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California Sues Tribe Over Online Gaming

The state of California hasn’t passed a bill authorizing online gaming within its borders and thus is suing a tribe for venturing into the online betting space on its own. The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel was planning on launching real-money poker in August, but so far it has only debuted bingo on its online […]

Bellagio Heist Suspect Declared Unfit For Trial

The man who allegedly robbed Las Vegas’ Bellagio casino in July has been declared psychologically unfit to stand trial, according to the AP. Scott Alan Carmitchel, who is from Kansas, appeared in court this summer wrapped in a blanket and wearing a spit mask. He had to be restrained for a mugshot and wouldn’t say […]

Police Bust Underground Poker Game In Minneapolis

A snitch helped lead authorities in Minneapolis to bust an illegal gambling house that was offering poker, according to reporting from myfoxtwincities.com. A search of the house also uncovered a stash of weapons and drugs, the report added. The alleged organizer of the underground card game, Ulisyie Powell, hired armed guards for the property, police […]

Maryland Live! Hosting $100k Guarantee Tournament

On Dec. 15, Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover will kick off their $100 buy-in, $100,000 Guarantee poker tournament. The event will feature nine starting flights and players can enter as many flights as they’d like, carrying their largest stack over to day 2. Each of the nine flights will award a bonus of $500 to […]

Crime Film 'Poker Night' To Hit Theaters Dec. 5

Next month will be a busy one for poker movies. On Dec. 5, a brand new poker film will hit theaters. “Poker Night,” a film in the thriller genre, actually has a solid cast of Ron Perlman, Giancarlo Esposito, Beau Mirchoff, Titus Welliver, Michael Eklund, Ron Eldard and Corey Large. The director is Greg Francis. […]

John Eames Wins WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood

John Eames had never played in a World Series of Poker Circuit tournament before, but it seems that the first time was a charm for the man from Southport, England. In his premiere Eames topped a field of 1,044 entries in the 2014 WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event to win his […]

Golfer Accuses Lawyer Of $3M Theft For Gambling Debts

A golfer is suing his former attorney and his law firm for allegedly stealing $3 million from him that was supposed to be an investment. Dustin Johnson’s former attorney, Nathan “Nat” Hardwick, has been accused of blowing the money on gambling debts, among other things. Actually, Hardwick allegedly misappropriated $30 million altogether, which he denies. […]

Switch Poker Launches €1,000 XMAS Competition

This holiday season, Switch Poker, the mobile poker room available worldwide to iPhone, iPad and Android users, will kick off the first of three promotions for their €1,000 XMAS Competition. Between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, Switch Poker will hold a SPP Race, where €333 will be divided among the top 5 SPP generating players. […]

Poker Strategy: Multi-Level Thinking

Most people are familiar with the concepts of “leveled” thinking in poker. The level of thinking you are on represents the amount of strategizing and counter-strategizing going on between you and your opponents. As a quick summary of the concept, the zeroth level of thinking is pure card strength. Flushes are good, bottom pairs are […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Nov. 24 - 30

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 November 24th through the 30th. Head to our tournament […]

Card Player Offering Holiday Special

Right now, you can get your subscription to Card Player Magazine for just $1 per issue with the new Holiday Subscription Special. That’s 26 issues (one every two weeks) for just $26. Additional shipping costs for international subscriptions. The magazine, as well as an archive of more than 500 issues, is available to be viewed […]

Delaware I-Gambling Revenue Falls To $130K

The state of Delaware’s three online gambling operators won $130,468.65 from gamblers during the month of October, according to figures released by the Delaware Lottery, which oversees the one-year-old industry. That’s the lowest total for overall I-gaming revenue in the state since November 2013 ($111,387.71), the first month online gaming was available in Delaware. Only […]

Man Robs Bank To Continue Gambling Session

This past Friday wasn’t a good day for a supermarket butcher (pictured right) in Pennsylvania. After receiving his paycheck for hours upon hours spent cutting up meat, 46-year-old Michael McDonough went to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and dusted it all off. He left the casino and drove around for a number of hours trying […]

DNA Links Military Official To Poker Chips

What would land most in prison for years resulted in a simple demotion this summer for a former U.S. nuclear weapons commander. New details in the case leave little doubt that he did in fact counterfeit the poker chips and used them at an Iowa casino, according to a report from Omaha.com. Pottawattamie County prosecutor […]

Real Gaming Tries To Snag Former UP Players

Ultimate Poker, once one of Nevada’s three online poker sites, shut its doors in the Silver State earlier this month. The site was just not making enough money in Nevada’s intrastate market. It also ceased operations in New Jersey. Real Gaming, a product launched from South Point Hotel & Casino, is trying to bring over […]

