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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 […]

NJ Releases Draft Of Rules For Online Gambling

This week, Atlantic City gaming regulators released a draft of proposed regulations for the Garden State’s upcoming online gambling industry. The rules are pretty similar to Nevada’s set. Each of Atlantic City’s 12 casinos could apply for an Internet gaming license, which would allow them to accept deposits in a number of ways, including at […]

Lobbyist: CA Online Poker Legislation A Coin Flip

California has long been home to online poker legalization attempts, but nothing there has ever amounted to much. It has been tough to get a consensus among the tribes and other gaming interests in the state, but this year looks the most promising to date, according to one lobbyist working on the issue. David Quintana, […]

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 […]

Free Poker Strategy: Playing Pot-Limit Omaha

There are over 20,000 archived stories on Card Player, many of which feature invaluable information on poker strategy from the best minds in the game. With the Poker Strategy game and concept search, Card Player readers can instantly be shown hundreds of articles on specific topics such as Bet Sizing, Board Texture, Hand Selection, Psychology […]

Maryland Horse Racing Industry Hopeful Thanks To Casinos

In Maryland, the brick-and-mortar casino industry helps keep horse racing alive. With brand new casinos scheduled to be built in the state, those within the horse racing industry are feeling more confident and hopeful about the future, according to reporting from The Washington Examiner. Maryland’s voters approved a plan last year that would mark a […]

Gus Hansen Finally Puts A Stop To The Bleeding

Has Gus Hansen finally turned things around on the virtual felt? Over the past seven days, the poker pro won more than $1.7 million, according to data from tracking site HighstakesDB. Hansen won almost $1.6 million during a single 19-hour session at the nosebleed limit tables early in the week, according to Full Tilt Poker. […]

Georgia Leads BetVictor Club May Poker League

R58rokk from Georgia is the leader of the BetVictor Club Free Play Poker League at the midway point in May. The player overtook FreshMelon85 from Romania just today to go into a 14 point lead but with half the month still to go its all to play for with birkem55 in third and two Brits […]

RedKings Launches Apple Device Poker App

RedKings has launched a new mobile poker app for Apple devices to join its Android app launched last year. Players can download the app via iTunes. Jack Simons, RedKings European marketing manager, said, “Our new RedKings iPhone App has the main functions you get when playing on a PC or laptop. Using an iPhone or […]

Third Online Poker Bill In California Comes Forward

A new online poker bill has been crafted in the state of California, one that would allow well-established card rooms and tribal casinos in the Golden State to win a license. The Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2013, like its name says, would only legalize poker, and not other forms of casino gambling. In […]

CPPT bestbet Jacksonville Announces Series Schedule

The Card Player Poker Tour is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2013 CPPT bestbet Jacksonville tournament series, with 13 events and numerous satellites taking place from August 29th through September 9th in Florida’s largest and most exciting poker room, it’s an event you cannot afford to miss. The highlight of the entire series […]

WSOP Circuit Announces 2013-2014 Schedule

The World Series of Poker Circuit has announced the schedule for its tenth season, featuring 22 stops, a new record for the tour. The season gets underway in early August at Foxwoods Resort Casino, and will continue through May of 2014, when the World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship will take place at Caesars […]

Tribal Casino In New York Finishes Expansion

Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort has finally finished its $75 million expansion project that began in 2011. The casino is located in Hogansburg, New York. “We are excited to bring a resort property to Northern New York and we look forward to showcasing our hotel and spa throughout the region to promote entertainment and gaming,” said […]

Carbon Poker Adds $190K In Guarantees

Online players hunting for value should look no further than Carbon Poker this week, as they increase their tournament guarantees by a total of $190,000. Even better, players can prepare themselves for these added-value tournaments with a reload bonus of 75 percent, up to $375. Just use the promo code MAYPK. Here’s a look at […]

Penn National Submits Proposal For Maryland Casino

In a bid for a casino over rival MGM Resorts International, Penn National Gaming has submitted a proposal for a $700 million Hollywood Casino Resort at its Rosecroft Raceway. The proposal was submitted to the Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission last week. MGM and Penn National are vying for the authorization to build in […]

World Poker Tour Annecy Gets Underway Thursday

The World Poker Tour pops up in Annecy, France today, Thursday May 16 for a €1,500 + €150 buy in National event. The main event is a single re-entry, tournament featuring two day 1s. As usual in France a four percent gaming tax will be with held from the prize pool.
 Registration opens 2 hours […]

