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Finalists Picked For 2013 Poker Hall Of Fame

The preliminary selection process is over and 10 finalists have been unveiled for possible induction into the Poker Hall of Fame this year. Likely just two players will enter as the finalists are subject to a voting process consisting of the 19 living Hall of Fame members and an 18-person media panel. Voting ends Oct. […]

Americans Spent $2.6B On I-Gambling In 2012

Despite online poker’s Black Friday in 2011, the American online betting market was $2.6 billion in 2012, the American Gaming Association said Tuesday. The research was conducted by British-based research firm H2 Gambling Capital. Globally, around $33 billion was spent by online gambling customers in 2012. There have been estimates of the American market being […]

Leominster Approves Slot Gambling Plan

The town of Leominster approved a company’s proposal to build a brand new, state-of-the-art slots parlor there. Only one such facility is allowed to be built in Massachusetts after a 2011 bill was passed and signed into law by the governor. Three towns are competing for such a development. The vote in Leominster was 5,235 […]

Wynn To Run Online Poker From Caesars Property

One may think of the giant casino firms in the United States as competitors, and that’s true on some level, but in reality they are all in the gambling expansion fight together. This week, it was announced that Wynn Resorts and Caesars Entertainment will work together in New Jersey for online gambling. According to Bloomberg, […]

Vancouver Casino Project Has New Life

A casino-hotel project has new life in Vancouver, British Columbia after it was first proposed in 2010 and later rejected by the city in 2011, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Tuesday. In order to appease city officials, the proposal had to be scaled back. There will be fewer slot machines, table games and hotel rooms […]

Tom Dwan Has 'Biggest Loss Ever' On Monday

Tom Dwan has long been considered one of the most aggressive and fearless poker players in the world, and his mind-boggling swings are proof. The poker pro took to Twitter on Tuesday to say that he had just experienced his “biggest loss ever.” That’s a scary thought. Now, assuming that his comment referred to a […]

Phil Ivey Gives Rare On-Camera Interview

It’s very rare for Phil Ivey to do an interview, especially on-camera. However, the “Ivey Poker” brand has just launched a mobile app, and that had the high-stakes gambler talking. Though he looked tense and a bit uncomfortable, Ivey was able to pitch the product. Ivey Poker already had a Facebook app with around 10,000 […]

Mike Matusow Gets Slowrolled By Shaun Deeb

One of poker’s unwritten rules is never slowroll your opponent. It’s just bad etiquette and detrimental to the health of the game. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t sometimes hilarious. In a recent $25-$50 no-limit hold’em cash game as part of Poker Night in America, poker pros Mike Matusow and Shaun Deeb were tangled up […]

New Jersey On Track For Online Poker By December

All signs point to the state of New Jersey being fully prepared by the end of November to see at least one of its licensees debut online gambling, the Associated Press reported Monday. The Garden State legalized online gambling — which includes poker — earlier this year, after a hard-fought battle in the legislature and […]

Men Of Action: Titanic Thompson

As far as a pure American character, it’s hard to beat Titanic Thompson, who won and lost more than $10 million during his long life as a top-notch gambler, confidence man and hustler. While our grandfathers used wrenches, welding torches and hammers in their jobs, Thompson’s tools were much different: Both right and left handed […]

Card Player Poker School: Questions And Answers

At the Card Player Poker School we answer your questions about the game. If you have anything kicking around in your head, please don’t hesitate to ask by sending them in to support@cardplayerpokerschool.com. Here’s a look at a few of the recent ones. Q: How much money do I need to start with and how […]

Bernard Lee: The Luck of the (Table) Draw

Is poker based on luck or skill? For many poker aficionados, including myself, there is little doubt that skill plays a larger part in poker than luck. In August 2012, Judge Jack Weinstein of the United States District Court in Brooklyn, NY concluded that poker was predominantly a game of skill. In his ruling, he […]

Wynn Partners With 888 For Nevada Web Poker

Wynn Resorts, the giant casino firm run by billionaire Las Vegas legend Steve Wynn, will be getting on board with 888 Holdings for online gambling, according to a Monday announcement. 888 and Avenue Capital Group teamed up to create the “All American Poker Network” and that is what Wynn Resorts will be utilizing for its […]

