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Nevada Online Poker Revenue Falls To $742,000

The state of Nevada officially had its worst month ever for online poker. The state’s three sites—WSOP.com, Ultimate Poker and Real Gaming—had combined revenues (rake) of $742,000 for August. That’s the lowest ever for the fledgling Silver State industry. The good news is that revenues for the state’s three online poker sites only began getting […]

Slot Machine Jackpot Saves Man From Police

A gambler in Germany just had a slot machine bail him out in a huge way. According to the Associated Press, authorities said that two police officers were out and about doing “routine checks” (that sounds kind of scary and ridiculous, but that’s besides the point here) of people hanging out at an arcade in […]

HoF Nominees Trade Barbs Over $1.8M Prop Bet

Back in 2010, poker pros Mike Matusow and Ted Forrest agreed to a high-stakes prop bet that called for Forrest to go from 188 lbs to under 140 lbs (see the video above). With $2 million on the line, Forrest trained and trained, and the six-time bracelet winner ended up making the weight. Fast forward […]

New Jersey Lawmakers Propose Sports Betting Tax

A pair of New Jersey lawmakers have proposed adding a 0.25-percent tax on all potential sports wagers in their state that would go toward helping the sports leagues prevent game fixing and other corruption. New Jersey Senator Jim Whelan and Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo wrote in a letter dated Monday that the funds could go to […]

2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Preview

The second-ever running of the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific is set to kick off next week, running from October 2nd through the 18th at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. In just over two weeks down under there will be 10 WSOP gold bracelets awarded, double the amount that were handed out in […]

WPT Returns To Casino Royale St. Maarten In November

Poker players looking for a luxurious vacation that features an exciting poker tournament should be sure to check out the upcoming World Poker Tour event at St. Maarten’s Casino Royale. The $3,500 tournament will be held Nov. 3-7, 2014 at one of the Caribbean’s largest casinos. Casino Royale is located on the island of St. […]

Part Two - Poker Bot: 'A Nuclear Weapon For Poker'

Tuomas Sandholm is Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Computer Science Department with more than 450 published papers. Over the past decade, he has applied his computational game theory knowledge and optimization algorithms to develop a computer program, or “bot.” In 2014 the bot he developed, Tartanian7, won both categories it entered in the […]

CPPT: Hollywood Park Schedule Released

For the first time ever, the Card Player Poker Tour will make a stop at Hollywood Park Casino near Los Angeles International Airport. The casino is under new management and has undergone significant upgrades and improvements. What will be the tenth stop of Season II will take place from Oct. 17-26 and will feature a […]

MGM Files Lawsuit Against Medical Marijuana Firm

MGM Resorts International, one of the largest casino firms in the world, has filed a federal trademark lawsuit against a small Nevada company looking to get into the medical marijuana business in the Silver State. The casino operator is suing M Life Inc. over its “M’Life Wellness” brand. MGM uses the name “M life” for […]

Dan Gilbert's Detroit Casino To Fund Road Work

A casino in the struggling city of Detroit is spending $1.25 million on road work that it thinks will help its business. Privately-funded road projects similar to this one are reportedly pretty rare. The state of Michigan has signed off on the plan. The Greektown Casino-Hotel will be widening an Interstate 375 exit ramp in […]

2014 POY Update; Madsen and Elias Make Moves

After a late-summer frenzy things have settled down a bit in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. There were still plenty of POY points and big payouts to be awarded this week though. Here is a look at what went over the past seven days: Heartland Poker Tour Commerce […]

Revel Bidder Says His Ideal Student Is 'White'

The potential buyer of Atlantic City’s Revel casino, which closed its doors earlier this month, has said he wants to open a university full of “geniuses” on the beleaguered property. According to a Monday Retuers report, he further explained his plan by saying his ideal student is “free, white and over 21.” According to the […]

Police: Would-Be Thief Demanded $100M From Casino

Authorities allege that a New York man walked in the Mohegan Sun poker room over the weekend and told the poker room manager that he wanted $100 million transferred to his bank account. He reportedly specified that he wanted it in his savings account. The $100m is about eight percent of the casino’s parent company’s […]

Championship Poker Bot: 'Nuclear Weapon For Poker'

Tuomas Sandholm is Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Computer Science Department with more than 450 published papers. Over the past decade, he has applied his computational game theory knowledge and optimization algorithms to develop a computer program, or “bot.” Sandholm’s objective was to design the greatest heads-up no-limit Texas hold’em player in the […]

