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WSOP Global Casino Championship Announced

On Monday, April 4 it was announced that the 12th season of the World Series of Poker Circuit will conclude with the newly-named WSOP Global Casino Championship (formerly the WSOP National Championship) event taking place at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina. The $1 million guaranteed freeroll event will run from August 9 […]

Marchese, Kenney Win April Aria $25k High Rollers

For the last few years Aria has played host to back-to-back $25,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em high roller events each month. The 2016 April runnings of these small-field, high-stakes tournaments took place over this past weekend. 2016 Aria High Roller XXVIII The high-rollin’ weekend kicked off with the first of two tournaments at 2:00 PM local […]

State In India Approves Online Poker Legislation

Online poker is continuing to gain ground in India, as another state in the country is now viewing the game as skill-based and legal. According to Glaws.in, the Indian state of Nagaland has approved a piece of legislation dubbed the “Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill.” The process […]

Tribe Set To Break Ground On MA Casino

A Native American tribe with land within the state of Massachusetts is set to break ground on its new casino this week. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is planning the ceremony for Tuesday, with the first phase of the casino scheduled to open in the summer of 2017, according to Indian Country Today Media Network. The […]

Amaya Gets 6-Month Renewal Of PokerStars License

The parent company of PokerStars has received a renewal of its license to operate the platform in the U.S. state of New Jersey, one of three with legal online poker, the company said last week. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement gave approval to Amaya Gaming for the PokerStars and Full Tilt brands on […]

A Poker Life: Ari Engel

Many players attempt to reach the top of the poker world by exhibiting not only a brash confidence in their skills, but also a willingness to put it all on the line. As the greatest poker pros will attest to, you need to have a lot of gamble in you and almost a complete disregard […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From March

The gambling world can sometimes produce really off-the-wall stories. Every month there are plenty of cases of individuals going to extreme lengths to pay back debts, or of simply bizarre behavior at casino properties around the globe. It can be entertaining and sometimes sad. March was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

Macau Casinos Win $2.3 Billion In March

Macau’s casinos won $2.3 billion off of gamblers during the month of March, according to figures released Friday by the city’s government. That was a decline of 16.3 percent compared to the same month the year prior. Macau gaming win has fallen year-over-year for 22 consecutive months. Combined with January and February, gaming win was […]

Online Poker: Viktor Blom Loses $330K In A Week

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom didn’t play a whole lot during January and February, but during the month of March the Swede logged tens of thousands of hands and is currently in a $370,000 hole on 2016, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Roughly $330,000 of those losses came over the past week. Most of his 50,000 […]

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 […]

Amaya Faces Class Action Suit After Charges Against CEO

Roughly a week after insider trading charges were announced against Amaya CEO David Baazov, a prominent law firm announced a class action suit against the company. According to a press release, the law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP has filed class action litigation in federal court in New York against the company […]

WPT SHR Poker Open Festival Kicks Off Today

A new-look World Poker Tour season-ending event is making it’s debut at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida as part of the massive 2016 SHR Poker Showdown tournament festival which kicks off on Thursday, Mar. 21 with the first of 31 tournaments slated over the 25-day schedule. For many years the […]

Dan Bilzerian Wins $1.2 Million Cycling Bet

While there hasn’t been an official announcement yet, high-stakes gambler Dan Bilzerian has successfully completed his 300 mile Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles cycling prop bet, which netted him roughly $1 million, according to various posts on Twitter. Hedge fund manager and fellow poker player Bill Perkins, who bet $600,000 against Bilzerian, said on Twitter in the […]

2016 POY Race: Ari Engel Extends Lead

It was another busy week in the 2016 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the events that most impacted the rankings over the past seven days: 2016 WSOP Harrah’s Atlantic City $1,675 Main Event Robert Kuhn emerged victorious in the 2016 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Atlantic City […]

WSOP Champ Blames Media For Having To Wake Up Early

Poker’s year-long ambassador took to Twitter this week to express his discontent with many WSOP tournaments this year beginning at 11 a.m., explaining that poker players “have been getting sh-t on because of the media ever since I started playing live poker.” Joe McKeehen, who won the 2015 World Series of Poker main event for […]

