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by Sean Chaffin | Published: Mar 04, '26

Coney Island serves as Joey Chestnut’s home court every summer. The Indiana native spends Independence Day at the Brooklyn amusement park as the favorite in the annual Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Last year, he downed 70.5 hot dogs and buns in a 10-minute span. It was short of the record of 76 […]

by Scott J. Burnham | Published: Sep 17, '25

It will be a few years before we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the poker boom, but there is a 25th anniversary this year that I would like to acknowledge. In 2000, a freelance writer from Chicago named Jim McManus was hired by Harper’s Weekly magazine to write an article on the […]

by Scott J. Burnham | Published: Aug 20, '25

At the World Series of Poker, can a player be penalized for actions that do not violate a specific rule? We are talking, of course, about Will Kassouf and perhaps to a lesser extent, about Martin Kabrhel. The behavior of both can be fairly described as generally obnoxious, but it can be argued that the […]

by Scott J. Burnham | Published: Aug 06, '25

In the WSOP, when players are heads up, is it against the rules to for one player to purposely lose chips to benefit another player? This question is unfortunately not hypothetical, but based on what the WSOP has determined happened in the Millionaire Maker event when James Carroll, who had a 9:1 chip lead heads […]

by Scott J. Burnham | Published: Jun 11, '25

The WSOP rules on electronic devices have finally arrived. When examining a rule, it is always helpful to ask, “What is the purpose of  the rule?” That is, “What problem is it trying to solve?” Poker is very much an individualistic game. Every decision is completely up to one person – no teammates, no coaches, […]

by Scott J. Burnham | Published: Jul 23, '25

I was playing in a tournament at Maryland Live! when a player asked the floor about a rule. He said that he had been playing in a tournament the previous day. When he was in the big blind, a player in middle position went all in. He looked down at his cards, and before he […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Feb 14, '25

I received the following question from a faithful reader: In a cash game, if someone makes a bet on the river and you throw out one chip, everyone knows that that is a call. However, in a tournament, if someone raises and you put out an amount that is not the full raise, you always […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jan 17, '25

Can you be expelled from a poker tournament because the clothes you are wearing make a political statement? I’ve heard many people claim that they have a right to free speech and that therefore a casino cannot take any action against them for their political statements, which might be made through a button or an […]

by admin | Published: Dec 09, '24

In a recent column (Volume 37, Issue 18), we discussed whether there was a rules violation when a friend of one of the players at the final table of the WSOP main event shared information on his computer with the eventual winner between hands. There has been some concern, however, that this may have also […]

by Scott J. Burnham | Published: Sep 04, '24

Is it against the rules to consult with a friend to get advice during a poker tournament? After Jonathan Tamayo won the main event at this year’s WSOP, a controversy broke out about his frequent trips to the rail to consult with friends, including former main event winner Joe McKeehen, and poker training app developer […]