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What Did You Do With The Money: Vanessa Rousso

One of the best reasons to play poker tournaments is because you can win a life-changing amount of money for a minimal investment. Poker players are known for their extravagant jet-setting lifestyles that include some of the finest trinkets money can buy. In this series, we get a glimpse into what poker players do with […]

WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Kicks Off Monday

The World Poker Tour has wrapped up with the L.A. Poker Classic and will now continue it’s California Swing in San Jose at the Bay 101 Casino. The series is highlighted by the unique $7,500 World Poker Tour Shooting Star no-limit hold’em main event begins on March 7th and runs until the 11th, with days […]

Florida Lawmakers Reject Compact With Seminoles

Florida lawmakers on Friday rejected a new gambling compact with the Seminoles, putting the state’s cut of the multi-billion-dollar tribal gambling market in the Sunshine State at risk. Late last year, Florida Gov. Rick Scott negotiated a new gambling compact that would have given the state $3 billion in revenue sharing payments over the next […]

Poker Strategy: The Changing Value Of Cards

At the end of January, I was at the Poker Night in America cash game and tournament at Thunder Valley Casino outside of Sacramento, California. As I was getting ready to play, a gentleman who is a student at ThePokerAcademy.com came up and introduced himself. He asked me a few questions about poker, but one […]

Video: David Baker On High Only Omaha 8/ob Hands

Omaha eight-or-better is one of the most commonly spread live poker games outside of texas hold’em at lower stakes. If you are looking to try something new in the poker world, this might be one of the most accessible games to try your hand in. That being said, starting with four cards and having the […]

Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Results

The Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Series began Feb. 24 and runs until March 15. Take a look at the latest results. Tournament:$300 Survivor $25,000 Guarantee Players: 130 Prize Pool: $25,000 1st Carlos Alaniz $2,500 2nd Tevis Pappas $2,500 3rd Michael Anderson $2,500 4th Ty Durekas $2,500 5th Aaron Hyatt $2,500 6th Dylan Collingwood $2,500 […]

Online Poker: Dan Cates Drops $260K In February

Maryland native Dan “w00ki3z” Cates dropped $260,000 on PokerStars during the month of February, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The losses were the most in the online poker world during the stretch. Cates was up roughly $70,000 on the year in mid-January, but for the most part his 2016 has been lackluster thus far. […]

Maryland Casino Offering Trips To Outer Space

Maryland’s largest casino is offering gamblers a chance to win a trip to outer space. Maryland Live! Casino, located in Hanover, has a promotion going through the end of March that will award four $75,000 tickets to outer space. The casino partnered with an Arizona company that doesn’t have a name yet for the promotion, […]

Dietrich Fast Wins 2016 WPT LAPC Main Event

German poker pro Dietrich Fast has won the 2016 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, defeating a field of 515 players en route to his first WPT title and the first-place prize of $1,000,800. Fast also scored 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This […]

Poker Strategy With Ed Miller: My Preflop Philosophy

People ask more questions about preflop strategy than anything else. When to raise. How much to raise. How to vary raise sizes. When to limp. When to reraise. What hands to play from early position. When to make exceptions. And so on. These questions all have a relatively specific answer in some types of no-limit […]

Rhode Island House Passes Bill For New Casino

A bill on the table that would allow Rhode Island voters to decide whether a new casino can be built in the town of Tiverton is moving through legislature. According to a report from the Associated Press, Rhode Island’s House of Representatives voted 96-4 Wednesday in favor of the referendum. The bill was still making […]

Florida Unlikely To Approve New Gaming Compact

Legislation to establish a new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe is stalled in the Florida Senate and likely won’t be moving anywhere this legislative session, according to a report from Tampabay.com. It’s bad news for a state that benefits economically from the Seminole Tribe’s gaming operations that have propelled Florida to the third largest […]

Tribal Gaming Revenue Hits Record Level

Casinos from Native American groups took in a record $28.9 billion from gamblers in 2014, according to Casino City’s annual Indian Gaming Industry Report, which was released Thursday. There were 243 Native American tribes operating nearly 352,000 gaming machines and nearly 7,800 table games in 489 gaming facilities across 28 states, the report said. Though […]

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 […]

What You Need To Develop A Winning Poker Game

Much is said about the importance of the will to win. But what is often overlooked and of greater importance is the will to prepare to win. Developing a winning game requires developing the skill sets required to win. And it’s not going to be easy! There are many facets to growing a winning game; […]

