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CPPT: Win Your Way to St. Maarten in April

For the first time ever the Card Player Poker Tour will make a stop at Casino Royale in Maho Bay, St. Maarten in conjunction with Card Player Cruises for a 22-tournament series set amid the backdrop of the breathtaking Caribbean. “As the tournament director for Card Player Cruises, I am excited to be teaming up […]

Arena Winter Poker Classic Coming To Talking Stick

The fourth annual Arena Winter Poker Classic Championship returns to Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona on Saturday, Feb. 21. For just a $400 tournament buy-in, players can compete for an estimated $68,000 prize pool (based on 200 players). Each player will receive 12,000 in tournament chips and can re-enter as many times as they’d […]

Prosecutors Still Going After High-Stakes Poker Player

Despite shady tactics to collect evidence against high-stakes poker player and wealthy Malaysian businessman Paul Phua, federal prosecutors have begged the court this week to help them continue to pursue Phua and his son, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Prosecutors said in court documents that the evidence should be included in […]

Jury Hears Disturbing Evidence In Poker Player Murder Trial

The alleged killers of Mehmet Hassan, a poker player from the United Kingdom, are currently standing trial, and this week the court heard prosecutors say that the defendants made a video of themselves throwing around the victim’s money while he lay dead in his flat. According to the BBC, the jury heard that Hassan was […]

Rugby Player Fined For Vicious Poker Game Attack

A former professional rugby player in Ireland has avoided going to jail for attacking a fellow poker player during a 2012 poker game by agreeing to pay the victim €10,000. Last year, a judge ordered Neilus Keogh, 27, to undergo anger management counseling while the case continued to play out. Keogh cowardly attacked a man […]

POY Update: Zinno and Altman Join Top 10

Two World Poker Tour stops and a WSOP Circuit main event have shaken up the leaderboard in the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker, during the last week. Here is a look at the aforementioned events that made such a big impact over the past seven days: World Poker Tour […]

Judge Sides With NJ Casino Over Gamblers

It’s the saga that seemingly never ends. Court rulings over the years have gone back and forth between siding with the Golden Nugget Atlantic City or a group of gamblers who in 2012 won $1.5 million at mini-baccarat after noticing that the cards weren’t shuffled. The latest court decision, which happened last week, went in […]

Gavin Griffin: Revisiting An Old Article

People in the poker community often come up to me and ask about whatever is on their mind. Some of these questions are good questions, and some are bad beat stories in disguise. I’ve been through quite a few things in my poker career and I like to help whenever possible, and in this new […]

Fish Wins WSOPC Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event

A total of 537 entries were made in the 2015 World Series of Poker Circuit Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,675 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, building a $805,500 prize pool. In the end the lion’s share of that money was awarded to Florida native Darryll Fish. For the win Fish earned his very first WSOP […]

Nevada Signs Off On Olympics Gambling

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has signed off on the plan to let Nevada sports books take action on the Olympics. The idea moves over to the state Gaming Commission, which is expected to give the final OK on Feb. 26. Nevada regulators have the power to prevent betting on certain events, namely those scored […]

PokerStars, Caesars To Lobby Together For Web Poker

They still are rivals in the space, but Caesars Entertainment Corp. and PokerStars have reportedly come to some sort of mutual understanding and are going to push together for legalized online gaming in the United States, rather than be at odds with each other. In other words, their respective lobbying dollars will be used for […]

Anthony Zinno Wins 2015 WPT Fallsview Poker Classic

Anthony Zinno came out on top of a 419-entry field in the 2015 World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic $5,000 CAD buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, becoming only the 21st player in the history of the WPT to win two or more title. For the win the 33-year-old poker pro from Cranston, Rhode Island earned […]

Poker Strategy: Over Thinking It

I was recently playing in a game that was pretty crazy. It was often four or more ways to the flop for a raise and sometimes it was that many for a reraise as well. Pots were big and the players weren’t really trying that hard to win them. Instead, they were relying mostly on […]

Poker Player Arrested At Final Table, Finishes 3rd

Canadian poker player Harnam Matharn, 21, was arrested at the final table of the Fallsview Poker Classic at the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario last week for allegedly robbing a fellow poker player in Kahnawake, Quebec in November. Police were tipped off to his whereabouts by players at the Fallsview Poker Classic. Matharn was […]

Taj Poker Room To Reopen In July, Casino Says

Atlantic City’s bankrupt Trump Taj Mahal casino closed its iconic poker room on Sunday, but the CEO of the casino’s parent company said that it will reopen in July, the Associated Press reported. With 48 tables, the Taj’s poker room was the second largest in Atlantic City behind the Borgata and its more than 80 […]

