four cards and can play more...…
- Poker Shrink Vol. 63: Confirmation Bias
Does this sound familiar? You have been working on your skills at reading players and you have improved...…
- Pros gear up for 2009 WSOP Main Event
Thousands of hopeful rounders have swamped the Amazon Room at the Rio for the first of four Day 1s of this WSOP's $10,000 buy-in flagship event. And the pros are licking their chops. "This is the biggest tournament of the year," Full Tilt's Gavin Smith told PokerListings.com. "This is the one I always look forward to!" Irish pro Andy Black echoed Smith's sentiments. "It's the biggest tournament in the world and the best one. It's a great day, Day 1 of the Main Event." The tournament is expected …
- It's time! WSOP Main Event starts now
The Main Event is a monster of a tournament with four day 1s scheduled, each with 3,000 seats available for one easy payment of $10,000. Day 1A starts today at noon, with Day 1B starting tomorrow. Day 1C and D start on the two days to follow. Each day is scheduled for 5 blind levels, with each level lasting 120 min. The first Day 2 (Day 2A), seating the remaining players from Day 1A and B, starts at noon on July 7th. Day 2B will see the remaining players from Day 1C and D take to the felt for th…
- Hawrilenko wins 6-max bracelet - WSOP July 2nd
Following two bracelet-less final tables this summer, he finally shook that monkey off his back, beating off a bumper field of 928 to snatch the $5k Six-Max bracelet, winning $1,003,163 in the process. "I'm just super excited," said Hawrilenko. "Today worked out brilliantly and I felt really happy to get lucky in the right spots." Hawrilenko paid tribute to the assistance of some of his fellow high-stakes pros in the development of his game. "I'm renting a house this summer with Bill Chen, Jerr…
- Stars ante up for Africa again at 2009 WSOP
Media outlets from all over the world jam packed the red carpet as the Rio Convention Center became the center of the universe for both the celebrity world and the poker world Thursday. Lots of big names flew into town for the event, which is in its third year on the WSOP schedule. Actor Don Cheadle and Annie Duke are officially hosting and it appears the 2009 Ante Up For Africa is the biggest one yet. "When we first conceived of the charity, we were thinking we'd just do a little event and rais…
- Late H.O.R.S.E. and Mosseri highlight WSOP July 1
That was most certainly the case with the $50k H.O.R.S.E. as it took David Bach until 10 a.m. today to win the tournament. The final table for the event began at 2 p.m. yesterday but it would be over 20 hours later that Bach would win the decisive hand against John Hanson. Big names like Erik Seidel and Huck Seed fell out of contention early leaving an eclectic mix of Erik Sagstrom (known as TheSalmon online), Bach and Hanson. Hanson and Bach would go on to play to play over six hours of heads-u…
- Mo money for Mosseri at WSOP 2-7 Triple Draw
Mosseri fought through a field of 258 players and made quick work of Masayoshi Tanaka in heads-up play to take down the somewhat obscure event. He entered the heads-up match with Tanaka as the short stack, but it took less than an hour for the Big Game veteran to take the victory. "I play high stakes with all those great players and that really helps," Mosseri said. "That's how I learned to play this game and it really helped me today." The final four players were a tough draw, with Mosseri and …
- Boeree beats up Castello in WSOP Rumble
The Ultimate Bet pro defeated video hostess Melissa Castello in an amateur boxing match in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Despite admitting to having very little experience fighting human beings, Boeree handily defeated her rival over the course of three rounds at Barry's Boxing Center. "It was way harder than I expected," Boeree told PokerListings.com. "Three rounds is a lot. "By the end of the second round I was like, 'Are you insane, you want to do another?'" Boeree punished Castello with a successi…
- Bach is best in $50k H.O.R.S.E.
