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LSOP Millions: Jose Barbero Leads Day 1A

Cheers erupted across the Majestic Casino poker room as 27 players secured themselves a piece of the $1,000,000 prize pool in the Latin Series of Poker Millions Main Event in Panama City, Panama. A truly revolutionary international poker concept, the LSOP is unique in that instead of requiring a full field of players to come […]

Mike Leah On Turbo NLH Tournaments

Mike Leah has gotten off to a good start in 2014, recently winning a $1,000 prelim at the Fallsview Poker Classic just weeks after taking down a $5,000 no-limit hold’em turbo side event at the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $119,770. The Canadian poker pro now sits in 15th place in the overall Card Player […]

$1M Guarantee LSOP Main Event Begins Saturday

More than $1,000,000 is waiting to be won by players taking their seats in the Latin Series of Poker Millions main event March 8-15 in Panama City, Panama at Majestic Casino inside the Hard Rock Megalopolis. A truly revolutionary international poker concept, the LSOP is unique in that instead of requiring a full field of […]

First Pennsylvania Bar Gets Gambling Approval

Small-scale gambling at bars in Pennsylvania is one step closer to reality after state liquor regulators gave the OK Wednesday for the first gambling license of its kind. According to reporting from WFMZ, the Midway Tavern in Hanover, Adams County has been given state approval to run pull-tab games, daily drawings and charity raffles. It […]

Online Poker: Dan Cates Wins $486,000

It took a little while before poker pro Dan Cates got going in 2014, but when he did it happened in a big way. Cates played around 3,600 hands through the first week of March, winning $486,380, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The upswing has him in the black around $750,000 on the year. […]

Mary Bono On Fighting Federal Web Poker Ban

Former Congresswoman Mary Bono (R-California) is one of the most prominent figures in the country who right now is fighting in support of Internet poker. As a lawmaker, Bono was also involved with past online poker discussions on Capitol Hill. Since leaving public office, Bono has joined the “Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection” to […]

Chris Moorman Wins 2014 WPT LAPC Main Event

Chris Moorman has emerged victorious in the 2014 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event, winning topping a field of 534 players to win his first major live title, the first-place prize of $1,015,460 and 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result of this huge win Moorman […]

Ultimate Poker Strikes New Nevada Deal

Ultimate Poker — Nevada’s first online poker site — announced a big deal Thursday that will allow it to expand its customer base in the Silver State. The online firm, owned by Station Casinos, has struck a partnership to be the official online poker site for the company that owns Reno’s Peppermill Hotel Casino, as […]

South Dakotans To Vote On Gambling Measure

Gambling expansion in South Dakota is going to the ballot box. A proposal no longer up for consideration in the South Dakota legislature would allow casinos in the city of Deadwood to be able to expand their gambling offerings. According to the Associated Press, Senators on Wednesday voted 25-10 to support the measure. South Dakota […]

NJ Online Poker Tournament Sees Huge Field

New Jersey’s online poker industry started in late November of last year, and over the past few weeks it appears the industry is gaining some more steam. An online poker site from PartyPoker and Borgata drew a whopping 768 entrants for the $200 buy-in $100,000 guarantee this past Sunday. The guarantee was crushed, making it […]

Tribes Give Up On Fight Over Poker Site

A pair of Oklahoma tribes have ditched plans to pursue an online poker site. They had sued the federal government over the site, but that also appears to be over. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes had brokered a revenue-sharing deal with Oklahoma for a PokerTribes.com online poker site. The federal government objected not to the […]

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 […]

Moorman Headlines WPT LAPC Final Table

The final table is set in the 2014 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event. A total of 534 players made their way to the Commerce Casino to play in this event, building a total prizepool of $5,126,400. Now only six players remain to battle it out for the title and […]

Resorts World Las Vegas Project On Track

Resorts World Las Vegas is making progress, the Las Vegas-Review Journal reported. Construction is expected to start this year. The project could cost anywhere from $2 billion to $7 billion. The site is Boyd Gaming’s unfinished Echelon development, which Genting bought for $350 million. The plan is to use at least part of the existing […]

