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Poker Pro Gets Tattoo In $550K Prop Bet

Poker pro Jeff Gross has won more than $1.5 million lifetime in poker tournaments, but he just had perhaps his biggest payday ever thanks to a bizarre prop bet. According to fellow poker player Dan Bilzerian, Gross and amateur poker player Bill Perkins — who happens to have a lot of money from the business […]

WPT Announces Second Half Of Season XII

The World Poker Tour has released the details on the second half of its season XII (2013-14) schedule, with seven main tour stops and nine smaller WPT Regional and WPT National events. There are a number of events returning from prior seasons, with the most notable change being that the WPT World Championship has been […]

Card Player Poker's $25K Prize Summit Tourney

Looking for exciting poker action, but not ready to put up a deposit? Check out Card Player Poker. It offers free, legal poker play, welcomes U.S. players, and just announced a massive $25,000 prize tournament series- the $25,000 Summit. This is a 12-step tournament that will award $25,000 cash in the Step 12 – $25,000 […]

Chris Moorman Cashes For $10 Million Online

In late September, poker pro Chris Moorman reached an unprecedented $10 million in lifetime cashes in online poker tournaments, according to data from tracking site PocketFives. Over his years of play, the 28-year-old has cashed nearly 6,000 times across PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, PartyPoker and the iPoker Network. His largest score during that span was […]

New Jersey Web Poker Won't Have P2P Transfers

Like Nevada, the New Jersey online poker system will not allow players to transfer funds to one another via the online poker software — at least for now. New Jersey plans to kick off its first games on Nov. 26 at 9 a.m. local time. The state legalized web poker earlier this year. PokerStars, which […]

First Casino-Resorts Coming To Sri Lanka's Capital

Two brand new Las Vegas-style casino-resorts are coming to Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo. Crown Ltd, owned by Australian businessman James Packer, is behind one of the projects, while John Keels Holdings is the developer of the second. Other firms have pieces. The two casino complexs will be located in close proximity to one another […]

Another Maryland Casino Adds A Poker Room

Maryland’s Rocky Gap Casino Resort opened its brand new poker room Friday. The move comes after state voters authorized live dealer table games last year and after other Maryland casinos opened their respective poker rooms to much fanfare. Rocky Gap’s room is three tables and offers both limit and no-limit hold’em. In addition to poker, […]

Poker Film 'Runner, Runner' Breaks Even

Despite atrocious reviews, Runner, Runner, which hit U.S. theaters just a handful of days ago, has recouped its $30 million production budget, according Box Office Mojo. Domestically, the film has seen $7,706,712 worth of ticket sales, compared to around $23.4 million in foreign markets. It hit theaters overseas in late September and in the U.S. […]

Maryland Live Poker Room Collects $2.3 Million

Maryland Live’s poker room opened on August 28, and during the month of September collected $2.3 million in revenue (rake), according to a state gambling report released Monday. The room is still booming after collecting $350,000 during its first four days. Many poker players in the state — and region — had been eagerly waiting […]

Horseshoe Cleveland Rebounds In September

The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland rebounded in September, collecting $19,343,135 from customers who gambled, according to a state report released Monday. In August, the casino reported its lowest gaming revenue total since it opened in the spring of 2012. August’s $18,912,221 also put Horseshoe Casino Cleveland behind Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati in the state rankings based on […]

River City Casino To Host HPT Stop This November

The Heartland Poker Tour is coming to the River City Casino in St. Louis, Missouri this November. The eight-event series will feature buy-ins ranging from $150 to the $1,500+$150 HPT main event. The action kicks off Friday, Nov. 1 with a $230 no-limit hold’em tournament. The main event begins Friday, Nov. 8 with the first […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Oct. 7 - 13

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 October 7th through the 13th. Head to our tournament […]

MGM, Boyd File For Web Poker Extensions

MGM, Boyd and Golden Nugget have all officially filed to get another extension on their respective Internet poker plans in Nevada. The firms — which were all approved for Internet gambling last fall — appeared on the agenda for the October meeting of the state’s three-member Gaming Control Board. According to the rules on the […]

Normandie Casino Gives FB Fans $6k Poker Tournament

Join Normandie Casino’s “Event” to play in it’s exclusive Facebook Fans Tournament with a $6,000 guarantee poker tournament. The Facebook Fans poker tournament begins at 5 pm on Monday, October 21st. For a $45+$15 buy-in, players will receive 6,000 worth of starting chips if they “LIKE US” on Facebook plus join our event. In addition […]

Berman Inducted Into Minnesota Poker Hall Of Fame

Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Lyle Berman has been inducted into the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame. He is its first member. The announcement was made Friday at a ceremony held at Canterbury Park Card Casino in Shakopee. The creation of the Hall of Fame was made public in August. “Lyle is not […]

