Card Player Magazine is an industry publication specializing in poker strategy and poker tournament coverage. The magazine was founded in 1988 by June Field. In 1998 it was bought by Barry Shulman, who is the current publisher and CEO. Jeff Shulman is the editor-in-chief. There are several excellent books on poker strategy, and this article will only attempt to deal with the basics that must be mastered by the beginner. ... A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Barry Shulman (born May 8, 1946 in Seattle, Washington) is an American poker player and the Chief executive officer of CardPlayer Magazine. ... Jeff Happy Shulman (born February 18, 1975 in Seattle, Washington) is the editor of Card Player Magazine, and an American poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

The publication's umbrella company Card Player Media, also publishes Card Player College and Card Player Europe. The three magazines have a combined monthly circulation of approximately 500,000.

Card Player releases a new issue every two weeks. An issue typically consists of feature articles, tournament reports, and columns. Feature articles are usually in-depth profiles of prominent players on the tournament circuit. Tournament reports are on-location reports of the richest and most prestigious poker tournaments. Each issue also has a large amount of strategy columns, coming from a stable of acclaimed poker players and authors which includes three former world champions. The WSOP logo. ...

The CardPlayer.com website provides live tournament coverage plus an Internet radio show, The Circuit which broadcasts from most World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker events. Each broadcast includes poker pros Gavin Smith and Joe Sebok plus the show's host Scott Huff. Past guests have included Daniel Negreanu, Freddy Deeb, Phil Hellmuth and Paul Darden. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... The WSOP logo. ... Gavin Smith (born 4 September 1968 in Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian professional poker player. ... Daniel Kid Poker Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a professional poker player. ... Kassem Freddy Deeb (born November 27, 1946? in Beirut, Lebanon) is an American professional poker player who emigrated at the age of 19. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Paul The Truth Darden Jr. ...

Current and former contributors

• Ashley Adams - columnist
• Steve Badger - columnist
• Richard Belsky - feature articles
• Roy Brindley - columnist
• Vince Burgio - columnist
• Michael Cappelletti - columnist
• Mike Caro - columnist
• Gary Carson - freelance contributor
• Bob Ciaffone - columnist
• T. J. Cloutier - columnist
• Roy Cooke - columnist
• Diego Cordovez - columnist
• Michael Craig - columnist
• Nolan Dalla - columnist
• Greg Dinkin - columnist
• Martin De Knijff - columnist
• Jan Fisher - columnist
• Andy Glazer - columnist
• Mark Gregorich - columnist
• Phil Hellmuth - columnist
• Matthew Hilger - columnist
• Scott Huff - tournament reports/feature articles
• Susie Isaacs - columnist
• Byron Jacobs - columnist
• Chip Jett - columnist
• Lee Jones - columnist
• Thomas Keller - columnist
• Daniel Kimberg - columnist
• Lou Kreiger - columnist
• Linda Johnson - columnist
• Matt Lessinger - columnist
• Justin Marchand - feature articles
• Matt Matros - columnist
• Jesse May - columnist
• Tom McEvoy - columnist
• Barry Mulholland - columnist
• Brian Mulholland - columnist
• Lee Munzer - tournament reports/feature articles
• Daniel Negreanu - columnist
• Mike O'Malley - columnist
• B.J. Nemeth - tournament reports
• Jay Newnum - tournament reports
• Padraig Parkinson - columnist
• I. Nelson Rose - columnist
• Lucy Rokach - columnist
• Alan Schoonmaker - columnist
• Joe Sebok - columnist
• Mike Sexton - columnist
• Max Shapiro - columnist
• Chuck Sippl - columnist
• Allyn Jaffrey Shulman - feature articles
• Dana Smith - columnist
• Chuck Sippl - columnist
• Rolf Slotboom - columnist
• Nic Szeremeta - columnist
• Barry Tanenbaum - columnist
• Robert Varkonyi - columnist
• Roy West - columnist
• Lisa Wheeler - feature articles
• Michael Wiesenberg - columnist
• Marty Wilson - columnist
• Steve Zolotow - columnist

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Player of the Year Award

Card Player is also well known for its Player of the Year Award. Started in 1997, it goes to the player who has the most outstanding tournament results throughout the year. Players are awarded points for final-table finishes in major tournaments. Points that can be earned in a given tournament are adjusted based on the buy-in, as well as the number of entrants. The player who has accumulated the most points at the end of the year receives the prestigious award. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Buying in, on the English stock exchange, a transaction by which, if a member has sold securities which he fails to deliver on settling day, or any of the succeeding ten days following the settlement, the buyer may give instructions to a stock exchange official to buy in the stock...

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External link

• Official site