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Watch Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout Tonight

Ready for the world premiere of Poker Central’s Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout tonight? The six episodes of the Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout will air three Wednesdays in a row starting July 29, at 6 p.m. EST on the NBC Sports Network. Poker legends Doyle Brunson, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Vanessa […]

ACR Giving Away Free Entries To Million Dollar Sundays

You just get more on Americas Cardroom. The one category in which we hold the undisputed championship belt is our promotions. Whether it’s our two weekly progressive points races, our top of the line VIP Program or our welcome bonus, we just do it better. But today I’m not going to talk about those things. […]

Pit Boss: Whale Shenanigans At All-Time High

It’s common knowledge that many casinos will make major concessions and tolerate a wide range of behavior to keep high rollers happy. A look into just how far some casinos are willing to go these days amidst extremely fierce competition in the Northeast for gambling revenue was a topic of conversation at a recent gaming […]

Nevada Poker Rooms Collect $15,840,000 In June

Poker rooms in Nevada had $15,840,000 in revenue in June, which was a 4.46-percent increase compared to the same month in 2014, according to figures released this week by state gaming regulators. There were 70 poker rooms across the state with a combined 761 cash game tables. June 2014 had 806 cash game tables, so […]

Jason Les: 'Future Is Pretty Strong For Poker Bots'

High-stakes poker pro Jason Les is a cash game star, but he just recently had his breakout year at the World Series of Poker. Les final tabled two events this summer, recording a runner-up finish in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout and a third place in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship. His deep runs this […]

Poker Stabilizing, Other Casino Games Thriving

While some brick-and-mortar casinos figure out ways to attract millennials to classic gambling, online casinos have already tapped a younger demographic that likes the convenience and ease of the Internet for just about everything. By some accounts, the global online poker market has shrunk more than 20 percent since 2012, a year after the American […]

Matt Matros: Who Gets To Play?

Poker often gets trumpeted as a true meritocracy, and with good reason. The deck of cards knows nothing about a player’s gender, ethnicity, bank account, or tournament resume. The professional poker player will get good hands and bad hands with the same frequency as the weekend gambler. Over the (very) long run, it’s skill and […]

Poker Business: Higher Bid Put Forth For Bwin.Party

Less than two weeks ago, Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment accepted a cash and stock deal with 888 Holdings worth $1.4 billion that would result in the two companies merging, with 888 management at the helm. On Monday, the firm that lost out on the hunt to acquire Bwin.Party has offered $1.55 billion, according to Reuters. Bwin.Party […]

Vanessa Selbst Gives Poker Talk To Science Camp

Poker pro Vanessa Selbst, the most successful female tournament player in history, last week gave a talk on poker and the math behind it to a science camp in New Jersey that she went to as a high schooler, according to a report from dailyrecord.com. The three-week long program was Drew University’s summer Governor’s School […]

Talking Stick To Host AZ Poker Championship

Talking Stick Resort is set to host the 11th annual Arizona State Poker Championship from Aug. 14–18. For years this event has been one of the biggest and best-valued poker tournaments in the United States. Located in the heart of Scottsdale, Arizona, the AAA Four-Diamond Talking Stick Resort property boasts a 98,000 square-foot casino, a […]

Online Poker: Viktor Blom Has $350,000 July

Despite not attending the 2015 World Series of Poker, some poker pros, including high-stakes online grinder Viktor Blom, have been enjoying big summers. Blom is leading the way in the online poker world this month with roughly $350,000 in profits, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Other big winners online this summer who were absent […]

CPPT: Four Tour Stops On The Horizon

In the coming months the Card Player Poker Tour will touch down coast-to-coast in the United States and take a dip in international waters. In August, the tour will make a stop at bestbet Jacksonville in northern Florida. From there, players can hop aboard the Oasis of the Seas for a Card Player Cruises sponsored […]

NY Lawmaker Pens Op-Ed In Support Of Online Poker

A prominent lawmaker in the Empire State recently wrote an op-ed for Roll Call (published Thursday) that slammed proposals on Capitol Hill to ban online gaming, while also underscoring the fact that New York is currently considering online poker. The state saw a bill come forward in May, but it won’t be going anywhere this […]

Tribal Gaming Revenue Reaches $28.5 Billion

Tribal gaming in the United States had gross gaming revenue of $28.5 billion in 2014, the most ever for the industry. Though, it was a small 1.5-percent increase compared to 2013. There have been revenue gains every year since 2009. The industry consists of more than 450 gaming establishments, associated with nearly 242 tribes across […]

Phil Ivey Countersues Borgata Over Disputed $9.6M

Professional poker player Phil Ivey, winner of 10 WSOP bracelets, has countersued the Borgata in Atlantic City over the $9.6 million the casino says he owes back because he used a technique called edge sorting to gain an edge over the house, according to court documents obtained by Card Player. The countersuit was filed Wednesday […]