Poker Strategy: Stuffing It In

No-limit, like limit, is about exploiting your opponents’ errors, but limit restricts your scope. In no-limit, because you can vary your bet sizes, you have a greater opportunity to engineer errors by your opponents. To take full advantage of these opportunities, you need to understand the tendencies of your opponent(s), recognize any potential errors, and […]

Martin Jacobson Talks About His Main Event Win

Before this summer, 27-year-old Martin Jacobson was already one of the top players on the tournament circuit, having racked up nearly $5 million in live tournament earnings. Then the Swedish poker pro went to Las Vegas and won the 2014 World Series of Poker main event, adding another $10 million score to his resume. Card […]

PokerStars To Launch Sports Betting In 2015

PokerStars said Friday that it will soon be rolling out real-money house-banked games on its poker platform, as well as debuting sports betting on the software sometime in 2015. The firm said that blackjack and roulette will be the site’s first non-poker offerings and will be available to nearly half of PokerStar’s current player base. […]

Web Poker: Phil Ivey Wins $690K In A Week

More than 11,000 hands over the past week netted poker pro Phil “Polarizing” Ivey $690,000, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Ivey has been up and down over the past month, but he has managed to put a serious dent into his deficit on 2014. Ivey is still down a little under $2 million on […]

WSOP Runner-Up Hit With Huge Tax Bill

The Norwegian government also finished runner-up in the World Series of Poker main event and it didn’t even have to buy-in. Second-place finisher Felix Stephensen will lose slightly more than 50 percent of his $5.14 million in winnings, according to a report from English-language Norwegian news portal The Local. Though me moved to London, Stephensen […]

Americas Cardroom Offers Historic $1M Tournament

It is not very often that a tournament comes along that changes the entire poker industry. Well, that time is now. Americas Cardroom (ACR) is throwing down the gauntlet with the $1,000,000 Guaranteed Winning Millions tournament on Sunday, Dec. 14th (3:00 pm ET). This is the first $1 Million online poker tournament for U.S players […]

Man Gets Probation For Gambling Away Bank Error

A chef in New Zealand has been sentenced to probation for gambling away $106,000 that a bank accidentally put into his account, according to stuff.co.nz. Despite the bank screwing up, he opted to plead guilty to stealing in order to get “community dentition.” He must also repay the money. According to the report, he has […]

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 […]

Firm Cancels Deal To Buy Revel Casino

Revel is closer to toxic waste than a property that can support a casino business, the firm once seeking to buy the property conveyed on Wednesday after backing out of a $110-million deal to take it out of the muck. According to Philly.com, Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management canceled the deal because payments to a utility […]

2014 POY Update: Wilkerson Climbs To Sixth Place

There was plenty of movement this week in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at everything that went down over the past seven days: World Poker Tour Emperors Palace Poker Classic A total of 166 players turned out for the 2014 World Poker Tour Emperors […]

LVRJ: Federal Government Is Stupid On Poker

Though it’s not 100-percent clear what the editorial is exactly calling for, the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a strong piece Wednesday in the wake of Ultimate Poker closing its Nevada operations to say that federal policy on online poker is flawed. Currently, federal policy only explicitly permits intrastate online gambling. Though, the states where the […]

Gavin Griffin: Don't Waste Mental Energy By Worrying

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 […]

Poker Business: NYX Gaming Acquires Ongame

NYX Gaming Group announced Tuesday that it acquired the Ongame Network from Amaya Gaming Group. The price was not disclosed. According to a press release, the acquisition provides NYX with a business-to-business poker network. NYX has existing casino, bingo and lottery products in Europe and the US. “Ongame has been renowned in the gaming industry […]

Casino Firm CEO Says Union Leader Like Stalin

The mudslinging in Atlantic City just went to a whole new level on Wednesday. According to the AP, Trump Entertainment Resorts CEO Bob Griffin compared the president of the union that represents casino workers at struggling Trump Taj Mahal to notorious Russian dictator Joseph Stalin. “Your union continues to misrepresent the facts,” Griffin wrote. “In […]

Man Sentenced For Killing Brother After Poker Cheating

A man in Flint, Michigan has received 5-15 years for involuntary manslaughter in the death of his brother, which stemmed from cheating allegations in their home poker game. According to mlive.com, 45-year-old Andre Lamar Moore will spend at least seven years in prison after pleading no contest for the Oct. 2013 crime. Participants in the […]