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Ohio Casino Control Commission Issues First Ever FineIt’s been nearly eight months since the first Ohio casino opened its doors, but it wasn’t until Tuesday that the Ohio Casino Control Commission was able to issue its first ever fine against a casino. In September, Horseshoe Casino Cleveland realized that they were using an unsanctioned version of software designed to provide patrons with […]
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Microsoft, Caesars To Release Poker Video GameMicrosoft Studios announced Wednesday that it’s set to release a new game called “World Series of Poker: Full House Pro.”, through a deal with Caesars Interactive Entertainment. The game will be available this spring on Xbox 360 and Windows 8. The product will not take real-money deposits like traditional poker software. According to a press […]
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Preview Of 2013 WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main EventThe Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma has been playing host to top-notch tournament action for nearly all of the month of January, with a plethora of tournaments to chose from for it’s World Series of Poker Circuit series. The centerpiece of the whole 43-event festival is undeniably the $1,675 WSOP Circuit no-limit hold’em event […]
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Gus Hansen Obliterated Tuesday On Full TiltGoing into Tuesday, Gus Hansen was on a big, yet rare upswing on Full Tilt Poker. However, after the day was over, the persistent Danish pro had lost close to $1 million. According to HighstakesDB, Hansen lost the sum over more than 2,700 hands of play. For much of the day, Hansen was engaged in […]
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Poker Trip: Win $6K CPPT Caribbean Cruise PackageCard Player Poker, which offers free membership, does not require deposits, and offers an opportunity to win up to $100,000 monthly, is giving away a $5,000 cruise package and a $1,100 tournament seat. The prize package includes a superior ocean view stateroom with balcony for two, round-trip airfare for two (up to $500 each), all […]
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Montana Could Raise Limits On Cash Game PotsMontana lawmakers are looking at a bill that would give live poker in the state a huge boost. House Bill No. 141 would raise the limit of cash game pots from $300 to $800. Additionally, the measure would help out those who offer poker tournaments. Card game operators would be able to host “large-stakes” poker […]
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11 Firms Vying For New Mass. Gambling LicensesThe five-member Massachusetts Gaming Commission announced Tuesday that 11 businesses have submitted initial paperwork and paid a non-refundable $400,000 application fee in order to compete for a license to build and operate a new gambling location in the state. In 2011, Massachusetts lawmakers approved a measure that allows up to three commercial Las Vegas-style casinos […]
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Laurent Polito Wins WPT National ParisLaurent Polito has won the World Poker Tour National Paris main event at the Aviation Club de Paris in the French capital. Polito, who started the final table third in chips, topped a field of 229 entrants to the €1,500 buy in re-entry tournament which saw World Series of Poker main event finalist Antoine Saout […]
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PokerStars Offers To Buy Atlantic City CasinoRational Group, the owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, has offered to buy the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey for an undisclosed sum. The move marks the first attempt by the company to gain a foothold in the U.S. market since PokerStars online gaming-related $547 million settlement with the U.S. […]
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UK & Ireland Poker Tour Edinburgh StartsThe PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour returns today, Wednesday January 16, for its first outing in 2013. The six-day festival rolls into The Balmoral five-star hotel in Edinburg, Scotland. Up to 500 players can be accommodated in the £700 + £70 buy in main event which has two day ones and gets underway tomorrow […]
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L.A. Poker Classic Kicks Off At The CommerceThe 2013 L.A. Poker Classic tournament series kicked off today, January 15th, with the first of 68 events. The Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California is the largest poker room in the world, making it the perfect home for one of the biggest tournament festivals on the circuit. This year’s LAPC will feature a variety […]
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Baptiste Chavillaz Wins Bike WSOPC Main EventBaptiste Chavillaz outlasted a record 721-entrant field to win the 2013 World Series of Poker Circuit $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event, earning $216,275 for the win. The 30-year-old music industry professional was also awarded 912 Card Player Player of the Year points, climbing to eighth place in the overall POY standings. “It’s all still sinking […]
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Casino Lobby Group Elects New DirectorThe American Gaming Association, the commercial casino industry’s top lobbying group, announced that it has re-elected five to its expansive board of directors, as well as brought on a new director in Richard Byrne, CEO of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. According to an AGA press release: “Byrne previously served as director-elect and was elected for […]
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Arizona Woman Deported After Winning JackpotMirna Valenzuela thought it was her lucky day when she won a $1,200 jackpot at the Casino del Sol in Tucson, Arizona last December. After trying to collect with her Arizona driver’s license, casino officials instructed her to return the next day with her Mexican passport. The next afternoon, Border Patrol Agents showed up and […]
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Men Of Action: Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight Eisenhower learned how to play poker from a man who lived on a river in Abilene, Kansas. His name was Bob Davis. He was nearly illiterate, yet Eisenhower called him one of his heroes. “My hero was a man named Bob Davis. He had long been a traveler, a fisherman, hunter, and guide. He […]