Revel Casino To Re-Open In June, Owner Says

A $2.4 billion casino in Atlantic City that has been closed since the fall of 2014 is going to re-open in June, its owner said this week. Florida businessman Glenn Straub, who bought the casino last year for four cents on the dollar, told the Associated Press that part of the property will again be […]

Taj Mahal Re-Investment Uncertain, Billionaire Says

This could be bad news for poker players hoping for a re-opening of the Trump Taj Mahal’s poker room. Billionaire Carl Icahn told the Associated Press Wednesday that if Garden State lawmakers and state voters allow casinos in north Jersey he won’t be spending $100 million on upgrades and other enhancements to the Taj, which […]

Mayweather: Want To Stop Betting On Sports

Las Vegas sports books may lose one of their biggest customers if he ends up owning at least part of a professional basketball team. At a press conference Monday for the upcoming Adrien Broner-Ashley Theophane fight, boxing star Floyd Mayweather said that he is considering trying to become an owner of an NBA team, according […]

Phil Hellmuth: Donald Trump The 'Ultimate' LAG

2006 World Series of Poker main event champ Jamie Gold already weighed in on the presidential race on Fox News, and now the 1989 winner is giving his thoughts on the situation as November approaches. In an interview with TheStreet, 14-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth said that Donald Trump, a former casino owner in […]

2016 POY Race: Anthony Gregg Climbs To Fourth

February is now in the books in the 2016 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the events that most impacted the rankings as the POY moves into March: 2016 L.A. Poker Classic $250,000 Guaranteed $5,250 NLH The World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 buy-in main event is currently […]

New Jersey Inching Toward Casino Vote

A legislative committee in New Jersey held a hearing Monday on the plan for a November referendum to decide whether to allow two casinos in the northern part of the state. According to the Associated Press, opponents of the new casinos, which could be built in East Rutherford and Jersey City, expressed concerns that they […]

Gold Appears On Fox News To Talk Election Odds

According to 2006 World Series of Poker main event champion Jamie Gold, roughly $200 million will be bet on the upcoming presidential election. Gold appeared on Fox News this week to talk about the betting odds (video below). After being introduced as an “expert odds analyst,” Gold explained that betting lines on the race help […]

Georgia Casino Bill Likely Dead For 2016

A bill aiming to authorize Las Vegas-style casinos in the state of Georgia is likely off the table for the remainder of the year. According to a report from the Associated Press, Georgia House Speaker David Ralston said Monday that he would not call the bill and the accompanying constitutional amendment needed to authorize the […]

Chance Kornuth Discusses $25k Final Table Spree

Chance Kornuth has experienced a worldwide whirlwind of high roller poker tournament success so far in 2016. The 29-year-old has made three final tables already this year, each coming in a $25,000 buy-in event and each taking place on a different continent. Kornuth began by finishing seventh in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 high roller […]

Macau Casinos Have Best Month In Nearly 2 Years

The three dozen casinos in Macau reported gaming revenue of $2.4 billion in February, a figure that was nearly unchanged from a year ago, the city’s government said Tuesday. According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the dip of less than one percent year-over-over is the strongest performance for the casinos in 21 […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From February

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. February was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

Trump Taj Mahal Casino Exits Bankruptcy

A casino in Atlantic City with the brand name of the leading Republican presidential candidate officially had a new owner as of last week. The Trump Taj Mahal emerged from bankruptcy Friday and is now wholly owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, according to a report from the Associated Press. Icahn also owns the Tropicana in […]

Mohegan Sun Wins South Korean Casino License

A plan for a $5 billion casino complex in South Korea from U.S.-based casino operator Mohegan Sun won approval Friday. According to a report from The Day, the win is good news for the tribe, which operates a casino in Connecticut, because in the past couple of years it failed to win licenses in New […]

Maryland House Passes Poker Home Game Bill

Though you can host and/or play in a poker home game in Maryland and not really worry about being arrested, the law says it’s technically illegal. Maryland lawmakers are trying once again to change that, if you’re willing to adhere to certain restrictions. A bill cleared Maryland’s House of Delegates last week that would remove […]

Poker Strategy: Hand Selection In Limit Hold'em

Recently I have been writing about the value of aggression and position in limit hold’em. I have been focusing on how being aggressive preflop increases your chances of being in position post-flop. I’ve also talked about how being the player with the tempo from preflop makes all your hands more profitable post-flop. There is one […]