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Steve Wynn Ditches Philly Casino Plan

Wynn Resorts, the giant casino firm owned by billionaire Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn, has backed out of its proposal to build a brand new casino in Philadelphia. The firm announced Monday in a statement: “The Wynn Resorts Board of Directors recently met to carefully examine the feasibility and opportunities associated with the company’s domestic […]

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This Week In Tournament Poker: Nov. 11 - 17

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 11th through the 17th. Head to our tournament […]

Johnson: 'Love' That Riess Wore My Jersey

Poker receives some serious attention across the country around this time of year. The World Series of Poker crowned Michigan native Ryan Riess as its 2013 main event champion last week, and during the final table the 23-year-old sported a Detroit Lions jersey. The player was none other than superstar wide receiver Calvin Johnson. Thanks […]

Talking Stick To Host Thanksgiving Charity Event

Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona is gearing up for their 11th annual Thanksgiving Charity Poker Tournament on Nov. 16. The event will be held in the ARENA poker room with proceeds benefiting the United Food Bank Services. The $50+$25 buy-in tournament features a $12,500 guarantee, with the registration fee going to families in need. […]

Andrew Brokos: Own Your Bad Play

Prologue We were in the money in a $215 World Championship of Online Poker event. Blinds were 1,500-3,000, and the action folded to the button, who opened with a raise to 6,000. I was sure he’d have an extremely wide range for making this play, and with just 82,000 remaining in his stack, I believed […]

Delaware Online Poker Has Official Statewide Launch

Delaware has become the second state in the country with statewide real-money online poker, and the first with play on other games such as slots, roulette and blackjack. Delaware had a soft launch on Halloween, but now all eligible individuals physically within the state’s borders can log on and play state-sanctioned games. In other words, […]

MGM Maryland Would Be Its First Smoke-Free Casino

If MGM Resorts International wins the right to build a brand new casino in Prince George’s County, Maryland it would be the casino giant’s first smoke-free casino anywhere in the world, according to reporting from The Washington Post. The state of Maryland, which is in the midst of deciding who will be able to build […]

Maryland Live! Room Packed Two Months After Opening

Two months after opening their doors, the Maryland Live! Casino poker room in Hanover is still going strong, according to Poker Room Director Mike Smith. “The response from local players has been extremely positive and overwhelming,” he said. “There are many days we could use an additional 52 tables! Our intention is to make The […]

Q&A: Lehavot Talks WSOP Main Event Final Table

Amir Lehavot started playing online poker back in 2008, turning pro in 2009. It was a late start for the now 38-year-old from Tel Aviv, Israel, but in that short span of time, he’s managed to earn over $6 million in combined live and online winnings. In 2011, the man who now lives Weston, Florida […]

Foxwoods Guarantees and Palm Beach Prizes

Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour is underway with one stop complete and multiple stops coming up. Take a look at the weekly happenings and the latest news about the CPPT: Foxwoods Adds Guarantees Foxwoods Resort Casino has added guarantees to each of the 11-tournaments on the upcoming Card Player Poker Tour stop. […]

Online Poker Sites Get New Jersey Approval

A handful of well-known Internet betting firms were given the OK on Friday by New Jersey gaming regulators to soon offer games to those physically within the state. The Division of Gaming Enforcement released a couple of documents (here and here) that said firms such as Bwin.party, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Ultimate Poker, 888, Bally Technologies, […]

Armored Gunman Opens Fire On Detroit Gamblers

The tragic shooting that happened in the city of Detroit, Michigan this week has a gambling connection. The shooter, who was wearing body armor, opened fire on the 20 to 30 people in the backroom of the barbershop who were gambling. Three people died in what the Detroit Police Chief called “urban terrorism.” Crime has […]

Borgata Allowing Online Poker Signups Ahead Of Launch

The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa has unveiled two domains — BorgataPoker.com and BorgataCasino.com — and is allowing signups before its launches online gambling on Nov. 26. “Sign up now and be the first to know when the excitement of the Borgata Casino comes online,” the website says. The casino will offer a handful of […]

$14 Million In Full Tilt Losses For Hansen

Gus Hansen lost more than $200,000 on Thursday, which brings his lifetime losses on the Full Tilt Poker software to $13,998,140, according to HighstakesDB. Hansen dropped $2 million over the past seven days to send his career deficit on the software to a new all-time low. Hansen has about double the losses of the second-worst […]

Another NJ Casino Files For Bankruptcy Protection

New Jersey’s Atlantic Club Casino Hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, marking the second casino there this year to do so. The other was Revel. In fact, as the Associated Press reported, half of the 12 casinos in Atlantic City have filed for bankruptcy protection over the past six years. The Atlantic […]

