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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 […]

Pennsylvania Releases Study Of Web Poker

A 206-page report released Wednesday by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee revealed how lucrative online poker could be in the state, should it authorize the activity sometime in the coming years. The study of gambling in the state said that online poker could lead to revenues of around $129 million annually. Pennsylvania […]

POY Update: Five Players Move Into Top 20

Five players found their way into the top 20 this week in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at the tournaments that most influenced the overall standings over the past seven days: EPT Grand Final Main Event After ten hours of heads-up play, the longest […]

Woman Claims Identity Theft After Losing Online

A New Jersey woman has been accused of falsely claiming that her identity was stolen in an effort to get out of paying money she lost playing casino games online in New Jersey. According to a press release from the New Jersey State Police, Diana Zolla allegedly “attempted to fool authorities by claiming that someone […]

Idaho Files Suit To Stop Tribal Poker Room

As a tribe moved to open a poker room in Idaho despite a state ban on poker, the governor and the attorney general filed a lawsuit to try to put a stop to it all. Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Friday, according to […]

Nevada Casinos Can't Get Into Medicinal Pot Biz

On Tuesday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board released a notice to its website that details its position on gaming licensees getting involved with the medical marijuana business. Regulators said it is not allowed, and as a result some casino industry people have already begun to divest from such groups, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. […]

Macau Junket Operator Disappears With Up To $1.3B

Macau is the world’s top gambling hub, and it’s still growing at an incredible clip. Casinos there recorded $45 billion in gambling revenue in 2013, causing some to predict that figure could be on its way to doubling by 2020. Nevada currently sees one fourth of Macau’s figure. The region’s casino economy is fueled by […]

Eric Blair Wins WSOP Circuit Main Event

A total of 330 entries were made in the 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event at The Lodge Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado.From that field only one player could emerge victorious with the title and in the end it was poker pro Eric Blair that came out on top, earning […]

Fine For Admiral Accused Of Using Fake Chips

A former U.S. nuke chief who was accused last fall of using phony poker chips at an Iowa casino has been fined, the Navy said in a press release Monday. The fine was a forfeiture of $4,000 in pay. The state of Iowa declined to press charges against Timothy Giardina, despite the alleged crime being […]

New Jersey Sports Betting Fight Has Cost $2.8M

The state of New Jersey is trying as hard as it can to bring sports betting to Atlantic City casinos, but it has met opposition from the sports leagues. In its fight, the state has spent at least $2.8 million so far, according to the Associated Press. That money is what has been billed by […]

Switzerland Looking Favorable To Online Gaming

According to reports, the country of Switzerland is looking at regulating online gambling. Existing brick-and-mortar casinos in the country will be given the opportunity to run the games, as operators based in foreign countries apparently will not be allowed in the mix. There is still some work to be done to figure out how regulation […]

Q &A: Rising Tournament Star Pratyush Buddiga

In the early 2000’s it seemed that every week there was another “young gun” making a name for himself on the live tournament circuit. In the wake of Black Friday, there have been fewer and fewer players who make their way from online tournament grinder to high-stakes live sensation. One player who has successfully made […]

CPPT bestbet Jacksonville Results: Events 1-4

The sixth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at bestbet Jacksonville May 1 and will host a series of 12 tournaments through May 12 culminating with a $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event May 9-12. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. 1: No-Limit Hold’em […]

Poker For Hope Coming To Caesars Palace This May

On Saturday, May 17 in the Caesars Palace poker room in Las Vegas, the first annual Poker For Hope charity tournament will take place, benefiting cancer charities Tia’s Hope, The Life Raft Group and Phase One. The $500 buy-in event, which kicks off at 12:30 p.m. and will be hosted be former WSOP champion Jamie […]

George Clooney Responds To Casino Owner

Back in April, Steve Wynn and George Clooney were having dinner, and a heated exchange ensued. The spat became public and the center of celebrity gossip. The two have slightly different accounts of what exactly went down. Wynn claimed that Clooney got drunk and basically got overly pro-Obama. Weeks later, Clooney has refuted Wynn’s account […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: May 5 - 11

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 May 5th through the 11th. Head to our tournament […]

