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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 […]

Watch The WPT Copenhagen Final Table Live Stream

Watch the final table of the 2012 World Poker Tour Copenhagen main event live stream here on Card Player starting at 12:30 PM CET. Click here! A total of 229 players turned out for this WPT main event in the Danish capitol city, each posting the 26,250 Danish Krone buy-in ($4,479). Now only six players […]

PKR’s Oktoberfest Breaks Records

PKR.com’s recent 51-event Oktoberfest attracted a record 22,000 participants. Events were tailored to suit all pockets from $3.50 to $270 and the total prize pool reached $479,522. The main attraction, the $270 buy in PKR Masters was won by Swedish player “SmackCrackMC” who won $16,477 for topping the 340-strong field. Marketing manager at the site, […]

Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Hits Auckland

The PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour revs up again for season five on Saturday November 17 landing in Auckland for the first time in its history. SKYCITY host the multi-event festival which will centre upon the NZD$2,000 + NZD$200 (approx. €1,400) buy in main event next Wednesday. The Asia Pacific Poker Tour has stopped […]

Penn National Gaming Splits Into Two Companies

Penn National Gaming announced Thursday that it will split into two separate publicly traded firms. According to Penn National, the move is the first of its kind for a gaming company. One will be for its “gaming operating assets” and the other for its “real property assets.” The move is subject to approval by gaming […]

Lederer Counsel: 'Cartographer' Needed In Case

Accused fraudster Howard Lederer and his counsel want the case against him thrown out. On Thursday, a motion was filled to dismiss the entirety of the government’s allegations and put a stop to their efforts to seize $42.5 million worth of his assets. In a court document dated Nov. 15, 2012, Lederer’s attorneys say that […]

Court Affirms PokerStars Spanish Activity Legal

A Spanish court has ruled that PokerStars has always operated legally in the country. Codere, one of Spain’s largest gaming operators, had challenged PokerStars activity dating back to 2001 when it first started offering poker in Spain. However the Barcelona court ruled that PokerStars had always operated within the law right up to when it […]

Greece Issues Online Gambling Ultimatum

The Hellenic Gaming Commission has given all unlicensed online gambling operators offering services in the country one month to withdraw or they will be blacklisted and face possible fines from €200,000 to €500,000 and up to 10 years in prison. Twenty-four operators hold temporary licenses to operate in Greece but the regulator said its research […]

European Masters of Poker Hits Dublin Friday

The European Masters of Poker pulls up in Dublin, Ireland today for the final live main event of the season. In fact the €1,100 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament could be the last live EMOP ever as the Entraction/International Game Technology network which ran the successful mid-level buy in Tour is closed. The event takes […]

MGM Gives Nevada "Warm And Fuzzy," Gets License

One of the dominant casino companies in the world now has a license for Internet poker in Nevada. MGM Resorts was approved by the state Gaming Commission on Thursday. While the company’s application process was smooth, its partnership with Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment has caused Nevada regulators to heighten their senses. Bwin operates one of the […]

Bovada's Poker Bingo Gives 10k Reasons to Shout

The balls are spinning and it’s time to start winning. Bovada is bringing you Poker Bingo, two classic games coming together with a modern twist. From Nov. 5 through Dec. 2, players can enter to score cash bonuses of up to $200, along with a shot at the grand prize of $10,000. Each week, players […]

Political Forecaster Nate Silver Talks Poker

Before Nate Silver’s political prediction prowess landed him a gig at the New York Times and guest spots on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, there was once a time when he largely relied on his abilities as a poker player to make ends meet. After quitting a job as an economic consultant in 2004, the […]

Cleveland Casino Boasts 2.6M Visitors In First Six Months

According to the Associated Press, the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland has reported more than 2.6 million visitors to the property during its first six months in operation. The Horseshoe Cleveland opened in May with 90 table games, 1,900 slot machines and a 30-table poker room. The casino has been so busy that the Ohio Casino Control […]

Fear & Opportunity In Deep-Stacked No-Limit Hold'em

Since no-limit hold’em broke out in the middle of the last decade as the predominant form of poker, there’s been a trend towards playing with deeper stacks. At online rooms, for instance, the game started with 100 big blind stacks as the norm. But a few years ago the major sites added 200 big blind […]

Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica Starts Thursday

The Perla Casino in Nova Gorica, northeast Italy, is currently hosting the penultimate stop of season four of the PokerStars Italian Poker Tour with the €2,000 + €200 buy in main event taking place today Thursday November 15, 2012. Up to 500 players will be accommodated over two day 1s and players start with 25,000 […]

