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Wynn's Boston-Area Casino Has 'First Step'

Workers have began preparing the site for Wynn Resorts’ $1.7 billion casino near Boston, according to a report from Boston.com. The site preparation kicked off Thursday, despite the casino developer not knowing for sure whether it will be able to build it. Wynn did get an environmental permit from the state late last month to […]

California To Consider DFS Regulation

A bill that was introduced into the California legislature in February was amended on Thursday and now is a proposal to regulate fantasy sports in the Golden State. Assemblyman Adam Gray is pushing the legislation. Gray was the author of one of several online poker bills in California that were on the table in 2015, […]

California Online Poker Efforts In 2015 Hit The Muck

Friday marked the official end for California’s online poker hopes in 2015, though it had been known for many weeks that the Golden State’s chances were essentially zero. The 2015 California legislative session ended on Sept. 11 with no consensus being reached by tribal groups, card clubs, racetracks and outside firms looking to get in […]

Rep Porter: Semi Bluffing Part II

In my last article, I wrote about the idea of semibluffing. I defined semibluffing as betting or raising when you think your hand is weaker than the average holding your opponent may have in a situation. Semibluffing relies on the combination of creating fold equity and your equity in the pot if it continues to […]

Norway To Have First Legal Poker Tournaments

An offshoot of Amaya Gaming Group will be hosting Norway’s first legal live poker tournament this fall, roughly a year after the country finally relaxed its anti-poker laws. According to a press release, Amaya’s Global Poker Tours will run the the 2015 Norwegian Championships, which includes five regional events before a main event in Oslo. […]

Tribe Waits On Approval For New Washington State Casino

The fate of a proposed casino near Spokane, Washington is currently in Gov. Jay Inslee’s hands, as a Native American tribe is looking to get state approval for the new facility. Inslee has until June 2016 to decide. According to the Associated Press, the Spokane Tribe of Indians is eyeing a $400 million off-reservation casino […]

Online Poker: Phil Ivey Having $400K Month

Poker legend Phil Ivey hasn’t seen much success this year on the Internet, but he’s had a great September so far and has positioned himself to have a chance to climb out of the hole by the end of the year. September has been his best upswing of 2015. The past seven days on PokerStars […]

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 […]

David Eller Wins CPPT Caribbean Cruise

David Eller defeated Hong Lin heads-up to win the third annual Card Player Poker Tour Caribbean Cruise main event. The event, hosted in conjunction with Card Player Cruises, featured a $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event, which drew a field of 30 players aboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas. Eller all but ended the tournament […]

Lawsuit Alleges Illinois Lottery Fraud Worth $288M

A class action lawsuit on behalf of lottery winners the state of Illinois is not paying was filed this week in federal court. Everyone with prizes greater than $25,000 are getting IOUs from the state, and the winners have began claiming fraud. “Due to the ongoing budget situation in Springfield, some lottery winner payments have […]

Italian Poker Pro DQ'd For Chip 'Prank'

An apparent “prank” during the late stages of a major poker tournament this past weekend cost one poker pro a large payday. Italy’s Gaetano Preite, who has lifetime tournament earnings of nearly $700,000, was deep in the People’s Poker Tour main event in Malta when he says he decided to try to have some fun […]

Connecticut Tribes Begin Push For New Casino

Two tribes in the state of Connecticut have begun their push for a jointly-run casino in the state. The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes are hosting a signing ceremony Thursday in Hartford to make their partnership official, the Associated Press reported. The tribes saw a favorable law pass earlier this year, which will allow localities […]

CPPT: Oasis of the Seas Docks in St. Maarten

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas made it’s final stop of the Card Player Poker Tour Caribbean Cruise in St. Maarten early on the morning of Sept. 9. The island is the world’s smallest landmass governed by two nations, France to the north and the Netherlands to the south, and relies on tourism as its […]

Negreanu Helps PETA With 'Pledge Vegan' Campaign

Six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu has garnered a lot of mainstream media attention over his poker career, and now the Canadian is part of a brand-new PETA advertisement that is trying to get people to “pledge to go vegan.” As of late Wednesday, the pledge had nearly 75 percent of the […]

New York Considers Online Poker Regulation

The New York Senate’s Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee held a 90-minute hearing on Wednesday. The hearing’s aim was “to discuss the future of online poker in New York.” The hearing was largely favorable to online poker legalization and regulation in the Empire State, but it did indicate that it could be years away. “New […]

Ukraine To Again Look At Gambling Regulation

Ukraine is set to hold a two-day conference next month to consider legalizing and regulating casino gambling, which some believe could bring the state up to $5 billion in tax revenue. According to the Kyiv Post, the conference is being called, “Game On: Bringing Gambling Back To Ukraine.” It will be held Oct. 13-14 at […]

