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Caesars Pays $800,000 Bad Beat Jackpot In Atlantic City

Usually a poker player would be furious if they had quad nines lose to a king-high straight flush, but this incredible bad beat was probably one of the better things that ever happened at a poker table to Narong Sae Whited of Shelton, Washington, who earned the lion’s share of the largest bad beat jackpot […]

Maryland Lawmakers OK Table Games

Early Wednesday morning, Maryland lawmakers passed legislation that will allow casinos to spread poker and other table games. In addition, a new Las Vegas-style casino has been approved for Prince George County, just minutes from Washington D.C. The proposed property, along with with a downtown Baltimore casino to be operated by Caesars Entertainment, gives Maryland […]

Irish Winter Poker Festival Online Registration Open

It’s just two months until the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival gets underway at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, Ireland and from today players can register and pay online for any of the nine tournaments in the schedule. Players can pay via the Pay Now section of the website using Visa, MasterCard, Laser or bank transfer right […]

Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona Begins

Season three of PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour climaxes today with the start of the final leg in Barcelona, Spain. The €1,000 + €100 buy in main event gets underway at midday local time at Gran Casino in the Catalan capital. This year, for the first time, it is also part of the European Poker Tour […]

Question and Answer: Poker Pro Shannon Shorr

As his over $4.5 million in live tournament winnings indicate, Shannon Shorr is certainly a well-established poker pro. Shorr has been playing professionally since 2006, racking up consistent cashes in many prestigious tournaments. A fourth-place finish in the Aussie Millions jump started his career, and he has never looked back. Last month, Shorr notched a […]

Ed Miller: The Key To No-Limit Hold'em

Want to know the key to no-limit hold’em? Well, I won’t make you wait. Here it is. Get your opponents to put their money in bad. For me, this is the key principle in no-limit hold’em. Get your opponents to put their money in bad. The more you can get them to put money in […]

Irishman Wins Latin American Poker Tour Colombia

Irish poker player Robbie Renehan has won the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Colombia main event. The 29-year-old scooped the 284,700,000 Colombian pesos (around €128,000) in the $2,500 buy in event held in Medellin topping the 337-player field which was significantly down on last year’s 681 as a result of the buy-in doubling. The final […]

Irish Poker Classic Festival Underway

This week sees the 10th annual _Irish Poker Classic _at the Macau Sporting Club, Cork Ireland. The popular festival has €60,000 in guaranteed prize pool – €40,000 for the €500 + €60 main event, €10,000 for tonight’s €180 + €20 warm up event which mirrors the main event structure, €5,000 for Saturday’s €100 + €50 […]

Atlantic City Casino Revenue Continues To Fall

Atlantic City continues to be hit hard by growing competition in neighboring states after taking in only $308.2 million in July, a 9.5 percent drop in year-over-year figures. The city’s 12 properties were hurt by an unfavorable July calendar that saw one less weekend this year. The Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa, normally one of […]

Delaware Expands Number Of Sports Betting Facilities

Delaware officials have approved the expansion of sports betting to include 31 other locations, including restaurants, bars and nightclubs, in addition to the state’s three existing casinos. The expansion was recently approved as part of a new law allowing online wagering on slots and table games under the control and operation of the Delaware Lottery. […]

DOJ Needs Help With $159M In FTP Funds

The government needs some help. Late last week, the United States Department of Justice released an employment opportunity notice on its website. The position is for a third-party “Claims Administrator” for the Full Tilt Poker remission process. According to the DOJ, there are about 1.3 million “potential U.S. victims” — those with money stuck on […]

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 August 12th through the 19th. Head to our Tournament […]

European Poker Tour Barcelona Preview

Season 9 of the European Poker Tour kicks off this week in Barcelona, Spain. Partnering up with the Estrellas Poker Tour, the Casino de Barcelona sees a whole host of poker festivities from today, Aug. 13 until Aug. 25. There is a €150 + €15 super satellite to the Estrellas Poker Tour main event, which […]

Kevin Williams Lifts Nottingham Live II Title

Kevin Williams has won Nottingham Live II, a $200 + £20 buy in event held by Black Belt Poker at Dusk Till Dawn at the weekend. The $75,000 guarantee wasn’t met and the 258 player who participated enjoyed a $23,400 overlay, among them Marty Smyth, Neil Channing, Richard Ashby, Paul Jackson, and James Keys. However […]

European Poker Tour Gets Players Council

PokerStars has established a European Players Council. It will meet for the first time this week before season nine of the European Poker Tour gets underway. Neil Johnson, a live poker specialist at the site, said, "While focusing on the EPT, this council will also be utilized to discuss all of our live events, tours […]