2013 Punta Cana Poker Classic Kicks Off Next Week

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, on the Eastern coast of the Dominican Republic is set to host a 10-event series of poker tournaments from Nov. 11th – 17th. The highlight of the entire series is the $500,000 guaranteed $1,500 + $150 no-limit hold’em main event which begins with the first of […]

Schwartz: Farber Should Get 'AA' Or 'Lucksac' Tattoo

Las Vegas nightclub promoter Jay Farber obviously played really well to navigate through a huge field and finish second in the World Series of Poker main event this week, but at least one poker professional wanted to needle him about how well he ran to get there. During the November Nine final table, Noah Schwartz […]

South Korea: 'StarCraft' Like Gambling, Drugs

Some state officials in South Korea think play on computer games such as “StarCraft” — now in its second edition — has gotten so widespread and out of control that being obsessed with it should be classified as an illness, along with gambling and drug addictions. Global Voices Online reported: “Earlier this month, South Korean […]

Dan Gilbert Gets Nevada Gambling Approval

Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA franchise, was given preliminary approval this week for becoming an investor in an offshoot of Caesars Entertainment, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. The Nevada Gaming Control Board approved Gilbert owning 5.45 percent of Caesars Interactive — which owns the World Series of Poker brand and its online […]

WSOP Crowns First 'Online Nine' Poker Champ

This week, in addition to crowning a main event champion, the WSOP named its first ever “Online Nine” champion. It was the Nevada poker site’s first official championship. Matt Wilson, hailing from North Richmond Hills, Texas, won the $50,000 top prize after a live heads-up match at the Penn and Teller Theater in the Rio […]

Concerns About Massachusetts Casino Industry

The state of Massachusetts, which authorized a few Las Vegas-style casinos in 2011, is still in the midst of the process of picking the companies who can build. Massachusetts has been a coveted prize for some of the biggest casino firms in the world, those which operate out of the U.S. gambling hub Las Vegas. […]

New York Voters Approve Las Vegas-Style Casinos

New York state voters on Tuesday passed a proposal by the governor to allow up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos to be built in the state. They approved the plan by an unofficial 57-43 percent margin. “The passage of Proposal One is a big win for local governments, school districts, and taxpayers across New York […]

WSOP: Riess The Beast Wins Main Event Title

A total of 6,352 players put up the $10,000 buy-in for the 2013 World Series of Poker main event, but it was a 23-year-old poker pro from East Lansing, Michigan who topped them all to earn the lion’s share of a $59,708,800 prize pool. Ryan Riess, a player with just $317,000 in career tournament earnings […]

Man Stabbed To Death Over $3 Card Game Dispute

A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death Sunday by his friend after the two fought over a pot in a card game worth Rs. 180, or $2.90 in U.S. dollars, according to the Hindustan Times. The game took place in north Delhi. “The victim and his friends were drinking and playing cards last evening when […]

Nevada Supreme Court Says Tip Sharing OK

The Nevada Supreme Court issued a decision last week that tip sharing between employees such as table games dealers and those who supervise them is OK under the law, according to reporting from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The debate stems from Steve Wynn implementing such a tip-sharing policy on his property. In 2011, a lower […]

New York Voters To Make Call On Casinos

To help shore up the budget, the state of New York is looking to add some brick-and-mortar commercial casinos to its existing gambling landscape. Lawmakers have approved the plan, but the issue was up to voters on Tuesday, Nov. 5. According to the New York Post, the referendum is expected to be successful for casino […]

Study Sheds Light On Gambling Addicts' Decision Making

Some new gambling addiction research has come out linking some similarities between the aforementioned disease and cocaine addiction. Researchers from the University of Granada have been studying how those addictions affect decision making abilities, formed in the prefrontal cortex. The results were interesting, but perhaps expected. The authors wrote, “these bad decisions affect the individuals’ […]

Casino Wants Refund From Lindsay Lohan

Pop culture star Lindsay Lohan reportedly has made a casino in Connecticut pretty unhappy. Officials at Foxwoods casino paid her $50,000 to judge a costume contest on Halloween, along with boxing star Floyd Mayweather. She was supposed to be there at 10 p.m. EST to start work for the evening, but she didn’t show up […]

WSOP: Farber and Riess Set For Heads-Up Battle

For a live look at the action, visit the live updates page. And then there were two. After 171 hands of final table action at the 2013 World Series of Poker main event, it will be club promoter Jay Farber and poker pro Ryan Riess who will battle it out for the title, the bracelet […]