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Man Arrested For Slapping Fellow Poker Player

Florida poker player Cemal Egilmez (pictured right) was arrested this week after allegedly slapping a fellow poker player at the Gulfstream Park casino in Hallandale, according to a report from local10.com. Egilmez was allegedly taunting the player he ended up slapping, saying to the man that he had “baby nuts.” According to a police report, […]

WSOP Final Table Reinvigorates Shot Clock Debate

It was another World Series of Poker main event final table and another round of debates pertaining to some form of a shot clock in poker. The 2015 WSOP main event concluded early this week with poker pro Joe McKeehen taking home the $7.6 million top prize, and while his dominating performance has received plenty […]

IRS Wins $8.5M From WSOP Final Table

The 2015 World Series of Poker final table finished this week in Las Vegas, with the final nine playing for a combined $24.8 million. According to analysis of tax liabilities of the November Nine by taxabletalk.com, the IRS collected nearly $8.5 million of the prize money. Poker pro Joe McKeehen won the top prize of […]

New York State Bans Daily Fantasy Sports Sites

The state of New York on Tuesday issued cease-and-desist orders to DraftKings and FanDuel, the two largest daily fantasy sports sites. The move comes just weeks after Nevada told the companies they couldn’t do business with Nevadans unless they receive a sports book license. New York becomes the seventh state to ban DFS sites. Arizona, […]

Joe McKeehen Wins 2015 WSOP Main Event

The 2015 World Series of Poker main event is officially in the books with 24-year-old Joe McKeehen etching his name in history as this year’s world champion. The North Wales, Pennsylvania resident topped a field of 6,420 players to earn his first career bracelet and the $7,683,346 first-place prize. Most WSOP main event winners are […]

PokerStars, Full Tilt Control 71 Percent Of Market

Amaya Gaming, owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt, had a conference call Tuesday to discuss its financial results for the third quarter of 2015. The company revealed some interesting figures and commented on the eventual launch of its online poker products in Atlantic City. The information came just days after PokerStars announced major changes to […]

CP Discount For Jonathan Little's WSOP Webinar

The 2015 World Series of Poker main event final table is nearing completion, and it has so far produced some interesting poker. Two-time World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Little recently posted a video of a hand he analyzed from the final table. The hand is just a preview of Little’s live webinar this Thursday at […]

Chris Christie Vetoes Bills To Help Atlantic City

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, the man who gave the final OK to online gambling in New Jersey several years ago, this week vetoed most of a recent package of reforms designed to help struggling Atlantic City. According to the Associated Press, Gov. Christie declined to sign off on a bill that would have allowed […]

Texas Governor Says 'No' To Gambling Expansion

The governor of Texas has criticized the state’s Lottery Commission over its interest in online gambling, fantasy sports and sports betting, according to a report from The Dallas Morning News. Lottery officials from Texas recently visited Delaware to meet with that state’s lottery officials. In a letter thanking the Delaware Lottery, Gary Grief, executive director […]

WSOP: Joe McKeehen Leads With Two-Thirds Of Chips

On the second day of the 2015 World Series of Poker main event final table, the Joe McKeehen train kept on rolling. The 24-year-old Pennsylvania native came into six-handed play with 47.5 percent of the chips in play, the second most in the November Nine era. On Tuesday, he’ll start three-handed play with a whopping […]

WSOP: Max Steinberg Eliminated In Fourth Place

After taking out Tom Cannuli in sixth place when his pocket tens outflopped pocket aces, Max Steinberg looked poised to make a run at 2015 World Series of Poker main event chip leader Joe McKeehen. Instead, short-handed play was not kind to the 27-year-old professional poker and daily fantasy sports player. Steinberg’s preflop raises were […]

WSOP: Ofer Zvi Stern Busted In Fifth Place

Ofer Zvi Stern was the subject of a lot of criticism at the 2015 World Series of Poker main event final table for what some considered to be an excessive amount of tanking, even on seemingly simple preflop decisions. On day two of the final table, however, Stern was clearly acting much more quickly, and […]

WSOP: Tom Cannuli Out In Sixth Place

Tom Cannuli went through long stretches of play on day one of the World Series of Poker main event final table without playing a hand. In fact, he didn’t take down his first pot until hand no. 32, about three hours into the ESPN broadcast. But the 23-year-old poker player from New Jersey got involved […]

