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De Niro, Packer Casino Bill OK'd In Barbuda

A proposed $250 million casino in Antigua and Barbuda from Australian billionaire casino developer James Packer and Hollywood movie star Robert De Niro cleared a major hurdle last week after being stuck in political gridlock. The nation’s government approved the so-called Paradise Found bill, according to a report from the Guardian. The bill gives them […]

Super High Roller Cash Game Premieres Wednesday

Poker Central, the world’s only 24/7 poker television network, has announced the premiere of the $250,000 buy-in Super High Roller Cash Game on December 2nd, with two hours of action starting at 8:00 PM Eastern. The huge cash game featured several different lineups that included some of the biggest names in the game, such as […]

Yuri Martins Wins 2015 LAPT Grand Final

The eighth season of the Latin American Poker Tour has come to a close, with the ultimate event being the LAPT Grand Final in São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 426 entries were made in the R$10,000 Brazilian real ($2,572USD) buy-in event. In the end Yuri Martens emerged victorious, capturing the title and the R$652,509 […]

Inmate Can't Sue Newspaper Over Gambling Odds

A Pennsylvania inmate won’t be allowed to continue with his lawsuit against a newspaper that stopped printing Las Vegas gambling odds, a move that harmed his alleged illicit prison gambling operation. The man, 60-year-old Alton Brown, claimed a breach of contract after USA Today discontinued that section of the paper not long after Brown had […]

Win A Watch In A Poker Game? There's An Easy Way To Sell It

Watches and poker. The two go together in more ways than one. Poker is obviously a game played with the hands, so having a nice watch on your wrist is very visible, and it says something. Poker pros are known for collecting expensive watches and showing them off at the table. It’s more common to […]

Thief Takes $500K Outside Detroit Casino

A man took $500,000 from an armored truck outside of Detroit’s Greektown Casino this past weekend, according to a report from WLS-TV Detroit. The thief reportedly was dressed as a security guard and was able to take several bags of cash without brandishing a weapon. He simply walked away after tricking an employee of the […]

Nevada Poker Rooms Take In $8.7M In October

Revenue from Nevada’s live and online poker tables was $8,730,000 in October. The amount was a 0.15 percent decline compared to October 2014, according to the figures released Monday by Silver State gaming regulators. There were 71 poker rooms with a combined 663 tables this October. The Las Vegas Strip area had 310 of those […]

Ivey Given Hearing To Appeal Crockfords Decision

Phil Ivey still has some outs. The poker legend will have a court hearing Dec. 10 after being granted permission to appeal a ruling in the United Kingdom that allowed a London casino to keep the money he won while edge sorting in baccarat, according to a press release from his legal team. In October […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From November

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

Bicycle Casino Gets New Look With Hotel Expansion

The Bicycle Casino, a staple of the Los Angeles poker scene since 1984, is all set to unveil the result of a project to turn the beloved card room into a full fledged casino resort on Dec. 1. The Bike, as it is known to regulars, will officially be rebranded as the Bicycle Hotel & […]

CPTV Classic: Timex Talks Poker Preflop Checklist

The holidays are upon us, and with them come the many forms of holiday lists. For thanksgiving many might enumerate the people and things that they feel appreciative of. Many parents around the country will then be receiving wish lists from their children, who weeks away from Christmas are already eagerly anticipating opening their presents. […]

Online Poker: Dan Cates Wins $263,000

Poker pro Dan “jungleman12” Cates won roughly $263,000 on the Internet over the past week, which was one of his few winning seven-day periods this year, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. It took him 23 unique sessions and 4,300 hands to win that six-figure sum. The winnings have helped Cates trim his losses on […]

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 […]

Poker Strategy: Playing Paired Boards

Today, I want to talk about playing on paired boards, in particular, when the flop comes with a pair and an unrelated third card. The unrelated third card is an important part of this concept. The 9-9-4 rainbow board is far different from the 10-9-9 two clubs flop, but we will come back to that […]

Poker Strategy With Roy Cooke: Value And Risk

There are more intricate decisions in no-limit than limit. Two critical components, made more complicated by the option to bet-size are: optimizing your value and lowering your assumption of risk. It was a Saturday night $2-$5 no-limit game at the Venetian. The game was on, several tourists were drinking and splashing. I’d been playing that […]

FantasyDraft's Thanksgiving Day Contests

FantasyDraft is hosting exciting Thanksgiving Day contests, in addition to a “Jimmy Johnson Experience” contest this weekend. The three featured Thanksgiving Day contests are the $20,000 Thanksgiving Main Course ($20 entry, 1,120 max entries), the $3,000 Cranberry Sauce Snap Count ($3 entry, 1,120 max entries) and the $5,000 Gravy Supper-Bowl ($10 entry, 556 max entries). […]

