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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 […]

CPPT: Cruise Begins September 5

The Card Player Poker Tour is set to snake a path throughout the Caribbean on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the seas. In conjunction with Card Player Cruises, players on the seven-night cruise will be treated to stops in Nassau, Bahamas, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas and Philipsburg, St. Maarten with plenty of poker action in between. […]

NM Secretary Of State Allegedly Gambled Campaign Funds

A 26-page criminal complaint filed on Aug. 28 against New Mexico’s Secretary of State alleges a slew of crimes including fraud, embezzlement and money laundering, with hundreds of thousands of dollars from her personal bank accounts being withdrawn, and then lost, at casinos since 2013. Republican Dianna Duran, who has been in office since 2010 […]

bestbet Jacksonville Hosting Tournament For Students

On Friday, Oct. 9, bestbet Jacksonville will be hosting a 6 p.m. poker tournament exclusively for college students. The tournament will be open to anyone with a valid college ID and will have a buy-in of just $40. Best of all, bestbet Jacksonville will be adding $1,000 to the prize pool and giving away prizes […]

Pennsylvania Gives Approval To 'Stadium Gambling'

On Wednesday, Pennsylvania gaming regulators gave the OK to so-called “stadium gambling” at Sands Casino Bethlehem, according to a report from The Morning Call. The casino company, owned by Sheldon Adelson, already has the offerings at the Venetian in Las Vegas, and the idea is to attract younger gamblers to its Keystone State property. The […]

Judge Saves AC Home From Eminent Domain

A man’s home that “sits in the shadows of the now closed Revel Casino” is safe for now from being taken by the state through eminent domain to use as part of Atlantic City’s possible revitalization, according to court documents filed last month in Atlantic County Superior Court. The state was seeking the OK to […]

Michigan To Consider Legalizing Fantasy Sports

A lawmaker in Michigan is trying to classify fantasy sports as games of skill in order to make sure the online activity is legal in the state. According to a report this week from GamblingCompliance, Michigan gaming regulators say that daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites are technically illegal under the law in the Great Lakes […]

Scandinavia Gambling And Poker Market Movements

Scandinavia is home to some of the biggest gambling operators in Europe. While the largest market share is on the lottery, as is the trend almost everywhere, the world of online gambling and poker both hold huge shares in the Scandinavian gambling landscape. In Sweden alone, according to an observation made by Svenska Spel, a […]

Batista 'Never The Same After Black Friday'

Chad “lilholdem954” Batista, one of the original online poker stars, passed away on Aug. 20 in Las Vegas. He was 34, but had already accomplished a lifetime’s worth in the game of poker thanks to the Internet. Batista, who had nearly $1 million in lifetime live tournament earnings to go along with millions more in […]

Stones Gambling Hall, Lon McEachern To Partner

Stones Gambling Hall, located in Northern California, and Lon McEachern, veteran broadcaster and poker personality, have partnered up. According to a press release, McEachern has agreed to share his playing experiences at Stones with the poker playing community. He will being leveraging his extensive social networks and attending select live events at Stones, which began […]

Former Casino Worker Says Donald Trump Is Racist

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump was once involved in the casino business in Atlantic City, and even though his name is still on an operating casino there, he is basically out of that industry in New Jersey. However, his past there could come back to bite him, according to a report from MotherJones.com. Citing an […]

Half Of Social Casino Gamers Spend Money

While it technically isn’t considered real-money gambling, social casino gaming in the United States is a big market, and a new study says that roughly 50 percent of users spend money on the activity, rather than continuing to play for free. According to consumer research firm Newzoo, 46 percent of players on 17 social casino […]

GVC Looks Like Winner In Bwin.Party Bid

A high-stakes battle for online gambling company Bwin.Party has moved one step closer to ending, as the firm reportedly has approved an offer from rival online gambling firm GVC Holdings, according to a Tuesday report from The Independent. Bwin originally had accepted an offer worth $1.4 billion from 888 Holdings, but GVC sweatened its offer […]

2015 POY Update: Petrangelo Climbs To Second

Some big changes have taken place near the top of the standings this week in 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: EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller A huge field of 506 players turned out […]

