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Arizona Continues Fight To Block Tribal CasinoThe director of Arizona’s Department of Gaming has filed another motion in federal court in an effort to block a new $400 million tribal casino near Glendale. According to a report from Yourwestvalley.com, the Tohono O’odham Nation wants to open the casino in December, but the state doesn’t want it. Department of Gaming Director Daniel […]
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Nipun Java Headlines CPPT Bicycle Main Event Day 1BNipun Java headlines the day 1B survivors in the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event. The World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner ended the day with 268,300. Java has upwards of $1.2 million in live tournament winnings and a win in the CPPT main event would be his third […]
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Pierce McKellar Leads CPPT Bike Main Event Day 1AChips were bagged for the night after 14 levels of play on Day 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour Big Poker Oktober main event at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, Calif. with Pierce McKellar leading the pack with 323,600. Five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Allen Cunningham, Chris Grigorian and Brian Gorman, […]
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Makarios Avramidis Wins 2015 WSOP Europe Event 1The first ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet won in Germany was awarded today. Makarios Avramidis topped a field of 197 players in the kickoff event of the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe, held for the first time ever at the Spielbank Berlin casino. Avramidis took down the €2,200 no-limit hold’em six-max event […]
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Poker Strategy: Don't Sweat The Weird StuffReaders and students frequently bring me hands to analyze. Out of the thousands of hands these folks play, the ones they choose to bring me tend to share a few common threads. The pots are big. Something out of the ordinary happens. They lose. Here are a few recent examples. My student had 9-9 and […]
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CPPT: Hollywood Park Series Begins October 16Hosting its second Card Player Poker Tour event in two years, Hollywood Park Casino has upped the ante this time around for the upcoming stop Oct. 16-25. Tournaments at the LAX-area casino will be more plentiful and feature larger prizepools compared to last year, with the schedule nearly doubling from seven events in 2014 to […]
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New Jersey Releases PokerStars ReportOn Friday, New Jersey gaming regulators released an 89-page report on the licensing of PokerStars and Full Tilt, two companies owned by Amaya Gaming Group. The online gaming sites were approved last week and will partner with Resorts Casino Hotel Atlantic City in order to run their respective games. New Jersey legalized online gaming in […]
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PA Budget Talks Continue, I-Gaming Remains On TablePennsylvania is facing a budget deficit of more than $2 billion by next year, and there was still no agreement through the first week of October on a budget. According to The Morning Call, a budget proposal was defeated this week by the Republican-controlled House, with some lawmakers still calling on the governor’s budget plan […]
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Viktor Blom Wins $673K In First Week Of OctoberHigh-stakes online poker pro Viktor Blom has started off the month of October with $673,881 in earnings, which brings his profits on the year to more than $2 million. It has taken Blom roughly 259,000 hands between Full Tilt and PokerStars to reach that figure, according to data from HighstakesDB. He has logged 1,900 distinct […]
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CPPT: Bicycle Main Event Begins October 10The race to a new winner from the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino series begins Oct. 10 at the famous Los Angeles-area casino. The $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event features three days ones and uses the Bike’s own patented Quantum Reload concept. Tournament staff estimate the prize pool will be at least $500,000. Players […]
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Sugarhouse Rocks Waterfront With $100K GuaranteePhiladelphia’s popular SugarHouse Casino is offering a $100,000 guarantee on their no-limit hold’em Fall Poker Showdown, which is set to run from Wednesday, Oct. 28 through Nov. 1. The re-entry tournament features a $250+$30 buy-in and each player will start with 30,000 in tournament chips. The structure includes generous 30-minute levels until day 2 when […]
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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 […]
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2015 World Series of Poker Europe Kicks Off TodayThe 2015 WSOP Europe kicks off today and for the first time ever the series will take place in Germany. The WSOP Europe gets underway just after the famous Oktoberfest celebration and will offer ten gold bracelet events from Oct. 8 – 24 at the Spielbank Berlin Casino. The marquee main event will begin on […]
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Foxwoods Finds Online Social Casino PartnerFoxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut has signed a deal with social casino games company Greentube Pro, according to a report from the Hartford Business Journal. The plan is to use the social casino games on mobile devices with the Foxwoods brand in order to attract more gamblers to the brick-and-mortar casino through various incentives like […]
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Steve Wynn Files Libel Lawsuit In MassachusettsBillionaire Las Vegas casino owner Steve Wynn has filed a libel lawsuit in the state of Massachusetts over the political resistance he has received from the city of Boston in his fight to get his planned $1.7 billion casino in neighboring Everett to become a reality. The individual Wynn is targeting in the lawsuit remains […]
