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No Jackpot For Slot Machine In Decades

Over the past few days multiple media outlets reported on a slot machine at MGM Grand in Las Vegas that hasn’t awarded a jackpot in nearly 20 years. The prize currently stands at more than $2.3 million. Under Nevada law, the old machine can’t be replaced until awarding most of that sum. In other words, […]

Nevada Seeking Fines From Aria, MGM

The Nevada Gaming Control Board is seeking fines from Aria and MGM Resorts International for allegedly violating a state law pertaining to public access to gambling. This past fall, regulators said that two undercover agents were trying to watch a high-stakes roulette table at Aria when casino staff told them to move because the gambler […]

Win Free Buy-Ins With UP's No-Verlay Promo

Starting Sunday, Feb. 9, Ultimate Poker is giving New Jersey players even more value with the No-Verlay promotion. For the next month, any time one of Ultimate Poker’s nightly or weekend special tournaments meets its guarantee, the site will refund the buy-in of every registered player. Essentially, players will either compete with an overlay, or […]

Ami Barer Wins 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event

Canada’s Ami Barer emerged victorious in the 2014 APPT Aussie Millions $10,600 AUD no-limit hold’em main event. The 22-year-old topped a 668-player field to earn his first major live title, the $1.6 million AUD ($1,432,800 USD) first-place prize and 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result he has been catapulted into […]

Timoshenko Wins Aussie Millions $100k High Roller

Yevgeniy Timoshenko was the lone survivor in the 2014 APPT Aussie Millions $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em super high roller. The American pro topped a record field of 76 entries, up from just 22 in 2013. For the win he earned $2 million AUD ($1,791,000 USD) and 840 Card Player Player of the Year points. As […]

Cates On Getting 'Scammed' Out Of $1.9 Million

Dan Cates is one of online poker’s greatest players. He is up more than $8 million between Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars over his short career. This year, he has won six figures already. Cates was on a historic upswing prior to Black Friday in April 2011, when online poker — on the major offshore […]

Strategy: Mickey Petersen On Common Preflop Spots

Playing a short to medium stack in no-limit hold’em tournament poker can be tricky, so Card Player TV recently caught up with 2012 European Poker Tour Copenhagen champion Mickey Petersen to discuss a number of preflop dilemmas that players commonly face. Petersen, who’s live and online tournament winnings exceed $2 million, first gave CPTV some […]

CPPT: Foxwoods Series Starts February 8

Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods is about to get underway at the well-known Connecticut resort this Saturday. Cards will be in the air for the 11 tournament series at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut on February 8 and will conclude February 17. The stop comes on the heels of the Palm Beach Kennel Club, […]

Normandie Casino Hosts President's Day Tournament

Normandie Casino will celebrate President’s Day with a $10,000 guarantee poker tournament. The President’s Day Poker Tournament begins at 1pm on Monday February 17th. For a $70 Buy-In and a $15 entry fee, players will receive $10,000 worth of starting chips. In addition to our President’s Day poker tournament, Normandie Casino is offering $1 Hot […]

A Poker Life: Rob Salaburu

Robert Salaburu is considered a relative newcomer to the world of live tournament poker, but he has made a big impression in very short amount of time thanks to his televised run in the 2012 World Series of Poker main event. The 28-year-old poker pro wasn’t afraid to rattle some cages en route to his […]

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom Up $1.8 Million In 2014

Another solid week for Viktor “Isildur1” Blom resulted in him padding his profits on the year to $1.8 million, according to data from HighstakesDB. Blom’s latest profits came at the pot-limit Omaha and the limit deuce-to-seven triple draw tables. He was playing the likes of Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene and Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker. The Swedish Blom […]

SLS Las Vegas To Open Doors Labor Day

A remodeled and re-branded Sahara casino will re-open on Labor Day. The unveiling of the casino, which will be called SLS Hotel and Casino, marks the end of a longer than three-year period of the property being shuttered. “It’s been an incredible journey these past few years and I’m proud and humbled by some big […]

Nevada Indicts Gambler Over $12.9M Debt

The state of Nevada is going after a high-stakes gambler for allegedly stiffing the casinos out of $12.9 million. He is accused of losing the money and refusing to pay. The man is Canadian real estate businessman Semion Kronenfeld. He was first charged in 2008, but a grand jury indictment was revealed this week, intensifying […]

