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Bill Boyd: First Modern Poker Room Manager

Bill Boyd could handle the other teens swaying back and forth to the motion of the boxcar. It was the hobos and the desperate drunk WWI vets who made everyone sleep with one eye open. Boyd was a watchdog during those years, eyes on eyes, eyes on hands. Riding the rails was romantic for about […]

888 To Launch All American Poker Network

888 plc, the Israeli online gaming operator, has formed a new company called All American Poker Network after entering into a deal with Avenue Capital Group in the U.S.. The company will act as the vehicle for 888’s brands in the U.S. as the online gaming market there opens up in the coming months and […]

Atlantic City Gaming Revenues Plunge 13 Percent

The first two months of this year yielded $417,529,100 in casino win for Atlantic City’s 12 casinos — a 13-percent decrease compared to the same period last year. The drop was despite the addition of Revel, the city’s most expensive casino ever. Just last month the property said it will be seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]

PokerStars: 'AGA's Sole Interest Is Economic Warfare'

The mudslinging continues in the battle for access to the extremely lucrative American real-money online gaming market. Less than a week after the American Gaming Association came out publicly to ferociously oppose PokerStars entering the Atlantic City casino market through the purchase of the struggling Atlantic Club Hotel Casino, lawyers for the web poker giant […]

Nevada Gaming Revenue Drops 12.4 Percent In Jan.

Nevada casinos only took in $909.2 million during the month of January, representing a 12.4 percent decline from a year ago when the state reported gaming revenue of $1.038 billion. Though numbers were down everywhere but the Boulder Strip, the biggest culprit for the drop was the Las Vegas Strip, which reported revenue of only […]

A Look At The Week In Tournament Poker

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 Mar. 11th through the 17th. Head to our tournament […]

Card Player Poker Tour Partners With Atlantis Casino

The Card Player Poker Tour has entered into a partnership with Reno’s Atlantis Casino Resort Spa to host the third annual Atlantis All In Poker Series™ from March 15-25, 2013. Players are sure to enjoy action-packed gaming in a luxurious AAA Four Diamond resort, during the heart of March Madness and only steps away from […]

Pierce McKellar Wins CPPT Wynn Event No. 7

Event 7 – $1,070 No-Limit Hold’em A total of 165 entries were made in event no.7 of the 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas, each posting the $1,070 buy-in to build a prize pool of $160,050. After two full days of play, it came to an end when Pierce McKellar made a deal […]

Rules Guy: Minor Rule Breaking To Induce Tilt

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 […]

MGM CEO: Casino Plan In New York 'Tortured'

MGM Resorts International, one of the largest and most powerful casino developers on the planet, reportedly loathes what’s currently being discussed in New York with regards to gaming. The company’s CEO Jim Murren told the Times Union that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s current plan to restrict resort-style casino construction to upstate is “tortured.” Murren argued that […]

Team Negreanu Destroys Team Hansen

Team Negreanu and Team Hansen competed this past weekend in a heads-up format, and the former group came out as the victor in convincing fashion. The $150,000 match originated from a Hansen Tweet which needled Negreanu about a high-stakes hand from 2006. Negreanu responded by issuing a challenge to Hansen. In Negreanu’s proposal, he would […]

Ladbrokes Poker To Move To Playtech

With the ink barely dry on the deal to end its online joint venture with William Hill, Playtech has secured a significant digital deal with Hill’s great rival Ladbrokes. The UK’s largest bookmaker has been suffering due to stunted online performance and the deal to create a new enterprise, Ladbrokes Israel, sees it aim to […]

Sergio Aido Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour London

Sergio Aido has won the PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour London main event at the Grosvenor Victoria casino. The €700 + €70 no-limit hold’em event attracted the largest crowd ever assembled for a poker tournament in the English capital – 1,099 players created a prize pool of £746,221 with 144 players getting paid. Aido […]

James Epner Wins CPPT Wynn Event No. 6

Event 6 – $550 No-Limit Hold’em A total of 150 entries were made in event no. 6 of the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas, building a prizepool of $72,750. After two days of battling it out on the felt only one player remained: James Epner. For winning his first tournament title Epner […]

Pro: Facing Ivey Live Would Be 'Crime Scene'

German online poker player “Kagome Kagome” is one of the regulars at some of the highest stakes offered in cyberspace, grinding as high as $2,000-$4,000. A specialist in fixed-limit games, the young German once received incredibly kind words from Phil Ivey — the most profitable player ever online. During one of their matches a couple […]