Nevada Attorney General Supports Web Poker Ban

In a surprising move, Nevada’s top lawyer said he is against online gambling and is in support of federal efforts to ban the activity nationwide. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told Nevada-based journalist Jon Ralston this week that he intends to sign a letter that is circulating among state attorney generals that would signal their […]

2015 POY Update: Rainer Kempe Joins Top 20

As the final month of year approaches the Card Player Player of the Year race is entering it’s home stretch. Here is a look at the many tournaments that made the biggest impact on the POY standings over the action-packed past seven days: WPT Montreal Main Event The 2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal no-limit […]

Pennsylvania Online Poker Bill Inches Forward

A bill in Pennsylvania that would legalize and regulate state-licensed online poker sites was introduced and then read on the House floor Tuesday, less than a week after it cleared a committee, according to the Poker Players Alliance. “Pennsylvania continues making progress on iGaming as HB 649 was read on House floor today,” the grassroots […]

Gambling Grandmas Busted By Police In Florida

A weekly game of Mahjong run by a group of elderly women in Florida was targeted by police for illegal gambling, according to a report from The Huffington Post. The game had a daily “loss limit” of just $4. The games at a condominium clubhouse just outside Orlando were then shut down by management, the […]

Teen Sentenced For Cyber Attack On Gambling Site

A teen in the UK has been sentenced for a cyber attack on an online gambling site that resulted in an estimated 18,000 pound loss. Late last week, 19-year-old Max Whitehouse appeared before Nottingham Crown Court and admitted to flooding the site with traffic to the point where it was temporarily inoperable, according to a […]

MGM Springfield Casino Plan Moves Forward

The site plans for a MGM casino in Springfield, Mass. has been deemed complete by the town’s city council, according to a report from Masslive.com. The City Council must schedule a public hearing on the plans within 45 days, which will be followed by possible vote on amendments to the plan. The mayor must also […]

Atlantic City Casino Profits Up Big In Q3

Profit for Atlantic City’s casino industry was up 61 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, state gaming regulators said this week. Gross operating profit was $237.5 million during the quarter that ended in September, up from $147.5 million last year. For the first three quarters of […]

Wyoming Uninterested In Creating Gambling Commission

Lawmakers in the state of Wyoming have indicated that they don’t have the interest right now in statewide gambling regulation. According to a report from the Billings Gazette, the state’s Joint Judiciary Committee said that it will not be sponsoring any legislation for a gambling commission next year. Wyoming already has a lottery and a […]

Ditka's Son Gets Anger Management For Casino Altercation

The son of former NFL head coach Mike Ditka was ordered by a court to attend anger management classes thanks to an altercation with a fellow casino patron in July. The younger Ditka, who shares his father’s name, pleaded guilty Friday to disorderly conduct after originally being charged with battery, according to a report from […]

Painting Of Dogs Playing Poker Sells For $658K

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s famous 1894 painting of some dogs playing poker was sold this month to an unnamed buyer for a whopping $658,000. Art auctioneers Sotheby’s had the estimated value between $400,000 and $600,000, so someone apparently was willing to overspend on the piece. The piece is just one of a series of sixteen oil […]

Alex Jacob Wins Jeopardy ToC

Former poker pro Alex Jacob is nearly $300,000 richer after winning Jeopardy’s 2015 Tournament of Champions on Friday. Jacob, now a currency trader in Chicago, beat Matt Jackson and Kerry Greene in a two-day final. Jackson finished second and claimed $100,000. Greene received $50,000 for third. “This was the most dominant performance by anyone in […]

CPTV Classic VIdeo: Players VS. Larry Flynt

In 2008 Card Player TV was granted behind-the-scenes access to one of the most high stakes poker games in the world at the time, a regular seven card stud game hosted by Larry Flynt at his Hustler Casino in Los Angeles. Over the years poker legends like Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, […]

MGM Raises Investment In Mass. Casino To $950M

Las Vegas-based casino giant MGM Resorts said this week that it will be spending $150 million more than it originally planned to build a new casino in Massachusetts. According to The Boston Globe, the total cost of the Springfield project now stands at $950 million. MGM has taken some criticism lately from local officials over […]

Jared Mahoney Wins 2015 WPT Montreal Main Event

The 2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal no-limit hold’em main event attracted a solid field of 697 entries, each posting the CAD $3,850 buy-in in the hopes of becoming the next WPT champion. In the end that dream could only come true for one player and that was Jared Mahoney. He earned CAD $453,122 ($354,001 […]