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WSOP: Amir Lehavot Eliminated In Third

Here is a look at the latest from the 2013 World Series of Poker. For more updates, visit the live updates page. For a while, it looked like Jay Farber would steam roll his way to the main event title. Instead, Ryan Riess made it a contest by claiming his fourth bounty at the final […]

WSOP: Sylvain Loosli Eliminated In Fourth

Here is a look at the latest from the 2013 World Series of Poker. For more updates, visit the live updates page. After hours of six-handed play, it took less than a dozen hands to get down to the final three players. Sylvain Loosli, a 26-year-old poker pro from Toulon, France, was a short-stacked ninja […]

WSOP: J.C. Tran Eliminated In Fifth

Here is a look at the latest from the 2013 World Series of Poker. For more updates, visit the live updates page. At 11-5 odds, long-time tournament pro and chip leader J.C. Tran was the favorite coming into the main event final table according to Caesars Entertainment. Unfortunately for the 36-year-old Sacramento, California native, he […]

WSOP: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin Eliminated In Sixth

Here is a look at the latest from the 2013 World Series of Poker. For more updates, visit the live updates page. After 157 hands, it took a cooler before the eventual sixth-place finisher hit the rail. Marc-Etienne McLaughlin fought his way back from the short stack to third place, only to find himself in […]

WSOP: Michiel Brummelhuis Eliminated In Seventh

Here is a look at the latest from the 2013 World Series of Poker. For more updates, visit the live updates page. The first time Michiel Brummelhuis shoved his pocket nines all in preflop, they survived a flip against Ryan Riess and his A-Q. The second time Brummelhuis shoved his pocket nines all in preflop, […]

WSOP: David Benefield Eliminated In Eighth

Here is a look at the latest from the 2013 World Series of Poker. For more updates, visit the live updates page. On hand no. 38, just two hands after the elimination of Mark Newhouse, David Benefield found himself all in for 17 big blinds holding K2. Jay Farber made the call with a dominating […]

WSOP: Mark Newhouse Eliminated In Ninth

Here is a look at the latest from the 2013 World Series of Poker. For more updates, visit the live updates page. It took 36 hands for the first casualty of the final table to make his presence known. Mark Newhouse survived for quite a while on the short stack, even doubling up when his […]

Online Poker Pro To Take On Politician

High-stakes poker pro Ola “Odd Oddsen” Amundsgaard is unhappy about how poker is viewed, and taxed, in his home country of Norway, so he is trying to change things on his own. He made a public challenge to any Norwegian politician. He offered 10,000 hands of heads-up pot-limit Omaha with $170,000 of his own money […]

Hustler Casino Makes It Rain With $830,000 Prize Pool

The Hustler Casino in Gardena, California has just wrapped up it’s highly successful 2013 Liz Flynt Fall Poker Classic tournament series. The highlight of the entire six-event series was undeniably event 3, a $160 buy-in + $100 add-on tournament that sported a gigantic $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Over the 13 starting flights a grand total […]

California Set To Open Largest Casino Tuesday

Tomorrow, the state of California will see its largest tribal casino open its doors. The Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria, which boasts 1,300 members, will open the Graton Resort & Casino, according to The Sacramento Bee. The project came at a cost of $800 million. It is located in the Sonoma County wine country. […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Nov. 4 - 10

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 4th through the 10th. Head to our tournament […]

Gavin Griffin: Poker Questions Asked And Answered

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 […]

WSOP Main Event Final Table Kicks Off Monday

The 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event kicks off on Monday, Nov. 4th at 4:45 p.m. PT, with live streaming coverage on ESPN2 and online on Watch ESPN, featuring hold cards shown on a 15-minute delay. Play will pause once only the final three or two remain, depending on time, and […]

Gus Hansen In Free Fall, Now Down $13.5M

Gus Hansen is drifting deeper and deeper into the Mariana Trench of the online poker world. The past few days have seen Hansen drop around $600,000 on Full Tilt, which brings his losses on the week to around $1.9 million, his deficit for the past 30 days to around $2.8 million, and his lifetime hole […]

