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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 […]

Japan Casino Plan Takes Big Hit: Report

A bill in Japan that aims to legalize casino gambling failed to make it on the parliament’s agenda, and thus is a long shot to pass during this session, The Wall Street Journal reported. The current session ends June 22. One of the many supporters of the bill said that there still is optimism it […]

Nevada Online Poker Revenue Falls To $792K

Nevada’s three online sites collected a total of $792,000 in revenue during the month of April, according to a state reported released Wednesday morning. That figure amounts to a decline of 14.5 percent compared to March’s $926,000. February’s figure was $824,000. February marked the first time ever that a Silver State gaming revenue report included […]

Selbst Leads WSOP $25K Mixed Max Event

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. “It’s like the first day back at school,” said Daniel Negreanu, excitedly jumping in and out of his seat to greet players as they made their way from the registration desk to the back of the Amazon room where event no. 2, the $25,000 mixed max […]

Supreme Court: Michigan Can't Block Tribal Casino

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the state of Michigan can’t stop an off-reservation casino, the Associated Press reported. The state said that Bay Mills Indian Community’s casino opened in 2010 without permission from the feds and in violation of a state compact. Years later, the Supreme Court said that the federal Indian Gaming […]

Poker PROfile: David Peters Wins Millions.. Quietly

David Peters is like a ninja: quietly killing. The 26-year-old Toledo, Ohio native has amassed nearly $4 million in lifetime live tournament earnings, with various tracking sites listing his online winnings in the millions as well. But Peters has yet to win a World Series of Poker gold bracelet or an EPT or WPT main […]

Gavin Griffin: Staying Focused On A Long Grind

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 […]

Web Poker Snitch Likely To Stay Out Of Jail

Daniel Tzvetkoff, the man who assisted the feds in going after the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker in an event known as Black Friday, might not go to prison. According to The Courier-Mail, a probation report recommends a sentence of between six and 12 months in prison, but it’s unlikely he’ll […]

Riess On Winning $65K At Dice: Was Friend's Money

Last year’s main event champion Ryan Riess is preparing for another summer in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker. The young poker pro from Michigan is looking to continue his maturation process on and off the felt en route to a second bracelet. Prior to winning poker’s most prestigious tournament last fall, Riess […]

Macau Casinos To Implement Smoking Ban

The world’s top gambling hub is going to be implementing a “full smoking ban” at its casinos come this fall. According to the Macau Daily Times, the complete ban will come into effect on Oct. 6, the Health Bureau announced this week. The report said that specific rooms for smokers will be created on casino […]

Gambling Addict Smashes Machines At U.K. Betting Shop

A man in the United Kingdom with a severe gambling problem reportedly went on a destructive rampage at a betting shop. According to the Birmingham Mail, Hassan Yousaf blew his last £230 and then smashed a roulette machine with a stool at a Ladbrokes branch in Green Lane, Small Heath. The incident happened about a […]

2014 WSOP Kicks Off Today At The Rio

Card Player’s 2014 WSOP coverage is sponsored by CarbonPoker. The 45th annual World Series of Poker kicks off on Tuesday, May 27th with the first two individual bracelet events on an action-packed, 65-event schedule at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. A lot has changed since the inaugural WSOP saw seven […]

The Top 10 Most Momentous Events In WSOP History

In many ways the history of the World Series of Poker is the history of tournament poker itself. First run in 1970 as a cash game whose participants elected an eventual “best all-around player,” the 1971 WSOP marked the first time the event featured the freezeout, winner take all format organizer Benny Binion felt would […]

In Time For WSOP, Rio Opens 'VooDoo Zipline'

On Sunday, the Rio—home to the World Series of Poker—opened its “VooDoo Zipline.” The project took around a year to complete. It was announced last May. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the VooDoo Zipline spans about a third of a mile between the Rio’s 51-story Masquerade Tower to the 20-story Ipanema Tower. Rides cost […]

Floyd Mayweather, T.I. Brawl At Vegas Burger Joint

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that boxing star Floyd Mayweather and rapper Cliff Joseph Harris, a.k.a T.I., got into an altercation Saturday night at a Las Vegas “Fat Burger” location. The fight reportedly stemmed from Mayweather saying something about T.I.’s wife. T.I. apparently walked up to Mayweather, more words were exchanged, and T.I. threw a […]

Poker's Tony G Elected To European Parliament

Lithuanian poker player and businessman Antanas “Tony G” Guoga has won a seat in the European Parliament. He was elected on Sunday. “Today we made history in Lithuanian politics,” he said on his Facebook page. “For the first time Liberals have won two seats in the European Parliament. My sincere thanks go to all the […]

Dominik Nitsche Wins WSOPC National Championship

Dominik Nitsche topped a field of 126 players to win the 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship main event, earning his second gold bracelet, the $352,800 first-place prize and 660 Card Player Player of the Year points. The event featured a $1 million prize pool furnished by the WSOP for the 100 players […]

A Historical Look At The WSOP Schedule

World Series of Poker? More like the World Series of Hold’em, am I right? It’s one of the most commonly heard jokes every year when the summer series schedule is announced. But is it the truth? Card Player took a look at the complete WSOP schedule for every year since the Series’ inception in 1970 […]

WSOP National Championship Draws 126 Players

The 2014 World Series of Poker National Championship at Bally’s in Atlantic City attracted 126 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,260,000. The tournament, which featured a guaranteed $1 million freeroll for the top 100 WSOP Circuit players of the season, also managed to get 26 additional entries who put up a $10,000 buy-in […]

Atlantic City Casinos See Revenue Drop In First Quarter

The results are in for the first quarter of this year. According to financial reports filed with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, total revenue from the eleven casino hotels open in both 2013 and 2014 was $868.2 million for the first quarter of 2014, compared to $881 million for the same period in […]

Ten Players To Watch Out For At The WSOP

Trying to make a list of the players who are poised for a big Series is daunting and will always seem incomplete. There are many factors to consider, such as: success so far in tournaments this year, number of cashes and/or final tables last year at the Rio, lifetime success at the summer festival, just […]

Gus Hansen Approaching $19 Million In Losses

Just when you thought he was on an upswing. Danish poker player Gus Hansen was on a $1.2 million heater at one point this week, but that quickly ended and he finished the week in a $713,000 hole, according to HighstakesDB. The losses have left Hansen with a lifetime deficit on Full Tilt Poker of […]

WSOP: Will Need More Than Passport From Players

On Thursday, the World Series of Poker announced that non-U.S. players coming to the 2014 poker festival will want a second form of ID besides a passport to register for live events. The WSOP said it needs an ID proving a player’s current address. The announcement created a stir from some members of the poker […]

Would You Bet Against Negreanu, Ivey At WSOP?

Less than a week left to bet against Me or Ivey winning a bracelet this summer in Vegas at even money, $5k min Email pattylandis@hotmail.com — Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) May 22, 2014 Poker pro Daniel Negreanu is trying to get action for a bracelet bet this summer. He has offered anyone, and apparently it is […]

Las Vegas Sees First Bitcoin ATM In Casino

“Robocoin” has made Las Vegas history. As of Thursday, The D casino located in Downtown Las Vegas had Sin City’s first ever bitcoin ATM, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In January, the D and Golden Gate casino, which are both under the same umbrella of ownership, became the first casinos in Las Vegas to […]