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Head Games Featuring Katchalov, Seth and Flowers

Sometimes it’s hard to get a straight answer from a professional poker player. Ask three players a question and you’re liable to get three different answers. Why? Because: It depends. On the situation, opponent, stack sizes, table image, tilt, metagame, etcetera. Head Games will peer deep inside the twisted minds of today’s top players. We’ll […]

Belgian Lifts Unibet Open Prague Title

Filip Verboven has won the Unibet Open Prague main event in the Czech Republic capital. The €1,500 + €150 buy in event attracted 254 players creating a prize pool of €377,190. Verboven, from Belgium, took home €100,000 for his victory over Ruggerio Scommegna. The fainl table payouts were: 1: Filip Verboven — €100,000 2: Ruggerio […]

Jonathan Ross Turns Sick Bed Into Poker Den

When British TV presenter Jonathan Ross took to his sick bed over the weekend he wasn’t about to let his dickie tummy get in the way of having some fun. The ITV chat show host took to twitter seeking recommendations on the best poker site to play on, tweeting, “Good evening. I have been in […]

Norwegian Wins Betfair Poker Live! London

Roger Johannessen has won the Betfair Poker Live! London main event at the Fox Poker Club. The two-day €600 + €50 buy in event attracted 157 players and just failed to meet its £100,000 guarantee. Heads-up saw Englishman Leigh Ralph battle Norwegian Johannessen from Norway and an unlikely final hand where A-Q faced 8-6 as […]

Shane Warne and 888 Poker in Porn Row

Controversial cricket legend Shane Warne has caused a stir after ads for the online poker site he promotes, 888 Poker, appeared on a hardcore porn site. The Sunday Telegraph reported Warne’s manager James Erskine as saying, “No, Shane nor I were aware of the 888 Poker Site appearing on porn sites. Thank you for informing […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Feb. 19-26

In this new 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 February 19th through the 26th. Head to our […]

Poker Hand Of The Week: Your Options

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 hand from the high-stakes, big buy-in poker world, break it down and show that there’s more than one way to get […]

Betfair Poker Live! London Main Event Today

The Betfair Poker Live! London main event gets under at the Fox Poker Club in the English capital today. Up to 170 players are expected for the €600 + €50 buy in no-limit hold’em freezeout. Players get a 15,000 chip starting stack with a 40 minute clock. Last year the event had a €250 buy […]

Hustler Casino Valentine’s Day Team Tournament

Sarah and Jordan are Hustler Casino’s grand prize winners of the 2012 Valentine’s Day Team Tournament. Hustler Casino innovated a totally different type of team tournament. With a total of 36 teams, all 72 players started as individuals. Their team members were not allowed to play at the same table. After the first two hours […]

Stratosphere Towering Over Nevada iPoker

ACEP Interactive, LLC is the most recent online poker applicant in Nevada, according to a source at the Gaming Control Board. American Casino Entertainment Properties, a casino company, is looking to do business as an operator — a designation only available to brick-and-mortars. It also wants to exist as a service provider — entities in […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Analyst: Nevada Casino Tax Hike Means Job Losses Bill Lerner, an analyst from the Union Gaming Group, says that a proposed tax hike on Nevada’s highest grossing casinos is not economically sustainable, and would result in a job loss of 7,500 […]

Greek Gaming Tax Regime Challenged

Greece’s new gaming law has come under fire from the Remote Gambling Association which has challenged tax rules which it says are “equivalent to a market entry fee”. The Greek Council of State challenge has been signed by Betfair, Willaim Hill and Bet365 who are unhappy at the proposed retrospective tax to be levied on […]

Bet24 Signs Three More Poker Pros

Online poker operator Bet24 signed three more poker pros yesterday to add to the seven they added to its roster last month. Current World Championship of Online Poker champ Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen, Casper Toft, and high-stakes cash pro Gillian Epp join team captain Jesper Hougaard as Bet24 pros. Pedersen, who won $1.26 million for lifting […]

2012 European Poker Tour Copenhagen Preview

The 2012 European Poker Tour Copenhagen festival is set to begin February 19th and run through the 25th in Denmark’s capital city. This year the Casino Copenhagen will play host to a total of 21 events, with the centerpiece being the 35,000 Danish krone Main Event that begins on the 20th. Last year’s EPT Copenhagen […]

Online Poker Not Part Of Payroll Tax Bill

According to Politico, licensing and regulating online poker at the federal level will have to wait, after a senior staff member confirmed on Wednesday that the measure will not be included in the payroll tax bill, which will extend tax cuts and unemployment benefits. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) planned to propose an amendment to the […]

Nevada Hammers Out Online Poker Industry Details

Nevada’s future online poker industry is taking shape, as regulators adopted the real substance to the regulations this week. The Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) were finalized on Tuesday, a couple of weeks after the Technical Standards. Both help to further define the industry after the core regulatory framework was finalized in December. Gaming Control […]

