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In Wake Of Horrific Downswing, Viktor Blom Drops Down

Times apparently have changed for Viktor “Isildur1” Blom. On Monday, the poker pro, who at one point in January was incredibly up more than $5 million on 2013, was playing the short stack on a handful of tables, including $50-$100 pot-limit Omaha — a far cry from some of the stakes he had been grinding […]

Court Balks At Deciding Whether Poker Is Skill

The Virginia Supreme Court decided last week not to rule on whether poker was a game of skill or one of chance, according to the Associated Press. A poker game organizer had been threatened with prosecution for his charitable poker activity, which is considered illegal gambling, and the Virginia Supreme Court judge said that he […]

Philip Klasson Is Nordic Masters of Poker Champion

Philip Klasson has won the Nordic Masters of Poker main event at Casino Cosmopol, Stockholm, Sweden. The SEK25,000 + SEK1,000 (approx. €4,800) buy in event attracted 64 players creating a prize pool of SEK1,600,000 (€190,808). In an interview posted to the Casino Cosmopol website after the event Klasson said, “It feels really good! It’s my […]

Martin Bader Wins GUKPT London Main Event

A bigger than expected crowd of 397 players showed up at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London at the weekend for the first stop of the seventh season of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour. The €200,000 guarantee for the £1,000 + £70 main event was easily surpassed and given that numbers for the December 2012 Grand […]

Bad Beat Jackpot At BetVictor Passes €900,000

The Bad Beat Jackpot has passed the €900,000 mark at BetVictor Poker but there’s just three days left for it to hit before it’s suspended and some big and positive changes take place. Currently standing at €905,055 – the highest Bad Beat Jackpot in online poker history – the Jackpot will be stalled on Wednesday […]

David Peters: 'It's A Very Sick Game We Play'

With an impressive set of skills in both online and live settings, David Peters is definitely not the guy you want sitting at your table. The Toledo, Ohio native has a tournament record that boasts more than $3.5 million dollars in winnings, 12 titles, and 207 career cashes. We caught up with Peters this week, […]

Torbergsen: 'I've Treated Poker Like A Video Game'

Andreas “Skjervoy” Torbergsen, hailing from Norway, is one of online poker’s all-time greatest players. He has been grinding at the highest stakes in the world for years, turning out profits in the millions. He is still under the age of 30. The poker pro got his start playing low stakes and benefited from being stubbornly […]

ISPT Sees €1 Million Guaranteed To Winner

The International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT), taking place at Wembley on June 1, 2013, has entered into a deal with UK poker club Dusk Til Dawn which will see the club licence, operate, market and guarantee the event. Dusk Til Dawn will guarantee €1 million for the winner, taking a maximum of 20 percent out […]

Paddy Power Poker Student Masters Hits Dublin Today

The PaddyPowerPoker.com Student Masters 2013 gets underway today March 2 and continues tomorrow March 3 and will see the winner receive an entry into next year’s Irish Open. The student-only poker festival takes place at two venues in Dublin with day 1 in the Ballsbridge Hotel, and day 2 in the Jackpot Casino. Day 1 […]

Phil Ivey Loses $1.1 Million Online In February

Phil Ivey, widely regarded as poker’s best all-around player, lost $1.1 million last month, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Ivey was once a Full Tilt Team Pro, but after returning to the software now owned by PokerStars he has been playing under the screen name “Polarizing”. Despite some upswings since coming back, Ivey has […]

Poker Revenue Down As William Hill Buys Out Playtech

William Hill saw its poker revenue fall 13 percent in 2012 or 11 percent if calculated over the 53 weeks to Jan. 1, 2013 (£20.4 million) compared to 52 weeks to Dec. 27, 2011 (£23 million). This compares with growth of seven percent in 2011. The company also announced today that it was exercising its […]

Israeli Wins Free Play Poker League At BetVictor

The BetVictor Club Free Play Poker League for February is done and dusted for another month producing an Israeli winner for the first time. “Beatunow 6”, last month’s seventh place finisher, took down the €1,500 top prize while fellow countryman “VTL111” lifted €500 for his fourth place finish. A lower stakes player from Romanian “CFplmea” […]

Android Giveaway At Switch Poker This March

Mobile poker operator, Switch Poker, is giving away 10” and 7” Android tables between March 1 and April 10. Both new and existing poker players at Switch can avail of the offer simply by playing regularly at the site. New players can simply open up a Switch Poker account, register using the code “FREETAB” on […]

Paul Klann Wins The 2013 WPT L.A. Poker Classic

Paul Klann has emerged victorious in the 2013 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 main event, earning $1,004,090 and 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result, the 41-year-old from Richmond, British Columbia has been catapulted into a tie for second place in the POY race with Aussie Millions champion Mervin […]

Hansen To Square Off Against Negreanu

After Gus Hansen needled Daniel Negreanu on social media about an old hand on High Stakes Poker, Negreanu issued a challenge of sorts to the Danish pro. At an upcoming tournament, Negreanu and two of his colleagues at PokerStars will face off against Hansen, Viktor Blom and Tom Dwan. Here’s a look at Negreanu’s original […]

Most SHOCKING Gambling Stories From Feb.