Poker Strategy With Rep Porter: Betting Scare Cards

Today I want to look at a situation that comes up frequently on the turn; a scare card comes. Let’s first define a scare card as any of the following: an overcard to the board, usually an ace or a king, a card that completes a flush, or a card that completes an obvious straight, […]

Trailer Released For Highly-Rated New Gambling Movie

On Sep. 25, a new drama about gambling, including poker, will hit theaters nationwide. The film, “Mississippi Grind,” stars Ryan Reynolds, who plays a poker player. Reynolds is nomadic and decides to team up with an older gambler played by Ben Mendelsohn to travel around the U.S. South in search of action. Mendelsohn’s character apparently […]

Hedge Funders, Poker Pros Battle In Charity Event

A charity poker tournament in New York City on Wednesday that featured the likes of poker pros Phil Hellmuth, Erik Seidel and Vanessa Selbst raised $850,000 for Education Reform Now, a non-profit group in the city, Business Insider reported. The “Take ’Em To School” charity poker tournament also drew many hedge fund managers, including poker […]

Judge Makes Big Decision In Caesars Bankruptcy

Caesars Entertainment may join its operating unit, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., in bankruptcy after a federal judge in Chicago ruled that the former can be on the hook for $11 billion in creditor lawsuits. The bankruptcy process occurring in the Windy City was originally seen as a win for the company. According to reporting from […]

Court: Poker Room Not Allowed In Idaho

Poker players in Idaho suffered an unfortunate defeat this week. In September of last year, a court ruled that the Coeur d’Alene tribe in the state couldn’t run a poker room at its gambling facility, which already has offerings such as slots and bingo. This week, the tribe lost an appeal on the issue. According […]

MIT Poker Course Online To Watch For Free

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been home to a number of poker-related courses over the years, and now a handful of lectures from one of them are available to watch for free online as part of the school’s OpenCourseWare program. The lectures can be watched online here. Instructors in the videos include Kevin Desmond, […]

A Poker Life: Brandon Barnette

Great poker dealers are often the most overlooked, yet essential element of a good poker tournament. If a dealer does their job the right way, you’ll almost never notice their presence. It’s usually only when they make a mistake that they get any attention at all. Poker dealers thanklessly man the box every down, trying […]

South Korea Sees 34 Applicants For Casino Licenses

With Macau in steep decline due to tighter control from mainland China, other countries in the region are looking to take advantage of a demand for VIP gambling. According to Forbes, local media In South Korea have reported that 34 groups have applied to operate a casino in the country. South Korean law says that […]

Americas Cardroom Keeps Its Foot On The Gas

It would be pretty easy to get discouraged. After all, bringing $1 million guaranteed online poker tournaments back to the United States is no easy task. But this is exactly what we at Americas Cardroom are determined to do and despite a few setbacks (some of them pretty major), we’re continuing to push ahead. In […]

POY Update: Dan Smith Joins Top 20

After six-weeks of daily flux in the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, things have slowed down just a bit in the wake of the World Series of Poker. Here’s a look the tournaments that most impacted the standings: Aria $25,000 High Roller Aria Resort & Casino has played host to plenty of […]

Russia Might Fund Chess Through I-Poker

Russian lawmakers are considering regulating online poker and some are eyeing the revenue for the Russian Chess Federation, according to a report from SportingNews.com. “Sources have indicated an amount in the region of 12M Swiss Francs could be distributed to Russia’s Chess Federation through money collected from legislated online poker,” the report said. Legislation reportedly […]

Canadian Poker Pro Dies In Ultralight Plane Crash

Canadian poker pro Norman Overdijk died this past weekend in an ultralight plane crash, according to a report from CBC News. Overdijk was well-known among the poker playing community in Canada. The 54-year-old was the pilot of the aircraft. The accident happened in a rural area after the plane crashed into the side of a […]

Indiana Warns Senior Center Over Card Game

A micro-stakes card game at a senior center in Muncie, Indiana has ceased its tradition of offering prizes such as toilet paper and fruit after state gaming regulators contacted them last week and said the activity is gambling, according to reporting from the AP. The only reason state officials became aware of the euchre game […]

Putting Joe McKeehen's Monster Stack In Perspective

In the post-Chris Moneymaker era, no other player accumulated a larger portion of the chips in play by the time the main event final table was set than Joe McKeehen. McKeehen dominated short-handed play at his table last week as the final table bubble loomed, raising almost every hand and eliminating Daniel Negreanu in 11th […]

Massachusetts Casinos Could Be 10 Years Away: Expert

The state of Massachusetts legalized three Las Vegas-style casinos and one slots parlor in 2011, but the casinos could still be years away, according to a report from The Boston Globe. Though ground has been broken, a casino from MGM wouldn’t open until 2018 at the earliest. “The debate over whether to legalize casinos went […]