Month: July 2020

World Series of Poker Online: Patrick “Muddington” Kennedy Wins First Bracelet In $840 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty

Posted on July 31, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

In the early hours of Friday morning, Patrick “Muddington” Kennedy earned the most recent bracelet of the 2020 online World Series of Poker after taking down the most recent event ...

Las Vegas Casinos Experience Steep Revenue Decline In First Month Back Since Shutdown

Posted on July 31, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

In the first month that brick-and-mortar gambling returned to the Silver State since the coronavirus-induced shutdown, Nevada casinos experienced a 45.5 percent drop in revenue. According to numbers released by ...

An Open Letter To The WSOP: Why Mixed Games Are Good For Poker Player Development

Posted on July 31, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Dear Powers That Be, When the World Series of Poker Online schedule was released this year, I couldn’t help but notice that there was only one, single, mixed-game event. One ...

Nevada Gaming Regulators Seek Fines From Three Properties Over Failure To Comply With COVID-19 Mandates

Posted on July 30, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Regulators from the Nevada Gaming Control Board are seeking fines against two casinos in rural Nevada and a bowling alley in Lake Tahoe after repeated complaints of failure to comply ...

Poker Pro Daniel Negreanu Accepts Heads-Up Grudge Match Against Doug Polk

Posted on July 30, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

The poker world will get the heads-up grudge match between Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu after the two agreed to the challenge Wednesday afternoon. Polk initially offered to play four ...

Nick Guagenti Earns First Career WSOP Bracelet

Posted on July 30, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

The 2020 World Series of Poker Online continued Wednesday evening with the $2,000 no-limit hold’em deepstack event. A total of 580 players entered the tournament, rebuying 167 times, which amounted ...

Kristen Bicknell Wins Her Third World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet

Posted on July 30, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Kristen Bicknell has become just the fourth female player ever to win three World Series of Poker gold bracelets, joining the likes of Barbara Enright, Vanessa Selbst, and Nani Dollison ...

Gambling Proponents Push For Increased Betting Limits In Colorado

Posted on July 30, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Gambling proponents in Colorado are doing their part to raise the current $100 max bet in local casinos. According to a Colorado Springs Gazette report, the Local Choice Colorado campaign ...

World Series of Poker Online: Lev Gottlieb Earns $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em Title

Posted on July 29, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

A virtual unknown poker player won a World Series of Poker bracelet in one of the summer’s biggest buy-ins. Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb earned his first bracelet and $276,393 in the ...

Retired Poker Pro Doug Polk Challenges Daniel Negreanu To Heads-Up Grudge Match

Posted on July 29, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Retired high-stakes poker pro Doug Polk has reignited his feud with six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu by challenging him to a heads-up battle. A couple days ...

Will Romaine Wins First World Series Of Poker Bracelet Weeks After Finishing Runner-Up

Posted on July 29, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

The 2020 World Series of Poker Online continued Monday with one of the series’ rare non-hold’em events. The $1,000 buy-in Omaha eight-or-better event drew a field of 425 players, which ...

The GOAT Returns To Global Poker With Opening SC5,000 Freeroll

Posted on July 29, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

The GOAT is back! The latest edition of the Global Poker Championship Series, the GOAT, has returned to Global Poker this August and is already guaranteed to be the biggest ...

Michigan Man Arrested For Using Prosthetic Faces To Steal From Casinos

Posted on July 28, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

A Michigan man is in federal custody in Kansas after being arrested for using a prosthetic face mask to disguise his true identity and pose as elderly gamblers to rip ...

Simon Lofberg Wins First World Series Of Poker Bracelet In $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

Posted on July 28, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Simon Lofberg won his first World Series of Poker bracelet Sunday evening in the $2,500 pot-limit Omaha international-facing event on GGPoker. The Swede bested a field of 532 entries to ...

Ian ‘APokerJoker2’ Steinman Wins First World Series of Poker Bracelet In $400 Freezeout Event

Posted on July 28, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Ian Steinman is a four-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring winner, with seven figures in tournament earnings made over the last eight years. The Mountain View, California native’s ...

Twitch Bans Poker Pro Daniel Negreanu’s Channel

Posted on July 27, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

One of poker’s biggest stars has been banned from streaming on Twitch after a recent outburst directed at one of his viewers in the chat. Daniel Negreanu was, at least ...

Ethan ‘RampageP’ Yau Wins His First World Series of Poker Bracelet While Live Streaming

Posted on July 27, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

Ethan ‘RampageP’ Yau is a low-stakes cash game player who has been making video blogs about his time at the table for more than two years now. The 22-year-old decided ...

WPT Names Champions Cup Trophy After Poker Hall Of Famer Mike Sexton

Posted on July 27, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

The World Poker Tour renamed its main tour trophy, the WPT Champions Cup, after long-time voice of the tour Mike Sexton. The trophy, which has the names of every WPT ...

Alek ‘astazz’ Stasiak Wins 2020 World Series of Poker Every 1 For COVID Relief Event

Posted on July 27, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

The $1,111 buy-in ‘Every 1 For COVID Relief’ tournament, part of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online festival, drew a field of 2,323 entries, creating an overall prize pool ...

Marcelo Jakovljevic Pudla Tops The Largest Tournament Field In World Series of Poker History

Posted on July 27, 2020 by CardPlayer Poker News in Uncategorized

The 2020 World Series of Poker Online $100 buy-in no-limit hold’em event known as ‘The Opener’ attracted an unprecedented 29,306 total entries to become the largest field ever in a ...