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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 […]

Report: Dan Bilzerian's Money Is Dirty

Businessman and high-stakes poker play Dan Bilzerian is known for showing off his wealth and status on social media. On Thursday, his online persona was the subject of an in-depth article by Vice.com that makes the claim that Bilzerian “is a beneficiary of—and party to—white collar crimes committed by his father,” as the author put […]

Finger Wins 2015 EPT Barcelona €25k High Roller

Martin Finger has emerged victorious in the 2015 European Poker Tour Barcelona €25,500 “single-day” high roller no-limit hold’em event. The tournament was indeed scheduled to last only one day, but the huge turnout that built a total prize pool of €3,724,000 ($4,175,367 USD) meant that three players, including Finger and former EPT San Remo champion […]

Selbst Hosts Poker Event For Urban Justice Center

Vanessa Selbst and Daniel Negreanu are two of the most successful tournament poker players in the history of the game. On September 29th the two will be battling it out on the felt, but this time instead of aimiing for a title or a big payday the two are participating in the first ever benefit […]

Tribe Confident About Mass. Casino

The Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe appears to be making significant progress in its quest to secure land in Massachusetts to build a Las Vegas-style casino, according to a report from The Boston Globe. The federal government recently informed the tribe in a letter that a decision in their case is imminent, the report said. The […]

Mina Greco: 'Never Lose Focus At Poker Table'

Houston-based poker player Mina Greco is coming off a final table at the World Poker Tour main event at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. The $175,673 score for fifth place is the largest to date for 38-year-old long-time poker player. The $3,500 buy-in drew 1,175 players. She had entered the final table as the […]

Las Vegas Casino Re-Opens Poker Room

The Linq Hotel & Casino, a Caesars property located on the Las Vegas Strip, closed its poker room in January but re-opened it this week, according to the poker room’s Twitter account. The four-table room (down from six tables previously) boasts a $1-$1 no-limit hold’em cash game, which is the smallest live game that is […]

Poker Business: Paddy Power, Betfair Agree To Merge

On Wednesday, Paddy Power and Betfair, two leading online gaming companies, agreed to an deal in principle to join forces, according to a press release. The new company would be called Paddy Power Betfair. Paddy Power is the offeror. Paddy Power shareholders would own 52 percent, and Betfair shareholders would own 48 percent. Gary McGann, […]

Crazy Gambling Story: Obama Hustled On Golf

President Obama was recently in Las Vegas to attend a Democratic Party fundraiser at the request of outgoing Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, but, according to Politico, it isn’t the first time he has hung out with Las Vegas Sun newspaper owner Brian Greenspun. The first time reportedly cost Obama some money. In November, Obama reportedly […]

Kroon: Ruling Puts Poker 'In The Backroom Again'

Wisconsin-based poker pro Mark Kroon was recently part of a collective effort by poker players in the state to get poker classified as a game of skill like darts and pool and considered legal in the eyes of the law. Unfortunately, a judge ruled earlier this month that poker is still illegal. Kroon owns a […]

2015 POY Update: EPT Barcelona Shakes Up Top 20

The European Poker Tour Barcelona preliminary events have had a big impact on 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 €50,000 High Roller A record turnout of 99 entries came out for the […]

Sylvain Loosli Wins EPT Barcelona Super High Roller

The €50,000 buy-in Super High Roller event at EPT Barcelona drew a record 99 entries, 84 of them unique, creating a total prize pool of €4,753,485. The field smashed last year’s record of 77 total entrants, when Olivier Busquet defeated Dan Colman for the title. This time around, the win went to French poker pro […]

Capture the Flag: Samantha Abernathy

Las Vegas poker pro Samantha Abernathy is one of the game’s best up-and-coming grinders. She cashed more than 30 times in tournaments around Vegas in 2014, and she regularly plays $2-$5 and $5-$10 no-limit hold’em cash games. She has more than $84,000 in lifetime tournament earnings, thanks to roughly $50,000 in tournament scores this year […]

Court Rules Against NJ In Sports Betting Fight

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled against New Jersey on Wednesday in the state’s quest to see its casinos in Atlantic City offer sports betting. The 2-1 decision was in regards to the state passing a law last year that basically made it so that the sports betting business by its […]

Caesars Agrees To $20M Settlement With Government

Caesars Entertainment Corp., which owns and operates dozens of casinos across the Unite States, will pay $20 million to settle allegations that it wasn’t strong enough in trying to prevent money laundering activities at least one of its properties, according to Reuters. The company will enter a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice. […]

