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First Virtual Currency Hearing Held In U.S.

Congressmen from the United States met publicly for the country’s first ever hearing on virtual currencies, most notably the skyrocketing bitcoin. The hearing was entitled “Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, and Promises of Virtual Currencies” and lasted around three hours. Silk Road was an online marketplace where users could buy illicit goods using bitcoins. […]

Some Full Tilt Poker Cash Outs By April

The Full Tilt remission process could come to a close for some during the first quarter of next year, according to the firm in charge of compensating former American players. The deadline for most victims to file a claim was this past Saturday, and on Friday Garden City Group released an important update on its […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Nov. 18 - 24

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 November 18th through the 24th. Head to our tournament […]

Vadim Trincher Pleads Guilty In Gambling Case

World Poker Tour champion Vadim Trincher has admitted to being involved with an illegal sports betting operation that catered to wealthy bettors in the U.S. and Europe. According to the New York Daily News, Trincher’s business typically dealt with soccer matches. He was on the hook for decades in prison, but thanks to the plea […]

Adelson To Launch Anti-Online Poker Group

Sheldon Adelson is ready to spend lavishly on fighting online gambling in the U.S. According to The Washington Post, the billionaire owner of Las Vegas Sands Corp. will be launching a public campaign to fight legalization of Internet betting. It’s unclear how much he will spend, but his bank account is nearly limitless and he […]

Philipp Gruissem Wins $100,000 St. Kitts High Roller

German high stakes poker pro Philipp Gruissem has topped a field of 28 entries to emerge victorious in the 2013 World Poker Tour Alpha8 St. Kitts $100,000 super high roller less than a month after winning the £100,000 WPT Alpha8 London. This was Gruissem’s third title of 2013, each coming in an event with a […]

A Poker Life: Mark Radoja

Last summer, Canadian Mark Radoja won the $10,000 World Series of Poker heads-up no-limit hold’em event, capping off a four-year run at the annual summer series that included 12 cashes, four final tables and two bracelet wins. All told, the 28-year-old Guelph, Ontario resident has banked more than $1.6 million on the live tournament circuit […]

VIDEO: High Stakes Cash Game Talks Poker Strategy

Phil Galfond is one of the most successful high stakes cash game players of the modern poker era, particularly excelling in online nosebleed-stakes cash games. Galfond has won more than $8.5 million online according to tracking sites, with another $1.8 million in live tournament wins and a World Series of Poker gold brace also under […]

Some Banks Still Restricting Web Poker Deposits

Online poker is legal in three U.S. states, but some banks and payment processors are still rejecting deposits into online poker sites in those jurisdictions. The ban is a remnant of the antiquated 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which made it illegal to process payments for web gambling. The onus was put on credit-card […]

Bitcoins Might Become Regulated: Report

Bitcoins, the online virtual currency that has generated some interest from the online poker world, might soon be under regulatory scope in New York. According to The New York Times, the state’s top financial regulator is looking at issuing a “BitLicense” for firms conducting transactions in currencies like bitcoin. A public hearing will soon be […]

Cash Game Strategy With Live At The Bike

Card Player is excited to announce a partnership with the Bicycle Casino and Live at the Bike, the industry’s leading live cash game webcast. CardPlayer.com will host the live cash game streams for all Live at the Bike webcasts (every Tuesday and Friday, 7:30-10:30 p.m. PST) and also partner with Live at the Bike for […]

Switch Poker Giving Away Android Tablets

Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 18, new and existing Switch Poker users who make a minimum deposit of just €25 will be eligible to win an Android Tablet. New players simply need to enter the code FREETAB in the cashier page. Existing players just have to make the deposit and email support@switchpoker.com to enter. After […]

Online Poker: Niklas Heinecker Up $4.2 Million

Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker won $400,000 over the past seven days on Full Tilt Poker, which brings his winnings on the year on the site to $4.19 million, according to HighstakesDB. The German is now the biggest winner on the year in the online poker world. His performance has been incredible, since he didn’t start playing […]

Dan Shak To Host Charity Poker Event Thursday

Hedge fund manager and professional poker player Dan Shak will host the annual charity poker event he co-founded on Thursday night in New York City. Phil Hellmuth was scheduled to emcee the event. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with registration, a poker tutorial session and buffet dinner and cocktails. The tournament officially starts at […]

Three And Four-Betting Live Webinar This Sunday

Three and four-betting…are you doing it enough? Poker pro Jonathan Little has been experimenting a lot with three and four-betting more. Check out this 2-minute video from Jonathan Little In his books, Little discusses how he likes calling with hands that flop decently well and then three-betting a polarized range, but he knows he has […]

