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Taylor Paur Wins WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star

Taylor Paur has emerged victorious from a field of 708 entries to win the 2015 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 no-limit hold’em main event. For the win the 26-year-old poker pro from El Dorado Hills, CA earned his first WPT main event title and $1,214,200. Paur was also awarded 1,824 Card Player […]

Judge Denies Revel Casino Sale

A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday said that she is denying the sale of Revel casino in Atlantic City to Florida real estate developer Glenn Staub because she doesn’t have jurisdiction, according to the Associated Press. It’s the third time a supposedly done deal for someone to acquire the bankrupt casino has fallen through at […]

Isaac Baron Leads 2015 WPT Bay 101 Final Table

There were a total of 708 entries in 2015 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 main event in San Jose, but after three full days of poker action now only six remain to battle it out for the title and the first-place prize of $1,214,200. Leading the way with over 6.7 million in […]

Poker Strategy: How To Handle Getting Three-Bet

As games have gotten more aggressive over the years, you see a lot more reraising preflop than you used to. Years ago, people would confine their reraises to the times they held a really strong hand like Q-Q or A-K. Nowadays, many (but not nearly all) players have correctly expanded the hands they’re willing to […]

Online Poker: Ivey Loses Again, Drops $200K

Another week brings more losses for Phil Ivey, who was once online poker’s most profitable player. The poker pro lost just under $200,000 over the past seven days on Full Tilt. Ivey is down $1.5 million on 2015. He lost $2.3 million last year. Before Black Friday in 2011, Ivey was up more than $19 […]

Man Who Was Trying To Rob Poker Game Shot Dead

A poker game held at an apartment in Michigan was in the process of getting robbed when a player took out his gun and shot the suspect dead, police said, according to a report from MLive.com. The incident happened on Wednesday evening. One of the players—it’s not clear if it was the player who shot […]

Billionaire Accused Of Not Paying Casino Marker

There are often stories of millionaires allegedly trying to avoid paying their gambling losses at casinos, but seldom do allegations surface against someone with billions. According to a report from the Evening Standard, the Ritz Casino in London is currently going after 10 high rollers from around the world for failing to make good on […]

Connecticut Looks At More Casino Gambling

The state of Connecticut is looking to expand its gambling industry to keep up with competition in the region. Many in the state are worried about new casinos being built in Massachusetts and New York. Other nearby states like Pennsylvania and Maryland also have new casinos in the works. The most notable threat is a […]

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 […]

Higher Roller Claims AC Casinos Lied About Comps

New York gambler Darryl Abramowitz said he was promised a bunch of freebies in order to gamble for big money at Atlantic City casinos, but he now claims that when he got there and played they didn’t hold up their end of the deal. Atlantic City has seen several casinos close over the past year, […]

Nevada Bill Seeks State Lotto Industry

A proposal in Nevada calls for the state to establish a lottery. Nevada is arguably the most gambling-friendly state in the nation, but it doesn’t have a lotto like many others. On Tuesday, Assemblyman Harvey Munford, a Democrat, introduced AJR 6. Revenues from the lottery would go toward “support of the public education of children […]

Zynga Bails On UK Real-Money Gambling

Zynga announced recently that it is ending its partnership with bwin.party for real-money gambling in the United Kingdom. The offerings featured both a downloadable client and web version and was launched on Facebook and mobile platforms in the UK. ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino will be no more in the island nation. The two companies launched the […]

Advanced Poker Training To Improve Your Game

It wasn’t long ago that the only way to hone your game against the best was to put everything on the table, and inevitably leave a lot there too. But a new and innovative option is now available from AdvancedPokerTraining.com, whose software is helping both beginners and experienced poker veterans lower their potential for poverty. […]

Michigan Charity Poker Supplier Charged With Crimes

The owner of a Michigan company that specializes in running charitable gambling on behalf of non-profits is in hot water with the state for allegedly engaging in illegal gambling, according to a report from The Detroit News. Fouad “Fred” Haddad, who owns Total G Services, is due in court on Mar. 19. He allegedly ran […]

2015 POY Update: Anthony Zinno Takes The Lead

We have a new leader in the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker, is Marching forward. Here is a look at the events that made the largest impact over the past seven days, including the one that lead to a new occupant of the top slot on the leaderboard: World […]

