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PKR Live 2013 Announced

PKR has announced the return of PKR Live next year for its seventh edition from March 29 to 31 at Aspers Stratford Casino, London. Satellites for the $500 buy in main event begin on PKR.com on Tuesday December 18 with $800 packages up for grabs as well as a direct buy in option. A full […]

Grand Series of Poker Prague Underway

The Corinthia Hotel & Casino in Prague is currently playing host to the Grand Series of Poker main event. The Czech capital is a hotbed of poker activity having seen the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour also roll into town in the last couple of weeks. As a result the picturesque city is […]

Phil Ivey Returns To Full Tilt Poker Games

Professional gambler Phil Ivey is back on the Full Tilt Poker software after not playing on it since the Black Friday indictments in April 2011. Card Player obtained a copy of a Full Tilt email that was recently sent out to the site’s high-stakes players informing them that Ivey changed his screen name to “Polarizing”. […]

Poker Pro Jonathan Aguiar Talks About DraftKings

Jonathan Aguiar is having the best year of his career. The 29-year-old got things started with a third-place finish in a $1,500 pot-limit hold’em event at this summer’s WSOP for $76,189 and then followed up that performance by winning his first bracelet at the WSOP Europe €10,000 mixed-max event for $332,855. Most recently, the Fall […]

Pro Poker Championship Rescheduled After Hurricane Sandy

Given the amount of disruption that still exists on the East Coast related to last week’s Hurricane Sandy, Pro Poker Championship, Inc. and Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware have decided to reschedule the filming of the televised series PPC1. The new dates for the series will be Friday, January 11, 2013 – […]

PokerStars' New U.S. Life Might Still Have Wynn Tie

In a sense, PokerStars legally operating in the U.S. might still have a connection to Steve Wynn. In early 2011, the firm had a tentative partnership with Wynn Resorts in conjunction with lobbying Nevada to legalize web poker. After a federal indictment against PokerStars in April 2011 and a $731 million settlement in July 2012, […]

Introducing Card Player Regional Poker Pages

Card Player is pleased to announce the addition of regional poker pages to the website. Each page will feature news, daily tournament listings and casino twitter updates specifically pertaining to a poker hotspot in the United States. Articles on these pages will include casino industry news, tournament announcements and recaps, as well as interviews with […]

Cincinnati Casino Announces Grand Opening Date

The Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati has announced that it will open its doors for business on March 4, 2013. The grand opening date has since been approved by state regulators, who will complete final inspections on Ohio’s fourth casino in the coming months. The two-story, $400 million property is a joint venture between Caesars Entertainment and […]

POY: Antonio Esfandiari Climbs To Sixth

Here is a look at the ones that made the biggest impact on the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Less than a week after winning a $2,500 prelim for $150,810 and 468 POY points, Ravi Raghavan went on to top […]

888 To Launch Real Money Gambling On Facebook

888 is set to launch a real money gaming product on Facebook in the UK. The ‘freemium’ Bingo Island product the company already has at the site will be upgraded to real money site. This will be followed by casino, slots and eventually poker. Chief executive of 888 Itai Frieberger, said, “888 has long recognised […]

Sen. Harry Reid Testy Over Online Poker Question

Addressing a group of reporters Tuesday regarding the “fiscal cliff,” Nevada Sen. Harry Reid mentioned that a potential online poker plan would now have Republican votes, but he implied that the chances are grim for passing a measure anytime very soon. Check out the interview from C-SPAN. Web poker is addressed at around the four-minute […]

Sheldon Adelson To Give GOP $300 Million More?

Las Vegas gambling king Sheldon Adelson donated upwards of $150 million to the GOP during this past election cycle and could double that in four years, according to reports. With a net worth of about $20.5 billion, according to Forbes, the owner of Las Vegas Sands Corp. is one of the richest men in the […]

Adam Teasdale Wins WSOP Circuit Atlantic City

Adam Teasdale topped a 616-entrant field in the $1,675 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit Atlantic City main event at the Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City, earning his first gold ring, 840 Card Player Player of the Year points and $194,000. Teasdale’s dedicated the win to his later father, who passed away around a year ago. […]

Felony Charges Dropped In Case Of $0 Poker Raid

The case stemming from an October police raid of a Florida card game with a $0 buy-in has slowly been unfolding in recent weeks, as felony gambling charges against a handful of individuals associated with the poker league have been dropped. However, two misdemeanor charges were then filed against two organizers of The Nutz Poker […]

