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CPPT: Vikaas Sharma Leads Bicycle Casino Day 1BAnother day, another leader. Day 1b of the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event is done and Vikaas Sharma leads the remaining 30 players with 297,000 Sharma rose to the lead towards the end of the day at a stacked table. All four top stacks from day 1b spent the last few levels […]
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George Danzer Wins Third WSOP Bracelet In AustraliaHeading into the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific George Danzer and Brandon Shack-Harris were locked into a very close battle for this year’s WSOP Player of the Year award. Shack-Harris looked like he just might have secured the lead when he finished sixth in the $1,650 AUD no-limit hold’em “terminator” event. Danzer made […]
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Ken Tipton Leads CPPT Bicycle Main Event on Day 1AAfter 14 levels of play, Ken Tipton emerged as the day 1a chip leader of the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event. 133 players made their way to Los Angeles and put up the $1,100 with hopes of earning a CPPT title and the first place prize money that comes with it. At […]
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CPPT Bicycle Casino Results: Events 3,7 & 8The ninth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California Sept. 21 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 15 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold’em $500,000 estimated guarantee main event Oct. 11-15. Here is a look at the latest results: […]
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Alex Antonios Wins 2014 WSOP APAC $2,200 6-MaxAll eyes were on Phil Hellmuth at the final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific $2,200 AUD no-limit hold’em six-max event as he went for his record 14th WSOP gold bracelet. In the end the “Poker Brat” fell short, placing fourth for $34,247. Instead it was Australian local Alex Antonios who […]
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A Poker Life: Dylan WilkersonDylan Wilkerson has had an impressive year on the live tournament circuit. In February, he finished second at the Fallsview Poker Classic main event for $205,925. A couple weeks later, he took second once again at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star main event for $728,650. He followed up those performances with […]
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Tribal Casino Closed Suddenly Amid InfightingThis is a confusing story, but we’ll try to tell you what information is available right now. According to abc7news.com, about 20 “gunmen” came into the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino, located near Fresno, California, on Thursday evening and held casino security guards at gunpoint. That’s the casino’s story, but it’s apparently just one account […]
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CPPT: Bicycle Casino Main Event Begins SaturdayAfter nearly three weeks of tournament action, the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event is set to begin. Likely to award one of the largest first place prize payouts of the Season, the $1,100 no-limit hold’em Quantum Reload main event will begin Oct. 11 and wrap up Oct. 15 with the crowning of […]
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Rory Young Wins 2014 WSOP APAC Dealer's ChoiceA total of 89 entries turned out for the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific $1,650 buy-in eight-Gamed dealer’s choice event, but in the end only one walked away with the title and the first-place prize of $42,720: Rory Young. For the win the Australian earned his first WSOP gold bracelet, the aforementioned prize […]
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Phil Hellmuth Guns For WSOP Bracelet No. 14Poker Hall of Famer Phil Hellmuth is only five players away from winning his 14th World Series of Poker bracelet and extending his lead as the all-time leader in WSOP titles. Hellmuth is currently fifth in chips of six players remaining in the 2014 WSOP Asia Pacific $2,200 AUD six-max no-limit hold’em event at the […]
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Phil Ivey's Rough Week ContinuesThis week has been bad for Phil Ivey. He lost a court case against a London casino in which Ivey was seeking more than $12 million in winnings that the property refused to pay him. Over on the Internet, Ivey dropped $140,000 this week, according to HighstakesDB. Ivey was playing the likes of Viktor Blom, […]
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Caesars Has Lead In 'Social' Casino MarketCaesars Interactive, the online gaming branch of Caesars Entertainment Corp., had the market lead in the social casino gaming realm during the third quarter of this year, according to Eilers Research. Caesars had roughly 21 percent of the market, followed by IGT’s DoubleDown Casino (11 percent) and Zynga (nine percent). Zynga still has the most […]
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CPPT Bicycle Casino Results: Events 4-5The ninth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California Sept. 21 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 15 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold’em $500,000 estimated guarantee main event Oct. 11-15. Here is a look at the latest results: […]
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Casino CEO Suspended After Letting Minors Into CasinoThe CEO of Pennsylvania’s Valley Forge Casino Resort has been hit with a 15-day suspension for allowing a couple of underage women onto the casino floor in 2013. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Michael Bowman “helped two women who were hotel guests and banquet attendees gain access to the casino floor, waving them through [even] […]
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Sam Higgs Wins 2014 WSOP APAC $5,000 PLO EventA total of 80 players turned out for the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific $5,000 AUD pot-limit Omaha event, building a prize pool of $376,000 AUD. From a final table that included the likes of 2010 WSOP main event champ Jonathan Duhamel and World Poker Tour title holder Mike Watson, Australian Sam Higgs […]
