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Robot Card Dealer Pitched To Casinos: Report

Bots are close to being able to beat the very best poker players in the world in heads-up no-limit hold’em, and eventually robots could be the ones dealing cards in some casinos. According to a report from Bloomberg, Hong Kong-based Paradise Entertainment Ltd. unveiled a human-like card dealer in Macau this month, one that the […]

MA Regulator Hints At Online Poker Regulation

With the daily fantasy sports industry on the minds of a lot of gambling regulators across the country, the state of Massachusetts, home to Boston-based DraftKings, is considering regulations for the booming industry. It could be good news for poker players. Because both are considered forms of online gaming, there is word in the Bay […]

Rose Admits Still Gambling On Baseball In Vegas

On Monday, Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball, decided to uphold Pete Rose’s permanent ban from the MLB for gambling. Rose’s continued betting on sports in Las Vegas was cited as a reason for him seeing his third attempt at reinstatement fail. At a press conference on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Rose explained his […]

2015 WPT Bellagio Five Diamond Main Event Draws 639

Registration is closed and the numbers are in for the 2015 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic. With 639 total entries the total prizepool swelled to $6,198,300. This is the second biggest turnout ever for this event, with the record being 664 players in season XI, back in 2007. It’s worth noting, though, […]

2015 POY Race: Steve O'Dwyer Climbs To Sixth Place

The final countdown is on in the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the tournaments that made the biggest impact on the POY standings over the past seven days: EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller Steve O’Dwyer became the sixth player of 2015 to win four or more […]

Brazil Casino Bill Clears Committee

A bill that would legalize up to 35 casinos in Brazil cleared a committee vote this week, according to a report from CalvinAyre. The legislation would put a casino in every state, with up to three in the larger states. The legislation would also allow for online betting. The move to legalize casino gambling comes […]

Australians Gambling At Record Levels

Australia’s gambling industry is at record levels, with people in the country having spent A$24.1 billion on gambling over the past 12 months, according to a report from Bloomberg. That’s nearly $17.4 billion in USD and an increase of six percent year-over-year. An average of A$1,000 is lost by every person in the country each […]

New Jersey I-Gaming Industry Has Record Month

New Jersey online gambling operators took in $13.2 million during the month of November, compared to $8.7 million in November 2014, reflecting an increase of 51.3 percent, according to figures released Monday by state gambling regulators. The $13.2 million is a new monthly record for the state’s still-young I-gaming industry. November beat out March’s $13.16 […]

PA Online Gaming Bill Shelved Until The Spring

An online gaming bill sitting in Pennsylvania’s House will not pass this year, but it will be up for consideration in the spring, Card Player was told Monday by the office of Rep. John Payne, the sponsor of the legislation. The legislation passed out of committee in November, and it was up for a possible […]

2015 WPT Bellagio Five Diamond Kicks Off Today

The 2015 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic main event at Bellagio in Las Vegas kicks off today at noon. This event has been one of the tournament circuit’s key events each year, drawing large fields in search of one last shot at a huge payday or more Card Player Player of the […]

Minnesota Poker HoF Inducts New Members

On Friday, the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame announced that poker pros Blake Bohn (pictured left) and “Minneapolis” Jim Meehan are its class of 2015. Blake Bohn, who hails from Savage, Minn., has been a cash game player since the 1990s, but has managed to accumulate more than $2.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings as […]

NJ Eyes Referendum On Casinos Outside AC

New Jersey residents will get the chance to approve casinos outside of Atlantic City in November, under a deal announced last week by Garden State lawmakers. The referendum would be on whether there should be two casinos in the northern part of the state. The locations will not be part of the ballot question, according […]

Poker Strategy: Polarized Hand Ranges

In my last article, I wrote about using your chips as weapons on paired boards. The best cases are situations where the flop has come with a pair of high-ish middle cards and a small side card, like 9-9-4. I suggested that when you check-raise the flop, your opponent has a very tough time playing […]

CPTV Video Spotlight: Zinno Wins First WSOP Bracelet

2015 has been an incredible year on the tournament circuit, with several players putting together performances worthy of the Card Player Player of the Year award. There can be only one winner though, and as the end of the year rapidly approaches the player in pole position is Anthony Zinno. The 34-year-old from Cranston, Rhode […]

Philly City Council Approves Casino Plan

The plan for a $500 million casino in South Philadelphia received its final approval from the Philadelphia City Council on Thursday. The project now just needs to see the Pennsylvania Supreme Court uphold its license. The Las Vegas-style casino, to be called Live! Hotel & Casino Philadelphia, will join SugarHouse Casino as the only casinos […]