The gambling world can sometimes produce really off-the-wall stories. Here’s a look at some of the most colorful from the month of February. Also take a look back at what weird stuff happened in January, December and November. $75,000 Lottery Winners Blow Up House While Celebrating Two brothers reportedly won the lottery for $75,000 and […]

Irish Poker Open Video Released By Paddy Power

PaddyPowerPoker.com has released a typically quirky new video to promote the upcoming Irish Poker Open being held at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, Ireland from March 29 to April 1, 2013. Featuring a game of poker that has gotten a little bit out of hand with spat out beer, men in pants, a dog, and a […]

€50,000 Sit ‘N’ Go Poker Challenge At BetVictor

Tomorrow March 1, 2013 sees BetVictor Poker herald the start of spring with a super Sit ‘N’ Go Challenge which give players eight chances throughout the month to win a share of the €50,000 prize pool. The key to taking part is opting in – simply go to the BetVictor Poker client, ‘my account’ and […]

Italian Poker Tour Saint Vincent Main Event Today

The PokerStars Italian Poker Tour main event gets underway in Saint Vincent in the north west of the country today, Thursday, February 28. The €2,000 + €200 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament features two day 1s and run for five days until Monday, March 4. It’s the first time the IPT has pulled into Saint […]

Watch WPT L.A. Poker Classic Final Table Live Now!

Final table broadcast is live now! Click below to watch all the action. The 2013 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 main event has reached its final table. A total of 517 players turned out at Los Angeles’ Commerce Casino to play this storied and prestigious event, building the largest prize pool so far […]

Watch Special Live At The Bike Cash Game Wednesday

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. Starting Feb. 27, CardPlayer.com will host the live cash game streams for all Live at the Bike webcasts (every Thursday and Friday, 7:30-10:30 p.m. PST) and also partner with Live at […]

Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Begins Today

The 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Las Vegas gets underway this week at the five-star rated Wynn Las Vegas for the tour’s first stop of 2013. The 12-event series kicks off at noon on Thursday, Feb. 28 with a four-day, $550 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. The tournament features a $250,000-guaranteed prize pool. The Wynn […]

A-Rod's 2006 Charity Poker Tournament Falls Into Controversy

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has just taken another huge public relations hit after he apparently used a 2006 charity poker tournament to repair his image. In a scathing exposé by the Boston Globe on the successes and failures of nonprofits associated with professional athletes, Rodriguez was pointed out as starting a foundation […]

888 And Bwin.Party To Benefit From U.S. Regulation

Yesterday saw New Jersey pass a bill to regulate online gambling including poker in the state making it the third U.S. state after Delaware and Nevada to do so. While struggling Atlantic City casinos will welcome the news so will some significant European gaming operators. PokerStars is at a well advanced stage of buying a […]

Lunch Lady Admits To Stealing $94K In Order To Gamble

A pair of cafeteria workers in Pennsylvania reportedly have admitted to losing nearly $94,000 in school lunch money at the slot machines at a nearby casino. One admitted to stealing the funds over a nearly two-year period, while the other gambler admitted to knowing where the money came from, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Both […]

First 2013 GUKPT Main Event Starts In London Tomorrow

The Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London is hosting the first stop on the 2013 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour this week with the £1,000 + £70 main event buy in getting underway tomorrow, Thursday, February 28. The two day one event, like all 12 main events this year, will have a £200,000 guarantee designed to arrest […]

Husband Threatens Casino After Wife Lost $30,000

A Delaware man was so upset that his wife was losing money at a casino on Sunday that he allegedly threatened to use an AK-47 to shoot up the place, according to Delaware Online. The wife reportedly had already lost $30,000, and so the husband allegedly called casino security and chillingly said, “My wife is […]

BREAKING: Online Poker Now LEGAL In New Jersey

It’s official. It’s finally over. Online poker, as a business, is legal in New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill Tuesday that authorizes casinos in struggling Atlantic City to eventually offer Internet versions of casino games intrastate — and one day beyond. Christie’s action comes after he decided to conditionally veto the measure earlier […]

Online Poker: Viktor Blom Giving It All Away

He didn’t lose it as quickly as he won it, but Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has given back all but about $930,000 of the more than $5 million in winnings he once had for the year. According to data from HighstakesDB, Blom was up the massive amount by mid-January and since then has went on a […]

Poker Player Called 'World's Top NBA Gambler'

ESPN The Magazine recently did a piece on high-stakes poker player and professional sports bettor Bob Voulgaris, who was described as “the world’s top NBA gambler.” Voulgaris, from Canada, has managed to become one of the most sophisticated sports bettors around, and has actually done work with a NBA franchise thanks to his expertise. The […]