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Online Poker: Phil Galfond Wins $120,000

Last year was not a good one for high-stakes poker legend Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond. The Maryland native dropped just over $1 million on Full Tilt. This year he got off to a late start, not playing any sessions until this week, but he managed to score a nearly $120,000 win on the week despite the […]

His Worst Mistake Occurred After the Hand Was Over

When I’m in Las Vegas, I do much of my poker playing in the no-limit hold’em games at Bellagio. My win rate has been somewhat higher in $5-$10 than in $10-$20. I’m not sure if this is due to the lower quality opposition and more game selection or the relatively small sample sizes. The following […]

Founder Of Bitcoin Marketplace Silk Road Found Guilty

Ross Ulbricht, the creator and owner of the former black market online portal Silk Road, was found guilty in federal court on Wednesday. The site was shut down in 2013. The 30-year-old Texan was convicted on drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking charges for running the bitcoin-based online marketplace that facilitated more than $1 […]

Delaware Park Hosting $100,000 Freeroll In March

How often do you see a $100,000 freeroll no-limit hold’em tournament? Kevin Castora, the innovative poker room manager at the Casino at Delaware Park in Wilmington, is making sure you have the opportunity to play in a tournament where everybody cashes! Everyone who qualifies for the freeroll will be paid out a minimum of $250. […]

Construction Underway For New York Casino

Late last year, the state of New York picked three winners for new brick-and-mortar casinos in the state. This week, crews began clearing trees for a casino in the Sullivan County town of Thompson, in the Catskills 75 miles northwest of New York City, reported the Associated Press. The 1,700 acre site will eventually be […]

Second Casino Opens In Manila's 'Entertainment City'

With Macau’s casino industry in steep decline, some experts reportedly think the Philippines capital city of Manila could be the next top gambling hub in the world. A second casino just opened in Manila’s “Entertainment City” complex, The Wall Street Journal reported this week. Two more massive casino-resorts are in the pipeline. The one that […]

Caesars' Gary Loveman Stepping Down As CEO

Caesars’ chief executive officer Gary Loveman (the guy on TV who always tells you to “gamble responsibly”) is stepping down from his position as the company proceeds with bankruptcy. He will remain chairman of Caesars, however. Replacing Loveman as CEO is Mark Frissora, who was formerly CEO and chairman of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., the […]

Delaware: $600K In I-Poker Revenue From 2014

The state of Delaware has three licensed online poker sites and they took in a combined $600,000, approximately, in revenue during calendar year 2014. The poker sites closed out 2014 with $28,589.38 in revenue in December, one of the worst months on the year. Revenue dropped off significantly after the spring. Delaware’s online gaming industry, […]

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 […]

PokerStars Sues Erick Lindgren For $2.5 Million

The parent company of PokerStars is suing gambler Erick Lindgren in federal court in Nevada for $2.5 million, according to court documents filed on Jan. 30. The debt dates back to Lindgren’s days as a Full Tilt Poker sponsored player when the company was run by the likes of Howard Lederer and Ray Bitar. PokerStars […]

CPPT Foxwoods Results: Events 5-6

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. […]

Utah Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Web Poker

On Wednesday, a bill backed by casino boss Sheldon Adelson that would ban online gaming nationwide was introduced into Congress. It’s very similar, if not identical, to efforts last year to enact a prohibition on the web card playing business. Currently, three states—Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware— have regulated intrastate web betting industries. The bill […]

Carbon Online Poker Series Starts Sunday

CarbonPoker is featuring the return of the Carbon Online Poker Series in February, with 76 events boasting a total of $2 million in guarantees. The 15-day series kicks off Feb. 8 and concludes on Feb. 22 with five different main events with $480,000 in guarantees up for grabs. Main event buy-ins range from just $11 […]

Jump Into Ring Games On Card Player Poker

Card Player Poker is now offering Ring Games where you can take your token bankroll from zero to hero with one swift click. We didn’t have to recreate the wheel with the ring game offering but we did elevate your social play. Just like cash ring games, you are behind the wheel when it comes […]

Mississippi Online Poker Bill Dies In Committee

The landing page for the “Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2015” was updated this week with the word “Dead” in red. The bill lasted less than a month in the legislature. The online poker proposal, pushed once again by state lawmaker Bobby Moak, has failed to gain any traction the last several years. The […]

