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Third Of Gaming Space To Close In Atlantic City

This fall, after a series of four casino closings in Atlantic City, New Jersey this year, a whopping 413,700 square feet of gaming floor space will no be longer hosting customers. That figure represents nearly a third of Atlantic City’s total, according to a report from The New York Times. Atlantic City will soon have […]

2014 POY Update: Daniel Colman Climbs To Ninth

Things are heating up again on the live tournament circuit after the standard August slowdown, and that means plenty of movement in the coming weeks in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at what went down this week: EPT Barcelona Super High Roller The 2014 […]

MGM Agrees To Settlement In New Jersey

MGM Resorts International, along with LA-based Tracinda Corp, have agreed to pay the state of New Jersey a combined $225,000 to settle long-standing issues, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. MGM is eying a formal return to the New Jersey market. The Review-Journal reported that “the settlement covers a nearly decade-old criminal case involving Los Angeles […]

$75K Fine For Poker Dealer Is Unconstitutional

The state of Pennsylvania goes to horrifying lengths to protect its casino industry, even at the expense of the people who do the work making it run every day. That’s more or less what the state’s Supreme Court acknowledged this week when it said that a $75,000 minimum fine levied against a poker dealer who […]

Poker Dead Last On 'Is It A Sport?' Poll

More people would call activities such as cheerleading, fishing, chess and competitive eating a “sport” than would give the label to the game of poker, according to a Deadspin report. Click on the graph in the Deadspin article to see an enlarged version. Deadspin stated that the results are thanks to Reddit user “e8odie,” who […]

Excel At Heads-Up NLH With D&B Books

D&B Books, a leading publisher of tournament and cash game poker books, recently published the second video pack from Will Tipton, completing the Expert Heads Up No Limit Hold’em series. You can pick up both ebooks and both video packs direct from the publisher – D&B Poker. EXPERT HEADS UP NO LIMIT HOLD’EM VOLUME 1 […]

Robert Tanita Wins Arizona State Poker Championship

The 10th annual Arizona State Poker Championship at Talking Stick Resort and Casino in Scottsdale, Arizona drew a whopping field of 1,460 players for their $1,000+$100 main event, creating a total prize pool of $1,460,000. A total of 150 players made the money, guaranteeing themselves a payday of at least $2,044, but the lion’s share […]

Busquet Wins EPT Barcelona €50k Super High Roller

The 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona €50,000 super high roller set the record for the largest turnout in such an event on the EPT with 77 entries, building a total prize pool of nearly €3.7 million. After three days of play the record field was narrowed down to just two players, with a final heads-up […]

5 Percent Of Japanese Addicted To Gambling

Some of the top casino companies in the world are eyeing a potentially lucrative Japanese gambling market leading up to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. This is despite a new report this week that said a huge number of people in the country are addicted to gambling According to The Japan Times, more than […]

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 […]

Pakistani Olympians Arrested For Gambling

A group of former Olympians from Pakistan were arrested on gambling-related charges, according to a AFP report on zeenews.india.com. The Olympians arrested are Qamar Ibrahim, Kamran Ashraf, Danish Kaleem and Anjum Saeed. All the aforementioned men are hockey players. “We raided a Lahore hotel and arrested eight people who were all hockey officials,” Nasir Hameed, […]

Revel Casino Money Falls Off Armored Truck

Like Peter from the movie Office Space, every new day for Revel casino in Atlantic City appears to be the worst day of its life. According to a Tuesday report from Press of Atlantic City, the casino, which is set to close early next month after about two miserable years of being open, had a […]

Poker Player Tony Korfman Passes Away

Poker player and well-known author Tony Korfman passed away on Monday. He was 71. Korfman, who accumulated roughly $338,000 in career tournament earnings over his career, was a southern Nevada resident for more than 40 years. According to his obit: "Tony was known as a workaholic and had a very successful career as a general […]

Poker Strategy: Why You Can't Beat Low Limit Games

Many players complain bitterly that they can’t beat $2-$4, $3-$6, and $4-$8 fixed limit games. They insist that they play well, but lose because: “There are too many idiots.” “They don’t respect my raises.” “They chase with weak draws.” “My good hands don’t hold up.” “I can’t push anybody off a hand.” Some frustrated players […]

Man Admits To Running Illegal Poker Club Inside Gym

A Philadelphia man has plead guilty to charges of promoting gambling after it was discovered that he and five other accomplices were running an illegal poker room known as the Runnemede Social Club out of the back of a Curves health club and gym. Thomas Rand, a 43 year old from Williamstown, Pennsylvania, agreed to […]

Cooper To Make Film About Nevada Extortion Plot

According to reporting from TheWrap.com, movie star Bradley Cooper will co-produce, with Todd Phillips, a film about a bizarre 1980s Nevada casino extortion plot. The film will be based off of Adam Higginbotham’s popular nonfiction article “A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite.” An excerpt can be found here. Authorities found a bomb underneath the Harvey’s Wagon […]

