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WSOP: Benny Chen Wins Millionaire Maker Event

A total of 6,343 entrants bought into the $1,500 buy-in re-entry event at this year’s World Series of Poker, creating a total prize pool of $8,563,050. The tournament was named the Millionaire Maker, and after four days of play, the winner was indeed made a millionaire. Benny Chen, a 32-year-old former online pro who now […]

Strip Club To Come To Atlantic City Casino

Scores Atlantic City will have a July 2013 grand opening inside Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel. According to a press release, it’s the first entertainment complex of its kind to open in a U.S. casino hotel. Scores Atlantic City took two years and $25 million to complete. It is located on the second floor of […]

Switch Poker Offers Monthly Points Race With Cash Prizes

Since the beginning of the year, Switch Poker has been running a monthly race where the players who generate the greatest number of points by playing at the tables win cash. The prize pool is €500 and the first five players are rewarded as follows: #1 €250, #2 €150, #3 €50, #4 €30 and #5 […]

Minieri: 'It Was A Legend That I Was Ultra-Aggressive'

Poker pro Dario Minieri is known far and wide as a hyper-aggressive player, but he doesn’t seem himself that way. The Italian bracelet winner from 2008 went on a downswing last year, prompting him to skip nearly the entire 2012 World Series. He also whiffed in 2011 after cashing four times in 2010. But Minieri […]

Dan Kelly: Final Table 'A Little Nerve-Racking'

Dan Kelly is young but nonetheless a poker veteran, winning nearly $2.5 million on the live tournament circuit and more than $3 million online over the years. However, after outlasting more than 6,300 players this weekend and into Tuesday at the World Series of Poker, Kelly is feeling the pressure. As of around 1:30 p.m. […]

Carbon Poker Offers Free $25 Bonus For New Players

For the entire month of June, new Carbon Poker players who make an deposit of at least $20 will receive a $25 cash bonus. Players who play through 1,000 VIP points will receive the cash in their accounts the following day at midnight EST. The funds can be used for any poker game. This new […]

Poker Strategy For The Rest Of Us: Aaron Jones

In an effort to provide valuable tools and tips that are relevant to even the smallest games, Card Player is pleased to unveil the brand new series Poker Strategy For The Rest Of Us, which will focus on everyday situations that occur against the poker world’s most casual players. Pro –- Aaron Jones Concept — […]

Venetian DSE III Report: More Preliminary Action

The Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III has kicked off its series of more than 200 events running all summer long on the Strip. The Card Player Poker Tour has partnered with the property to provide reports and live coverage of the $5,000 buy-in main event, which starts July 13th. Here is a look at the […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: June 3 - 9

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 June 3rd through the 9th. Head to our tournament […]

'Millionaire Maker' Tournament Breaks WSOP Record

The World Series of Poker decided to hold a special $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament called the “Millionaire Maker” — meaning it would guarantee a first-place prize worth at least seven figures — and it ended up breaking a record. With 6,343 players, event no. 6 at the 2013 WSOP broke the previous non-main event […]

WSOP: John Beauprez Wins Six-Max NLHE Event

Event no. 4, a $1,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em tournament, was won by Colorado entrepreneur John Beauprez. The 28-year-old part-time poker pro and business owner earned his first gold bracelet at his first World Series of Poker final table and banked $324,764. En route to victory, Beauprez defeated a field of 1,069 entrants including a final […]

WSOP: Mike Gorodinsky Wins Hi-Lo Event

The $2,500 Omaha/Stud Eight-Or-Better event at the 2013 World Series of Poker was a star studded affair, featuring deep finishing from former bracelet winners such as Owais Ahmed, George Danzer, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow and Ralph Perry. But in the end, it was 27-year-old poker pro Mike Gorodinsky who topped the field of 374 on […]

Macau Casinos Win $3.7 Billion In May

Macau, the only place in China where gambling is legal, had yet another strong month in terms of gaming revenue, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. The amount won from gamblers rose 13.5 percent in May, when compared to the same period in 2012. The amount collected in May 2013 was about 29.6 […]

WSOP: Charles Sylvestre Wins First Bracelet

Event no. 3 of the 2013 World Series of Poker drew a massive field of 3,164 players, creating a total prize pool of $2,847,600. After four days of action, the last man standing in the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament was Canadian real estate broker Charles Sylvestre, who earned his first gold bracelet and the […]

WSOP: Trevor Pope Wins $5K Eight-Max NLHE

The final table of event no. 2, the $5,000 eight-handed no-limit hold’em tournament at the 2013 World Series of Poker was a murderer’s row of top, young poker talent, but seven of the eight competitors really never stood a chance. Trevor Pope entered the final table with roughly half of the chips in play and […]

