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Jonathan Dimmig Wins WSOP Millionaire Maker

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Although originally scheduled as a three-day event, it took all of four to crown a champion in the 2014 World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker event. New York native Jonathan Dimmig made the most of his first ever WSOP cash, banking $1,319,587 for defeating 7,977 players, […]

Brock Parker Wins WSOP $10k Omaha Eight-or-Better

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Brock Parker continued the developing trend of players with multiple bracelets coming back for more at the 2014 World Series of Poker, topping a field of 178 players to win the $10,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship to earn the $443,407 first-place prize and his third gold bracelet, […]

Jeff Smith Wins WSOP $1,000 NLH Event

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Lost in the excitement of the 2014 World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker event was event no. 9, a $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament that drew a more than respectable 1,940 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,746,000. In the end, the title, the bracelet […]

Poker Pro Lee Childs Wins Backer Lawsuit

Poker pro Lee Childs, who made the WSOP final table in 2007, had a court in New Jersey rule in his favor last month, over a lawsuit pertaining to his former backing arrangement. According to Childs’ lawyer, David Zeitlin, the poker pro was served with a civil summons and complaint back in 2012 when Childs’ […]

WSOP Millionaire Maker Final Table Preview

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Right now, you can watch the live stream of the World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker event on WSOP.com. Stephen Graner is far and away the chip leader with more than twice that of his nearest competitor. Notables at the table include Maurice Hawkins and Andrew […]

Player PROfile: Calvin Anderson Is One To Watch

Born in Michigan and raised in Oklahoma, Calvin Anderson is now among the nomads roaming the world post-Black Friday, earning a living playing online in countries where it is still legal and taking to the felt in live tournaments offered along the way. “I’m not really living anywhere,” he said. “I travel almost all the […]

Q and A: Reno Cash Game Regular Shawn Daniels

Card Player first took notices of 28-year old Reno, Nevada pro Shawn Daniels during the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis Casino Resort Spa when he showed up for the $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event. Daniels started out small as a professional poker player about four years ago, playing $200 tournaments and $.50-$1 to $1-$2 cash […]

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Giving Free Seat

Right now, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa is giving away a free seat into their upcoming $3,500 Summer Poker Open main event, and all you have to do is simply sign up for the online drawing. The tournament, which kicks off June 12, 13 and 14 in Tampa Bay, Florida, features a […]

Alex Bolotin Wins WSOP $1,500 Shootout Event

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. In 2007, Alex Bolotin narrowly missed out on a World Series of Poker bracelet, finishing runner-up to Bill Edler in a six-handed no-limit hold’em event. The New York-resident made a couple final tables in 2008, but it wasn’t until Sunday night at the Rio that Bolotin […]

Forrest Defeats Hellmuth To Win WSOP $1,500 Razz

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. After a six hour heads-up battle Ted Forrest defeated Phil Hellmuth heads-up to claim his sixth World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the $121,196 first-place prize, denying the “Poker Brat” a record-furthering 14th bracelet. A total of 352 players turned out for the 2014 WSOP […]

WSOP Millionaire Maker Draws 7,977 Entries

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The 2013 inaugural running of the World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker event was a huge success, drawing a field of 6,343, but that tournament pales in comparison to this year’s 7,977 players, which makes up the second largest live tournament in poker history. The tournament, […]

Phil Hellmuth Guns For WSOP Bracelet No. 14

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Phil Hellmuth, the current record holder for World Series of Poker bracelets with 13, can add to his legacy Sunday night by winning his 14th title in the $1,500 razz event. In order to do it, he’ll have to overcome a stacked final table that includes […]

Kyle Cartwright Picks Up First WSOP Bracelet

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. After topping a field of 2,223 in a $1,000 buy-in World Series of Poker no-limit hold’em event, long-time tournament circuit grinder Kyle Cartwright captured his first gold bracelet and a huge $360,278 payday. Cartwright, who already owns five WSOP Circuit rings, added another marquee win to […]

Tuan Le Wins WSOP $10K Triple Draw Event

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The first $10,000 championship event of the 2014 World Series of Poker came in triple draw lowball and drew a field of 120 entries, creating a total prize pool of $1,128,000. The final 12 players made the money and consisted of some of the game’s best […]

Brandon Shack-Harris Wins WSOP Omaha Event

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The $1,000 buy-in World Series of Poker pot-limit Omaha event drew a whopping 1,128 players, becoming the largest non-hold’em field in series history. The record field created a total prize pool of $1,015,200 paid out to 117 players. After three days of action, Chicago-native Brandon Shack-Harris […]

