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Zynga Partners With Bwin.Party For Poker In U.K.

On Wednesday, Zynga and bwin.party digital entertainment announced a partnership to offer real-money online poker and other casino games in the United Kingdom next year. The deal will see the two firms combine player pools under one platform. “Bringing together Zynga’s expertise in social gaming with the top international real money gaming operator is the […]

Miss. Gaming Revenue Drops During September

After a string of steady numbers for 2012, the Mississippi Department of Revenue reported a 4.3 percent drop in gaming revenue for the month of September, taking in $177.9 million from the state’s 30 non-tribal casinos. The drop was expected thanks to the opening of the brand new L’auberge Hotel and Casino in nearby Lake […]

WSOP Finalist Rob Salaburu Strives For Better

Robert Salaburu is a main event finalist and a realist. He has been in the game of poker for a decade and, not surprisingly, has experienced the typical swings that come with playing cards for a living. He said he has gone broke more than 10 times during over the years due to poor bankroll […]

Player of the Year: Top Female Poker Pros Win

A number of huge events are going on around the world, awarding plenty of money and rankings points in the Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. Most notably, a number of top female poker pros took down events in recent days. Here is a look at the week that was […]

Companies Move Out Of Dutch Online Gambling Market

The Dutch government is having some success in managing its online betting and poker market ahead of regulation. DutchNews.nl reports that over 20 of the 40 companies which the lawmakers have written to to request they stop targeting Dutch customers have complied including Unibet, Ladbrokes, and bwin. The sites are closing in the hope of […]

EU To Relaunch Gambling Infringement Case

The European Commission has announced it will relaunch infringement proceeding against nine member states and investigate 20 others as part of a drive to ensure countries national gambling laws are compatible with EU law. The European Gaming and Betting Association welcomed the news saying it ended four years of legal and regulatory limbo. The European […]

Full Tilt To Relaunch With $250K Of Freerolls

Full Tilt Poker today announces $250,000 in freerolls as part of its Deal Me In re-launch promotion. The freerolls will run from Nov. 6 to Nov. 11 with prize pools becoming more progressive until Sunday Nov. 11 when there will be ten $10,000 freeroll tournaments. Also as part of Deal Me In is Full Tilt […]

Report: Zynga Fires Employees, Stock Dips More

Reports surfaced Tuesday that beleaguered Zynga Inc. has laid off a significant chunk of its workforce. According to Engadget, firings occurred at a handful of its offices around the country. The company’s stock price has also fallen to about $2.20 per share. There has been much speculation that the firm is holding out hope for […]

Man Accused Of Stealing $1.6M Worth Of Casino Chips

Las Vegas law enforcement have identified a man who allegedly stole $1.6 million worth of casino chips from the Venetian Las Vegas earlier this month. He reportedly didn’t use any weapons during the robbery. According to the Los Angeles Times, local police aren’t too worried about the high-denomination chips being cashed in by the suspect […]

WSOP Dealer Wants To Take The White House

A dealer from this summer’s World Series of Poker wants to become the next president of the United States as a write-in candidate. David Goossen, a nomadic 48-year-old, most closely aligns with the Libertarian Party, but he doesn’t want to be viewed as one of them. He told Card Player that he’s the “do-nothing” candidate […]

Poker Strategy: Thin River Calls In Sit-N-Gos

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 […]

Greg Raymer Wins Third HPT Title of 2012

Greg Raymer achieved a Heartland Poker Tour hat trick by winning his third HPT title in roughly as many months, taking down the Prairie Meadows title just outside of Des Moines, Iowa for $72,089. The 2004 World Series of Poker main event champion won his first HPT title on July 30th at the Route 66 […]

WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Jacob Balsiger

This week, Card Player will be looking at each of 2012 World Series of Poker main event final tablists, starting with the shortest stacks and working our way up to the chip leader. Be sure to check back each day to read more about the October Nine. At just 21 years old, Jacob Balsiger doesn’t […]

Card Player Media Partners With Finnish Publisher

Card Player Media has struck a deal with Finnish publisher Oy NTS Communications which will see several new editions of Card Player magazine launched in European markets. Timo M. Korppi, senior advisor and spokesman for NTS, said “We are very proud to team up with The Shulmans and Card Player, and their worldwide reputation to […]

Twenty Irish Winter Poker Festival Seats Guaranteed

The PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival gets underway this weekend at in Dublin, Ireland and players can still qualify online for one of the 20 remaining satellite seats. From tonight, Tuesday October 23 to Thursday October 25 20 seats will be up for grabs at PaddyPowerPoker.com. The schedule looks like this: Tuesday 23 October @ 8 […]

WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Jeremy Ausmus

This week, Card Player will be looking at each of 2012 World Series of Poker main event final tablists, starting with the shortest stacks and working our way up to the chip leader. Be sure to check back each day to read more about the October Nine. Despite entering the final table as the shortest […]

UFC Partner Gets Online Poker OK In Nevada

Last week, Nevada gaming regulators gave online gaming licenses to Ultimate Gaming, a creation from the hands of Station Casinos and its technology firm Fertitta Interactive. The company runs Ultimate Poker, which is considered a partner with the UFC. “This is an important milestone for our company as we continue to develop an industry-leading online […]

Normandie Casino's New Friday Poker Tournament Series

Normandie Casino’s Russell Matsuo and Alisa Lee have revamped and reformatted Normandie Casino’s Friday Poker tournament series. The Normandie’s new Fridays’ series offers a $3,000 guarantee poker tournament with a $0 entry fee, $30 buy-in, and $10 staff bonus (no re-buy, add-on or re-entry) with each player starting with $4,000 of chips with $2,000 bonus […]

Smith Wins Over 1st-Place Prize In Sun. Million

Poker pro Dan Smith did the incredible in this week’s PokerStars Sunday Million. He cashed for more than first place was scheduled to receive. Thanks to a massive chip lead when play was five-handed, Smith took a sweet deal. When the clock was paused to figure out a split, Smith had about 45 percent 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 Oct. 22nd through the 28th. Head to our tournament […]

Final Eight Set At International Poker Open

Play has paused until Nov. 10 at the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open (IPO) as the €230 buy-in main event has reached its final table of eight. Leading the way of the Irish-dominated finale is Northern Ireland man Tom Brady, who lives in Plymouth, England. Brady has just over 3.2 million in chips and is followed […]

Jamie O’Connor Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton

Jamie O’Connor has won the £1,000 buy in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton. He topped the 155-strong field – down by around one-quarter on last year’s 212 players and around 50 percent on 2007 – and took down £45,760 for his win. He knocked Luke Schwartz out in fourth place en route to victory. Among […]

William Hill Poker Revenue Down 24 Percent

William Hill Plc, co-owner with Playtech of William Hill Online and William Hill Poker, saw net poker revenue fall by 24 percent in the third quarter of 2012. The company did not report how much revenue poker contributed to William Hill Online but it is a significant change from third quarter 2011 when net poker […]

Adams: Experience 'Trumps' Skill Deep In Events

In today’s poker world, where players can be cornered into being considered specifically “online” or “live” players, Canada’s Tim Adams looks pretty balanced in both. Adams has $846,656 in live cashes, including a first-place finish in a 2012 World Series of Poker event, and $670,880 in online tournament winnings. Not bad, coming from a player […]

International Poker Open Ploughs On Into Day 2

Zane Henry is the leader of the pack as the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open (IPO) hits day 2. The Brit moved to the fore as the field of 1,148 became 138 on day 1 of the €230 buy-in main event. He entered day 2 with 362,500 in chips. The remaining players now vie for the […]

O'Brien And Jacobson On Full Tilt Poker Relaunch

In asking poker players from all around the globe about the PokerStars takeover of Full Tilt, there were some mixed responses. They were asked questions such as how they feel about the takeover and what it could mean, if they felt the deal was good for poker in general, what they imagined it would be […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Louisiana Casinos Bring In $199.7 Million In September Louisiana casino patrons lost $199.7 million in September, an increase over the $196.6 million a year prior and the $188 million in August. The boost in casino revenue is largely attributed to the […]

A Poker Life: Terrence Chan

Terrence Chan pays his bills by playing poker. He’s been doing it since 2004. But he doesn’t consider himself to be a full-time poker pro. Chan also competes as a professional mixed martial artist. He’s been doing it for the last couple years. But he doesn’t consider himself to be a professional fighter either. Truth […]

Miikka Anttonen On PokerStars' Full Tilt Takeover

Miikka Anttonen is next in line to talk about PokerStars’ takeover of Full Tilt. In this series of interviews where players speak about what they expect from the acquisition and relaunch, Anttonen follows Melanie Weisner in answering questions regarding how he feels about the takeover, what it could mean, if the deal is good for […]

All Aboard The Switch Poker €2 Million Aeroplane

SwitchPoker.com, the world’s first mobile poker operator, has come up with an innovative promotion which will see its players earn up to €2 million overall. Players can sign up to start off an “aeroplane” which they can “pilot” by asking 20 friends to sign up and become “passengers”. The pilot will earn five percent of […]