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Pennsylvania Calls For End To Sports Betting Law

While its lawmakers continue to debate online poker legislation, another Pennsylvania bill, this one aimed to urge Congress to repeal a law pertaining to sports betting, passed a legislative committee Tuesday. The Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee, which discussed online gambling last year, voted 23-1 in favor of HR 619. The move signals the state’s […]

Florida Casino Deal Clears Committee Vote

A bill on the table that would enact a new compact between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe took a a step forward this week. The House Regulatory Affairs Committee approved the agreement by a 12-6 vote Tuesday, according to a report from the Sun Sentinel. The 20-year deal would give Florida $3 […]

2016 POY: Christopher Leong Climbs To 8th Place

February is off to a fast start for the Card Player Player of the Year race. The first week of the second month of 2016 saw several big tournaments wrap up, awarding huge payouts and chunks of POY points. Here is a look at the events that most impacted the standings over the past seven […]

Pair Charged With Felonies For Public Sex Acts In Vegas

A man and a woman were caught in the middle of alleged “sex acts” on the world’s tallest observation wheel in Las Vegas on Friday, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. On Caesars Entertainment’s attraction on the Las Vegas Strip dubbed the “High Roller,” which has all-glass cabins, the pair allegedly were […]

Poker Strategy: Getting Information Out Of Position

One of the first things you learn as a no-limit hold’em student is to avoid playing out of position when possible. Acting first on every betting round is a disadvantage. Playing out of position is indeed a big disadvantage—against strong players. But, when your opponents play the less punishing style typical at $1-$2 and $2-$5, […]

Nevada Sees Record $132M Bet On Super Bowl

The state of Nevada’s 194 sports books collectively had $132.5 million in bets on Super Bowl 50, according to figures released Tuesday by Silver State gaming regulators. The amount wagered was a record, crushing 2014’s $119.4 million. The sports books won $13.3 million on those wagers, which is a hold percentage of 10.1 percent. The […]

Most Consistent Poker Players Of Past Decade

The Card Player Player of the Year race is all about consistency. Winning any one poker tournament is hard enough, but putting together 12 months of results strong enough to make it near the top of the POY leader board is a demonstration of true skill, steadiness and commitment to grinding it out on the […]

Gambler Kills Two Employees At Kenyan Casino

A casino in Kenya was home to a grizzly and bizarre crime Monday. According to a report from the BBC, a gambler who was refused credit at the City View Bar and Restaurant Casino in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district left the property only to return later with a sword and then kill two employees. The report […]

Borgata To Stop Paying Taxes To Atlantic City

Atlantic City owes its largest casino more than $170 million in tax refunds, and now the casino says it is done paying taxes until it gets a large chunk of it back. The Borgata casino says it wants $62.5 million from the city immediately and a court agreed Friday, according to a report from the […]

OoaK App Helps Players Set Up Own Live Games

A new app has hit the market, aimed at bringing a professional home game experience to casual poker players. OoaK, which stands for One of a Kind, takes all of the hassle out of setting up your game. OoaK is what you need to organize your home games. The first version places an emphasis on […]

Wynn Announces Plan For New Poker Room

On Monday, Wynn Las Vegas announced plans for a brand new poker room that will give all poker players what they are looking for. On May 26, 2016, Wynn Las Vegas will open the all-new poker room that will offer guests an elevated experience thanks to a convenient location, in-room amenities and a spacious environment […]

Shak, Bonomo Win $25k Aria 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 February runnings of these small-field, high-stakes tournaments took place over the weekend. The first of the two tournaments drew 53 total entries to build a prize pool of $1,272,000. In the end the […]

Report: Nevada Sports Books Didn't Win Big

Nevada sports books are expected to turn a profit on Sunday’s Super Bowl, but it likely won’t be breaking a record, according to a report from the Las Vegas Sun. Super Bowl 50, which saw the 5.5-point underdog win 24-10, could yield a record for the amount wagered, however. Super Bowl 48 has the record […]

WSOP Rookie Talks About $2 Million Bracelet Bet

A soon-to-be World Series of Poker rookie has a $2 million bonus on the line if he is able to make poker history and win three bracelets. If Poland’s Dzmitry Urbanovich joins Puggy Pearson, Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest, Phil Ivey and Jeff Lisandro as the only men to win three WSOP events in a single […]

Poker Strategy: Delaying Your Continuation Bet

I’d been playing $2-$5 no-limit hold’em for several hours at the Wynn. Myself and one other young-aggressive player were pretty much controlling the table. Both of us were continuously making preflop raises and continuation bets and taking down most to those pots as our opponents were playing a “fit or fold” strategy, one highly susceptible […]

