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Nov. 14th Jennifer Harman Event Benefits Nevada SPCA

The Jennifer Harman Celebrity Poker Tournament on Friday, November 14 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino will see some of world’s best poker players joined by stars from Hollywood, the Las Vegas Strip, and the sports world, all to benefit the no-kill animal rescue work of the Nevada SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty […]

Carbon Online Poker Series Begins Sunday

This Sunday, Nov. 9, the Carbon Online Poker Series kicks off on CarbonPoker. The 76-event series boasts over $2 million in guarantees over the course of 15 days of action. There will be a minimum of four events each day, with buy-ins ranging from as low as $5.50 to as high as $530. The Carbon […]

Cops: Poker Room Didn't Have Player Funds

A card room in Sacramento, California was shut down by authorities after the gambling facility allegedly declined to immediately pay players their full winnings and was later found to allegedly not have enough cash to cover a massive amount of its chips in circulation. The Sacramento Bee reported that agents from the California Bureau of […]

Japan Casino Legalization Efforts Likely Dead

Efforts in Japan to legalize casinos and see them constructed in time for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo are likely drawing stone-dead, according to a Tuesday report from Reuters. Lawmakers are preparing to indefinitely postpone the controversial casino bill. The reason for the lack of success? Time and political capital were apparently in short supply. […]

Macau Casino Win Drops By Record Percentage

Gambling revenue in the only place where gambling is legal in China fell 23 percent in October compared to the same month last year, according to government officials. That 23-percent drop is the record worst for the former Portuguese colony, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The city started keeping monthly records in 2005. Total casino revenue […]

Claim Your Free CarbonPoker OPS Tourney Ticket

Starting today, CarbonPoker is giving Card Player readers a free $5.50 tournament coupon into the $2 million guaranteed Carbon Online Poker Series which kicks off Nov. 9. To get your free tournament entry, simply give us your valid CarbonPoker username in the comments below. The first 200 players to give us their username will get […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Nov. 3 - 9

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 3rd through the 9th. Head to our tournament […]

Carbon Sports WSOP Nov. Nine Betting Odds

The final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker begins next Monday, Nov. 10, but until then, fans across the world can get in on the action with CarbonSports and their November Nine betting odds. With CarbonSports, not only can you bet on which member of the final table is going to win it […]

Mexico Casino Hopes To Cater To Poker Players

A casino in Mexico along the border with Texas wants to be a hotbed for poker as it apparently will be the only casino in the city to offer the game. According to KVUE, the Ciudad Juarez casino will be called Room 802 and it will have a special VIP room for high-stakes poker games. […]

Steve O'Dwyer Wins 2014 ACOP Super High Roller

In recent years Macau has become the new locus of ultra high-stakes poker action, at first in cash games and increasingly in the tournament realm. The latest massive event to go down in the world’s largest gambling center was the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker $500,000 HKD ($64,500 USD) buy-in no-limit hold’em high roller held […]

Indiana Lawmakers Want Land-Based Casinos

Indiana’s gaming study committee unanimously agreed Thursday that the state’s 10 riverboat casinos should be allowed to move onto land, according to a report from nwitimes.com. If it became law, the riverboat gambling facilities would be able to move existing operations to land right next to their respective docks. The plan is to make the […]

Las Vegas Airport On Pace For Record Traffic

Las Vegas’ airport is on pace to have more than 40 million passengers fly into it this year, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. McCarran International Airport just recently surpassed 32 million and 40 million would be a record if it’s reached. The 32.4 million passengers so far this year is a […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From October

The gambling world can sometimes produce really off-the-wall stories. Every month there are plenty of cases of individuals going to extreme lengths to pay back debts, or of simply bizarre behavior at casino properties around the globe. It can be entertaining and sometimes sad. October was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

Riess Apparently Put His Money In Stocks

After paying taxes and investors, Michigan-native Ryan Riess had about $2 million left from his $8.4 million World Series of Poker main event win last year. According to an interview he recently gave with CNBC, Riess put basically all of it into the stock market. Riess said his big investments are in Apple, Disney, Facebook […]

Phil Ivey Approved For Medical Marijuana In Vegas

Poker pro Phil Ivey received preliminary approval this week to operate a medical marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Ivey was one of 26 who were approved by city officials. According to the report, city-qualified applicants still need to get the go-ahead from the state health department. After the state […]

