Poker News

AGCC Regulation 'Appropriate' in FTP Saga

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has published the report into its regulatory activities in relation to Full Tilt Poker before and after its collapse last year. The full report, commissioned by the AGCC and conducted by Peter Dean, former Chairman of the British Gambling Control Commission, can be found here. However the summary and conclusion […]

Veronika Pavlikova Wins France Poker Series Snowfest

Eighteen-year-old Veronika Pavlikova has earned the title of France Poker Series Snowfest champion after topping a 296-strong field in Evian. Pavlikova beat strong competition such as Guillaume Darcourt to the top prize of €70,000. Ludovic Marguerat was her final opponent but Pavlikova finished what she started and sent Marguerat to the rail with the consolatory […]

Frenchman Wins WPT National Paris Open Of Poker

The Aviation Club de France in Paris played host to the World Poker Tour National Series Paris Open of Poker from Mar. 16 to 25. The €1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event attracted 370 players, including 44 re-entries, and standing victorious at the end of the event was Frenchman Gregory Benac. Benac beat Japanese pro […]

888 Poker Revenue Jumps 58 Percent in 2011

888 Poker today confirmed its financial results for 2011 which saw poker revenue leap 58 percent to US$61 million from US$38 million in 2010. The increase has seen the company rise from 13th to 4th in global liquidity rankings while active customers grew 58 percent to 318,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011 and new […]

Bovada Black Diamond Poker Open

The Bovada Black Diamond Poker Open Championship series is wrapping up this weekend with a $250,000 guaranteed tournament on Sunday, April 1, at 4 p.m. ET. The buy-in for this event is $450. Be the first Black Diamond Poker Open Champion ever and take home at least $50,000 in the Championship Main Event and a […]

L.A.'s Hustler Casino Gives Players Cash Back

Poker players are getting more than ever at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Casino in Los Angeles thanks to their new Player Reward Cards. The free card allows players to get paid for the hours that are tracked at the tables. Low limit hold’em players can pick up $50 for every 50 hours played in a calendar […]

Four More Added to Bet24 Poker Pro Team

The ever increasing poker team at Bet24 now sees four new faces added in to the mix. The addition of Paul Foltyn, Michael Schuerpf, Stjepan Jokic, and Mads Åmot brings the team’s total up to 20, just four from its goal. The four, who hail from the UK, Switzerland, Austria, and Norway respectively, join other […]

Mini Italian Poker Tour Grand Final Finds Champ Today

The PokerStars.it Mini Italian Poker Tour €360 + €40 Grand Final will find its champion later today in Campione. Down to eight players from 465, the finalists will soon fight for the upper end of the 194,040 CHF (€160,981) prize pool. Leading the charge to the 46,000 CHF (€38,162) first place prize is Andrea Montrone […]

A Look At The Week In Tournament Poker

In this Card Player feature we are looking 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 March 26th through April 2nd. Head to our Tournament […]

Euro Poker Tweets Of The Week

During the week Victoria Coren and David Mitchell announced their engagement in The Times. The poker world has been rocked quite a bit over the past year, so it’s always nice to celebrate happy news like this, and it wasn’t long before congratulations were pouring in on Twitter from players, fans, and friends. Coren tweeted, […]

Irish Poker Open Last Chance Saloon Begins Today

Today, Sunday, Mar. 25, sees the start of the Irish Open Last Chance Saloon at PaddPowerPoker.com. From today until Apr. 4 the site is giving away 45 Irish Open main event seats via its Last Chance Saloon satellites which feature buy-ins to suit bankrolls of all sizes. Every night between one and 10 seats will […]

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 […]

France Poker Series Snowfest Final Table Sunday

The France Poker Series Snowfest €1,100 buy-in main event kicked off on Thursday and over two starting days attracted 193 players to the stunning town of Evian on the south bank of Lake Geneva. This was a new stop for season two of the Series and there are eight stops in total. The survivors of […]

EMOP Packages To Go At Bet Victor Poker Sunday

Bet Victor Poker hosts its final weekly European Masters Of Poker Sunday Final tomorrow, Mar. 25 at 8.40 p.m. (CET). This is the last chance players have at winning one of six EMOP Lisbon packages. EMOP Sunday Satellites will be running all day on Sunday with seats on offer for the final that evening. All […]

Utah Governor Signs Bill to Ban Online Gaming

After less than two months on the table, a bill aimed to preemptively ban online gaming in the state of Utah was signed into law on Monday by the governor. The ball got rolling shortly after the Department of Justice clarified the Wire Act, which effectively made the statute an inadequate tool in stopping intrastate […]

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’s Revel Casino Breaks All The Rules Atlantic City’s new Revel Casino isn’t the typical casino property. Unlike other casinos, Revel, which opens April 2nd, will be completely smoke free and features high ceilings and views of the ocean from […]

