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WPT Tournament of Champions New Year-End Event

For many years the World Poker Tour Championship was a season-ending $25,000 buy-in event that attracted big fields and awarded huge payouts. At it’s peak Carlos Mortensen topped a field of 639 entries to win a massive $3,970,415 first-place prize. In recent years the event has seen a decline in turnout and as a result […]

Caesars To Leave Ohio Casino Market

Caesars Entertainment will no longer manage two casinos and one racino in Ohio, according to a report from the Associated Press. NBA owner Dan Gilbert’s Rock Gaming will take over control of the properties, just nine months after he bought out Caesars’ 20 percent ownership in the Buckeye State gambling facilities. Caesars’ casino operating unit […]

Chris Christie Defends DFS In Debate Rant

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is still running for president, even though his odds are pretty terrible of getting the Republican nomination. However, that hasn’t stopped Christie from being vocal about his views on the gambling industry, a topic which came up in a debate late last week in Colorado. After fellow presidential hopeful Jeb […]

Poker, Blackjack Require Similar Critical Thinking

Blackjack and poker are two casino card games that have a very human element to them, where the gambler or player can use advanced knowledge of the game to have a better shot at winning or at least breaking even. Assuming you aren’t card counting but you’re playing perfectly, the house will have a slight […]

Poker Strategy: Three Tips For Connected Boards

Connected boards are important in hold’em. Boards like Q-10-9, 6-4-2, and 8-7-6 hit a large number of hands and blunt the advantage that premium preflop hands like K-K have on most flops. Here are three tips for how to approach these commonly misplayed boards: Tip #1. Value bet liberally on two gap boards. Not all […]

Gambler Wins $2.5 Million On Kansas City Royals

A prominent Las Vegas gambler won $2,457,200 when the Kansas City Royals won the World Series on Sunday, according to a report from the Las Vegas Sun. Dave Oancea, better known as “Vegas Dave,” took home nearly $2.5 million thanks to confidence in the Royals since the beginning of the season. He placed a $100,000 […]

POY Race: Kaverman Wins Fourth Title Of 2015

The big European swing, constituted by the World Series of Poker Europe festival and the European Poker Tour Malta series, is now in the book. The final few tournaments of the swing did indeed impart some changes to the standings in the Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the […]

HPO Makes First Season-Four Stop In Lawerenceburg

Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg will host the first stop of Season 4 for Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) Regional Tournament Series. The 11-day series will run from Thursday, Nov. 12 through Sunday, Nov. 22 with tournaments daily for poker players of all skill levels. Early on, the buy-ins range from $70 to $300 while […]

Jennifer Harman To Host Charity Poker Tournament

The Jennifer Harman Celebrity Poker Tournament on Friday, Nov. 13 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino will see some of world’s best poker players joined by stars from Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip all to benefit the no-kill animal rescue work of the Nevada SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The […]

Rivers Casino Gears Up For Pittsburgh Poker Open

This week, the Pittsburgh Poker Open returns to Rivers Casino for several weeks of tournaments, along with the Poker Night In America cash game TV show, which is broadcast on CBS Sports. The poker series begins Nov. 5 and features 48 events, highlighted by the $1,000+$100 no-limit hold’em championship event that starts on Nov. 20. […]

Ex-U.S. Attorney General Joins Conn. Casino Fight

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is now a partner in a law firm representing Las Vegas-based casino operator MGM Resorts International, and just last week Holder weighed in on the casino issue in the state of Connecticut. MGM is engaged in a fight to compete for Connecticut’s third casino, despite the state basically giving […]

French Official's Son Wanted For Vegas Gambling Debt

The oldest son of France’s foreign minister is in trouble with the law in Las Vegas for allegedly writing bad checks to cover his gambling losses, according to a report from thelocal.fr. Thomas Fabius, 33, wrote the checks totaling more than $3.5 million to cover gambling debts the night of May 15, 2012, according to […]

Top Sports Stars Join FantasyDraft In DraftForCharity

FantasyDraft is excited to announce the launch of DraftForCharity, a series of daily fantasy contests hosted by professional athletes. Not only will the contests feature athlete experiences as prizes, but FantasyDraft will also match entry fees to donate to charity. Among the first FantasyDraft celebrities hosting contests to benefit their charities are Jordy Nelson, Kevin […]

Watch Negreanu Bubble WSOP FT In Dramatic Fashion

Those poker fans who have been avoiding spoilers since July were treated to the final pre-taped ESPN episode of the 2015 World Series of Poker main event on Sunday night. Live coverage will resume this Sunday with the November Nine final table. Daniel Negreanu, who sits atop the all-time live tournament poker winnings list with […]