$1B Takeover Pitch For 888Poker Falls Through

Discussions about a possible William Hill takeover of online gambling firm 888 Holdings are over, 888 said Monday. The Gibraltar-based web gambling business, which is offering online gaming in New Jersey thanks to a partnership with Caesars, confirmed the negotiations last week. William Hill, one of the largest sports book operators in the world, was […]

Poker Pro Xuan Liu And 888Poker Part Ways

Canadian poker pro Xuan Liu and Gibraltar-based online poker site 888 are no longer working together, Liu said on Twitter last week. The news comes not long after another top female poker pro, former PokerStars Team Pro Vanessa Rousso, also saw her sponsorship deal end. Very grateful to have been given the opportunity for a […]

New Jersey Web Gaming Win Jumps To $11.5M

New Jersey’s licensed online gambling operators took in $11,567,337 during the month of January, according to figures released by state gaming regulators. Of that total, $2,299,426 came from poker. In January 2014, total web gaming revenue was $9,461,057, of which $3,442,271 came from online poker. That’s a 22.3-percent increase for overall I-gaming revenue, but a […]

Explain Poker Like I'm Five: Isolation

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 […]

VIDEO: Mike McDonald Discusses Preflop Checklist

When Mike “Timex” McDonald offers you advice about playing poker, you should probably listen. Not only does his own playing resume stand as a ringing endorsement, with over $11.3 million in live tournament earnings and nine career tournament titles to his name, but he also has an impressive track record as a poker coach. He […]

NJ Casino To Offer Gambling On Free-Throw Tourney

Internet betting has not panned out as the savior for Atlantic City, and the state has so far been blocked from letting its casinos open sports books, but Garden State gaming regulators did just give one casino the OK to host what is likely the first ever casino-run free-throw tournament. According to the Associated Press, […]

Trump Taj Mahal To Close Poker Room Indefinitely

Atlantic City’s bankrupt Trump Taj Mahal will close its poker room indefinitely this Sunday, the poker room told Card Player on Friday. The casino itself has been struggling financially and still faces the possibility of closing its doors. With 48 tables, the Taj’s poker room is the second largest in Atlantic City behind the Borgata […]

Nosebleed Online Poker: Viktor Blom Wins $347,000

Prolific high-stakes online grinder Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has been on a nice upswing lately, winning roughly $347,000 over the past week online. It took him about 8,300 hands to do so, according to HighstakesDB. The uptick comes after a significant downswing. He’s still down more than $360,000 over the past 30 days. So far in […]

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 […]

Priest Gets Probation For $240K Theft To Fund Gambling

A Roman Catholic priest in Massachusetts was given five years of probation despite stealing a sum of $240,000 to feed his years-long gambling addiction, the Boston Herald reported. Rev. Stephen Gemme’s apology went a long way, as he was sentenced after pleading guilty Wednesday to two counts of larceny. He must also repay the debt […]

Minnesota Again Looks At Sports Betting

Sports betting has become a hot topic in the world of gaming, as commissioners of the NBA and MLB say that they have been warming up to the idea of federal sports betting legislation that would expand the industry to more than just the state of Nevada. New Jersey is still stuck in its fight […]

Lawmaker Makes Nebraska's First Push For Poker

Tyson Larson, a 28-year-old Libertarian politician in Nebraska, is making a push this year for card rooms in his state. It’s no small task, as Nebraska is currently one of the most unfriendly states in the country with regards to gambling. According to Larson, his efforts for poker are the first for Nebraska. Larson admitted […]

Altman Wins 2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Main Event

A total of 1,027 entries were made in the 2015 World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open $3,500 buy-in $3 million guaranteed no-limit hold’em main event. This impressive turnout to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood saw the total prize pool eclipse the guarantee, paying out $3,286,400 to the top 100 finishers in […]

PokerStars And Vanessa Rousso Part Ways

Poker pro Vanessa Rousso is no longer a sponsored player for the online poker site PokerStars, as her name has been removed from its Team Pro list. The departure of the 32-year-old is in line with similar decisions to not renew the contracts of other well-established poker pros. PokerStars now has 30 members on its […]

2015 POY Update: Ognyan Dimov Into Top Five

There have been some changes made to the leader board of the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker,– during the last week. Here is a look at the five events that made the biggest impact over the past seven days: EPT Deauville €5,300 Main Event A total of 592 players […]