Did you have a miserable year in terms of poker, seeing all of your premiere hands waste away on the river? Maybe you had an amazing 2008, raking in pots wherever you went. Well, either way, you can either end your 2008 on a grand note or start your 2009 in spectacular fashion with two marquee…
Ivan Demidov accomplished the most impressive poker feat of 2008 on his way to finishing in fourth place in the Card Player Player of the Year race. He made the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold'em world championship main event in July, and he also made the…
The World Poker Tour begins its stay at another new home Jan. 4 on Fox Sports Net, when the poker show begins airing its seventh season of 26 episodes on Sunday, Jan. 4. Please check your local listings for times. The WPT is also changing its format for the new season. All final tables of the…
Two charity poker tournaments featuring some of the biggest names in poker and entertainment - both benefitting the Paralyzed Veterans of America - will take place early in 2009. Ben Affleck, Andy Bloch, Lee Childs, Poker Players Alliance Chairman Senator Alfonse D'Amato, Richard and Kyle…
The last weekend before the new year was also a record setting one. While PokerStars attempted to host the largest online tournament in history, thousands of players flooded the site, in some instances creating larger than normal prize pools. A few notables were able to claim wins on Sunday,…
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 POY Standings: John Phan - 6,704 David "The Dragon" Pham - 6,022 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - 5,510 Ivan Demidov - 4,940 Erik…
Every Thursday, Card Player sits down with some of the best in the game to discuss pivotal hands from the week's biggest tournaments on the circuit. David "Chino" Rheem didn't have much time to soak in his seventh place finish at the World Series of Poker main event. Just one…
The first full week in January will see the start of the first major poker tournaments of the New Year, and the first month is going to be a busy one after the slow holiday tournament poker season. The European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will begin on Jan. 5, 2009 and Card…
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier began 2008 with the biggest win of his career. He won the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, emerging from a filed of 1,136 players to take home $2 million. The second major title of the year for ElkY came in October. He won the World Poker…
Tokwiro's new CEREUS network experienced a glitch on Dec. 20 that awarded the player with a losing hand the pot on Ultimate Bet. That player with the losing hand happened to be Phil Hellmuth, the face of the poker site. This software SNAFU comes at a time that Tokwiro is doing its best to…
