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Horseshoe Casino Cleveland Opens Its Doors

The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland opened its doors at 9:30 p.m. local time on Monday. The property, which kicks off a wave of gaming expansion in Ohio, is part-owned by Caesars Entertainment Corporation . The casino’s poker room, which is under the World Series of Poker brand, has 30 tables. According to Cleveland.com, the $350 million […]

Regulator: Nevada Online Poker in 7-10 Months

Americans could see the first U.S.-based licensed and regulated real-money poker site this holiday season. At Monday’s Gaming Policy Committee meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli said that the Silver State will likely issue its first licenses in 30-60 days — and it will probably take another six to eight […]

MGM CEO Jim Murren: No Federal Online Poker In 2012

MGM Resorts International Chairman and CEO Jim Murren took the podium for his keynote speech at the 19th Southern Gaming Summit in Biloxi, Mississippi last week and proudly proclaimed that “Internet gaming is here.” Only, according to Murren, it’s not here in the form of federal legislation and in his opinion, it won’t be here […]

ISPT Stop Planned For Wembley Stadium In London

Paris — The International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) has revolutionized the world of poker, establishing the first online and live tournament in poker history, scheduled for May 2013 at the legendary Wembley Stadium in London. The tournament will take place on a tactile tablet and around real tables, promising to be one of the biggest […]

Two Proposals For Casinos In Arkansas

There are now two competing ballot proposals that aim to bring casinos to Arkansas, one of which is authored by poker player Nancy Todd Tyner, political consultant and winner of the WPT Ladies Championship in 2008. Tyner wants casinos in Crittenden, Franklin, Pulaski and Miller counties. The other proposal, led by Michael Wasserson, would bring […]

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 May 14th through the 21st. Head to our Tournament […]

Grosvenor Casino Owner To Acquire Gala Casinos

Rank Group Plc, owner of BlueSq.com and Grosvenor Casinos has announced it is to buy Gala Casinos from the Gala Coral Group for £205 million. Rank will acquire 23 casinos in the deal. Gala Coral will keep its casinos in Dundee and Gibraltar and a non-operating licence for the City of Westminster. In April Rank […]

Estrellas Poker Tour Hits Ibiza

The PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour pitches up for its third installment of season III on the party island of Ibiza today Monday May 14. The €1,000 + €100 buy in main event gets underway on Wednesday with capacity for 500 players at Casino de Ibiza. The main event has two day 1s and the final […]

Zolotow: Odds Of Winning Two WSOP Bracelets

David Heyden recently expressed surprise at the fact that nearly every year, there is one player who wins two (or more bracelets) at the WSOP. Most of you have probably never heard of David. Although he is a quiet, unassuming player, he has been considered one of the best seven stud players for years. He […]

World Series of Poker Satellites Sunday and Monday

PaddyPowerPoker.com tonight hosts one of its regular WSOP package satellites as part of the Attack The WSOP promotion. The $500 + $25 buy-in no-limit hold’em freezeout takes place at 8:30 pm this Sunday May 13 with a WSOP main event package worth $13,000 up for grabs. The package includes the $10,000 main event buy-in, seven […]

European Masters of Poker Bulgaria Freeroll Tonight

The penultimate European Masters Of Poker Iron Man Bulgaria freeroll takes place tonight Sunday May 13 at 8.15 p.m (CEST) at BetVictor Poker and costs just 250 VIP points to enter. The top prize tonight is a €1,650 EMOP package which includes the €700 + €70 main event buy-in, seven nights at the Iberostar Sunny […]

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 […]

Online Poker Operator Sponsors Boxing Title Fight

888poker is sponsoring the IBF Super Middleweight world title fight between English challenger Carl Froch and current world champ Lucian Bute from Romania. The company is also throwing its weight behind Froch by sponsoring him for the May 26 fight in Nottingham, England as well and the 34-year-old said,“I’m delighted to be representing 888poker. They […]

Grand Series of Poker Announces Season Three Tour

The Ongame Network’s Grand Series of Poker returns later this year for its third season. Two city stops have been confirmed so far with two more to be confirmed. The tour pulls in to Malta from September 4 to 9, 2012 and Prague from December 11 to 16, 2012. Next year’s venues have yet to […]

Buddhist Monks Caught Playing High-Stakes Poker

Religious figures in South Korea have been caught on hidden camera playing in a high-stakes poker game with more than $875,000 on the table, Reuters reported Friday. Six leaders from the country’s largest Buddhist order have resigned after also being seen drinking and smoking. The 13-hour cash game session reportedly occurred at a luxury hotel […]

