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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 …

Event 3 of the second season of the “Mega Poker Series” kicks off today in Montenegro with the Poker770.com sponsored Main Event carrying a €700 + €70 buy-in for a starting stack of 77,000 t-chips. By Marbella Slim/ Published 25th September 2013. poker …

It has been a great year for gaming company 888 Holdings, something that has been exemplified by a recent major milestone. According to PokerScout, 888 now has the third largest player traffic of online poker websites. For a long time, the company had …

In a recent article here on PokerNews, we outlined plenty of non-poker activities that players can partake in while down in Aruba. As PPC Commissioner Sandy Swartzbaugh has said, "We've always stated, this isn't just a poker tournament, it's a "Poker …

That was the question that a B.C. taxpayer had to grapple with when he began playing online poker in mid-2003. By 2004, he began to accrue “significant winnings” and when he filed his 2003 tax return in the spring of 2004, he turned to his accountant …

Winner Poker is now also available on mobile and it is the first poker room in the iPoker network. The app can be downloaded onto any Apple or Android smart-phone or tablet and features the new great design and two great versions of speed poker too.

Las Vegas • A banker who stood up against an online gambling operation was the star of an anti-money-laundering conference in Las Vegas on Monday. Compliance officer Cathy Scharf told an auditorium full of aghast colleagues about her experiences at a …

WITH the poster reading the “Merit Poker Fall Open” one can't help picturing low cut tops and wardrobe malfunctions for the North Cyprus poker festival kicking off today, and running until 6th October, in sunny Kyrenia. By Marbella Slim/ Published 24th …

It has been a great year for gaming company 888, something that has been exemplified by a recent major milestone. According to PokerScout, 888 now has the third largest player traffic on an online poker website. For a long time, the company had …

Tournament action in Oklahoma continues to be heavy. Main events for WinStar World Casino's River Series, Cherokee Casino's Blast to the Past Series at West Siloam Springs, Hard Rock Casino's Poker Showdown and the Mid-States Poker Tour at …

In less than two months, on Nov. 8, the Caribbean Poker Tour will launch with seven tournaments on the beautiful island of Punta Canta. The headlining event is a $1,500 no-limit hold'em William Hill Poker Open event, and later in the month the tour …

Compliance officer Cathy Scharf told an auditorium full of aghast colleagues about her experiences at a Utah bank that illegally processed a quarter billion dollars for the offshore gambling sites PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. She said her bosses …

One of the most important aspects of a person's life is balance. It's common to see the same players day-in and day-out at the casino playing countless hours. They have allowed poker to consume them and it often results in a life of misery and negativity.

In the latest piece on poker players accomplished in other areas, we look at those from the sport of basketball. To be frank, there are not as many basketballers who have delved into poker as those from other areas, like business or mixed martial arts, …