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Couple Punished For Leaving Kids So They Could GambleA Pennsylvania couple were punished Friday for leaving their 4-year-old and 2-year-old home alone while they went to a nearby casino to gamble. Phillyburbs.com reported that Ryan Feyh and Nicole Donahue each received probation and community service for the act, which happened this past May. The judge also barred them from entering casinos in the […]
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Man Found Innocent In Illegal Card Game CaseAn Alabama man named John C. Turner was found not guilty late this week on a felony charge related to running a card game that was raided about two years ago, the Dothan Eagle reported Friday. According to the Eagle, police said they seized $12,000 in cash, three guns, some marijuana and cocaine in the […]
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Sheriff Returns Money From Indicted Poker PlayerTeddy Mitchell, accused of running an illegal gambling ring in Oklahoma, will get back campaign contributions that he made to a local county sheriff, The Oklahoman reported. Sheriff John Whetsel has written a $2,690 check — money donated between 2009 and 2010. Last month, an indictment was unsealed alleging that a handful of individuals engaged […]
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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 […]
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Irish Winter Poker Festival Betting Market AnnouncedPaddyPowerPoker.com has today launched its outright betting market for poker fans to take a punt at who they expect to take down the upcoming Irish Winter Festival (IWF). Favourites to win the €1,125 buy-in main event include European Poker Tour finalists Mick Graydon and Jason Tompkins. This is no surprise as the two Irishmen have […]
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World Poker Tour Stops In South AfricaThe World Poker Tour pulls into South Africa for the first time ever today. Emperors Palace, Johannesburg hosts the eight-event festival, the centerpiece of which will be the $3,300 + $300 main event which starts Monday, has two day 1s and ends Friday. The supporting schedule includes today’s $500 + $50 buy in no-limit hold’em […]
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Ladbrokes Poker Revenue Drops 26 PercentOnline poker revenue at Ladbrokes slumped 25.7 percent in the third quarter of 2012. The company decline to say how much poker contributed to its business in the third quarter but the fall comes on the back of a drop of 24.3 percent in the first half of 2012 to £5.6 million and a 25 […]
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MGM Leases 17.7 Acres In Macau For $161.4MOn Thursday, MGM Resorts International’s Chinese branch announced that it has finalized a deal for a piece of land that will be the site of its new full-scale Macau casino. According to the Associated Press, the casino will cost $2.5 billion to build. MGM signed a “lease agreement” with the Macau government for a total […]
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Man Robs Walmart After Losing $150 Sports BetA Tennessee man lost a $150 sports bet on a college football game this past Saturday, and in order to pay off the debt he stole about $750 worth of merchandise from retail giant Walmart, the Herald-Citizen reported Wednesday. The man and his accomplice, who is his girlfriend, were arrested. He reportedly admitted to the […]
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Golden Nugget Gets OK To Run Online PokerOn Thursday, the Golden Nugget, located in Downtown Las Vegas, acquired a license to operate real-money web poker. It will run its games via a partnership with Bally Technologies. The brick-and-mortar property is one of the city’s oldest casinos, opening way back in 1946. The Golden Nugget started offering a free-play poker site earlier this […]
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Drache, Roberts Selected For 2012 PHOF ClassThe Poker Hall of Fame has two new members. After nominations from the public and votes from media and the living 36 members of the hall, the governing council has selected Eric Drache and Brian ‘Sailor’ Roberts for its 2012 class. The two poker legends will be officially inducted in a special ceremony at the […]
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PartyPoker Parent One Step Closer To U.S. ReturnAt Thursday’s Gaming Commission hearing in Las Vegas, Boyd Interactive Gaming, which plans on utilizing the software of bwin.party digital entertainment, formally snagged a license to operate online poker in the state of Nevada. About a year ago, Boyd Gaming Corp. inked a deal, along with MGM Resorts International, to jump into the online gaming […]
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How To Play Open-Face Chinese PokerWhen Sergey “gipsy” Rybachenko saw a hand of Open-Face Chinese, his first thought was “I am going to make millions of dollars in this game, just like I did in regular Chinese.” Open-Face Chinese hooks quickly and inspires strong initial reactions. Jason Mercier live-tweeted a 34-hour session at the European Poker Tour stop in San […]
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World Poker Tour National Slovenia Main Event Starts TodayThe World Poker Tour National Slovenia main event begins today, Oct. 18 and will run until Oct. 22. The €1,500 + €150 buy-in event (featuring re-entry) will play out at the Perla Casino and Hotel at Nova Gorica in Slovenia, alongside many satellites and side events. According to TheCasinoPerla.com, the expected prize pool is €350,000. […]
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International Poker Open Goes Live FridayThe Boylepoker.com International Poker Open (IPO) kicks off tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 19 and runs for three days (including two starting days) where it will then pause before playing out its final table on Nov. 10. For those who can’t make it, and indeed for those who just want to stay on top of all the […]
