by Sean Chaffin | Published: Jul 10, '26

The Golden Nugget on Fremont Street has unveiled a new poker room, becoming the only downtown Las Vegas casino to offer poker.

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jun 10, '22

Those looking a daily barrage of tournaments in downtown Las Vegas need to look no further than the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget, which is running until July 3 and boasts more than $3 million in combined guarantees. The Golden Nugget has put out a massive schedule that includes 81 different events, with […]

by Rich Korbin | Published: Oct 05, '21

Fads and trends come and go. But the classics are always in style. As the Las Vegas landscape continues to change and evolve with just as many new casino openings as demolitions, the crown centerpiece of action in downtown Las Vegas remains at one place….the Golden Nugget. There is the Fremont Street Experience. Then, there’s […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Oct 01, '21

For the first time in its 13-year history, the Grand Poker Series poker tournament festival will be taking place in the Fall. Hosted in thriving Downtown Las Vegas at Golden Nugget, Grand Poker Series has become one of the most popular destinations for players looking for great tournament action. The 2021 Golden Nugget Grand Poker […]

by Houston Curtis | Published: Jan 05, '21

In 2007 I was in Las Vegas all week with my entire production crew filming episodes for The Ultimate Blackjack Tour. We were shooting at The Venetian, which was also where I was staying. Now, normally I didn’t play at The Venetian, but since I was shooting there anyway, I found my way to the […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Mar 04, '26

Long before the explosion of ChatGPT in November 2022, a different kind of artificial intelligence was honing its skills in the world of high-stakes gambling. While the public is only now beginning to grapple with AI’s implications, the gambling industry has been quietly developing and simultaneously battling against intelligent systems for decades. Step into any […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jan 21, '26

Joao Simao ended 2025 on one of the hottest runs in tournament poker, capping off a tremendous few months by winning the Super High Roller Bowl X for $1.1 million. Simao took down the $100,000 buy-in event at the PokerGO Studio following a wild heads-up battle to close out the event and the year. The […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Dec 24, '25

Phil Hellmuth, the all-time leader in World Series of Poker titles with 17, thinks there are simply too many WSOP bracelets awarded each year. During a break in the action on the set of PokerGO’s No Gamble, No Future, Hellmuth made his perspective clear in an interview with Card Player. “I went public saying that […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Nov 12, '25

The World Series of Poker Europe’s Rozvadov era is over. Just hours before the final table for the WSOPE main event got underway, tournament organizers announced that the long-running festival would be moving to both a new venue and slot on the calendar in 2026. The WSOPE debuted in 2007 in London. That was the […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Sep 17, '25

The poker world lost a giant of the industry with the recent passing of Hall of Famer and longtime Tournament Director Jack McClelland. He was 74. McClelland spent more than three decades as one of the most respected figures in the game, running big buy-in tournaments all over the world. The Ohio native was in […]