Poker News

World Poker Tour National Brussels Gets Underway

The World Poker Tour rolls into Brussels for the first time for a €1,500 + €150 buy in National event today, Thursday, February 14. The two day 1 event is capped at 400 runners at Grand Casino in the Belgian capital and players will start with 25,000 in chips and a 60 minute clock. Day […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Cork Starts

The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour moves to Cork, Ireland today for the start of its €700 + €70 buy in main event. The second stop on the Tour of 2013 will see up to 800 players participate over two day 1s for a guaranteed prize pool of €250,000 at the Rochestown Hotel until […]

Card Player Poker Awarding CPPT Cruise Package

Card Player Poker is giving two lucky Facebook users a seat into the $1,100 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour main event qualifier for a chance to go on a Caribbean cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas. Users who share this news story on Facebook and tag their shipmate will be eligible for one […]

Ivey Makes Mind-Boggling Play At NL 2-7 TD

On Tuesday on Full Tilt Poker, there was an highly volatile session of no-limit deuce-to-seven triple draw featuring some of the game’s most aggressive players. Phil Ivey was one of the big losers in the game, partly thanks to an astonishing maneuver against unknown “patpatpanda”. The hand began with Phil Galfond raising to $1,050 from […]

Hollywood Poker Open To Charles Town Races

The inaugural Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) is coming to the Mid-Atlantic. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in Charles Town, West Virginia will host the next HPO regional tournament from March 21 through April 1. The action culminates the weekend of the main event ($1,620 buy-in) starting March 29. The winner of that event will […]

Nevada To Tax Online Poker Tournaments

Poker has long been considered an amenity for Nevada casinos, a game not capable of generating massive revenue like slot machines or some other table games. However, with the future of web poker based out of the state, the game could soon be a real money-maker. Nevada casinos did take in $123,253,000 from cash game […]

Grand Series of Poker Starts In Vienna

The Grand Series of Poker main event gets underway in Vienna today Wednesday February 13. Having moved from Salzburg to the Austrian capital the third stop on season III of the tour sees a €1,000 + €100 buy in no-limit hold’em event with two day 1s. Players get 20,000 in chips and a one hour […]

Five Freerolls For New Depositors At William Hill Poker

William Hill Poker is offering new online poker players at the site a chance to boost their bankrolls dramatically with a series of freerolls and a 200 percent bonus on their first deposit, just for signing up and playing. As soon as players make their first deposit at the site William Hill Poker gives them […]

Matt Giannetti Wins WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open

Matt Giannetti has won the 2013 World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open main event, earning $323,804 for capturing the second WPT title of his career thus far. For topping a field of 369 entrants the 28-year-old pro also earned 900 Card Player Player of the Year points, putting him in a tie for 25th […]

Online Poker To Be Legal In NJ By Spring

After New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made a hugely favorable decision last week on an online gaming bill that was resting in his hands, state lawmakers will have to approve some minor changes before sending it back to him for signature. It’s extremely likely Christie would sign this time around, after straight-up vetoing a similar […]

Capture The Flag: Shawn Buchanan

Shawn Buchanan recently finished runner-up in the 2012 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic main event, earning $746,502 and climbing to 26th place in the Player of the Year race. With earnings in excess of $6 million in live and online tournaments, it’s undeniable that Buchanan is a top tournament pro. Perhaps less […]

Stratosphere Parent Launches Free-Play Poker Site

Like it said it would, the parent company of Las Vegas’ Stratosphere Casino, Hotel and Tower has launched a free-play poker site before getting involved with the real-money business. The site, which debuted Tuesday, has been named “acePlay Poker”. American Casino & Entertainment Properties also owns other casinos in Nevada. The company said at one […]

Armed Cops Raid Tavern Poker Game In NC

Police with their weapons apparently drawn told poker players in a North Carolina gaming establishment to put their hands on their heads during a gathering on Thursday night. News-Record.com reported that no patrons were charged, but authorities did serve a criminal summonses on the Greensboro business — Aces and Ales Tavern and Gaming. “I would […]

WA Could Reduce Penalties On Web Poker Play

Long before Black Friday kicked out the major offshore poker sites operating within the United States, the state of Washington enacted a prohibition on Internet gambling. Years later, a new bill would reduce the penalties for those who play for “recreational purposes.” Recreation is defined by the legislation as “solely for the defendant’s own enjoyment […]

Full Tilt Poker Launches .Eu Site

Full Tilt Poker has begun migrating players from certain countries from its .com site, licensed in the Isle of Man, to a new .eu site, licensed in Malta. The move started yesterday for players in Greece, Luxembourg, and Slovenia and will contine with players from Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden. Players in these […]