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PCA Super High Roller Finalist Donates PrizeGreg Jensen, co-CEO of investment firm Bridgewater Associates, who finished sixth in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller at the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, reportedly donated all of his $286,200 payout to the victims of the school shooting last month in Newtown, Conneticut. The poker tournament attracted 59 entries and was won by poker pro […]
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Maine Casino Hoping To Offer Pai GowA casino in Maine is reportedly hoping gaming regulators there will allow it to offer Pai Gow. Oxford Casino, which opened this past summer, is one of only two casinos in the state. The property currently has about 20 table games and 800 slots. The casino was approved in a 2010 statewide referendum. Within its […]
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iPad Poker Comes To PKR3D online poker room, PKR.com, has launched a free real money poker app for Apple iPad. Available initially to UK players the app currently features sit ‘n’ go and real money cash games with multi-table tournaments to be launched in the near future. Chief operating operator, Leon Walters, whose team developed the app said, “I’m […]
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Belgian Wins GUKPT Champion Of ChampionsThe final event of the current season of Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, the £100,000 Champion of Champions freeoll, has been won by Belgian Serge Van Landegham. Landegham overcame a 2:1 chip deficit against recent World Poker Tour National Dublin winner Simon Deadman. Estate agent Van Landegham, who has been playing poker for just three years, […]
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Vanessa Selbst Becomes Female Money LeaderVanessa Selbst has won the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 high roller no-limit hold’em event, earning $1,424,420 and as a result overtook Kathy Liebert to become the all-time winningest female poker player in the history of live tournaments with $6,996,315 in lifetime earnings. In addition to the money and the title, Selbst also scored 1,260 […]
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Dover Downs Satellites To Pro Poker ChampsThe Pro Poker Championship at Dover Downs is scheduled to get underway in February, but the property has already begun running satellites for the main event. Players can now win their way into the double entry $3,500 main event for as little as $62. Each satellite winner will then earn a seat into a $375 […]
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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 January 14th through the 20th. Head to our tournament […]
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PartyPoker Reduces Rakeback For Elite PlayersPartyPoker.com will scrap the Platinum Elite status in its VIP program which currently offers players up to 50 percent rakeback. The top bonus level will now offer no more than 30 percent effective rakeback. A spokesperson for the company said, “We believe the change will allow us to manage our poker room more effectively and […]
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MGM Closer To Building New Macau CasinoMGM Resorts International announced last week that it’s closer to starting the construction phase of its new casino in Macau, which will be its second casino-resort there. The deal that gives the casino developer the land needed for the project is good to go. Jim Murren, CEO of MGM Resorts, said in a statement: “Now […]
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Palms Fined $1 Million For Prostitution, DrugsThe parent company of the Palms casino, located just off the Las Vegas Strip, has been hit with a $1 million fine by Nevada regulators after an investigation into prostitution and drugs. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the firm has agreed to pay the seven figures to the state. For details on the investigation […]
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Student Sentenced To 60 Years In Jail For Poker RobberyA college student in Maryland was sentenced last week to 60 years in prison for his role in an armed and violent robbery of a poker home hosted at a College Park apartment in 2011. According to The Washington Examiner, 24-year-old Sergio Hernandez and a co-conspirator told the victims to lie on the ground and […]
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Phil Galfond Crushes Viktor Blom For $1 MillionAfter about a $5-million upswing to start the year on Full Tilt Poker software, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was decimated Sunday by Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond to the tune of $1 million, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Blom had dominated Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky — online poker’s biggest winner last year — in the early stages of […]
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Spanish Poker Players Under Tax ScrutinySpain is following the lead of Italy and Sweden by adopting an aggressive approach to poker players and their tax affairs with a clampdown underway in the wake of the regulation of online poker in the country. Last year a number of major online gaming operators were forced to pay back taxes in the country […]
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BetVictor Poker’s €50,000 Scratch Card GiveawayBetVictor Poker is getting all James Bond on its players from tomorrow Tuesday January 15 with a huge month-long €50,000 sit ‘n’ go giveaway. The Secret Agent Giveaway will see players win 10 €1,000 Tag Heuer watches, five iPhones and 1,500 €22 tournament tickets in a fun and free scratch card game. To take part […]
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Dimitar Danchev Wins 2013 PCA Main EventBulgarian poker pro Dimitar Danchev has won the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 no-limit hold’em main event, earning $1,859,000 and 2,280 Card Player Player of the Year points and taking the early lead in the POY race. The 26-year-old outlasted a field of 987 entrants in the 10th anniversary running of the PCA at the […]