Gambling Bill Fails Once Again In Illinois

A bill that would have approved casino gambling expansion has failed to make it out of the Illinois House spring session. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been pressing for casino gambling expansion since last summer, saying casino gambling revenue will pay for education, but Gov. Pat Quinn has requested that lawmakers include a comprehensive pension […]

Poker Strategy With Ed Miller: Bullying Multiway Pots

The standard advice for playing multiway pots — I’ve heard it a zillion times — is to toss bluffing out the window and to play your hand strength for value. With so many players, the wisdom goes, someone’s going to have something. So just play to beat the second-best hand. This advice is lacking. It’s […]

Card Player Poker Tour Announces Venetian Deepstack Extravag

The Card Player Poker Tour (CPPT) today announces a new stop on its season one tour across the USA. The CPPT will partner with The Venetian and The Palazzo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for this summer’s Deepstack Extravaganza III. The stop will consist of 218 events from May 23 to July 21, the […]

CPPT Announces Choctaw Casino Series Schedule

The Card Player Poker Tour will pull into the Choctaw Casino, Durant, Oklahoma from July 18 to August 5, 2013 for its penultimate stop on its inaugural season. The festival will offer poker players a busy schedule of 54 events, daily guaranteed tournaments, and a total of $1.5 million in prize pool guarantees. The Final […]

CPPT Venetian DSE III: Series Keeps On Rolling

The Venetian Deep Stack Extraveganza III has kicked off it’s series of more than 200 events running all summer long on the Strip. The Card Player Poker Tour has partnered with the property to provide reports and live coverage, including a final table live stream, of the $5,000 buy-in main event which starts July 15. […]

WSOP: Chad Holloway Wins Casino Employees Event

The first event at the World Series of Poker each summer is traditionally, the casino employees event and this year was no exception. The $500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, open to most casino industry professionals, drew 898 entrants, creating a total prize pool of $404,100. This turnout was nearly a 23 percent increase over 2012’s […]

WSOP Underway, But Hansen And Blom Still Online

The World Series of Poker is underway in Las Vegas, but the online high-games are still full of action and witness to the usual ups and downs of Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen. Over the past week, Hansen won about $840,000, while Blom lost nearly $800,000, according to data from HighstakesDB. Both men should be […]

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 […]

WSOP Announces Online Poker Championships

Players physically at the World Series of Poker this year can sign up for a free WSOP.com online poker account. Once signed up, WSOP attendees will have the opportunity to grab a piece of the more than $700,000 being distributed to WSOP.com pre-registered players. There’s still no date for when real-money games will begin, however. […]

CPPT Venetian DSE III: Konstantin Puchkov Wins Big

The Venetian Deep Stack Extraveganza III has kicked off it’s series of more than 200 events running all summer long on the Strip. The Card Player Poker Tour has partnered with the property to provide reports and live coverage, including a final table live stream, of the $5,000 buy-in main event which starts July 15. […]

World Series of Poker Interview: Peter Jetten

The World Series of Poker is underway in Las Vegas, and one of the game’s best cash game players is already starting to prepare for a long summer of high-stakes action both in the side games and on the green tournament felt at the Rio Hotel and Casino. Peter Jetten, known as “Apathy” in the […]

Thomas Beckstead Wins CPPT Bike Main Event

Thomas Beckstead has won the 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event, topping a field of 369 entries to capture the title, the first-place prize of $102,010 and 600 Card Player Player of the Year points. The 27 year-old Temecula, California resident had already made three smaller final tables this […]

Michael Phelps Makes His WSOP Debut

Michael Phelps, the 18-time Olympic gold medal swimmer, has decided to trade in his time in the lap pool for time on the felt, testing his second calling as a poker player at his first World Series of Poker festival. Phelps, who retired after the 2012 summer games in London at the age of 27, […]

Caesars Breaks Ground On Baltimore Casino

Ground broke Wednesday in Baltimore, Maryland for the newest Caesars Entertainment property, the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino. The $400 million project is estimated to be 335,000 square feet and will house between 80 and 110 table games. This will be the fifth casino and the first new property since Maryland voters, approved table games expansion in […]

Ohio Indicts Five For Alleged Casino Cheating

Five people who have been accused of cheating at the new casino in Cincinnati, Ohio could face up to two years in prison, according to startling reporting from the Associated Press. In a move to further condemn alleged casino cheats, the AP stated that “state officials say cheaters not only steal from the house, but […]