PaddyPower has released the betting lines for three upcoming poker tournaments and Phil Ivey is the favorite to win two of them.

Ivey is an 80 to 1 favorite at the World Poker Open and a 50 to 1 favorite at the WPT Borgata Winter Open. Dave Colclough is a 50 to 1 favorite at EPT Copenhagen. 

Check out Card Player Magazine for more details.

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It looks like a new poker game has emerged. It’s called California Hold’em. It’s similar to Texas Hold’em but there’s a few changes to the deck.

Eight more cards are added to the deck to give you 60 cards. The new cards are 11’s and 12’s. Click on this link for more details from Card Player Magazine.

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The World Poker Tour video game is currently available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameBoy Advance.

A new system can be added to that list. On March 15th, the WPT video game will be released for Sony’s PSP portable gaming system.