Ladbrokes Poker Revenue Declines 25 Percent in 2011

Ladbrokes Plc, owner of Ladbrokes Poker, saw poker revenue fall 24.5 percent in 2011 to £14.2 million compared to £18.8 million in 2010. This compares to a drop in 2010 of 21 percent. Active players also declined by 16.2 percent with yield falling 10.5 percent. The company, which used to sponsor the Poker Million and […]

Betsson Poker Revenue Falls 21 Percent in 2011

Online gaming operator Betsson Plc, owner of Betsson Poker, saw its poker revenue fall 21.4 percent in 2011 to SEK83.9 million (€9.6 million) from SEK106.7 million (€12.2 million) in 2010. This follows a drop of 19 percent in 2010 and 17 percent in 2009. Fourth quarter 2011 poker revenue was SEK24.8 million (€2.8 million), up […]

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Hits Galway

The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour hit Galway in the west of Ireland yesterday with the €700 + €70 main event getting underway at the Radisson SAS Hotel in the city today. The event has a €100,000 guaranteed prize pool and capacity for up to 500 players. Three of the tournament prize-pool will be […]

Latest Issue Of Card Player Magazine Now Online

The latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features the Ocean’s 11 Casino, San Diego’s home for poker, which recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary. Other features in this issue include in-depth strategic analysis on players such as Eugene Katchalov, Randall Flowers and Andy Seth. There is a player profile on Dennis […]

New Hampshire Amended Bill Includes 4 Casinos

A New Hampshire bill that began as a measure to add two licensed slot parlors has since been amended to include a provision for four full-sized casinos. Gambling proponents are urging members of the House to support the bill in order to keep up with neighboring Massachusetts, which approved three Las Vegas-style casinos and one […]

Companies Apply to Privately Test Nevada Gaming

Nevada is relentless in its quest for innovation in the gaming world. A bill signed into law this past summer mandated the Silver State to adopt regulations for private companies to test gaming technology, including a future online poker industry run from Nevada. Late last week, regulators released the first draft of proposed language to […]

Unibet Poker Revenue Down By One-Third in 2011

Unibet Plc, owner of Unibet Poker and the Unibet Open live poker brand, saw gross win revenue for its poker offering down 33 percent in 2011 to £13.6 million from £20.2 million in 2010 – a much larger drop than the 17 percent fall experienced between 2010 and 2009. Poker now accounts for just nine […]

Bet24 and PokerStars Expand Mobile Poker

Bet24 and PokerStars have grown the number of countries where poker players can play real money games on mobile devices. Yesterday PokerStars announced it had added the UK (minus Northern Ireland) to its only other currentl region, Italy, while Bet24, which already counted the UK, France, and Austria among the regions it serviced, added 14 […]

Serbia Blacklists Online Gaming Operators

Serbia has issued a blacklist of 70 online gaming operators which offer services in the country according to Balkans.com. Among the notable companies on the list are 888, bwin.party, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Unibet, and Betfair. The Serbian government plans to block the ISPs of these sites but they have six months grace to decide whether […]

Matt Juttelstad Wins WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open

The 2012 World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event attracted 295 players to the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, building a $958,750 prize pool. In the end it was Florida native Matt Juttelstad who emerged victorious, earning $268,444, a WPT Champions Trophy, and a trophy from the Seminole Hard Rock Casino, and […]

Horseshoe Casino Hosting Chicago Poker Classic

The $500 million Horseshoe Casino, just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, has announced the return of the Chicago Poker Classic. There series will run from Thursday, Feb. 23 through Monday, Mar. 5, 2012. The Chicago Poker Classic will be held in The Venue — Horseshoe Casino’s 90,000 square foot entertainment center and home of the […]

Nevada Online Poker: Extension of Credit to Players?

Allowing wealthy gamblers to play on casino credit is a common business practice among some of Nevada’s Strip casinos. For some high rollers, signing a marker — or casino I.O.U. — is much easier than carrying around enormous sums of cash. According to an article by Dr. David Schwartz, Director of the Center for Gaming […]

South Carolina College Students Support Casino Proposal

Casino developers in Hardeeville, South Carolina have gained the support of three college students who say that the proposed destination gambling resort would provide a huge boost to the local economy and offer much-needed jobs to a struggling region of the state. Ryan Baggot from the University of South Carolina, Juan Jordan from Georgia Tech […]

Kurt Jewell Wins Second WSOP Circuit Main Event

The 2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Tunica Main Event drew 647 entries and built a $941,385 prize pool, the largest in the stop’s seven-year history. After three days of play, Kurt Jewell walked away as the champion with the $192,984 first prize, his second WSOP Circuit Main Event gold ring, and 840 Card […]