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Another California Tribe Partners With PokerStars

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and Amaya Gaming Group, owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt, announced today that the tribe has agreed to join the existing business agreement between the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California’s three largest card clubs—the Commerce Club, the Hawaiian Gardens Casino and the Bicycle Casino—and Amaya. The group […]

Normandie Casino Gears Up To Open bar1045

Over the past two years, the Normandie Casino has gone through tremendous transformations. Most recently, the Normandie Casino closed its doors on its diner style “Bookmakers” restaurant and has been diligently working on remodeling this space to transform the restaurant into the new “bar1045.” Its namesake is derived from Normandie Casino’s address at 1045 Rosecrans […]

Philly Casino License To Be Awarded Next Week

A winner for the second Philly casino license could come on Nov. 18, according to Philly.com. It has taken more than two years for regulators to sort through everything. There has been pressure from some big names, including the mayor of Philadelphia, for a project to finally get the green light. Though, some are still […]

Cleveland Cop Accused Of Stealing Lotto Tickets

A handful of cops in the city of Cleveland have been suspended for gambling on the job. One of them also didn’t pay the gas station for the lottery tickets he took. According to Cleveland.com, the cops were suspended without pay after a months-long internal investigation. The suspensions range from six to 30 days. Some […]

Caesars Sees $908 Million Loss In Third Quarter

Caesars Entertainment Corp., one of the largest casino developers on the planet, saw a net loss of $908.1 million in Q3, which ended Sept. 30, the firm said Monday. The firm lost $761.4 million in the third quarter of 2013. Caesars actually had a revenue gain of six percent, but still had a huge loss. […]

WSOP: Van Hoof Leads Final Three Players

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. After 244 hands spanning 12 hours of play, the 2014 World Series of Poker is now down to the final three competitors. Leading the way is Dutch pro Jorryt Van Hoof, who steamrolled his opponents for most of the night en route to amassing a stack […]

WSOP: William Tonking Eliminated In Fourth Place

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. William Tonking came into the 2014 World Series of Poker main event final table in seventh place but chipped up early on to put himself in contention, at one point actually becoming the chip leader. Unfortunately for the 27-year-old from New Jersey, he just couldn’t quite […]

WSOP: Billy Pappas Eliminated In Fifth Place

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. What’s the biggest coinflip you’ve ever experienced? Billy Pappas came out on the wrong end of a $700,000 coinflip, the difference between fifth and fourth place, early Tuesday morning at the 2014 World Series of Poker main event final table. Martin Jacobson moved all in from […]

WSOP: Andoni Larrabe Eliminated In Sixth Place

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Andoni Larrabe was the first player from Spain to make the World Series of Poker main event final table since Carlos Mortensen won it all back in 2001, but the 22-year-old poker player couldn’t do better than sixth place when all was said and done. Larrabe […]

WSOP: Dan Sindelar Eliminated In Seventh Place

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Just six hands after the elimination of Bruno Politano in eighth place in the 2014 World Series of Poker main event, 30-year-old Daniel Sindelar followed him to the rail in seventh place. Sindelar, a poker pro from Nebraska who now lives in Las Vegas, got short […]

WSOP: Bruno Politano Eliminated In Eighth Place

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The second player to exit the 2014 World Series of Poker main event final table was 31-year-old Bruno Politano, who came into the final table as the shortest stack but managed to outlast ninth-place finisher Mark Newhouse. Politano, the first Brazilian to ever make the November […]

WSOP: Mark Newhouse Eliminated In Ninth Place

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. After finishing in ninth place at the 2013 World Series of Poker main event, the last thing Mark Newhouse wanted to do was bust in ninth again. In fact, he even told the ESPN crew that he’d rather finish tenth than ninth again. Unfortunately for the […]

Online Poker: Check Out This Interesting Ivey Hand

Poker pros Phil Ivey and Alex Kostritsyn had quite the heads-up battle last week, as seven of their pots were above $100,000, two of which were well above $230,000. Even though it wasn’t their largest in the hundreds of hands they played against one another, the two had a pretty interesting hand of $200-$400 no-limit […]

Meet The 2014 World Series of Poker November Nine

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. It’s been nearly four month’s since the final table of nine players was decided in the 2014 World Series of Poker main event. For those who’ve been avoiding news of the November Nine until ESPN’s broadcasts brought them up to speed, today is the day on […]

Darren Elias Wins Back-To-Back WPT Main Events

On September 19th, 2014 Darren Elias outlasted a field of 1,226 entries to capture the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open main event title and an $843,744 payday. Just seven weeks later, at the very next open-field WPT main event, Elias managed to do it all over again. This time the poker pro from Erie, […]