Andrew Brokos: A Different Kind Of Slowplaying

When you consider slowplaying, what do you think of as the primary advantages and disadvantages? Most players will tell you that the main advantage of slowplaying is giving opponents the chance to “catch up”, which is to say make hands that can put money into the pot on a future street when they would not […]

Red Spade Open Guarantees Poker Players $1 Million

The Red Spade Open kicks off today, Sunday, Aug. 12, at 3 p.m. (ET). The $55 buy-in special PokerStars tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million including at least $200,000 for the winner. Low stakes players will get the chance to play for big cash prizes alongside some of the elite in the […]

Maxx Dansky Analyzes Key Hand In CPPT Win

Maxx Dansky has been playing poker since he was 16-year-old, competing in private home games in his native Nashville, Tennessee. After turning pro, Dansky played online poker before Black Friday forced a change. He moved to Las Vegas and tried his luck in the local tournament scene. Though he had a number of close calls, […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

Players flooded Twitter this week with good luck wishes for Marvin Rettenmaier and now are filing in with congratulations to the well-liked pro on his astounding success of winning back-to-back World Poker Tour events. Kara Scott is one of many who showed their support, she said, "Congratulations to @MadMarvin for shipping back to back @wpt […]

PartyPoker Beta Tests Fast Forward Poker

PartyPoker.com has announced the release of the beta version of its very own speed poker format called FastForward. This comes after bwin.party partly blamed PokerStars’ Zoom Poker in its trading update for the poor performance of its online poker product. The new turbo poker format can be found in the client lobby at the ‘FastForward’ […]

American Full Tilt Players Still At Mercy Of Government

On Thursday, the United States government received a $225 million payment from Isle of Man-based PokerStars – the first installment of its $731 million settlement that also gave the company ownership of Full Tilt Poker, its former rival that was shut down completely last year. Full Tilt had once been a popular online room that […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Nevada Casino Revenue Down 6 Percent In June Nevada casinos took in $832.5 million in June, which represented a six percent drop in year-over-year comparisons. Las Vegas specifically, took in $483.7 million which constituted a 4.5 percent drop. As a result […]

Oktoberfest Package Giveaway At Paddy Power Poker

PaddyPowerPoker.com is looking ahead to autumn with the launch of Pokertoberfest. The promotion, which kicks off Monday, Aug. 13 and runs until Sept. 9, is offering players packages, worth €3,500 each, for the upcoming Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, as well as many cash prizes. Those interested must opt in to take part in the giveaway, […]

Player of the Year: Marvin Rettenmaier Into Third Place

Marvin Rettenmaier, one of the top performers on the tournament circuit over the past two years, has made another big move in the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. Here is a look at that event and all the other tournaments that made the biggest impact on the race […]

RedKings Launches Android App

RedKings is the latest online poker company to offer its tables via an Android app. Players can use the app on any Android device such as a mobile smartphone or tablet to play fixed limit, pot-limit or no-limit hold’em from $0.05/$0.10 to $3/$6 in heads up, six-max or full ring formats. RedKings European VIP Manager […]

Rettenmaier Wins WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Marvin Rettenmaier made history this week when he became the first player ever to win back-to-back World Poker Tour main events. The young German emerged victorious in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, the first event of the new WPT season XI, after winning the WPT Championship $25,000 main event that closed season X in May. […]

William Hill Poker Offers 200% New Player Bonus

New players at William Hill Poker are now eligible for a deposit bonus of 200 percent, up to £1,250. In addition, new players will also earn an automatic entry into the weekly $1,000 new depositors freeroll. William Hill Poker delivers online poker at a superior level in the gaming industry, offering the best VIP Program […]

PokerStars' Acquisition of Full Tilt Complete

PokerStars’ takeover of defunct Full Tilt Poker is now complete, after the company made its initial payment to the U.S. government, according to the site’s Head of Corporate Communications, Eric Hollreiser. The $225 million first installment is part of its $731 million settlement with the Department of Justice. PokerStars hasn’t admitted to any wrong doing […]

California Web Poker Likely To Hit Muck Again

California, perhaps the only state capable of sustaining an intrastate industry, has been trying to legalize online poker since 2007, and it looks like 2012 will be another failed attempt. California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and co-sponsor of the this year’s Internet poker bill (SB 1463) said efforts aren’t likely to go anywhere […]

Kahnawake Walks Away From UB/Absolute Poker

While poker players with funds stuck on Full Tilt Poker celebrated earlier this month when PokerStars announced it had acquired the assets of the much maligned company and would repay all player balances those with money stuck on UB.com and Absloute Poker had little to cheer. However a lesser-publicised part of the deal saw the […]