Everest Poker Revenue Down 32 Percent

GigaMedia, a 40 percent shareholder in Everest Gaming, saw its business unit Everest Poker report revenue down 31.5 percent to $7.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to $10.8 million a year earlier. Everest Gaming itself saw revenue fall 30 percent to $10.9 million in the final quarter of 2011 from $15.5 million […]

JP Poker Masters & Norwegian Championship Collide

The JP Masters poker festival fully kicks off today at Dublin’s Citywest Hotel with the €750 buy-in JP Poker Masters at 6 p.m.. This year is its fifth year and there are great expectations as another festival will play out alongside it starting from tomorrow, the Norwegian Championship. Now in its 10th year, the Norwegian […]

Nevada Gaming Hits 'Milestone' Toward Online Poker

Musician Jimmy Buffett was awarded a gaming license at Thursday’s Nevada Gaming Commission hearing, but he didn’t headline the show. Instead, it was the state’s plans for having the nation’s first Internet poker industry. The Commission made history in December 2011 by adopting online poker regulations, and it did so again on Thursday by finalizing […]

Win Derby Poker Championship Seat With HogWild

If you’re both a poker fan and a horse racing fan, it doesn’t get much better than entering free and winning a $710 Buy-In/VIP package to 2012 Celebrity Derby Poker Championship Gala in Louisville, courtesy of HogWild Poker, the original online league community. But here’s your real dilemma—if you win the charity event on May […]

Bart Hanson: Crushing Live Poker With Twitter

Oct 24th — The best way to win a big pot with a flopped nut flush and deeper stacks is to fastplay. Action from inferior hands is more common early then on later streets. One of the most commonly slow played hands in no limit is the flopped nut-flush. Regardless of position it is almost […]

Bodog Latest Spanish Poker Casualty

Bodog is the latest online poker operator to leave or be asked to leave the Spanish market ahead of regulation there. In an email to affected players Bodog said, “We would like to inform you that due to recent regulatory changes, we are no longer able to offer our betting or wagering services to residents […]

Poker Pro Vicky Coren To Marry TV Star

UK poker pro, tv presenter, and writer Vicky Coren is to marry her sometime colleague David Mitchell. Mitchell, who writes for the Observer newspaper and stars in popular TV comedy Peep Show as well as numerous panel show, announced the engagement in The Times newspaper. The message said,” ‘MR D.J.S. MITCHELL AND MISS V.E. COREN. […]

United Kingdom Online Poker Facing Tax Threat

The UK government yesterday announced it was to introduce a new tax on gaming operators including those based in overseas jurisdictions which serve UK players. The tax, to be implemented by December 2014, will also likely apply to online poker operators and is expected to be levied at 15 percent on gross profits. The government […]

Daniel Tzvetkoff To Testify In April Poker Trial

The Australian payment processor at the centre of the Black Friday online poker indictments, Daniel Tzvetkoff, will appear as a witness for the prosecution at next month’s trail of his former business partners Chad Elie and Utah banker John Campos. Elie and Campos go on trial in New York on April 9 accused of a […]

Alderney Defends Full Tilt Poker Regulation

The Relax Gaming Network, owner and developer of the Rush Poker-style game Fast Poker that was announced last week, has received a licence from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). It is the 100th licence issued by the AGCC, according to the BBC. Robin LePrevost, head of e-commerce, told the news outlet that Alderney was […]

Euro Commission Warns Germany Over Gambling Law

Online gaming companies have expressed disappointment that a European Commission opinion on Germany’s new state-level gambling treaty has failed to recommend a more liberal regime. While the Commission was critical of the new treaty, which has been adopted by 15 of Germany’s 16 states, saying its current rules “may render it difficult to provide an […]

Illinois Ready to Sell Lottery Tickets Online

Just three months after the U.S. Department of Justice stunned some in the gaming world by declaring the Wire Act obsolete at stopping anything but sports betting, the Illinois Lottery is now ready to go online this weekend. Doing so would be the first ever completely legal form of intrastate real-money gambling on the Internet […]

Downtown Golden Gate Casino Gets New Look

Last week, Card Player reported on the remodeling plans for downtown Las Vegas’ Fitzgeralds Casino, which will change their name to the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and will feature two gaming floors, two new bars and 638 renovated hotel suites. This week, the Golden Gate Casino has announced similar plans and the casino’s new […]

Poker Strat: Intro To Independent Chip Model

The Independent Chip Model, commonly referred to as ICM, is best understood by what it does, which is to assign a dollar value to your chip stack in a live or online poker tournament, based on the amount of chips in play and the prize pool distribution. ICM is used in a tournament by determining […]