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2014 Player of the Year: Dominik Panka Retakes Lead

The end of March proved just as eventful as the rest of the month in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at the events that most influenced the overall standings over the past week: EPT Vienna Side Events The European Poker Tour Vienna festival, held […]

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New York Web Poker Bill Not To Be Pushed

An online poker bill was introduced into the New York legislature last week, but don’t expect it to pass this year. The bill’s sponsor reportedly said his intention is not to pursue it seriously in 2014. According to the Associated Press, Sen. John Bonacic, chair of the Senate Committee on Racing, Wagering and Gaming, said: […]

MGM Could Break Ground On MD Casino This Month

MGM could break ground on its casino project in Maryland this month, Washington Business Journal reported on Monday. In December, the casino firm won approval to build a $925 million property at National Harbor in Prince George’s County. “We are preparing to break ground as quickly as possible at National Harbor,” Lorenzo Creighton, MGM National […]

WSOP Circuit National Championship Details Finalized

The tenth season of the World Series of Poker Circuit will finish with a bang at the WSOP National Championship, a gold bracelet event with a seven-figure prize pool that is now officially set to take place from May 22-24, 2014 at Bally’s Atlantic City in New Jersey. There are still five circuit stops remaining […]

Man Avoids Conviction For Poker Game Via Facebook

A man in Tasmania — an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia — has avoided a conviction for organizing a home poker game with no rake, according to a report. He was let off with basically a warning. He used Facebook to organize it. David Desmond Bowen invited 25 people to a poker […]

James Carroll Discusses His $1.3 Million Mad March

James Carroll has been a fixture on the live tournament scene for years, with a background in online MTT’s, cashing for seven figures under the screen name of “croll103” before Black Friday shut down the international online poker sites in America. He has found some success in the live arena as well, but he truly […]

Gavin Griffin: Home Games vs. Casino Games

People in the poker community often come up to me and ask about whatever is on their mind. Some of these questions are good questions, and some are bad beat stories in disguise. I’ve been through quite a few things in my poker career and I like to help whenever possible, and in this new […]

Poker Site Partners With New York Rangers

Last week, the New York Rangers, a team in the National Hockey League, and Caesars Interactive Entertainment, a top online gaming operator in the United States, announced a new marketing partnership. It makes WSOP.com, which offers online poker in New Jersey, the exclusive online gaming partner of the Rangers. The idea behind it is to […]

PokerStars Responds To CA Tribal Coalition

PokerStars wants to get re-involved with online poker in the United States, after leaving American cyberspace in April 2011. After high-stakes efforts didn’t pan out in Nevada or New Jersey, the state of California is the firm’s next target. The site has reportedly entered into negotiations for potentially partnering with the Morongo Band of Mission […]

Online Poker: Dan Cates Big Winner In March

The month of March featured a lot of action at the high-stakes online poker tables on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Some of the game’s best tangled in big-bet games, as well as in nosebleed limit variants, like the popular deuce-to-seven triple draw. A pair of Maryland natives led the way in both the win […]

Nevada Poker Sites Bring In $824K During February

Although it fell under the radar for the most part, Nevada’s gaming industry had an important milestone last week. February marked the first time ever that a Silver State gaming revenue report included online poker figures. The state was keeping the numbers under wraps until a third casino firm, South Point, started offering games. Station […]

CarbonPoker Launches $10K Chip King For April

Throughout April, Carbon Poker is rewarding players with the $10,000 Chip King, a freeroll every Sunday during the month. Player simply need to opt in to the promotion and earn at least 100 VIP points during the week to qualify for the freeroll. Each week the prize pool for the Chip King freeroll will grow. […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From March

The gambling world can sometimes produce really off-the-wall stories. Every month there are plenty of cases of individuals going to extreme lengths to pay back debts, or of simply bizarre behavior at casino properties around the globe. It can be entertaining and sometimes sad. March was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

CPPT: Erkut Yilmaz Wins Atlantis Main Event

It might have been K5 that won the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis main event for Erkut Yilmaz, but it was AJ that gave him the chips to begin slowly propelling his way to the win. After a three-hour heads-up battle with Vincent Remmel, who at one time held a nearly 6-to-1 chiplead, Yilmaz became […]

