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Online poker players who enjoy leaderboard races will get to double their pleasure starting this month as the Winning Poker Network (WPN) has announced that its 'The Beast' progressive points race will be running twice monthly. Previously formatted to …

Danielle Andersen Credit: Jay Newnum In an effort to provide valuable tools and tips that are relevant to even the smallest games, Card Player is pleased to bring you Poker Strategy For The Rest Of Us, which will focus on everyday situations that occur …

In July, Zynga announced that it was ditching its real-money online gambling plans in the United States. Recently, the firm officially filed to withdraw its online poker license in Nevada, and Silver State gaming regulators have said OK to the move.

Jeremie Trepanier Heads FTP Montreal Main Event Jeremie Trepanier heads the chip counts in the Full Tilt Montreal Poker Festival after an eventful Day 2 from which only eighty-four players remain. The Full Tilt Poker-sponsored Montreal Poker Festival …

patrick-st-michel Local poker player Patrick St-Michel has a narrow advantage in the Full Tilt-sponsored Montreal Poker Festival Main Event as the three Day 1 fields combine. After three Day 1s of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Poker Festival Main Event …

Dermot Blain is among the three Tour Ambassadors still fighting on Day 2 of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event. Martins Adeniya and Sin Melin are both working towards Day 3 as well. During the last break, Blain was kind enough to step aside with …

Things looked promising in Bulgaria for poker players expecting to experience a regulated and safe poker playing landscape, at least on the surface. The government passed new laws to regulate gambling in March 2012, hoping to create a windfall of …

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from September …

That's what Full Tilt Poker Professional Tom “durrrr” Dwan said when he finally turned up for Day 1c of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event. Dwan explained to media row that he dropped his phone in water on Saturday night, and didn't know the buy …

With 8 Legs, just like an octopus, the “Redtooth Poker Tour” is reaching out across the UK, looking to pull all you talented amateur poker players out of the nooks and crannies you've hidden your talents away in, in order to give you an opportunity to …

Last week's Bitcoin giveaway at Infiniti Poker designed as a beta test prior to the upcoming real-money launch was such a success that the upstart poker site is doing it all over again this week and awarding even more Bitcoin to the top players. While …

COLLEGE PARK – The new poker room at Maryland Live!, one of the East Coast's largest, is allowing more local poker pros to find high-stakes games close to home, contributing to the development of a strong poker scene in the state. “Maryland players …

(WASHINGTON) — The No. 2 officer at U.S. Strategic Command, who was suspended from his position because of a criminal investigation, is suspected of using counterfeit gambling chips in a poker game at a western Iowa casino, law enforcement sources …

The third and final starting day of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event came and went on Sunday, attracting a massive field of 610 entrants. That brings the total amount of entries to 1,625 for the event, smashing the C$1 million guarantee and …

The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event continued on Saturday at the Playground Poker Club attracting 524 players to clear the C$1 million guarantee, and leading the approximately 161 Day 1b survivors is French Canadian Guillaume Rivet. Rivet bagged …

Anthony Zinno has had an incredible year on the tournament circuit making five final tables and banking more than 7 figures in earnings. Recently, he won the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City for $825,099 and now sits in 19th place …

Like each week, the Global Poker Index brings an update in the classification of the 300 best players of poker in the world. For its update of September 25th, this poker ranking didn't know great change, especially in the Top 20. Marvin Rettenmaier …

About nine months ago, Zynga had sent in its application to operate a real money online poker site in Nevada. After the online gaming company had evaluated its second quarter earnings, there were indications that Zynga may retract its decision to …