CarbonPoker Sponsors 2014 Player of the Year Race

For 2014 Card Player has partnered with CarbonPoker to continue to bring you coverage of the most historic and prestigious Player of the Year race in Poker. Since it’s inception in 1997 the Card Player Player of the Year award has been a symbol of excellence and consistency in tournament poker. Some of the greatest […]

Man Loses Big On Super Bowl, Sues Casino

A man who lost $500,000 gambling on Super Bowl weekend at a Las Vegas casino is suing the joint, as he claims that he was blacked-out drunk and they should have realized he wasn’t in any condition to bet. The alleged misconduct happened at The Downtown Grand. According to KSNV, high-stakes gambler Mark Johnston believes […]

Casino Fined Over Filming Marriage Proposal

Revel Casino in Atlantic City has been fined $2,500 for filming a marriage proposal and broadcasting it over part of the casino floor, the Associated Press reported. It was at the request of the patron. New Jersey regulators require casinos to notify them in advance of such filming, but Revel allegedly didn’t do so. The […]

2014 POY:Katz and Gaviao Move Into Top 20

There was plenty of action 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: 2014 Bellagio $25K High Roller III The Bellagio has hosted a series of $25,000 buy-in no-limit […]

U.S. Lawmaker Wants To Ban Online Poker

Another lawmaker on Capitol Hill wants to put a restriction on Internet gaming. According to GamblingCompliance, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham — a Republican from South Carolina — said he is currently working on sponsoring federal legislation that would seek to ban all forms of Internet gambling. In other words, web poker would be outlawed. Graham’s […]

Win Freeroll Entries With Carbon's Daily Missions

Throughout March, Carbon Poker is rewarding players for completing missions. All the players have to do is take on the required daily task and they will receive an entry into an exclusive $500 freeroll. That’s $15,000 in freerolls during the month of March. After opting into the promotion, check the calendar and complete the mission […]

Zynga Poker Unveils Major Redesign

Zynga just recently unveiled a huge update for its social poker product, VentureBeat reported. The redesign makes the game less cartoonish and more like a casino, with its red and gold colors. Poker action also moves at a brisker pace. Zynga Poker is one of the firm’s most profitable products. According to VentureBeat, Zynga’s market […]

Blair Hinkle Finally Receives His Missing $1 Million

The nightmare is finally over for poker pro Blair Hinkle. During the first wave of the Full Tilt Poker remission process last week, the Missourian received a $1 million ACH deposit from Garden City Group, the firm that was hired by the federal government to help compensate victims of what was once labeled a Ponzi […]

Gavin Griffin: Early Stages Of Deep Tournaments

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 […]

CPPT: Irish Open History – 1991-1994

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 […]

Three Small-Stakes Plays That Fail In Tougher Games

Many of my students are successful small stakes no-limit hold’em players who have tried and failed in tougher games. These students often rely on a short list of bread-and-butter plays to succeed. These plays tend to work brilliantly in small stakes games, but they lose potency when you wade in against tougher players. Learning to […]

Massachusetts Gives Penn National Slots License

The wait is over for Penn National Gaming, one of the top casino developers in the country. The company has been awarded a license to build Massachusetts’ first slots-only parlor. The firm is going to invest $225 million into a facility at a horse-racing track in Plainridge, not far from the city of Boston. The […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Mar. 3 - 9

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 3rd through the 9th. Head to our tournament […]

George Lopez Arrested For Passing Out At Casino

Comedian George Lopez reportedly got wasted at Caesars Windsor Hotel and Casino and passed out on the floor. He was arrested for public intoxication. He was released later with no charges. Lopez said in a statement: “Tied one on last night. Not feeling great this morning. I was trying to sleep it off, unfortunately, it […]

Macau Casinos Win Record $4.8 Billion In February

A new gaming revenue record has been set in Macau, and this time it was smashed. The month of February netted the casinos there $4.8 billion from gambling. That revenue figure marked an incredible 40-percent gain year-over-year. According to Reuters, analysts were expecting big gains, but not quite that much. The previous record of $4.57 […]

Nevada Gambling Revenues Fall In January

January was a less than stellar month for Nevada casinos and their gaming revenues. The state said that Nevada’s nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total gaming win of $884,203,134 for the month of January 2014. That amounted to a 2.76-percent decrease compared to January 2013, when licensees reported a gaming win of $909,267,893. The Las […]