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Talking Stick To Host AZ State Poker Championship

This August, big poker action returns to the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale for the 12th annual Arizona State Poker Championship. The $1,100 buy-in event kicks off Aug. 12 and runs through Aug. 16, and will feature a prize pool of more than $1 million. “The Arizona State Poker Championship is a must-see event for […]

'Pokies' Drive Australia's Growing Gambling Market

Australia’s gambling market grew six percent in 2015 to the equivalent of roughly $17.4 billion USD (A$24.1 billion). Given the country’s population of roughly 23 million, that means that Australians spend more on gambling than people anywhere else in the world, according to Bloomberg. An estimated 80 percent of Australian citizens gamble in some form, […]

Five Things Poker Players Can Learn From Blackjack

After the Chris Moneymaker’s 2003 WSOP win and the subsequent boom enjoyed by online poker, many people around the world were inspired to heavily invest time, effort and funds into the game in the hopes that they might emulate Bertand “ElkY” Grosspellier or Daniel Negreanu. Many have taken to this as naturals and achieved varying […]

Nevada Poker Rooms Rake $8.57M In April

Six hundred and forty seven live poker tables across the state of Nevada and the WSOP online poker site raked a combined $8.57 million during the month of April, according to a report released Thursday by Silver State gaming regulators. Nevada revenue reports don’t separate poker revenue between live and online. The amount was 0.86-percent […]

Online Poker Ban Defeated Again On Capitol Hill

RAWA-like language in a House version of a federal spending bill is off the table, as a Congressman failed to successfully push the amendment, according to the Poker Players Alliance, a D.C.-based lobbying group. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) ended up withdrawing the plan from the appropriations bill on Tuesday, the PPA said. “We win. RAWA […]

New Wynn Poker Room At Encore Now Open

After a grand opening ceremony Thursday night, the Wynn Las Vegas will officially open their brand new poker room at Encore with live cash games. The new space is about 62 percent larger than the previous room, with the number of tables increasing from 25 to 28. The added square footage allows players to experience […]

Coren-Mitchell, Burkhead Selected For WIPHOF

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame has announced that industry professional and player Debbie Burkhead and poker professional Victoria Coren-Mitchell will be inducted as the class of 2016. The ceremony will take place Wednesday, July 6 at 11 a.m. at the Gold Coast Casino. The Master of Ceremony is Jan Fisher, and Maria Ho […]

Largest WSOP Ever Just One Week Away

If you’ve attended the World Series of Poker recently, you’ve undoubtedly seen Seth Palansky at some point whether it was organizing a bracelet ceremony, taking questions from the media or addressing player concerns. The 45-year-old Toronto native wears many different hats, acting as WSOP spokesman and editor in chief of WSOP.com, but his official title […]

Hellmuth Gets Crushed In Poker Cash Games

The World Series of Poker can’t start soon enough for 14-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth said on his social media this week that he’s having a losing year so far. He also hasn’t cashed in a major tournament since October. Hellmuth said that his regular home game in the Bay Area has been going […]

Treasure Island To Launch Subscription Poker Site

More than three years ago, Las Vegas’ Treasure Island Hotel & Casino was given an online gaming license by Nevada regulators. Though it never launched a real-money online poker site, the casino said this month that it will soon kick off a subscription poker platform. The plan is to launch it this summer, the casino […]

Atlantic City Casino Industry Revenue Up In Q1

The city’s finances are in disarray, but the casino industry in Atlantic City is on the upswing. Total revenue for Atlantic City casinos and online gambling sites grew 2.7 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to a report from the Garden State’s Division of Gaming Enforcement. Total revenue was $802.6 million through […]

Talal Shakerchi Wins 2016 SCOOP Main Event

Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi has won the 2016 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker 410,000 no-limit hold’em high main event, defeating a field of 824 entries to win the title and the first-place prize of $1,468,001. The tournament sported a $4 million guaranteed prize pool, which was doubled when 713 individual players posted the buy-in with […]

Pennsylvania's House Rejects Online Poker Proposal

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a plan for regulated online casino games, but they will likely reconsider the proposal at a later date. The vote was 107-81 against legalizing online gaming, but the issue was coupled with allowing the expansion of video gaming terminals (VGTs) in the Keystone State. That plan […]

2016 POY Race: Joseph McKeehen Climbs To 12th

The World Series of Poker is now just a week away, and with it will likely come a major shakeup in the Card Player Player of the Year race standings. Although it was not as busy as the WSOP will be, this week did see a number of events wrap up that made an impact […]

Hollywood Poker Open Coming To Vegas June 23-26

Season 4 of Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) regional tournament series will host its championship event June 23-26 in Las Vegas at The M Resort Spa Casino. This year’s Hollywood Poker Open Championship, a $2,500 no-limit hold’em tournament, hosts a great structure and promises a huge prize pool. Last year, the $2,500 event […]