Pete Rose Gambling Checks Up For Auction

A handful of the checks Pete Rose wrote for his gambling habit that resulted in his grueling lifetime ban from baseball went up for auction on Friday. “There is no doubt of the historical significance behind these checks,” Ken Goldin, president of New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions, told ESPN. “Pete is one of the greatest players […]

A Poker Life: Matt Berkey

When he was younger, Matt Berkey had aspirations to play professional baseball, but, after college, his competitive drive sent him in another direction. It’s taken almost a decade, but the cash-game grinder is finally making a name for himself on the tournament circuit. Though he doesn’t play tournaments that often, the Pennsylvania-native has more than […]

Finger Wins EPT London £50k Super High Roller

A total of 57 entries were made in the inaugural European Poker Tout London £50,000 no-limit hold’em super high roller event, building a prize pool of £2,736,866 ($4,386,375 USD). After three days of top-flight tournament poker action the last player standing was Martin Finger, making him the only player to have won both a super […]

Q&A With WSOP Main Event Finalist Ryan Riess

Poker pro Ryan Riess will enter the 2013 World Series of Poker main event final table in November in fifth chip position. He will be looking to cap off an improbable 12-month run of playing cards that could see him turn $50 into $8.3 million, even with heavy losses at roulette along the way. Riess, […]

CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club Will Award $26K For Leaderboard

The Palm Beach Kennel Club will offer players additional incentives to play in the nine-tournament series in December when the card room hosts the Card Player Poker Tour. Palm Beach Kennel Club, one of the largest multi-table poker rooms in the state, will host a Player of the Series leaderboard during the CPPT Dec. 5-16. […]

VIDEO: Meet WSOP November Niner Sylvain Loosli

After seven days of play, 6,352 players were narrowed down to a final table of nine in the 2013 World Series of Poker main event. One of these nine players will earn the title of World Champion and more than $8.3 million dollars. Card Player TV caught up with France’s Sylvain Loosli, who will enter […]

Cates Extends Lead Over Tom Dwan

It is back on — at least for now. Dan Cates and Tom Dwan resumed their Durrrr Challenge this week after a months-long hiatus. According to HighstakesDB, Cates came out in the black $200,000 from the short session, and now sits up around $1.2 million after around 20,000 hands played. Cates is set to receive […]

Crushing $1/$2 and $2/$5 NL Cash Games Webinar Sat.

Today is the last day to watch a FREE cash game video and enroll in a live webinar, taking place Saturday, October 5th at 3 p.m EST. Card Player recently partnered with 2-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan Little to teach a series of live poker training webinars and, as part of this partnership, Little […]

Switch Poker Launches Monthly SPP Race

Switch Poker, the mobile poker room available worldwide to iPhone, iPad and Android users is launching its usual monthly €500 SPPs Race on Oct. 3rd. The race will last for 14 days and the 5 players that play the most will share the €500 prize pool! Race winners will be awarded as follows. 1. €250 […]

'Runner, Runner' Hits Theaters Nationwide Friday

The film “Runner, Runner” is set to hit theaters nationwide on Friday and is considered by many to be the long-anticipated next poker movie from the writers of the cult-classic “Rounders.” However, the writers don’t see it quite like that. Screenwriters David Levien and Brian Koppelman told Bleacher Report: “We don’t really consider Runner, Runner […]

Macau Anticipating Record-Setting October

Gaming revenue figures released this week show that Macau casinos won 28.96 billion patacas ($3.63 billion) from gamblers in the month of September. That amount marked a 21.4-percent gain compared to September 2012. According to Retuers, analysts had predicted gains of 22-25 percent. October reportedly is expected to likely break the record for gaming revenue […]

PokerStars To Spend $10M On AC Poker Room

If/when PokerStars acquires authorization to offer online poker in New Jersey, the firm will begin construction on a $10 million live poker room in Atlantic City, according to reports. Press of Atlantic City reported the price-tag. The room would be built at Resorts Casino Hotel, which PokerStars is partnering with. That casino hasn’t had a […]

Drug Marketplace Using Bitcoins Raided By Feds

Reuters reported that the Bitcoin price took a dive Wednesday after federal authorities cracked down on Silk Road, an online marketplace allegedly used to buy and sell illicit drugs. The site’s owner, Ross William Ulbricht, was arrested in San Francisco on Tuesday. Silk Road allegedly was a place to post ads for illegal products, sold […]

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 […]

Video: Man Attacked By Cops After Leaving Casino

A New Jersey man who was the victim of horrifying police brutality after getting kicked out of an Atlantic City casino is suing the cops, according to reports. Despite the vicious attack, 20-year-old David Connor Castellani faces charges for attempted assault on an officer, resisting arrest and attempting to harm a police dog. The attempting […]