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CPPT Hollywood Park Casino Results: Event 3

The tenth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 17 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 26 culminating with a $340 no-limit hold’em $100,000 guarantee main event Oct. 23-26. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. […]

Win Big With Switch Poker Halloween Race

Switch Poker, the mobile poker room available worldwide to iPhone, iPad and Android users is launching its usual monthly €500 SPPs Race on Oct. 21. The race will last until Nov. 4 and the 5 players that play the most will share the €500 prize pool! Race winners will be awarded as follows. 1. €250 […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Oct. 20 - 26

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 October 20th through the 26th. Head to our tournament […]

No I-Poker Yet In California, But Lotto Tops $5B

California lawmakers and gaming interests can’t get on the same page with regards to online poker in the Golden State. But one of the few gambling-related things everyone appears OK with is the state lottery, which recently reported record revenues of $5 billion. According to the Associated Press, it was the first time lotto sales […]

Judge: Union Contract Voided For Taj Mahal

Late last week, a federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware ruled that the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City could shed its contract with its union of casino workers. Roughly 3,000 people work at the casino and they now face the loss of their benefits, according to the AP. The Taj Mahal’s parent company closed […]

Developer Frustrated With Philly Process

It has been more than two yeas since we knew that the city of Philadelphia would be home to another casino. However, the state has not yet picked a firm to build it. Six firms were once interested and now it’s down to four. One of the remaining bidders—Philly-based mogul Bart Blatstein—is getting frustrated, according […]

Doug Polk Calls Out Daniel Negreanu

The following feature story appears in the latest issue of Card Player Magazine. Get your digital subscription for as little as $1.99 per month. The last 12 months have been an incredible ride for 25-year-old poker pro Doug Polk. The Pasadena, California native kicked things off last October by defeating high-stakes phenom Ben Sulsky in […]

CPPT Hollywood Park Casino Results: Event 2

The tenth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 17 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 26 culminating with a $340 no-limit hold’em $100,000 guarantee main event Oct. 23-26. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. […]

Sebastian Pauli Wins 2014 EPT London Main Event

A total of 675 players turned out for the 2014 European Poker Tour London £4,250 no-limit hold’em main event, building a total prize pool of £2,619,000. From that sizable turnout German student Sebastian Pauli emerged victorious, capturing his first EPT main event title and £499,700 ($802,971). To earn the win the 25-year-old Management and Economics […]

CPPT Hollywood Park Casino Results: Event 1

The tenth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 17 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 26 culminating with a $340 no-limit hold’em $100,000 guarantee main event Oct. 23-26. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. […]

Scott Davies Wins 2014 WSOP APAC Main Event

A total of 329 players posted the $10,000 AUD buy-in in the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific no-limit hold’em main event, but only one could walk away the champion. Six days after the first hand was dealt in this event Scott Davies emerged victorious, defeating a tough final table to capture $850,136 AUD […]

Chris Christie Signs Sports Betting Bill

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill on Friday that he and Garden State lawmakers think will finally give the state sports betting, according to the Associated Press. Lawmakers have been desperately trying to throw a lifeline to collapsing Atlantic City. The bill was passed by the New Jersey legislature this week. “As I’ve […]

Win Over 60% Of Bets With Intuitor Sports

Intuitor Sports, Inc has taken the sports betting world by storm with their revolutionary prediction technology that is churning out winners at an unprecedented rate of over 60 percent. The Las Vegas-based company prides itself on a successful track record of turning gamblers who bet with their gut into sharps who use the Intuitor statistical […]

Mike Leah Wins 2014 WSOP APAC $25k High Roller

Mike Leah has emerged victorious from a field of 68 entries in the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific $25,000 AUD no-limit hold’em high roller. For the win he earned his first gold bracelet and the $600,000 AUD ($527,500 USD) first-place prize. “I’m obviously very happy. I don’t know if it has sunk in […]

GSN Wants Your Input On 'High Stakes Poker'

A video posted to the Game Show Network’s YouTube channel is asking for viewers to complete a survey about “High Stakes Poker,” which ran from 2006 to 2011. The show was a victim of Black Friday, and many have been speculating on whether it could return to TV. GSN’s survey sure seems to suggest that […]