Online Poker Grows 35 Percent In Spain

Online poker is Spain has grown 35 percent since the introduction of the regulated market in June this year. The market, as reported by JDigital a non-profit gaming association in the country, grew from €87.3 million spent by players in June to €130.7 million in September making poker a more popular online gaming option than […]

Caesars Stock: Among Worst IPOs of 2012

While America’s post election debate focuses on the nation’s impending fiscal cliff, Caesars Entertainment, owner and operator of the World Series of Poker and 52 casinos, has seen its stock tank due to slow growth and the gaming giant’s own financial woes. With its stock closing down today more than 11 percent, Caesars (CZR) has […]

WSOP Announces Dates For 2013 In Las Vegas

The World Series of Poker has announced the dates for the 44th edition of the WSOP in Las Vegas. While the exact schedule of events is not finalized, the dates are: The biggest poker tournament series of the year will begin on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 and will once again be held at the Rio […]

Compensation To Victims Of Full Tilt 'Long Way Away'

$159 million. That’s about how much money is still owed to American victims of old Full Tilt Poker. 19 months. That’s about how long Americans have been waiting for access to their accounts. It has been more than three months since PokerStars handed U.S. federal authorities, as part of its own deal to get out […]

Player of the Year: Schwartz And Cheong Make Moves

Notable pros made some big scores around the globe this week on the poker tournament trail. 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 bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble A total of 477 players […]

Chicago Mayor Still Wants Casino, Money For Schools

The decades-old idea for a casino in Chicago marches on, as “schools” continue to be the buzzword for some pro-gambling politicians looking to get what they want. The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday that the city’s democratic mayor, Rahm Emanuel, is leaning on the state’s democratic governor, Pat Quinn, to make something happen soon, before the […]

Poker Strategy: Calling For River Chops

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 […]

bwin.party Chief Released By Belgian Authorities

bwin.party co-chief executive officer Norbert Teufelberger has been released by Belgian authorities after spending two hours being interviewed by Belgian authorities yesterday. Teufelberger, who was in the country for a conference, attended the interview voluntarily according to a statement from the company which is blacklisted by the Belgian Gambling Commission from offering its online betting […]

France Poker Series Underway In Paris

The final stop on season II of the PokerStars.com France Poker Series is underway at Cercle Cadet in Paris. The €1,100 buy in event has four day ones with day 1A attracting 82 players and day 1B attracting 143 players. Today sees day 1C of the event. Players should be aware that four percent of […]

iGame Malta Joins Microgaming Poker Network

The Microgaming Poker Network continues its expansion with the announcement that iGame Malta has completed its move from the Entraction/International Game Technology network which is closing. Managing director Tommi Maijala from the company, which operates 24HPoker, iGame and Pokerihoune, said, ““The transition to the MPN has been seamless and problem-free. We are very happy to […]

Noah Schwartz Wins WPT Jacksonville

At his fourth World Poker Tour final table appearance Noah Schwartz has finally emerged victorious, taking down the 2012 WPT bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event. For winning his first WPT title the Florida native earned $402,970 and 1,080 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving him into 17th place […]

CEO Of Nevada iPoker Applicant Questioned By Police

Norbert Teufelberger, co-CEO of Nevada online poker applicant Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, was questioned by authorities in Belgium on Tuesday. According to Reuters, the questioning is related to disputes over the firm’s business there, despite Bwin.com being on Belgium’s list of websites not permitted to take real-money bets. Early this year, Belgium first published its “blacklist” […]

Casinos Headed To Jamaica After New Legislation

Legislators on the island nation of Jamaica have unanimously approved two bills that will allow for the construction of casinos. Jamaica approved a law two years ago that legalized casinos, but only now that the measures to allow casino companies to apply for licenses has passed can the process officially begin. The bills were drawn […]

Casino Workers Forced Into Unpaid Break After Sandy

Hurricane Sandy may be nothing more than a slight breeze somewhere in the world right now, but it’s still wreaking havoc on those who first endured its wrath in late October. The once powerful storm is feeding off of the darkening business climate in one of America’s poverty-ridden cities in order to maintain its destructive […]

Xing Zhou Takes Down Asian Championship of Poker

Xing Zhou of China is the new PokerStars Asian Championship of Poker champion after topping a 184-strong field in Macau. Zhou held an 8-1 chip lead over Ying Kit Chan of Hong Kong but Chan fought his way back to being just 2-1 down in chips before surging into the lead in the HKD$100,000 (USD$10,143) […]