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Irish Open Satellites Will Run Through April 17

With less than two weeks before the beginning of the Card Player Poker Tour Paddy Power Poker Irish Open plenty of seats are still available to be won through the Last Chance Saloon at Paddy Power Poker. Paddy Power Poker will guarantee 60 seats to the Irish Open through April 17, the day before the […]

Study Finds Brain Region Responsible For Gambling Addiction

Some scientists have come out with some research that they think might pinpoint a part of the brain where, if hyperactive, addictive gambler behaviors can be traced to. According to reporting from The Independent, a study looked at people who had somehow damaged a specific region of the brain — the insula — and how […]

Former AC Casino Sold For Just $12.5M

The sale of the former Claridge casino hotel in Atlantic City in February for $12.5 million is perhaps symbolic of how much the city is struggling. The historic property was bought by TJM Properties, a real estate firm from Florida, from Bally’s Atlantic City for what was originally an undisclosed amount, but the price tag […]

Construction Underway For Fiji's First Casino

Construction has begun for Fiji’s first casino, according to Radio New Zealand. The developer, One Hundred Sands Limited, was granted a casino licence in December 2011 and construction on Denarau Island near Nadi was expected to commence in 2012. Denarau Island is a small private island in Fiji northwest of the main island of Viti […]

Mike Leah: Finding Balance With Life and Poker

Canadian pro Mike Leah has spent the last five years tearing up the tournament circuit and proving he is one of the best online players in the world. The Innisfil, Ontario resident is currently tied for the most Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) wins with four and in 2011, he finished third in the […]

Ed Miller: Four Bad Things Amateurs Say

Elite professional players are much better than amateurs. That much everyone knows. What many amateurs don’t know, however, is that elite players use almost a completely separate strategic vocabulary from amateurs. In other words, amateurs and elite pros think about the game in completely different ways — and obviously the amateurs’ way frequently doesn’t measure […]

Card Player Poker's $25K Prize Summit Tournament

Looking for exciting poker action, but not ready to put up a deposit? Check out the Card Player Poker. It offers free, legal poker play, welcomes U.S. players, and just announced the third massive $25,000 prize tournament series – the $25,000 Poker Summit III. This is a 12-step tournament that will award $25,000 cash in […]

This Week In Tournaments: April 7-13

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 April 7th through the 13th. Head to our tournament […]

Maryland Casinos Generate Record Gaming Revenue

March was a record-breaking month for casinos in the state of Maryland. The state’s four privately owned casinos — Hollywood Casino Perryville in Cecil County, Casino at Ocean Downs in Worcester County, Maryland Live Casino in Anne Arundel County, and Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Allegany County — had combined gaming revenues of $77,850,831. According […]

'Technical Problems' Cause $260K Overlay

A Sunday poker tournament with a $500,000 guarantee closed registration for good with less than half of that sum already generated. PokerStars, the firm running it, said that the costly incident was in error. “Due to technical problems, the Sunday Warm-Up had no Late Registration,” the firm said in a statement posted to social media. […]

Mississippi To Study Online Gambling

Mississippi, home to a commercial casino market of more than $2 billion annually, will take a long hard look at the online gambling business, according to the Associated Press. State Rep. Richard Bennett, chairman of the House Gaming Committee, has asked the state’s chief gaming regulator, Allen Godfrey, to head a task force that will […]

Top Five Cities To Launch Your Poker Career

Note: This is part 2 of 2. For part 1, click here. After looking over your records (you are keeping records, right?) you notice that you turned a nice profit at the tables the last year or so. Maybe it was much more than a small profit. Perhaps you won a couple of tournaments, dominated […]

No Florida Casino Legalization This Year: Report

Massive commercial casino-resorts will not be authorized in and for Florida this year, according to a report from the Bradenton Herald. Lawmakers in the state reportedly have conceded that the proposal is off the table during this session. The news isn’t too surprising, however. Instead, lawmakers are looking to pass a bill that would phase […]

Full Flush Poker Launches Late Night Tournament

Full Flush Poker is running a $10,000 guaranteed six-max no-limit hold’em tournament on April 6, with a buy-in of just $25+$2.50. Players can satellite into the tournament for as low as $0.50. Late night players will be pleased to see the addition of a $3.50+$0.35 buy-in, $1,000 guaranteed tournament every night at 10 p.m. Since […]

The Top Five Cities To Launch Your Poker Career: Part 1

Note: This is part 1 of 2. After looking over your records (you are keeping records, right?) you notice that you turned a nice profit at the tables the last year or so. Maybe it was much more than a small profit. Perhaps you won a couple of tournaments, dominated your home game, or are […]