WPT Legends of Poker Main Event Draws 786 Entries

The official numbers are in for the 2015 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $3,700 no-limit hold’em main event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, CA. The three starting days drew 721 entries, but even after day 1C came to a close registration remained open. A total of 65 players who took advantage of […]

CPPT: Caribbean and Los Angeles Up Next

Action will heat up on the Card Player PokeR Tour in September and October. In the coming weeks the CPPT will take a dip in international waters and then head to the West Coast for a Los Angeles extravaganza. Beginning Sept. 5 players can hop aboard the Oasis of the Seas for a Card Player […]

Macau Gaming Win Falls 36 Percent In August

Macau gaming win fell for a 15th straight month (compared to the same month the previous year) in August. Gaming revenue was the equivalent of $2.3 billion, which was a 35.5-percent drop compared to August 2014. According to Bloomberg, casino win accounts for four-fifths of economic output in the former Portuguese colony, the only place […]

Women In Poker: Katerina Malasidou

Katerina Malasidou is a hyper turbo sit-and-go specialist who makes a living on the virtual felt. She has played nearly 170,000 sit-and-gos since 2012, making her one of the high-volume grinders on the web, which helped her earn a sponsorship from PokerStars. The 30-year-old from Athens, Greece lives in Lisbon, Portugal these days. For Malasidou, […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From August

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

Card Player Cruises: Exotic Ports, Great Poker Action

Have you ever been on a poker cruise? They really are the best of both worlds. Where else can you play your favorite card game onboard a floating casino/hotel, which travels from one exotic destination to the next? A poker cruise is one of the least expensive vacations you can take. A typical seven-night poker […]

Watch Private Coaching Session With Jonathan Little

In October of 2014, Shan “Pacman” Jing won the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event for $135,981. But despite his big win, Shan still had some tough poker questions about several hands from other tournaments he played recently. So he reached out to two-time World Poker Tour champion Jonathan little for a private […]

Wynn Wins Environmental Permit In Mass.

A proposed casino in Everett, Massachusetts from billionaire casino developer Steve Wynn received an environmental permit from the state on Friday, according to The Boston Globe. The permit came after two years of looking at the project. Wynn had already received a gaming license from the state, but the firm is being sued by the […]

Illinois Lottery Winners Getting Paid With IOUs

An Illinois couple just won $250,000 in the state lottery, but due to budget issues they have received an IOU from the state and not the cash. The state says it’s coming. “For the first time, we were finally gonna get a break,” winner Susan Rick told the Chicago Tribune. “And now the Illinois Lottery […]

Kanit Wins EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller Event

Mustapha Kanit finished fourth in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, and he has continued his great form in 2015, most recently with a huge win in the 2015 European Poker Tour Barcelona €10,300 no-limit hold’em high roller. Kanit topped a sizable field of 506 players to win his second title of […]

John Juanda Wins 2015 EPT Barcelona Main Event

The 2015 European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event was the largest event ever in the tour’s history. The first main event event of the twelfth season drew 1,694 players, beating the Season 7 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event’s 1,560 players to become the biggest EPT main event field ever. Such a historic […]

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 […]

Poker Strategy With Rep Porter: Semi Bluffing

Today I want to explore the idea of semibluffing. I would define semibluffing as betting when you think your hand is weaker than the average holding your opponent may have in a situation. When you are semibluffing, you are relying on the “two ways to win” concept. First and foremost, your opponent may fold, and […]

Ivey Says He Was Drunk During Borgata Sessions

Earlier this month the Borgata fired back after Phil Ivey countersued the casino in a case involving controversial mini-baccarat sessions from 2012. On Tuesday, Ivey’s legal team filed the latest court document in the case, which was an opposition to the Borgata’s motion aiming “to suppress and conceal material and relevant evidence of its own […]

Nevada Poker Rooms Collect $11,458,000 In July

Poker rooms across the state of Nevada collected $11,458,000 in rake in July, which was a 0.59-percent uptick year-over-year, according to figures released late this week by Silver State gaming regulators. There were 68 poker rooms with a combined 743 cash game tables in July. June and July have more tables, and revenue, compared to […]

Online Poker: Viktor Blom Has $2.5M Week

Over the past four weeks on PokerStars, online poker pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has turned in one of his best upswings in his career. The Swede is up more than $2.2 million, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Blom was actually a slight loser over the past month up until Aug. 20, when his tear […]