The "Gunslinger" staved off a remarkably resilient John Hanson in a heads-up battle that lasted seven hours, winning his first WSOP bracelet and the right to have his name engraved on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy. Bach's reward for enduring 480 hands at the final table is $1,276,802 in cash and ownership of arguably the most prestigious bracelet in the game. "It hasn't even sunk in yet," said a tired but overjoyed Bach after the win. "Especially this tournament, Chip Reese's tournament, and it…
- The amazing, fantastic, durrrr
In the case of Tom Dwan, his swing this year has almost reached the point of being legendary. Starting the year in a serious slump, it took almost no time for Dwan to get stuck for $3 million in online cash gamesAt that point, most of the hate-durrrrs were crying "Busto!" and "just another flash in the pan!" After a short winning streak, it looked as if Dwan would pull out of his nose dive, only to plummet deeper. At his lowest point, and just 5 months into the year, Dwan had almost reached $4 m…
- Epic H.O.R.S.E battle story of WSOP June 30
The final table has turned out to be an epic affair as following the quick bust-outs of Erik Seidel and Chau Giang, the game developed into a massive test of endurance. Player of the Year contender Ville Wahlbeck was next to fall in 6th and when Huck Seed busted in 5th, it looked as though the tournament was opening up for another POY contender, Vitaly Lunkin. This proved deceptive though, with the wheels falling off for the deep-stacked Russian in a series of unfortunate hands and his eliminati…
- Bill Moves to Legalize Poker in Texas
Imagine not being able to legally play poker with your buddies on a Friday night.
If you live in Texas and some other areas of the United States and the world, you know just how this can be. Just because it isn’t legal doesn’t mean people don’t do it. As a matter of fact, they say [...]…
- 2009 WSOP Schedule Finally Released
WSOP fans rejoice!
The time has finally come and the World Series of Poker schedule has finally been released, along with some key details about what we have to look forward to this year.
This event has been scheduled for May 26 through July 15 at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in beautiful gambling destination [...]…
- Poker Controls Launches Revolutionary New Poker Control Device
Anybody who dabbles in the world of online poker knows just how frustrating miss-clicks, betting wrong, missed moves and other errors can be. They can ruin even the best games, causing people to lose games and subsequent funds. The Poker Controller is a wireless controller device that seeks alleviate all of this frustration by aiding [...]…
- New Poker Training Site Rocks the Online Poker Industry
As a poker aficionado, perhaps someone who lives and breathes poker, wouldn’t you love the opportunity to pick the brains of some of the poker greats that you have encountered during your time as a player? A new poker training site has just launched, PokerSwat.com. It features some of the greatest minds in poker sharing [...]…
- PurePlay.com Doubles Membership Base in 2008
San Francisco-based PurePlay.com is the first play-for-cash online poker site of its kind. Last year, they set their sights on increasing their membership and not only did they reach that goal, but they exceeded it more than doubling their membership base in this past year. As of today, PurePlay.com is home to more than 1.7 [...]…
- Patrik Antonius Confirms Acceptance of Dwan Poker Challenge
We have already discussed the wager that Tom Dwan has put up, challenging anyone to a game of poker of 50,000 hands. He has wagered $1.5 million to anyone else’s mere $500,000 and the rules of the game are this: there are 50,000 hands to be played over a period of time. There will be [...]…
- Poker Great Tom Dwan: Is He Getting More Than He Gambled For?
If you keep up with the poker news much, chances are that you have heard the news about Tom Dwan and his boasts. If you don’t know who Tom Dwan is, chances are that you don’t mess much with internet poker as he is a real phenomenon in that niche. He recently challenged anyone who [...]…
- John Phan Brings Home Coveted 2008 Poker Award
Card Player and Bluff Magazine awards a Player of the Year Award to players who have done particularly well in Poker during a particular year, in any fashion. There are numerous criteria that are used to determine who wins this particular award, and it has been awarded to many poker greats like Jeff Madsen and [...]…
- Best Damn Poker Show Ever Set to Air Second Season January 12, 2009
If you’re into poker, TV or poker on TV, this has been a busy year for you already. Just a few days ago on Sunday, the ‘World Poker Tour’ debuted its seventh season on Fox Sports Net. Then, you have NBC’s’ Poker After Dark’ to keep up with on NBC and GSN has it’s popular [...]…
- Dublin Named European Poker Capital of the Year.
Bluff Magazine Awards Poker Award to Ireland’s Capital.
In an announcement made earlier today by Bluff Magazine, it looks as if Dublin, Ireland, can add a little more to its country’s namesake besides green beer and St. Patrick’s Day.
