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Hard Rock Poker Showndown Kicks Off In March

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood’s fourth annual Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament series will run March 27 – April 16, 2014 with the championship held April 10 – 16. The series will take place in the resort ballrooms with the televised Championship Final Table held at Hard Rock Live. The 21-day tournament […]

NJ Revising Tax Estimates For I-Gambling

The New Jersey online gaming industry has been steadily growing since its inception in late November of last year. Despite this, the state is revising some of its projections on tax revenue from the new games. To put it simply, some predicted that the games would be more lucrative right off the bat than they […]

Penn National Breaks Ground On Gambling Facility

Construction is underway at Penn National’s Plainridge Park Casino in Massachusetts. The company received approval from the state last month to operate Massachusetts’ only slots-only parlor. A 2011 state law authorized such a facility. Three commercial Las Vegas-style are coming to the state as well. “Today marks a significant moment in the growth and future […]

LSOP Millions: Carter Gill Wins Main Event

Latin America has been good to Carter Gill, and during the early evening hours of Mar. 15 things got even better. The American pro won the inaugural Latin Series of Poker Millions main event for $175,070, marking his fifth straight final table and second career title in the region. “I don’t how that’s possible but […]

Mike Leah Wins Two WSOP Circuit Rings In One Day

Mike Leah achieved one of poker’s most rare feats on Friday, March 14th at the Bicycle Casino. In the span of one day he took down two live poker tournaments, winning his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring in a $580 no-limit hold’em event and then hopping into the $365 no-limit hold’em turbo […]

James Carroll Wins 2014 WPT Bay 101 Main Event

Less than a week after topping a 613-entry field in a $550 Wynn Classic prelim James Carroll emerged victorious in the 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 no-limit hold’em main event. Carroll overcame a record field of 718 entries to win his first major live tournament, the $1,256,550 first-place prize and 1,824 […]

LSOP: Leonardo Tarazona Leads Final Table

Leonardo Tarazona will lead the final table of the Latin Series of Poker Millions when the final day begins at 2pm EST Mar. 15 with a stack of 2.653 million. “It’s been a really difficult day for me. I took a bad beat earlier but I just played really well and I was confident about […]

New Hampshire House Kills Casino Legislation

The New Hampshire House has voted against a proposal for a casino with up to 5,000 slots and 150 table games, the Associated Press reported. The Thursday vote was 173-144 against the proposal. The governor of New Hampshire has been vigorously pushing the casino plan. “Despite today’s vote, I continue to believe that developing our […]

Dan Cates Wins $1.1 Million In Seven Days

Massive limit deuce-to-seven triple draw games have been running on Full Tilt Poker recently, resulting in some big wins for well-known poker pros. Dan “jungleman12” Cates has benefited the most, adding tons to his already solid upswing. Over the past seven days on Full Tilt, he’s up $1.1 million. This month he’s up $1.6 million. […]

Mukul Pahuja Leads WPT Bay 101 Final Table

The 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 main event attracted a record turnout of 718 entries, building a $5,133,700 prize pool. From this huge field now only six players remain to battle it out for the title and the $1,256,550 first-place prize. The chip leader heading into the final table is Mukul […]

LSOP: Alberto Cartin Leads Day 5

Another day belonged to Costa Rica’s Alberto Cartin when day 4 of the Latin Series of Poker Millions came to an end. The guitarist and online tournament specialist will lead the final 26 players with a stack of 1,655,000 when day 5 begins Friday, Mar. 14 at the Majestic Casino in Panama City, Panama. Cartin […]

CPPT: History of the Irish Open – 1996-2000

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 […]

LSOP: Q & A With Bill Cole

Redondo Beach, California resident Bill Cole went all the way to Aruba before coming to play the final days of the Latin Series of Poker Millions in Panama City, Panama this week. Card Player caught up with him for a few minutes at the end of day 3 to see how things were going for […]

IGT: 'Social' Poker Play By Women On The Rise

Gaming on what are considered “social” applications has become big business, even drawing the interest of the top real-money gambling firms in recent years. It’s not only very lucrative, but it gets people acclimated to games before trying them in a live casino setting. Also, since it’s technically considered free-to-play, firms can have access to […]

New Jersey Online Gambling Revenue Hits $10M

New Jersey online gambling revenue experienced a solid increase for the month of February, according to a state report issued this week. According to the state Division of Gaming Enforcement, despite three fewer calendar days, Internet gaming win increased 8.9 percent, from $9.5 million in January 2014 to $10.3 million for February 2014. Internet gaming […]

