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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 […]
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World Poker Tour National Marbella Starts TodayJust a day after its sojourn in Barcelona the World Poker Tour pitches up in Marbella on the southern Spanish coast for a National at Casino Cirsa Marbella. The €1,500 + €150 buy in main event starts today Thursday, April 11. It is a re-entry event with two day 1s. The structure sees players start […]
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Simon Hemsworth Joins Team PKR ProSimon Hemsworth from the UK has joined Team PKR Pro. The 29-year-old cash game specialist, who can regularly be found at six-max $5/$10 no-limit hold’em games, will appear on the upcoming PKR London Cash Game broadcast. The players, known online as “Rhymenoceros”, said, “I feel very privileged to be asked to be the new Team […]
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Mega Poker Series Madrid UnderwayThe Mega Poker Series Madrid main event got underway yesterday Wednesday, April 10, at Casino Gran Madrid in the Spanish capital with up to 500 players expected over the two day 1s. The deepstacked event gives players 77,000 in chips to start with and a 60 minute clock rising to 77 minutes from day 2 […]
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Chanracy Khun Wins 2013 WPT Barcelona Main EventChanracy Khun eliminated every single opponent at the six-handed live streamed final table of the 2013 bwin World Poker Tour Barcelona €3,500 no-limit hold’em main event. For the win the Canadian earned €200,000 ($258,448) and 612 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win, sending him into a three-way tie for 120th-place in […]
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Casino Could Come To Town With Population Of 721A bill up for consideration in West Virgina would authorize a casino to be built in the town of Franklin, which has a population of 721 according to the latest tally. The state currently has five commercial racetrack casinos, and their revenues are reportedly suffering as a result of casinos popping up nearby in states […]
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Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now OnlineThe latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features the late Jerry Buss, owner of the L.A. Lakers and avid poker player. Buss, who never hid his affinity for poker, was well known even by NBA players for his love of the game. “When I think of Jerry, I like to […]
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History: Phil Ivey Wins Ninth WSOP BraceletPhil Ivey capitalized on the World Series of Poker running bracelet events in Australia. On Wednesday, the professional gambler won his ninth WSOP title, putting him in a tie for fourth all-time. Only Johnny Chan (10), Doyle Brunson (10) and Phil Hellmuth (13) have more. The late Johnny Moss also accumulated nine during his lifetime. […]
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Strip Casinos Win Record Amount In FebruaryBack to the winning ways for Las Vegas casino owners? Sure looks like it. Nevada gaming regulators released revenue numbers Tuesday from the month of February 2013, and it was revealed that $1.073 billion was won from gamblers across the Silver State, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The figure was the highest since 2007. […]
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ZyngaPlusPoker Fails To Set Party AlightPartyPoker has fallen from second to fourth in terms of cash game player volume just one week after the launch of ZyngaPlusPoker on its network. One week ago PartyPoker’s seven-day average cash game players numbered 3,150. Today that figure has fallen to 3,000 according to PokerScout and the site has been overtaken by both Full […]
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Switch Poker Player Makes A Million – In BitcoinsA player at mobile poker operator Switch Poker has become a millionaire after transferring winnings into Bitcoins last year and leaving them lying in his account. The player, who does not wish to be named, converted almost €150,000 of his winnings into Bitcoins via Switch Poker over the last year simply to have a handy […]
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Google Glass To Be Banned From Vegas Casinos?Google’s latest product — “Google Glass” — might not be welcome in Las Vegas casinos, according to reporting from NBC. The eye wear has the capability to take photos and video. “Picture-taking is frowned upon, and security officers on duty ask individuals not to take pictures for the privacy of others in the casino,” MGM […]
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2013 World Poker Tour Barcelona Final Table SetThe final table of the 2013 bwin World Poker Tour Barcelona €3,500 main event is set, with 22-year-old Canadian Chanracy Khun in the lead with just under 2.4 million in chips. A total of 249 entries were made in this event, building a prize pool of $1,029,661. Now only six players remain to battle for […]
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Cincinnati Casino Brings In $21M During First MonthIt’s been a little less than a month since the Horseshoe Casino in Cincinnati opened and the numbers were solid. In total, the casino raked in $21 million in gaming revenue during March. The Horseshoe, which opened Mar.4 as Ohio’s fourth Las Vegas-style resort, became the fourth Ohio casino to top the $20 million mark […]
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Kevin Saul Wins WSOPC Foxwoods Main EventA total of 615 entries were made in the 2013 World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods $1,675 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, building a prize pool of $924,652. After three long days of action, the last player standing was non other than Kevin Saul, who earned $194,178 and his first WSOPC gold ring for the […]