Korean Basketball Players Accused Of Match-Fixing

Authorities in South Korea are currently investigating 11 professional basketball players over alleged online gambling and match-fixing, according to the Associated Press. Police allege that, in one case, a player deliberately missed shots at the end of the game because he had bet on his team losing. The amount is suspected to be the equivalent […]

2015 POY Update: Michael Wang Climbs To 15th

As summer transitions into fall the weather grows colder, but in the Card Player Player of the Year race things are heating up moving into the final third of the year. Here is a look at the tournaments that most effected the 2015 POY standings over the past seven days: World Poker Tour Legends of […]

CPPT: Caribbean Cruise Stops in St. Thomas

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas arrived in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas early on the morning of Sept. 8, giving the Card Player Poker Tour passengers a chance to explore yet another beautiful stop in the Caribbean. At just 32 square miles, the tiny island of St. Thomas is the gateway to the U.S. Virgin […]

Poker Business: Paddy Power, Betfair Deal Worth $3.2B

Just days after GVC Holdings emerged as the winner in the bid for Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, Paddy Power and Betfair, two other leading online gambling firms, said that their merger, which was announced last month, is worth 2.87 billion pounds ($3.2 billion). It will now be the biggest publicly listed online gambling company in the […]

WSOP Unveils Finalists For Poker Hall Of Fame

The World Series of Poker has announced the list of 10 finalists for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame this fall. The 10 names were selected by a public voting period that ended last month. They are, in no particular order: Max Pescatori, Matt Savage, David Ulliott, Chris Bjorin, Bruno Fitoussi, Jennifer Harman, David […]

NJ Approves I-Gaming Deal With Delaware

Though it’s not a much-needed liquidity sharing agreement for peer-to-peer online poker, New Jersey and Delaware announced a historic arrangement last week. Scientific Games, which runs its online gaming business from servers located in Caesars’ data center in Atlantic City, has been approved to offer its content across state lines to the Delaware Lottery’s online […]

NBA Players Bet $20K On Rock, Paper, Scissors

Just how prevalent is gambling among players in the National Basketball Association during their down time? It happens so much that it’s not uncommon for players to eventually decide to bet as much as $20,000 on a single rock-paper-scissors throw, according to former NBA player Jay Williams. In a Monday interview on The Brilliant Idiots […]

Hong Lin Leads CPPT Oasis of the Seas Main Event

Day 1 of the $1,100 Card Player Poker Tour Caribbean Cruise main event began at 12 pm local time as the ship sailed the path from the Bahamas to St. Thomas. Allison “Allie McDeal” Hollander, host of the bestbet Jacksonville Poker Show, CPPT St. Maarten final tablist Mark Stephen Edwards, Card Player Publisher and two-time […]

Explain Poker Like I'm Five: Value Bet

When you’ve played poker for years, it’s easy to forget that technical poker speak may as well be a different language. Many players just picked up a deck of cards for the first time and are wondering what the hell a reverse implied range merge against a large stack to pot ratio is. Maybe you […]

2015 CPPT Cruise: Oasis of the Seas Sets Sail

Passengers lined the decks of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas to bid farewell – for a week – to the shores of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and set off on a Caribbean extravaganza. The ship, among the largest cruise ships in the world, will stop in Nassau, Bahamas, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas and Philipsburg, St. […]

A Poker Life: Eugene Todd

Eugene Todd emerged as a force on the tournament circuit during the poker boom and quickly established himself as one of the most colorful personalities in the game. The always outspoken and gregarious New Yorker wasn’t afraid to joke around, trash talk, or even complain about his luck at the table. The 43-year-old former Wall […]

Mike Shariati Wins 2015 WPT Legends of Poker

Mike Shariati denied Freddy Deeb his record-tying third World Poker Tour main event title, defeating the seasoned poke pro heads up to capture the 2015 WPT Legends of Poker main event title late Friday night at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. For the win the genetic engineer and poker pro earned his first WPT […]

Draftpot No Salary Cap DFS With $200K In Guarantees

Draftpot is excited to announce the launch of its new website, www.Draftpot.com, with more than $200,000 in guaranteed prize pools. Draftpot is raising the bar on the current daily fantasy sports landscape by enhancing the way fantasy sports are consumed. While offering the same great game, Draftpot, in its Fan Mode, has eliminated the salary […]

Cops Raid Charity Poker Game In Florida

A poker game at a cigar bar in Weston, Florida, a suburban community in Broward County, was raided by law enforcement on Wednesday, resulting in two arrests, according to a report from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Police were in bulletproof vests when arresting the two organizers. Players were not arrested. The bust apparently happened because […]