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Holder May Have Just Helped Poker Players

In what appears to be a last ditch effort to make his time at the helm of the Obama DOJ not seem completely morally bankrupt, Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday barred local and state police from using draconian federal law for the purpose of what some say amounts to theft from American citizens. Formally, […]

Ryan Reynolds Starring In New Poker Flick

According to Entertainment Weekly, actor Ryan Reynolds is starring in a new film involving poker, called Mississippi Grind, that will likely hit U.S. theaters sometime this year. Reynolds plays a nomadic poker player who teams up with a character played by Ben Mendelsohn to “hit the road together to try to make a high-stakes poker […]

Nebraska Looks At Legalizing Live Poker

A Nebraska state lawmaker is looking to circumvent the state’s anti-gambling laws by creating a carve out for poker thanks to it being a game of skill, according to JournalStar.com. A bill is forthcoming, the report said. Libertarian Senator Tyson Larson (pictured) is planning a bill to authorize brick-and-mortar poker games for bars, nonprofits and […]

2015 POY Update: Jose Montes Into Top 10

The 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker, is just getting going, but already there have been some huge results on the tournament circuit. Here is a look at the events that made the biggest impact over the past seven days: World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Jose Montes has won […]

A Poker Life: Kane Kalas

For some, a career in online poker was the best option after the economic recession of 2008, resulting in limited employment opportunities for many young workers. Kane Kalas, however, never suffered from that problem, thanks to a diverse upbringing. For Kalas, poker was just the logical choice among many opportunities. Kalas could have easily pursued […]

Poker Pro Faraz Jaka Featured On CNN Money

Faraz Jaka is one of tournament poker’s biggest young stars. The World Poker Tour season eight Player of the Year has nearly $4.5 million in live tournament earnings and millions more in online scores. He is also homeless. “In the last year I played 102 poker tournaments around the world,” said Jaka. “I went to […]

Poker Pro Joins Campaign For Vegas NHL Team

In order for a NHL team to come to Las Vegas, a total of 10,000 season ticket deposits must be received by the league, out of the 18,000 seats in the new arena that is being built to host the team. Deposits would be refundable if Las Vegas doesn’t secure a franchise. Las Vegas currently […]

Jose Montes Wins WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event

The largest main event of the 2014/2015 season of the World Series of Poker Circuit just wrapped up at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. Jose Montes topped the gigantic field of 1,363 entries to win the $352,669 first-place prize and his first WSOP Circuit gold ring. “Tournament poker is so tough," admitted Montes […]

CA Corruption Investigation Could Hurt I-Poker

The Golden State needs all the help it can get with finally passing a law legalizing intrastate online poker. However, recent allegations against a former state gaming official reportedly have the potential to deal 2015’s chances for real-money online poker a fatal blow. California’s attorney general has accused a former chief of the state’s gambling […]

WSOP Bracelet Winner Jailed For Web Poker Cheating

Darren Woods, a World Series of Poker bracelet winner in 2011, has been sentenced to 15 months in jail over in the United Kingdom and ordered to repay a hefty sum of £1 million after he cheated for years at online poker. Woods engaged in fraudulent misconduct on 888.com and several other sites by setting […]

Las Vegas' The Linq Closes Poker Room

This week, the Las Vegas Strip lost the poker room at the Linq, a casino which was formerly known as Imperial Palace. The casino and former poker room, which had six tables, are owned by Caesars Entertainment, owner of the World Series of Poker held every summer at the Rio. The Linq Poker Room tweeted […]

Card Player Poker Announces $25K Poker Summit

Looking for exciting poker action, but not ready to put up a deposit? Check out the Card Player Poker. It offers free, legal poker play, welcomes U.S. players, and just announced the massive $25,000 prize tournament series – the 2015 $25,000 Poker Summit. This is an eight-step tournament that will award $25,000 cash in the […]

Noah Schwartz Wins WPT Alpha8 Florida $100k

In late December Noah Schwartz finished fourth from a field of 55 entries in the largest ever World Poker Tour Alpha8 super high roller event for $539,550. Roughly a month later Schwartz topped the tour’s smallest ever field of only six entrants to win the WPT Alpha8 Florida $100,000 super high roller title and the […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Jan. 19 - 25

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 January 19th through the 25th. Head to our tournament […]

Nevada Regulators Looking At Betting On Olympics

Sports betting in Nevada is at record levels, and some are looking to continue the winning streak by expanding the sports book business. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Silver State gaming officials are currently mulling over letting sports books take bets on all Olympic events and contests. It appears to be a forgone conclusion […]

