Poker News

GSOP Returns To Malta For Season III On Tuesday

Season III of the Grand Series of Poker (GSOP) gets underway tomorrow Tuesday September 4, 2012 in St. Julians, Malta. The €1,000 + €100 buy in main event has two day 1s. Direct buy-ins will be accommodated on Tuesday (day 1A) at the Portomaso Casino while online qualifiers get their shot on Wednesday (day 1b). […]

Question and Answer: Poker Pro Erik Cajelais

Canadian poker pro Erik Cajelais broke out on the live tournament scene in 2005, with a string of high profile cashes. In 2006, he won a $5,000 preliminary event at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, topping a stacked final table that included Tex Barch, Erik Seidel, Justin Bonomo, Shannon Shorr, Steve Sung and […]

World Championship Of Online Poker Kicks Off

The PokerStars Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up will take some downtime as the World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) steps up to the plate with $30 million on the line overall. Starting today, Sept. 2, and running until Sept. 23, the WCOOP springs into action with 65 different events of various formats and games. Thirty-two […]

Zynga Poker Makes New Hire

Zynga has snatched up a former executive for online poker site 888, AllThingsD reported. Maytal Ginzburg comes on board with Zynga as its chief operating officer in charge of new markets. According to AllThingsD: “The hire is important for the Facebook games maker because it shows that, while a number of executives have decided to […]

Matt Matros Writes Op-Ed for Washington Post

Poker was recently ruled a game of skill in a case that involved the antiquated Illegal Gambling Business Act — a decision that many in the community celebrated. However, not so fast for three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Matt Matros. “It’s hardly cause for celebration,” the veteran pro wrote in his op-ed for […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Gulf Casinos Mobilize and Spin Back To Life Friday was a re-opening day for most of the Gulf Coast’s casinos, who must now clean up in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. Most properties were closed by Tuesday, costing the casinos millions […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

This week’s Tweets Of The Week focuses solely on American players, with the crux of this Twitter news update being the social media discussion surrounding how a particular table was playing during the recent World Poker Tour main event. On Aug. 30 Allen Kessler wrote, “@SavagePoker you’ve got to stop this blind raising agreement @WorldPokerTour […]

Stanley Choi Wins $6.4MM In Macau Super High Roller

Stanley Choi has won the HK$2,000,000 ($257,854 USD) buy-in 2012 High Stakes Challenge, capturing the $6,465,560 first-place prize, the 10th biggest top prize in the history of tournament poker. In addition to the money, Choi also earned 840 Card Player Player of the Year points. A total of 73 players turned out to the StarWorld […]

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 […]

Poker Revenue Falls Eight Percent At bwin.party

Net poker revenue declined 8.1 percent at bwin.party during the first half of 2012 to €96.4 million from €104.9 million in the first half of 2011. Poker now makes up 23.5 percent of overall revenue at bwin.party compared to 26.4 percent this time last year. In current trading – July 1 to August 25 – […]

Opt In For International Poker Open Need For Speed

Boylepoker.com is giving away four €230 International Poker Open (IPO) seats and 10 IPO super satellite tokens with the latest installment of its Need For Speed promotion. The IPO seats and tokens will be earned by the players who play the most raked hands in a single session on one Speed table, for a fixed […]

Partouche Poker Tour Season Five Final Starts Sunday

The season 5 finale of the Partouche Poker Tour starts this Sunday, Sept. 2, and runs for seven days at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France. Sunday acts as overture to the main event with some satellites heating up the action. The centerpiece, the €8,500 no-limit hold’em main event, then kicks off on Monday, […]

FTP Owners Look For Help From 'Poker Is Skill' Ruling

The defense for Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst — three men named in an amended civil complaint tied to April 2011’s Black Friday — have requested a “status conference” in their case in light of a recent legal opinion that declared poker to be a game of skill, according to a letter filed […]

Notables To Play $258,000 Macau High Roller

This Friday, August 31st will see one of the biggest buy-in in tournaments in poker history take place in Macau, featuring a HK$2,000,000 ($258,000 US dollars) buy-in with an optional HK$2,000,000 rebuy, which can be bought at anytime during the 4-level re-buy period as long as the player has no more than the 100,000-chip starting […]

Card Player Poker Tour On Board Cruise Ship

Card Player Media announces the latest event of its new live poker tournament series, the Card Player Poker Tour (CPPT), will take place aboard the popular cruise ship MS Oasis of the Seas. Card Player Cruises, the premier poker cruise company, will host the poker tournament April 13 – 20, 2013, during Royal Caribbean’s 7-Night […]

Josh Hale Wins WPT Legends Of Poker

Josh Hale topped a star-studded final table to win the 2012 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker main event at the Bicycle Casino, outlasting Jeff Madsen, Greg Mueller, Ali Eslami and Max Steinberg to earn the $500,000 first-place prize, 1,260 Card Player Player of the Year points and his first ever major tournament title. This […]