CPPT Wynn: Three Big Tournaments on Deck

Nearly $840,000 has been awarded in prize pool money to players in the Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Spring Classic, but there is plenty more yet to be banked before the series winds down. Players can register for the $300 no-limit hold’em $100,000 guarantee until about 3:15 pm Mar. 11. A $600 no-limit hold’em $150,000 […]

Illinois Man Steals $420K In Poker Chips: Police

An Illinois man was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing $420,000 in casino chips from a professional poker player’s apartment. The alleged theft happened in Los Angeles. Authorities claim Dustin Campbell, 32, committed the crime back in late January. The victim is poker pro Matt Kirk. McDonough County (Illinois) Sheriff Rick VanBrooker said that the LAPD […]

Csik Wins WSOPC Horseshoe Baltimore Main Event

A total of 670 entries were made in the 2015 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event, building a prize pool of $985,500. In the end the last player standing, or sitting as it were, was Chris Csik. For the win the 27-year-old poker pro earned $206,020 and his first […]

Trump Taj Mahal Casino To Keep Name

Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino will be able to keep the Trump name, a development that is good news for poker players awaiting the casino’s planned re-opening of its storied poker room. The bankrupt casino closed its poker room last month. Keeping the Trump name was seen as necessary for the property to continue […]

Maryland Live! Kicks Off $1M Live! Poker Classic

Beginning Monday, Mar. 9, the Maryland Live! Casino at Arundel Mills will be hosting the $1 Million Live! Poker Classic, a 15-event series that boasts a seven-figure guarantee. The highlight of the series is the $2,200 no-limit hold’em championship event, which begins Mar. 21 and features a $300,000 guarantee. In addition to no-limit hold’em, other […]

Poker Player Robbed Bank After Losing Everything

A 22-year-old poker player from Texas is behind bars in the state of Washington for allegedly robbing a bank after he dusted off everything he had playing poker, according to a report from Seattle-based KomoNews.com. Ben McClean robbed the Marysville bank on Friday evening, a day after losing $8,000, which apparently was all the money […]

Poker Enthusiast Sam Simon Passes Away From Cancer

Poker player and “Simpsons” co-creator Sam Simon passed away this week after a three-year battle with colon cancer. He was 59. Over the years Simon quietly amassed quite the list of poker accomplishments. He won three no-limit hold’em tournaments, totaling more than $100,000. Combined with a deep run in the 2011 World Series of Poker […]

Mike Sexton 'Calls Out' The World Series Of Poker

Mike Sexton, voice of the World Poker Tour, took to his blog last week to criticize the World Series of Poker for some of the things that he thinks poker’s richest and most popular annual tournament series does wrong. Sexton won his bracelet in 1989. Though Sexton said he still loves the WSOP and has […]

Aria Hosting $500k Super High Roller This Summer

The second largest buy-in poker tournament in history has recently been announced. Aria Resort & Casino is set to host a $500,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament as part of it’s 2015 Super High Roller Bowl, taking place from June 27th through July 4th. The event will take place as this summer’s World Series of Poker […]

CPPT Wynn Results: Events 7-10

The second stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at the Wynn in Las Vegas Feb. 25 and will host a series of 14 tournaments through Mar. 15 culminating with a $2,100 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event Mar. 15-18. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: March 9 - 15

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from March 9th through the 15th. Head to our tournament […]

CarbonPoker Extends The Nightly Nine Promotion

CarbonPoker is taking their Nightly Tournament Lineup to the next level. Starting Monday, Mar. 2, the site will begin offering the Nightly Nine tournament series, which guarantees over $500,000 in prize pools. Every night, the nightly tournaments will feature an increase in prize pool. It starts Monday with nine events and continues until Friday, Mar. […]

Anti-Online Poker Lawmaker: I've Never Used Email

A lawmaker who pushed an online poker ban last year and is expected to do so again at some point this year said he has never sent an email in his entire life. “I don’t email,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina) told Meet the Press last week. “You can have every email I’ve ever sent. […]

Another Web Gambling Bill Comes Forward In PA

With California stuck in a huge hole with regards to online poker, Pennsylvania has been showing signs that it carries the best shot at legalizing online poker this year among all the states in the country considering the industry. The first Pennsylvania online gambling bill of 2015 was introduced by Rep. John Payne last month, […]

Poker Strategy: Attacking Bad Continuation Bets

By now, most online poker players know about continuation bets. You raise preflop, and you get a call or three. The flop comes, and because you are presumed to have the strongest set of hands as the preflop raiser, you go ahead and bet the flop whether you hit it or not. These days, even […]