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Casino Wins Favorable Ruling In Baccarat CaseOn Friday, a judge ruled in favor of the Golden Nugget Atlantic City in a high-stakes court battle over more than $1.5 million in scandalous mini-baccarat winnings. On the night of April 30, 2012, a group of 14 gamblers noticed that cards being used for mini-baccarat were not shuffled. They increased their bets from $10 […]
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Switch Poker Launches World Cup ChallengeSwitch Poker, the poker room designed for Android, iPhone and iPad players has launched a new competition: the €200 World Cup Challenge! How does it work? Until June 24, play at heads-up tables with the player JustBadLuck and generate more SPPs than anyone else. The top 4 players will be rewarded as follows: 1 – […]
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Pierre Milan Wins WSOP Bracelet For FranceCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Despite it slightly larger buy-in, the $2,500 no-limit hold’em event at the 2014 World Series of Poker still drew in a sizable field of 1,165, creating a total prize pool of $2,650,375. Three days of action saw Pierre Milan walk away with the bracelet and the […]
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Calvin Anderson Wins WSOP $1,500 Stud 8/OB EventCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Calvin Anderson quickly and ruthlessly made his way through a tough final table in the 2014 World Series of Poker $1,500 seven card stud eight-or-better event, earning his first gold bracelet and $190,538 in the process. “It’s a good feeling to win the gold bracelet,” Anderson […]
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Elias Talks About Borgata Chip ScandalPoker pro Darren Elias is having a very solid 2014 World Series of Poker, cashing a total of four times through the middle of June. The performance has been good news for the L.A. native, as he was shortchanged a bit after a poker tournament at Borgata this winter was canceled due to massive amounts […]
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Bilokur Wins $10k Pot-Limit Hold'em ChampionshipCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Alex Bilokur has a taste for high stakes poker action, and has done quite well for himself despite not calling himself a professional player. In recent year’s he had accumulated nearly $3 million in live tournament earnings, but he finally achieved his true aspiration when he […]
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Tommy Hang Wins WSOP $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. EventCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Just days after placing 12th in the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship, Tommy Hang went all the way in the WSOP $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, topping a field of 743 entrants to win his first gold bracelet and the $230,744 first-place prize. The 34-year-old […]
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Brenes On Pace To Break Record At Single WSOPCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Poker pro Humberto Brenes is so far having a stellar World Series of Poker. The 63-year-old grinder had seven cashes at the 2014 WSOP as of Saturday afternoon, putting him on pace to break the record of 11 that was set by Konstantin Puchkov in 2012. […]
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Man Freed From Jail, Allegedly Murders In Gambling DisputeAccording to media reports, a Chicago man who was freed from prison after serving 32 years for a murder he more than likely didn’t commit, has now been accused of a new crime—killing a man over a dispute in a game of dice. Andre Davis spent more than three decades in a supermax prison after […]
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Andrew Rennhack Wins WSOP $1,500 NLH EventCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The latest $1,500 no-limit hold’em event at the 2014 World Series of Poker went to Andrew Rennhack, an ATM operator from Seattle, Washington. Rennhack defeated a field of 1,594 players, picking up his first gold bracelet and the first place prize of $408,953. The majority of […]
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Viktor Blom Has A Rough Week Playing OnlineMost of the game’s best players are in Las Vegas this month for the World Series of Poker. However, a notable absence is online high-stakes star Viktor “Isildur1” Blom. Blom, who works for Full Tilt Poker as a sponsored player, has been doing his usual grinding on the Internet, which involves vicious swings. Over the […]
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Judge: Tribal Casino Must Get Rid Of Video PokerOn Thursday, a federal judge ruled that the Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin must discontinue offering a video poker game at its Madison casino because it breaches the terms of the tribe’s gambling agreement with the state. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb concurred with the state’s Department of Justice’s assertion […]
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Women At The World Series: Debbie MotyckaDebbie Motycka, a scan coordinator from Orland Park, Illinois, played in the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event on Thursday at the WSOP. While poker has always been a large part of her life, the Illinois native by no means considers herself a professional. She is, however, a representative from her poker league back home, which helped […]
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Kevin Eyster Wins WSOP $5,000 Six-Max NLH EventCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Kevin Eyster had a breakout year on the live tournament circuit in 2013, making four final tables and winning his first World Poker Tour main event title. The 24-year-old looks to be continuing his good form into 2014. Eyster topped a field of 541 players to […]
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Andrew Brown Discusses New York PLO GamesAndrew Brown has been one of the most successful Omaha specialists in the game during the last six years. The New York City resident burst onto the scene in 2008, winning a World Series of Poker bracelet in a Omaha eight-or-better event along with $226,483. In 2009, he won a PokerStars Spring Championship of Online […]
