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IGT: 'Social' Poker Play By Women On The Rise

Gaming on what are considered “social” applications has become big business, even drawing the interest of the top real-money gambling firms in recent years. It’s not only very lucrative, but it gets people acclimated to games before trying them in a live casino setting. Also, since it’s technically considered free-to-play, firms can have access to […]

New Jersey Online Gambling Revenue Hits $10M

New Jersey online gambling revenue experienced a solid increase for the month of February, according to a state report issued this week. According to the state Division of Gaming Enforcement, despite three fewer calendar days, Internet gaming win increased 8.9 percent, from $9.5 million in January 2014 to $10.3 million for February 2014. Internet gaming […]

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 […]

LSOP: Alon Raz Leads Day 4

Seventy-three players returned but only 44 remained when chips were bagged for the night and it was Irsael’s Alon Raz who held the chiplead with 1,203,000 at the end of Day 3 in the Latin Series of Poker Millions. Raz will be trailed by Andreas Parias with 804,000, Guillermo Echevvaria with 722,000 and Carter Gill […]

LSOP: Q & A With Alberto Cartin

Alberto Cartin has emerged as one to watch during the Latin Series of Poker Millions. The Costa Rican guitarist finished Day 1C with the overall chiplead with about 377,000 and then went on to bag up the most chips on Day 2 as well. When Day 3 began, Cartin was sitting with over 816,000 in […]

A Look At The Poker Tournament Shot Clock Debate

David Sands has retired, and yet, the poker tournament shot clock debate rages on. During last week’s World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic main event, the players in the field were asked whether or not they felt that poker tournaments should implement a shot clock into the game, speeding up the decision making process and […]

WPT Bay 101 Draws Record Field of 718

Registration is closed in the 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star main event, and the official numbers are in. A record field of 718 entries were made over the two starting days to build a $5,133,700 prize pool, the largest in the event’s eleven-year history. The top 72 finishers will make the money, […]

Las Vegas Casino Legend Jackie Gaughan Dies

One of Las Vegas’ gaming legends passed away on Wednesday at the age of 93. John “Jackie” Gaughan, who once controlled a quarter of the gaming in Downtown, Las Vegas, had spent the last part of his life living in a hotel above the El Cortez. Despite his old age and dementia, he could occasionally […]

Borgata Announces NJ Online Poker Championship

Borgata Poker, powered by PartyPoker, has announced the inaugural New Jersey Online Poker Championship, a 10-tournament series scheduled to kick off in April. The series is tentatively scheduled for April 19-27, with $500,000 in guarantees, including a $200,000 main event with a $50,000 first-place prize. The first event will be a $50,000 freeroll. The other […]

Poker Pro Second To Be Voted Off 'Survivor'

Cash game pro Garrett Adelstein recently joined the short list of poker players who have made appearances on main stream reality TV shows. However, unfortunately for him, he was voted off early on the latest season of Survivor, thanks to a blunder. Viewers were made aware of Adelstein’s departure in late February. The show — […]

Caesars Reports Losing $1.756 Billion In Q4

Caesars Entertainment Corp. said this week that it lost $1.756 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Atlantic City was largely to blame, according to the report. The massive loss was posted after the company saw more than $2 billion in revenue during the period, which ended on Dec. […]

Italian Poker Pro Filippo Candio Calls It Quits

Sometimes making the main event final table isn’t the best for one’s poker life. Italian player Filippo Candio, who was a member of the 2010 November Nine, took to social media last week to announce that he would soon stop playing. One of the reasons for his retirement is that he’s fed up with reading […]

2014 Player of the Year: Moorman Into Top Five

The top twenty has seen a major shake-up this week in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Carbon Poker. Here is a look at the events that most influenced the overall standings over the past seven days: World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Main Event Chris Moorman emerged victorious in […]

LSOP: Alberto Cartin Leads Once Again

Upwards of $175,000 will soon belong to a single player in the Latin Series of Poker Millions. Day 2 began at 2 pm EST March 11 with 130 hopefuls, but when chips were bagged for the night only 72 remained. The chiplead once again belonged to Costa Rican Alberto Cartin, who bagged up a whopping […]

LSOP: Q & A With Jose “Nacho” Barbero

Team PokerStars Pro Jose “Nacho” Barbero bagged the chiplead with 336,000 on Day 1A of the Latin Series of Poker Millions and held it through Day 1B. But when Day 1C came to a close, Barbero had been pushed down a notch by the 371,500 stack held by Alberto Artiago. Card Player caught up with […]