Leong Wins 2016 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open

The 2016 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event drew 1,171 total entries to smash the $3 million guarantee, building a total prize pool of $3,748,371. In the end the largest chunk of that was awarded to Chris Leong, who topped a tough final table to win his first WPT […]

Report: Clinton Portis Wrote Bad Checks To Borgata

Things keep getting worse for one two-time National Football League pro bowler. Former NFL running back Clinton Portis owes $4.8 million to creditors, $170,000 of which comes from a gambling trip to the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City. According to a report from NJ.com, Portis allegedly wrote bad checks to try to pay off […]

Thai Police Use Strange Law To Bust Card Game

A decades-old law in Thailand that says a person can’t be in possession of more than 120 playing cards at a time was used to arrest nearly three dozen card players Monday. According to a report from The Guardian, 50 police and military personnel stormed a bridge game being held at the Thai beach resort […]

Parx Casino Gears Up For Big Stax Poker Series

Parx Casino, located in Bensalem just 20 minutes north of Philadelphia, has had a very vibrant and popular poker room since they first opened their doors in 2010. This month, the casino will bring back the Big Stax XV poker series, which will run from Feb. 9 – Mar. 3 and numerous events with buy-ins […]

Online Poker: Ben 'Sauce123' Sulsky Drops $170K

Roughly 1,500 hands over the past week on PokerStars resulted in $169,000 in losses for American poker pro Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The losses were the second most in the online poker world during the stretch. The New Hampshire native is still up $4.1 million lifetime on PokerStars, which makes […]

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 […]

Delaware Looks At Online Sports Betting

A bill filed in Delaware late last month would allow for the state’s online gaming industry to include limited sports betting. The state’s current online offerings are house-banked table games, video lottery and poker. Delaware, which is the only other state besides Nevada to have casinos with regulated betting on sports, saw its three gambling […]

Massachusetts Signs Off On Wynn Deal

Another week, another hurdle cleared for a new $1.7 billion Las Vegas-style casino near Boston. On Thursday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission approved a deal brokered last month between Wynn Resorts and Boston over the planned casino on a former Monsanto Chemical site in Everett, which sits just outside the city with a metro population of […]

Georgia Still Considering Casino Bill

Could this be the year for Georgia to approve Las Vegas-style casino-resorts? A bill that would allow for voters to decide in November is still on the table, and there could be momentum building as the legislative session ends next month and many are pushing the issue as a way to generate tax revenue. According […]

Card Player Poker Tour Stops At Ocean’s 11

For the first time ever the Card Player Poker Tour stops at Ocean’s 11 Casino in Oceanside, California. Apr. 21-24 for a four-day $240 no-limit hold’em main event. With an estimated prizepool of $100,000, the tournament features three starting days and a final day. The tournament also employs the Quantum Reload concept, which allows players […]

Poker Strategy: Aggression Leads To Position

Today, I want to write a little more about limit hold’em. Specifically, I want to talk about how aggression and position pair together to make a solid preflop strategy. Being aggressive preflop, and by that I mean raising when you come into the pot, leads to having better position after the flop. This, in turn, […]

California Tribe Lands Social Casino Partner

There isn’t legal real-money online poker in California yet, but that isn’t stopping the Pechanga Resort & Casino from venturing into social casino games through a partnership announced Monday. The casino operator and Nevada-based Ruby Seven Studios are teaming up for a social casino platform that will include video poker, bingo, keno, slots and blackjack. […]

Kentucky Considering Las Vegas-Style Casinos

A proposal was introduced Tuesday that, if successful, would lead to Kentuckians voting in November on whether or not to allow casinos in the state. The move would require an amendment to Kentucky’s constitution. There was some momentum for a bill last year, but it didn’t end up gaining traction. Casinos have been discussed for […]

Another Tribe To Vie For New Connecticut Casino

With lawmakers in Connecticut readying the state for a new casino to compete with gambling expansion in neighboring Massachusetts, a third tribe in the Constitution State has indicated its desire to build a new gambling facility. According to a report from The Day, the Kent-based Schaghticoke Tribe announced that it has formed a group to […]

2016 POY Race: Ari Engel In Front

Another action-packed January on the tournament circuit is now in the books. As one would expect, the major tournaments that wrapped up the first month of the year have made some big changes to the top of the leader board in the Card Player Player of the year race. 2016 Here is a look at […]