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CCPT: Wynn Results

The Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Series began Feb. 24 and runs until March 15. Take a look at the latest results. Event: $600 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Players: 114 Prize Pool: $60,267 Place Name Winnings 1st Olav Prinz Von Sachsen $11,643 2nd Steven Stolzmann $10,749 3rd Paul Quade $8,098 4th Richard Walker $7,500 5th James […]

2016 WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event Preview

The Commerce Casino is home to the largest poker room in the world, with 160 tables ready for top flight poker action all day every day. From beginner-friendly low-stakes games to some of the biggest cash games in the world, there is something for everyone at The Commerce. In addition to it’s cash game offerings […]

Nevada Poker Rooms Rake $9.5M In January

Nevada’s 71 poker rooms in January collectively raked $9.5 million, according to figures released Friday by Silver State gaming regulators. The revenue was a 2.85-percent decline compared to January of last year. Nevada’s 71 poker rooms had a combined 661 tables last month. January 2015 had 687 tables statewide. The Las Vegas Strip area had […]

Global Gambling Market Growing At 11 Percent

Between now and 2020, the global online gambling market is expected to see a compound annual growth rate of nearly 11 percent, according to analysis released late last year from research group Technavio. The global online gambling market is currently worth around $37 billion a year, as about 85 nations across the world have chosen […]

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 […]

PokerStars To Launch In New Jersey Next Month

The launch date for PokerStars in New Jersey is finally known. Amaya Gaming, the parent of PokerStars and its affiliated brands, said Thursday that it expects to “initially launch” PokerStars in the Garden State on Monday, Mar. 21. Though Montreal-based Amaya has long done business in New Jersey, the state gave the PokerStars platform a […]

2016 POY Race: Dzmitry Urbanovich Climbs To 7th

The European Poker Tour Dublin festival and the World Poker tour Fallsview Poker Classic are now in the books and as a result there have been some changes to the leader board in the 2016 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the events that most impacted the rankings over […]

Virginia Lawmakers Send DFS Bill To Governor

Virginia Senators approved a bill Wednesday that would regulate daily fantasy sports sites operating within its borders. The approval comes just days after the House signed off on the bill, which means that it’s now on the governor’s desk. Though many other states are looking at DFS regulation or at least how the games fit […]

David Ormsby Wins WPT Fallsview Poker Classic

David Ormsby has won the 2016 World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic $5,000 CAD buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The 26-year-old poker pro based out of Ottawa, Ontario outlasted a total field of 423 entrants to capture his first WPT title, the $278,537 CAD ($278,537 USD) first-place prize and 1,440 Card Player Player of the […]

Freebuy Super Series Returns To Americas Cardroom

No other site gives players free shots at real money like Americas Cardroom. Everyone’s favorite free-to-enter tournament series is back with $150,000 in prize pool guarantees! The Freebuy Super Series III runs from Friday, Feb. 26 through Sunday, Mar. 6 and has 57 action-packed events that each cost $0 to enter. All you need to […]

Swedish Court Overturns Poker Bot Convictions

An appeals court in Sweden last week overturned a fraud conviction for five people who designed a poker-playing bot and used it on the state-owned poker site Svenska Spel. The equivalent of about $450,000 was returned to more than 25,000 players who played against the bot beginning in 2013. The District Court had sentenced the […]

Kara Scott Inks New Poker Sponsorship Deal

Canadian poker pro Kara Scott said this week that she is the newest sponsored player for online poker site 888, which has a presence in all three U.S. states with regulated real-money online poker. Scott, who has more than $550,000 in lifetime tournament earnings, ended a four-year business relationship with PartyPoker in 2014. She served […]

PokerStars' Parent Files Appeal In KY Dispute

The parent company of industry-leading PokerStars said Tuesday that is has filed a notice of appeal in its ongoing dispute with the state of Kentucky. Amaya Gaming said it posted a $100 million supersedeas bond to stay enforcement of the $870 million order during the appeals process. A Kentucky judge late last year said that […]

Wynn's Boston-Area Casino Put 'On Hold'

Just when it looked like all the obstacles for a $1.7 billion Boston-area casino for Steve Wynn had been removed, the neighboring city of Somerville has figured out a way to put the project back on ice. Wynn Resorts said Wednesday that the casino has been put on hold until Somerville’s legal fight against the […]

Card Player Poker Tour Antes Up at Wynn

Great action, excellent service and the upscale vibe you’ve come to expect from a Wynn experience: That’s what you’ll find when the Card Player Poker Tour kicks off with the Wynn Classic in the Poker Room at Steve Wynn’s award-winning resort. Beginning February 24 with a $600 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors $50,000 guarantee, the series features […]

