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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. […]

EPT Grand Final Main Event Prizepool Set

The prize pool numbers are in for the 2013 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final €10,600 no-limit hold’em main event: a total of 531 players turned out to build a €5,310,000 ($6,975,747) prize pool, down 20 percent from last year’s 665 entrants. The first-place prize will be €1,224,000, down from the €1,350,000 that […]

Steve Wynn: Gambling Industry 'Not Healthy'

How is the gambling industry faring right now? Apparently that just depends on who you ask. Las Vegas casino boss Steve Wynn reportedly said last week when he was in Carson City, Nevada that the business, not referring to his specifically, is “not healthy.” “Right now, the gaming industry has a serious health problem,” Wynn […]

Viktor Blom Wins $1 Million On Tuesday

Viktor Blom won more than $1 million on Tuesday, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. He played a mixture of pot-limit Omaha, no-limit hold’em and deuce-to-seven triple draw, logging more than 1,000 hands against some of the best in the world. He reportedly crushed the likes of Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene, Phil “Polarizing” Ivey, Kagome Kagome […]

UK Advertising Authority Bans Poker Ad

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ad from LuckyAcePoker describing it as “misleading.” It upheld a complaint from a couple who read the “Join Now & Get £10 Free to play with!" ad and joined the Cassava Enterprises Limited-owned LuckyAcePoker but not receive the advertised bonus. The ASA said the ad “made […]

EPT Grand Final Numbers Down 20 Percent

This year’s €10,000 + €600 buy in PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final attracted 531 players, down a significant 20 percent on last year’s 665 runners. The prize pool and payouts have yet to be revealed but will be well below the €6,650,000 from last year of which €1,350,000 was paid out to […]

Singles Dating Site PokerRomance.com Launches

Meeting new people on online dating sites is exciting and fun. At PokerRomance.com, our goal is to help singles of all backgrounds and ages connect with like-minded partners and start new relationships. Let Poker Romance connect you to hundreds of potential dates. Our extensive dating search tool is unique and will put you in touch […]

Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Matt Giannetti, WSOP main event final tablist and two-time WPT champion. Giannetti’s WSOP main event run was timely, since the pro from Massachusetts was in the middle of a major losing streak during the summer series. “I spent 15 hours a day, […]

Man Can't Sue Revel Right Now Because Casino Is Bankrupt

A tourist from the United Kingdom reportedly fell on a Revel escalator in August and failed in his quest to sue for his alleged injury thanks to the casino’s bankruptcy. According to reporting from The Star-Ledger, Chris Eades claims the incident began with his clothes getting caught in the escalator, before other patrons eventually rushed […]

Woman Buys Lotto Ticket By Mistake, Wins $14 Million

A California woman by the name of Thuan Le reportedly bought an extra lottery ticket by mistake, and that ticket turned out to make her the winner of $14 million. According to Patch, the mother of four was planning on spending her usual $5, but ended up sticking $6 into the lottery machine by accident. […]

Heads-Up Sit-N-Gos Strategy With Bryan Pellegrino

Bryan Pellegrino has spent years building up an image as one of the most feared high-stakes heads-up sit-n-go players online. Playing under the handle “PrimordialAA,” Pellegrino has won several hundreds of thousands of dollars beating heads-up sit-n-gos. The Lock Poker Pro has been an instructor with both PokerStrategy and CardRunners where he produced heads-up sit-n-go […]

Ivey Sues Casino For Allegedly Stiffing Him

Poker pro Phil Ivey is now suing Genting Crockfords London for allegedly stiffing him of $12.1 million he won last year. The Daily Mail broke the story in October. The Mail reported that Ivey was playing a high-stakes form of baccarat in August, taking the joint for £7.3 million, but only his initial buy-in was […]

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 […]

IZIpoker Launches In Italy On Ongame Network

Cogetech, the Italian gaming operator, has launched its new online poker site IZIpoker.it on the Amaya-owned Ongame network. The site, part of the IZIPlay.it suite of online gaming products which sponsors AC Milan and Genoa football clubs, was launched on Saturday, May 4. Fabio Schiavolin, CEO of Cogetech, "Amaya is a perfect partner for us […]

More Than Half Of US Adults Play Lottery

Casinos are not the most popular form of gambling in the United States, as that distinction belongs to the lotteries, which run in most states. According to a recent poll conducted by the American Gaming Association, 53 percent of individuals age 21 and over played the lottery at least once in 2012. The margin of […]