Ohio Adds First Two Names To Casino Gambling Black List

Ohio casino regulators have added the first two names to its version of a black book. According to the Plain Dealer, the “involuntary exclusion” list, as it’s called, is similar to those in other states, most notably in Nevada, which has the infamous “black book.” The Silver State just recently added a name to the […]

World Series Of Poker Conference Call Recap

The 2013 World Series of Poker kicks off in just a couple weeks in Las Vegas, Nevada. On Wednesday, the premier poker series on the planet held a conference call to talk about some of the highlights and things to watch out for at the festival. News broke on Twitter recently that 10-time WSOP champ […]

Max Altergott Wins EPT Grand Final €100k High Roller

The 2013 European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 no-limit hold’em super high roller drew a total of 50 entries, building a a prize pool of €4,851,000 ($6,275,253 USD). The eventual champion was Max Altergott, a high-stakes online cash-game player who is known as “AltiFC.” For the win Altergott earned €1,746,400 ($2,259,143 USD) and 600 Card […]

Attorney General Tries To Close Wisconsin Poker Room

A suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by the Wisconsin state Attorney General’s Office is seeking an injunction to shut down the poker room at the Ho-Chunk Casino in Madison. The poker room, which has eight electronic poker tables, is open for 18 hours each day and is capable of spreading no-limit, pot-limit and […]

The Fastest Growing Casino Markets In The U.S.

The casino business was booming in 2012, growing by 4.8 percent. The end result was a commercial casino market of $37.34 billion, a number not seen since 2007 before the economy took a tumble. But not every state saw an improvement in their gross gaming revenue. In fact, the majority of the growth can be […]

Genting Poker Series Sheffield Starts Wednesday

The Genting Poker Series Sheffield gets underway today, Wednesday May 15. Day 1A of the €400 + €40 main event has already attracted 120 registrants and organizers will be hoping to top the 562 runners the tournament got in 2012 when it was won by Hasmukh Kohdiyara. Genting has guaranteed a prize pool of €100,000 […]

Court Orders Sheldon Adelson To Pay Consultant $70M

Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen was award on Tuesday $70 million by a court in Nevada after he sued billionaire casino boss Sheldon Adelson, owner of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Adelson’s high-priced attorneys argued Suen didn’t help at all in securing a Macau license and shouldn’t be paid a dime for his consulting work. According […]

Doyle Brunson Bows Out Of WSOP Tournaments

Ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Doyle Brunson won’t be playing the Series this summer. The double main event champion Tweeted last night: Afraid I am finally gonna give in to Father Time and pass on tournament play at WSOP. #toomanyhours — Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) May 15, 2013 Seventy-nine-year-old Brunson, a living legend of […]

Neil Raine Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Stockton

Poker pro Neil Raine has won the €500 buy in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Stockton main event picking up £17,690 for his victory over the small field of 116 players. The third stop of season seven of the Tour saw a main event with quality players such as World Series of Poker bracelet winner Laurence […]

Normandie Memorial Day With $10K Poker Tournament

Normandie Casino will celebrate Memorial Day with a $10,000 guarantee poker tournament. The Memorial Day tournament begins at 3pm on Monday May 27. For a $60 Buy-In and a $15 entry fee, players will receive $10,000 worth of starting chips. In addition to our Memorial Day Tournament, Normandie Casino is offering $1 Hot Dogs for […]

Final Table Set In EPT €100k Super High Roller

A total of 50 entries were made in the 2013 European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 ($130,250 USD) buy-in super high roller, building a prize pool of €4,851,000 ($6,275,253 USD). From this elite field only seven players now remain to battle it out for the title and the €1,746,400 ($2,259,143 USD) first-place prize in Monte […]

Colony Capital Fires Back At PokerStars

Colony Capital, the owner of the Atlantic Club Casino which PokerStars wants to purchase, fired back this week after the online poker company filed a civil suit against it. It’s a very complex legal case, full of quasi-interesting.drama, but overall embarrassing when you consider average poker players have been without their beloved online poker for […]

Tiger Woods To Host Poker Tournament In Vegas

Golf pro Tiger Woods will be heading to Las Vegas this week to host a charity poker tournament. The whole thing is presented by the World Poker Tour. The name of the event is the “Tiger Jam.” It beings Friday, May 17, featuring a $10,000 buy-in. According to a press release, the poker event will […]

Men Of Action: Benny Binion, The Cowboy Gangster

Note: This is part two of a two-part series. For part one, click here. Dallas was a bear trap to him. Benny Binion’s political cronies, including the sheriff and deputy sheriff, were voted out of power. A rival accused him of blowing his wife up in a car bomb and was caught loading makeshift bombs […]