Thirty Irish Poker Open Packages Guaranteed Sunday

Poker players hoping to qualify for the upcoming Irish Open receive a 30-seat guaranteed bonanza today, Sunday, March 10 at paddypowerpoker.com. The €235 + €15 Irish Poker Open Mega Satellite takes place at 20:00 CET tonight with the sponsor guaranteeing €96,000 worth of packages, each of which includes a €2,250 buy in to the Irish […]

WeiKai Chang Wins WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star

WeiKai Chang has emerged victorious in the 2013 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star, topping the largest field in the event’s history to win $1,138,350 and 1,680 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result, Chang now sits in eighth place in the POY standings. A total of 643 entries were made […]

A Poker Life: Veteran Grinder Matt Stout

It’s hard not to like Matt Stout. The gregarious New Jersey native has a big personality which he just can’t help but show off. If it wasn’t for the incredible poker skills he flashes at the table, most of his opponents would welcome him with open arms. The 28-year-old pro has been in action since […]

Brent Hanks Wins Second CPPT Wynn Title

Event 5 – $440 No-Limit Hold’em $100,000 Guarantee A total of 478 entries were made in the fifth event of the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas, blowing away the $100,000 guarantee to build a $185,464 prize pool. The last player standing was none other than Brent Hanks, who has had an impressive […]

European Poker Tour London Gets Underway

Cards are in the air for the PokerStars European Poker Tour London main event today Saturday, March 9. The €5,000 + €250 buy in event will see players start with 30,000 in chips and 75 minute levels rising to 90 minutes after level 14. Three percent of the prizepool will be withheld for tournament costs. […]

€5 Free At Switch Poker This Week

Mobile poker operator, Switch Poker, is celebrating the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day by giving all players – new and current – at the site €5 absolutely free between today Saturday March 9 and Tuesday March 19. To collect the free cash simply visit the cashier page (registering if you haven’t already), enter your details on […]

Special Live At The Bike Final Table Airs Tonight

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 […]

'Social Poker' Bill Introduced In Texas

Texas could soon see its poker restrictions loosened up. A lawmaker introduced the Social Poker Gaming Act of 2013 last month amidst other gambling-related initiatives sitting on the table in the Lone Star State. Could 2013 be the year when something gets done? Daniel Kebort, managing partner at Texas Poker Partners which lobbies for poker […]

Volpe Makes Back-To-Back WPT Final Tables

Just over a week after finishing runner-up in the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic main event, Paul Volpe has made yet another WPT final table. The current sixth-ranked Card Player Player of the Year contender will enter the final day of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star main event as the chip leader with […]

CPPT Wynn Las Vegas Event 5 Draws 478

Event 5 – $440 No-Limit Hold’em $100,000 Guarantee Registration for event no. 5 of the inaugural Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas closed on Thursday, with a final total of 478 entries made in the $440 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. As a result of the great turnout the prizepool swelled to over $185,000 in […]

Viktor Blom Wins $1 Million, Finally Stops The Bleeding

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has finally stopped the bleeding after a $4 million online downswing. Over the past week he has won slightly more than $1 million, according to HighstakesDB. Electing to continue grinding through the slump, Blom finally emerged a big winner over a seven-day span for likely the first time since he went on […]

Luca Moschitta Wins Italian Poker Tour Main Event

Luca Moschitta has won the PokerStars Italian Poker Tour Saint Vincent main event. The PokerStars Team Online pro topped the 358-strong field in the €2,200 buy in event taking down €180,000 for his victory. It’s the seventh time the young pro has cashed on the Italian Poker Tour, having previously finished runner up at IPT […]

Rank To Buy Gala Casinos For £179 Million

Rank Group has agreed to buy Gala Casino for £179 million. The company, which also owns Grosvenor Casinos in the UK, will buy 19 of the originally proposed 23 casinos as well as three non-operating licenses from Gala Coral. The Competition Commission required the original agreement to purchase 23 casinos to be amended. The sale […]

Pinnacle To Sell Casino Land In Atlantic City At Loss

Pinnacle Entertainment, which had once planned to build a massive new casino in Atlantic City, reportedly has agreed to sell the plot of land where the casino was supposed to be lifted up from the ocean front, according to Thursday reporting from the Press of Atlantic City. The firm bought the land, which had a […]

Schonscheck Wins CPPT Wynn Event No. 4

Event 4 – $300 No-Limit Hold’em Event no. 4 at the Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas drew a total of 168 entrants, each putting up the $300 buy-in to build a prize pool of $44,000. A total of 18 players made the money, but the last player standing was William Schonscheck, who earned […]