PokerStars Announces VIP Program Changes

PokerStars, an offshoot of Amaya Gaming, announced major changes to its poker product on Sunday, according to a press release posted to the company’s website. The company will be changing its VIP loyalty program in order to “incentivize and reward more players and to encourage competitive play over high volume play.” The VIP Club rewards […]

Byron Kaverman Wins EPT Malta €10,300 High Roller

Fifteen final tables, more than $3 million in live tournament earnings to date this year and now four titles in 2015. Byron Kaverman is having an incredible year on the live tournament circuit, one that very well could be good enough to secure him the Card Player Player of the Year title if not for […]

Poker Dealer Charged For Card Up His Sleeve

A poker dealer at the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland has been indicted for allegedly cheating by hiding a card up his sleeve, though he claims that it was an accident and prosecutors haven’t provided information about why he would have tried to cheat. Robert D. Brown, 57, was indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury late […]

Bryan Micon Gets Probation In Bitcoin Poker Case

Poker pro Bryan Micon, who was charged in Nevada for operating a poker site that used bitcoins, was sentenced this week to a maximum of two years probation. Micon took a plea deal in June that called for probation and a $25,000 fine. Micon was facing a possible 10-year prison sentence but he returned to […]

Macau Casino Decline Slows In October

Gaming win in Macau fell 28.4 percent to roughly $2.5 billion in October, compared to the previous year, but it was the first month since January when gaming revenue fell less than 30 percent, according to Bloomberg. Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau released the data Monday that gave the former Portuguese colony 17 straight […]

This Week's Big Winner: Mike McDonald At EPT Malta

The Malta stop on the European Poker Tour proved to be one of the biggest series of the year with many notable winners and huge prize pools. Among the champions was Canadian poker pro Mike McDonald, who spent three days winning the €25,000 buy-in high roller event. The tournament drew a field of 74 players, […]

Niall Farrell Wins 2015 EPT Malta Main Event

Niall Farrell has emerged victorious in the 2015 European Poker Tour Malta €5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The Scottish poker pro outlasted a 651-entry field, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Alen Bilic heads-up to capture his first EPT title and the the €534,300 ($588,211 USD) first-place prize. “It feels incredible,” said Farrell after the win. […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From October

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

Nevada Gaming Win Inches Up In September

Casinos in Nevada won $916.35 million from gamblers during September, an increase of 1.52 percent from a year ago, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Gaming win on the Strip was $504.8 million in September, which was a small uptick as well. The upticks ended three-straight months of year-over-year declines. Revenue from slot machines […]

Alleged WSOP Cheat To Be Paid Prize Money

The fifth-place finisher in this past summer’s $10,000 heads-up no-limit event at the World Series of Poker who was accused of marking cards by some high-profile members of the poker community will finally get his prize money, according to a statement Thursday from the WSOP. The WSOP said that the investigation into the alleged cheating […]

Macau Gambling Chief To Step Down Next Month

Macau’s top gaming regulator will be stepping down next month, according to a report from Reuters. The move comes as the former Portuguese colony, the only place in China where casino gambling is legal, is set to experience 17 straight months of year-over-year gaming revenue decline. Manuel Neves, who has been at the helm of […]

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 With Rep Porter: Floating

Today, I want to talk about floating. Floating can loosely be defined as calling in position on the flop in a heads-up situation with the intention of trying to win the pot on a later street with an aggressive action. It sounds pretty straightforward. You have position. You are heads up. Your opponent leads into […]

Feds Bust $32 Million Illegal Gambling Business

An alleged illegal sports betting operation that facilitated $32 million in wagers each year was busted by the feds this week, according to a government press release. Seventeen people were charged in New York in a 126-count indictment. The charges range from enterprise corruption, money laundering, promoting gambling and conspiracy. Most of the individuals have […]

Nevada Poker Revenue $8.34 Million In September

Revenue from Nevada’s 69 poker rooms in the month of September was $8.34 million, according to figures released Thursday from Silver State gaming regulators. The amount was a 1.52-percent increase compared to September 2014. There were a combined 664 poker tables across the state this September, the fewest this year since the 652 in April. […]

POY Race Leader Zinno Wins Sixth Title Of 2015

Anthony Zinno is a three-time World Poker Tour main event champion, a World Series of Poker bracelet winner and the current favorite to win the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race. This week he achieved one of the few accomplishments missing from his incredible resume by taking down an event on the European […]