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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 […]

Microgaming Network Launches Blaze Poker

The Microgaming poker network has launched Blaze Poker a Rush Poker-style cash game where players join a “pool” of competing players and are dealt another hand immediately upon folding ensuring constant action allowing for up to 300 hands per hour. Ladbrokes was the first company on the network to launch the game in beta-test mode […]

Facebook's Rise Opens New Door for Online Poker

As Facebook Inc cashes in on its Initial Public Offering, other web-based companies such as Zynga Inc. have hitched a ride onto the rise of the social media giant by developing lucrative online games. With 35 million active monthly users, some of which buy virtual chips, Zynga Poker lays dormant as a potential powerhouse in […]

CA Gaming Regulator: Nevada Needs to Pray

One of California’s top gaming regulators said Friday that the success of Nevada’s upcoming intrastate online poker industry is “heavily dependent on prayer.” Nevada has just 2.5 million residents and about 4 million visitors per month. The regulations would let tourists play. California Gambling Control Commissioner Richard Schuetz was skeptical of the Silver State’s model […]

Pala Casino Poker Room to Celebrate Third Anniversary

Southern California poker players can win a lot of cash in May at Pala Casino Spa & Resort when the Poker Room celebrates its third anniversary Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20, then hosts the five-day Pala Memorial Day Weekend River Card Classic, Thursday-Monday, May 24-28. The Daily Chase for the Dough promotion will allow players to share […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Kansas Closer To Using Casinos To Support Pensions State-owned casinos in Kansas may soon be dedicating a portion of their revenue to teachers and government worker pensions as part of a long-term project to boost the state’s retirement system. The proposal […]

Paddy Power Primed For U.S. Move

Irish bookmaker and online betting company Paddy Power is ready to take advantage of forthcoming regulation in the U.S. online poker market according to chief executive Patrick Kennedy. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting Kennedy said, "What we’re showing potential partners is deep e-commerce expertise that other global companies don’t have. “We know how […]

Portland, Oregon Casino Proposal Moves Ahead

Two businessmen, Matt Rossman and Bruce Studer, have been gaining momentum for a proposed casino at the Wood Village Park greyhound track in Multnomah County, just 12 miles from Portland, Oregon. The two backers have been pushing for the project for years, but need the necessary signatures to amend the constitution to allow for a […]

North Carolina Closer Legalizing Casino Poker

On Wednesday, lawmakers in North Carolina approved a bill that would authorize the state’s only casino — the Harrah’s Cherokee near the Tennessee border — to offer traditional live table games, including poker, instead of just the electronic version. The casino currently has automated poker tables that spread a handful of limits. Currently, live dealer-based […]

CP Launches 7-Card Stud Odds Calculator

You asked for it, so we created it. Card Player is pleased to announce the launch of our brand new Seven-card stud poker odds calculator, located in the Poker Tools section of the website. The new odds calculator allows users to run the numbers for up to six hands and include dead cards for players […]

Head Games: Confused About Turn Play?

The Pros: Nick Schulman, Andrew Lichtenberger, Alex Fitzgerald Craig Tapscott: Some players are confused many times on how to proceed on the turn. What are sticky spots you can run into and how do you maneuver through them? Nick Schulman: Very often on the turn, when players are unsure of what’s going on in the […]

Bulgaria To Lower Online Gambling Tax

The Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria group (CEDB) has said the online gambling tax levied on operators in the country was to fall from 15 percent to six or eight percent according to Focus-Fen.net. The move is as a result of the realization within the country that the high rate was a significant barrier […]

Bwin.party Social Gaming Strategy Near Completion

Yesterday’s first quarter 2012 interim report from bwin.party revealed the company’s social gaming strategy would soon be launched. The company said, “Our strategy to enter the social gaming market is almost complete and we plan to host an analyst briefing to present our strategy later this month when we will provide further details on how […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Stops in Dublin

The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour rolls into Dublin, Ireland today for its third main event of season III. The €700 + €70 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament is to be held over five days at CityWest, 10 miles from Dublin city centre. There are two day 1s and the final table will take […]

Mucking the Winning Hand: Laak, Ivey, Galfond

Having the winning hand on the river isn’t always enough — one still has to table the cards. It’s exceedingly rare for players to muck the winner — and almost astronomically improbable for the best in the world to get caught on camera doing so. However, last month, professional Phil Laak mucked his superior holdings […]

UNLV to Hold Symposium for Internet Gaming

With online poker in Nevada seven to 10 months away, the UNLV Boyd School of Law will hold a symposium this Friday on the regulation of Internet gaming. According to the school’s website, some of the brightest minds in the field will converge to survey existing laws from the global gaming environment and make recommendations […]