Nevada Poker Revenue Increases 5% In February

Nevada poker rooms raked $8,975,000 in the month of February, which was a 5.44-percent increase compared to the same month a year ago, according to figures released Wednesday by Nevada gaming regulators. The Silver State had 71 poker rooms with a combined 660 tables during the month. That was the same number of rooms and […]

PA Supreme Court Says Philly Casino Needs Review

A new casino in the city of Philadelphia was dealt a poor hand from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court this week. The court said that the state Gaming Control Board must take a closer look at the license, according to a report from Philly.com. The planned $450 million casino from Cordish Cos. of Baltimore and Greenwood […]

Esfandiari Wins WSOP Circuit Bicycle Main Event

Antonio Esfandiari is one of poker’s brightest stars, so it’s only fitting that he won his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring in the global center of entertainment: Los Angeles. The man known as “The Magician” outlasted a field of 756 entries in the 2016 WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino $1,675 no-limit hold’em main […]

Court: New Card Games Unpatentable Without New Deck

A federal circuit court ruling earlier this month said that you will have a very difficult time being able to get a patent on a new card game using the standard 52-playing card deck. Two individuals were trying to get a patent on a new way of dealing and playing blackjack, but the court found […]

Rapper Arrested For Using Fake $50 Bills At Casino

Martrel Reeves, better known by his stage name “Fat Trel,” was arrested by police Tuesday for allegedly using counterfeit $50 bills at Maryland Live! Casino. According to a report from complex.com, Trel was detained by the authorities after trying to use nine fake $50 bills to gamble with. He was later charged. The report said […]

PokerStars Tops New Jersey Market After Week 1

After only a week of being fully launched in New Jersey via Atlantic City, PokerStars has jumped to the top of the online poker traffic rankings in the Garden State. According to PokerScout, PokerStars NJ, which only allows players physically located within New Jersey to play against others also physically located within New Jersey, has […]

High-Stakes Poker Player Wins Another MMA Fight

High-stakes poker player Terrence Chan was the winner in a MMA fight two weekends ago in Manila, his sixth career fight on his way to hopefully one day making the UFC. Chan, who weighed in at roughly 125 pounds, took “precisely zero damage” in his speedy victory, according to his blog that gave a recap […]

Kuhn Wins WSOPC Harrah's Atlantic City Main Event

Robert Kuhn has won the 2016 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Atlantic City $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event, outlasting a field of 370 entries to win his first _WSOP Circuit) gold ring and the $122,098 first-place prize. The 25-year-old poker pro from Barnesville, Ohio also scored 600 Card Player Player of the year points […]

Poker Strategy: Live Play Learning Tools

The advent of high-speed computers and the growth of poker wisdom from previous data have advanced poker knowledge dramatically in the last 15 years. The game has passed by many top players from the pre-2000 era who haven’t kept on top of the knowledge growth. There is a wealth of new poker information out there […]

March Madness Bet On Syracuse Could Yield $100K

Syracuse, the first no. 10 seed to make the NCAA March Madness Final Four, could give one Las Vegas gambler a $100,000 payday. According to a report from ESPN, Syracuse had odds as long as 1,000-1 in mid-January when the school’s record was 10-7, and at least one gambler stands to win a six-figure sum […]

Massachusetts Becomes Third State To Regulate DFS

Following similar moves by Virginia and Indiana, the state of Massachusetts on Friday announced regulations for the booming daily fantasy sports industry. The regulations were expected for quite some time from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and they could help further the push for online poker. The purpose of the move to regulate DFS was […]

CPTV Classic: Gus Hansen On Heads-Up Strategy

Gus Hansen has cashed for more than $9.8 million in live poker tournaments over his career. He is one of only three players to ever win three World Poker Tour main event titles, alongside Carlos Mortensen and Anthony Zinno. He has also won the Aussie Millions main event, a run he documented in his popular […]

New York Online Poker Legalization This Summer?

It hasn’t been California or Pennsylvania grabbing the most attention on the online poker front this month. The state of New York, which has flirted with regulating the online card game for a few years now, appears poised for a real run in 2016. There is already stand-alone online poker legislation on the table, and […]

Indiana Governor Signs DFS Legislation

Indiana this week became the second state in the country to pass a bill to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports websites. Gov. Mike Pence signed Senate Bill 339# on Thursday, a week after the legislation arrived on his desk, according to a report from the Indy Star. Earlier this month, Virginia enacted a DFS […]

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 […]