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Irish Poker Open Cheap Seats Returns

After the success of last Sunday’s opening satellite for the Irish Open 2013 – more about that later in the week! – paddypowerpoker.com today announces the return of The Cheap Seats. The Cheap Seats allow players a shot at a seat worth €2,250 from just €4.40 every evening at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. on paddypowerpoker.com. […]

POY Update: Brock Parker Climbs Into Top 20

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. Borgata Fall Poker Open Main Event A total of 644 entries were made in the 2012 Borgata Fall Poker Open $2,700 no-limit hold’em main event, building a $1,610,000 prize […]

No GOP Support In Senate For Web Poker, Says Reid

Not surprisingly, efforts to legalize online poker on a federal level haven’t gone anywhere during the lame duck session, thus far. Nevada Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat, told reporters on Tuesday that there isn’t any Republican support for his federal online poker idea, Stephens Washington Bureau reported. Online poker is only legal in Nevada and […]

Another Jackpot In Year Lotto Goes Online

Has this year been the juiciest ever for the state lottery industry? The 42-jurisdiction Powerball is now up to $500 million, setting the stage for a dramatic drawing for many on Wednesday evening. The jackpot is the second largest of all time, behind the Mega Millions $656 million drawing won by three tickets this spring. […]

Intrade Sued By Feds Over Alleged Misconduct

Irish online betting firm Intrade, which takes action on a plethora of real-world events, has been sued by the federal government over its prediction market business. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has accused the firm of violating its “off-exchange options trading ban” and filing false forms. The agency stated: “It is against the law to […]

Superstorm Sandy Gives NY Casino Advocates Ammo

Facing a huge bill for Superstorm Sandy relief efforts, New York officials are once again looking at casino expansion to help ease some of the financial strain expected to hit the state budget, according to NYU Local. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the Wall Street Journal that Sandy will cost the state upwards of […]

Wynn Looking At New Site For MA Casino

Billionaire casino developer Steve Wynn is thinking about a new site for a full-scale gambling operation in Massachusetts, the Boston Globe reported Monday. The potential project comes a handful of months after Wynn and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft were met with fierce resistance over their Foxborough casino plan. The spot for the latest […]

Poker Strategy For The Rest Of Us: Daniel Negreanu

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 […]

CarbonPoker Presents Poker Maximus III

Poker Maximus is back for the third time at CarbonPoker and kicks off Nov. 29 and runs through Dec. 9. The series will feature 35 different events over the 11-day run with over $1 million in guarantees and is highlighted by the $365,000 guaranteed main event. Buy-ins for the series range from as low as […]

Boylepoker Pro Picks Up $45,000 In Double Scoop

Boylepoker pro John O’Shea won the iPops High Roller poker tournament for just over $25,000 in the early hours of Tuesday morning and quickly followed up with a $20,000 victory in a $550 buy in pot-limit Omaha event to reverse recent form at the felt. O’Shea, who won back-to-back European Championship of Online Poker titles […]

Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona Admits Poker Losses

Kerry Katona, one-time girl band star, has told the Daily Star she was a regular online poker player and considered herself quite good before losing £6,000 in a session and quitting. The former bankrutee and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here winner told the Star’s gossip column, “I used to gamble. I was […]

French Rap Star Joins Team Winamax

French rap star Bruno “Kool Shen” Lopes has joined Team Winamax, the pro team set up by one of France’s largest online poker sites. Lopes, who this year won the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship as well as a World Poker Tour National Cannes main event, only started playing poker in 2008 He also […]

WPT Montreal Final Table Set

The final table of the 2012 World Poker Tour Montreal $3,300 no-limit hold’em main event is set and the exciting battle for the title and first prize of $779,710 will be streaming live, with hole cards, right here on Card Player starting at 4:30 PM EST. Play will have kicked off at 4 p.m., but […]

Tolkien Family Suing Over 'LOTR' Slot Machines

The family of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the acclaimed The Lord of the Rings books, is suing the company that turned the story into movies over taking the brand to casinos. Warner Bros. has licensed The Lord of the Rings to a slot machine maker, and the devices have become common in brick-and-mortar casinos. Other […]

Jennifer Harman In TLC Show Sin City Rules

On Dec. 9, TLC will debut Sin City Rules, a Las Vegas-based reality show featuring poker pro Jennifer Harman. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and wife of fellow poker pro Marco Traniello will be joined by a cast of four other women that make the claim that they “run Vegas.” The show’s […]