Microgaming Signs Up 188BET For Poker Network

Online sportsbook and casino operator, 188BET, has launched its online poker offering on the Microgaming Poker Network. The company already uses Microgaming’s Quickfire instant-play game platform. Nigel Singer, managing director at 188BET, said, “With the launch of poker on the MPN, 188BET has become a one-stop-shop for players, offering an all-encompassing range of betting products. […]

Betsson Poker Grows 39 Percent In 2012

Poker revenue jumped 39 percent at Betsson plc in full year 2012 to SEK116.7Million (€13.6 million) from SEK83.9 million (€9.8 million) in 2011. Gross poker profit during the fourth quarter of 2012 jumped 27 percent to SEK31.6 million (€3.7 million) from SEK24.8 million (€2.9 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011. Poker, which is hosted […]

Men Of Action: Big Sid Wyman

Sid Wyman had a head like a baked ham and when he laughed “all 260 pounds of him shook. So did the chandeliers, the craps tables and the overhead peep-holes as the Jovian merriment bounced off the walls, shook the desks and rattled around the desert of Las Vegas,” wrote Pulitzer-prize winning sportswriter Jim Murray […]

The Borgata To Offer Gambling From Hotel Beds

Not long after the web gaming industry took a giant step toward entry into the Garden State, the Borgata — the largest casino in floundering Atlantic City — announced that it will soon allow its gamblers to place bets in their hotel rooms, according to the Associated Press. The news also comes not long after […]

Card Player Poker Awarding Seats To Reno CPPT

Right now, qualifiers are running on Card Player Poker to win your way into a live event at the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, in Reno, Nevada. The prize tournament begins on Mar. 1 at 9 p.m. EST on Card Player Poker. It will award a seat into the $200+$30 buy-in, $10,000 […]

Bally Technologies To Team Up With Ongame Poker Network

Nevada online gaming licensee Bally Technologies has announced that it will work with the Ongame Poker Network in order to build a more comprehensive interactive gaming product. Ongame was acquired last year by Amaya Gaming Group. The firms are business-to-business providers. Bally’s V.P. of Business Development said in a statement: “Ongame is a world leader […]

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

Giannetti Leads WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Final Table

After a marathon day of play, the final table of the 2013 World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event was set at 4 a.m. EST. A total of 369 entrants turned out. but now only six remain to battle it out for the title and $323,804 first-place prize. You can […]

Casino Janitor Returns Lost $10,000: Report

CBS Sacramento reported that a 10-year janitorial veteran recently found $10,000 in a casino bathroom where she worked. She decided to give the wad of cash to her employer, who was eventually able to find the rightful owner thanks to video surveillance. The janitor received a tip of $500, and then gave $50 to her […]

Gavin Griffin: Poker Questions Asked And Answered

People in the poker community often come up to me and ask about whatever is on their mind. Some of these questions are good questions, and some are bad beat stories in disguise. I’ve been through quite a few things in my poker career and I like to help whenever possible, and in this new […]

MGM Looks To Re-Enter NJ In Possible iGaming Move

In the wake of last week’s historic decision by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, at least one major player has apparently repositioned their chips to get in on the future action. Is MGM Resorts International now eying a piece of the New Jersey online gambling market? The company announced Monday that it has filed a […]

Irish Poker Open Mini Main Event Satellites Start

This year’s Irish Open festival hosts a new event which has gotten the poker community chattering – an Irish Open Mini Main Event. The €200 + €25 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament takes place over two days, Easter Sunday, March 31 and Easter Monday, April 1, at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin Ireland. Players will start […]

Extra Cash Added To International Poker Open London

The upcoming Boylepoker.com International Poker Open London 2013 will see the sponsor add £5,000 Extra Cash to the prize pool with 10 players walking away with an additional £500. Qualification for the Extra Cash competition is already underway at the site and all players have to do to qualify is earn 350 iPoints on Boylepoker.com […]

Tehan: 'Charging Inferior Hands' Is How To Win

Joe Tehan has been the epitome of rock solid throughout his poker career. After growing up playing cards against his grandmother, Tehan has moved on to be a powerful opponent. His results are impressive, especially for a guy who plays mostly limit cash games nowadays. The New York native has almost $4 million in tournament […]

Remi Castaignon Wins EPT Deauville For €770,000

Remi Castaignon has won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville main event taking down €770,000 for topping the field of 782 runners. The Frenchman started the day as massive chip leader in the €5,300 buy in tournament with almost double the next biggest stack at the table and despite an early setback which saw him […]