The capital city of Ireland was honored by the famed poker media publication as the European Poker Capital [...]…
- iPhone 3G S Brings High-Powered Poker Applications
With the release of the new iPhone 3G S, poker players are more excited than ever about the robust hardware and internet features of this amazing device. There are many poker resources available with the iPhone, including podcasts, training videos, and other applications.…
- Matt Hawrilenko Wins Six Handed Event, Main Event Starts Today
As thousands of poker players await their fate at this year’s $10,000 Main Event, which starts in a couple of hours, Matt Hawrilenko can enter into the tournament with the satisfaction of having won a World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #56, the $5000 Short Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament.…
- Leo Wolpert (Pechorin) Interview with Poker News Daily
It isn't often you hear that a young 20-something is semi-retired, but Leo "Pechorin" Wolpert is just that. Wolpert went from being a full-time online poker player to a law school student at the University of Virginia.…
- My How Things Have Changed at the WSOP
I walked into the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel and Casino at 11:59am to play in the $1,500 buy-in Omaha/8 event at the 40th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). I’ve participated in 28 out of the 40 years that the WSOP has been in existence, and, as usual, I was filled with excitement at the prospect of winning another gold bracelet.…
- Alex Bolotin Wins WSOP Ante Up for Africa; Mike Tyson Enters
The 2009 installment of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa charity tournament brought out Hollywood’s elite and poker’s biggest names. In the end, Alex “Diesel” Boloton emerged victorious, winning $176,000 and donating half of his earnings to the ENOUGH Project and International Rescue Committee.…
- Costigan Media Files Suit to Open Warrant in Online Poker Funds Seizure
Amid the fanfare of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas, Costigan Media, the parent company of Gambling911, has filed suit to open warrants in the case involving the seizure of $30 million in online poker player funds by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District. It is the first legal action brought after the Southern District acted in June.…
- NBC and Full Tilt Poker gear up to film “Face the Ace”
NBC and Full Tilt announced their joint effort to produce Face the Ace, a new concept for a poker show where players who qualify online get to play heads-up against three Full Tilt pros for a $1,000,000 prize.…
- Tony Veckey and Abe Mosseri Claim Bracelets in Events #54 and #55
The preliminary events of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) are winding down and with the completion of Events #54 and #55 Wednesday there is only one more bracelet to give out before the Main Event kicks off on Friday.…
- WSOP Winner’s Responsibility?
I know you may find this hard to believe, particularly after all the sage advice I have doled out on this website, but I have never won a World Series of Poker bracelet. I came close to a bracelet when I watched a final table from the bleachers, but never have been named the rightful owner of one.…
- Poker Stars adds Marcel Luske and Jason Mercier to Team PokerStars Pro
The largest online poker site around keeps adding to its all-star stable of pros, and they seem to be shopping both ends of the poker world this time, as they add beloved veteran Marcel Luske and hot discovery Jason Mercier.…
- Battle for the Bracelets: Bach, Hawrilenko, Mosseri and Veckey
Four players received their bracelets at the final bracelet ceremony of the 2009 series, including $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. champion David Bach.…
- WSOP Q and A -- Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle was present at the Rio on July 2, 2009 as the co-host of the third annual Ante ……
- 2009 WSOP -- The 10 Best Performances of the Summer
As Day 1A of the main event kicks off today, Card Player recognizes 10 players whose 2009 World Series performances simply stood out above the rest.
It was a year for the ages. Four players won multiple bracelets, pros took down a majority of the events offered, and these players stunned and amazed the gallery with…
- This Week in Poker: June 27 – July 3
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 height:255px;width:170px;margin:3px 10px;border:3px ……
- WSOP -- Matt Hawrilenko Wins Event No. 56
Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko can now call himself a million-dollar man after winning Event No. 56 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em six-handed). The ……
- The Scoop: Jennifer Harman pt.3
Jennifer Harman talks more about the biggest game of all time, the possibility of a big game reality show and more on this episode of "The Scoop."…
- WSOP Q and A -- David Bach
In an amazing show of consistency at the World Series of Poker, David Bach had appeared at a …
- Mouthpiece Ep. 69: Red Carpet Update
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow gives an update on his 2009 WSOP from the red carpet of the Ante Up From Africa event.…
- Ante Up For Africa: Red Carpet
Card Player TV talks to Ante Up For Africa Hosts Don Cheadle and Annie Duke, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sarah Silverman and more on the red carpet.…
- Alex Bolotin Wins Ante Up for Africa Poker Tournament
Actors, comedians, athletes, poker professionals, and a host of other celebrities were on hand yesterday at the Rio \for the third-annual Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament.
The $5,000 event attracted some of the biggest names in Hollywood, with stars like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Don Cheadle, Sarah Silverman…
- Hellmuth Makes Another Big Main Event Entrance
Last year he showed up as an army general, with jeeps and models in camouflage representing each bracelet. Before that he crashed a racing car in an empty car park. This year, Hellmuth has announced his entrance plans.…
- Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko Wins $1m Bracelet.