Card Player Poker $5K Summit Tournament

Card Player Poker, which offers free membership, does not require deposits, and offers an opportunity to win up to $100,000 each month, has kicked off a new tournament series called the $5k Poker Summit. The step tournament series will award $2,500, the largest first-place cash prize ever on Card Player Poker. The $5k Poker Summit […]

Strategy For The Rest Of Us: John Racener

It’s great to see pros like Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth battling it out on poker’s biggest stages for millions of dollars, but the truth is that most of us will never get the same opportunity, nor will we really learn anything from their play that directly applies to our own games. The truth is […]

Genting Backs Off Florida Casino Proposal

Malaysian-based gambling company Genting Group announced last week that it has decided to stop pushing for the approval of a destination casino in South Florida by the voters and will instead wait and see what happens with the state’s two-year survey of the gaming market. Genting previously spent almost $1 million on campaign donations, lawyers, […]

Fox Poker Club Closes At Short Notice

The Fox Poker Club in London has closed surprising the poker community. A statement on its website said, “It [sic] with regret that Genting UK plc today announces that the Fox Poker Club will cease operation. “The Management and Staff of Fox Poker Club would like to thank all of it’s customers for supporting the […]

John Eames Joins Iveypoker.com

British poker pro John Eames has joined Iveypoker.com, the new training site from Phil Ivey. The young Brit, who has World Series of Poker and European Poker Tour final tables under his belt, joins fellow countryman James Dempsey on Team Ivey. Eames said on Twitter: Excited to announce that I will be representing iveypoker.com as […]

Gus Hansen: 'Slow-Rolling Doesn't Bother Me At All'

On Monday, cash game professional Gus Hansen answered a series of Twitter questions posed to him by more casual players — questions apparently selected by Full Tilt Poker. One directed at the Danish poker legend was regarding table etiquette. Hansen said that seeing “dealer abuse” is what irks him the most and that slow-rolling doesn’t […]

WSOP Champ Greg Merson Sober For Full Year

Poker pro Greg Merson, winner of the World Series of Poker main event about a month ago, has even more reason to be feeling on top of the world right now. The Maryland native announced on his Twitter Monday that he officially has been sober for a full year. Clean and Serene for one year […]

A Poker Life: Jon Turner

It took a lot of gamble for Jon Turner to enter the world of professional poker. In 2005, the North Carolina native packed up his belongings and took a modest bankroll to Las Vegas to pursue a passion, with hopes of making some good money along the way. For six years, Turner did just that. […]

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 Dec. 10th through the 16th. Head to our tournament […]

Pole Wins World Poker Tour Prague Main Event

The €3,300 buy in PartyPoker World Poker Tour Prague main event saw 567 entries in the Czech capital over the weekend creating a total prize pool of just over €1.6 million. The last man standing at the King’s Casino was 26-yeaar-old Marcin Wydrowski who was the first Polish player ever to win a major WPT […]

Paul Berende Wins Belgium Hold’em Challenge

Paul Berende has won the PokerStars Hold’em Challenge Winter Edition, in Namur, Belgium. The €1,500 buy in main event attracted 561 and Berende took down €119,974 for his victory. The final table payouts were: 1: Paul Berende — €119,974 2: Christophe maria Mertens — €101,500 3: Pieter De Korver — €100,000 4: Bart Moens — […]

Cypriot Wins Eureka Poker Tour Prague Main Event

Menikos Panagiotou has won the PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour Prague main event lifting €137,100 for beating 651 opponents in the €1,100 buy in event. Panagiotou eliminated six of his seven opponents at the final table, doing a deal threehanded, including the second and third placed players. He was 5:1 ahead in chips when he got […]

Ravi Raghavan Wins WPT Five Diamond Main Event

Ravi Raghavan came into the final table of the 2012 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic main event as the shortest stack, but when all was said and done the 26-year-old poker professional from Chicago overcame a stacked final table to emerge victorious, earning $1,268,571 and 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Kansas Star Casino Has Strong Economic Impact In First Year It’s been nearly a year since the opening of the Kansas Star Casino, a Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming property. Through October, the casino had earned $158.8 million, more than the other […]

Antonio Esfandiari Leads WPT Five Diamond Final Table

For the third year in a row, Antonio Esfandiari has made the final table of the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic main event at the Bellagio. He won it all in 2010, and nearly defended his title last year before ultimately finishing sixth. On the day of his 34th birthday, Esfandiari eliminated […]

World Poker Tour Prague Main Event Final Table Set

The final table of the 2012 Party Poker World Poker Tour Prague €3,300 re-entry no-limit hold’em main event has been set at the Kings Casino at the Corinthia Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. A total of 567 entries were made, but now only six remain to battle it out for the title and $423,957 first-place […]