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Dealer Fighting $75K Fine After Stealing $200 At CasinoSometimes the oneness of the political and business worlds becomes so blatantly offensive. One former poker dealer in Pittsburgh is paying the price for such a system. After stealing $200 worth of chips and putting them in his tip box, 27-year-old Matthew Eisenberg, a former employee of The Rivers Casino, was caught and charged. He […]
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NV Could Allow Investment Groups To Place BetsSome in the Silver State are looking to allow investment firms to place sports bets for individuals, according to a bill currently up for consideration in the state legislature. It had a hearing Monday, but there was no action on the proposal. Here’s a look at the exact language: “Patron” means: 1. A natural person; […]
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The WSOP Wants You To Test Its SoftwareThe World Series of Poker is looking for Nevadans age 21 and over to help test its forthcoming real-money online poker product. It’s not a job posting, though. It doesn’t look like you will be compensated for helping the multi-billion dollar company bring its product to the market. “By joining the WSOP.com beta program, you […]
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Cash Game Strategy With Live At The BikeCard 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 […]
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Men Of Action: Jack LondonJack London’s short life blazed bright and harsh against the dark blue sky of existence and the wake he made with the thousands of pages he wrote still knocks around boats moored in people’s minds. His creed is still worth consideration: I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should […]
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Daniel Boender Wins Estrellas Poker Tour ValenciaDaniel Boender from Holland has won the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Valencia defeating 482 opponents to take down the top prize of €104,550 at Casino Cirsa in Spain’s third largest city. Boender, the only non-Iberian at the table, got heads up with Spain’s Marciano Rodriguez Cortes holding a 7:1 chip lead but despite a double […]
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Bitar To Plead Guilty As He Awaits Heart TransplantThe final member of the Full Tilt Poker team that federal prosecutors alleged, in September 2011, had been operating a “global Ponzi scheme” reportedly will plead guilty. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Raymond Bitar needs a heart transplant and this medical development has affected his criminal case. “It’s a very unusual situation,” Bitar’s […]
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Zynga Stock Price Holding Steady Since Spike Last WeekZynga (ZNGA) launched its real-money poker game in the United Kingdom this past Wednesday and immediately saw its stock price climb from $3.07 to $3.43. It’s at $3.47 as of around 4 p.m. EST on Monday. Its stock price was once as low as around $2. The new Zynga project, powered by Bwin.Party, features both […]
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A Look At The Week In Tournament PokerIn 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 April 8 – 14. Head to our tournament database […]
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PNG To Develop $360M Casino Near San DiegoPenn National Gaming announced late last week that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and the Jamul Indian Village have agreed to jointly develop a Hollywood-branded casino on the Tribe’s trust land in San Diego County, California, about 20 miles east of downtown San Diego. The proposed $360 million development will include a three-story gaming and […]
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Mike Sexton: Success In The Booth And On The FeltIt is not uncommon for former superstars in sports such as basketball, baseball and football to bring their years of experience as players to bear as commentators once they retire. Poker might be one of the only games where, due to the lack of a season, players are able to be full-time commentators and still […]
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Two Found Dead In Atlantic City's Revel CasinoAtlantic City’s most expensive casino ever, and the one that just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, was just recently home to two dead bodies. According to a local ABC affiliate, the corpses of a 56-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both from New Jersey, were discovered Sunday on the seventh floor of the hotel. […]
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Mass. Man Wins $10M In No-Skill Poker TournamentEven lotteries are taking an interest in Texas hold’em. A Massachusetts man won $10 million in a no-skill poker tournament on Saturday. The prize was larger than every World Series of Poker main event payout except one. The event, which was electronic-based and thus did not have any live dealers, started with 560 players who […]
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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Didsbury StartsThe Grosvenor UK Poker Tour pulls into Didsbury, Manchester today for the second stop of season seven of its annual jaunt around Britain. The G Casino hosts 13 events over the next week with the centrepiece being the £500 + £50, three day, re-entry main event starting Thursday, April 11 with a £50,000 guaranteed prize […]
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Ed Miller: How To Stick To A PlanMost people don’t plan when they play poker. From hand to hand, they wing it. Oh, I’ll limp in here. Maybe I’ll hit my hand. Oh, I’ll bluff there. It’s the only way I can win. This isn’t how I play. Before I put my first chip in the pot, I have formulated a plan […]
