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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 […]

Golden Gaming, 888 Deal Approved In Nevada

The Nevada Gaming Control Board gave preliminary approval to a deal between Nevada-based Golden Gaming and Gibraltar-based online poker site 888 Holdings. The arrangement would allow customers at Golden Gaming’s taverns across the Silver State to sign for online poker accounts for a site run by 888 and Treasure Island — an on-the-Strip casino that […]

Talking Stick To Host Ladies Championship

Lady luck won’t be the only woman visiting Talking Stick Resort on Sep. 14-16, thanks to the 8th Annual Arizona State Ladies Poker Championship. Women of every skill level are welcome to sign up for the $355+$45 buy-in tournament in the ARENA Poker Room at Talking Stick Resort. Registration for the event is currently underway. […]

Former MLB Star To Host Charity Poker Event

Former baseball slugger Jeff Conine will soon host his third annual charity poker tournament in South Florida to benefit his Conine Clubhouse at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. The event is at Calder Casino & Race Course. The event asks for a $300 donation, and with it one will be able to play poker with Conine, […]

California Gives Card Room Key Exemption

There reportedly are some ruffled feathers over a bill in California – which was just passed on Wednesday — that will allow the owners of Southern California’s Hollywood Park Casino to continue offering card play, after shutting down its racetrack, despite its stake in a Las Vegas brick-and-mortar casino business. The law on the book […]

Nevada Gives OK To Scientific Games, WMS

Scientific Games is seeking to buy slot machine maker WMS Industries for $1.5 billion, and the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved the move on Wednesday. Later this month, the five-member Gaming Commission will issue a final stamp of approval. The merger was announced in late January of this year. Scientific Games is a leader in […]

Gambling Firm Releases JFK Assassination Ad

French online gambling firm PMU just released an advertisement that somehow tied in its betting business with a reenactment of the J.F.K assassination. The short ad beings with one cop betting another that he could spin his gun “like a cowboy.” During this, the gun discharges and the bullet ricochets off some stuff before eventually […]

MGM Prepares For Likely Maryland Casino

MGM Resorts International looks like a significant favorite to win the right to build a massive casino-resort in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In anticipation of this, the casino firm’s subsidiary, MGM National Harbor, will begin to help local businesses prepare. MGM will host two information sessions on Friday, Sept. 27 for Prince George’s County businesses […]

Vegas Casinos, Google To Work On Interior Mapping

Despite a likely citywide ban on Google Glass inside Las Vegas brick-and-mortar casinos, the gaming industry will reportedly work with the search engine giant to provide views from the inside of casinos for Google’s indoor mapping of locations. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, on Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board […]

Men Of Action: Wyatt Earp

Gambler. Saloon-keeper. Faro banker. Boxing referee. Policeman. Pimp. Sheriff. The man-legend Hollywood crafted in reams of movies and TV shows reinvented himself over and over as he moved from one dusty boomtown to the next. Aspen. Bodie. Denver. Dodge City. Goldfield. Gunnison. Prescott. San Francisco. Tombstone. As these cities grew, so did the number of […]

Floridian Gets 25 Years For Gambling Murder

In the same state where George Zimmerman was acquitted for shooting and killing Travyon Martin, a gambling-related murder by gun resulted in a 25-year sentence for a Florida man who had run poorly at dice. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Tremaine “Cigarette” Patrick pleaded guilty this week to shooting and killing Corey Donaldson, and wounding […]

West Springfield Voters Reject Hard Rock Casino

On Tuesday, West Springfield voters rejected a proposal by Hard Rock International to build a massive $800 million casino-resort in the town. It was defeated by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent. The official tally was 3,413 in favor and 4,165 against, according to The Hartford Courant. Around 46 percent of the registered […]

As I-Gaming Nears, NJ Casino Win Still Slumping

August was another tough month for casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Though, it wasn’t nearly as bad as some of the previous ones. During August, the 12 gambling properties reported gaming revenue of $298.1 million, which was down 4.8 percent from August 2012’s $313.2 million, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the […]

Horseshoe Cleveland Has Worst Month Ever

In terms of money won from gamblers, Horseshoe Casino Cleveland just had its worst month since opening in May 2012. August gaming revenue was $18,912,221, according to a Monday report from the Ohio Casino Control Commission. As the Cleveland Plain Dealer pointed out, Horseshoe Casino Cleveland had been the state’s most profitable casino, but that […]

Gambler Takes Debt Case To NV Supreme Court

A former high-roller gambler in Las Vegas will have his case heard in front of the Nevada Supreme Court this week. The case stems from him failing to repay $384,000 worth of gambling debt to four Las Vegas casinos — the Venetian, the Palazzo, Hard Rock and Caesars Palace. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, […]

