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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 […]

Las Vegas Demolishes First Casino In Seven Years

This week, a Nevada casino-hotel was imploded, marking the first time in seven years such a property on the Las Vegas Strip has been demolished. The Clarion casino-hotel had been closed since September. There are no plans for what to do with the piece of land next. The former casino-hotel had 200 rooms. Opening in […]

Couple Wakes Up In Garbage Truck After Casino Night

One word: Florida. A couple spent Tuesday night drinking heavily at Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa and decided to sleep in a dumpster nearby, according to myfoxtampabay.com. On Wednesday morning a garbage truck came by and the driver emptied the dumpster containing the couple into the back of the truck. He reportedly heard screaming […]

Revel Casino Deal Falls Through Again

Revel casino, the $2.4 billion black mark on Atlantic City, has had another proposed sale collapse. The deal between the casino and Florida real estate developer Glenn Straub is basically over, according to reports. Straub was at one point looking to buy the property for $95.4 million. Revel claims that Straub become very difficult to […]

Rhode Island Casino Considering Poker Room

Rhode Island’s Twin River Casino is considering adding a poker room, according to a report from wpri.com. The Lincoln gambling facility is expected to take a hit after a slots parlor opens in Plainville, Massachusetts. The two cities are just over 12 miles apart. Gambling in Rhode Island nets the state more than $370 million […]

Poker Business: William Hill Seeking To Buy 888

Online poker site 888, which has been offering games in regulated U.S. markets, has been approached by U.K. bookmaking powerhouse William Hill about a possible merger, according to reporting Tuesday from Reuters. William Hill reportedly would be willing to spend more than $1.1 billion for 888. Shares in Gibraltar-based 888 jumped 20 percent thanks to […]

Man Turns Himself In Years After Casino Heist

A former employee at a Nevada casino decided to turn himself in two years after allegedly stealing more than $160,000 from the place, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The crime happened in early 2013 at the William Hill Race & Sports Book Primm Valley Resort and Casino in Stateline. Dell Eugene […]

Florida Man Stabs Friend Over $5 Gambling Debt

This might make the 2015 list of crazy stuff that happened in the state of Florida. Such annual recaps of behavior in the Sunshine State have become Internet sensations. According to the Sun Sentinel, a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale was home to a stabbing on Friday night that allegedly occurred over a $5 gambling […]

CPPT Foxwoods: Paradis Wins Main Event

Take him down to Paradise City! Fred Paradis dominated a field of 282 players over three days to win the Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods $1,650 no-limit hold’em main event for his largest live score throughout his seven-year career. A regular in the Northeast card rooms and dubbed a ‘hometown hero’ by those who frequent […]

'Counter-Strike' Maker Warns Against Insider Gambling

Video game company Valve is taking a strong anti-gambling stance after match-fixing among some top players in the computer game “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” last year. Most betting on the game takes place on the site CS:GO Lounge. The cheating was uncovered, in part, thanks to members of the Counter-Strike community spotting irregular betting patterns. “We […]

Kentucky Casino Bill Faces Long Odds

Like it did last year, the state of Kentucky is once again looking at casinos, but the 2015 efforts are facing long odds, according to a report from The Courier-Journal. The proposal was filed last week. It would give the green light for up to six casinos in the state, which would provide revenue for […]

MLB Commish Warms Up To Gambling Issue

Following in the footsteps of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, the new head of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred, told ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Thursday that “it’s important for baseball to give fresh consideration to the issue” of sports betting. According to CBS Sports, his position, along with the league’s owners, would at best be […]

High-Stakes Poker Player Strikes Deal In Bomb Case

Infamous high-stakes poker player Dan Bilzerian has wiggled himself out of a felony charge in Nevada for detonating a homemade explosive beneath a tractor-trailer cab at an unofficial shooting range outside Las Vegas and supposedly not putting out the resulting fire, the Associated Press reported. Though he and friend Jeremy Guymon were potentially facing up […]

Watch The CPPT Foxwoods Final Table Live!

Watch the final table live below: Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream The first champion of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour is just beyond the horizon. The title, just over $94,000 in prize money and the trophy will be awaiting the winner at the completion of the tournament Monday night, but before […]

CPPT: Tryba Going For Title, Raymer Still Alive

A mass of players swarmed the tournament area at Foxwoods Resort Casino beginning Saturday morning for the Card Player Poker Tour $1,650 no-limit hold’em $300,00 guarantee main event. The steady stream of players taking their seats continued throughout most of the day as the reentry period remained open and then a second starting flight got […]

CPPT Foxwoods Results: Event 10

The first stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut Jan. 31 and will host a series of 13 tournaments through Feb. 9 culminating with a $1,650 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event Feb. 7-9. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. […]

Ognyan Dimov Wins 2015 EPT Deauville Main Event

A total of 592 players turned out for the 2015 European Poker Tour Deauville €5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, building a prize pool of €2,841,600. In the end the lion’s share of that money went to Bulgaria’s Ognyan Dimov, who earned €543,700 ($616,376 USD) and his first major live poker tournament title. “I can’t […]

CPPT Foxwoods Results: Events 7-9

The first stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut Jan. 31 and will host a series of 13 tournaments through Feb. 9 culminating with a $1,650 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event Feb. 7-9. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. […]

Washington I-Poker Efforts Dead For 2015

It didn’t last too long on the legislative table, as the state of Washington’s online poker bill has been deemed dead for 2015, according to the Washington iPoker Initiative. In early January, House Bill 1114 was introduced into the legislature by Rep. Sherry Appleton, a Democrat. It never received a hearing. The appetite for legalizing […]

CPPT: Foxwoods Main Event Begins Saturday

The countdown is over to the first main event of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour. After a successful preliminary series, which awarded more than $305,000 in prize pool payouts, the Foxwoods Resort Casino $1,650 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guaranteed main event will begin Feb. 7. The main event will feature two starting flights, […]

UK Online Poker Player Teams

Ahhh the beautiful game of poker – the check trap, the bluff, the re-bluff, and the dreaded bad beat. Never has poker been played across the world on such a scale, and this no holds barred world of monstrous pots shows no signs of slowing down. For UK online poker platforms business is booming, particularly […]

Poker Legend Doyle Brunson To Undergo Cancer Surgery

Ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Doyle Brunson said on his Twitter early Friday that he will soon be undergoing his 12th major surgery in his life. Brunson will be having a melanoma growth removed. “Got my third melanoma confirmed today,” Brunson said. “Early stages; should be simple operation. Fortunately, it’s on my head […]