Macau Casinos Win $3.92 Billion In April

Macau gaming revenue increased 10.6 percent year-over-over to $3.92 billion in April, according the region’s government. Macau, the only place in China were gambling is legal, is on pace to surpass last year’s $45 billion in gambling revenue. In March, Macau’s casinos won $4.4 billion. February saw a record of $4.8 billion More than 30 […]

Sands: Not Selling Pennsylvania Casino

Contrary to reports and industry speculation, Las Vegas Sands Corp. will not be selling its casino in Pennsylvania—at least that’s what the firm is maintaining. According to reporting from WFMZ.com, Sands will be appointing former Atlantic City casino executive Mark Juliano as the new president of Sands Bethlehem. In April, the Morning Call reported that […]

'Poker Princess' Gets Probation In Gambling Case

Molly Bloom, who is known as the “poker princess,” has been sentenced to probation for her role in hosting card games that were under the control of a gambling operation with links to the Russian mob. The enterprise laundered tens of millions of dollars, the feds said. Bloom was accussed of hosting underground private games […]

Poker Strategy: Mastering Scare Cards

Have you ever been in this spot? You call a preflop raise with a medium pair like 7 7 out of position. The flop is 9 3 2, and you think “that’s not so bad.” You check to your opponent and call his continuation bet (c-bet). The turn is the K and your heart sinks. […]

CPPT Spotlight: Rem Remington

Jacksonville local Rem Remington is finding his way back to the poker tables after taking a little time off to re-adjust to life with a new baby. After working at his own low-voltage wiring company, Remington played professionally for seven years before taking a break with his wife and baby and starting a real estate […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From April

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. April was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

Ben Affleck Caught Card Counting In Vegas Casino

While on a Las Vegas vacation with his wife, actress Jennifer Garner, Hollywood actor Ben Affleck was caught counting cards at a blackjack table at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and asked to leave the property. The 41-year-old part-time poker player, who won the 2004 California State Poker Championship for $356,400, was caught using […]

Golden Nugget Casino In Mississippi Reopens

On Friday, the Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi in Biloxi, Miss. reopened. The property, which was purchased by casino developer Tilman Fertitta in 2012 and re-branded as the Golden Nugget, just experienced $100 million worth of rennovations. Golden Nugget properties exist in New Jersey and Nevada, as well. The casino was previously the Isle Casino Biloxi, […]

Buonanno Wins 2014 EPT Grand Final Main Event

After ten hours of heads-up play, the longest one-on-one battle in European Poker Tour history, Italy’s Antonio Buonanno finally defeated Britain’s Jack Salter to win the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final main event. At around 7:00 AM in Monaco, roughly 18 hours after the eight-handed final table began, the 47-year-old finally lifted […]

Massachusetts To Award Casino License In June

The state of Massachusetts could award its first Las Vegas-style casino license by mid-June, according to a report from CBS Springfield. The Gaming Commission said at a meeting on Friday morning that the plan is to award the license June 13, as long as there aren’t any setbacks. MGM is the only casino firm left […]

Gruissem Wins EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller

The 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller drew a record field of 214 entries, building a prizepool of €5,243,000 ($7,271,855 USD). The top 31 finishers made the money, but after three days of high stakes action only one player would away victorious. In the end German high roller […]

High-Stakes Online Poker: Pros Win Big This Week

The past seven days at the high-stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker were a bit slow, but that doesn’t mean that some of the game’s best took the week off from moving money around. A number of top pros had solid weeks. Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius ($284,000), Ronny “ronnyr37617” Kaiser ($260,000), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom ($212,000) Phil […]

Vadim Trincher Gets Five Years In Federal Prison

According to a press release from the FBI, World Poker Tour champion Vadim Trincher was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison “for participating in a racketeering conspiracy” in connection with a “Russian-American organized crime enterprise.” A co-defendant, Anatoly Golubchik, was also sentenced to five years for his involvement. Trincher pleaded guilty late last […]

Majority Of Card Transactions For NJ iPoker Fail

Just how severe are payment processing challenges for gambling websites in New Jersey? A firm involved with the process of facilitating transactions told the Associated Press that credit cards used by customers are being accepted less than half of the time. CAMS LLC said that the acceptance rate is between 42 and 46 percent—a terrible […]