NJ Gives Many More Web Poker Prelim OK

On Friday, New Jersey gaming regulators released a long list of firms that have received a preliminary OK to be involved with the online gambling industry in the Garden State. New Jersey will become the third state in the United States to offer legal and regulated online betting when it kicks off games on Nov. […]

Strategy For The Rest Of Us: Andreas Torbergsen

In an effort to provide valuable tools and tips that are relevant to even the smallest games, Card Player is pleased to bring you Poker Strategy For The Rest Of Us, which will focus on everyday situations that occur against the poker world’s most casual players. Pro – Andreas “Skjervoy” Torbergsen Concept – Preflop Three-Betting […]

CPTV Video: A Look At The 2013 November Nine

The 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event is about to resume on Monday, Nov. 4th at 5:00 PM Pacific time, with live coverage on ESPN2 and online on Watch ESPN, featuring hold cards shown on a 15-minute delay. Play will pause once only the final three remain, and those players will […]

Macau Smashes Gambling Revenue Record

As predicted, October was a record-breaking month for Macau gaming revenue. The former Portuguese colony, the only place in China where gambling is legal, brought in an all-time high of $4.57 billion in October, according to figures released by officials. The figure marked a 32-percent gain compared to the same period in 2012. The gains […]

Some Want Indy Airport To Host Gambling

Some in Indiana want the Indianapolis International Airport to offer gambling. The idea behind the plan is to implement wireless gambling for passengers in order to subsidize more nonstop flights for the airport. Gambling lounges, for those of legal age to play, could be created to cater to those waiting for flights. One of the […]

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 […]

Bellagio Hosts $100k Guarantee During Nov. Nine

The World Series of Poker main event resumes this week and will play down to a champion with millions of dollars on the line. Just around the corner from the Rio is the beautiful Bellagio, which has long been the home to the biggest cash games and huge tournament action. In fact, Bellagio has awarded […]

Online Poker: Viktor Blom Has $3.5 Million October

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was nearing the red on the year just a month or so ago, but thanks to a phenomenal October, the poker pro is back to huge profits on the year. Over the past 30 days, the Swede won around $3.5 million, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Those are also his overall […]

Carbon Poker Online Series Kicks Off Nov. 3

Right now, new Carbon Poker players are eligible for a 200 percent deposit bonus of up to $5,000. That added cash will come in handy for the upcoming Carbon Online Poker Series, which kicks off Nov. 3 with the first of 85 events over a 15-day stretch. The series boasts over $1.5 million in guarantees, […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From October

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. October was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

Online Poker: Virgin Islands 'Open For Business'

The Casino Control Commission and the Office of the Governor of the Virgin Islands this week made public a big development for Internet gambling there. It was determined that the “Virgin Islands Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Act” is legal. The act was passed in 2001, but apparently underwent years of analysis. “This marks a […]

Sportsbook Poker Offers First Time Deposit Bonus

The fish are biting at Sportsbook Poker. With the football season in full swing, Sportsbook Poker’s tables are filled with bankrolled sports bettors looking for action. Come check out our juicy ring games or play in one of our big tournaments such as the $215 Sunday Main Event that carries a $100,000 Guarantee. Don’t miss […]

Mohsin Charania Wins WPT Grand Prix de Paris

A total of 187 players posted the €7,500 buy-in in the 2013 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris no-limit hold’em main event, building a prize pool of €1,332,375 ($1,839,344 USD). After four days of play the final table of six was set, with Belarusian Vasili Firsau the strong favorite to win with 3 million […]

Nevada Casinos Win $958M From Gamblers In Sept.

Nevada’s nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $958,805,870 for the month of September 2013, according to a revenue report released Thursday. Gaming win is the amount won from gamblers. That amounts to a 7.41-percent increase compared to September 2012, when licensees reported a gaming win of $892,698,404. For the fiscal year (July […]

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 […]

Delaware To Launch Internet Poker Tomorrow

About a week ago Delaware’s gaming chief said the state would launch real-money online gambling, including poker, on Halloween. Everything appears to be set for that to happen tomorrow, which would make the state the second in the U.S. with licensed and regulated Internet gambling. It is worth stressing that the games are fully authorized […]