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POY Update: Cheong Climbs To Fifth Place

Even with the WSOP main event in the books, plenty of moves are still being made in the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. Here is a look at the events that had the biggest impact this past week. PokerStars Asian Championship of Poker Macau – ACOP Warm Up […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Bristol Gets Underway

The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour Bristol gets underway today, Thursday November 7 with the final table of UKIPT Online. Eight players return from online portion of the £700 + £35 event in mid-October to play live for the £77,126 top prize in a tournament which attracted 587 players, The eight finalists and their […]

Gambling Ad: 'Sorry Romney, You're Not Black Or Cool'

Paddy Power, a Dublin-based online bookmaker, was so confident President Barack Obama would fend of GOP challenger Mitt Romney and be re-elected that by Monday it had already paid out more than $650,000 to its customers, the firm said on its blog. The Journal reported that Paddy Power took out an advertisement in the Irish […]

Penn National To Debut Hollywood Poker Open

Penn National Gaming is launching the inaugural Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) this week at Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg (Indiana) followed by qualifying tournaments at four Penn National properties. It culminates with the $500,000 championship event at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas on June 28-30. Poker players can enter the championship event with a […]

Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Dan Smith, whose 2012 campaign has been one of the best live tournament runs in poker history. Smith, who started his love of games with chess, has over $3.5 million in tournament earnings this year alone. “For Christmas, when I was six, […]

Internet Poker Largely Irrelevant In Presidential Race

Despite Black Friday grabbing national headlines in April 2011, online gambling, and poker specifically, has not been a significant issue in presidential politics this election cycle. With other issues, such as the economy in a systemic crisis and heavy, violent involvement in the Middle East, this type of Internet business has largely been an after-thought […]

Tom Dwan Looking For Action On Election

Early Tuesday morning, not long before the re-launch of Full Tilt Poker, professional high-stakes cash game player Tom “durrrr” Dwan took to Twitter before heading to bed to see if anyone wanted to bet on the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. This Tuesday, Nov. 6 is the day when the majority of Americans head […]

Sun Poker Closes Its Doors

SunPoker.com has closed blaming the iPoker network liquidity split but has reassured former player that their balances are safe and can be collected at OmniCasino.com. In a statement at its website the company said, “As of November 5, 2012, SunPoker has been closed for play. For your convenience all player accounts have been moved to […]

Playtech Confirms Betclic Everest Poker Move

Playtech today confirmed it has launched Betclic Everest’s Betclic poker product in France and Everest Poker in international markets on the iPoker.fr and iPoker.com networks. Everest Poker, which once was a major World Series of Poker sponsor, had annual revenues of over £100 million and its own network, has floundered in recent years and has […]

Full Tilt Poker Finally Back In Operation

Full Tilt Poker re-opens its door for real money play around noon GMT today according to a tweet from Shyam Markus, the poker room manager: The message said: Just out of a meeting to confirm the go-live time. We’re officially flipping the switch at 7am ET (just under 90 minutes from now)! — Shyam Markus […]

Nun Accused Of Stealing $128K For Gambling

A nun in Orleans County, N.Y. is in hot water for allegedly stealing $128,000 from two churches. The Buffalo News reported that authorities believe the funds were spent gambling. Sister Mary Anne Rapp, hit with a felony charge, appeared in court Monday. According to the Associated Press, Rapp spent 9 1/2 months receiving in-patient treatment […]

Men Of Action: Bugsy, Billy and the Flamingo

Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel walked through the Flamingo’s dusty construction site, took William Wilkerson’s hand, squeezed hard and shook it. Wilkerson had to wonder why his Hollywood neighbor was in front of him right then, in the middle of nowhere, the real Las Vegas miles away. “I’m your new partner,” Siegel said. Imagine how many times […]

Philadelphia Stadiums Could Have Casino Neighbor

Gamblers in the Philadelphia area will soon have another option to choose from, as another proposal for a second casino within the city limits recently came to light. On Friday, Philly.com reported that two firms with gambling experience want to build a casino, which could cost up to $500 million, next to Citizens Bank Park, […]

Pennsylvania Casino To Launch Free-Play Poker Site

A Pennsylvania casino is set to become the first one in the state to offer free-play poker on the Internet, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported late last week. Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, located in Wilkes-Barre, reportedly will run online poker with the software of Nevada-based Bally Technologies. Games will begin in early 2013. Real-money online […]

