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A Poker Life: Joe Tehan

Growing up in New York, a young Joe Tehan was a game fanatic. He would come home from school, finish his homework, and then be free to play games of all sorts. His family was full of card players, so it wasn’t much of a surprise when he picked up the habit, playing with and […]

Ed Miller: Three Ways You Give Your Hand Away

Strong poker players hide information well. When they take a particular betting line in a hand, it’s rarely possible to know for certain how to react. You’re always guessing. The trick against these players is to hide your own information just as well and then to guess smart. Most poker players, however, do not hide […]

Fred Samelian Wins CPPT Caribbean Cruise Main Event

After four days of exciting poker action while at sail around the Caribbean, Fred Samelian has emerged as the first-ever Card Player Poker Tour Caribbean Cruise $1,100 main event champion. The 66-year-old construction executive from Las Vegas, NV earned $13,200 and 120 Card Player Player of the Year points as a result of capturing this, […]

Online Poker: Tom Dwan Wins $700K This Week

Tom “durrrr” Dwan was having a relatively lackluster year on the virtual felt until he logged on over the past seven days. Dwan won more than $740,000, according to HighstakesDB. The New Jersey native is now up $1 million on 2013. He logs on from Macau, an area where some of the highest stake live […]

EPT Berlin Main Event This Weekend

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Berlin festival is underway with the centerpiece main event starting on Sunday, April 21 at Grand Hyatt Berlin. The €5,000 + €300 buy in main event is just one of 45 events taking place over 10 days across the expanded schedule of the fourth visit to the German capital. Already […]

PKR and Redbet Banned In Belgium

PKR.com and Redbet.com are the latest online poker companies blacklisted in Belgium. Several online casino sites were also banned by the small European state. Only a small handful of companies can offer online poker legally in the country including bwin.party, PokerStars and Partouche. In November last year bwin.party chief Norbert Teufelberger was hauled in for […]

Bulgaria Heads BetVictor Free Play Poker League April

With 18 days gone and just 12 to go Bulgarian’s sit first and third in the BetVictor Club Free Play Poker League. However Zer0ing and CStanKAta23 are in a very tight race with British player ItsBILKO who earlier on Thursday was top of the pile and is less than 10 points behind Zer0ing so it […]

Final Table Set In CPPT Caribbean Cruise

Only five players remain in the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Caribbean Cruise $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event, hosted by Card Player Cruises aboard the incredible MS Oasis of the Seas. Each of final five are in the money and guaranteed at least a $3,720 payday, but surely they all have their eyes on the […]

Brothers Accused Of Stealing $5M Scratch-Off Ticket

The Post-Standard reported that two brothers who allegedly attempted to claim $5 million from a stolen scratch-off ticket will elect to have a judge rule on their case rather than a jury. “I feel much better having it in the hands of someone who is trained legally, who knows the law and knows how to […]

Free Poker Strategy: Playing From The Blinds

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 […]

MGM Announces Plans To Renovate Two Casinos

MGM Resorts International, one of the most powerful and largest casino developers in the world, announced Thursday that it will be doing a massive renovation to one section of the iconic Las Vegas Strip. According to a press release, plans include new Strip-side experiences at New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts. There will be […]

Gaming Lobby Picks New President

The American Gaming Association, the commercial casino industry’s top lobbying group, announced on Wednesday that Washington insider Geoff Freeman will become its new president and CEO, effective July 1, 2013. The AGA is the predominant force on Capitol Hill pushing for online poker legislation. Freeman will join the AGA after seven years at the U.S. […]

Switch Poker Launches New Website, Rewards

Mobile poker operator Switch Poker today launches its redesigned website complete with a ground breaking gamification of online poker. Easier to navigate and with a fresh new style the site now offers players a fun new way to compete against each other where they will now be awarded medals for achievements and milestones at the […]

Ireland Wins European Nations Cup

Ireland has won the European Nations Cup event held last weekend in Cyprus. The team, captained by Padraig Parkinson, battled against teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, and Cyprus for the International Federation of Poker run event. They now qualify, along with Russia, Spain, the UK, Estonia […]

Grand Series Of Poker Live Rebrands

Ongame Network’s Grand Series of Poker Live tour is to be re-branded as “The GRAND Live” for next season, the fourth in its history. The Amaya-owned Tour rolled into Marbella, Spain yesterday for the fourth and final €1,100 buy in main event of its third season attracting a sell-out field of 400 runners. Fredrik Lindberg, […]