Online Poker Bill Introduced In New York

The state of New York is again taking a hard look at online poker within its borders. A proposed law was introduced into the Senate on Friday, which calls for the authorization of online poker, a game referenced as one in which requires skill, and for the awarding of 10 licenses. Each license would be […]

CPPT Atlantis Results: Event 21

The fourth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa March 21 and will host a series of 31 tournaments through March 30 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold’em $125,000 guarantee main event March 28-30. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. 21: […]

Pease Leads CPPT Atlantis Heading Into Final Day

Day 1B of the $1,100 no-limit hold’em Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis main event saw almost double the amount of players of Day 1A come out to take their crack at a guaranteed $125,000 prizepool. 117 players made their way to the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Saturday afternoon the second of the two starting […]

Khoroshenin Wins EPT Vienna Main Event

The 2014 PokerStars European Poker Tour Vienna €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a record field of 910 players, building a €4,413,500 ($6,087,982 USD) prize pool, by far the largest in the event’s history. In the end it was 27-year-old Ukrainian Oleksii Khoroshenin who emerged victorious after making a deal three handed with runner-up Anthony […]

Damon Shulenberger Leads CPPT Atlantis After Day 1A

The $1,100 Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis $125,000 guaranteed main event got underway on Friday afternoon with 65 players showing up to play Day 1A. Cards got in the air at noon local time and after 10 hour long levels, only 12 remain. Damon Shulenberger bagged the most chips at the day’s end, bagging and […]

New Hampshire House To Vote On Expanded Gambling

A bill by Sen. Lou D’Allesandro could bring two new casinos to New Hampshire, with tax revenue earmarked not only for the specific county in which the casino is located, but for the whole state as part of revenue sharing clause. The Senate passed the bill on Wednesday by a vote of 15-9 and it […]

Nevada Gambling Revenue Falls By 14% In February

According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the state’s casinos took in just $926 million in February, a drop of 14 percent in year over year figures. The biggest reason for the disappointing numbers was the Las Vegas Strip, where gambling revenue fell more than 20 percent to $556 million and South Lake Tahoe, where […]

CPPT: Atlantis Main Event Begins Friday

The fourth champion of Season II on the Card Player Poker Tour will emerge shortly from the field of the $1,100 no-limit hold’em $125,000 guarantee main event at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nevada. The 31-tournament series kicked off March 21 and hosted a wide range of events including no-limit hold’em survivors, Omaha, limit […]

CPPT Atlantis Results: Events 14, 16, 17 & 19

The fourth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa March 21 and will host a series of 31 tournaments through March 30 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold’em $125,000 guarantee main event March 28-30. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. 14: […]

Russia Planning Gambling Zone For Crimea

Despite the fact that the annexation of Crimea from the Ukraine has not yet been completely settled, Russian officials are reportedly moving quickly to establish the peninsula as a future gambling hub featuring hotels and casinos. According to Bloomberg, Russia’s ministers of economy, finance and regional development have a few weeks to map out a […]

Casinos May Soon Have To Vet High Roller Funds

The U.S. Treasury Department may soon require casinos to vet where their high roller players get their money, according to Reuters. It’s no secret that criminals can use casinos to launder illegally obtained cash to make it appear legit. Right now, casinos are required to report any eyebrow raising gambling activity, but its often in […]

Harrah's Tunica Casino To Close In June

On Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment announced that it would close Harrah’s Casino in Tunica, Mississippi on June 2, citing a persistent decline in business and an increase in competition. “After exploring every other viable alternative, we have come to the difficult but necessary conclusion to close Harrah’s Tunica in an effort to appropriately position our business […]

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 […]

CPPT Spotlight: Tom McEvoy

Poker Hall of Fame 2013 inductee Tom McEvoy is perhaps best know for his 1983 World Series of Poker Main Event win, but in addition to the most coveted title in poker, McEvoy is the owner of four WSOP bracelets, a World Poker Tour title and has recorded more than $2.7 million in lifetime earnings. […]

Poker Strategy: You Play Too Many Hands

Consider this an intervention. You play too many hands. You should cut back. Sure, I’ve never watched you play no-limit hold’em. I’ve never sat behind you and looked over your shoulder as you limped into pots with Q J or 9 6. I’ve never actually witnessed you calling that preflop reraise cold with 8 8. […]