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Betfair Rejects Improved Bid From CVC

Betfair, the online betting exchange and gaming operator, today rejected an improved bid from suitor-in-waiting CVC Capital Partners. CVC, the largest shareholder in Formula 1, offered 950 pence per share, up from an initial offer 880 pence per share. The companies agreed to an extended deadline set for 5 pm today to try and thrash […]

Ongame Network Scores Two New Rooms

The Amaya Gaming-owned Ongame poker network has received a boost with the announcement that mybet is set to join and PokerHeaven has also signed up to co-host its poker offering on the network. Mathias Dahms, CEO of mybet, said, “This is a strategic relationship for both parties. Amaya’s casino games have proven to be not […]

Atlantic City's Revel Casino Bankruptcy Approved

Revel casino, arguably Atlantic City’s most disappointing gambling joint ever, will soon emerge from bankruptcy with hopes of turning things around. CBS reported that a bankruptcy court judge in New Jersey has approved Revel’s Chapter 11 restructuring plan. The move wipe out most of the casino’s debt and provide new operating funds. Revel will give […]

Mercier Leads EPT €100k High Roller After Day 1

The 2013 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 super high roller no-limit hold’em event got underway on Monday, May 13th at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel in Monaco. The inaugural running of this event in 2012 drew 45 entries, a number that has already been outstripped in 2013 with 48 total entries being made […]

Did Phil Ivey Notice Defective Cards At London Casino?

The Daily Mail reported that the casino which withheld about $12 million of Phil Ivey’s winnings at a game called punto banco thinks the pro gambler cheated — well sort of. Genting Crockfords London said that Ivey was able to read the backs of the cards that allegedly were defective and used this to his […]

Steven 'Zugwat' Silverman Wins EPT €25k High Roller

With a 121 entrants and 37 re-buys, the 2013 European Poker Tour Grand Final €25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller built a prize pool of €3,871,000 ($ 5,075,856 USD). The last player standing was American poker pro Steven Silverman, who earned €775,400 and 924 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. Known as […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: May 13 - 19

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 May 13th through the 19th. Head to our tournament […]

Cop Who Told Bookie, 'I'll [Expletive] Kill You,' On Trial

A Massachusetts cop with previous violent behavior who was somehow allowed to remain in law enforcement is about to stand trial for most recently threatening to help a bookie by beating a gambler who had a debt, The Boston Globe reported. The bookie and the bettor are scheduled to testify against officer John M. Analetto, […]

UB's Russ Hamilton: 'I Did Take This Money'

If there was ever any doubt over whether or not 1994 World Series of Poker main event champion Russ Hamilton cheated at online poker, then it’s probably now gone. Audio recordings released last week by a former employee of Ultimate Bet include how much money Russ Hamilton, a former owner of the site, admitted to […]

Grosvenor Completes Acquisition Of Gala Casinos

Rank plc-owned Grosvenor Casinos has completed the acquisition of 19 Gala Casinos in the UK. The cost of the deal was €179 million. The company said in a statement today, “On 6 March 2013 The Rank Group Plc („Rank‟ or the „Group‟) announced that it had entered into a revised conditional agreement for the acquisition […]

PokerStars Gives Full Tilt One Of Its Live Festivals

Full Tilt Poker has dipped its toes back into the world of live poker after parent company PokerStars handed it the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway event to re-brand as its own. The 55-tournament event, now branded the Full Tilt Poker Galway Festival, will take place from July 29 to August 12, 2013 in […]

Steve O'Dwyer Wins EPT Grand Final Main Event

Steve O’Dwyer topped an absolutely stacked final table to win the 2013 European Poker Tour Grand Final no-limit hold’em main event in Monte Carlo. For the win the American poker pro earned €1,224,000 ($1,588,997 USD) and 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year points, climbing into second place in the overall standings with 2,992 POY […]

Star Studded Final Table Set In EPT Grand Final

A total of 531 entries were made in the 2013 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final €10,600 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, and from that host of players has emerged what is undeniably the most star-studded EPT main event final table in the tour’s nine-season history. Here is a look at the chip counts of […]

Ed Miller: Three Tips For Keeping Your Sanity

Poker is an infuriating, frustrating game. Consistent progress is impossible. Even the best players take two steps forward, three steps back, and then another step and a half forward and wonder why they feel so exhausted when they’ve barely gotten anywhere. As I write this article, I mark the ten year anniversary of quitting my […]