Gilbert: Still Interested In Phase II Of Cleveland Casino

Billionaire NBA owner Dan Gilbert reportedly still wants to expand his gambling footprint in the city of Cleveland. According to newsnet5.com, Gilbert said this week that his company, Rock Gaming, is “committed to build Phase II” of the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. That casino opened in 2012. Gilbert also has a gambling business in the city […]

Atari Launches Social Casino Gaming

On Tuesday, games-maker Atari announced that it is launching an online social game called “Atari Jackpots,” which will be a casino-style platform using the firm’s portfolio of titles. The product will be available on its website, Facebook and Android devices. Players will be able to gamble (not real money) on vintage Atari titles such as […]

Philly Mayor: Pick A Casino Winner Already

The selection process for a second casino in Philadelphia is going so painfully slow that the mayor reportedly is getting pretty frustrated with the pace. According to Philly.com, Mayor Michael Nutter made the comments at a Tuesday meeting of the International Association of Gaming Regulators at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Nutter noted that the suitability […]

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 […]

Lawyers For Poker Player Claim Illegal Search

Lawyers for the defendants in this summer’s alleged illegal gambling bust that implicated high-stakes poker player Paul Phua are arguing that the government violated their fourth amendment rights. In other words, certain evidence must be suppressed. Lawyers are saying it was an illegal search that led to the indictment. Authorities raided their villa at Caesars […]

The Poker Lottery

You paid that big blind and you have 25 left, button is bleeding chips and it’s time to make your move. One player limps in but you got the late position, small blind pays the toll but hey, that’s half price. With the moderate confidence of pocket nines you shout the raise. You’re in for […]

Player Of The Year: Coventry, Fleischer Win

After last week saw four players make moves inside the top twenty and a few others come very close, things quieted down a bit this week in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. There were still plenty of POY points and sizable payout awarded this week, however. Here is […]

Man: Assaulted When Booted From Casino

A 23-year-old gambler says he was assaulted by security after the casino caught wind of him counting cards at a blackjack table in February, according to an article from WJZ. Public documents show that attorneys allege that the assault occurred when a security guard grabbed his arm and escorted him off the casino floor. The […]

South Africa Looking To Ban Online Poker

The South African Department of Trade and Industry is seeking a ban on Internet gambling, according to a report from bdlive.co.za. The proposal is currently being discussed by high-ranking government officials at the National Gambling Policy Council. Opponents to online gambling in South Africa reportedly are skeptical of the amount of job creation that would […]

Nevada Online Poker Revenue Falls To $693,000

Nevada just had its worst month this year for online poker. The three sites in Nevada collected $693,000 in rake and fees during September, according to figures released this week by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The state began releasing official online poker revenue figures in February. The state’s three online poker firms—WSOP.com, Ultimate Poker […]

Boston Globe: 'Pull Plug On Flawed Casino Law'

The Boston Globe came out with an editorial this week saying that the 2011 Massachusetts casino law is a rotten deal for state residents and the law should be repealed in next month’s controversial referendum, which casino interests are vigorously fighting. A poll last month showed that one in three voters support the repeal. At […]

Phil Ivey's 'Ivey Poker' Closes Virtual Doors

The Phil Ivey-branded online poker training platform and free-play site has closed down temporarily, the company said on social media this week. Ivey Poker launched in January of this year, according to the company’s Facebook page. Ivey, a 10-time WSOP bracelet winner, was frequently seen this year wearing the brand name. Here’s the statement posted […]

A Poker Life: Joe Kuether

Joe Kuether represents the last of a generation. The Wisconsin native was among the final players to emerge from the pre-Black Friday online poker era and, as a result, at 25-years-old, he is one of the younger American pros on the tournament circuit today. Despite cutting his teeth online, Kuether has one of the most […]

Pittsburgh Poker Open Kicks Off Thursday

This Thursday, Rivers Casino will kick off the Pittsburgh Poker Open, a 46-event tournament series running 19 days and featuring a $75,000 guarantee main event. Tournament buy-ins will range from as little as $50 to the $1,000+$100 championship event, which begins Friday, Nov. 14 with the first of two starting days. Players can earn their […]

Macau's Minimum Bet Dwarfs Vegas' Figure

Macau, the world’s top gambling hub, has a huge average minimum bet for its non-VIP table games. VIP tables, which have much higher stakes, were not included in the data. In other words, your run-of-the-mill, non-high-roller customer in Macau spends a lot more than his/her counterpart in other gambling hubs around the world. According to […]