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Gaming VC Poker Revenue Down 34 Percent in 2011

Gaming VC, the publicly quoted online gambling operator, has reported poker revenue down 34 percent to €2.9 million in 2011 from €4.5 million in 2010. The company, which owns the Betboo brand and recently announced the sale of its Betaland marque, said in its financial statement that decreases in poker revenues are an industry wide […]

European Poker Tour Unveils Season 9 Schedule

PokerStars.com has announced the schedule for season 9 of its European Poker Tour and there have been many changes. First of all, the Tour has reduced the amount of events from 13 to seven, plus the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. However, the eight stops in total, have been bulked out to include nearly two weeks of […]

Switch Poker Launches €1,000 Rake Race Today

Between its 100 percent new deposit bonus and players given random cash Bonus Bombs of up to €1,000 each, SwitchPoker.com is topping it all off by giving even more money away with its new five-day, €1,000 Rake Race. The race kicks off at 6 p.m. (GMT) today, Wednesday, Apr. 25 and will run until the […]

Justin Bonomo Leads €100,000 Buy-In Final Table

The final table of eight is set in the 2012 European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 super high roller no-limit hold’em eight-max event, which got underway on Monday at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Casino. The massive buy-in, which equates to roughly $132,000 USD, was posted a total 45 times, with a number of […]

PokerStars On Rumors Of Full Tilt Poker Buy

PokerStars responded Tuesday to rumors that it’s in talks to acquire defunct Full Tilt Poker. Eric Hollreiser, head of corporate communications, said in a statement: “We’ve had a lot of enquiries and there’s lots of speculation on the forums, so I wanted to address the PokerStars chatter. As you know, PokerStars is in settlement discussions […]

A Look At Casino Expansion In America

The first casino opened in the United States in 1931. Today, there are nearly 1,500 that generated a total of $34.6 billion in gross gaming revenue in 2011. Twenty years ago, just six states in the nation offered legalized land-based or riverboat casinos. Today, that number has grown to 22 states, and doesn’t include the […]

Card Player Media Owner Launches New Website

Card Player Media owner Barry Shulman today launches a new website, BarryShulman.com, highlighting his career highs, poker achievements, travel adventures and philanthropic endeavors. Shulman, a former poker world champion and double World Series of Poker bracelet winner, has signed with renowned poker agency Poker Players International and developed the portal to showcase his many and […]

Surprise Poker Freeroll Gives Away €500 Tuesday

Sometime today between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. (CET) BetVictor Poker will host its fifth €500 Crazy Freeroll. Each freeroll appears in the lobby under the name Spring Surprise Freeroll around 50 minutes before it is due to start and all players logged in to the client will receive a notification message stating the event […]

888 Poker Revenue Up 88 Percent in First Quarter

888 Holdings plc, owner of 888 Poker, today issued its interim management statement for the first quarter of 2012 which reports business-to-consumer poker revenue up 88 percent to US$21 million from $11 million this time last year. The number of active customers in B2C poker was 405,000, an increase of 83 percent compared to Q1 […]

Tommy Vedes Wins Second World Poker Tour Title

Tommy Vedes became part of the elite club of two-time World Poker Tour champions when he took down the 2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown $10,000 main event. For topping the 290-player field Vedes was awarded the $779,520 first-place prize and 1,140 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving him into 38th place in […]

Bovada WSOP $12,000 Main Event Package

This summer, Bovada is doing more than sending players to the 2012 World Series of Poker — they’re doing it in style. Sign-up for a new Bovada account through Card Player and you will receive a ticket to 1 of 8 exclusive weekly $1,000 main event satellite freerolls. The first tournament launches on April 21 […]

Latest Issue Of Card Player Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features Mori Eskandani, the father of modern, televised poker. Though Black Friday has threatened his livelihood, Eskandani chooses to focus on the positives, turning a bad situation into an opportunity for growth in an industry that has seen a number of shows fall […]

EPT Grand Final Kicks Off With €100,000 Event Monday

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final returns to Monte Carlo this week after a brief one-year stint in Madrid. The concluding series of the EPT’s eighth season kicked off today with an absolutely massive €100,000 buy-in super high roller eight-max no-limit hold’em event. This will be the highest buy-in event in the EPT’s history, […]

Pala Casino Players Can Win Big With Incredi-bull Giveaway

Every player at Pala Casino Spa & Resort can win a share of $150,000 starting Monday, April 23 until May 27 in the casino’s Incredi-Bull promotion. It is free to play, but players must have a Privileges Club card to enter. Privileges cards are free at the Privileges Center in the casino. Participants can play […]

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 April 23rd through the 30th. Head to our Tournament […]