Casino Briefly Closes Due to Labor Dispute

A high-stakes labor dispute between Caesars Windsor and a union resulted in the 24/7 property shutting its doors at around 7 p.m. on Thursday. However, a tentative deal was reached, which reportedly avoided a strike, and the casino re-opened at 9 a.m. on Friday. Talks are still ongoing. According to the Windsor Star, the dispute […]

Heinecker Wins $1.4 Million Over Three Days

German poker pro Niklas Heinecker was last year’s biggest winner online, capturing a staggering $6.2 million on Full Tilt Poker, according to HighstakesDB data. Combine that with his more than $4 million in tournament earnings in 2013 ($4,546,619 to be precise), and the high-stakes grinder without a doubt had one of poker’s most historic years. […]

Bovada BDPO Freeroll Sunday For Readers

This Sunday, Card Player Bovada players and new depositors are eligible to play in an exclusive Black Diamond Poker Open freeroll. The tournament, which starts at 3:35 p.m. EST on April 6, will award the top six players at least a $20+$2 tournament ticket, but the winner will earn a $425+$25 buy-in into the $300,000 […]

History of the Irish Open – 2008-2013

The Paddy Power Poker Irish Open is now part of the Card Player Poker Tour. With a colorful history spanning more than three decades, the Irish Open is sure to add additional buzz and excitement to the CPPT. The longest running tournament in Europe and the second longest running tournament in the world, behind only […]

Former Presidential Hopeful Opposes Online Poker

Despite the game being called Texas hold’em, and a Congressman from Texas (Rep. Joe Barton) with an online poker bill sitting in the U.S. House, Lone Star State Gov. Rick Perry has basically come out in support of a federal ban on Internet gaming, The Hill reported. Perry, a Republican, once was trying to run […]

$70M License Fee For Casino In New York

The Empire State will eventually be home to a handful of additional casinos, as voters last year authorized four commercial facilities in different parts of the state. In order to get a license to build and operate, firms must be approved and pay the state a fee, which will cost between $20 million and $70 […]

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 […]

Missouri Looks To Cater To High Roller Gamblers

The state of Missouri is looking to give its riverboat gambling industry a boost by reversing part of a law that put a ban on extending credit to gamblers. This week, the Senate approved a proposal — SB 741 — by a vote of 24-9. The ban was part of the early 1990s law that […]

Capture The Flag: Alex Millar

British online poker pro Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar is up around $4.5 million lifetime playing the nosebleed stakes on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, which makes him one of the biggest winners in history. The 28-year-old started off playing $0.25-$0.50 no-limit hold’em while in school and quickly found that he had a knack for the game. […]

Tropicana Completes Casino Purchase From Pinnacle

Tropicana Entertainment announced Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of Lumière Place Casino, HoteLumière, and the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis from industry competitor Pinnacle Entertainment. The deal was $260 million. With the acquisition, Lumière becomes the ninth casino property in Tropicana’s portfolio. It has casinos in Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey and […]

Schedule For Bellagio Cup X, Summer High Rollers Announced

The Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada has awarded more than $ 432 million in tournament payouts in it’s history, the second most of any casino in the world. This week the iconic room announced the schedule for it’s Summer poker tournament offerings. The $10,300 buy-in Bellagio Cup X no-limit hold’em main event […]

Man Getting Subway Sandwich Buys $425M Lotto Ticket

On April Fool’s Day, a California man wearing a Star Wars t-shirt claimed a $425 million Powerball win. He had waited nearly six weeks before claiming it, according to reports. B. Raymond Buxton reportedly hired an attorney and a public relations firm to help him with his new-found wealth, before even grabbing the top prize. […]

March Gives Macau $4.4B In Gambling Revenue

Macau just recorded back-to-back $4 billion months. On Tuesday, the area’s government said that casinos there took in $4.4 billion from gamblers. That figure comes after February’s $4.8 billion, which is the record. For comparison, the entire state of Nevada took in a little more than $11 billion from gamblers in all of 2013. The […]

Maine Panel Gives OK To New Casino Study

After a gambling expansion proposal was shot down last week, this week some Maine lawmakers said OK to a slightly different idea for more betting. According to the Associated Press, the Veteran and Legal Affairs Committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to study whether building more casinos in the state would work. Currently two casinos exist […]

More Full Tilt Poker Money Released To Victims

Another round of remission for victims of the old Full Tilt Poker went out on Tuesday, the group hired to help facilitate the massive process said. Garden City Group announced on its website that an additional $5 million of missing funds entered the hands of 2,200 players, collectively. Both figures are approximate. To date, around […]