Hustler Gears Up For Liz Flynt Fall Poker Classic

Beginning Oct. 12, the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles will be kicking off the Liz Flynt Fall Poker Classic, a three-week tournament series featuring more than $1 million in guarantees. There will be 14 events run throughout the series with buy-ins ranging from $120 to the $550 main event, which begins on Nov. 1 with […]

HPO Season 3 Kicks Off In Lawrenceburg, IN

More stops, more players and more winnings can be expected from Penn National Gaming’s 2014-15 Hollywood Poker Open tournament series, which kicks off this Fall with the first HPO Regional tournament series at the Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg, Nov. 13-23. This season, poker players from across the world will compete for big money prize pools from […]

A Poker Life: George Danzer

Given the massive fields that make up today’s tournaments at the World Series of Poker, it may seem unreasonable to expect one player to win multiple bracelets in a given summer. But it happens often. In fact, at least one player has won two bracelets every year since 2000. This year, that honor belonged to […]

Still No Sports Betting In New Jersey

Despite New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie issuing a stunning directive earlier this month that called for Garden State gambling facilities to dabble in the sports betting business, no firm has actually taken up the activity—at least not yet. “Based on the arguments of the sports leagues and the United States Department of Justice, the 3rd […]

Man Charged With Fraud After $100 Casino Theft

An unlucky Pennsylvania man is facing fraud charges after pocketing an ill-gotten $100 from a casino, despite paying the casino back after he was caught. The 27-year-old gambler allegedly changed up a bet at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, according to The Scranton Times-Tribune. The gambler was playing a Texas hold’em table game back in […]

Nevada Poker Site Inks Deal With 7-Eleven

Real Gaming announced On Monday that it is giving its customers the option of depositing funds at any 7-Eleven store in Nevada. Real Gaming is the online poker site of South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. The move adds more strength to the site’s slate of deposit options. Deposits at 7-Eleven will go through the […]

Poker Strategy: Stealing Dead Money and Upswings

July 25 — Be aware of players buying the button, posting dead and kill pots in live games. There is a lot of money out there to steal Whenever someone comes to me for a general “game plan” of preflop strategy I often tell them that it is OK to limp in from the first […]

Win Big With The SIGA Poker Championship

Poker Players have a chance to win their share of the $230,000 prize pool including a seat at the 2015 World Series of Poker during the annual Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) Poker Championship event on Oct. 4-5. With a $500+$50 buy in, this year’s grand prize is estimated at over 55k. The fabulous Las […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Sept. 22 - 28

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 September 22nd through the 28th. Head to our tournament […]

Macau To Grow By Just 1 Percent This Year: Bank

Horrible news for Macau, currently the world’s top gambling hub. A major European bank now predicts that the former Portuguese colony will see gaming revenue growth of just one percent this year. Deutsche Bank scaled down its estimate from 10 percent. From a MacauBusiness.com report: Deutsche Bank has reduced its forecast of growth this year […]

Web Poker Next Year In CA: Morgan Stanley

The growing consensus is that 2015 will finally be the year when California legalizes intrastate online poker. A recent Morgan Stanley study of the online gaming industry further cemented the predictions. According to the group, California will be the only state to authorize web gambling in 2015. In 2016, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania will […]

Former Gambling Lobby Chief Joins Harvard

The former head of the American Gaming Association, the commercial casino industry’s top lobbying group on Capitol Hill, will be joining the Harvard Institute of Politics, The Boston Globe reported. Frank Fahrenkopf reportedly will be lecturing on bipartisanship in modern politics. Fahrenkopf, also a former chair of the Republican National Committee, served as the president […]

Poker Strategy: How To Analyze Hands

If you want to get better at poker, the most important thing you can do is write down hands from your play and analyze them. But just writing hands down and going over them isn’t enough. You have to ask the right questions. There are a few ways to analyze hands in a constructive way. […]

CPPT: Bicycle Casino Series Begins Sunday

Beginning Sept. 21, the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California will host one of the final stops of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour. Sure to be one of the largest tournament series of the season, the focal point will be the $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event featuring the Bike’s own Quantum Reload […]

Web Poker: Isaac Haxton Scoops $736K In A Week

Over the past week, Isaac Haxton won roughly $346 per hand that he played on the Internet. The American high-stakes star scooped $712,954 after just 2,063 hands played during the stretch, according to data from HighstakesDB. In 2014, Haxton is up nearly $1.3 million over roughly 15,000 hands. The second largest winning account over the […]

Darren Elias Wins 2014 WPT Borgata Poker Open

The 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event featured a $3 million guaranteed prize pool this year, but when a total of 1,226 entries were made the total prize pool ballooned to $3,924,426. The sizable turn out mean that this year’s champion would win the fourth largest WPT event in […]