2015 POY: Aussie Millions Events Make Big Impact

The 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker, has now moved into it’s second month, with plenty of gigantic results recorded this week. Here is a look at the five events that made the biggest impact over the past seven days: Aussie Millions Main Event The 2015 APPT Aussie Millions $10,600 […]

Singapore Blocks Hundreds Of Gambling Sites

Singapore, one of the top online casino markets in the world, has blocked hundreds of offshore gambling sites catering to those within the country, the government said this week. It is now a criminal offense to gamble online in the country on an unauthorized site. According to The Jakarta Post, the new law went into […]

Brad Pitt Loses $25K To Chauffeur In Poker Game

RadarOnline.com reported that movie star Brad Pitt hosted a very short poker game where he gave his chauffeur, and others, a $25,000 freeroll. If Pitt lost, he would fork over $25,000 to the winner, but if he won, he could make his opponents perform a task of his choosing. They were playing flips, which involves […]

Nevada Sports Books Win $3.2M On Super Bowl

Sports books in the Silver State saw $115,986,086 in wagers on this past Sunday’s Super Bowl and won $3,261,066 of it, according to figures released Tuesday from Nevada gaming regulations. The hold percentage was 2.8 percent, the lowest since the 2011 Super Bowl. Seattle was the favorite this past weekend, but New England edged them […]

Judge: Evidence Against Phua Should Be Tossed Out

High-stakes poker player Paul Phua, who was arrested this past summer with other defendants for what the feds said was an illegal online sports betting operation run out of villas at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, scored a win in court this week as the judge said that the evidence against him is not admissible […]

CPPT Foxwoods Results: Events 1-3

The first stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut Jan. 31. The casino 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 […]

World Series Of Poker Unveils 2015 Schedule

On Monday, the World Series of Poker unveiled the schedule for the 2015 running of poker’s richest and most prestigious tournament series. A total of 68 bracelets will be awarded, three more than in 2014 and the most ever for a single summer in the WSOP’s storied 46-year-old history. “We feel very good about the […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Feb. 2 - 8

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 February 2nd through the 8th. Head to our tournament […]

Ivey Wins Third Aussie Millions $250,000 High Roller

The Aussie Millions has hosted a $250,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em super high roller event five times. Three out of five titles in this gigantic event have now been won by American poker superstar Phil Ivey, who topped a field of 25 entries in the 2015 LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge to win $2,205,000 AUD ($1,713,285 USD) […]

NJ Online Players Enjoying Liquidity From 888poker

888poker.com and WSOP.com have announced that they have begun sharing player liquidity across their online poker rooms in New Jersey, meaning players will immediately begin to benefit from increased prize guarantees on their daily tournaments and more cash game action. To start, each site will share their players at the micro and low-stakes, as well […]

Nevada Rakes In $119.9 Million From Poker

Statewide poker revenue in Nevada for calendar year 2014 was $119,904,000, according to figures just released by Silver State gaming regulators. The total was a drop off from the $123,891,000 in poker revenue in 2013—a decline of about three percent. The poker revenue in 2013 was the first increase year-over-year since 2006 to 2007, so […]

Sri Lanka Says No Gambling In Colombo

Crown Resorts Ltd. has announced that it won’t any longer be pursuing a $400 million casino project in Sri Lanka after the government there said it won’t approve any casinos in the city of Colombo. Crown, which is led by billionaire Australian businessman James Packer, was planning a casino-resort in the center of the city. […]

Explain Poker Like I'm Five: Range Polarization

When you’ve played poker for years, it’s easy to forget that technical poker speak may as well be a different language. Many players just picked up a deck of cards for the first time and are wondering what the hell a reverse implied range merge against a large stack to pot ratio is. Maybe you […]

Stavropoulos Wins 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event

Melbourne local Manny Stavropoulos has emerged victorious in the 2015 APPT Aussie Millions $10,600 AUD no-limit hold’em main event, topping a field of 648 entries to win the biggest poker tournament title in the Southern Hemisphere right in his own back yard. For the win the Australian earned his first major title and the $1,385,500 […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From January

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. January was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]