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California Online Poker Bills Introduced

Could this finally be the year? As anticipated, a pair of online poker bills were introduced to the California legislature late last week. Assembly Bill 2291 and Senate Bill 1366 are sponsored by Rep. Reggie Jones-Sawyer and Sen. Lou Correa, respectively. Both only want online poker to be legalized. Other forms of casino gambling on […]

Q&A: New Jersey PartyPoker Pro Jamie Kerstetter

As a native of Monroe Township, New Jersey, Jamie Kerstetter attended nearby Rutgers University for her undergraduate degree and then got her law degree from the University of Michigan. After all of those years of education, however, Kerstetter finds herself battling it out on the poker felt instead of inside of a court room. Kerstetter, […]

Eddy Perry Wants To Help You Play Craps Like A Pro

Eddy Perry has been playing craps and betting sports professionally for the last 35 years, a remarkable feat considering the house edge associated with those forms of gambling. Certainly, he must know what he’s doing. Just don’t ask him if he has a system. “I don’t believe in systems, because every system can work depending […]

Grayson Ramage On Keeping Cool After Getting Short

At the end of day 1A of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000,000 guaranteed main event Dylan Hortin was the chip leader with 160,500. Grayson Ramage had only 12,100. Hortin finished 96th for $20,300, while Ramage placed 11th for $112,400. This isn’t meant to imply that one of these two fantastic professionals played better than […]

Massachusetts To Ban Casinos From Using Liens?

A Massachusetts official wants to make a rule to protect gamblers from what she thinks would be exorbitant debt collection by casino firms, The Boston Globe reported. Right now, Massachusetts doesn’t have any Las Vegas-style brick-and-mortar casinos, but three, in addition to a slots-only parlor, are on their way. A lot of interest has been […]

Florida Is Battleground For Adelson, Disney

Sheldon Adelson has a net worth of $28.5 billion, and he is using some of those resources to fight very expensive battles to get things done that he thinks are good for business. The owner of Las Vegas Sands Corp., the largest casino company in the world based on revenue, is not only trying to […]

Gus Hansen Now With $16.4 Million In Losses

Gus Hansen has lost around $365,000 over the past month, bringing his lifetime losses on Full Tilt Poker to $16.4 million, according to HighstakesDB. That figure is an all-time low for him. So far this year, Hansen has only had three small upticks, the rest has been soul-crushing defeat. He is in the hole more […]

NJ Considers Casino Outside Of Atlantic City

It is well known that Atlantic City has been struggling for years. Lawmakers authorized online gambling around a year ago to help stop the bleeding, and some are still fighting tooth and nail for sports betting at gambling facilities in the Garden State. Now, there’s an additional plan in the works for possible gambling expansion […]

MGM Selects Firm To Help With Maryland Casino

MGM, which won the right to build a brand new casino complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, recently announced that it has selected a project manager for the development. It named McKissack & McKissack, which is an architectural, engineering and construction management firm. The entire project comes at a price tag of $925 million. “McKissack […]

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 […]

2014 POY Update: Milner, Pease and Dykshteyn Win

After back to back week’s of huge international events the live tournament scene turned it’s attention back to the States in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the events that most influenced the overall standings this past week: 2014 Heartland Poker Tour Colorado Golden Gates $1,650 Main […]

NJ Takes Sports Betting Case To Supreme Court

Last week, New Jersey’s sports betting case finally made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Garden State wants to allow its casinos to offer sports wagering, but the major sports leagues and the U.S. Department of Justice have opposed the plan. A high-stakes court battle has been playing out, and now it has […]

Poker Strategy With Andrew Brokos: Playing It Safe

In life, I’m a nit. Some might even say a cheapskate. I only drink tap water at restaurants. I never go to night clubs or trendy bars. When poker tournaments take me to expensive casino resorts, I bring a lot of my own food. Despite all the time I spend in casinos, I’ve never touched […]

$425 Million Powerball Hit In Northern California

Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing was one of the largest in history, reaching a staggering $425 million. It was hit by a single ticket, according to reports. The ticket was sold in Northern California, at Dixon Landing Chevron in Milpitas. There has been no word yet on who the winner is. The gas station will receive […]

PokerStars Receives Bulgarian License

PokerStars, the largest poker site in the world by number of players, has received approval from the Bulgarian State Gambling Commission for an online gaming license in Bulgaria, the company announced this week. In the next few weeks, PokerStars will work towards finalizing the technical requirements for starting operations under the license. Bulgarian regulations now […]