Hearings Planned For Georgia Casino Push

Lawmakers in Georgia will hold two hearings next month to ponder bringing Las Vegas-style casinos to the state. Last month, MGM Resorts International pitched a $1 billion casino complex in Atlanta. MGM has hired lobbyists to push the issue, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. A legislative study committee said last week that the hearings […]

Antony Vidmer Wins CPPT bestbet Main Event

In his own words, Antony Vidmer went on a heater at the right time. He began the final table of the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event as the second shortest stack in play. Six and a half hours later, Vidmer, who wrote and directed High Roller: the […]

DoJ Sued Over I-Gambling Documents

A conservative group has sued the Obama Department of Justice for allegedly not releasing documents pertaining to the decision in 2011 to re-interpret the 1961 Wire Act, which paved the way for state lotteries to offer games online and states to legalize and then regulate online casino games within their borders. According to the Las […]

Deposit On Americas Cardroom With Bitcoin

There are many reasons you should try Bitcoin at Americas Cardroom, basically because is faster than any other payment method, and even though it seems like a long and scary process, taking a little time to create your Bitcoin exchange wallet will result in you being able to make deposits into ACR in less than […]

Vance Fitzgerald Wins Arizona State Poker Championship

The Arizona State Poker Championship at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale wrapped up last week with Vance Fitzgerald topping a field of 1,580 players to earn a $253,600 payday. This was the 11th running of the annual event. The five-day main event featured a prize pool of over $1 million and the final table […]

Neymar Jr Hits Royal Flush Playing Online

Brazilian football star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior has only been an ambassador for online gambling site PokerStars since May, but he has already generated a lot of buzz on the Internet thanks to the hands he’s getting. On Saturday, Neymar Jr hit a royal flush in spades on a board reading K 5 4 […]

Tribal Casino Stops Payments Because Of I-Lottery

A Native American tribe with a casino in Michigan has stopped paying the state its cut because the state elected to offer lottery games on the Internet. The tribe believes the state violated their revenue-sharing compact by launching online lottery products last summer. The compact was negotiated back in 2007. The Gun Lake Tribe stopped […]

Revel Casino Owner Complains Of Seagulls

Revel, the most expensive casino in the history of Atlantic City, will have its one-year anniversary of closing on Sept. 2, and there is still no end in sight to a dispute between current owner Glenn Straub and ACR Energy, which supplied power to the casino. According to the Associated Press, the most recent court […]

CPPT bestbet Jacksonville: Miles, Fish Headline Final 9

Two Florida natives headline the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee final table. TK Miles and Darryll Fish are easily the most experienced players of the final nine and are ready to take home a title on their home turf. Miles, who has finished 16th or better in this event […]

Poker Strategy With Rep Porter: Fold Equity

So far in this column, we have explored spots in poker where betting allows you to win pots when your opponent has missed, or has to fold a large portion of their range in a certain situation. There are many other spots in poker where your opponent has a hand that is weaker than yours, […]

CPPT bestbet Jacksonville: Prizepool Tops $500,000

Day 1b of the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville main event was a record setting day. For the third time in three seasons of the CPPT, the northern Florida card room has put on a $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event, but the numbers this time around surpassed all expectations. Accumulating a prize […]

Four Mistakes You're Making In Pineapple OFC

“Am I making the right move?” This is what I ask myself before I take each and every turn in Pineapple OFC. According to my score on the rating system (that I helped create), the answer is: not every time. I only get about 70 percent of tough situations correct, and have an average error […]

CPPT bestbet Jacksonville Day 1A: Mermelstein Leads

Numbers were high on day 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville main event with 164 entries on the first day of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee marquee tournament. World Poker Tour champion Aaron Mermelstein finished out in front of the 32 players who bagged chips for the night with a massive […]

Powerball To Make Jackpot Odds 1-In-292 Million

The most popular form of gambling in the United States will see a big change come this fall. The Powerball, which, along with the Mega Millions, offers the largest jackpot prizes thanks to being available in most US states, will be implementing changes in early October that will have the odds of winning the jackpot […]

CPPT: bestbet Jacksonville Results

The sixth stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at bestbet Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida Aug. 13. The series will continue until Aug. 24 and feature a $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event Aug. 21-24. Here is a look at the latest results: Event: No-Limit Hold’em $50,000 Guarantee Buy […]