World Poker Tour Announces Season XI 2012 Schedule

The World Poker Tour has announced an expanded international schedule for the 2012 half of Season XI, with new stops including the WPT Parx Open Poker Classic in Philadelphia, the WPT Copenhagen in Denmark and the WPT Mazagan in Morocco. The WPT also unveiled the 2012 dates for their regional and national events. “The World […]

Shaun Deeb Wins Third SCOOP Title In A Week

Shaun Deeb is having an unbelievable series in the 2012 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker, better known as the SCOOP. Deeb won his third event in a week’s time last night, making him the first player ever to hold four SCOOP titles. Deeb took down the $2,100 stud for $41,600 on May 10th, topping […]

Lucky Chances' Battle of the Bay Tournament

Players from throughout the San Francisco Bay Area are preparing for the 2012 Battle of the Bay poker tournament at Colma’s Lucky Chances Casino. The popular tournament officially runs from June 3-10 and offers up some of the best table competition in the region. Last year’s draw was considered a big success and featured some […]

Player of the Year: Barglik and Biscardi Win

The poker tournament circuit is always bustling and busy, but with absolutely massive event just around the corner like the World Poker Tour Championship and the World Series of Poker. It does seem safe to say that this week was in some ways the calm before the storm. That does not mean that there weren’t […]

Media Corp Abandons Plans For Parent Takeover

Media Corp, owner of the recently defunct Purple Lounge online poker and casino business, has abandoned plans to takeover its parent company Gaming Media Group. In a statement issued this morning the company said, “Further to the announcement of 16 April 2012 about the proposed acquisition of Gaming Media Group Limited (“GMG”) the directors announce […]

Android Users Get Zoom Poker

PokerStars has officially launched its “Fast Poker”-like game Zoom Poker for Android mobile devices. The fast action ring game which allows players to move straight to a new hand as soon as they fold their existing hand has been on beta test since March and has now been fully rolled out including to Android tablets. […]

bwin.party Poker Revenue Down Three Percent

bwin.party poker revenue in the first quarter of 2012 fell three percent to €52.2 million from €54 million a year earlier. Average daily poker revenue was up one percent compared to the final quarter of 2011. The company said it had shifted its marketing strategy to, “Reduce our reliance on third party affiliates in poker, […]

Bellagio Offering Super Satellites To WPT Championship

One of poker’s prestigious titles and millions of dollars will soon be on the line at Bellagio, as the 2012 World Poker Tour Championship $25,000 main event begins this Saturday, May 19th. The high buy-in guarantees a massive prize pool for poker’s biggest stars and wealthy amateurs to battle over as they strive to become […]

Illinois Looking at Online Poker Through Lotto

Not long after its lottery went online, the state of Illinois is looking at other types of Internet gaming, including poker. A proposal in the form of an amendment to an existing bill was filed on Tuesday. On Monday, Senate President John Cullerton sent a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn and other lawmakers outlining his […]

When I Was A Donk: Scotty Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen is one of the all-time great tournament players. With more than $11 million in career winnings, Nguyen is in the top 10 on the lifetime earnings list. He has won an astounding 47 tournaments in his storied career, to go along with more than 200 other cashes. His largest score came in the […]

Ongame Loses Another Poker Room

The beleagured Ongame Network has lost another online poker room. Gala Casino Poker, formerly known as Coral Poker, has moved to the iPoker network as its deal with iPoker owner Playtech begins to gain traction. Earlier this week the Gala Casino Group, the third largest high street casino group in the UK, offloaded 23 of […]

Purple Lounge and Devilfish Poker Deal Rumours

It’s been almost three weeks since PurpleLounge.com shut its door without any warning to players and very little has been communicated from the site since. Not least a time frame for resolving the issue of locked down bankrolls on the site. However in an unusual twist Devilfish Poker has sent two blank emails to its […]

Unibet To Shut Spanish Poker Site This Week

Unibet will exit the Spanish online gambling market this week according to Telegraph.co.uk ahead of the June 1 issuance of licences under the new regulatory regime. Early reports suggest the company would exclude players from May 14 onwards but its site, Unibet.es was still functional as of today, May 15. The company said it was […]

Celebrities Settle for $1.75 Million in Poker Lawsuit

After nearly a year of legal wrangling, the celebrities and high rollers who siphoned millions from a fraudster in underground poker games have all settled out of court and agreed to give back a combined $1.75 million, the New York Post reported Tuesday. The former clients of Brad Ruderman, a man currently serving time for […]