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The Gardens Casino Getting Ready To Unveil $90M RenovationFormerly known as Hawaiian Garden’s Casino, the Gardens Casino has announced a soft opening for their new $90 million facility. The project was originally started in March of 2014 and is scheduled to be completed later this year with added amenities such as 220 new flat-screen televisions, new gaming tables, a new events center, an […]
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NFL Raiders' Owner Discussing Move To Las VegasAn unnamed source in the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development has confirmed to ESPN’s David Purdum that Mark Davis, the owner of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, is scheduled to take a meeting with tourism officials regarding a possible move for the team to Las Vegas. Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson has proposed a $1.3 […]
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Hellmuth To Emcee Woods' Charity Poker EventPoker legend Phil Hellmuth will once again emcee Tiger’s Poker Night, an annual charity poker tournament hosted by the World Poker Tour. This year’s event is slated for April 29 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. According to a press release, cards will be in the air in front of the KÀ […]
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California Racetracks Get Behind Online Poker BillCalifornia is set to have an online poker hearing Wednesday, and just days ago the state’s politically powerful horseracing industry signaled its support for the latest version of online poker legislation on the table. The crucial I-poker hearing, the first of its kind this year, will be at 1:30 p.m. local time in Sacramento, and […]
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CPPT Coming To bestbet Jacksonville In JuneWhen you first walk through the doors of bestbet Jacksonville it probably feels like a lot of rooms. The familiarities are all there; be it the uninterrupted click-clack of chips, the intense stare of the grinders, the carefree smile of the gamblers or just the good old southern hospitality, every poker player should feel at […]
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Dan Bilzerian Finds Another High-Stakes Prop BetHigh-stakes gambler and Instagram celebrity Dan Bilzerian has another huge sum on the line in a Las Vegas-to-LA bicycle ride. This time, Bilzerian and hedge fund manager/poker player Bill Perkins are betting against poker pro Brian Rast completing the roughly 300-mile ride. Bilzerian and Perkins are putting up a combined $600,000 to Rast’s $100,000 for […]
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Robert DeAgazio Wins CPPT Ocean's 11 San Diego ClassicThe 2016 Card Player Poker Tour Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic $200 buy-in event drew 778 entries, including 42 $1,350 Quantum Reloads on the final day, to build a $199,464 prize pool and blow away the estimated guarantee of $100,000. In the end the lion’s share of that was awarded to Robert Deagazio, who defeated […]
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Terrence Chan Reflects On Latest MMA WinHigh-stakes cash game player Terrence Chan was the winner in a MMA fight last month in Manila, his sixth career fight in his quest to one day compete in the UFC. Chan is now 6-0. Chan, who weighed in at roughly 125 pounds but also fights at 135, took no damage in his speedy submission […]
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Farid Yachou Wins World Poker Tour Tournament of ChampionsFarid Yachou has won the inaugural Monster World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions, taking home $381,600 for the win in addition to several prizes, including a 2016 Corvette, a Hublot watch and several other incredible prizes. The 2015 WPT Amsterdam main event champion earned his seat in this event when he topped that field of […]
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CPPT Ocean's 11 San Diego Classic: Day 3 RecapThe third day of the 2016 Card Player Poker Tour Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic $200 buy-in event concluded late Saturday night and saw the final two starting flights of this exciting event come to a close. Flight 1E got underway at 10:00 AM local time and attracted 163 total entries, the most of any […]
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Poker Strategy: Making Aggressive Play ProfitableIn my last column, I compared passive and aggressive players. I firmly believe that playing poker aggressively is the correct path to long term success at both limit and no-limit hold’em. I also pointed out the biggest pitfall aggressive players face is hand selection. As a newer player realizes they can win lots of pots […]
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CPPT Ocean's 11 San Diego Classic: Day 2 RecapDay 2 of the 2016 Card Player Poker Tour Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic $200 buy-in event has wrapped up. Friday, April 22 saw the the third and fourth starting flights of the six total take place. Flight 1C got underway at 10:00 AM local time and drew 115 total entries. Day 1D attracted 103 […]
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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 […]
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Busquet Defeats Alvarado In High Stakes MMA FightOn April 21, 2016 poker pros Olivier Busquet and JC Alvarado met inside an MMA ring to settle a six-figure bet that has been in the works for six months now. Alvarado, who had more prior experience in mixed martial arts put up $150,000 to Busquet, the larger of the two but with less fight […]
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Poll Says NJ Casino Referendum Could Go Either WayA November statewide referendum on whether to end Atlantic City’s decades-long casino monopoly in New Jersey currently stands at about 50-50 of passing, according to a report Tuesday from NJ.com. The report said that a Rutgers-Eagleton April 13 poll showed that 49 percent of respondents are in favor of keeping Las Vegas-style casino gambling in […]