Bitcoin's Price Fall Doesn't Have Big I-Poker Effect

More than 140 online betting sites, including at least 10 platforms offering web poker, use the digital currency bitcoin—and it has been estimated that more than half of global bitcoin transactions are wagers on gambling sites, creating a market worth billions. So, when the price of bitcoin drops, it would make sense to think that […]

California Lawmaker Eyes Changes To I-Poker Bill

Though this doesn’t necessarily increase its chances of passage into law this year, there’s some good news surrounding the only online poker proposal currently sitting on the table in the California legislature. California Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) announced late last week the first set of proposed amendments to his California online poker bill, the state’s […]

Card Player Cruises Announces 2015 Schedule

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 on board 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 […]

Classic Video: Daniel Negreanu's High Stakes Living

Daniel Negreanu is one of poker’s biggest stars. This is in large part it’s because he’s just dang good at the game. The 40-year-old Canadian has $29,790,046 in career earnings, with six World Series of Poker gold bracelets and two World Poker Tour titles. He also has the distinction of being only the fourth player […]

Pennsylvania Casino Market Contracts In 2014

It’s still among the best in the country, but Pennsylvania’s casino industry contracted by 1.44 percent in 2014 compared to 2013, state officials announced publicly this week. It’s the second-straight year that Pennsylvania casino revenues have dropped year-over year. Gaming revenue for 2014 was just over $3 billion. Not long ago, Pennsylvania overtook neighboring Atlantic […]

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 […]

Ilari Sahamies Starts 2015 With $258K Upswing

Finnish poker pro Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies has began his 2015 online poker campagin by winning $258,347, according to data from HighstakesDB. Sahamies has so far played nearly 6,400 hands this month. The poker pro won nearly $270,000 in 2014, between his accounts on Full Tilt and PokerStars. He’s up roughly $2.4 million lifetime playing Internet […]

PlayersOnly Running $100k Mega Stacks This Sunday

This Sunday, PlayersOnly is putting over $100,000 on the line in guarantees with the Mega Stacks, a series of five tournaments that will each feature huge paydays and tons of play. Each of the tournaments, which begin at 4 p.m. ET this Sunday, Jan. 18, will give players 15,000 in starting chips. Buy-ins range from […]

Gus Hansen Invests In New Bridge Technology

Gus Hansen is known to be a world-class competitor in more than just poker, and now the Danish poker pro has invested in technology that will apparently take competitive bridge playing to the next level. According to www.business.dk, Hansen has put money into a new device called Bridge + Dealer, which will debut at the […]

NJ Internet Poker Win Jumps In December

New Jersey online poker sites closed out 2014 on a strong note after struggling late in the year. According to figures released this week from state gaming regulators, current online gaming sites in Atlantic City reported Internet gaming win of $10.7 million in December compared to $6.6 million in December 2013, reflecting a very strong […]

2015 POY: PCA Winners Dominate Leaderboard

The 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker, is just getting started, but with some of the year’s biggest events taking place in early January, we are already getting a glimpse at some of the players that will be in the mix for the POY title as the year goes on. […]

UK Restaurant Tries 'Pay-By-Poker' Concept

A restaurant in England dubbed “All-In Kitchen” is trying a “pay-by-poker” promotion. It’s a bit complicated, but according to the Telegraph diners can play poker and win a £50 three-course meal full of poker-themed plates. It’s a collaboration between PokerStars UKIPT and Jones & Sons, a restaurant company. First off, you order a drink. The […]

Ilkin Garibli Wins PCA $25,000 High Roller

Ilkin Garibli was on vacation in the Bahamas and just happened to learn that the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, one of the biggest poker festivals in the world, was going on. The 26-year-old cash game player from Azerbaijan decided to stay on and play at the behest of some friends. That turned out to be a […]

Schulz Wins 2015 PCA Main Event For Nearly $1.5 MM

From a field of 816 entrants American Kevin Schulz emerged victorious in the 2015 European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, earning his first EPT main event title and $1,491,580 for the win. “I’m pretty happy. I had some pretty good reads on everybody, but you never know what’s going to happen," said Schulz […]

New York To Ponder Fourth Casino License

At the request of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York gaming officials are going to solicit bids from casino groups that are interested in building a Las Vegas-style facility in the state’s “Southern Tier,” a western region bordering Pennsylvania, The New York Times reported. New York casino regulators still might not award a fourth license, but […]