by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 10, '25

In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with Card Player, American professional wrestler and television personality Mandy Sacs discusses the Las Vegas lifestyle as the Road to Wrestlemania heats up. She also reveals what Triple H would have to do to convince her to return to WWE and explains why she sees double standards within the industry. […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jul 03, '22

It’s been an absolute dream World Series of Poker for Austria’s Jessica Teusl. The poker pro first watched her boyfriend Stefan Lehner win his first bracelet and $558,616 in the $3,000 no-limit hold’em event earlier this summer. That same night, Teusl found herself at her own final table, finishing eighth in the $1,500 Monster Stack […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 10, '16

Courtney Kennedy has won the 2016 World Series of Poker $1,000 no-limit hold’em ladies event, defeating a field of 819 entries to win her first gold bracelet and the top prize of $149,108. “It’s just a pleasure and an honor,” said Kennedy after emerging victorious. “I love poker and have had cards in my hand […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Jul 09, '16

Prior to the start of the 2013 World Series of Poker, tournament officials decided to make the annual Ladies Event a $10,000 buy-in, with women getting a $9,000 discount, in order to dissuade men from entering. The move was applauded by the poker community. According to the WSOP at the time, they couldn’t ban men […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jul 01, '13

A total of 954 entrants bought into the $1,000 World Series of Poker Ladies Championship Event, creating a total prize pool of $858,600. Because of a $10,000 buy-in for male participants, no men entered the competition this summer. After three days of play, it was Card Player blogger and PokerStars Super Nova Elite grinder Kristen […]

by Linda Johnson | Published: Jun 14, '16

If you have been reading my columns for a while, you know that every once in a while I have a “mishmash” of topics as I clean up my desk and throw away all the little slips of paper I’ve collected with my notes about current events happening in the poker world. Today is one […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Aug 30, '10

As the World Series of Poker 2010 progressed it was clear it was going to be a vintage year for European challengers. In part II of our overview of the most successful WSOP ever – total participation was up 20 percent to 72,966 from 60,875 in 2009 — our reporters on the ground at the […]

by Phil Hellmuth | Published: Mar 15, '07

One Friday night in December, I answered my cellphone and heard an excited Andy Roddick say, "Phil, I made it all the way to the final table!" With almost 250 players in this charity poker tournament, the Andy Roddick Foundation kicked off its annual fundraiser in a big way. The buy-in was $500, there were […]