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Salter Leads Final Table Of EPT Grand Final

The 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €10,600 main event attracted 650 entrants, building a prize pool of €6.5 million ($9,015,500 USD). The centerpiece of the European Poker Tour’s final series began with a sea of tables, but now after five full days of play only eight remain to battle it out for […]

MGM Resorts Has Best Quarter Since 2008: Report

The first quarter of this year, which ended on Mar. 31, produced the best quarterly operating performance for MGM Resorts International that it has seen since 2008, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. MGM said in a press release that its net income for the quarter was $108.2 million, up from just $6.5 million during […]

Missouri Gambling Marker Bill Passes House

Legislation that would allow casinos in the state of Missouri to extend credit to gamblers has reached the governor’s desk. The state of Missouri has been looking to give its riverboat gambling industry a boost by reversing part of a law that put a ban on extending credit to gamblers. Earlier this month, the Senate […]

New Hampshire House Votes Down Casino Bill

Lawmakers in New Hampshire’s House have voted down a two-casino bill by a vote of 173-172, according to the Union Leader. It was the third time in two years that a casino proposal has fallen by the wayside in the state. There’s still hope for the measure, though, as it will soon be “reconsidered,” 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 […]

Nevada Casinos Win $982 Million In March

Silver State casinos had a successful March. According to a state report released Tuesday, Nevada’s nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $982,168,390 for the month of March 2014. That amounted to a 7.60-percent increase compared to March 2013, when licensees reported a gaming win of $912,784,688. For the fiscal year (July 1, […]

Sri Lanka Government Says No To Casinos

Sri Lanka has put a thorn into the side of proposed resort complexes, according to The Australian. Three firms were planning massive developments on the island, which were to include casino gambling, but the government recently said “no” to the gambling component. “We will not allow casinos. That we say very clearly,” an official told […]

CPPT: bestbet Jacksonville Kicks Off May 1

The sixth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour will see a return to bestbet Jacksonville May 1-12 for a second stop at the North Florida card room as the countdown to yet another champion begins. The 12-tournament series will being with a $350 no-limit hold’em $100,000 guarantee and conclude with a […]

One-Year Anniversary Of Nevada Online Poker

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first hand of real-money online poker in Nevada. On the morning of April 30, Ultimate Poker, an offshoot of Station Casinos, launched real-money online poker in the Silver State. Its first hand was the first ever in a U.S. jurisdiction that licenses and regulates the Internet gambling industry. […]

Commerce Casino Ends Ads With L.A. Clippers

The Commerce Casino, the world’s largest poker room with 160 tables, has suspended its advertising relationship with the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise in the wake of racist comments made by team owner Donald Sterling. “The Commerce Hotel and Casino has enjoyed being a sponsor of the L.A. Clippers for the past 18 years,” said […]

2014 POY Update: Mustapha Kanit Takes The Lead

The status quo has once again been shaken up 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 week: 2014 EPT Sanremo / EPT Grand Final Side Events Italy’s Mustapha Kanit has overtaken the lead […]

TonyBet Open Face Chinese Series Kicks Off

A week ago TonyBet Poker announced the launch of the first Open Face Chinese Poker series in online poker history. On Monday, that history became a reality as the first event of the series, called “My First Trike” kicked off at 10 p.m. (UTC+3). The first out of 12 tournaments featured a €10 buy-in and […]

Jake Bazeley Talks Up and Downs of Poker Career

Jake Bazeley has quietly put together a really solid 12 months on the circuit. The 31-year-old tournament grinder made two final tables at the 2013 World Series of Poker and then final tabled the Heartland Poker Tour main event in St. Louis. He then started off 2014 with two more final tables before earning the […]

Minnesota Looking To Ban Online Gambling

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a bill that would end online lottery sales and could also basically put a preemptive ban on other forms of online gambling in the state. The state Senate has strongly supported the plan. The House will now look at the bill. Minnesota’s governor told the Associated Press that he wouldn’t veto […]

Michigan Senate Passes Charity Poker Bill

A bill (Senate Bill 0878) favorable to charity poker operations passed the Michigan Senate last week. It now moves into the House for consideration. As MLive.com reports, the measure would allow charity gaming operations to do business 365 days a year. The bill would be better for the charities than what is currently being planned […]

Gavin Griffin: Teach Children To Play Poker?