European Court: Italy Cannot Block Online Poker

A European court has issued a preliminary ruling that Italy cannot legally block some gambling sites from accessing its 61 million person population. Critics for Italy’s practice reportedly think that the country was simply trying to protect its “€2 billion gambling monopoly, belonging to the Italian state and a few authorized private partners,” according to […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Sept. 23 -29

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 September 23rd through the 29th. Head to our tournament […]

WSOP Site Hits 152-Player High On Sunday

Sundays, historically, have been the busiest days in the online poker world, and the newly-launched World Series of Poker-branded site in the state of Nevada hit a peak of 152 cash game players on Sunday — its highest total since debuting statewide on Thursday. That data is according to tracking from PokerScout.com. For comparison, Ultimate […]

Cleveland Casino Wasn't 'Positioned As A Savior'

Ohio’s commercial brick-and-mortar casino industry is still in its infancy, as operators are still figuring out how much gaming revenue the market will provide, in addition to what steps can be taken to strengthen or expand their respective gambling businesses. The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Rock Gaming, opened in May […]

Free Training From Card Player & Jonathan Little

Card Player is pleased to announce that we have partnered with 2-time World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Little to teach a series of live poker training webinars. To kick off our partnership, Jonathan has agreed to give away one of his recent training webinars. It’s called “5 Concepts You Must Master to Win at Poker […]

Diana Cox Joins Card Player Media as CPPT Director

Diana Cox has joined Card Player Media as the Director of the Card Player Poker Tour, a nationwide tour entering its second season. Cox joins Card Player with just over five years of experience in the poker industry which began at the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. A former freelance journalist and […]

Anthony Zinno Wins WPT Borgata Poker Open

A total of 1,189 entries were made in the 2013 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event, building a $3,805,989 prize pool that blew away the event’s $3 million guarantee. Six days after the gigantic event got underway only one player remains: 31-year-old Anthony Zinno, from Cranston, Rhode Island. For the […]

Penn National Gets Restructuring Approval

Penn National Gaming announced Thursday that it was closer to securing a restructuring plan that would allow it to potentially build a casino in Prince George’s County, Maryland should state regulators approve that plan, according to the Baltimore Sun. Penn National said in a press release, “On November 15, 2012, the Company announced its intent […]

TSA Employees Fired After Airport Gambling Bust

Dozens of Transportation Security Administration employees have been disciplined in some fashion after it was discovered that they had been involved with an intra-office gambling ring at Pittsburgh International Airport, according to reporting from CBS. It reportedly wasn’t an innocuous March Madness pool that got them in trouble. Some allegedly profited from the gambling, which […]

Vandeven and Miles Top CPPT Season II Leaderboard

With Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour underway Harvey Vandeven and Timothy Miles have taken over the leaderboard as the top earners on the season after the completion of the first stop at bestbet Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida. Vandeven and Miles made an even chop for the money during their heads-up match in […]

Blom Approaching The Red For The Year

After another horrible week at the high-stakes online poker tables, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has reached his lowest point on the year since early in January. According to HighstakesDB, Blom dropped about $560,000 over the past seven days, which puts his winnings on the year at around $650,000. He was, at one point this year, up […]

VIDEO: Meet November Niner Jay Farber

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 Jay Farber, who is coming into […]

Lehavot Selling Action For Final Table

In a move that had some people in the poker world astonished, 2013 main event finalist Amir Lehavot, who sits second in chips, has decided to sell shares for his final table action. Lehavot announced the sale via his Twitter, which linked to a poker forum post. Lehavot is looking to find buyers for 30 […]

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 […]

WSOP Real-Money Nevada Online Poker Underway

Real-money online poker in Nevada is finally running statewide for a World Series of Poker-branded online poker site utilizing a version of the software of 888 Holdings. The product was available for all of those physically within the Silver State’s borders as of 9:19 a.m. local time. The date was announced Monday in a conference […]

Big Action This Weekend on Sportsbook Poker

The Poker Maximus VI tournament series at Sportsbook Poker is in full swing. This poker series carries over $3,000,000 in total guarantees across 85 events and caters to the amateur player. This Sunday will feature 10 different main events at buy-ins ranging from just $1 to $500. The highlight is the $250,000 guaranteed $200 buy-in […]

Court Gives New Jersey Setback In Sports Case

On Tuesday it was made public that a federal appeals court ruled against the state of New Jersey in its quest to allow sports betting within its borders. However, the Garden State has an option to request a review of that decision, or appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision from the […]