NJ Bill Calls For Casinos To Beef Up Security

Some lawmakers in the state of New Jersey want casinos in Atlantic City to beef up their security. According to Press of Atlantic City, a recent case of assault in a stairwell at a casino there has prompted a legislative initiative that would require casinos to have plenty of surveillance in parking garages, including their […]

Free Live Cash Game Tips PDF From Little

Card Player has joined forces with 2-time World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Little to teach poker players how to maximize their ROI in live cash games. As part of this partnership, Little is giving Card Player readers a free PDF containing over 30 slides packed with Little’s BEST cash game tips from his upcoming live […]

Supreme Court Considering Ruling On Home Poker

The legalities of hosting a poker game are currently determined by the individual state, but the U.S. Supreme Court may soon take on the issue to determine whether or not a game of cards is a violation of federal laws. In 2011, Lawrence DiCristina was arrested, charged and convicted of running an illegal gambling business […]

Las Vegas Sands Restores Websites After Hacking

It took nearly a week before Las Vegas Sands Corp., the largest casino operator in the world based on revenue, to restore its websites after a cyber attack. The hacking occurred on Feb. 11. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a video was recently posted to YouTube (since removed, however) by the purported hackers. The […]

South Point Launches Nevada Web Poker Product

A third Nevada online poker operator is now taking action. Real Gaming, the brand under which South Point Casino has ventured into the online space, has began what is considered its soft launch phase. The firm’s website can be found here. Originally slated to be called “South Point Poker”, the company re-branded last year. South […]

Win Your Share of $30K At Bakersfield's Golden West Casino

Now through March 16th, Golden West Casino, the premier gaming destination in Bakersfield, California, is giving away $30,000 in 30 days. Players earn entries daily, based on hours of live play, by participating in their favorite card games – all live games qualify! Two $500 drawings will be held twice daily (6:00 PM and 11:59 […]

Gavin Griffin: How To Popularize Omaha In Live 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 […]

Win LSOP Millions Seat With Americas Cardroom

Right now, Card Player readers can win their way into the LSOP Millions in Panama with Americas Cardroom for as little as $10+$1. The LSOP Millions, a $1 million guaranteed tournament happening in Panama this March, has revolutionized the international poker tournament concept by hosting Day 1 tables across multiple land-based casinos all over Latin […]

NFL's Ray Rice Arrested In Atlantic City Casino

On Friday, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was arrested at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City following what police are calling a “very minor physical altercation” on the boardwalk. The 27-year-old former Super Bowl champion and his fiancee, Janay Palmer, were both arrested and charged with simple assault and domestic violence. According to Rice’s […]

CPPT: Ronnie Pease Wins Foxwoods Main Event

It was only fitting that Ronnie Pease became the latest edition to the Card Player Poker Tour list of champions. When Day 1A of the CPPT Foxwoods $1,650 No-Limit Hold’em $300,000 Guarantee Main Event wrapped up, Pease bagged the chiplead over the remaining 22 players. When Day 2 came to a close, Pease once again […]

Pease Leads Final 13 in CPPT Foxwoods Main Event

A six-figure pay day of $113,435 is up for grabs as the Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods $1,650 No-Limit Hold’em $300,000 Guarantee Main Event heads into its final day. After 11 levels of play the final 13 players bagged up their chips for the night and Ronnie Pease was in the lead with 1.56 million. […]

Poker Strategy With Ed Miller: Test The Edge Cases

I was a physics major in college. Physics is very hard — too hard for me it turned out, and I haven’t cracked a physics book since the day I got my degree. One reason it’s so hard is that much of it is abstract. You’re learning about how the world works, but a lot […]

CPPT Foxwoods Main Event Beats Guarantee By $200k

A total of 340 entries were made in the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods $1,650 no-limit hold’em main event, building a total prize pool of $494,700. That means the event’s $300,000 guarantee was surpassed by just under $200,000! The top 36 finishers will make the money, with a min-cash being worth $3,858 while the […]

CPPT: Ronnie Pease Leads Foxwoods Main Event Day 1A

The first starting day of the Foxwoods Card Player Poker Tour $1,650 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event drew a crowd of 63 players, but because of re-entries there were a total of 79 buy-ins entered into the prize pool. The chip leader after 11 levels was Ronnie Pease who closed out the day with […]

Former Steeler Settles Case Against Casino

Michael Merriweather, a former linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, has settled his federal lawsuit against The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The case stemmed from allegations Merriweather leveled against the casino he was once an employee at. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, […]