Italy Considering Banning Poker TV, Radio Ads

Some lawmakers in Italy are considering a ban on gambling advertisements that appear on TV and radio, according to reports. The amendment to a government finance bill has already passed the Senate. The lawmaker behind the proposal is Riccardo Nencini. Those in favor of it cite gambling as being an addictive activity. Italy has a […]

Macau Sees Revenue Growth In January

Macau, the only place in China where casino gambling is legal, had a better January this year than it did last year, in terms of gaming revenue. Casinos in the former Portuguese colony raked in in 28.7 billion patacas — or $3.6 billion — for the month of January. That was a seven-percent gain compared […]

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 […]

MGM, AGA Strike Back At Anti-Online Gambling Talks

Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson and his Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, have already drafted a federal bill hoping to put a stop to the states’ efforts at online gaming regulation, but a new coalition, backed by MGM Resorts International and the American Gaming Association, hopes to strike back. The Coalition for Consumer and […]

Ed Miller: Four Plays I Never Make

A good mantra in poker is never to say never. If you never do this or you never do that, it’s very easy to become predictable. At the same time, I see plays that some players make that I literally never make. Some of these plays I eschew in an effort to simplify my strategy. […]

CPPT: History of the Irish Open - 1981-1985

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 […]

Virginia Casino Bill Not Happening In 2014

A plan to put a commercial casino in Virginia reportedly will have to wait until 2015, despite a positive advancement on the idea early this year. Senate Bill No. 19, which will be shelved, called for a casino in the Hampton Roads area. The state doesn’t have any Las Vegas-style casinos of any kind. According […]

Washington Shuts Down Penny Card Game

The public must now be safer. The state of Washington busted a 25-year-old penny-ante pinochle game at a senior center in the city of Snohomish, King 5 News reported Tuesday evening. About five years ago, the city passed an ordinance to keep for-profit card rooms from opening there, and apparently thanks to some murky language […]

2014 POY Update: Panka Furthers Lead

An action-packed first month of the year is in the books in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here is a look at the events that made the biggest impact on the overall standings this week as we move into February: 2014 European Poker Tour Deauville High Roller Just two weeks after […]

Casino Mogul Voices Online Gaming Opposition

Previously, all signs seemed to indicate that Steve Wynn was fully on board with gambling moving into the online realm, but as a Friday interview with Ralston Reports showed, that might not be the case. Wynn expressed views that basically echoed those of Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands and online poker’s most outspoken […]

EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Schedule

The complete schedule of the 2014 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final has been announced. From April 23 – May 3 the Monte Carlo bay Hotel & Resort will play host to the 48-event poker festival that will cap off the tenth season of the EPT in style. “The EPT has been leading the […]

Gavin Griffin: Cheaters and the Borgata Scandal

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 […]

Elderly Man Stole €135,000 To Play Online Poker

An elderly man reportedly became so addicted to online poker that he defrauded a fast food restaurant owner out of €135,000, Independent.ie reported. Seventy-four-year-old John Carlos, a former school teacher and part-time accountant, admitted in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to stealing the money from his former employer, Eddie Rockets franchise owner Peter Fortune. The crimes […]

MA Could Refund $85M Casino Licensing Fees

Massachusetts gaming officials are in some sense preparing for the worst-casino scenario of the 2011 casino law being repealed in a November referendum. It’s improbable, but it could happen. Opponents amassed enough signatures to get a statewide vote on repealing the 2011 law that authorized three casinos, each in three separate geographical regions of the […]

Record $119.4M Bet On Super Bowl In Nevada

More details have come out with regards to how Nevada sports books performed on Super Bowl Sunday. According to the state Gaming Control Board, wagers amounted to a record $119,400,822. The Silver State has 183 sports books. The casinos won $19,673,960 from the game, or 16.5 percent of the bets. That’s also apparently a record. […]

UK Law Could Increase Penalty For Gambling Cheats

A new proposal in the United Kingdom calls for an increase in the penalty for being caught and convicted of cheating at gambling. The full text can be found here. Under the proposed change, the maximum possible jail sentence would go up from two years to 10. Sporting events (explicitly) and online poker (implicitly) would […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: February 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 February 3rd through the 9th. Head to our tournament […]