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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 […]

Carbon Poker Kicks Off $25K Freeroll Fury

This February, Carbon Poker players can win their share of over $25,000 with the Freeroll Fury promotion. Players simply have to opt-in to the Carbon Poker admin to receive their free entry into one of 28 daily $1,000 freerolls. If you’d like to earn more freeroll entries, there are three ways to do it. 1. […]

NV Sports Books Win Big On Super Bowl

The big game yesterday is expected to have netted Nevada sports books millions in profits, according to reporting from the Las Vegas Sun. Around two out of every three sports bettors wagered on Denver minus-2.5 against Seattle. The Seahawks crushed, winning by a score of 43-8 and making the game itself a dud. Silver State […]

NJ Bill Calls For Internet Gambling Expansion

A new bill in the New Jersey legislature calls for a massive expansion of the existing real-money online gambling in the state, which kicked off late last year. Senate bill No. 980 would “authorize permits for certain New Jersey casinos for interstate and foreign Internet wagering.” In other words, those who have been approved for […]

Mercier Talks Faith, Goals, Business For 2014

Jason Mercier exploded onto the live tournament scene in 2008, winning the European Poker Tour San Remo main event for nearly $1.4 million after winning his entry in an online satellite. Still in his twenties, Mercier has already managed to become one of the most successful tournament players in the history of poker, winning 18 […]

Koutoupas Denies Katchalov EPT Deauville Title

Sotirios Koutoupas has emerged victorious in the 2014 European Poker Tour Deauville €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event, taking home the €614,000 ($839,670) first-place prize and earning 1,680 Card Player Player of the Year points, which catapulted him into third place in the POY race standings. In addition to the money and the ranking points Koutoupas […]

Merulla Wins WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event

Anthony Merulla topped a gigantic field of 1,229 entrants in the 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event, earning $842,379 and 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. As a result the 39-year-old financial professional climbed to sixth place in the 2014 POY race standing. […]

CPPT: Foxwoods Tournament Series Begins February 8

Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour will continue on this month, making its third stop of the season at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut Feb. 8-17. The stop comes on the heels of the Palm Beach Kennel Club, which wrapped up Dec. 16 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The much anticipated series […]

Nevada Poker Finally On The Upswing

Nevada casinos had a very strong calendar year in terms of gaming revenue, or the amount won off of gamblers. According to a 2013 revenue report released Friday, Silver State casinos raked in $11.14 billion — a 2.6-percent increase over 2012. A total of 339 properties statewide generated the 11-figure sum. The performance was the […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From January

The gambling world can sometimes produce really off-the-wall stories. Every month there are plenty of cases of individuals going to extreme lengths to pay back debts, or of simply bizarre behavior at casino properties around the globe. It can be entertaining and sometimes sad. January was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

Tollerene, Blom Have $1M Months To Start 2014

Two of the biggest winners in 2013 have started off the new year with a continuance of their same winning ways. Both Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene enjoyed months of January of $1.6 million and $1.4 million, respectively, according to data from HighstakesDB. Blom’s profits have come over nearly 50,000 hands, while Tollerene […]

South Dakota Proposal Would Expand Gambling

A proposal up for consideration in the South Dakota legislature would allow casinos in the city of Deadwood to be able to expand their gambling offerings. The authorization would come in the form of a constitutional amendment. The Associated Press reported that the State Affairs Committee voted 10-1 this week for the measure. It would […]

Mayweather Bets Millions On Super Bowl

Boxing star Floyd Mayweather apparently loves to roll the dice. For this Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl featuring the Denver Broncos versus the Seattle Seahawks, Mayweather reportedly has bet a massive sum of $13 million. Most of that money is going on the Broncos, who are the slight favorites in the big game. CONFIRMED Floyd Mayweather […]

Poker Pro To Appear On New 'Survivor'

The long-running TV series “Survivor” will feature another poker player when it hits airwaves in late February. Cash game professional Garrett Adelstein was selected as one of the contestants on the show, following in the footsteps of Jean-Robert Bellande in 2007. Adelstein, a 27-year-old Arizonan residing in Santa Monica, also has more than $120,000 in […]

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 […]

A Poker Life: Australian Jackie Glazier

It’s only been a little more than three years since Australia’s Jackie Glazier became a professional poker player, but during that time she has already grown from a local low-stakes grinder into a staple of the international circuit and one the best newcomers to the game today. The 40-year-old has racked up $1.2 million in […]

MA Lottery Wants To Test Free-Play Online Poker

On Tuesday, lottery officials in the state of Massachusetts reportedly asked lawmakers to say OK to it testing the viability of offering Internet gambling. Massachusetts is in the middle of figuring out who should be able to build new Las Vegas-style casinos in the state, one in three geographical regions. “We are not proposing to […]

Win a $2,500 LSOP Millions Package With Americas Cardroom

This February, you have six chances to win your way into the LSOP Millions in Panama with Americas Cardroom for just $55. The LSOP Millions is coming to the Majestic Casino in Panama this March, but thanks to a revolutionary new concept, players won’t have to invest the time, money and energy into traveling to […]

CPPT: The Irish Open in the Beginning

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 […]

CA Poker Advocate Convicted Of Voter Fraud

One of the men who had spearheaded past efforts for online poker in the state of California has been convicted of perjury and voter fraud. On Tuesday, a jury found California Sen. Roderick D. Wright guilty, the Los Angeles Times reported. He could face more than eight years in prison for the crimes. Has was […]