MGM, Wynn Finalize Plans To Leave NV Energy

Along with MGM Resorts, the casinos owned by billionaire Steve Wynn will soon stop buying power from fellow billionaire Warren Buffet’s NV Energy. The news comes from filings last week with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. According to Bloomberg, MGM has to pay $86.9 million in the form of an exit fee. The casino operator, […]

Hubbard Wins WSOPC Harrah's New Orleans Main Event

David Hubbard is a recreational poker player from Angleton, Texas. By day he works as a federal agent, but he has been playing poker in his spare time for years. He has had several close calls in events on the World Series of Poker Circuit, but this week he finally made his break through by […]

Rapper's Deal With I-Poker Group Has $400M Upside

American rapper and businessman Soulja Boy has signed an endorsement deal with a group called World Poker Fund Holdings that could be worth as much as $400 million, but it’s nowhere close to that right now. Forbes reported that his deal with WPFH, which describes itself as a “developer and operator of online and event-based […]

NJ Lawmakers Make Deal To Resuscitate Atlantic City

Lawmakers in the Garden State Assembly and Senate have reached a compromise on how to help beleaguered Atlantic City, which faces the threat of losing its monopoly on brick-and-mortar casinos in the state. The political fight lasting many months was largely over the timeline for Atlantic City to work out its finances prior to a […]

Poker Strategy: Designing A Thought Train

Detecting and exploiting weaknesses in your opponents’ play is where the money is made. It’s why set ABC strategies aren’t optimum, and the best live players are very good people/hand readers. Accurately defining what your opponents think and how they react emotionally to differing circumstances will allow you to design positive expectation plays that aren’t […]

Gilbert Arenas Bets $500,000 On Cavs Title

Prior to the start of Sunday’s game three of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder, former NBA player Gilbert Arenas took to one of his social media accounts to give some NBA betting advice. The advice came from a man who said he recently put $500,000 on […]

Illinois Bill To Legalize DFS For Casinos Put On Hold

A piece of legislation backed by DraftKings and FanDuel that could set up fantasy sports operations at Illinois commercial casinos has been put on hold, despite passing the Illinois Senate last week by a 32-22 vote. According to a report from the Daily Herald, the legislation has faced opposition from some casinos in the state, […]

Poker Strategy: Why Don't They Bet?

This article focuses on a critical concept adapted from my book, How To Read Hands At No-Limit Hold’em. You check, and your opponent bets. What does he have? He could have a strong hand, a vulnerable hand he wants to protect, a strong draw, a weak draw, or air. Doesn’t give you much to go […]

Inaugural WSOP Colossus Draws Largest Field Ever

In 2015 the World Series of Poker announced a brand new event called “The Colossus”. The $565 buy-in no-limit hold’em event featured a $5 million guaranteed prize pool and had it’s sights set on becoming the largest live tournament in poker history. Over the four starting flights an incredible total of 22,374 entries built a […]

Poker Central To Run Poker/E-Game Event

Poker Central and Amazon Coins announced Thursday a new event titled “Worlds Collide,” which will pit poker pros against elite e-gamers. Poker Central, the world’s only 24/7 poker TV network, said that the match will be across three different games: Jackpot Poker, Hearthstone and Pac-Man 256. Jackpot Poker is a mobile game developed by PokerStars; […]

NGC Gives Approval To Resorts World Project

Resorts World Las Vegas, a $4 billion casino coming to the north end of the Strip, received an unanimous blessing from the Nevada Gaming Commission this week. According to Vegas Inc, the regulators gave the OK to a series of applications from casino developer Genting Group. The NGC found various executives and corporate entities suitable […]

Poker Hand of the Week: What's Your Play?

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]

Online Poker: Fedor Holz Winning Big In May

German poker pro Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz won $222,000 in May through Friday, bringing his online poker results out of the red this year. Holz has been on a tear in tournaments this year, winning $3,463,500 in a $200,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event in the Philippines in January. Thanks to five other final tables, Holz has […]

Lederer Apologizes For His Role In Full Tilt Fiasco

Full Tilt Poker’s player pool was fully integrated into PokerStars on May 17 and the poker platform was officially retired. In the wake of the final closure of what was once one of the largest online poker sites in the world Howard Lederer, a former board member of the now defunct business, has opted to […]

Legendary Gambler Indicted For Insider Trading

Legendary Las Vegas sports gambler Billy Walters was indicted by the federal government in New York Thursday for an alleged insider trading scheme that involved golfer Phil Mickelson. Walters, 69, is accused of obtaining nonpublic information from Thomas Davis, the former chairman of Dean Foods Co., that benefited Walters to the tune of $110 million. […]