Online Poker: Viktor Blom Wins $261K Monster Pot

A lot of intense action at the nosebleed pot-limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt Poker resulted in a crazy week for Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, but he managed to finish in the black $121,000. That is according to data from HighstakesDB. The Swede played more than 5,200 hands in the seven-day stretch, which was comprised of […]

CPPT: Hollywood Park Begins Oct. 17

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 […]

Atlantic City Gaming Revenue Falls 12.8 Percent

New Jersey’s casino industry had $209.4 million in revenue during the month of September, down from $240.2 million in September 2013, according to a state press release dated Oct. 15. That’s a 12.8-percent decrease. Atlantic City has so far lost four casinos this year. A fifth could close next month. The casinos that were open […]

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 […]

NJ: Betting On Games Like 'Words With Friends'

New Jersey’s online gambling industry could get a shot in the arm by seeing popular games such as “Word with Friends” have a real-money gambling component. The state kicked off real-money web casino gambling in November of last year, and while revenues are being generated in the ballpark of $10 million a month, it hasn’t […]

Gambler On Tilt Makes Comment About Ebola

We’ll preface this by saying that you shouldn’t do stupid things when on tilt. Authorities in Cleveland are likely going to charge an elderly man with a felony after he apparently made a comment at the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland about his wife possibly having had contact with Ebola, according to Cleveland.com. The man reportedly was […]

CPPT: Shan Jing Wins Bicycle Casino Main event

The Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event came down to Los Angeles regular Shan “Pacman” Jing and former online multi-table tournament super star Amit Makhija. After outlasting a field of 527 players, the two made an even chop for the money and were dealt a regular hand to determine the winner of the […]

WATCH: Poker Pro Gets Revenge Deep In Main Event

Last week, we showed you a video in which amateur poker player Curtis Rystadt taunted poker pro Kyle Keranen after the former cracked the latter’s aces in a decent-sized pot on the fifth day of play of the 2014 World Series of Poker main event. Many within the poker community expressed a lot of hate […]

Hellmuth Receives Offer To Be On 'Wife Swap'

Poker pro Phil Hellmuth, one of the few players able to garner consistent mainstream exposure, has been offered a chance to appear on ABC’s “Wife Swap.” However, it doesn’t look like it will be happening for poker’s most successful player ever at the WSOP. Hellmuth took to Twitter on Tuesday to explain. Have an offer […]

Study Sheds Light On Health Of Poker Players

Poker players are arguably the healthiest out of all casino games players, but they probably just need to cut back on the drinking a bit. That’s what a study in the U.K. conducted by London-based jackpot.co.uk showed. Before we get into the reasons why poker players are pretty healthy compared to other casino patrons, it […]

CPPT: Amit Makhija Headlines Bicycle Main Event Final Table

The 2014 CPPT main event at the Bicycle Casino is streaming live with hole cards starting at 3:30 PM pacific. Check it out below! As the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino Main Event heads to its final day, Amit Makhija headlines a talent-filled final table that includes 2012 WPT Legends of Poker Main Event […]

Floyd Mayweather Gambles, Wins Big On Sunday

According to a report from ESPN, boxing star Floyd Mayweather had a good Sunday betting on the National Football League. Mayweather reportedly bet $815,000 on the Broncos to beat the Jets by more than 7.5 points. He collected $1.4 million from the CG Technology sports book at the M Resort. A late Broncos interception off […]

Poker Players Cope With 'Highway Robbery' By Cop

Having your poker bankroll stolen is really a poker player’s worst nightmare. It especially hurts when it is the cops who wipe away all your hard work. Poker players William “Bart” Davis (right) and John Newmer­zhycky (left) were driving through Iowa with out-of-state plates, which they said was the reason why they were pulled over […]

CPPT: Osmin Dardin Leads Bicycle Casino Main Event

Osmin “Oddie” Dardon will return on day 2 of the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event with a commanding chip lead over the rest of the field. Dardon amassed a massive stack of 520,000 by the time the tournament clock ran out on day 1c and will return with nearly 200,000 more than […]

Poker Players Get Robbed Under Civil Asset Forfeiture

The fancy legal term may be ‘civil asset forfeiture,’ but for a couple of poker players who saw Iowa police take $100,000 of their money it is just straight up robbery. In April of last year, poker players William “Bart” Davis and John Newmer­zhycky were driving west through Iowa with out-of-state plates after a poker […]