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Heartland Poker Tour Cruises Once Again

By popular demand, Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is heading back to the warm waters of the Caribbean with Card Player Cruises, sailing away on January 12, 2014 for a seven-day cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas. The schedule for “HPT on the High Seas” will include an HPT main event, qualifying events, multiple […]

MGM Eying Japan, South Korea For Casinos

MGM Resorts International is in the midst of crucial projects in the United States and Macau, but it’s also reportedly keeping close tabs on any possible pro-gambling legal developments in Japan and Korea. The casino firm is one of the largest in the world, boasting dozens of gambling interests. With regards to Japan; “There’s a […]

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 […]

Hac Dang Up $1.7 Million So Far This Summer

One of online poker’s most solid players is quietly having a huge summer. Hac Dang, better known as “Trex313” in the world of high-stakes web cash games, was on a large downswing stretching from roughly March until May, before going on a massive heater that has not only gotten him out of a seven-figure hole […]

Steve Wynn Donates $25 Million To School

Billionaire casino developer Steve Wynn has agreed to donate $25 million to the University of Iowa, according to the Associated Press. The money, which will come in over a five-year-period, will go to the school’s Institute for Vision Research. It will be renamed after Wynn. “As a person who knows firsthand what it is like […]

NY Gov. Signs Casino Bill, Goes To Voters

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, just recently signed a piece of legislation that will allow four Las Vegas-style commercial casinos to be built in his state. The plan now goes to voters, who will weigh in on the matter in November. The legislation is called “The Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act […]

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Underway

A massive $10 million guaranteed poker tournament will begin soon in Florida. The event will be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The tournament series which this event is a part of began Thursday, August 8, with a $350 no-limit hold’em Deep Stack, which guaranteed a $500,000 prize pool. Event […]

Maryland's Four Casinos Have Huge July

July was a huge month for the four casinos located within the state of Maryland. State gambling officials said that the properties generated $69.3 million over the 31 days — a 44-percent increase over July 2012. The best performing of the bunch was Maryland Live. It brought in $52.5 million. The casino’s live poker room […]

$448 Million Powerball Yields Three Winners

Wednesday night’s $448 million Powerball drawing had three winners. According to Reuters, the Multi-State Lottery Association said two of the winning tickets were sold in New Jersey, and the third was in Minnesota. The winning numbers were 5, 25, 30, 58, 59 and Powerball 32. As of Thursday morning, no one reportedly had stepped forward […]

California Online Poker Efforts Likely Dead For 2013

Another year is set to go by without California legalizing online poker. The legislative session in the Golden State ends in about a month, and the odds are stacked against the issue. Though, a person close to the legislative efforts told Card Player on Wednesday that “anything is possible.” Like always, a one-outer could be […]

Arizona State Poker Champs Starts Aug. 9

This August, battle it out for one of the Western United States’ most prestigious poker titles and a share of a $1 million guaranteed prize pool in the ninth Arizona State Poker Championship. Registration for the event, held at The Arena Poker Room at Talking Stick Resort, is currently open. Talking Stick Resort, an AAA […]

Nevada Gambling Revenues Fall In June

Nevada’s nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $792,496,546 for the month of June 2013, according to statistics released by the state Gaming Control Board. The figure marks a 4.81-percent decrease compared to June 2012, when licensees reported a gaming win of $832,534,319. For the fiscal year (July 1, 2012 through June 30, […]

M Resort Closes Its Las Vegas Poker Room

The M Resort, an off-the-Strip casino in Las Vegas, has closed its 14-table poker room to make way for a slot machine tournament area, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday. Slot tournaments at the casino were previously held in a conference-style ballroom and attracted on average 800 players, according to Vegas Inc. The space reportedly […]

Poker In Court: U.S. v. DiCristina Reversed

On Tuesday, a federal court overturned the ruling from U.S. v. Lawrence DiCristina in August 2012, which included testimony that poker is a game of skill, rather than chance. The lower court had reached a judgment of acquittal in favor of Lawrence DiCristina, setting aside the guilty verdict on a couple of counts related to […]

Pennsylvania Slot Revenue Declines In July

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported Friday that July gross revenue from slot machine play at the state’s 12 casinos was a disappointing $204,909,480. The amount marked a 3.7-percent decrease when compared to July 2012. That month had revenues from slots at $212,871,83 and also one less casino. Overall, nine of the 11 casinos experienced […]