Normandie Casino Announces Scholarship Winners

Normandie Casino and the B or Better Foundation wish its essay scholarship winners and applicants good luck as they prepare to start the next chapter of their lives attending universities and colleges this fall. Normandie Casino and the B or Better Foundation kicked off the summer with a Scholarship Awards Dinner to celebrate their annual […]

Dania Casino In Florida To Close For One Year

Dania Casino & Jai Alai in Broward County, Florida will be closing Oct. 15 for renovations expected to last at least one year, leaving roughly 300 people out of a job. The property, formerly known as Dania Jai Alai, is hoping that a $50 million refurbishment will keep the racino competitive in the increasingly congested […]

NJ Online Gambling Yields $10.07M In July

Internet gaming win was $10.07 million in July, consisting of $2.15 million in online poker win and $7.92 million in other authorized games. Borgata accounted for $1.11 million of the online poker win, while Caesars Interactive NJ had a little more than $1 million. Trump Taj Mahal had about $26,000. So far in 2014, online […]

Ex-Roulette Dealer Faces Strange Criminal Charges

Robert “Rudy” Valle, a former roulette dealer at Meadows Casino in Washington, Pennsylvania, is facing criminal charges—“conspiracy” and “using illegal methods to win a bet”—for allegedly telling a gambler that his (Valle’s) lucky number is four and that he’d try to hit it for the gambler. However, experts say that it is impossible to guide […]

A Poker Life: Zach Gruneberg

Zach Gruneberg is only 24 years old, but he has already experienced the highs of being on top of the poker world, as well as the lows of hitting rock bottom after Black Friday. The Pennsylvania native was considered one of the best online poker players in the world after a fast start to his […]

Card Player Poker Tour: Choctaw Fast Figures

The Card Player Poker Tour made yet another stop at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma July 17 through Aug. 4. The 81-tournament series awarded more than $2 million in prize money, including upwards of $183,000, which went to main event winner Austin Lewis. With the seventh stop of CPPT Season II complete, take a […]

NY Post Column: Ban Gambling In Atlantic City

Ban gambling in Atlantic City? That’s what a Sunday column on the New York Post’s website calls for. The beachfront town has had Las Vegas-style gambling since the 1970s. “It’s time for one last-ditch effort to save Atlantic City. They’ve tried everything else, so why not this one: Make gambling illegal,” the piece began strongly. […]

London Casino Wins £1M Gambling Debt Case

A rich gambling addict who sued a London casino after dusting off £2m in a single night has lost a court battle and now must pay the casino. According to the BBC, Nora Al-Daher, whose husband is the foreign minister of Oman, refused to pay half of what she lost. In December 2012, she paid […]

Poker Strategy: Are You Running Bad Or Playing Bad?

You’re on a downswing. Nothing is working. Every time you get the money in good, they suck out. Every time you bet the turn, you get raised. Every time you bluff, they call. We all know there’s a lot of short-term luck in no-limit hold’em, but when you can’t put a winning session together to […]

CPPT: Austin Lewis Second on Leaderboard

Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw is in the books and with the conclusion of the 81-tournament series just across the Texas border in Oklahoma, the CPPT leaderboard holds many changes. Austin Lewis bested a field of 599 players to win the $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event for $183,025, making him the fifth highest money earner […]

Real-Money Web Poker Coming To California This Month

A real-money online poker site for Californians “will be flipping the switch on for real money sometime between the 26th and 28th,” according to Santa Ysabel Gaming Commission Chairman Dave Vialpando. Vialpando told Card Player that the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel’s free-play online poker product will have real-money offerings for those who are residents […]

Ex-Backer Of Childs Gives Her Side Of Suit

Back in May, a lawsuit pitting Lee Childs against his former backer Lynne Mitchnick was over and done with in court, but in the aftermath a lot has been said about the case. Many thought the case was controversial because Mitchnick was suing Childs for makeup. Childs’ lawyer gave his account of the trial, and […]

Cates Breaks $10M In Profits Playing Online Poker

This past weekend, Maryland native Dan “jungleman12” Cates passed the $10-million mark on Full Tilt Poker, which makes him the third biggest winner ever on the site. This is according to data from tracking site HighstakesDB. Cates trails just Patrik Antonius and Phil Ivey. Antonius has roughly $11.3 million in winnings, while Ivey has around […]

Cops: Former Casino Security Guard Involved In Heist

A former security guard at Caesars Atlantic City has been accused, along with a handful of other men, of stealing more than $180,000 from the casino, according to the Associated Press. On July 21, two men wearing masks, 19-year-old Izyiah Plummer and 24-year-old Aaron Evans, allegedly stole two plastic boxes containing the cash during a […]