SC Supreme Court Says Home Poker Games Illegal

South Carolina has flip-flopped on poker once again. The state’s Supreme Court ruled last week that the illegal gambling convictions of five men should not have been overturned in 2009. The case stems from a raid of a private real-money poker game three years prior. The game, located in Charleston, had been advertised online. “The […]

Hasmukh Khodiyara Wins Genting Poker Series Sheffield

The fifth stop of the Genting Poker Series attracted 562 to Sheffield, England over the weekend and it was 27-year old Hasmukh Khodiyara who emerged victorious in the £400 + £30 buy in main event. Khoduyara won £50,000 and a £1,600 seat to the GPS grand final at the Fox Poker Club from Dec. 1 […]

Greece Rows Back From Opening Up Online Gambling Market

Greece has reneged on its plan to regulate and licence online gambling in the country in a move which has outraged industry groups and seen Betfair withdraw from the market. The company said it will, “…withdraw from the Greek market until such time that there is greater clarity on the regulatory situation. It added that […]

Geoff Smith Wins ANZPT Auckland Main Event

The PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour pulled into Auckland for the first time at the weekend and despite a small field of 207 players for the NZ$2,200 buy in main event the competition was fiercely fought and the title stayed on home soil as Geoff Smith was returned the victor. Smith started the day […]

Allen Kessler Wins 655K Pennies On Slot Machine

Poker professional Allen Kessler is well known for grinding all sorts of games. In one spin on Friday evening, he hit a penny slot for his all-time best of $6,549.83. That’s 654,983 pennies. He said he invested 200 pennies, which is the maximum bet. Kessler, perhaps known better by his nickname “Chainsaw,” has about $2.5 […]

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 Nov. 26th through Dec. 2nd. Head to our tournament […]

Joe Kuether Talks About Career Year On The Felt

It has been a monster 2012 for Wisconsin native Joe Kuether. A staggering 11 final table appearances, as well as four titles, have rocketed Kuether to 15th on this year’s Player of the Year Race. His more than $619,000 in 2012 live tournament prize winnings have given him the freedom to play more tournaments and […]

Irish Poker Open 2013 Qualifiers Start Sunday Night

The paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open returns in 2013 and online qualification gets underway tonight Sunday November 25 at 8 p.m.. The €160 + €16 buy in no-limit hold’em freezeout has three packages up for grabs, each worth €3,200. As well as the buy in of €2,250 each package includes €395 for five nights accommodation and €525 […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Details Of the Six Proposals For Second Philadelphia Casino Businessweek takes a look at each of the six proposals currently being considered by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for the second casino license in Philadelphia. In addition to Penn National Gaming, […]

Poker Strategy With Poker Pro Bryan Devonshire

Back in the day, no-limit hold’em cash games rarely existed. The variant was generally reserved for tournaments, and everybody spread limit hold’em cash games. I played in one $5-5 pot-limit hold’em game at the Hustler once a week on Fridays. The game was awesome, and nobody knew what they were doing, myself included. I moved […]

Steve Wynn Versus Bart Blatstein For Philly Casino?

Philadelphia, one of America’s most populous cities, has a special place in the hearts of six firms vying for a license to construct the town’s second casino. However, could the battle come down to just two men who arguably have the most clout in the whole fight? Local real-estate titan Bart Blatstein and Las Vegas-based […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

Twitter was full of goodwill this week with romance and giving thanks the dominant themes but while our US cousins were preparing to tuck into their holiday turkeys then shop ‘til they drop, closer to home there were some nerves in evidence. Author, and PokerStars pro Victoria Coren appeared a little nervous before her big […]

NFL Cans Interview With Movie Star For Movie Gambling

The National Football League is notoriously anti-gambling, and it just reinforced that reputation. The NFL had taped an interview with Bradley Cooper, star of Silver Linings Playbook, before commissioner Roger Goodell’s office told the league’s TV network to pitch the content after becoming concerned with the gambling present in the film, the New York Post […]

Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Phil Hellmuth, winner of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe main event. Hellmuth’s 13th bracelet also came with a first-place prize of €1,022,376. After winning, the man known as “the poker brat” talked about his performance. “I’m humbled by this,” he […]

Poker Strategy: Cultivating Edges In No-Limit Hold'em

In my continuing quest to promote the idea that there are many different ways to win at poker, I am bringing you an essay from esteemed poker coach Bill (AintNoLimit) Hubbard. He is a very sought after poker coach that has taught over 350 students over the last few years. Bill talks about some very […]