Card Player
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.
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.
Card Player Media has content licensing agreements with media partners Card Player Dansk (Denmark), Card Player Italia (Italy), Lehti Poker (Finland & Estonia), Poker (Card Player France), Das Casino and Poker Magazin (Germany), Poker Magazine (Sweden), Card Player South Africa (South Africa), and CardPlayerNorge.com (Norway website).
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
- Erik Fast - freelance contributor
- Jan Fisher - columnist
- Andy Glazer - columnist
- Shawn Patrick Green - online tournament reports
- Mark Gregorich - columnist
- Phil Hellmuth - columnist
- Matthew Hilger - columnist
- Scott Huff - tournament reports/feature articles
- Susie Isaacs - columnist
- Byron Jacobs - columnist
- Chip Jett - columnist
- Karina 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
- BJ Nemeth - tournament reports
- Jay Newnum - tournament reports
- Bob Pajich - news reporter
- Padraig Parkinson - columnist
- I. Nelson Rose - columnist
- Lucy Rokach - columnist
- Adam Schoenfeld - 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
- Lizzy Harrison - online tournament reports
The Circuit
The Circuit is an internet radio show / podcast produced by Card Player. The program covers the latest news in the poker world, along with recapping the events of each day at major poker tournaments. The show also provides poker advice and analysis, as well as mixing in a lot of humor into various discussions. It is now hosted by Konan Luce and David Singer, a professional poker player.
Previously, the show was hosted by Scott Huff and professional poker players Gavin Smith and Joe Sebok. Before that, the show was hosted by Huff and Mike Matusow before Matusow was replaced by Smith and Sebok, who had previously filled in as guest hosts when Matusow was unavailable. Each show also has a special guest who is typically is either a well known professional poker player or a celebrity who frequently plays poker.
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.