Rhode Island Casino To Get More Table Games

One of Rhode Island’s two casinos is set to see a significant increase in the number of table games it offers customers. According to the Providence Journal, Twin River Casino just recently won state lottery approval to increase the number of live table games from 66 to 80. The gambling facility was once a greyhound […]

Vandeven Wins CPPT bestbet Jax Main Event

Harvey Vandeven became the first winner of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour when he bested a field of 255 players in the $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee bestbet Jacksonville main event, taking home the title, the trophy and $76,598. The championship event came down to Vandeven and T.K. Miles heads up for […]

Close To I-Poker, Delaware Hosts 'Championship'

Delaware is expecting to soon kick off casino games on the Internet, including poker. In the meantime, one of the state’s three casinos just held the state’s “Poker Championship.” The Delaware Poker Championship III, which began Saturday morning, saw 206 participants and a total prize pool of $108,150. The final table played for two hours, […]

CPPT bestbet Jacksonville: Events 12-13

The first stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at bestbet Jacksonville Aug. 29 and will host a series of 14 tournaments through Sept. 9, culminating with a $1,500 no-limit hold’em $300,000 guarantee main event Sept. 6-9. Here is a look at the latest results: Event No. 12: All-In for […]

Tokyo Olympic Selection To Help Casino Efforts

On Monday, it was announced that Tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 summer Olympics. The decision was widely celebrated in Japan and even has some casino firms lining up their chips for likely development there, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The Olympics coming to Tokyo reportedly has increased confidence that legislative authorization of […]

Firms Show Interest In New Russia Casino

Interest in building a new mammoth casino complex in Russia reportedly is heating up. According to Reuters, Asian casino developer NagaCorp Ltd. has become the second major player in pitching a possible casino in an “entertainment zone” in Russia, a region that would be allowed to host a brand new casino-resort. This entertainment zone reportedly […]

Circus Circus Las Vegas Closes Poker Room

The poker room at Circus Circus Las Vegas just closed recently, according to reports. Card Player spoke on the phone with an individual from the casino and she said it has been shuttered “indefinitely,” but declined to provide any other information. The poker room was located near the entrance of the main casino and offered […]

CPPT bestbet Jacksonville Final Table Set

The final table is set at the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville $1,500 main event. Nine players will return on Monday, September 9 at 2 p.m. ET to figure out who will walk away with the top prize worth $96,395 and CPPT title. You can watch every hand from that final table on the […]

Jared Tendler Discusses The Mental Aspect Of Poker

As poker strategy evolved over the past several years, poker players began to try and improve more than just their game. They tried to improve their mental game in order to reduce tilt and play at their optimum level over a longer period of time. Jared Tendler has moved to the forefront of the industry […]

CPPT bestbet Jax: 55 Players Advance

The two day-one starting flights at the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event are in the books and a total of 55 players have advanced to Day 2 on Sunday, September 9. That number consist of the 21 players that survived Day 1A on Friday, and the 34 that made […]

Tom Middleton Wins EPT Barcelona Main Event

Britain’s Tom Middleton has emerged victorious in the 2013 European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event, topping a field of 1,234 to earn €942,000 ($1,241,650) and 1,920 Card Player Player of the Year points. The 26-year-old poker pro from Leeds now sits in 29th place in the overall POY standings as a result. […]

Muhlocker Bests Negreanu For EPT Barcelona HR

A total of 180 players put up the €10,000 buy-in to enter, or re-enter, the EPT Barcelona High Roller event, creating a total prize pool of €1,764,000. After three days of action, it was Thomas Muhlocker who came out on top, securing the title and a €390,700 payday. To earn the victory, Muhlocker had to […]

CP Poker School Students Get Free VIP Membership

If you haven’t enrolled in the Card Player Poker School, you’re missing out on the web’s best poker education. The top-notch poker curriculum teaches students everything from the basic rules to more advanced cash game and tournament strategies. For a limited time, new Card Player Poker School students will receive a bonus offer that includes […]

A Poker Life: Marco Johnson

Marco Johnson was just 14-years-old when he discovered what he wanted to do for a living. Growing up in the shadow of the late, great David “Chip” Reese, Johnson got an up-close look at a poker legend living the high-roller lifestyle and decided that he too wanted in on the action. Johnson jumped right into […]

Former Regulator Talks U.S. Online Poker Future

Former Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli knows online gaming as well as anyone. After being appointed to the Board in 2009, Lipparelli eventually was at the forefront of the Silver State’s charge into the Internet gaming business. In late 2011, Nevada became the first state in U.S. history to adopt regulations for online […]