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2016 POY Race: Andrejevic Climbs To 30th

The poker world is gearning up for the onslaught that is the World Series of Poker that is now just weeks away. In the lead up to the series there have been plenty of big events taking place that have impacted the standings in the 2016 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is […]

Iowa Tribe Launches First Phase Of Online Poker Site

A Native American tribe announced Wednesday that it has launched part of its long-anticipated online casino. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma said that the “first phase” of its platform, which includes peer-to-peer poker, bingo and pull-tabs, is now available to U.S. residents (except Oklahoma) and in international markets. The games are free-play, but the Iowa […]

Bookmaker Accused Of Underpaying Gamblers

The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Monday filed a complaint against one of the state’s leading bookmakers, alleging that the company shortchanged gamblers between 2011 and 2015—and knew it was happening. CG Technology is accused underpaying about $700,000 on more than 20,000 winning parlay bets during the period. The complaint also says that it overpaid […]

Amaya Poker Revenue Falls 11 Percent In Q1

Amaya Gaming’s revenue from poker on PokerStars and Full Tilt in the first quarter of 2016 fell 11 percent compared to the same period a year ago, according to the company’s Q1 earnings presentation released Monday. Revenue from poker was $216.4 million from the first three months of the year, down from $242.8 million a […]

Poker Strategy: How To Accumulate Chips

In my last article, I discussed the idea of accumulating versus surviving in a poker tournament. I feel strongly that accumulating chips in the early parts of poker tournaments gives you a pretty big leg up on the field. I am sure there are a high percentage of people reading this thinking, that sounds great, […]

Group Sues Over California Casino's Water Usage

A tribal casino in California is facing a court challenge to its $160 million expansion from a group that says it will use too much extra water. The Chumash Casino Resort, a full-scale casino from the Santa Ynez band of Chumash Indians, is planning to open its expansion, which includes a 12-story hotel tower, on […]

Michigan Senator Defends I-Poker Bill Efforts

The primary backer of Michigan’s online casino gambling bill is defending his wife’s work at a lobbying group that represents Internet gaming giant Amaya. Michigan Sen. Mike Kowall told The Detroit Free Press that there is no conflict of interest because his wife, Eileen, doesn’t have Amaya as a client and that he began work […]

WPT Announces Season XV Main Tour Schedule

The World Poker Tour has announced the complete main tour schedule for Season XV. A total of 21 main events are set to take place around the world, with tournaments in Montreal, Canada and Amsterdam already in the books. The schedule includes many of the enduring signature stops on the tour, such as the WPT […]

Atlantic City Betting On Open Containers Of Alcohol

As state lawmakers are eyeing a takeover of its finances, struggling Atlantic City, which could also soon lose its casino gambling monopoly in New Jersey, has a new plan to help turn things around. It involves booze. Atlantic City has $550 million worth of debt and a $100 million budget deficit. The City Council of […]

Pennsylvania Poker Rooms Rake $5M In April

Pennsylvania poker rooms raked just over $5 million during the month of April, according to figures released by state gaming regulators Monday. That was up from the more than $4.8 million raked during April 2015. Poker rake was nearly $4.6 million in April 2014. Pennsylvania had 226 poker tables this past April, which was unchanged […]

Delaware Sees Record Internet Gambling In April

March was a record for Delaware online gambling. April now holds the current record. The state’s three online casino operators won $267,801.30 during April, a new all-time high for the state’s less than three-year-old industry. Though the figure pales in comparison to New Jersey’s record of $17 million worth of online gambling win, which was […]

MGM Begins Construction On Springfield Casino

MGM Resorts International has began building a massive parking garage that will accompany its Las Vegas-style casino in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Associated Press reported Monday that foundation work for the 3,400-space garage will begin this week, which is just days after the state Gaming Commission approved the project’s redesign. The parking garage will be finished […]

Deep Stack Charity Classic Adds High Roller Event

The Daytona Beach Kennel Club and Poker Room has announced that they are adding a $25,000 guaranteed “Beat The Brat” High Roller Event to the eighth annual Deep Stack Charity Poker Festival, which takes place on Friday, May 20. The event features a $2,800 buy-in and the poker brat himself, Phil Hellmuth, will be in […]

DeepStack Extravaganza III Warm Up Kicks Off

The Sands Poker Room at the Venetian Las Vegas is kicking off the DeepStack Extravaganza III Warm-Up on May 16. The 17-event tournament series will run from May 16 – 26 and features over $420,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The action-packed series leads into the massive DeepStack Extravaganza III poker festival, a 90-event series boasting […]