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Social Media Site Backs WSOP FinalistCanadian social media company, TTAGIT Social Networks Inc., announced Wednesday that it’s sponsoring World Series of Poker main event finalist Jeremy Ausmus. In the press release, Ausmus stated: “TTAGIT.com, a revolutionary leading-edge social media company, is ready to win the world over just like me in the World Series of Poker.” Ausmus is a professional […]
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Free $50 Tournament Buy-In CreditAs a poker fan, you probably already know that one of the most exciting stops on the Card Player Poker Tour is aboard the world’s largest cruise ship next April, and will feature a $1,100 main event which will be filmed for online broadcast. But, did you know that if you sign-up now for this […]
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Industry Rival: 'Zynga Is Burning To The Ground'FarmVille 2 is still exploding on Facebook since its September launch — now at 50.6 million players — but San Francisco-based Zynga Inc. remains on the ropes. It seems more and more likely that real-money gambling, especially poker, is the future for the once-upon-a-time profit machine The free-falling public firm that latched onto Facebook’s meteoric […]
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Player of the Year: Joseph Cheong Into Top TenThe European fall swing wrapped up this past week with the conclusion of the European Poker Tour San Remo which made a notable impact on the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race sponsored by Lock Poker. Here’s a look at the events at how the race has changed in the past week: EPT […]
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Microgaming Continues Poker ExpansionThe Microgaming Poker Network is continuing its expansion with the announcement it has signed Paf, the Åland-based charitable gaming operator. Paf, founded in 1966, donates all its profit to good causes on the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea. It was formerly on the Ongame network which has been sold by bwin.party to Amaya for […]
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Marrakech Poker Open Begins TodayThe 27th edition of the Marrakech Poker Open begins today at the Casino de Marrakech in the Es Saadi Gardens and Resort in Morocco’s third largest city. Action begins today with two deepstack side events; one with a €45 buy-in and one with a €500 buy-in featuring re-entry. This evening at 9 p.m. (local time) […]
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World Poker Tour Dublin Returns In JanuaryThe World Poker Tour returns to Dublin, Ireland from January 3 to 6, 2013. It will feature a reduced buy in – €1,320 from €2,500 last year – and as a result becomes a WPT National event and not a full WPT event. Players can qualify for the tournament, which last year attracted 338 runners […]
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888 Poker Revenue Grows 21 Percent In Q3888, the online gaming company, has seen its poker revenue continue to buck global downward trends with a jump of 29 percent to $22 million in the third quarter 2012 compared to $18 million in the same period a year earlier. However the revenue growth has slowed somewhat from last quarter and companies such as […]
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No October Launch For South Point Poker: ReportAlthough there never was an official launch date made public, the hope was that Nevada’s first ever real-money online poker site — South Point Poker — could launch as soon as October. However, that possibility is currently off the table. Vegas Inc reported Monday that the company hasn’t gone through, as quickly as it could […]
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Plan Canceled For Casino Near Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayVegas Inc reported Tuesday that a plan for a hotel and casino near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been canceled. The developer reportedly will still expand its footprint in Nevada. Nevada Gold & Casinos Inc. plans on dabbling with online gaming, by entering the “social realm” with Facebook. Nevada is set to kick off […]
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NCAA: 'Forced To Relocate' NJ ChampionshipsOn Tuesday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced that it “has been forced to relocate several championships from New Jersey because of a new state law now in effect allowing sports wagering on professional and collegiate games.” According to the Associated Press, New Jersey plans to start issuing licenses for sports betting to its Atlantic […]
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Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now OnlineThe latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Vanessa Selbst, winner of a bracelet at this summer’s World Series of Poker. Selbst has earned nearly $4 million on the tournament circuit and has six major titles on her resume. In this exclusive story, the 28-year-old discusses her career thus far, […]
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William Hill And GVC To Buy SportingbetWilliam Hill, Gaming VC and Sportingbet have reached agreement on an updated offer which will see Sportingbet, owner of the once revolutionary Paradise Poker, sold to Hill’s and GVC for £530 million. A previous offer of £350 million had been rejected by Sportingbet. Paradise Poker has suffered greatly in recent years with revenue falling to […]
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Bodog Poker Network Signs Asian SiteAsian-facing online gambling site TLC88.com will join the Bodog Poker Network which itself has recently seen a refocus on Asia after Bodog.co.uk exited the UK market as well as retrenching from much of Europe. Bodog Poker Network chief executive, Jonas Odman, said: "We always felt the best place for the Network was Asia as we […]
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Durrrr and Isildur1 Back In Full Tilt Poker FoldTom “Durrrr” Dwan is to rejoin Full Tilt Poker as a pro and will be joined by former PokerStars poster boy Viktor “Isildur1” Blom. The pair join Gus Hansen who announced his return to the site as its first ambassador earlier this month. The move sets up the mouthwatering prospect of a return of the […]