Selbst Wins Third WSOP Bracelet In $25 Mixed-Max

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. Vanessa Selbst has once again written her name in the history books. Already the highest earning female tournament player but some margin, Selbst has now also taken the lead in yet another category: World Series of Poker gold bracelets. The 29-year-old pro topped a field of […]

Poker Tournament Ends On Crazy Four-Way All-In

An insane poker hand played just yesterday at the PokerStars Canada Cup $3,300 main event at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec has the poker world buzzing. It went down when the action was four-handed at the final table. Robert Notkin took the first-place prize of $366,660 after his final three opponents moved all-in […]

Draft Of New Poker Bill Floats Around Capitol Hill

A draft of a new poker-only bill is being floated among lawmakers on Capitol Hill. According to RalstonReports.com, Caesars Entertainment is likely the backer of the measure, which is titled “The Internet Gambling Prohibition and Control Act of 2014.” The bill would not allow for other casino table games on the Internet. The new bill […]

Viktor Blom Loses $1.3 Million In May

High-stakes online poker pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has had a terrible month of May on the virtual felt, dropping more than $1.3 million, according to HighstakesDB. His losses have put him $2 million into the hole on the year. He was up more than $2 million back in early February. So, the swings (a $4 […]

Selbst, Mo Heads-Up In WSOP $25,000 Mixed-Max

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The first open bracelet event of the 2014 World Series of Poker will awarded on Friday, May 30th to either Vanessa Selbst or Jason Mo. A total of 131 players posted the $25,000 buy-in in the mixed-max no-limit hold’em event, but now only these two remain […]

Roland Reparejo Wins WSOP Casino Employee Event

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The 2014 World Series of Poker kicked off with the traditional $5,000 casino employees event, which drew 876 players and created a total prize pool of $394,200. After three days of play, Roland Reparejo, a 55-year-old, semi-retired poker dealer originally from the Philippines. Reparejo, who came […]

Player PROfile: Shannon Shorr Talks Quest For Big Win

With over $5.4 million in live tournament earnings to date and long regarded as one of the best players to fall short of a World Series of Poker bracelet, Alabama-native Shannon Shorr was recently honored for being among the top ten players of the past decade. Making a major mark on the live scene in […]

Daly: 'I Had A Lot Of Fun' Being A Degen

It has long been confirmed that professional golfer John Daly had/has an incredible gambling addiction, but in an interview this week on “In Depth With Graham Bensinger” on Yahoo! Sports, Daly revealed just how much of a degenerate he was at his worst moments. He said that while going through his tax records as part […]

Delaware Online Gambling Grows To $240,496 In April

The April numbers are out for Delaware’s less-than-year-old online gambling industry. The state’s three online gambling operators took in $240,496.04 during the calendar month, according to figures released this week by the Delaware Lottery. Delaware Park netted $180,900.37, followed by Dover Downs with $48,553.31 and Harrington Raceway with $11,042.36. The April numbers were an increase […]

Florida City Could See A Poker Room After Court Ruling

A new poker room could be coming to Florida City in Miami Dade County after a loophole in the law was unearthed, the Miami Herald reported. An appeals court ruled on the situation Tuesday, as Magic City Casino’s parent company, West Flagler Associates, is eligible to obtain a summer gaming permit that would lead to […]

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 […]

GCG To Release More Full Tilt Poker Money

Another round of Full Tilt Poker repayments is scheduled for mid-June, the Garden City Group announced on its website on Wednesday. “GCG has been informed that the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section has approved a new round of payments,” the notice said. “This distribution will include approximately 3,500 payments totaling $15 […]

Tran, Selbst Headline Final 16 In $25k Mixed-Max

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. A total of 131 players posted the buy-in in the inaugural running of the World Series of Poker $25,000 mixed-max no-limit hold’em event. Starting with nine-handed tables on day one and then moving on to six-handed play on day 2, now only 16 players remain to […]

Poker Strategy: The So-Called Coin Flip

Let us consider the so-called “coin flip” confrontation of overcards versus a pocket pair in no-limit hold’em. Most players and even TV commentators call, say, 8-8 versus A-K “a coin flip.” While I’m not fussy about precise numbers — a thumbnail grab is usually as useful as exact odds to many significant figures — I […]

Tribe In Idaho: Poker Is 'Contest Of Skill'

A tribe located within Idaho is tangled up in a legal battle with that state over the former’s opening of a poker room at an already-existing gambling facility. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe opened its poker room on May 2 at its Coeur d’Alene Casino. Idaho said that poker is illegal within its borders and that […]