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PlayersOnly Running $100k Mega Stacks This Sunday

This Sunday, PlayersOnly is putting over $100,000 on the line in guarantees with the Mega Stacks, a series of five tournaments that will each feature huge paydays and tons of play. Each of the tournaments, which begin at 4 p.m. ET this Sunday, Jan. 18, will give players 15,000 in starting chips. Buy-ins range from […]

Gus Hansen Invests In New Bridge Technology

Gus Hansen is known to be a world-class competitor in more than just poker, and now the Danish poker pro has invested in technology that will apparently take competitive bridge playing to the next level. According to www.business.dk, Hansen has put money into a new device called Bridge + Dealer, which will debut at the […]

NJ Internet Poker Win Jumps In December

New Jersey online poker sites closed out 2014 on a strong note after struggling late in the year. According to figures released this week from state gaming regulators, current online gaming sites in Atlantic City reported Internet gaming win of $10.7 million in December compared to $6.6 million in December 2013, reflecting a very strong […]

2015 POY: PCA Winners Dominate Leaderboard

The 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker, is just getting started, but with some of the year’s biggest events taking place in early January, we are already getting a glimpse at some of the players that will be in the mix for the POY title as the year goes on. […]

UK Restaurant Tries 'Pay-By-Poker' Concept

A restaurant in England dubbed “All-In Kitchen” is trying a “pay-by-poker” promotion. It’s a bit complicated, but according to the Telegraph diners can play poker and win a £50 three-course meal full of poker-themed plates. It’s a collaboration between PokerStars UKIPT and Jones & Sons, a restaurant company. First off, you order a drink. The […]

Ilkin Garibli Wins PCA $25,000 High Roller

Ilkin Garibli was on vacation in the Bahamas and just happened to learn that the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, one of the biggest poker festivals in the world, was going on. The 26-year-old cash game player from Azerbaijan decided to stay on and play at the behest of some friends. That turned out to be a […]

Schulz Wins 2015 PCA Main Event For Nearly $1.5 MM

From a field of 816 entrants American Kevin Schulz emerged victorious in the 2015 European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, earning his first EPT main event title and $1,491,580 for the win. “I’m pretty happy. I had some pretty good reads on everybody, but you never know what’s going to happen," said Schulz […]

New York To Ponder Fourth Casino License

At the request of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York gaming officials are going to solicit bids from casino groups that are interested in building a Las Vegas-style facility in the state’s “Southern Tier,” a western region bordering Pennsylvania, The New York Times reported. New York casino regulators still might not award a fourth license, but […]

WSOP Owner To File For Bankruptcy This Week

Caesars Entertainment (CZR), owner of the World Series of Poker brand and more than 50 hotels and casinos throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, could file for chapter 11 bankrupcty protection as early as Thursay, according to the Wall Street Journal. A majority of the company was purchased in 2006, the height of […]

Deadline Approaching For Forth Massachusetts License

Massachusetts has already licensed three companies for gambling facilities, and a deadline of Jan. 30 is fast approaching for firms interested in building the fourth facility authorized under the 2011 law. According to the Boston Herald, Mass Gaming & Entertainment, Seafan Trust Corp., Somerset on the Move and KG Urban Enterprises are all interested in […]

Detroit Casinos Suffer Third Straight Losing Year

The gambling industry in the city of Detroit, Michigan didn’t have a successful 2014. Gaming revenue fell for a third straight year. State regulators said this week that gaming revenue at Detroit’s three casinos totaled $1.33 billion. Greektown, MGM Grand and MotorCity casinos saw their combined revenue drop 1.2 percent compared with 2013. MotorCity was […]

Mississippi Could Jail Online Poker Players

In order to get the freedom to play poker on an online gaming site licensed by the state of Mississippi you’d actually have to give some freedom away in exchange. Under a current proposal that was just recently introduced into the state legislature, poker players who are caught having accessed offshore poker sites instead of, […]

Kornuth Leads 2015 PCA Main Event Final Table

The 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 main event drew a total field of 816 players to build a prize pool of $7,915,200. After five full days of play there are now only six players remaining to battle it out for the title and the $1,491,580 first-place prize. The chip leader heading into the final day […]

Benny Binion's Life To Be Made Into Movie

A book about infamous, but also legendary, Las Vegas gambler and casino boss Benny Binion will be made into a movie, deadline.com reported Monday. Relativity Media has acquired screen rights to Blood Aces: The Wild Ride Of Benny Binion. According to the report, Cliff Dorfman, screen writer for the hit show Entourage and numerous films, […]