Casino Owner: No Death Penalty For Shooter

Casino owner and porn magazine publisher Larry Flynt reportedly has filed court papers to try and prevent the state execution of the man who shot and paralyzed him from the waist down. Joseph Paul Franklin, a serial killer, shot Flynt in 1978. He has been on death row in Missouri for a different crime. Altogether, […]

Poker Pro Mike Sica Passes Away From Cancer

Poker pro Mike Sica, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2004, passed away on Wednesday due to lung cancer, according to reports. Sica, nicknamed “Little Man”, was 69. The New Jersey native recorded around $1.2 million in career tournament earnings. “I had come back from playing at the Borgata and had a […]

Report: Amaya Gaming Exec Paul Leggett Steps Down

Paul Leggett, the vice president of online for Amaya Gaming Group Inc., has stepped down in order to supposedly expedite the firm’s approval for New Jersey online gambling, according to USPoker.com. Leggett was once the chief operating officer of Tokwiro Enterprises, which owned both UB and Absolute Poker, two sites that were targets of a […]

Sites Offering Pre-Registers For NJ Web Gambling

The New Jersey soft launch of online gambling is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 21, and a handful of firms have offered potential players the chance to pre-register for accounts. On Wednesday, Nevada-based Ultimate Gaming said that it was “encouraging” interested parties to signup at UCasino.com, which will offer a wide array of casino games, including […]

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 […]

Poker Strategy: Fixing The Broken Poker Mind

Poker, it’s the nuts when you’re running well. You appear and feel as though you’re a magnet for money. Great karma envelops you! You visualize new dreams, and even consummate some. Your confidence is elevated, enhancing your performance in all areas of life. Friends accumulate; potential dates have a newfound interest in you. Life is […]

FTP Victims Have Until Saturday To File A Claim

Victims of the Full Tilt Poker fraud only have a few days left to file a claim online for possible compensation. On September 16 and September 17, Garden City Group, the payment processor hired by the government to facilitate the cash outs, sent notices to all potentially eligible petitioners identified utilizing data supplied by the […]

PokerStars Takes A Page Out Of Zynga's Playbook

Not long ago PokerStars added the option for players, including those within the U.S., to buy extra play money chips. The model is similar to that of Facebook giant Zynga, which has built a social poker empire out of convincing people to buy the “fake” chips. Without spending a cent, PokerStars players can acquire 1,000 […]

Get $50 Free For First Ultimate Poker Deposit

Right now, players making a first-time deposit into Ultimate Poker are eligible for a $50 free cash bonus. To qualify, simply make a minimum deposit of $50 and earn 1,500 XP Points within 90 days. Once you do, be sure to take advantage of Happy Hour, which runs twice a day at 5 p.m and […]

Online Sports Book Has Clinton As 2:1 Favorite

The 2016 U.S. presidential election is a ways away, but that hasn’t stopped some online sports books in Europe from starting to take action on the event. In fact, one of those online bookmakers already has one candidate as a 2:1 favorite. William Hill, based in London, recently had Hilary Clinton at 5:2 to take […]

Art Dealer Pleads Guilty In Gambling Case

A New York-based art dealer has pleaded guilty to involvement in an illegal sports betting operation with alleged links to the Russian mob. The Associated Press reported that Hillel “Helly” Nahmad had been on the hook for racketeering, money laundering and fraud. However, those charges, thanks to him admitting to illegal gambling and paying a […]

Card Player Poker Tour 23 Days of Christmas at PBKC

The Card Player Poker Tour will stop at Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida just before Christmas, but players can begin the holiday celebrations a bit early. Beginning Dec. 1, just prior to the start of the CPPT Dec. 5-16, Palm Beach Kennel Club will host a 23 Days of Christmas promotion […]

TV Producer Seeks No Jail Time For I-Gambling

Lawyers for a Hollywood producer who pleaded guilty to operating an illegal Internet gambling business are asking a federal judge to give probation, instead of sending him to prison. The guideline is six months to a year. Bryan Zuriff, a 44-year-old producer of the TV series Ray Donovan and movies The Details and The Messenger, […]

WSOP.com Improves Action Club Loyalty Program

WSOP.com has announced a new and more aggressive player rakeback system with the improved WSOP Action Club Loyalty Program, designed to award up to four times the points for Nevada online players. Beginning Nov. 1, the new multipliers are as follows. Silver members increase from: 1x to 4x Gold members increase from: 2x to 5x […]

Jay Farber To Buy Ferrari And Aston Martin

Las Vegas nightclub promoter Jay Farber finished second in the World Series of Poker main event last week, capturing a massive pre-tax sum of $5,174,357. Farber apparently was making good money at his night job prior to the giant score, but now will be purchasing a house (unclear how expensive), a Ferrari and an Aston […]