Andrejevic Wins 2016 WPT Amsterdam Main Event

Andjelko Andrejevic has won the 2016 World Poker Tour Amsterdam €3,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, defeating a field of 318 entries to win his first WPT title and the top prize of €200,000 ($228,000 USD). The Serbian-American poker pro has had a number of deep runs in WPT events in the past few years, […]

Keith Romanovitz Wins CPPT St. Maarten Main Event

Keith Romanovitz has won the 2016 Card Player Poker Tour St. Maarten $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The $100,000 guaranteed tournament, hosted by Card Player Cruises at the Casino Royale in beautiful Maho Bay drew a total of 125 entries to easily surpass the promised prize pool. For the win Romanovitz was awarded the […]

PA I-Gambling Bill To Be Considered In June

A bill in Pennsylvania that would legalize and regulate online casino games is expected to be considered by the full House in June, according to a report from the Reading Eagle. The bill, which comes from Rep. John Payne, was considered last year before being put on hold until this spring. The legislation calls for […]

Caesars Considering Selling Online Gaming Business

Nevada-based casino operator Caesars Entertainment is considering selling its online gaming division, Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE), after receiving unsolicited offers of around $4 billion, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The acclaimed World Series of Poker is under the ownership of CIE. According to the report, CIE has annual sales of nearly […]

Poker Strategy: Losing The Minimum

All plays lose value if your opponent is correctly reading your strategy. Some plays only have value when your opponent is incapable of reading your intent and correctly adjusting. For that reason, many valuable plays in smaller no-limit games against weaker opposition have little value when playing higher-stakes games where tougher opposition will read your […]

A Poker Life: Jason Wheeler

In the last eight years, Jason Wheeler has earned nearly $10 million in live and online poker tournaments, but none of that would have happened had he not lost his job during the financial crisis of 2008. The 39-year-old Chicago native was on the fast track, working in the banking industry, but after being laid […]

East Coast Poker Championship Comes To Turning Stone

Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, a premier four-season destination that boasts a top-notch poker room, is keeping the action going with the East Coast Poker Championship this May. The event kicks off Thursday, May 19 at 11 am with the first of three starting flights. The $570 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament features […]

NV Governor Eyeing I-Poker Deal With New Jersey

The day after New Jersey posted record online gaming revenue, including a 30.4-percent year-over-year increase in rake collected from online poker, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said publicly that his state and the Garden State should pool liquidity for online poker. Sandoval was speaking at Friday’s Gaming Policy Committee meeting in Las Vegas, which was actually […]

Readers Sound Off: Putting Bad Beats On Other Players

Televised poker has captured many of poker’s most glorious and exceptional moments, but why should the pros get all of the attention? In this new series, Card Player readers sound off with their own favorite stories from the felt. Each week, we’ll ask our Facebook community of more than 66,000 poker enthusiasts for their most […]

California Online Poker Bill To Have May 18 Hearing

Update: The California online poker hearing scheduled for May 18 was moved to May 25. California’s nine-year-old online poker debate will take place in public view again in a hearing planned for May 18. The Assembly Appropriations Committee will hold the meeting. The hearing was first reported by Chris Krafcik of GamblingCompliance. The last online […]

New Jersey Sets New Online Gambling Record

Online casinos in the state of New Jersey collectively won $17 million from gamblers during the month of April, according to figures released this week from Garden State regulators. The $17 million is an all-time high for a single month. That amount was 33.8 percent more than April 2015’s $12.7 million. The previous high was […]

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 […]

MGM Announces Parking Fee Start Date

MGM Resorts International has announced that it will start charging for self-parking at its Las Vegas casinos on June 6. The casino operator, one of the largest in the world, announced the changes in January. MGM owns the likes of Bellagio, Aria, Mirage, Monte Carlo, Circus Circus, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York-New York and, […]

2016 CPPT St. Maarten Main Event Begins Friday

The 2016 Card Player Poker Tour St. Maarten $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event, hosted by Card Player Cruises, is set to kick off tomorrow at the spectacular, all-inclusive Sonesta Maho Beach Resort. The $100,000 guaranteed event will run May 13 – 15 at the Casino Royale, with play set to get underway at 1:30 PM […]

MGM Springfield Changes Approved By Casino Regulators

Gaming regulators in the Bay State have signed off on changes to MGM’s $950 million casino in Springfield. According to Masslive.com, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission gave unanimous approval Thursday to the re-design, which included scaling back the scope of the project in some aspects. There were concerns that MGM wasn’t going to make good on […]

Palms Sold To Station Casinos' Parent Company

The parent company of Station Casinos announced this week that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Palms, located just off the Las Vegas Strip, for $312.5 million in cash. Red Rock Resorts said that it is gaining “a leading gaming asset” with the Palms. Marc Falcone, Executive VP, CFO and Treasurer of Red […]