Online Poker: Mikael Thuritz Wins $318,000

Swedish poker pro Mikael Thuritz was the king of the online poker world over the past seven days. The long-time high-stakes grinder took in $318,000 after 10 unique sessions since last Friday, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The winnings have brought his lifetime earnings on PokerStars under the screen name “ChaoRen160” to $871,358. He […]

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 […]

No Vote Yet On Pennsylvania Online Gaming Bill

A bill aiming to legalize and regulate online poker in the Keystone State was up for consideration in the House on Wednesday and Thursday, and lawmakers failed to vote on it, but the door is still open for a possible vote in the coming days. Several amendments were added to House Bill 649 on Wednesday. […]

O'Dwyer Wins 2015 EPT Prague €50k Super High Roller

Steve O’Dwyer has bookended 2015 with massive tournament wins. He began by winning the first super high roller event of the year, the $100,000 buy-in PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. How as the year comes to a close he has emerged victorious in the 2015 European Poker Tour Prague €50,000 Super High Roller, the final event of […]

Rhode Island Casino Opens Poker Room

Rhode Island’s Twin River Casino opened up a 16-table poker room on Thursday, after beginning to flirt with the idea earlier this year. It’s the state’s only poker room. The games offered are Texas hold’em and seven-card stud, and the room is open from noon to 4 a.m. during the week, but hours are expanded […]

Poker Player Accused Of Laundering Money Through Casinos

The feds have busted an alleged conspiracy in San Diego County to launder millions in profits from high-stakes poker games, according to a report from NBC San Diego. Seven Mile Casino and the Black Jack Palomar Casino were raided Wednesday by authorities. Authorities issued arrest warrants for 25 people altogether. They said that David Stroj, […]

Michigan Senate Passes Charity Poker Bill

A bill that would put tighter controls on charity poker in Michigan cleared the state Senate this week by a vote of 34-4, according to MLive.com. The legislation now moves on to the House for consideration. The proposal, Senate Bill 187, aims to put into law what Michigan gaming regulators already did to place greater […]

2015 POY Race: Taylor Paur Joins Top Ten

Time is running out in the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race and the top POY contenders are scrambling to make a last-minute move. Here is a look at the tournaments that made the biggest impact on the POY standings over the past seven days: Aria $25,000 High Rollers XIX and XX The […]

Congress Discusses Fledgling Online Poker Industry

A Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss a bill that would ban regulated online poker nationwide was mostly unfavorable to the virtual version of the card game, but that probably didn’t come as a surprise to anyone. In the first hearing on RAWA since March, the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee was home […]

Poker Central Signs Long-Term TV Deal

The world’s only 24/7 television network devoted to poker has inked a deal to expand its viewership. Las Vegas-based Poker Central made the announcement Monday in a press release. The news comes the week after the much-anticipated premier of the Poker Central’s $250,000 buy-in Super High Roller Cash Game, which was filmed this past summer […]

Woman Rejects Plea Deal For Stealing $25K Chip

A woman in New York has rejected a plea deal for allegedly stealing a $25,000 chip from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun in February. The deal called for a $5,000 fine and would have let her avoid a possible prison sentence. The woman, 42-year-old Moira Canty, would have still had a felony conviction on her record, and […]

Feds To Hold Online Poker Hearing Today

An anti-online poker hearing will take place at 1 p.m. EST on Capitol Hill today. The hearing, dubbed “A Casino in Every Smartphone — Law Enforcement Implications,” will be on the efforts to “restore” America’s 1961 Wire Act and ban online gaming nationwide. The legislation would even attempt to stop existing online gaming industries in […]

Poker Pros To Fight In Charity Fundraiser

It’s not a huge prop bet, but poker pros Brian Rast and Sorel Mizzi will be fighting later this month. The event is a fundraiser for REG Charity, a Switzerland-based group backed by several top poker players. Rast and Mizzi will be boxing for four two-minute rounds at Syndicate MMA Gym in Las Vegas. Tickets […]

Weinman Wins WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Main Event

The 2015 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event featured a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. When all was said and done a record turnout of 1,010 total entries were made in the tournament, easily surpassing the guarantee by over half of a million dollars. In the end Atlanta, Georgia’s […]

Pennsylvania House To Vote On Online Poker

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania’s House will vote Wednesday on a bill that would legalize online gaming for the state’s brick-and-mortar casinos. The Poker Players Alliance, a grassroots lobbying group on Capitol Hill, said on Twitter that HB 649 will get the much-anticipated House vote. The measure passed a House subcommittee last month. The bill also includes […]