After three intense days of short-handed action, competing through a field of 928 players including some of the best in the world, renowned online pro Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko has won his first WSOP bracelet and over $1m.…
- Eurolinx offers ‘humanitarian aid’ to poker players
There is nothing more frustrating in poker than having your Aces cracked by a vastly inferior hand. The good people at EuroLinx have recognised this and will offer a refund of whatever a player has in the pot up to a maximum of €25.…
- Obama to play the WSOP Main Event?
You’d think that with Iran, the deepest recession in living memory and everything else that goes with being the leader of the free world that President Obama would have enough on his plate to even think about poker.…
- Betfred Summer Series under way
Betfred Poker is celebrating the glorious summer weather by unveiling a new look website and a series of added value tournaments. The Poker Summer Tournament Series will feature more than $43,000 in added prizes throughout July and August.…
- Paddy Power announce Winter Poker Festival schedule
Paddy Power has announced the full schedule for their Irish Winter Festival which takes place at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin from 23rd to 26th October 2009. Top billing will again go to the €1,500 + €150 No Limit Hold’em main event. There will also be a two-day €500+€50 No Limit Hold’em event as well as a €300+€30 Round of Each tournament.…
- Tom Dwan On Sick Run - $700k PLO Profits vs Ivey
People on poker forums are quick to jump on bandwagons, especially when it’s heading to negative town. Tom Dwan had a much-publicised downswing to the tune of $4m earlier this year. It was looking like 2009 would be the end of him.…
- PokerStars WCoOP Returns With $40m Guaranteed
The annual PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is due once more – this time the tournament series, beginning the first of 45 events on September 3, returns with a huge guaranteed prize pool of $40m.…
- Barney Frank Anti-UIGEA Bill Delayed
As if the worldwide economic crisis wasn’t irritating enough, it has now further delayed the legalisation of online poker - as Barney Frank’s bill defying the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been postponed until at least September.…
- Russian Wins European Masters of Poker Prague
The third European Masters of Poker, held in Prague, was won by Russian player Vladislav Shuravin who beat a 163-strong field at the Spearmint Casino to win a first-place prize of just under €40,000.…
- How to play pocket JJ
We've all been there. JJ arrives and...oh someone raises before you. What the hell do you do now? Call? raise? Well sweat no longer. This video will teach you all you need to know about JJ..... it's a bitch.…
- Foxy Bingo's Red Nose Day Dance Video
You thought that online poker players had all the fun? Check out these crazy guys at Foxy Bingo who got their character "Foxy" to get down with the hottie from strictly come dancing.…
- Gus Hansen - Suck, Resuck.
No, it isn't a dodgy home video but rather a standard hand from the world of Gus Hansen, here up against Jeff Madsen. Get your straw ready for the suck out!…
- Brad Booth and his massive bricks.
Here is Brad Booth, one of the most respected cash game players in Vegas, showing why he is so well regarded by his peers. You take a four, a two, and a large set of balls. Then you shove three bricks of money out there with nothing more than a gutshot. Oh, and you are against Phil Ivey.Brad Booth, we salute you.…
- Bounty Boy Makes a Straight Flush
Here is Matt Dale of Poker.co.uk making a straight flush on telly - he even has to check back at his cards when the other guy moves all in on the river! What a n00b! Want to take him on? Join him, Dan Carter, and us on 30th October for the Bluff Europe Madness freeroll. Details are just over there --->…
- Doyle Brunson - Making Poker Look Easy
Here's Doyle Brunson making the game we love look so simple. Here he makes a great fold without even blinking against poker legend and great friend, Chip Reese. Andy Bloch's read is a little out on this hand too ;)…
- Weed Brownines + 200/400 NL Hold'em = ????
Now, we can't substantiate the claims, but whatever it was these high-stakes online pros were 'enjoying', it did make them play 8-6 offsuit like the nuts. The result? Comedy genius. Well, unless you're the other chap.…
- Bad, Bad, BAD Beat
Children, this is what happens when you splash the pot as you move all in exclaiming "gamble!". Don't splash the pot or you might end up walking into a guy in Seat 1 who thinks Greg Raymer has his own TV show.…
- If You Will Catch One Out...
Make sure it is at the Main Event of the WSOP. Here Corey Zeidman leaves Jennifer Harman feeling a little sick after a cold deck and a bit of a slowroll...…
- Negreanu - So Good He Can Call The Cards Out
Daniel Negreanu is one of the best poker players in the world. If that wasn t enough, he s able to call the cards out of the deck too - just watch.…