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Roy Cooke: It's All About Your Judgments

Playing poker well requires a great deal of knowledge and effort in order to make your decisions all they can be. Not only must you amass the highest possible level of information by accurately analyzing what is happening, you also need to possess the strategic knowledge to make the best decision. Poker also requires that […]

Gus Hansen Down $6M Since The Fall

Whenever it seems like maybe, just maybe Gus Hansen might be pulling out of this protracted downswing, he has yet another poor week. According to HighstakesDB, Hansen lost more than $350,000 over the past seven days, which brings his losses since Full Tilt Poker relaunched in November of last year to more than $6 million. […]

Poker Revenue Up 11 Percent At Betsson

Betsson, the publicly-quoted online gaming operator, saw poker revenue grow 11 percent in the first quarter of 2013 to SEK30.6 million (€3.56 million) from SEK27.5 million (€3.2 million) a year earlier. However this amount was three percent lower than the final quarter of 2012 when it was SEK31.6 million. Poker makes up 5.7 percent of […]

Italian Poker Tour Grand Final Starts Saturday

The fourth season of the Italian Poker Tour comes to a conclusion from tomorrow Saturday April 27 in San Remo. The 10-day festival offer poker players in the region 29 games including the centerpiece five-day, €2,000 + €200 main event starting Thursday May 2. Kicking things off this weekend are the six-day long Mini IPT […]

Gambler Sues Casino For Falling Out Of Chair

A Pennsylvania man is pursuing legal recourse against Parx Casino in Bensalem for allegedly providing a faulty chair at a slot machine that caused him to fall out of it and injury himself, PhillyBlurbs.com reported. Davis alleged “several and debilitating personal injuries on or about the entire head, neck, back, shoulders, arms, legs, torso and […]

Mark Gregorich On Omaha Eight-or-Better Strategy

Card Player TV recently caught up with Omaha eight-or-better specialist Mark Gregorich for a video interview about the types of hands that you should be playing in Omaha-eight beyond just A-A-2-3 double suited. Gregorich is particularly well qualified to speak on the subject, because in addition to playing the game for a living he also […]

Columbus To Host First Big Ohio Poker Series

The inaugural Hollywood Poker Open is coming to Columbus, Ohio. The Hollywood Casino Columbus will host 13-days of HPO events, including single table satellites, a super satellite and a 7-day $1,090 buy-in tournament from May 6th through the 19th. This regional tournament in Columbus is the last chance for players to win their way into […]

Borgata Hopes To Be First To NJ I-Gambling

Atlantic City will soon be home to Internet gambling and one casino firm is looking to be first to the market – a move which could give it a clear advantage over its competitors. The Press of Atlantic City reported Wednesday that Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa expects to begin offering games soon after state […]

Playtech’s Poker Revenue Down 18 Percent

Playtech, owner of the iPoker Network, saw its poker revenue continue to slide year-on-year with first quarter 2013 revenue down 18 percent to €4.4 million from €5.3 million a year earlier. However there was some glimmer of light as the revenue was up nine percent on the last quarter of 2012 when it was €4.02 […]

Wynn Closer To Potential Massachusetts Casino

The Associated Press reported Thursday that the Massachusetts town of Everett has reached a “host community agreement” with Wynn Resorts, developer of casinos across the globe. The firm is looking to get approval to build a casino in the Boston area. Wynn Resorts is owned by Las Vegas legend Steve Wynn. The city’s deal with […]

Mario Sanchez Wins Grand Series of Poker Marbella

The €1,100 buy in Grand Series of Poker Live Marbella main event has been won by Mario Sanchez who topped the 392-strong field in the Spainish resort to collect €74,150. The local player is the final GSOP Live champion of season II. The GSOP Live will be rebranded as The GRAND Live for season IV. […]

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 […]

PokerSites.com Offers Rankings, Reviews And Bonuses

When you are looking for a good poker site to play at, it can be hard to know which one is right for you. After all, we are all individuals, and not all of us are looking for the same thing from an Internet poker room. So what do you do? An ideal resource for […]

Japan Lawmakers To Make Move Toward Casinos

Japan has the world’s third largest economy, and it could be opened up to traditional casino gambling if a group of lawmakers has its way, Reuters reported. Gambling, defined specifically, is generally not legal in the nation. The country’s economy trails only the United States and China. The United States is home to a lucrative […]

Estimate For NJ I-Gambling Could Be $1 Billion

It’s still really early in the game, but some are predicting a huge Internet gambling market to be created in New Jersey, once regulators and businesses get everything in order. According to NewsRoomNewJersey.com, the state treasurer has said that Internet gambling could bring in a whopping $1.2 billion, with state tax revenues reaching $180 million […]

