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JC Alvarado: 'Got A Bit Hustled' On Weight

About a week ago, poker pros JC Alvarado and Olivier Busquet announced that they reached an agreement to a MMA fight in late April that will have a six-figure payday for one of the gamblers. Alvarado, who has some formal fighting experience, will be risking $150,000, while Busquet has put up $120,000. For the fight, […]

WSOP Leader Wins Tourney Heading Into Nov. Nine

In the years since the November Nine format was adopted for the World Series of Poker main event final table in 2008, it has been commonplace for WSOP final tablists to play a few live tournaments in the intervening months to keep their skills sharp. Some have made deep runs in events like when Ivan […]

Full Flush Poker Announces New Tourney Schedule

The next time you log into Full Flush Poker, you’ll notice that the site has been busy behind the scenes, dusting off the old tournament offerings to reveal a shiny new line-up. A few more tournaments have been thrown into the mix, so there’s no waiting around for the next event if you happen to […]

Tribe To Run Electronic Bingo Facility In Texas

The federal government has given the green light to an electronic bingo business from the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. The tribe wants to operate the bingo on its reservation east of Livingston, which is roughly 75 months northeast of Houston. According to the Lufkin Daily News, the U.S. Department of Interior and the National Indian […]

Caesars Palace Hotel Tower To Get $75M Renovation

Despite an ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy process that has Caesars Entertainment Corporation’s casino operating unit up for sale, a hotel tower of the Caesars Palace property in Las Vegas is set to get a $75 million update, according to a report from the Associated Press. The hotel’s original Roman Tower of rooms, which currently has […]

Illinois Seeks To Regulate DFS Industry

A bill in Illinois wants the state to regulate a booming daily fantasy sports industry that is expected to generate around $2.6 billion in entry fees this year. The legislation, HB 4323, was announced this week by State Rep. Mike Zalewski, D-Riverside. It’s called the Fantasy Contests Act. The bill “provides that participants in fantasy […]

POY: Kuether, Petrangelo & Kaverman Shake Up Top 5

This was by far the busiest week of the year in terms of movement in the Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the many tournaments that made the biggest impact on the POY standings over the action-packed past seven days. WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond The 2015 World Series of […]

Stybaniewicz Wins 2015 WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event

A total of 1,376 entries were made in the 2015 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event, building a prize pool of $2,064,000. The top 153 players made the money in this event but in the end the last player standing was Krzysztof Stybaniewicz. “This means everything to me,” Stybaniewicz […]

Nevada Sports Betting Up 14.6 Percent: AGA

Through the end of August, Nevada sports books have seen the amount wagered increase by 14.6 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the American Gaming Association, the casino industry’s leading lobbying group. Nevada sports books saw $3.9 billion in wagers in all of 2014, winning $227 million. Both totals were all-time […]

Texas Lottery 'Interested' In Online Gambling

Even though the Texas legislature is in no way supportive of expanding gambling anytime soon, the state’s lottery has indicated that it is open to the idea of beefing up its offerings. According to a report from The Dallas Morning News, lottery officials from Texas recently visited Delaware to meet with that state’s lottery officials. […]

O'Dwyer and McDonald Win Big In EPT High Rollers

The 2015 European Poker Tour Malta festival kicked off last week. The centerpiece of the series is the €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event, which drew 651 entries and is ongoing. In addition to that huge tournament the festival also played host to two huge high roller events that drew big fields and awarded sizable paydays. […]

Another PA I-Poker Hearing Postponed

A hearing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to consider a plan to regulate online casino games was postponed, according to the House Gaming Oversight Committee’s website. It was the second hearing on the topic in less a week to be postponed indefinitely. Tuesday’s joint hearing was on “exploring the potential of online lottery/gaming in Pennsylvania.” Rep. John […]

Online Gaming Opponent OK With Poker Carve-Out

One of the co-sponsors of a bill seeking to ban online gaming nationwide is running for president, and he is actually open to the idea of a carve-out for peer-to-peer poker play. According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican presidential candidate, said that poker is distinct from […]

Holland Casino Presents The Master Classics Of Poker

YOU can get your picture on the front cover of Card Player Europe by winning the Master Classics Of Poker in Amsterdam at Holland Casino. Not only will you be featured front cover material, your personal material world will increase with your big winnings. As has been the case for many years, this will be […]

Daniel Tzvetkoff Back To High Roller Lifestyle

A businessman who played a key role in the U.S. government’s indictments against three top poker sites in 2011 is back living a high roller lifestyle in Australia, according to a report Saturday from the Gold Coast Bulletin. Australian Daniel Tzvetkoff, the man who assisted the feds in going after the previous owners of PokerStars, […]