Dan Gilbert Unveils New Brand For His Casinos

The Horseshoe casino brand will soon be gone from the state of Ohio as billionaire Dan Gilbert’s Rock Gaming announced this week that it will now be called Jack Entertainment. That means that Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati will be called Jack Cincinnati Casino, according to Cincinnati.com. Likewise for Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. Both will have new names […]

Kansas Poker Room Raid Leads To Arrests

Authorities in Wichita arrested eight people Friday evening at a poker room that they claim violates state gambling laws. According to The Wichita Eagle, the raid was conducted at Nilla’s Poker Room. Police obtained a search warrant for the business after receiving complaints from the public about the commercial poker room. The report said that […]

Save Big With Card Player Cruises

For a limited time only, you can save big by booking a trip with Card Player Cruises aboard Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas for a seven-night Alaska Sawyer Glacier Cruise. From now until Mar. 9, Card Player Cruises is offering fares that are between $300 and $500 lower than you can find anywhere else. […]

2016 World Series of Poker Schedule Announced

The 2016 World Series of Poker’s finalized schedule has just been announced. The full listing of events can now be found in Card Player’s tournament section. This year the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will host 69 events from May 31 – July 18. The WSOP also announced that it has made […]

MGM Casino In Massachusetts Clears Another Hurdle

It’s hard to keep tabs on just how many approvals MGM Resorts has accumulated along the way for its upcoming $950 million casino in Springfield, Massachusetts. However, the casino operator cleared a big one Monday when the Springfield City Council signed off on changes to the casino’s design. According to Masslive.com, the council voted 12-1 […]

Mark Cuban: Playing DFS Like Owning NBA Team

Billionaire investor and NBA owner Mark Cuban penned an op-ed for USA Today explaining why daily fantasy sports sites are here to stay despite some state governments claiming the contests amount to gambling. Cuban, who is an investor in SportsRadar and Fantasy Labs, said that playing DFS is akin to running a NBA team. Cuban […]

Samantha Abernathy: A Poker Star In The Making

Las Vegas-based poker pro Samantha Abernathy is on the rise thanks to a breakout performance in January’s Aussie Millions main event. The Atlanta, Georgia native was able to outlast more than 700 players in Australia’s flagship annual tournament. The 24-year-old now has more than $500,000 in career earnings after beginning her poker career roughly two […]

Borgata Casino Finds New Online Gaming Partner

New Jersey’s largest casino has found a new partner for online gaming. The Borgata casino announced Friday that it is teaming up with United Kingdom-based GAN, formerly GameAccount Network, for online casino games as well as a new product, dubbed “Simulated Gaming.” Borgata’s original online gaming partner, Bwin.party Digital Entertainment, was recently acquired by rival […]

Lance Armstrong To Help Bilzerian With Prop Bet

Disgraced former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong thinks Instagram celebrity and high-stakes poker player Dan Bilzerian can easily win a $1.2 million cycling prop bet and has even offered to help Bilzerian prepare for it. The UFC’s Joe Rogan apparently is the man bringing Armstrong and Bilzerian together for the prepartion for the prop bet, which […]

New California Online Poker Bill Introduced

California will have another chance to legalize real-money online poker this year with a new bill introduced Friday by two Golden State lawmakers. Assemblyman Adam Gray and Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer put forth the state’s latest attempt at regulating the card games, AB 2863. The online poker-only legislation comes about six weeks after a separate online […]

Dzmitry Urbanovich Wins EPT Dublin Main Event

Although he is only 20 years old, Dzmitry Urbanovich has already cemented himself as one of the top players on the international tournament circuit. On Saturday, the Polish poker pro added another $632,279 to his lifetime earnings for winning the European Poker Tour Dublin main event, bringing his total live winnings to nearly $4.2 million. […]

Poker Strategy: Stepping On Up, Stepping On Down

As your skills grow, you’ll be faced with the decision of whether or not to move up in stakes. It’s a choice some make frantically when super-stuck in an effort to get even. But when you’re emotionally frazzled, that’s a terrible time for decisions about either life or poker strategy adjustments. Like most decisions, doing […]

TV Producer Blew $100M Fortune Gambling: Report

The creator of the hit TV shows NYPD Blue and Deadwood has a gambling addiction so severe that it resulted in him losing a $100 million fortune, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. A lawsuit related to his financial situation filed last year revealed that writer-producer David Milch lost $25 million just between […]

MGM Delays Opening Of $3B Macau Casino

MGM Resorts International said Thursday in a news release that its new $3 billion casino in Macau won’t be opening this year. The city recently saw its 20th straight month of year-over-year casino win decline. MGM said that its gaming revenue in Macau for 2015 was $2.2 billion, down 33 percent compared to 2014. The […]

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 […]