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After the announcement of Neil Channing and Nik Persaud’s exciting new venture Black Belt Poker last month, the guys have revealed details for an exclusive boot camp aimed at turning talented prospects into poker ‘black belts’. Not only that but there’s a special guest from across the pond joining them to help out…
He may be [...]

Kevin Song might be one of the most consistent tournament poker players in the world who you don’t know about. He has cashed consistently on the tournament trail since 1994 and accumulated more than $3 million in career winnings. Surprisingly, his largest cash is just $397,120, which he took home along with his World Series [...]

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: Poorya Nazari — 3,000
2: Cornel Cimpan — 2,730
3: Anthony Gregg — 2,500
4: Steve Brecher — 2,340
5: Chris Moore — 2,110
6: Kathy Liebert — 2,100
7: Benjamin Spindler — 2,000
7: Binh Nguyen — [...]

How would you like to join Ultimate Bet Poker in Las Vegas for the 2009 WPT World Championship? Ultimate Bet Poker wants to give you the ultimate opportunity to play some serious poker for your chance at a wad of cool green cash! Of course in addition to taking part in one of the [...]

Cigital, a software security and consulting firm based out of Virginia, released the findings of a study this week that gives poker supporters some statistical data in their efforts to convince skeptics that poker is a game of skill.
The report analyzed 103 million hands that were played in cash games at minimum stakes of $0.10-$0.20 [...]

The PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour stop in Uruguay is fast becoming one of the most popular ones on the tour. After last year’s event in Punta del Este at the luxurious Mantra Resort and Casino, word spread about the combination of solid LAPT action and fabulous vacation spot, and that brought the players from [...]

She is known for her intelligence in the poker community. Her background in game theory obtained from classes at Duke University brought a new perspective to the game, and it has helped her become an ever-present force on the worldwide tournament circuit. Now Vanessa Rousso will be taking her honors-level education to poker students in [...]

Looking for a free way to head to Las Vegas for the 2009 World Series of Poker? Look no further.
During the next three months, more than $500,000 in cash and 2009 WSOP seats will be up for grabs in exclusive PokerListings.com freerolls.
Freerolls are currently open to PokerListings players at Titan Poker, UltimateBet, Absolute Poker and [...]

When the 667 players at the €5,000 buy in  PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open were distilled down to a final table of eight there was quite a game in store with several unsurprising names at the final table and one very surprising one — last year’s champion.
The chip counts going into the final, and [...]

With the durrrr Challenge on hold and games at $500/$1,000 sporadic at best, online railbirds have been scrambling to find some noteworthy high-stakes action lately.
Enter online giants Ilari “ziigmund” Sahamies and Cole South, who stepped in today and fired up a pre-noon, multi-table $100/$200 PLO session at Full Tilt to fill the void.
The result? Four [...]