Final Nine Set In CPPT Caribbean Cruise Main Event

The final nine has been set in the Card Player Poker Tour $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event while at sea on day 5 of the 7-night CPPT Caribbean Cruise, hosted by Card Player Cruises. Registration closed at the start of play today with the final number of entries being 43. This built a prize pool […]

Caesars Makes Move For NJ Internet Gaming

PokerStars made a strong play at getting a license for eventual New Jersey online poker, and now so has Caesars Entertainment Corp., according to the Press of Atlantic City. Caesars, owner and operator of the World Series of Poker which takes place every year during the summer is Las Vegas, has applied for a New […]

Kevin Eyster Wins WPT Hard Rock Showdown

After topping a field of 542 players at the 2013 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, Kevin Eyster has earned his first major live tournament title and a hefty prize of $660,395. Eyster, who made a name for himself as an online player, more than doubled his career live tournament earnings to nearly $1.2 […]

Feds Bust Poker Games With Links To Russian Mob

American poker players haven’t been repaid yet from the Full Tilt Poker case, but the Department of Justice decided to bust a handful of poker players Tuesday as part of a crackdown on alleged shady dealings by Russian mafia operating within the country. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney who indicted the major owners of […]

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 […]

Full Tilt Poker Segregates New Players

Full Tilt Poker has launched special segregated tables for new players and existing players who are learning new games at the site in order to help them better develop their skills against players of a similar level. The New To The Game tables are available at the lowest stake levels in both tournament and ring […]

International Poker Open London Starts Today

The Boylepoker.com International Poker Open London gets underway today at Aspers Casino, Stratford, London. The £200 + £25 buy in event runs until Sunday, April 21 with three day 1s on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week. IPO London 2013 is a re-entry event with players who are knocked out able to re-enter on any […]

CPPT Caribbean Cruise Main Event Underway

The inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Caribbean Cruise $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event, hosted by Card Player Cruises, got underway today aboard the 7-night cruise around the Caribbean on the gigantic and luxurious MS Oasis of the Seas. After a day in the beautiful port of Falmouth, Jamaica the first cards where dealt at 7:30 […]

Florida Tribe To Host $10 Million Guarantee Poker Tournament

SouthFlorida.com reported that the Seminole Tribe of Florida announced this week that it will run a $10 million guaranteed tournament, which is the largest ever, according to the group. The tournament is called the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and will run Aug. 22-29 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The […]

A Look At Poker In The State Of Maryland

In December, Maryland residents voted to expand table games offerings at its state’s casinos. The news was huge for poker players, who were previously forced to travel to neighboring West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for their action. Last month, the first poker room in the state opened at the Hollywood Casino Perryville, just […]

Second Phase Of Cleveland Casino In Doubt

The second phase of casino construction in downtown Cleveland remains an uncertainty, according to reporting from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Those involved reportedly aren’t sure exactly how to develop the area — what it needs and what it could support. “Everything happening there is good,” a real estate expert told the paper. “I’m not a […]

Pennsylvania Casinos Set Record For Table Games Revenue

Pennsylvania casinos brought in a March record $67.4 million in gross table games revenue. According to the state’s gaming control board, that take represents a 9 percent increase over the previous monthly record set in 2012. The main reason for the new record is the added action at the new Valley Forge Casino Resort in […]

John Bowman Wins WSOPC Cherokee Main Event

The largest buy-in tournament in the history of North Carolina wrapped up on Monday, with local John Bowman claiming his first World Series of Poker Circuit title at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. Bowman defeated 856 players in the four-day $1,500 buy-in event, earning $250,380 from the $1,284,000 prize pool and a gold WSOP Circuit ring. Bowman, […]

Chad Elie Sues Former Attorney For Malpractice

Chad Elie, the former online poker payment processor currently serving time in jail, has sued Jeff Ifrah, his former lawyer, for “professional malpractice,” according to Forbes. The lawsuit, filed in Nevada, claims that Ifrah was involved with the online poker business prior to the industry falling in the cross hairs of the Department of Justice, […]

AP: Feds Say Russian Mob Ran Celeb Poker Games

The Associated Press broke the news Tuesday morning that federal authorities in the state of New York have claimed that members of a Russian organized crime ring ran high-stakes underground poker games in New York City that were frequented by professional athletes, movie stars and apparently executives in the Wall Street trading world. The issue […]