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Ultimate Gaming Withdraws From New Jersey Market

In the wake of Trump Taj Mahal Associates decision to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy, Ultimate Gaming has announced that the company has terminated its contract and will be withdrawing from the New Jersey online gaming market. Trump Taj Mahal Associates closed the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino earlier this week, becoming the fourth casino […]

One Third Of Voters Support Repealing MA Casino Law

According to a poll conducted by SocialSphere Inc., roughly 36 percent of likely voters surveyed support repealing a 2011 law in Massachusetts that authorized three brick-and-mortar casinos and one slots-only parlor. The margin of error was approximately plus/minus 4.9 percent. Fifty-five percent said keep the law in place, while nine percent said they didn’t know. […]

Revel Bidder Has Strange Plans For Casino

Bankrupt Revel, the most expensive casino in the history of free-falling Atlantic City, could re-open and be home to a bizarre university, reported Press of Atlantic City. The Florida real estate developer who has put in a $90 million bid for the property that originally came at a price tag of $2.4 billion said he […]

CPPT: The Bike to Use Quantum Reload Structure

The Card Player Poker Tour will soon crown a new champion when it stops at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California Sept. 21 through Oct. 15. The winner of the $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event is likely to take home one of the largest first-place payouts of the year with a $500,000 estimated guaranteed […]

Cambodia Considering Letting Locals Gamble

Cambodia is looking at allowing locals to gamble in the country’s casinos. It may sound strange to those within the United States, where it feels like casinos are public grounds in the sense that everyone of legal age is welcome (as long as you aren’t a cheat), but if you are a resident of Cambodia […]

WSOP Announces It Has Signed Greg Merson

Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the WSOP-branded online poker site launching in the state of Nevada. To mark the occasion, the WSOP, owned by Caesars, announced that it has signed Maryland-native Greg Merson to be its first site-sponsored pro. Merson won the 2012 main event. There were reports in July that a deal with […]

Ben Affleck Says He's Not A Degenerate Gambler

Ben Affleck said just because he made headlines for counting cards at blackjack doesn’t mean he’s a gambling addict like the tabloids assumed. The movie star is promoting a new film he’s in and talked with Details magazine about some stuff, including his notorious blackjack play earlier this year in Las Vegas. Affleck was eventually […]

India's Supreme Court Mulling Online Poker

India, a country with more than 1.25 billion people, is currently taking a look at the legality of online poker for real money. According to financialexpress.com, on Wednesday, the Indian Supreme Court continued to hear arguments about whether the games should be authorized or not. If they are, it could be a huge win for […]

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 […]

Gambler Loses 15-Team Parlay On Last Game

This is pretty cruel. A gambler in Delaware ran scorching hot in a NFL parlay this past weekend until losing the last game. He fell just short of turning $5 into $100,000, ESPN reported. The gambler, whose name wasn’t revealed, picked 14 straight games (against the spread) correctly and just needed the Colts to beat […]

Hockey Star Signs With New Jersey Poker Site

Three-time Stanley Cup champion Ken Daneyko, who played his entire career for the New Jersey Devils, is now involved with the Garden State’s online poker industry. Last week, PartyPoker NJ announced that Daneyko will join the site’s “first line,” which means he will be participating in online tournaments, contributing content to the site’s blog and […]

Waitress: Mayweather Tipped $0 On $25K Tab

A server at Rehab at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas took to social media to say that boxing star Floyd Mayweather, who won $32 million this past weekend thanks to a boxing match, left no tip on a $25,000 bill that the casino comped for him. The waitress, Nik Nguyen, told TMZ that Mayweather […]

Paris' Most Famous Gambling Club Raided By Police

A more than 100-year-old gambling club in Paris was raided by police Tuesday morning over misconduct, including alleged money laundering, according to lepoint.fr. A translation of the report said: “The circle is suspected of clandestine work, breach of trust and money laundering by organized gangs.” A dozen people were arrested and are in custody. The […]

U.S. I-Gambling Market Could Be $5.2B By 2020

According to research from Morgan Stanley, the online gambling industry in the United States could hit $5.2 billion in 2020, if there are at least 20 states to have legalized the activity by then. Right now, just Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have legal online gambling. New Jersey’s industry yields more than $10 million a […]

POY: McKeehen & Kuether Make Moves In Top 20

Last week there were some seismic shifts at the top of the leaderboard in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. The past seven days didn’t alter things quite as radically, but two players did make some moves inside the top 20. Here is a look at what went down […]

Trump: 'AC Lost Its Magic After I Left'

Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday after one of the casinos bearing his name closed its doors permanently. Another could close in mid-November. Last month, the real estate mogul filed a lawsuit demanding that his name be removed from the two Atlantic City casinos. He still has a small stake in the properties. Trump […]

Wynn Wins License To Build Boston Area Casino

The company of billionaire Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn on Tuesday won the sole license to build a casino in the Boston area, one of three casino licenses that a 2011 law authorized. The Boston selection process had been going on since last year. Wynn said he will build a $1.6 billion casino on […]

Poker Strategy: Looking Like An Idiot

I have never really been one that worries too much about how people perceive me, I mean, I had pink hair for a year, how much can I care? I’ve lost all sense of that now that I’m a father. You can often catch me at the grocery store or the mall doing a silly […]

Online Sports Book To Launch Bitcoin Poker

A leading Bitcoin online sports book will this week launch a poker client that will use the digital currency. Nitrogen Sports, which is based in Costa Rica, is joining the likes of Seals with Clubs, Silk Poker, Betcoin Poker, Switch Poker, WinPoker, among others, in allowing poker players to use Bitcoins to fund their accounts. […]

Mortician Convicted Of Running Illegal Poker Game

A Staten Island mortician was convicted last week of running an illegal underground poker game, according to the New York Daily News. Authorities said that the game collected a rake from every hand, just like a casino. The lawyer for 42-year-old Joseph Fumando said that his client was just a regular player there and did […]

Trump Plaza Casino Closes In Atlantic City

Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino closed its doors on Tuesday morning, marking the fourth casino in beleaguered Atlantic City to cry “uncle” this year. Atlantic City, once the mecca for gambling in the region, now has just eight brick-and-mortar casinos. The boardwalk casino opened in 1984. The casino’s last moments ended in very unspectacular fashion, […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Sept. 15 - 21

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 15th through the 21st. Head to our tournament […]

Poker Strategy: Tournament Situations and Tricks

Before the 2013 World Series of Poker, I wrote a column in Card Player about common betting mistakes that I see many amateurs make at the poker tables. These errors included oversized chip betting, accidental raises, string betting, unknown antes and unawareness of short-stacked blinds. Over the past year while travelling the circuit, many players […]

WATCH: Crazy $1M Poker Cash Game Hand

If you are a fan of insane cash game action, check out the hand above from the 2014 Aussie Millions Cash Game. The video coverage from the game was recently released. In the hand, Paul Phua gets his set of tens cracked. His opponent, Lo Shing Fung, who happens to be eating during a nearly […]

De Wolfe Accused Of Cheating In Poker Game

A wealthy Dubai-based investor is suing a casino in London after accusing two poker players of colluding against him at high stakes. According to the Telegraph, an expert witness in the case claims that Iraj Parvizi was cheated by poker players Josh Gould and Roland de Wolfe. De Wolfe has wins on the EPT and […]

A Poker Life: Jared Jaffee

It took Jared Jaffee years to find his calling as a professional poker player and even longer to find stability in the tumultuous poker world. The 33-year-old New York-native once thought a law career was in the cards, but instead opted into the jet setting lifestyle of a high-stakes poker tournament player. In the five […]

Carbon Online Poker Series Kicks Off September

CarbonPoker has announced the return of the Carbon Online Poker Series, which will kick off in September with 79 tournaments featuring over $2 million in guaranteed prize money. The 15-day series, which also boasts over $500,000 in guarantees for the main events, officially begins on Sep. 14. Players can buy into events for as little […]

CPPT: Kornuth Wins Allure of the Seas Main Event

With the sparking waters of the Western Caribbean as a backdrop, professional poker player Chance Kornuth became the latest winner of a Card Player Poker Tour main event. Kornuth walked away with $18,000 for winning the $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event on Card Player Cruises Allure of the Seas Sept. 10. Kornuth, a World Series […]

Caesars Makes Move To Restructure Debt

Nevada-based Caesars, owner of the World Series of Poker, made some moves this week to reduce its gaming industry-high $24.2 billion debt. According to a press release: Caesars Entertainment Corporation and its subsidiary Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. announced that they have executed non-disclosure agreements with certain beneficial holders (“First Lien Creditors”) of CEOC’s 11.25 […]

Hansen Reaches $20.3M In Web Poker Losses

It’s official. After another terrible week online, Gus Hansen is now down more than $20.3 million lifetime on Full Tilt Poker, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Hansen has dusted off roughly $921,000 online this month, bringing his losses to a new all-time low. Check out his lifetime graph. It’s pretty incredible. While Hansen has […]