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Poker Legend Gus Hansen In Denmark 'For Good'Gus Hansen appeared on Good Morning Denmark this week to talk about his life away from poker, and the one-time high-stakes regular apparently is back in his home country “for good” to possibly raise a family. “Millions of dollars, insane bets and wild lifestyle, now poker star Gus Hansen home to quiet Denmark [to] raise […]
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CPPT Ocean's 11 San Diego Classic: Day 1 RecapThe first day of the 2016 Card Player Poker Tour Ocean’s 11 San Diego Classic $200 buy-in event is now in the books! Thursday, April 21 saw the first two starting flights of six get underway. Flight 1A drew 119 total entries while flight 1B attracted 106. With 225 total entries so far the prize […]
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Watch: JC Alvarado, Olivier Busquet Fight In MMAThe long-anticipated MMA fight between poker pros JC Alvarado and Olivier Busquet will take place Thursday night in Las Vegas. The live stream of the fight is below. The fight begins at 6 p.m. PST at the Syndicate MMA Gym in Las Vegas. Alvarado, who has some formal fighting experience, will be risking $150,000, while […]
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Chino Rheem Wins 2016 WPT SHR Poker FinaleChino Rheem has had many highs and lows in his poker career. The 36-year-old professional player from Los Angeles has accrued millions in live tournament earnings, but he has also been at the center of financial responsibility and debt repayment disputes. The now defunct Epic Poker League went so far as to put him on […]
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California Online Poker Bill AmendedThe California online poker bill set for a hearing next week was amended Wednesday, surely in hopes of the latest version being the one to finally end years of almost zero material progress on the issue. The only time a California online poker bill was voted on happened last April, when an earlier version of […]
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CPPT Coming To Venetian For DeepStack ExtravaganzaThis summer, the Card Player Poker Tour is returning to the Sand Poker Room for the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza, a 90-event series boasting more than $16 million in guaranteed prize pools. The highlight of the series is a four-day, $5,000 buy-in main event that features a $2 million guarantee, and the Card Player reporting team […]
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71-Year-Old Woman Shot Man In Poker Game: PoliceA 71-year-old woman in Alabama allegedly shot a man in a poker home game over an accusation that he had stolen her money. According to a report from wbrc.com, the woman, Ethal Barron, has been charged with attempted murder and robbery for shooting a 70-year-old man in the leg on Wednesday. The victim was taken […]
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2016 POY: Sam Soverel Climbs To 14th PlaceIt’s been an actionweek for the 2016 Card Player Player of the Year race, with several massive tournaments wrapping up at the season-ending World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament series. Here is a look at the events that most impacted the POY standings over the past seven days: WPT Seminole Hard Rock […]
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Young Wins SHR Poker Showdown Main EventThe penultimate World Poker Tour main event of the tour’s fourteenth season is now in the books. Justin Young has emerged victorious, topping a field of 1,222 entries in the 2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $3,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event to win his first WPT title and the first-place prize of $669,161. […]
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CPPT Ocean's 11 Main Event Starts ThursdayEveryone at Card Player is pleased to announce that this week, Ocean’s 11 Casino joins our popular Card Player Poker Tour. The San Diego Classic, held Apr. 21 to Apr. 24, is the Card Player Poker Tour’s first event in San Diego and proves once and for all there are indeed great major tournament events […]
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Kentucky Becomes Latest State With Online LottoDespite being hostile toward online poker, the state of Kentucky has approved, and now launched, lottery games for the Internet. According to a report from The Courier-Journal, the state’s lottery now has eight different games that can be played online, with a monthly customer spending limit of $1,000. “To maintain our business, we need to […]
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129-Year-Old Church Being Moved For CasinoThe 129-year-old First Spiritualist Church in Springfield, Massachusetts has been removed from the ground and is currently on the move to make way for the upcoming MGM Springfield casino. The Associated Press reported that crews on Tuesday were beginning the process of relocating the church to a site about two hundred yards away. The casino’s […]
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NFL Star Skips Team Workouts For All-Night Poker SessionBuffalo Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins made the most of team workouts this week being voluntary by deciding to use the time to get in some poker at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino in North Carolina. The 22-year-old posted a photo of him cashing out $6,500 worth of poker chips to his Facebook page on Tuesday. According […]
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2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale Final Table PreviewThe 2016 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event drew a field of 342 entries, building a final prize pool of $3,249,000 for the final open WPT main event of the tour’s 14th season. After three full days of play the field has been narrowed down to a final […]
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Pennsylvania Sees New Casino Table Games RecordCasinos across the state of Pennsylvania won $77,914,245 from their table games during the month of March, according to figures from Keystone State gaming regulators. The figure is the new all-time high for the industry there, with March beating December 2015’s $72,223,959. The March win was 11.7-percent better than March 2015. Of the nearly $80 […]