McKeehen's Stack At Shorthanded Play Trails Yang's

After the first day of the 2015 World Series of Poker main event final table, poker pro Joe McKeehen picked up right were he left off in July and had built his chip stack to more than 90 million when the table became shorthanded. He entered the final table with 32.76 percent of the chips […]

Indiana Might Look At Regulating DFS

Indiana could join a growing list of states considering regulation of the daily fantasy sports industry next year. According to the Tribune Star, state lawmaker Alan Morrison said recently that he’s drafting legislation to regulate the contests and give the state’s casinos some skin in the game. “We’ve got an existing gaming industry here that […]

NYPD Detective Sentenced For Illegal Poker

A former NYPD detective received three years of probation and community service on Friday for running an illegal poker game on Staten Island. Richard Palase, who was a member of law enforcement for 19 years, took a plea deal in February. He was one of 13 people busted for the underground poker games, which also […]

McKeehen Still Leads WSOP Main Event Final Table

The 2015 World Series of Poker main event final table got off to a fast start when Patrick Chan was eliminated on just the second hand of play, but the rest of the night was a slow grind full of tanking, intense staring and more tanking. In the nearly six hours of ESPN coverage, just […]

WSOP: Pierre Neuville Eliminated In Seventh Place

It was a long, painful for exit in the 2015 World Series of Poker main event for 72-year-old Pierre Neuville. The Belgian businessman turned poker enthusiast came into the final table fourth in chips, but basically bled his stack away over the course of several hours. After losing a big showdown to Neil Blumenfield, Neuville […]

WSOP: Federico Butteroni Out In Eighth Place

Italy’s Federico Butteroni came into the 2015 World Series of Poker main event final table on the short stack and essentially blinded himself out of the tournament. The 25-year-old poker player from Rome only played two of the 35 hands he was dealt. On the first, his preflop shove got through. On the second, he […]

WSOP: Patrick Chan Out In Ninth Place

It took just two hands before our first casualty of the 2015 World Series of Poker November Nine final table. With two short stacks on his immediate left, you just knew that chip leader Joe McKeehen was going to do everything in his power to apply pressure, and that’s exactly what he did when it […]

2015 WSOP November Nine Resume Play On Sunday

It’s been 116 days since the elimination of Alexander Turyansky set the final table of the 2015 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. In the intervening months the November Nine have studied and practiced, preparing to return to the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to battle it out […]

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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 […]

Anti-Online Poker Hearing Planned For December

The House Oversight & Government Reform Committee is planning a hearing on Internet poker in early December, according to the Poker Players Alliance, a Capitol Hill-based lobbying group in support of the card game. “The on again, off again iGaming hearing in Congress is now on again,” the PPA said on Twitter Thursday. “OGR Comm […]

Online Poker: Alex Kostritsyn Wins $420K

Over the past seven days on PokerStars, Russian poker pro Alex Kostritsyn won roughly $420,000, the most in the online world during the period, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Kostritsyn, who plays under the screen name “joiso”, is likely one of the top winners on 2015, but he has opted out of having his […]

New Jersey To Consider DFS Regulation

Some New Jersey lawmakers are planning to meet Monday to consider possible regulation of the daily fantasy sports industry. The Assembly Tourism and Gaming Committee will hold the public hearing, which will feature representatives from DraftKings and FanDuel, according to Press of Atlantic City. Last month, Nevada became the sixth state to ban DFS sites. […]

A Poker Life: Kelly Minkin

There just aren’t enough hours in the day for Kelly Minkin. The Phoenix, Arizona native spent her childhood bouncing from one activity to the next and that go-hard mentality followed her into college, where she excelled in the classroom. Intending to go to medical school, Minkin instead took the LSAT on a whim and scored […]

Florida: Seminoles Illegally Running Blackjack

A compact with the state of Florida that has given the Seminoles the exclusive right to offer blackjack at its casinos expired this summer, and now that a grace period is over Florida is trying to shut down the games, according to a report from the Associated Press. The state filed a federal lawsuit Friday, […]

Revel Casino Owner Wants To House Syrian Refugees

The owner of the shuttered Revel casino in Atlantic City told the Associated Press this week that he’d be willing to house Syrian refugees at the most expensive casino in New Jersey history. “We treat our dogs better than we treat the Syrians right now,” real estate developer Glen Straub said, in reference to the […]

WSOP Releases Betting Lines For Final Table

With the main event final table just days away, the World Series of Poker released betting lines for the November Nine. The odds are still subject to change as the start of the final table draws near. The wagering on the final table closes at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8. Play begins at 5 […]