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Five Diamond World Poker Classic Starts Tuesday

Since it opened its doors in 1998, Bellagio has been a central figure in the poker world, hosting some of the biggest cash games and richest tournaments in the history of the game. The tradition of poker excellence is sure to continue as the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,300 […]

Grand Sierra Begins Winter Pot Of Gold

On Wednesday, Dec. 5, the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada will kick off its seasonal Winter Pot of Gold poker tournament. The $120 buy-in tournament will feature four starting days with two flights each, with the top 10 percent making the money and the top 5 percent advancing to the finals on Sunday, Dec. […]

Casinos In 'Full-Court Press' For iPoker

As the lame duck session drags on, online poker advocates from the commercial casino industry in the nation’s capital are engaged in a “full-court press” to get something done, said Frank Fahrenkopf, president of the industry’s top lobbying group. “Without swift congressional action, the U.S. will soon see the largest expansion of legal gambling in […]

Man Allegedly Puts Wife At Stake In Gamble

A Monday report from CNN–IBN in northern India — near New Delhi — said that a man there has been accused of putting his wife at risk in some sort of gamble — and lost. According to the report, when the other gamblers came to collect, or in other words abduct her, she fended them […]

Macau Sees 7.9 Percent Rise In Casino Revenue

The month of November was good to the Macau casino market, with properties reporting a 7.9 percent year over year increase in gambling revenue, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau of Macau. China’s only legal gambling destination brought in a total of 24.88 billion patacas ($3.12 billion), pushing 2012 projections to as high […]

Giacomo Fundaro Wins World Poker Tour Mazagan

Giacomo Fundaro has won the World Poker Tour Mazagan main event at Mazagan Beach resort in Morocco. The €3,500 re-entry no-limit hold’em event attracted 146 entires with 18 players getting paid. Davidi Kitai, 21st in the Card Player Player of the Year race before the event started, led the final table at the start of […]

Sam Grafton Wins GUKPT Grand Final Main Event

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour grand final main event has been won by young British player Sam Grafton who topped the 137-strong field at London’s Grosvenor Casino. The main event numbers were down 30 percent on the 195 who took part last year but with a similar buy in of £2,500 + £125 the prize […]

Danish Poker Star Shot And Robbed At Home

Well-known poker pro Theo Jorgensen as been shot and robbed at his home in Denmark. The 40-year old World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker winner was shot three times in the leg by the English speaking home invaders in front of his wife. He is believed to have handed over the cash he […]

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. 3rd through the 9th. Head to our tournament […]

Bazeley: Almost All Successful Players Slight Degen

Jacob Bazeley has had a very profitable 2012, with six final table appearances and more than $500,000 in tournament winnings. The Cincinnati native has racked up more than $1.7 million in cashes in his career, with his combined live and online tournament winnings. Bazeley also had an impressive second place finish at this year’s World […]

Brit Wins Inaugral BetVictor Club Poker League

“alias111” from the UK has won €1,500 for topping the first BetVictor Club free-play poker league. In total 509 players from 47 countries took part in the month-long league with 20 percent of those coming from Israel which could only manage one player in the top 20 despite their numeric dominance of the field. The […]

22 Offbeat Gambling Stories From November

Ad: ‘Sorry Romney, you’re not black or cool. We’re paying out early on an Obama victory’ Asian mafia assassin found guilty of stabbing casino crook 32 times in karaoke bar over $10K New York nun accused of stealing $128,000 for gambling Man marries off daughter to settle a gambling debt ‘SlotZilla’ to hit Downtown Las […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Quinn, Emanuel Very Close On Chicago Casino Deal Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn are reportedly very close to a deal that would give schools 100 percent of the tax revenue from a proposed Chicago casino. The two […]

WPT Mazagan Final Table Set

The final table of the 2012 World Poker Tour Mazagan €3,500 re-entry no-limit hold’em main event is set, with current Card Player Player of the Year 21st ranked Davidi Kitai holding the chip lead when the final six take to their seats. Watch as he, Bruno Fitoussi, and four other tough players battle it out […]

World Poker Tour Prague Gets Underway Sunday

The World Poker Tour pulls into Prague, Czech Republic this Sunday December 1. The final European stop of the year for the tour sees a €3,300 buy in (10 percent withheld) main event begin on Tuesday with three starting days and re-entry expected to swell the prize pool. Late registration is open until end of […]

Genting Poker Series Grand Final Starts Saturday

The Fox Poker Club, London plays host to the grand final of the Genting Poker Series with a £5,000 High Roller event getting things underway today, Saturday December 1. The sixth stop of season one of the tour also sees a £1,000 charity game on Monday ahead of the two day 1 main event starting […]

