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Genting To Build New Casino In South Korea

A new casino is coming to South Korea’s Jeju Island. The price tag? A whopping $2.2 billion. The firms behind the plan are Genting and Landing International Development. According to Bloomberg, “Resorts World Jeju will be modeled after Genting’s Resorts World Sentosa, one of Singapore’s two gambling resorts, and will be developed by a 50-50 […]

More Charges For Alleged Borgata Cheat

Things just got a bit worse for Christian Lusardi, the man accused of using counterfeit poker chips in the now-canceled Borgata poker tournament. The scandal quickly became known in the poker community as “Chip Gate.” Thanks to the chip investigation, federal authorities allegedly discovered that Lusardi had been pirating thousands of DVDs at his residence. […]

IGT Brings On Former Zynga Executive

International Game Technology, which is known for being a leading slot machine maker in Las Vegas, has hired a former Zynga executive as vice president of games for DoubleDown Casino, according to VentureBeat. DoubleDown is the firm’s venture into the online gaming space. IGT is licensed by Nevada for real-money online gambling offerings. Jim Veevaert, […]

Mike McDonald: Plays Poker For Cash, Not Glory

It’s been an incredible eight-month stretch for Canadian poker pro Mike McDonald. The 24-year-old from Waterloo, Ontario has been on a tear since May of 2013, making nine final tables and earning over $5.4 million in tournament earnings. Not bad for a guy who considers himself to be semi-retired. McDonald, known as ‘Timex’ in the […]

Woman Hits $29M Jackpot On Faulty Slot Machine

An apparent software glitch in a slot machine at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, Indiana awarded a woman nearly $29 million on January 11. She left empty-handed. According to reporting from a local ABC station, Jennifer Carmin sat down at the penny slot and before she knew it, the machine was flashing a number […]

Hollywood Casino St. Louis Welcomes HPO In March

Poker players of all levels from across the globe will have the opportunity to play alongside – or even beat – World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker this spring. Penn National Gaming’s second season of the Hollywood Poker Open continues with a qualifying event at the all-new Hollywood Casino St. Louis, March 7 – […]

Ivey Wins $250k Aussie Millions Super High Roller

Phil Ivey has added another incredible achievement to his unrivaled poker resume, topping an elite field of 46 entries in the 2014 LK Boutique $250,000 Aussie Millions Challenge to win $4 million AUD ($3,573,600 USD). Ivey won this very event in 2012 and now holds the honor of being the first two-time champion. As a […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: February 10 - 16

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 10th through the 16th. Head to our tournament […]

WATCH: Story Of Poker Pro Convicted Of Murder

Former poker professional Ernie Scherer III, who was arrested in 2009 for killing his parents and later convicted, was recently the subject of the CBS show “Forty Eight Hours”. The segment was titled: “The Country Club Murders: Did skyrocketing debt push a former high roller to savagely kill his parents?” The show can be watched […]

Training Site 1to5 Offers Players Way To Improve Quickly

A new poker training site called 1to5 is allowing its members to join the biggest games in the world alongside players such as Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson and more. The training and entertainment site takes showdowns from a great playlist of hands from poker tours such as the WPT, WSOP, EPT […]

CPPT Foxwoods Results: Events 1-3

The third stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino February 8 and will host a series of 11 tournaments through February 17, culminating with a $1,650 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event February 14-17. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. 1: No-Limit […]

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 […]