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Washington State Plans Fantasy Sports HearingThe state of Washington will have a hearing in December about the fantasy sports industry, a lawmaker there said this week, according to a report from KING 5 News. State Sen. Pam Roach said that a hearing in Olympia will focus on current law that makes fantasy sports for real money illegal within state borders, […]
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South Philly Casino Gets Key Approval From CityA new $500 million casino in Philadelphia got crucial approval from the city Planning Commission on Tuesday. Officials gave the OK to the proposed master project plan for the Stadium Casino facility to be located at 900 Packer Ave in South Philly. The Las Vegas-style casino will join SugarHouse Casino as the only casinos within […]
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2015 POY Update: Barry Hutter Climbs To 14th PlaceBig moves were made this week the Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the tournaments that most effected the 2015 POY standings over the past seven days: Aria $25,000 High Rollers XV and XVI Each and every month Aria Resort & Casino plays host to back-to-back $25,000 buy-in no-limit […]
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Global Online Gaming Market To Reach $41B In 2015German research group Statista predicts that by the end of 2015 the global online gaming market will have grown to $41.4 billion, according to a report late last month from TechFruit. Over the past decade the market has grown from $13.8 billion, according to the group. Last year, the global online casino market was worth […]
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$5.5M In Additional FTP Money To Be RepaidThe latest round of Full Tilt Poker payments is on its way, which will bring the remission process to 92 percent of completion, according to Garden City Group, the claims administrator hired by the Department of Justice for the case. Garden City Group said Monday that approximately 1,900 petitions totaling approximately $5.5 million have been […]
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Vegas Casinos Aim To Find Own Power SourcesWith annual electricity bills in the tens of millions collectively, Wynn Resorts Ltd., MGM Resorts International and Las Vegas Sands Corp. all are engaged in a fight to find their own sources of power, rather than do business with the Silver State’s NV Energy, in order to reduces the costs of operating their casinos. NV […]
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California Allows Charitable Gambling At Pro Sports GamesIt’s not a much-anticipated online poker approval, but the state of California went through with a gambling expansion plan as the governor signed a bill Monday that allows professional sports franchises to be able to conduct charitable gambling through electronic devices at home games. The kind of gambling that they are OK’d for is selling […]
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A Poker Life: Adam FriedmanYou may recognize Adam Friedman from ESPN’s coverage of the 2005 World Series of Poker main event. The then fresh-faced 23-year-old was playing in his first major event and rode a combination of natural talent and some fortunate naiveté to a 43rd-place finish worth $235,390. Now 33, the Ohio native has a decade in the […]
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Poker Strategy: The Views Of LuckI was recently playing an Omaha eight-or-better session wherein luck broke my way two times. Of course, luck broke against me a time or two, but let’s talk about the good hands, shall we? Playing at a full table, I called in a kill pot from the big blind with 88(32) with suited clubs. We […]
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PokerStars Signs Snowboarder To SponsorshipIsle of Man Olympic Snowboard Cross champion Zoe Gillings-Brier is the newest addition to PokerStars’ stable of sponsored poker players and athletes, the company announced last week. Gillings-Brier, 30, has competed for Great Britain in three Olympic games. “I love the adrenaline rush I get from snowboarding and often get the same sense of that […]
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CPPT: The Bike Results Events 9-15The eighth stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, Calif. Sept. 21. The series will continue until Oct. 14 and feature a $1,100 no-limit hold’em $500,000 estimated guarantee main event Oct. 10-14 using the Bike’s own Quantum Reload concept. Here is a look […]
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Tribes Seeking Location For Third Connecticut CasinoA third tribal casino in Connecticut moved closer to becoming a reality last week as the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes officially began looking for potential sites for a jointly-operated casino. State lawmakers haven’t yet approved a third casino, one that wouldn’t be on tribal land, but there’s a good chance they will. According to […]
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'Teen Wolf' Actor Sues Casino Over AssaultAn actor on MTV’s hit show Teen Wolf is suing The Mirage and 1 OAK Nightclub after a celebration of his 21st birthday in Las Vegas last year went awry. Cody Saintgnue’s legal team filed an amended complaint late last month, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, that alleges Saintgnue was assaulted by staff after refusing […]
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NJ Lawmaker: PokerStars Licensing 'Long Overdue'PokerStars was given approval from New Jersey casino regulators late last week to eventually operate in the state and the lawmaker who spearheaded the efforts to legalize online gaming several in the Garden State years ago couldn’t be happier about it. “It’s about time; it was long overdue,” New Jersey Sen. Ray Lesniak told Card […]
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Poker Strategy: Short Stack Preflop PlayToday, I want to look at a situation that comes up often in tournaments; you get down to 20 big blinds or so. This can happen in many ways and happens to everyone regularly. The important thing is to not worry about how you got here, but rather figure out what to do. You really […]