Powerball Reaches $400 Million Jackpot

The Powerball lottery jackpot has reached $400 million, which is the third largest ever for the contest. The jackpot comes just three months after a Florida woman won the largest ever. The jackpot is also the fourth largest in lottery history, as the Mega Millions also has reached mammoth heights in recent memory. In order […]

PokerStars Ends Pursuit Of AC Casino

PokerStars has officially ended its pursuit of buying the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in New Jersey, according to reports. The firm is now looking at a partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel to get in on the upcoming Internet gambling industry in the Garden State. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement reportedly announced PokerStars’ decision […]

Mo Abedi-Arani Wins CPPT Choctaw

When the final card was dealt in the Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw $1,500 main event it was cash games specialist Mo Abedi-Arani who received the chips, the title and the money after overcoming a heads-up chip deficit that was at one point 6-1. “It feels great but it still hasn’t hit me,” Abedi-Arani said […]

Bike's 'Legends of Poker' Series Returns

The Bicycle Casino’s Legends of Poker tournament series, long considered one of poker’s elite events for pros and amateurs, has begun its month-long series. Thousands of players are expected to step up their game and take their shot, vying for an estimated prize pool of more tha $5 million. The Bike’s signature Mega Millions VII […]

Oxford Casino To Have More Table Games

Commercial gambling in the United States has rebounded, and Churchill Downs is one of the firms on the upswing. The company reportedly plans to invest significantly in its newly purchased one-year-old casino in the state of Maine. “We continue to build our growth portfolio as we closed on our acquisition of the Oxford Casino in […]

New Billion-Dollar Casino Planned In Australia

A Hong Kong billionaire has expressed interest in building a brand new multi-billion-dollar casino in Australia, Agence France-Presse reported. The casino project would have nine luxury hotels, amassing 3,750 rooms, and a gigantic aquarium, reportedly set to be one of the largest in the world. It would come at a cost of about $3.7 billion […]

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 […]

New Hampshire To Bring Back Casino Bill

New Hampshire’s casino bill died in May, but officials are already brainstorming for a new way to bring the proposal back up for consideration in the near future. According to the Concord Monitor, the state’s Gaming Regulatory Oversight Authority will meet Aug. 15 in Concord in order to produce draft legislation and regulations by the […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: August 5

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 August 5th through the 11th. Head to our tournament […]

CPPT Choctaw Main Event Final Table Set

The final table live stream from the Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw Main Event is now streaming live from Oklahoma. Be sure to watch all the action from the first hand to the last as we crown the next CPPT champion. Day 2 of the CPPT Choctaw $1,500 Main Event wrapped up with the final […]

Head Games: Going Deep In Big Field Events

The Pros: Kevin Saul, Kyle Julius, Ben Wilinofsky, Bryan Paris, and Mike McDonald Craig Tapscott: How do you approach these big field events like the WSOP events strategy wise? Are you aggressive early to build a stack, patient till the antes kick in, etcetera? Kevin Saul: The structure in these events is amazing. It might […]

CPPT Choctaw Prize Pool Tops $1.1 Million

After two day-one flights at the Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw $1,500 main event in Durant, Oklahoma the total field size is 735 players. That made for a total prize pool of $1,103,091, which doubled the $500,000 guarantee. There were 66 players that made it through Day 1B and they will join the 30 survivors […]

CPPT Choctaw: More Prelim Results

The Card Player Poker Tour has pulled into Durant, Oklahoma at the Choctaw Casino for a 54-event series that kicked off July 18. The series concludes with a $1,500+$120 no-limit hold’em main event that begins on Aug. 1 and features a $500,000 guarantee. Most of the preliminary events have already taken place, shattering their respective […]

Andrew Brokos: Just A Cooler

As I, and I think most poker players use the term, a cooler is a situation where you believe that both players were correct to play a big pot with the hands they had. Of course only one of them won, but in your opinion, the loser of the pot didn’t make a mistake. He […]

WSOPE To Have 'Ladies Event' This Year

The World Series of Poker has announced its schedule for the 2013 series in Europe, which will be held near Paris, France. The WSOPE kicks off Friday, Oct. 11 with a brand new special event. The series will commence with a €1,000+€100 buy-in “Ladies” no-limit hold’em tournament. The WSOPE has never held such a tournament […]