Giveaways Galore At BetVictor Poker September

There are more giveaways this September as BetVictor Poker welcomes in the autumn offering its users cash, iPads, MacBook Airs, and even tournament entries including European Masters of Poker (EMOP) Dublin packages, in a variety of ways. First off, for the next five Sundays at 7.25 p.m. (CET) the €25 buy-in 10K Tournamania does what […]

Playtech’s Poker Revenue Falls Nine Percent

Playtech, owner of the iPoker network, today confirmed a fall in first half 2012 poker revenue of nine percent to €9.7 million from €10.7 million in the first half of 2011. The company said in its interim statement, “The international poker market remained challenging for the first six months of the year. The iPoker network […]

Malmö Open Main Event Underway Thursday

The annual Malmö Open main event gets underway today Thursday August 30 at Casino Cosmopol in the southern Swedish City of Malmö. The SEK15,000 + SEK700 (approximately €1,880) buy in no-limit hold’em freezeout tournament has a capacity for 120 players. Players start with 30,000 in chips and will play one hour levels with blinds starting […]

Republican Platform Supports Web Gambling Ban

The Republican Party’s national convention is underway in Tampa, Florida, with Mitt Romney and running mate Rep. Paul Ryan each to be formally nominated on Thursday. Republican delegates have since signed off on the GOP’s platform, a statement that encompasses the party’s stance on various subjects and issues. Among those mentioned in the “Renewing American […]

Hurricane Isaac Forces Casinos To Close Along Coast

Up to 18 casinos along the Mississippi and Louisiana coast closed their doors in anticipation of Hurricane Isaac. The Mississippi Gaming Commission ordered all of it’s 12 Gulf Coast casinos to shut down operations by 4:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday. In Louisiana, six casinos located in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Morgan City were also […]

Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Main Event Starts

The final stop on season four of the PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour got underway in Melbourne, Australia today. The AUS$4,700 + $300 buy in Grand Final main event is the seventh of a 12-event festival taking place at the Crown Casino. Up to 500 players can be accomodated in the tournament. Players started […]

Poker Revenue Jumps 72 Percent At 888

Online poker revenue has seen a significant surge at 888 growing 72 percent in the first half of 2012 to US$41.3 million from US$24 million in the same period of 2011. Chief executive officer Brian Mattingley said, “The renewed focus on core competencies that we have instilled throughout the business has paid off with ongoing […]

Sam Trickett Becomes ISPT Ambassador

Sam Trickett has been unveiled as the latest ambassador for the International Stadiums Poker Tour, the no-limit hold’em tournament that aims to be the world’s largest with 30,000 players. Twenty-six-year-old Trickett, England’s all-time poker tournament money earner and recent runner up in the $1 million buy in One Drop poker tournament, said, “As a poker […]

Tain Launches InstaDeal Poker

Tain, the technology provider which allows small to medium sized operators access to Playtech’s iPoker network, has launched InstaDeal Poker. The company says the client is up to five times faster than existing solutions and is available as a browser-based client, a downloadable client and mobile client for Apple and Android devices. InstaDeal is fully […]

POY Update: Mikalai Pobal Wins EPT Barcelona

This week in the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker, saw a number of player’s make huge scores at the European Poker Tour Barcelona series being held at the Gran Casino at Hotel Arts in Spain’s second largest city. Last week, Dan Smith took the overall lead in the […]

Normandie Casino Labor Day $20K Guaranteed Tournament

Normandie Casino will celebrate Labor Day weekend with a $20,000 guarantee poker tournament. The Labor Day tournament begins at 6pm on Friday August 31, continuing daily at 6:00pm on Saturday September 1st and Sunday September 2nd, with the final table on Monday September 3rd. For a $100 Buy-In and a $20 entry fee, players will […]

Police Raid Maui, Hawaii Poker Home Game

On Thursday, the Maui Police Department raided a poker home game being hosted by 35-year-old Khanhnha Vanhtha. The Department’s Vice, Gambling and Morals Unit executed a search warrant and discovered the game taking place in the living room. Vanhtha was arrested and charged with second degree gambling promotion and possession of a gambling device. Vanhtha’s […]

Illinois Governor Rejects Gambling Expansion Bill

On Tuesday, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn rejected a bill that would expand gambling in the state to include a new land-based casino, four new riverboat casinos and allow existing racetracks to install slot machines. Quinn believed that the proposal lacked sufficient regulatory language and stated that the bill had an “absence of strict ethical standards […]

Nancy Todd's Ark. Casino Proposal Faces Battle

An earlier report stating that a constitutional amendment referendum for Arkansas casinos was dead turned out to be a bit premature. Poker pro Nancy Todd’s ballot initiative was originally rejected by state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, after Chuck Lange, chairman of the Stop Casinos Now Committee challenged the petition. Todd needed a total of 78,133 […]