Caesars To Give Bill's Gamblin' Hall A Makeover

Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced Thursday that it will convert Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon, located on the Las Vegas Strip, into a “boutique lifestyle hotel and casino.” The remodeling will cost $185 million, the company said. “This project exemplifies our strategy to develop new experiences that will help attract a broader spectrum of visitors to […]

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 […]

Facebook Moves Closer To Real Money Gambling

Social game developer Zynga has restructured its agreement with social media platform Facebook which paves the way for the launch of real money games such as online poker to be made available on Facebook. The agreement, signed Thursday, Nov. 29 sees the loosening of ties between the two companies – Facebook is now free to […]

Poker Revenue Falls 50 Percent At Sportingbet

Poker revenue at Paradise Poker, Sportingbet’s online poker business, plummeted by 49.5 percent in the period Aug. 1 to Oct. 31 2012, the company’s first quarter of its financial year. The company said the drop was, ”…reflecting the continued structural decline in on-line poker.” It added in relation to its Spanish business, “…casino and poker […]

PKR Makes Top Five Poker YouTube Channels

PKR.com hit another significant milestone this week when it topped 500,000 views on its PKR TV YouTube channel sending it into the top five poker room YouTube channels. PKR TV has broadcast over 400 shows featuring its online games from 25c/50c up to $25/$50 and features commentators Dan Grant and Rachael Downie with guest appearances […]

Irish Poker Open Satellite Adds Fourth Guaranteed Package

Last Sunday’s first Irish Poker Open 2013 satellite was so successful the sponsor Paddy Power Poker is guaranteeing a fourth package worth €3,200 this Sunday and every Sunday at 8 p.m.. The package offers a €2,250 seat into the Irish Open main event, €395 for five nights accommodation at the Burlington Hotel where the event […]

Accused Fraudster Rafe Furst Settles With DOJ

Rafe Furst is waving goodbye to his Swiss bank account containing shady Full Tilt money. Furst, accused in September 2011 of helping orchestrate the biggest fraud in online poker history, has settled with the United States government for an undisclosed amount. Furst will pay a fine of $150,000 in addition to handing over money in […]

$580 Million Powerball Lotto Hit By Two

The World Series of Poker may have the biggest purse in the sporting world, but it can’t compete in the gambling world with the jackpots of multi-state lotteries. Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, which reached a record $580 million, was won by two lucky — at least for now — souls in Arizona and Missouri. The […]

Davenport, Iowa To Purchase Riverboat Casino

The city of Davenport, Iowa is looking to gamble to get out of the hole. The city announced in mid-October that it will buy a riverboat casino. The municipality wants to raise money for the $46 million purchase by selling bonds. The Rhythm City Casino, which has 931 slot machines, 14 table games, and a […]

GUKPT Grand Final Starts Friday

The Grosvenor Victoria casino in London plays host to the £2,500 + £125 buy in main event of the final Grosvenor UK Poker Tour this season. The Grand Final is a re-entry event and late entry is allowed for six levels. Players will start with 25,000 in chips and a one hour clock. The three-day […]

Switch Poker Launches Bitcoin-Only Poker Tables

Switch Poker, the mobile poker operator, has launched Bitcoin-only poker tables at the request of players. The site, which launched Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals last year, has set up ฿0.01/฿0.02 NLH 6-max meaning it’s the world’s first site to host both real-money and Bitcoin poker games. A spokesperson for the company said, “It turns out […]

'SlotZilla' To Hit Downtown Las Vegas

Downtown Las Vegas will soon be home to “SlotZilla” — a structure which will send people out on zip lines across Fremont Street, the Associated Press reported. The $11 million project went to Hawaiian firm Skyline. The slot machine lookalike, penciled in to be about 130-feet high, will replace the tourist spot’s current zip lining […]

Netherlands To Privatize Casinos In Austerity Push

The Netherlands plans to “mondernise” its gambling policy by dumping its 14 casinos into private hands, the country’s recently elected politicians announced last month. “Providing gambling services is not one of the government’s core tasks and therefore Holland Casino will be sold,” the government said in its coalition agreement forged in late October. Holland Casino, […]

Jonathan Roy Wins Inaugural WPT Montreal Title

The first-ever World Poker Tour Montreal $3,300 no-limit hold’em championship event drew an incredible field of 1,173 entrants, building a massive prize pool of nearly $3.4 million. After five days of action the last player standing was Canadian Jonathan Roy. The 25-year-old student from Boucherville, Quebec earned $784,101 and 1,440 Card Player Player of the […]