Nevada Wins Nearly $915M From Gamblers In March

Nevada casinos had yet another solid month in terms of gaming revenue. On Friday, state regulators released figures from the month of March. The report stated: Nevada’s non-restricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $914,784,656 for the month of March 2013. This amounts to a 7.04 percent increase compared to March 2012, when […]

Poker Strategy With Gavin Griffin: Having A Plan

My wife is an engineer. This means she’s good at math, a very logical thinker, and very organized. She is also a planner. If we go on vacation, she plans out all the things she wants to do while we are there and puts all the research she did into a little binder to go […]

Hansen Nears $10M Lifetime Losses On FTP

Another bad week for Gus Hansen saw him lose more than $300,000, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. With the loss, his is now down more than $9.5 million on Full Tilt Poker over his career while playing on the site under his real name. Full Tilt opened in 2004, and Hansen’s data goes back […]

Details Of The GRAND Live Schedule Announced

The GRAND Live, the poker tournament formerly known as the Grand Series of Poker, has announced the first two of its four season IV stops. Malta and Prague will play host to the Ongame Network events from September 3 to 7, and December 11 to 15, 2013. Both main events will have a €1,000 + […]

BetVictor Offers World Series of Poker Buy in Back

All eyes are turning to the biggest poker event in the world, the World Series of Poker, and as players begin to look for ways to get to the Las Vegas mecca for June and July’s tournaments BetVictor Poker is launching an unprecedented promotion – Risk Free World Series of Poker. The Risk Free WSOP […]

Casino Giants Battle For D.C.-Area License

An MGM Resorts International subsidiary on Thursday filed a proposal for a license from the Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission to develop a casino in Prince George’s County. The company is competing with Penn National Gaming, which also plans to make a bid for a Las Vegas-style gambling facility in the state. The proposed […]

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 […]

WPT Canadian Spring Championship Final Table Set

The World Poker Tour returned to Quebec for the second time this season for the PartyPoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship at the Playground Poker Club. From a field of 735 entries, now only six players remain to battle it out for the title and first-place prize of $442,248 and 1,368 Card Player Player of the […]

Ben Sulsky Crushes Viktor Blom For $1.37M

According to tracking data from HighstakesDB, Ben Sulsky won more than $1.3 million from Viktor Blom over the past 24 hours or so, in one of the most epic matches of the year. Blom reportedly got off to a quick start in their session, winning $300,000. However, Sulsky quickly turned things around across the four […]

Defendants In Alleged Charity Gambling Scam Appear In Court

Defendants in an alleged charity gambling scam in Florida appeared in federal court this week, according to the Associated Press. The case involves a non-profit gambling organization designed to raise money for veterans. It was busted in March for allegedly operating a criminal enterprise to make its owners rich. Florida’s lieutenant governor resigned amidst the […]

UK Commission Publishes Gambling Survey

The UK Gambling Commission has published its latest Gambling Participation survey covering the first three months of 2013. The survey, which questioned 4,000 people, found that 0.4 percent of respondents played poker at a pub or club in the four weeks prior to being surveyed. Of these 18 percent played twice a week or more, […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Stockton Starts Thursday

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour pulls into Stockton in the north-east of England for its third main event of the season, a £500 + £50 buy in main event with a £50,000 guaranteed prize pool. The re-entry event, with two day 1s, starts at midday today Thursday May 9. Players at the G Casino get […]

Hacking Charges Dropped For Alleged Video Poker Cheats

Wired reported Tuesday that federal prosecutors in Nevada will no longer pursue hacking charges against two men who, in 2009, allegedly found a bug in International Game Technology’s “Game King” video poker device and used the glitch to win a six-figure sum. The case now focuses on a single charge of conspiracy to commit wire […]

Men Of Action: Benny Binion, The Cowboy Gangster

The newspaper men and photographers fell in love with the wrinkly moon-faced cowboy named Benny Binion, playing host at his Horseshoe Casino, the literal grandfather of a new poker tournament called the World Series of Poker, shaking everyone’s hands. It was the way he talked and the way he moved. He had credibility as a […]

TDA Adds Jack Effel, Neil Johnson And Tab Duchateau

The Poker Tournament Directors Association (TDA) announced today that it has added Jack Effel, Neil Johnson and Tab Duchateau to their board of directors. The TDA is a poker industry group whose mission is to standardize global poker tournament rules while simultaneously working to improve the game. The group will be hosting their sixth poker […]

Nevada To Add Gambler To 'Black Book'

A new name will likely be joining Nevada’s Excluded Person List, commonly referred to as the “Black Book.” The addition reportedly is the first one in nearly four years. On Thursday of last week, the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved Roderick William Dee II to the list. He is known for cheating at slot machines. […]