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Nevada Lawmaker Booted From Casino

The Las Vegas Sun reported Monday that a beleaguered Nevada lawmaker was 86’ed from a Reno casino on Friday after a “disagreement with restaurant staff.” However, Assemblyman Steven Brooks, D-North Las Vegas, reportedly claimed he was booted because the casino didn’t like the “bad press” he has been getting lately. According to the Las Vegas […]

Rank and Coral Casino Deal Gets OK

Rank plc got the go ahead today from the UK’s Competition Commission to purchase 19 Gala Coral casinos and three non-operating licenses. Rank, which owns Grosvenor Casinos and the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, originally wanted to buy all 23 Gala Coral UK casinos but four must be retained, for now at least, by Gala Coral. […]

Premier League Line Up Takes Shape

PartyPoker has announced the names of the first eight players who have secured a spot in the sixth edition of its popular Premier League event. The $125,000 buy in made-for-TV poker event runs from March 17 to March 23 and will feature Phil Hellmuth, Scott Seiver, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Tony G, Dan […]

Thomas Finneran Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour Cork

The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour Cork main event has been won by Thomas Finneran who took down €55,440 in the €700 + €70 buy in event on Ireland’s south coast. The event attracted 347 entrants, well down on the 601 players who last took part in the Cork main event in May 2011. […]

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 February 18th through the 24th. Head to our tournament […]

NBA Owner, Poker Player Jerry Buss Dies

Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and a familiar face in the poker community, reportedly died Monday at the age of 80. He had been battling cancer. During his time away from basketball, Buss played in some of the priciest poker games around, which included appearances on GSN’s High Stakes Poker and at […]

Ex-Mayor Won And Lost $1B At Video Poker

It turns out that one of the biggest and most consistent high rollers in Las Vegas over much of the past decade was a former public official from California who loved video poker. A former San Diego mayor who has admitted to misappropriating charitable funds in order to feed her nearly decade-long gambling addiction had […]

Chiming In On Poker's Unwritten Code Of Conduct

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 […]

$75K Lotto Winners Blow Up House While Celebrating

Two brothers won the lottery for $75,000 and in their drug-fueled celebration managed to accidentally blow up their house, The Wichita Eagle reported. One of the men went to the hospital with second-degree burns while the other went to jail. According to The Wichita Eagle: One of the brothers went to the kitchen to refuel […]

Bad Beat Jackpot Record Soars At BetVictor

The Bad Beat Jackpot at BetVictor Poker is moving in on the €800,000 milestone, its highest level ever and from next month onwards there’ll be even more chances to win as new rules will give more people more chances to get involved. Standing today at €795,000, the current Jackpot will be suspended on March 6 […]

Dusk Till Dawn Moves To iPoker Network

UK poker club, Dusk Till Dawn, is moving its online poker offering from the International Poker Network to Playtech’s iPoker network next week. The compamy said in a statement today, “Dusk Till Dawn would like to notify our customers that we are moving all our satellites and promotions to a new Dusk Till Dawn branded […]

Thirty Packages Guaranteed For Irish Poker Open

Qualification for the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open is in full swing and poker players will be treated to a Mega Satellite on March 10 at 8 p.m. with 30 packages guaranteed at the site. The €235 + €15 buy in no-limit hold’em freezeout will give away €96,000 in guaranteed packages, each one with a €2,250 seat […]

Capture The Flag: Robert Salaburu

Rob Salaburu is a young poker professional from Texas who just had the best year of his life on the felt. The former $5-$10 grinder made the final table of the World Series of Poker main event, finishing in eighth for nearly $1 million. Salaburu was one of the more colorful personalities at the tables […]

PKR Releases iPhone Poker App

Hot on the heels of its recent iPad poker launch, 3D online poker room PKR has released an iPhone version. The free app, available for download from the Apple App Store, feeds into PKR’s regular cash game and sit ‘n’ go tournaments and supports all generations of the iPhone. PKR has seen 300,000 downloads of […]

Strategy: Matt Matros: Don't Be Afraid To Bet Big

Fellow Card Player columnist Ed Miller preaches making big bets with big hands. This great piece of advice is nowhere more relevant than on the river. A mediocre no-limit hold’em player often falls into the trap of thinking, “all the cards have come, therefore I don’t have to protect my hand anymore, therefore I don’t […]

AC Casino Looking To Restructure $1.2B Debt

One of the latest moves out of Atlantic City, which will soon have legal online gaming, is a plan to restructure debt by Revel Casino, The Wall Street Journal reported. The gambling operation opened last spring and has been underwhelming ever since. It took six years to complete and required an additional $1.1 billion investment […]

