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I started playing poker soon after Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 WSOP Main Event. Back then, there were around 20 to 50 people playing online poker in Portugal and whenever I told someone how much I enjoyed playing tournament Poker, they looked at …

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 27, 2013 /CNW/ – Ivey Poker announced today the official launch of the Ivey Poker App for mobile devices. Created by Phil Ivey – considered by many to be the greatest all-round poker player in the game – the Ivey Poker App is a free-to …

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – 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 …

Ivey Poker, Las Vegas-based online social poker and poker training site, announced today the launch of the Ivey Poker App for mobile devices. The mobile version of the application can be downloaded through either Apple's App Store, Google Play or …

The Card Player Poker Tour will return to Florida for stop no. 2 on Season II, this time hitting Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida for a tournament series set to take place Dec. 5-16. The 9-tournament series will be highlighted by the …

(London Telegraph) An Italian has been sentenced to two years in prison after using infra-red contact lenses to count cards marked with invisible ink, in a daring poker scam believed to be “the first of its kind in Europe”. The self-styled “player and …

Regulated online poker went live in Nevada on April 30, 2013 with the launch of Ultimate Poker. The first regulated online poker room in the US opened with five deposit options. The most popular option may be cash deposits at any Station Casino cage.

A number of innovative concepts have been developed in online poker over the years. Some of these come from the sites themselves, while others have been created to assist players in maximizing profits. Bad beat jackpots, turbo tournaments, anonymous …

On Thursday, the World Poker Tour announced two more stops on the Alpha8 tour, the company's newly-launched super high-roller series. The two new stops that have been announced are London, England and Johannesburg, South Africa. The event in …

On Friday, Sept. 27,Full Tilt Poker will host a C$1 Million Guarantee Montreal Festival Main Event at Playground Poker Club, but that's not the only news coming that day from the online site. Starting that day running through Sunday, Oct. 6, FTP's …

London, the United Kingdom's capital city, is the place to be in October for poker players. In addition to the UKIPT and European Poker Tour (EPT) festivals that are taking place, there is also an eagerly anticipated training seminar by 3D Poker …

“I used to ride a horse, now I ride horsepower,” Campbell said just after maneuvering her Suzuki King Quad ATV over the finish line at the Ninth Annual Justice McNeeley Poker Run held Sept. 28 in Pine. Campbell, who identified herself as a retired law …

A 13-day poker festival featuring 17 events sponsored by Full Tilt kicked off in Montreal on September 21 that saw the first scheduled event attract 1,605 players and more than double the guaranteed prize pool of CAN $100,000. Held at the Playground …

25, 2013) — 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 have …

This week in Las Vegas, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) held the 12th annual AML & Financial Crime Conference at Aria Resort & Casino. Highlighting the conference was a first-hand testimony of online poker money …

In preparation for a pending real-money launch, Infiniti Poker started hosting a week of freeroll cash games that will award the top five winners with a percentage of a Bitcoin on Sept. 20. The competition will close on Sept. 26. The winner will …

LAS VEGAS — (PRESS RELEASE) — After a public nomination process on WSOP.com, and a vetting of all nominations by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council, the finalists list eligible for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2013 has been …

MONTREAL — (PRESS RELEASE) — The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival is expected to be one of the largest poker events ever to be held on Canadian soil. The 13-day festival, which began Sept. 21, got off to a record-breaking beginning with the first …