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 […]

Dan Bilzerian Throws Porn Star Off Roof

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. High-stakes poker player and Instagram celebrity Dan Bilzerian was recently doing a shoot for Hustler magazine and decide it would be cool to throw 19-year-old porn star Janice Griffith, who was a model in the shoot, off a roof and into a pool, TMZ reported. Bilzerian didn’t quite […]

Casino: Massachusetts' Gambling Taxes Annoying

According to reporting from the Associated Press, MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts want the state of Massachussets to repeal a rule that, as interpreted, requires casinos to report and withhold five percent for state income tax on certain winnings greater than $600. The firms, among the largest of their kind in the world, are basically […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: April 28 - May 4

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 April 28th through May 4th. Head to our tournament […]

Poker Player Doesn't Have To Pay Child Support

A professional poker player in the United Kingdom, who doesn’t want to pay child support, just recently saw a judge rule in his favor. The judge felt that his poker winnings were not from “gainful employment” and thus didn’t meet the regulations governing the payment of child support, the BBC reported. The dispute between Tony […]

New York Casino Race Has 22 Applicants

The official list is out. A total of 22 casino firms submitted their applications, along with $1 million, in efforts to eventually build in New York. Just four new casinos have been authorized for Upstate New York, in an effort to bolster local economies. According to The New York Times, Genting is eyeing a project […]

Stammen Wins 2014 WPT Championship At Borgata

For the first time in the World Poker Tour’s 12-year history the climactic season-ending WPT Championship was not held at the Bellagio but made the move to the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event changed it’s buy-in from $25,000 to $15,000 and guaranteed a $5 million prize pool. A total of 328 players […]

Colman Wins EPT Grand Final Super High Roller

A record-setting 62 entries were made in the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 eight-max no-limit hold’em super high roller event, building a gigantic prize pool of €6,015,240. After three action packed days the €1,539,300 first-place prize was awarded to 23-year-old American heads-up sit-n-go specialist Daniel “mrGR33N13” Colman. Colman, who […]

Capture The Flag: Mikhail Shalamov

Russian online poker pro Mikhail “innerpsy” Shalamov is just 26, but he has logged around 10 million hands lifetime of online poker. His “normal game” is anywhere from $1-$2 to $10-$20 shorthanded no-limit hold’em, but he has played as high as $50-$100. He said he is up around $1 million lifetime. Shalamov, who has a […]

Lo Leads EPT Grand Final €100k High Roller Final Table

A record-setting 62 entries were made in the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 eight-max no-limit hold’em super high roller event, building a gigantic prize pool of €6,015,240. The money raised from the 50 unique entrants and 12 re-entries will be paid out to the top eight finishers, with the […]

Phil Ivey No Longer Most Successful Ever On Full Tilt

Poker pro Patrik Antonius scooped more than $900,000 over the past seven days on Full Tilt Poker, according to data from HighstakesDB. Since starting to play again on the software under his old screen name “FinddaGrind”, Antonius has won more than $2.5 million. While playing under his real name on the software, Antonius was up […]

A Poker Life: Jesse Sylvia

Jesse Sylvia had been playing poker as a successful, yet anonymous cash game grinder since 2008, but his runner-up finish in the 2012 World Series of Poker main event for a $5.3 million payday thrust him into the unfamiliar territory of the poker spotlight. After a year of trying to add to his resume on […]

Wynn: Never Seen A Gambler Win Over The Long Run

Just how hard is it to win over the long run gambling at a casino? According to Steve Wynn, he has never seen it happen during his decades in the business. In an interview awhile ago with CBS, Wynn was asked some questions about the mind of the gambler, especially one who gets a taste […]

Genting Seeks Another Gambling Facility In New York

Another one of the world’s top casino firms has expressed interest in building a Las Vegas-style casino in Upstate New York. According to The New York Times, Genting Group paid the $1 million application fee before Wednesday’s deadline. The firm joins Caesars Entertainment Corp. as two of the big names seeing the OK to build. […]

Table Games Generate $7.1 Million For Rhode Island

Since last summer, table games in Rhode Island have generated $54,640,879 in revenue, according to a state report. A total of $7.1 million of that went to the state general fund. The Twin River Casino, one of only two casinos in the state, is the only gambling facility that can offer the games. Newport Grand […]