MGM Scales Back Massachusetts Project

The Springfield City Council is currently reviewing MGM Resorts International’s proposed changes to its $800 million casino, according to a report from wwlp.com. MGM wants to reduce the size of its casino project by about 14 percent, or 122,000 square feet, according to the report. A new hotel would be roughly 25,000 square feet smaller; […]

World Series Of Poker, DraftKings End Partnership

One of the leading daily fantasy sports sites decided to stop advertising with the World Series of Poker, just days after Nevada gaming regulators said the sites couldn’t offer games within Silver State borders unless they receive a sports book license. The New York Times reported late last week that DraftKings ended its partnership with […]

Juanda, Harman To Be Inducted Into Poker HoF

The World Series of Poker has announced that poker pros John Juanda and Jennifer Harman will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame next month. The two beat out Max Pescatori, Matt Savage, David Ulliott, Chris Bjorin, Bruno Fitoussi, David Chiu, Carlos Mortensen and Terry Rogers, who were all nominated. Each year there are […]

Adam Volen Wins CPPT Hollywood Park Casino Main Event

Adam Volen bested a field of 307 entrants to win the Card Player Poker Tour Hollywood Park National Championship of Poker Main Event. After four days of action, Volen left with $40,000 and the title of CPPT Champion. This was Volen’s second CPPT main event final table. The California pro finished fourth in the 2014 […]

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 […]

CPPT: Volen Leads Final 31 in Hollywood Park Main Event

Watch the final table live stream below: The biggest chip stack to begin Day 2 of the Card Player Poker Tour Hollywood Park Casino National Championship of Poker $500 no-limit hold’em $150,000 guarantee main event belongs to Adam Volen. Volen bagged a massive chip lead over the final 11 players at the end of Day […]

Kevin MacPhee Wins 2015 WSOP Europe Main Event

Kevin MacPhee has emerged victorious in the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe €10,450 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, topping a field of 313 players to win his second gold bracelet and the first-place prize of €883,000. MacPhee won his first career bracelet earlier this year when he took down the $5,000 no-limit hold’em turbo […]

CPPT: Josh Parker Leads HPC Main Event Day 1B

Josh Parker led the nine players who advanced from Day 1B of the Card Player Poker Tour Hollywood Park National Championship of Poker $500 no-limit hold’em $150,000 guarantee main event. Day 1B drew a total of 88 players and Parker picked up a massive pot on the final hand of the night to take a […]

Duhamel Wins 2015 WSOP Europe €25k High Roller

Jonathan Duhamel topped a stacked final table in the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe €25,600 no-limit hold’em high roller event to win his third career WSOP gold bracelet and the €554,395 first-place prize. “It feels even better than the second one,” Duhamel told WSOP.com reporters. “I felt like this tournament was really tough. It’s […]

Japanese Baseball Players Admit To Illegal Gambling

Two pitchers in Japan’s professional baseball league have admitted to gambling on the sport, according to a report from the Associated Press. Shoki Kasahara and Ryuya Matsumoto, who are on the Yomiuri Giants, said they bet on baseball, but that they did not engage in any game-fixing. The former said he bet on 10 professional […]

ACR Tweaks $5 Million Guarantee Promotion

We just announced some major changes to our $5 Million GTD promotion that’s currently underway on Americas Cardroom. The $5 Million promotion was originally intended to be five individual $1 million GTD ‘Million Dollar Sundays’ tournaments. The first three are now in the books. The two remaining scheduled $1 million GTD tourneys with a $540 […]

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 […]

Online Poker: Viktor Blom Wins $1.3 Million

Swedish poker pro Viktor Blom logged 17,000 hands over the past week and netted $1.3 million in winnings, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Blom is now up nearly $4.4 million on the year on PokerStars, which has gotten him out of the red lifetime on the site. He’s up $2.89 million on the site […]

CPPT: Adam Volen Leads HPC Main Event Day 1A

The Card Player Poker Tour Hollywood Park National Championship of Poker $500 no-limit hold’em $150,000 guarantee main event kicked off with a bang Oct. 22, bringing in a Day 1A field of 101 players. Adam Volen bagged a massive chip lead over the final 11 players at the end of the night, bagging a stack […]

MacPhee Leads Final Six Of WSOP Europe Main Event

The final table is set in the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe €10,450 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. A total of 313 players made their way to the Spielbank Berlin to play in the first ever WSOPE main event held in Germany. From that field now only six remain to battle it out for […]