by Card Player News Team | Published: Oct 03, '18

This October the Card Player Poker Tour has teamed up with Derby Lane’s Pokerfest Series for an exciting ten-event festival with $320,000 in guaranteed prize money up for grabs. The centerpiece of the whole series is the $200,000 guaranteed CPPT main event. The $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament is set to kick off on Oct. […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Sep 29, '18

The Card Player Poker Tour has partnered with Derby Lane’s Pokerfest Series this October for a ten-event run that boasts $320,000 in total guarantees. The action officially kicks off Sept. 28 with a $150 buy-in no-limit hold’em mega stack with four starting flights that features a $50,000 guarantee, and wraps up Oct. 7 with a […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Feb 03, '09

The debut of PokerStars Russian Poker Tour attracted 201 entrants to the $5,000 no-limit hold’em tournament that kicked off the tour in St. Petersburg, Russia. The final table of the event that began on Jan. 25 ran on Sunday, Feb. 1, and it featured seven Russians among the final nine. It was one of those […]

by Bob Pajich | Published: May 22, '06

Not since Teddy KGB has a Russian poker player won so much money. Peter Vlasenko of Moscow won the inaugural PartyPoker.com St. Petersburg Open in Russia, taking home $84,000 in an event that attracted 127 players. The event generated a prize pool of more than $250,000. He's sitting in the photo while runner-up Mark Vronskiy […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Aug 13, '26

Gambling interests are making hefty donations to candidates in Florida races to possibly influence future gaming expansion in the state.

by Card Player News Team | Published: Sep 05, '18

The Card Player Poker Tour has partnered with Derby Lane’s Pokerfest Series this October for a ten-event run that boasts $320,000 in total guarantees. The action officially kicks off Sept. 28 with a $150 buy-in no-limit hold’em mega stack with four starting flights that features a $50,000 guarantee, and wraps up Oct. 7 with a […]

by Linda Johnson | Published: Nov 30, '17

A lot of good things have happened in my personal and business life since my last column. First of all, I turned 64. The cliché “time flies,” is definitely true. It seems like just yesterday I was in my twenties working at the post office and playing poker as a hobby after work. Then in my […]

by Linda Johnson | Published: Oct 03, '16

It’s wonderful to be able to combine your work with your passion. I’ve always been lucky in this regard. I fell in love with poker at the age of 21 and played part time until I quit my job to become a professional poker player at the age of 27. I loved every minute of […]

by Steve Zolotow | Published: Jan 12, '16

I am nearing the end of this series of columns on discipline. So far I have discussed avoiding tilt, finding good situations, physical conditioning, and mental conditioning. The last two columns discussed the topic of building and maintaining a bankroll. It is impossible to succeed as a professional poker player (or in any profession that […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 27, '14

Jack McClelland has been one of the most influential poker tournament directors in the game ever since he first earned that title at the 1984 World Series of Poker. After that, he ran the Grand Prix of Poker at the Golden Nugget Casino. He was the first tournament director to host events at Commerce Casino in Southern California, […]