Men Who Tried To Extort Joe Sebok Sentenced

The Associated Press Reported that two men were sentenced to jail for hacking into the email accounts of pro poker players — most notably Joe Sebok — and using naked pictures and other private information to try to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tyler Schrier, 23, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and […]

888 Expects Nevada Online Poker By Fall

888 plc, the online poker operator which has deals with Caesars Interactive, WMS, Treasure Island Casino in Nevada, said it expects to be offering online poker in the state by the fall. Cheif executive officer, Brian Mattingley told Reuters, “In Nevada we are awaiting final sign-off by the gaming control board on our software,” “I […]

Tech Issues Plague Party’s Poker Fest III

The stream of bad news from PartyPoker continues. First losses were increasing, then the launch of ZyngaPlusPoker on the site seemed to have a negative effect on cash game players and now it has had to apologise to its players after it cancelled four of the first five events of Poker Fest III. In a […]

Switch Poker Launches Player Strategy

As part of its recent site and rewards reveamp Switch Poker, the mobile poker operator, has launched a new player blog section where players at the site are invited to share strategy and other useful poker information with the community. The first article in the series, for which the writers can earn medals as part […]

Opponents Fighting Slot Parlor Coming To MA Town

Some in Worcester are fighting a slots-only parlor from coming to the town, the Telegram & Gazette reported Sunday. Discussions are still underway about whether to allow the construction to begin on the new gambling facility. In 2011, Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill into law that allows for three full-scale casinos and one slots-only […]

Iowa To Weaken Gambling Self-Exclusion Program

A bill in Iowa would water down the ability of people with severe gambling addictions from self-banning from casinos. The measure is on the governor’s desk after state law-writers passed the proposal earlier this month. The legislation would allow gamblers to ban themselves for five years, instead of just for life. If the five-year option […]

Hinkle Wins Second WSOP-C Council Bluffs Title

Blair Hinkle has won his second World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event title, topping a field of 367 entrants to win $121,177 and 600 Card Player Player of the Year points. Hinkle took down this very same event in 2010, and is the only player in the history […]

Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Ultimate Poker and the latest member of their team, Antonio Esfandiari. Esfandiari, who will represent Ultimate Poker when the site launches in Nevada, was confident in the product and in his new partner’s integrity. “I can gladly come out and say: Play […]

Poker Strategy For The Rest Of Us: Rick 'Rask88' Mask

In an effort to provide valuable tools and tips that are relevant to even the smallest games, Card Player is pleased to bring you Poker Strategy For The Rest Of Us, which will focus on everyday situations that occur against the poker world’s most casual players. Pro – Rick “Rask88” Mask Concept – Bluff Catching […]

Bloomberg: U.S. Casino Industry Takes In $37B In 2012

Bloomberg reported Sunday that U.S. commercial casino revenue last year was $37 billion. The figure was based on the organization’s findings as well as data from the American Gaming Association, the casino industry’s top lobbying group on Capitol Hill. That sum is below 2007’s peak of $37.5 billion. The most recent tally, as of December […]

Pennsylvania Online Gambling Bill Introduced

Pennsylvania took a big step this week toward a possible future of Internet gambling. A bill was introduced that would allow existing gambling facilities in the state to offer a wide-array of casino games, including poker. Technology firms outside of the state could come in and partner with land-based businesses. This arrangement has become the […]

888 Poker Revenue Up 15 Percent

888, the publicly-quoted online gaming operator, saw business-to-consumer (B2C) online poker revenue up 15 percent to $24 million in the first three months of 2013 from $21 million a year earlier. The company said the growth was driven by a “successful winter marketing campaign.” The growth continues on from the 44 percent increase to $87.5 […]

Tollerene Talks About Losing $1.7M In Single Session

Earlier this month, Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene clicked down at the virtual felt on Full Tilt Poker with Viktor “Isildur1” Blom for a session of $500-$1,000 capped pot-limit Omaha, and when the night was over Tollerene had dropped a staggering $1.7 million. However, according to Tollerene, these recent nosebleed sessions — and the huge loss — […]

Betfair Rejects Takeover Offer

Betfair, the world’s largest betting exchange and one of the iPoker network’s largest poker operators, has rejected a takeover bid from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. A preliminary proposal from CVC Capital Partners, which owns a majority share in Formula 1, to offer 880 pence per share but Betfair said no saying it “fundamentally […]

New Comedy Novel Combines Poker, Golf and Brawling

We all love our poker and a new book, Revenge of the Cheesesteak, takes the comedy trip to the next level with a combination of golf, trash talking, brawling and a little poker. As Deemo so elequently states, regarding Revenge of the Cheesesteak on its website: Without my Queen Hauser’s anti-inspiration, I never would’ve made […]