Mississippi Online Poker Bill Introduced

The state of Mississippi will once again have an online poker bill on the table. Longtime online gaming supporter Rep. Bobby Moak, a Democrat, has introduced the “Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2015.” Unfortunately, previous efforts from Moak have never gained any traction in the state legislature. “Without regulation of online gambling, the public’s […]

Henson Wins Largest WSOP Circuit Event In History

Ray Henson defeated Poker Hall of Famer T.J. Cloutier heads-up to emerge victorious in the record-setting 2015 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw $365 no-limit hold’em re-entry event. For the win Henson earned $197,588 and his fourth WSOP Circuit gold ring. The event had a $500,000 guarantee, which it blew out of the water when […]

PokerStars Brings On Japanese, Indian Pros

PokerStars announced last week that it has signed its first ever player from India to be a member of its “Team PokerStars” roster. The site also is bringing on a player from Japan, the company’s second sponsored player from that country. From India (but now living in the United States), PokerStars has acquired the services […]

Preview Of The 2015 Aussie Millions Festival

The poker world will converge on the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia this week for the 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, the 18th annual running of this storied festival. The 21-event series will run from Jan. 14 – Feb. 2 and is part of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour for the second year in […]

Florida Could Shake Up Its Gambling Industry

Outside of New York City, South Florida is arguably the most coveted market for firms looking to build multibillion-dollar Las Vegas-style casino-resorts, dubbed “destination resorts.” There could be some good news in store this year for such companies, most notably Genting and Las Vegas Sands, powerhouses in the global casino industry, but who are often […]

Soccer Legend Ronaldo Finishes 26th In 2015 PCA

38-year-old Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima is famous that he is known around the world as simply “Ronaldo.” With three FIFA World Player of the Year awards, two Ballon d’Or awards and many more accolades in his former profession, he is a man who has a taste for winning. Ronaldo brought that […]

WSOP, 888 To Share Liquidity For New Jersey I-Poker

Two of New Jersey’s poker sites—WSOP.com and 888poker.com—announced that they will also be working together on the front-end by combining player pools to some extent. The two firms have an existing partnership in the Garden State’s web gaming industry. According to a press release, micro and low-limit cash games and select tournaments will be part […]

CarbonPoker Sponsors 2015 Player of the Year Race

Card Player has partnered with CarbonPoker to continue to bring you coverage of the most historic and prestigious Player of the Year race in poker for 2015. Since its inception in 1997 the Card Player Player of the Year award has been a symbol of excellence and consistency in tournament poker. Some of the greatest […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: January 12 - 18

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 January 12th through the 18th. Head to our tournament […]

Nevada Casinos See Sixth-Straight FY Net Loss

Nevada’s top grossing gaming establishments saw fiscal year 2014 trump fiscal year 2013, but it was the sixth-straight fiscal year containing a net loss for the Silver State casino industry. The most recent fiscal year ended June 30. According to an abstract from state gaming regulators, the 270 casinos in Nevada that grossed $1 million […]

Washington State Eyes Legalizing Online Poker

Even though the state of Washington has passed legislation that made playing online poker a crime punishable by jail (the only U.S. state to do so), in 2015 lawmakers there are going to look at getting rid of the draconian rules and actually legalizing the activity. It would be a historic reversal of such an […]

Ronaldo Gunning For Seven-Figure Poker Score

The 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 main event drew a total field of 801 players to build a prize pool of $7,915,200. The top 119 players made the money, but after three full days of action now only 56 players remain to battle it out for the first major main event title of 2015 and […]

Poker Strategy With Gavin Griffin: Range Building

I have a few students that I coach on a one on one basis and, during a recent session, one of them asked me an interesting question that I hadn’t thought about in a while because, truthfully, it’s become such a part of my thought process that I don’t have to think about it anymore. […]

Poker Strategy: Handling A Wild Player

Recently, a number of members of Red Chip Poker have posted a series of hands on the forum that share some similarities. In each example, the player posting the hand was up against a relatively short-stacked player who was playing wildly and erratically. And, in each example, the player posting the hand made the unfortunate […]

Indiana Rep. Introduces Sports Betting Bills

Indiana Rep. Alan Morrison has taken notice of America’s growing obsession with daily fantasy sport, and sports betting in general, and wants his state to get in on the action. Morrison has introduced two bills, both aimed at getting Indiana in the game. The first, House Bill 1073, would allow sports betting at state casinos, […]

Revel Buyer Wants To Turn Casino Into Water Park

So much for a tower of white geniuses. Florida developer Glenn Straub has been issued a final ruling by a federal bankruptcy judge to purchase the now-closed Revel Casino in Atlantic City for $95.4 million, and although he is still considering a court order to get the property for a cheaper price, he has hinted […]