Billion-Dollar Casino To Soon Open In Philippines

Officials in the Philippines are reportedly trying to keep pace with other top gaming markets around the world such as Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore. According to Agence France Presse, a new massive resort-style casino will open up in Manila’s bayside Entertainment City in mid-March. This one casino will be part of a $4 billion […]

Tom Dwan Wins $2 Million Since Last Friday

Tom Dwan, who is rumored to be a frequent combatant in the high-stakes cash games in Macau, up until recently hadn’t done much on Full Tilt Poker since it returned this past fall. However, the past seven days have been huge for the New Jersey native, as he’s currently up more than $2 million on […]

World Poker Tour Pulls Into Austria

The World Poker Tour pulls into Baden, Austria today for a nine-day festival of poker which includes the €3,300 buy in re-entry main event and a €10,000 High Rollers event. The festival gets underway this evening Saturday, February 16 with a €110 rebuy satellite for day 1A of the main event followed by a €440 […]

Sky Poker Signs Charlotte Jackson As Ambassador

Sky Sports News presenter Charlotte Jackson is the new poker ambassador for Sky Poker. Jackson, who has played competitive lacrosse and tennis, will appear regularly on Sky Poker TV and playing poker at the site as “CharlotteJ”. Jackson’s fellow Sky Poker presenter, Tony Kendall, welcomed her to the channel via Twitter: @tony_kendall I’m ready!Ha — […]

Pole Leads BetVictor February Poker League

The BetVictor Club Free Play Poker League for February has reached its half way point with Polish player “kejsi180” dominating proceedings as the Club nears its 1,000th member. When the magic number hits BetVictor Poker will release details of its special celebration freeroll but until then players will continue to duke it out on the […]

Trump Plaza Sold For Just $20M: Report

The Associated Press reported Thursday that Trump Plaza in Atlantic City has been sold to a California company for just $20 million. The purchase reportedly would be the cheapest ever for an Atlantic City gambling joint. The Meruelo Group, the buyer, also owns a casino in Nevada. Trump Plaza, like the entire industry in Atlantic […]

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 […]

WSOP Makes 'Ladies' Event $10K, Gives Women $9K Discount

Men will have to pay a hefty price, in addition to the public shaming, in order to compete in the “Ladies” event at the 2013 World Series of Poker. The WSOP announced Thursday, as part of the release of the 2013 summer schedule, that the buy-in for the special tournament will be raised from $1,000 […]

Cops Catch Suspect In $80 Robbery Outside Poker Room

Thanks to social media, authorities in New Hampshire have caught the man alleged to have violently robbed a 64-year-old of $80 right outside a poker room, Exeter Patch reported. The crime, which resulted in the victim suffering a facial fracture, took place two weeks ago. The victim reportedly told his attacker that he was having […]

2013 World Series of Poker Schedule Announced

The World Series of Poker has announced the schedule for the 44th edition of the WSOP in Las Vegas. The biggest poker tournament series of the year will begin on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 and will once again be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Click here for the complete 2013 WSOP schedule. […]

Kickstarter Bans Online Casino Game Project

Kickstarter, a website dedicated to companies looking for start up capital, or “crowd funding,” has removed an upcoming multi-player online casino game from its website after four days. The site, which has helped fund everything from films and documentaries to fashion and food-related projects, gave no reason for their decision to kick out the game. […]

Maine Could Relax Law On Charity Poker Tournaments

Maine Today reported Wednesday that a bill in the state legislature would relax a law applying to poker tournaments for charitable causes. The legislation reportedly would make it easier for nonprofits to run the games by allowing nonmembers to be hired as tournament organizers and staff. Some lawmakers are worried about “mobile casinos” popping up […]

Nevada Could Raise The Stakes On Internet Poker

A new bill in Nevada proposes to make some changes to the state’s existing online gaming law, and it’s reportedly creating some friction between the governor and other lawmakers. Included in the measure is a provision that would raise the licensing fee for operating an online poker site from $500,000 to $1 million. According to […]

Unibet Poker Revenue Grows Six Percent In 2012

Online gaming operator Unibet saw gross win revenue for poker rise six percent in 2012 to £14.5 million from £13.6 million in 2011. This compares to a drop of 33 percent in 2011 compared to 2010. This was despite a six percent drop in poker revenue in the final quarter of 2012 to £3.35 million […]