by Steve Schult | Published: Aug 13, '21

A former NBA point guard is facing legal problems after police found evidence that he was running illegal poker games from one of his homes. In his Tuesday arraignment, former Memphis Grizzlies player Antonio Burks was officially charged with aggravated gambling promotion and possession of gambling device or record. According to a Fox affiliate in […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 29, '21

An underground poker club in Tokyo with ties to Japan’s largest organized crime synidcate, the Yakuza, was raided after authorities were given anonymous tips that the game was helping to fund to the group. Several local media outlets are reporting that the game was raided on April 24 and that poker tables, chips, playing cards […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Jan 19, '18

A far-reaching and years-long investigation into illegal gambling in Wichita, Kansas, including underground high-stakes poker games, has ensnared two local police officers. The United States Attorney’s office for the District of Kansas said in a news release Thursday that two Wichita cops and an organizer of an illegal poker game “tried to out” an undercover […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Sep 07, '17

A fire that destroyed a building in Brooklyn last year was set because it housed a rival poker game to one ran by members of an Eastern European organized crime syndicate, the government said Wednesday in a news release. According to a 33-page indictment, a group of men torched the building in the early morning […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Sep 11, '14

Poker buddies Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak saw the pilot episode of their “Underground Poker” show air Wednesday at 10 p.m. EST on the Discovery Channel. The trailer of the pilot can be seen above. There doesn’t appear to be a video of the full episode available on YouTube or anywhere else on the Internet […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks in mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. The 34-year-old secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

On Dec. 12, Card Player columnist and high-stakes tournament pro Sam Greenwood posted to Twitter/X, asking who were the next breakout players on the circuit. “When people list the best poker players in the world, the players who are picked are players [that are already] running hot. I want people to call their shot. Who […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '26

Just three days before winning the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games title, Yuri Dzivielevski went on a late-series heater at the 2026 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival. The 34-year-old strung together back-to-back-to-back top-two finishes in the final three events, including one outright win, to be steal the series championship. Dzivielevski had not recorded a […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Mar 18, '26

Justin Saliba graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in chemical engineering, but the former college soccer player had already fallen in love with poker and decided to pursue his dream in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old has been on an incredible run over the last few years, going from a relatively anonymous online […]

by Alex Fitzgerald | Published: Mar 18, '26

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