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 […]

LSOP: Alon Raz Leads Day 4

Seventy-three players returned but only 44 remained when chips were bagged for the night and it was Irsael’s Alon Raz who held the chiplead with 1,203,000 at the end of Day 3 in the Latin Series of Poker Millions. Raz will be trailed by Andreas Parias with 804,000, Guillermo Echevvaria with 722,000 and Carter Gill […]

LSOP: Q & A With Alberto Cartin

Alberto Cartin has emerged as one to watch during the Latin Series of Poker Millions. The Costa Rican guitarist finished Day 1C with the overall chiplead with about 377,000 and then went on to bag up the most chips on Day 2 as well. When Day 3 began, Cartin was sitting with over 816,000 in […]

A Look At The Poker Tournament Shot Clock Debate

David Sands has retired, and yet, the poker tournament shot clock debate rages on. During last week’s World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic main event, the players in the field were asked whether or not they felt that poker tournaments should implement a shot clock into the game, speeding up the decision making process and […]

WPT Bay 101 Draws Record Field of 718

Registration is closed in the 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star main event, and the official numbers are in. A record field of 718 entries were made over the two starting days to build a $5,133,700 prize pool, the largest in the event’s eleven-year history. The top 72 finishers will make the money, […]

Las Vegas Casino Legend Jackie Gaughan Dies

One of Las Vegas’ gaming legends passed away on Wednesday at the age of 93. John “Jackie” Gaughan, who once controlled a quarter of the gaming in Downtown, Las Vegas, had spent the last part of his life living in a hotel above the El Cortez. Despite his old age and dementia, he could occasionally […]

Borgata Announces NJ Online Poker Championship

Borgata Poker, powered by PartyPoker, has announced the inaugural New Jersey Online Poker Championship, a 10-tournament series scheduled to kick off in April. The series is tentatively scheduled for April 19-27, with $500,000 in guarantees, including a $200,000 main event with a $50,000 first-place prize. The first event will be a $50,000 freeroll. The other […]

Poker Pro Second To Be Voted Off 'Survivor'

Cash game pro Garrett Adelstein recently joined the short list of poker players who have made appearances on main stream reality TV shows. However, unfortunately for him, he was voted off early on the latest season of Survivor, thanks to a blunder. Viewers were made aware of Adelstein’s departure in late February. The show — […]

Caesars Reports Losing $1.756 Billion In Q4

Caesars Entertainment Corp. said this week that it lost $1.756 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Atlantic City was largely to blame, according to the report. The massive loss was posted after the company saw more than $2 billion in revenue during the period, which ended on Dec. […]

Italian Poker Pro Filippo Candio Calls It Quits

Sometimes making the main event final table isn’t the best for one’s poker life. Italian player Filippo Candio, who was a member of the 2010 November Nine, took to social media last week to announce that he would soon stop playing. One of the reasons for his retirement is that he’s fed up with reading […]

2014 Player of the Year: Moorman Into Top Five

The top twenty has seen a major shake-up 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: World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Main Event Chris Moorman emerged victorious in […]

LSOP: Alberto Cartin Leads Once Again

Upwards of $175,000 will soon belong to a single player in the Latin Series of Poker Millions. Day 2 began at 2 pm EST March 11 with 130 hopefuls, but when chips were bagged for the night only 72 remained. The chiplead once again belonged to Costa Rican Alberto Cartin, who bagged up a whopping […]

LSOP: Q & A With Jose “Nacho” Barbero

Team PokerStars Pro Jose “Nacho” Barbero bagged the chiplead with 336,000 on Day 1A of the Latin Series of Poker Millions and held it through Day 1B. But when Day 1C came to a close, Barbero had been pushed down a notch by the 371,500 stack held by Alberto Artiago. Card Player caught up with […]

Ed Miller Discusses His New Poker Strategy Book

Poker author and Card Player columnist Ed Miller has written eight books on the game, selling over 250,000 copies to aspiring poker players around the world. It started with Small Stakes Hold’em: Winning Big With Expert Play and continued with No-Limit Hold’em: Theory and Practice. Since, Miller has added Playing The Player: Moving Beyond ABC […]

MD Looks To Impose Fines On Underage Gamblers

Maryland is looking at imposing penalties for those caught gambling while underage at casinos in the state. Under the proposed law change, a first offense would be a fine up to $100, a second would be $500 and a third $1,000. The third would also force those underage to participate in gambling addiction treatment. According […]