Major Airline Ditches Atlantic City Flights

Atlantic City just took another blow—and it has been on the ropes all year. According to the Associated Press, United Airlines has decided to no longer provide flights to and from the seaside town. Atlantic City has seen four casinos close this year, and a fifth one is on its way. Gaming revenues have been […]

November Niner Newhouse Eyeing Financial Freedom

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. In July, Mark Newhouse became the first player to record back-to-back World Series of Poker main event final tables since Dan Harrington did so in 2003 and 2004. Harrington did it at the start of the poker boom, so the main event field sizes hadn’t quite […]

Casino Interests Vastly Outspend Opponents In MA

The battle over casinos in Massachusetts was not a fair fight if you look at the money, regardless of where you stand on the issue or the casino industry in general. According to the Associated Press, pro-casino interests spent nearly $14 million to convince voters to reject Question 3, which aimed to repeal the 2011 […]

Tribal Group Gets OK For New Jersey I-Gambling

A California tribe has received New Jersey approval to team up with the Borgata in Atlantic City for online gambling in the Garden State, according to the Associated Press. The Borgata already has online gambling offerings in New Jersey, but the Pala Band of Mission Indians wanted to gain access to New Jersey as well […]

bestbet Jax $1 MM Gtd. WPT Main Event Starts Friday

The bestbet Jacksonville is the host of the latest stop on the World Poker Tour’s 13th season and the Northern Florida poker hotspot is trying out some exciting new things with this WPT main event. The 2014 bestbet Dounty Scramble is a $5,000 buy-in ($4,650 + $280 + $70) event that features an impressive $1,000,000 […]

Phil Hellmuth Shares Winning Poker Tips In Webinar

The most decorated player in World Series of Poker history, Phil Hellmuth, has put together a poker strategy webinar with two-time World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Little that details how he took down the WSOP Europe main event in 2012, winning €1,022,376 in price money. Hellmuth, otherwise known as the poker brat, holds the record […]

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 […]

Cop Busted For Protecting $1M Poker Game

A former police officer in Tennessee has pleaded guilty to taking cash for helping transport $1 million that he thought was being used for an underground, high-stakes poker game at a local hotel. It turned out that the game and the cash were part of a FBI sting. Former Deputy Sheriff Robbie Flood took $550 […]

Caesars Fined For Soliciting Gambling Addicts

Is this the scandal that some industry insiders, such as Sheldon Adelson, have worried about with casino games coming to the Internet? No, but it’s reportedly still pretty significant. Authorities in New Jersey have issued the first fine of this type in the short history of the state’s online gambling industry to the Internet betting […]

Poker Maximus Begins This Weekend On Sportsbook

This November, Sportsbook Poker is proud to announce the 11th installment of their extremely popular Poker Maximus tournament series. Featuring over $2 million in guarantees this tournament series will run from Nov. 9-23. Buy-ins will range from $1 up to $530. Highlights include: Almost $2,200,000 in total guarantees Over 75 events (minimum 4 events per […]

2014 Player of the Year: Dan Colman Extends Lead

Some of the main contenders made big moves this week in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at the biggest results on the live poker tournament circuit over the past seven days: ACOP Super High Roller Another super high roller, another final table for year-dominator […]

Here's A Look At Other Gambling Ballot Results

While the biggest ballot question this week was in Massachusetts as voters there were tasked with deciding whether a 2011 law authorizing casinos should be repealed entirely, a handful of other states had gambling-related issues up in the air on Tuesday. Below is a look at what happened in the other states. It was a […]

Phil Ivey Appealing London 'Cheating' Ruling

Poker legend Phil Ivey will be appealing a court decision last month that went against him in his quest to be paid more than $12.4 million that he thinks a casino in London owes him. The casino refused to pay because it said Ivey cheated by “edge-sorting” against it. A judge agreed with the casino, […]

Casino Repeal Effort Shot Down In Massachusetts

High-stakes bets by casino firms eyeing projects in New England have paid off. On Tuesday, voters in Massachusetts upheld the 2011 casino law that authorized three Las Vegas-style casinos and one slots-only parlor in the Bay State. According to The Boston Globe, the effort to repeal the three-year-old law, Question 3, was shot down by […]

New Poker Room Opens In Philadelphia

As of this weekend, Philadelphians now have one more poker room to play at. According to bizjournals.com, SugarHouse Casino’s interim poker room opened to the public Saturday. It features 24 poker tables and all have built-in phone charging stations. The reason why it’s considered interim is because, according to the report, a permanent, 28-table room […]