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New Jersey Gambling Sites Win $10.5 Million In MayOnline gambling revenue in New Jersey took another tumble. Atlantic City online gambling operators collected $10.5 million from online gamblers during May, down from $11.4 million in April. March saw $11.9 million. Of the $10.5 million, around $2.3 million came from web poker, down from $2.6 million in April. It is worth noting that the […]
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MGM Finally Awarded Casino License In Mass.Gaming regulators in the state of Massachusetts have finally awarded MGM Resorts International a license to operate a casino in the state, according to Boston.com. The state said that the $85 million licensing fee won’t have to be paid yet because there’s currently the possibility of the casino law being repealed. A court is pondering […]
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John Kabbaj Earns His Second WSOP BraceletCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The World Series of Poker $2,500 Omaha and seven card stud eight-or-better event drew 470 runners, creating a total prize pool of $1,069,250. After three days of action, British poker pro John Kabbaj took down his second WSOP tournament title, banking $267,327 for defeating a stacked […]
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Bloom: Maguire Terrible Person In Home GamesAccording to Molly Bloom, who was dubbed the “Poker Princess” for hosting high-stakes underground games that catered to celebrities, actor Tobey Maguire is terrible to have at your home poker game. The New York Post reported that in an excerpt from her new book (“Molly’s Game”) published by Vanity Fair, Bloom said that Maguire once […]
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Report: PokerStars Sold To Amaya GamingBloomberg reported on Thursday that PokerStars, the world’s largest poker website in terms of traffic, reached a deal to be sold to Amaya Gaming Group. The price tag is $4.9 billion. Amaya is a maker of gambling equipment and systems. The Canada-based group also owns the Ongame Network, which it acquired from bwin.party in 2012. […]
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Cruise Prices $300 to $3,000 Lower Than Royal CaribbeanOne of the most exciting stops on this year’s Card Player Poker Tour is scheduled for September 2014 aboard the Allure of the Seas, one of the world’s largest cruise ships. And through June 21st, poker players can take advantage of discounted cabin rates for the cruise that will visit the exotic ports of Labadee, […]
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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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Tennis Star Drops $557K In Winnings At CasinoTennis player Ernests Gulbis, who recently made the semifinals of the French Open, said that he was so tilted by his exit out of the event that he went to a Latvian casino and lost all of his $557,000 in prize money. It’s probably OK, though. The 25-year-old Gulbis is the son of a billionaire. […]
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2014 POY Update: Mustapha Kanit Extends LeadThe World Series of Poker continues to make it’s impact felt on the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker, with two players making moves inside the top five this week. Here is a look at the events that most influenced the overall standings over the past seven days: WSOP Event […]
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Palms Casino Closes Las Vegas Poker RoomA Las Vegas poker room closed yesterday. The poker room at the Palms Casino Resort, which had less than 10 tables, shuttered yesterday, the casino confirmed with Card Player. The casino said it wouldn’t comment on the future of live poker at the Palms, or the specific reasons for its closing. The news probably isn’t […]
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Tilly Opens Up About Simon's Battle With CancerActress Jennifer Tilly is no stranger to the World Series of Poker. In fact, the 55-year-old is a familiar face to poker—both cash games as well as tournaments. After playing in the “Millionaire Maker” during the first week of the WSOP, Tilly took a week off to relax, and has returned more confident than ever […]
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Wallace Wins WSOP $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. ChampionshipCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. A total of 200 players posted the $10,000 buy-in in the 2014 World Series of Poker H.O.R.S.E. championship event, but in the end only one would walk away with the title, the bracelet and the first-place prize of $507,614. That player was Christopher Wallace from St. […]
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Nitsche Wins Third Bracelet In WSOP $1k NLH EventCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Less than a month after winning his second gold bracelet in the 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship, German poker pro Dominik Nitsche topped a field of 2,043 entrants in event no. 21, a $1,000 no-limit hold’em tournament, winning his third WSOP title and […]
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Doug Polk Wins 2014 WSOP $1k Turbo NLH EventCard Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Doug Polk has won or lost six-figures at a time in countless high stakes online cash game session, playing deep-stacked and short-handed with best in the world behind the screen name “WGCRider.” Because of his particular background was a little surprising that he won his first […]
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ElkY Talks About Having Passport StolenPoker superstar Betrand Grospellier had to arrive late to the 2014 WSOP thanks to his passport being stolen. Fortunately for the French pro, he was able to obtain a new one relatively quickly, just in time to be in town to register for the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship in June 8. Card Player had the chance […]
