CardPlayer is the gambling authority. We run the world's oldest and most well-respected poker magazine and online gambling guide. We’ve been here since 1988, bringing you poker news, live tournament reports, and interviews with the world’s biggest poker stars, reporting right out of our headquarters in Las Vegas.
Today, CardPlayer.com is the best poker and gambling information portal for free poker, casino and sports betting content, offering online poker site and casino reviews and exclusive online gambling bonus deals.
We’re proud of our magazine, which is published biweekly and features interviews with the biggest names in poker. But we also deliver top-quality stories, reports and reviews on our website, which is free for everyone. Our content includes:
Above all else, we have a commitment to truth and accuracy, and a mission to remain unrivaled as the go-to source for all-things gambling.
Poker is more than just a game. Whether you’re a player, a fan, or in the business, you’ll know the sense of community it brings, and the passion and energy which goes into keeping the poker economy healthy.
As the world's oldest and most well-respected poker magazine and online gambling guide, our duty to you is to help maintain and grow the game of poker. We aim to achieve that with fresh, honest reporting on topics we think you’ll care about. From the latest poker, casino and sports betting news to hand calculators and the hottest new poker rooms, our mission is to give you all the best that poker has to offer in one centralized gambling hub.
To do that, our team must follow a strict editorial policy. Here, we’ll explain a bit more about how that works and what you can expect from us.
Our research team and writers are all fans of poker and gambling. They're also impartial, honest, and highly experienced. We have strict systems in place to inject the same level of quality into everything we put out.
Here’s what happens for a typical piece at CardPlayer.
Before we commit to publishing a piece, we carefully research the topic. We focus on direct sources and avoid any potentially biased reviews.
We don’t just chuck out random opinions - we back them up. Our stories are supported by data. When called for, we’ll pore over a player’s previous results or scrutinize the tedious T&Cs of a poker room.
If we’re reporting on a big hand at a final table, you can bet your bottom dollar it’s an event we’ve watched ourselves. And if you’re reading one of our poker site reviews, it means we’ve already signed up and hit the tables.
When we review a poker, casino or sports betting site, we provide both pros and cons. If a company is on our website, we’ll refuse any gifts from them. And when we write an article, we stick the writer’s name on it. Being transparent helps with accountability and keeps us honest.
We have our ways, and they seem to be working. But staying current means being willing to adapt. That’s the reason we base everything we do around 'why', not 'what'.
Here’s why we do the things we do.
Poker isn’t like football or baseball. Our community works tirelessly to bring in new eyes and keep the spirit of the game alive. We do everything we can to foster this feeling for poker. And we’ve got a lot of love for casino and sports betting, too.
We’re a trusted voice in the gambling community, and that’s a responsibility we don’t take lightly. The onus is on us to report in an honest and ethical way. We know the importance of credibility in this industry, and it’s not something we’re willing to gamble with.
Most people are familiar with casino and sports betting already, but poker is more niche. It’s an incredible, unique, painful, glorious, simple, wildly complex game. If you know, you know. Our goal is to bring out the best bits of the game and get everybody interested. We don’t look down on new players or people who don’t have the latest preflop charts memorized. We’re here for everyone.
Here are some rapid-fire questions and answers to fact check anything you’ve heard about CardPlayer or gambling outlets in general - whether it’s good or bad.
Yes, sometimes. We work with a carefully curated list of partners and will occasionally agree to report on their products. If their products aren’t up to the standard our players expect, we’ll respectfully turn down the opportunity.
A selection of our articles use search engine optimization, which is a necessity in the modern age. This involves small copy amendments which affect neither the quality nor the accuracy of content. A large portion of our content, like our news pieces, tend not to factor in SEO at all.
Never. We believe honesty and integrity are of the greatest importance, and it is completely against our ethos to either lie or intentionally omit information which we think it would be in the best interest of readers to share. No bluffing, just cards on their backs.
No. Our news team works hard to bring you breaking news on poker, casino and sports betting from around the world, before other outlets. We have no vested interest, except that of our readers: if we think you’ll be interested, we write it.
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