Ed Miller Discusses His New Poker Strategy Book

Poker author and Card Player columnist Ed Miller has written eight books on the game, selling over 250,000 copies to aspiring poker players around the world. It started with Small Stakes Hold’em: Winning Big With Expert Play and continued with No-Limit Hold’em: Theory and Practice. Since, Miller has added Playing The Player: Moving Beyond ABC […]

MD Looks To Impose Fines On Underage Gamblers

Maryland is looking at imposing penalties for those caught gambling while underage at casinos in the state. Under the proposed law change, a first offense would be a fine up to $100, a second would be $500 and a third $1,000. The third would also force those underage to participate in gambling addiction treatment. According […]

Sam Trickett Inks Poker Endorsement Deal

With the 2014 World Series of Poker starting in less than three months, British poker pro Sam Trickett has signed a new endorsement deal with an online poker site. He will serve as ambassador for Everest Poker, which is owned by Betclic Everest Group. The Betclic Everest Group operate the Betclic, Everest, Expekt, Imperial and […]

Tournament Directors Discuss Poker Chip Security

In January, the Borgata in Atlantic City was forced to cancel a $2 million guaranteed poker tournament after it was discovered that a player allegedly introduced counterfeit chips into the event in order to gain an advantage over the rest of the field. Some of the tournament’s entrants have since filed a lawsuit against the […]

LSOP: Q&A With Matthew Weber

American Matthew Weber has only played two tournaments in Latin America. He walked away victorious in the 2012 Punta Cana Poker Classic for $135,475 and is hoping for another nice payday from the Latin Series of Poker Millions. Cardplayer caught up with the California native on Day 1B. Have you played a lot of tournaments […]

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Runs Mar. 27 – Apr.16

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood’s fourth annual Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament series will run March 27 – April 16, 2014 with the WPT championship held April 10 – 16. The series will take place in the resort ballrooms with the televised championship Final Table held at Hard Rock Live. The […]

LSOP: Artiaga Takes Chip Lead on Day 1C

Many players tried, but only 131 remain and one of them will soon be the recipient of a six-figure pay day from the Latin Series of Poker Millions. Cheers once again erupted across the Majestic Poker room at the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama City, Panama when the elimination of Sebastian Ruiz ended play for […]

The Rules Guy: Show One, Show All

Most players learn poker’s explicit rules pretty quickly: the “one-chip rule,” for example, or “verbal declarations are binding.” But not everyone seems to have digested the game’s vast book of unwritten rules, admonitions like “don’t berate other players (particularly bad ones)” or “say ‘nice hand’ even when you mean something entirely different.” Enter “The Rules […]

New York Picks Chair For Gambling Commission

The state of New York, which could see a handful of Las Vegas-style commercial casinos pop up in the not-so-distant future, has picked a chair for the five-member Gaming Commission. The Commission is just a year old. The New York State Gaming Commission is tasked with overseeing the fledgling commercial casino industry. The state has […]

Bovada's BDPO Freeroll For Card Player Readers

The Black Diamond Poker Open is back on Bovada and its bigger than ever with a total of $3 million up for grabs in guarantees. Right now, current Card Player Bovada players and new depositors are eligible to compete in an exclusive BDPO freeroll on Sunday, Apr. 6 at 3:35 p.m. EST. Simply sign up […]

This Week In Tournaments: Mar. 10 - 16

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 March 10th through the 16th. Head to our tournament […]

Star Boxer Arrested Over Gambling Debts

The state of Nevada is going after former world champion boxer Antonio Tarver for allegedly skipping town on gambling debts he racked up in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Tarver was arrested in Florida last week after a traffic stop revealed the arrest warrant issued in Clark County, Nevada. Tarver is accused […]

Man Changes Name After Losing Poker Bet

Crazy things can happen when you drink and play cards. A lost bet in a poker game resulted in a New Zealand man legally changing his name to “Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova”, the Telegraph reported. Now that’s a mouthful. The name is 99 […]

LSOP: John Idagarra of Colombia Leads Day 1B

John Idagarra of Colombia finished Day 1B of the Latin Series of Poker Millions main event with the chiplead over the final 22 players who lasted through the day. When chips were bagged for the night at the Majestic Casino in Panama City, Panama Idagarra put away 252,000, trailed by Carter Gill with 250,000 and […]

Gavin Griffin: Defending Your Soldiers

Perhaps it’s because of the historical fiction book I’m reading about World War I. Perhaps it’s because I played some interesting hands last night that sort of outline my whole strategy in this situation. Perhaps it’s because I have some tournaments coming up in a couple of weeks and my strategy varies a bit when […]