Bleacher Report Says Poker Is Not A Sport

Over the weekend, The Bleacher Report, an online publication with an alternative reporting view of the sporting world, published an op-ed piece from author Todd Pheifer, titled Poker Is Not a Sport… Even If It Is Broadcast on a Sports Network. The story focuses on the most recent broadcast of the 2012 World Series of […]

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. 5th through the 11th. Head to our tournament […]

Daniel Cates Wins All-Star Showdown For $550,000

Daniel “w00ki3z” Cates – the poker player formerly known as “Jungleman” – has won the inaugural PokerStars All-Star Showdown heads-up event for a tidy $550,000 return on his $100,000 investment. Cates beat Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky in 3,178 online hands which took around 11 hours to complete. Sulsky had previously beaten Haxton – whose move to […]

Lou Krieger Joins The BetVictor Club As Poker Coach

The new BetVictor Club opened its doors last week and is already making waves with the signing of popular poker writer Lou Krieger. Krieger, who has 12 poker books to his name, has signed on as coach at the site and will help members improve their games in a dedicated section of the BetVictor Club […]

Kirk: Part-Time Player Yields Full-Time Results

Tripp Kirk has reached a new echelon of poker players in 2012. En route to cracking the top 80 in Card Player’s Player of the Year race, Kirk took down an April World Series of Poker circuit event for $190,000. His stock is rising as fast as his confidence, with this year’s casino winnings totaling […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Blackpool Starts Sunday

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour pitches up in Blackpool in the north-west coast of England from today, Sunday November 4. The G Casino hosts over a week of poker which culminates on Friday November 9 in the €1,000 + €70 re-entry buy in main event. Re-entry and late entry is allowed for six levels in […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Most Atlantic City Casinos Up And Running Days after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the Atlantic City boardwalk, Gov. Chris Christie has given the city’s 12 casinos the permission to reopen to the public. Most reopened on Friday and rest will follow […]

Analysts Divided On bwin.party Performance

Analysts Daniel Stewart & Co has revised down its forecast for bwin.party poker revenue for full year 2012 by 21 percent. The move comes in the wake of an analysts call with the company after it published lower poker revenues in its interim report yesterday. The company said, “The most significant changes are a decrease […]

Casino With Electronic Bingo Raided In Alabama

Authorities in Alabama have continued their crackdown on bingo machines. According to Al.com, more than 350 gambling machines and cash were seized Friday from now defunct Southern Star Entertainment casino. Charity bingo is permissible in Alabama, but some businesses have sought a loophole in the law in order to operate electronic games. Officials in the […]

Gambling Resumes In Atlantic City

Atlantic City’s dominant but fragile industry is back in action. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Friday morning that its 12 casinos are permitted to reopen. All casinos in Atlantic City can reopen immediately. In addition, the mandatory evacuation order for AC residents has been lifted. #Sandy — Governor Christie (@GovChristie) November 2, 2012 Soon […]

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 […]

World Poker Tour Grussian This Weekend

The World Poker Tour will not have pulled into many places smaller than Grussian in Southern France. The commune (or village) in the Languedoc-Roussillon region has a population of around 4,500 and Casino LePhoebus hosts the €1,500 + €150 WPT National re-entry main event from next Thursday November 8. However eight re-entry satellite tournaments get […]

Amsterdam Master Classics of Poker Starts Saturday

The Amsterdam Master Classics of Poker returns to Holland Casino in the Dutch capital for its 21st edition on Saturday November 3. The festival gets underway with a €1,500 +€90 no-limit hold’em event at 2 p.m. tomorrow and there’s a €10,000 + €250 buy in high roller event on Monday. The €5,000 + €250 buy […]

bwin.party Poker Revenue Falls 37 Percent

bwin.party poker revenue continues to decline experiencing a 37 percent drop in the third quarter of 2012 to €37 million compared to €52 million in the same period of 2011. The company said in its interim financial report, “We believe that the integration of our dotcom poker networks later this quarter will be the first […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

As ever its been a up and down rollercoaster ride for poker players on Twitter this week. While the World Series of Poker main event final table made headlines all over the world new babies, broken down cars and the return of Full Tilt Poker, made for some interesting conversations online. Sam Trickett, who won […]

Hustler Casino Surpasses Guarantees At Poker Series

Hustler Casino, in Gardena, California, had a successful 2012 Liz Flynt Fall Classic, which wrapped up on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The first event of the series had a guarantee of $100,000, but surpassed that with a total prize pool of $153,920. Matt Salsberg beat out the field for $30,000 in prize money. The third event […]