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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 […]
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Iowa Riverboat Casino Makes Trip To ShipyardOne of Iowa’s riverboat casinos has started its long journey to an Illinois shipyard to either be sold or dismantled and salvaged, the Des Moines Register reported. Mike’s Inc., an Illinois marine business, bought the structure. The previous owner of the riverboat casino was Penn National Gaming. Belle of Sioux City LP—a subsidiary of Penn […]
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POY Update: Colman Extends Lead With Fourth WinAfter several slower weeks things finally heated up in a big way this week in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Three players made moves inside the top twenty this week. Here is a look at the biggest results on the live poker tournament circuit over the past seven […]
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Betfair Gets Approval For Caesars Partnership
London-based online gaming site Betfair has been approved by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to do business with Caesars Entertainment. Betfair had a deal with Trump Plaza, but that beleaguered casino closed last month after a lot of financial difficulty related to its brick-and-mortar operations. According to a New Jersey DGE document, the […]
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Judge: Poker Pro Phil Ivey Cheated At London CasinoThe cards did not fall Phil Ivey’s way this week. A judge presiding over his lawsuit against a London casino for withholding his $12.4 million in winnings he accumulated playing a high-stakes table game in 2012 said that the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner did in fact cheat the casino. Ivey admitted to edge sorting, which […]
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Scott Calcagno Wins Event 4 At 2014 WSOP APACA total of 250 entries were made in the $1,650 AUD no-limit hold’em terminator event at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific, building a total prize pool of $375,000 AUD. The lion’s share of that cash ended up in the hands of 29-year-old Australian native Scott Calcagno after he emerged victorious from the […]
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Ohio Casinos Performing Poorly: ReportOhio’s four casinos are stuck in a big downswing this year. According to wosu.org, through the end of September the casinos have won 25 percent less than they did in the first nine months of 2013. That’s a big drop. So far this year, gaming win is roughly $612 million, down from $821 million last […]
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Revel Casino Sale Approved By Bankruptcy JudgeRevel, the most miserable failure in the history of the Atlantic City casino industry and the state’s desperate attempts to help the seaside town, was sold on Tuesday for $110 million. It cost $2.4 billion to build and even received state assistance. According to the Associated Press, a federal bankruptcy court judge approved the sale […]
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Colman Wins WPT Alpha8 London High RollerDan Colman’s 2014 will go down in history as one of the greatest years any poker player has ever had on the tournament circuit. Most recently Colman emerged victorious in the 2014 World Poker Tour Alpha8 £60,000 no-limit hold’em high roller, topping a field of 23 entrants to win £600,000 ($964,539 USD) and his fourth […]
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Aaron Massey Wins Second HPT Title In Two MonthsJust seven weeks after winning the Heartland Poker Tour main event at the Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago poker pro Aaron Massey emerged victorious in the HPT Club One main event in Fresno, California. Massey topped a field of 200 players to win his second title of the year, earning $78,569 for the win. In […]
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Poker Pro Matt Smith Wins DraftKings Millionaire MakerThis weekend, DraftKings hosted a $27 buy-in Millionaire Maker contest, drawing a sold out field of 92,400 entries and creating a total prize pool of $2.2 million. After the final whistle was blown on Monday Night Football, it was none other than poker pro Matt “SamENole” Smith who came out on top, earning a $1 […]
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Two Men Get Prison For Running Poker RoomTwo men have received prison sentences for operating what authorities claim was an illegal poker room in the back of a women’s health club that was used as a cover for the operation. The club was located in Runnemede, New Jersey. According to the Courier-Post, a judge gave a 364-day jail term to Ryan Dion, […]
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Jeffrey Lisandro Wins Sixth WSOP Bracelet In AustraliaAustralian poker pro Jeffrey Lisandro topped a field of 123 players in the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific $1,650 AUD pot-limit Omaha event to win his sixth WSOP gold bracelet. For the win Lisandro also earned $51,660 AUD ($44,805 USD) and the distinction of joining Daniel Negreanu as the only two players to […]
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WATCH: Man Cracks Opponent's Aces, Rubs It InCurtis Rystadt has been creating a stir online for his behavior at the feature table deep in the 2014 World Series of Poker main event, which recently began airing on ESPN. In the hand above, Rystadt and Kyle Keranen get tangled up in a pot in which the latter holds aces and the former holds […]
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Horseshoe Baltimore Has Lackluster StartThough it has been open for little more than a month, the $442 million Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is already disappointing those who were anticipating better revenues. During the month of September the casino won 34 percent less than what Baltimore’s mayor had predicted the casino would, according to BaltimoreBrew.com. The casino took $22.4 million off […]