Bulgarian Wins BetVictor Club Poker League April

The BetVictor Club Free Play Poker League for April has been won by Zer0ing from Bulgaria who clung on doggedly to the lead since the middle of the month to take down €1,500 for topping the 686-strong field. Runner up was Madrigal64 from the UK who was just 10 points behind Zer0ing when the tallies […]

Nicola Sasso Wins Italian Poker Tour Main Event

Nicola Sasso has won the PokerStars Italian Poker Tour Sanremo Grand Final main event taking down €185,000 for his win. The Italian bested 427 opponents in the €2,000 + €200 buy in main event including American David Peters heads up. Sasso had around two million in chips more than Peters but they reached an agreement […]

Drama Monday In PokerStars' Quest To Buy AC Casino

Monday featured some dramatic developments in PokerStars’ quest to buy a casino in New Jersey and gain entry to the lucrative American Internet poker market. The Star-Ledger reported that a judge issued a restraining order that would bar the Atlantic Club casino, owned by Colony Capital, from being sold to anyone else other than PokerStars. […]

U.S. Casinos Win $37.34B From Gamblers In 2012

On Monday, the American Gaming Association, the commercial casino industry’s top lobbying group on Capitol Hill, released its annual “State of the States” report. In the document, the AGA reported that gaming revenues have reached their highest mark since 2007 — a year before the Great Recession struck and profits soured. Six years ago was […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: May 6 - 12

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 6th through the 12th. Head to our tournament […]

WSOP To Tighten Security After Boston Bombings?

Last week a discussion started on Twitter about safety and security at the upcoming World Series of Poker, which starts later this month. Whether this is surprising or not depends on your views, as the topic stemmed from the Boston Marathon bombings last month. Things got going in the poker universe apparently thanks to a […]

Illinois Governor Happier With Latest Casino Bill

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn reportedly is happier with the latest version of a gambling expansion proposal that is currently working its way through the legislature. According to CBS St. Louis, Quinn said: “You know the Senate bill definitely is an improvement over what we’ve seen in the past and there may be effort by the […]

European Poker Tour Season 10 Details Announced

PokerStars has announced details of season 10 of its flagship European Poker Tour. The Tour, starting on August 28 in Barcelona, will again take in eight stops, down for the 13 last seen on season eight. It then moves on to London, Prague, the Bahamas, Deauville, Berlin, Sanremo and Monte Carlo. The main change from […]

EPT Grand Final Begins Monday In Monte Carlo

The European Poker Tour Grand Final returns to the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Casino Resort in Monaco for the 2013 running of this glamorous and exciting tournament series. This time around the poker festival boasts an impressive 50-event schedule, with a plethora of options, with a variety of games on offer and buy-ins ranging […]

Rules Guy: Pump Faking And Tapping The Glass

Most players learn poker’s explicit rules pretty quickly: the “one-chip rule,” for example, or “verbal declarations are binding.” But not everyone seems to have digested the game’s vast book of unwritten rules, admonitions like “don’t berate other players (particularly bad ones)” or “say ‘nice hand’ even when you mean something entirely different.” Enter “The Rules […]

Macau To Host €100,000 Buy In Tournament

PokerStars has announced it expects to host the largest prize pool tournament ever outside of the World Series of Poker. The HKD $1 million (approx. €100,000 or $130,000) buy in Guangdong Asia Millions will take place from June 4-7, 2013 in Macau. Players will also be allowed two HKD $1 Million rebuys and over 100 […]

Free Poker Strategy: Playing Big Pocket Pairs

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 […]

2012's Biggest Winner Online Still Struggling In 2013

Poker pro Ben Sulsky was the biggest winner across all sites in 2012, but in 2013 he is down nearly $2 million, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. He quickly reached a huge deficit thanks to a horrible January and since has never been able to find any traction to climb out of the hole. […]

PokerStars Says It Still Wants New Jersey Casino

Earlier this week news broke that PokerStars deal to buy a New Jersey casino had expired due to a deadline being missed. However PokerStars head of communication, Eric Hollreiser, has said his company still wants to buy the casino and hinted at a misunderstanding or miscommunication between PokerStars and Colony Capital which owns the hotel […]

888 Scores U.S. Online Gaming Contract

Israeli online gaming operator 888, in conjunction with its partners Scientifc Games and WMS, has been selected by the Delaware Lottery to supply in with internet gaming systems and services. The companies will now negotiate contracts with the U.S. state which is due to launch online gaming, including poker, by the end of September 2013. […]