Revel Has $13.4M in Revenue During First Month

After opening in early April, Revel Casino in Atlantic City saw revenues of $13.4 million — placing it near the bottom of the city’s 12 properties, the Associated Press reported. Revel Casino — a $2.4 billion resort — has a poker room with 37 tables, making it the fourth largest in the city behind the […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Atlantic City Casinos Down 10 Percent In April The brand new $2.4 billion Revel Casino Resort in Atlantic City placed a surprising eighth out of 12 in its first month of operation and the city itself saw total revenue fall to […]

Belgium Adds To Online Poker Blacklist

The Belgium Gaming Commission has expanded its blacklist of companies which internet service providers in the country must block. New additions to the list include bwin.com, betsson.com, bet-at-home.com, betclic.com, williamhill.com, stanjames.com, and betfair.com, all of which offer online poker. These companies join the likes of 888.com, titanpoker.be, winamax.fr and everestpoker.be. Belgian authorities claim the blacklist […]

Sam Trickett Gets One Drop Sponsor

UK poker high roller, Sam Trickett, has resolved his immediate sponsorship difficulties – the star of the recent high stakes Macau cash games will wear a patch for online betting exchange Matchbook.com during the $1 million buy-in One Drop tournament in Las Vegas this summer. Trickett tweeted a link on Wednesday to a headline in […]

Greenstein: Obama Privately Supports Online Poker

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama said he supports same-sex marriage in the United States. While the event was historic for the gay community, it has stirred up some conversation about other issues. Early Thursday, poker professional and Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein took to Twitter to connect President Obama’s announcement to the plight of ostracized […]

Preview of WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans

The 2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans series gets underway Thursday, May 10 and continues running until the 21. The 12-event series will be the last Circuit stop of the 2011-12 season before the National Championship held at the WSOP at the Rio in Las Vegas on July 6. The series features […]

Gavin Griffin On Playing In Kill Games

One thing that everybody playing poker is looking for is action and the casinos cater to that as much as possible. In LA this comes in a few forms. The first and most important for many reasons is the bad beat jackpot. The major casinos in LA are currently in an arms race to offer […]

Qualify For Irish Winter Poker Festival From €2

paddypowerpoker.com today launches its ever popular Cheap Seats promotion for this year’s Irish Winter Festival. Players can now win a seat to the €1,000 + €125 buy in event taking place at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin from October 26 to 29, 2012, from just €2. The feeder €2 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournaments run three times […]

Possible Gain in Web Wagering, Says AGA Report

On Wednesday, the American Gaming Association — the industry’s top lobbying group — released its annual report on the state of commercial gaming in the U.S. In the report, a survey was conducted to see what forms of gaming Americans participated in over the past year. In 2011, four percent of respondents said they placed […]

2011 POY Update: Cunix, Bonn Win Big Events

The 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race sponsored by Lock Poker had another busy week, with massive payouts and tons of POY points awarded. Here are the most significant results from the past week: World Poker Tour Jacksonville BestBet Open After a roller coaster final table, Shawn Cunix emerged as the last player […]

Poker Revenue Up Seven Percent at Unibet

Unibet Poker has issued its interim statement for the first three months of 2012 with poker gross winning revenue up seven percent year-on-year to £4.27 million from £3.98 million in the same period of 2011. This compares to a fall of 33 percent in 2011 from 2010. Earlier this month the company completed the takeover […]

Glory For Italy At Italian Poker Tour Grand Final

It didn’t matter that American Scott Baumstein led the way from his first day at the felt at the Italian Poker Tour San Remo Grand Final. It also didn’t matter that he went straight into the final table with the chip lead and more than double that of the player next to him. In the […]

Isildur1 Wins Back-To-Back SCOOP Events

Viktor Blom, best known for his exploits in nosebleed cash games as “Isildur1”, has had a fantastic start to 2012 on the tournament circuit. In January he captured his biggest live score when he won the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $1,254,400. This week he made his breakout on […]

Tables Games Offerings Expanded in Minnesota

A bill that was signed into law last week in Minnesota will expand poker operations at two of the state’s racetracks. The measure moved quickly through the legislature, according to The Star Tribune. According to the bill: The maximum number of poker tables, other than those used for instruction, demonstrations, or tournaments, has been bumped […]

Christopher Bonn Wins WSOP Circuit Chester Main Event

Christopher Bonn has won the 2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Chester main event, earning his first gold ring, the $109,760 first prize and 480 Card Player Player of the Year points. A total of 321 players posted the $1,600 buy-in for this main event, building a $467,055 total prize pool. Bonn entered the final […]