Play World Series Of Poker Satellite Tonight

Tonight, Monday, Apr. 16, at PaddyPowerPoker.com players will be given the chance to win a WSOP Experience package worth $3,700. The $50 + $5 buy-in no-limit hold’em rebuy/add-on satellite kicks off at 8.30 p.m. and the package on offer features the $1,000 buy-in to WSOP event no. 59, six nights accommodation at the Wynn Hotel, […]

ElkY Wins European Poker Tour Berlin High Roller

King of High Roller events, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier has added another title to his collection. The peroxide-haired Frenchman topped yet another tough field (of 57 with nine rebuys), this time at the European Poker Tour Berlin, to take down the €10,300 High Roller for €231,000. In doing so he earns 300 Card Player Player Of […]

Kitai Completes Poker's Triple Crown In Berlin

After meeting coincidentally at the airport in Berlin and sharing a cab ride to get to the Hyatt Hotel for the European Poker Tour main event, Belgian pro Davidi Kitai and Canadian EPT regular Andrew Chen found themselves sharing the same space once more when they reached heads up for the top prize of $941,488 […]

Win WSOP Package Tonight At BetVictor Poker

There’s so much going on this month at BetVictor Poker as it is in mid-flow in giving away cash prizes, European Masters Of Poker packages, and four World Series of Poker side event packages worth $3,500 each. The second package is up for grabs tonight at 8.30 p.m. (CET) in the BetVictor Poker WSOP Express […]

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 […]

Davidi Kitai Leads European Poker Tour Berlin Final

The final table of eight has been found from an original field of 745 at the European Poker Tour Berlin in Germany. In pole position for the €825,000 top prize plus a Shamballa Jewels bracelet worth more than €10,000 is Belgian pro Davidi Kitai. He prepares for the day ahead with 5,695,000 in chips, more […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert Shares Vision For Cleveland Casino Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert met with the Ohio Casino Control Commission on Thursday to share his vision for a potential casino in downtown Cleveland. Gilbert envisions the property as an economic […]

William Hill Poker Revenue Down Eight Percent

William Hill, the publicly quoted British bookmaker, today issued its interim statement for the first quarter of 2012 with poker revenue falling eight percent on the first quarter of 2011. No figure was given for the amount of revenue. William Hill Online, the joint-venture with Playtech under which poker operates delivered 33 percent year-on-year increase. […]

Ladbrokes Poker Revenue Continues To Plummet

Ladbrokes Plc, Britain’s biggest bookmaker, yesterday issued its interim statement for the first three months of 2012 with poker revenue taking another massive nosedive. Net poker revenue fell by 26.8 percent. The company did not give an amount for current poker revenue. Overall group revenue at Ladbrokes showed some improvement, up 8.9 percent while operating […]

Judge OKs John Campos Plea Deal in Internet Poker Case

A federal judge has accepted the plea deal of John Campos that saw him admit to a bank gambling misdemeanor offense, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday. In a letter to the court, prosecutors called it “a fair and just resolution of the matter.” The judge previously had questioned allowing the defendant to plead guilty […]

Massachusetts to Consider Internet Poker

The Boston Herald is reporting that a Massachusetts lawmaker wants the state to adopt a plan that would grant three intrastate poker licenses. Massachusetts recently authorized the construction of brick-and-mortar casinos, but it hasn’t yet been decided who will win a license bid. Each Internet poker license would reportedly have a minimum price tag of […]

NFL Softens Stance Against Casino Advertising

The National Football League recently softened their stance against casinos, telling all 32 teams that it is now acceptable to display local casino advertising in their stadiums, game programs and radio broadcasts, as long as the casino does not have a sports book. Previously, teams had been allowed to accept advertising dollars from racinos, lotteries […]

Datamining Site Setback As Action Taken By PokerStars

Online poker datamining site, PokerTableRatings, has stopped mining and publishing data from PokerStars.com after the latter threatened legal action. The company received a cease and desist notice from PokerStars recently and took its site off line temporarily yesterday before coming back online and publishing a statement saying it was complying with the request. The statement […]

Jude Ainsworth Wins $84,000 Super Tuesday

Irish poker pro Jude Ainsworth has won the Super Tuesday event on PokerStars pocketing $84,000 for topping the 441 strong field. “J.thaddeus”, whose previous victories include a Sunday Million, EPT side event, Irish Poker Championship and Sunday Second Chance, now has over $2.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings. Ainsworth got heads up with Hernan “HN […]

Public Hearing Into New Full Tilt Poker License

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has announced a public hearing into the recent application by Orinic, a Full Tilt company, for a new license. Oral submissions will be accepted at the public hearing in the Braye Beach Hotel, Alderney on Thursday May 3 at 2 p.m.. Orinic is a Full Tilt related company. It’s license […]