Nikolai Yakovenko is a poker player, programmer, and creator of the ABC Chinese Poker app. This week, Yakovenko comes on the Strategy with Kristy podcast to discuss open-face Chinese poker strategy. In part one of this interview, Yakovenko goes into …
Kirill Rapoport, 41, and William Barbalat, 42, both made the pleas in a New York court for participating in gambling rings connected to organized crime. It was found that the high stakes poker games were strongly connected to various Russian mafia …
“The Poker Tournament offered the Child Care Council of Suffolk an excellent opportunity to reach out to new supporters and to advocate on behalf of our vital programs and services that support children, families, providers, employers and the public to …
Riders from a number of communities in the North Peace, including here in Fort St. John, revved up their motorcycles to take part in the first annual Peace Region Community to Community Poker Run. Overall, 10 riders from Fort St. John registered this …
On Aug. 1, 2013, the Garden City Group (“GCG”) — the group named the as the Claims Administrator by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York to oversee the repayment of Full Tilt Poker players — issued an update on the …
The American Gaming Association has a plan to use the film "Runner Runner" to promote the need for federal online poker legislation in the U.S. An email sent by AGA CEO and president Geoff Freeman to his colleagues on the AGA board that was obtained …
On Sunday, Day 1 of the PartyPoker Road to Old Trafford poker tournament came to brief halt after four levels when Sir Bryan Robson entered the room. All eyes were on the former Manchester United and England skipper as he was greeted by the PartyPoker …
According to the indictment, Barbalat and Rapoport each ran illegal high-stakes poker games in New York City from 2010 through 2012, and 2012 through 2013, respectively. The pots in these cash games frequently reached tens of thousands of dollars or …
It's not because they're rich, either. There are plenty of "grinders" who play poker professionally, but do so by collecting slim margins at mid-limit tables, week after week, day after day, hour by hour. Not every professional sits in Bobby's Room at …
Shannon Shorr, one of the few professional poker players from Alabama, has just been kicked out of the Global Poker Index (GPI) Top 20 rankings; no thanks to the rise of another young player named Samuel Stein. Shorr slipped down the list because of …
Since last Friday, poker pro Isaac Haxton lost $964,478 on Full Tilt Poker, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The American plays under the screen name “luvtheWNBA”. It took Haxton just 1,243 hands to lose that nearly seven-figure sum. At …
The men were among 34 people accused in April of being part of a scheme by two Russian-American organized-crime enterprises. Prosecutors say the enterprises laundered $100 million from illegal gambling including poker games attended by celebrities …
I recently started a Women's Poker League as I believe it is important that more women give poker a chance, so they can realise how much fun it is. I designed the ladies-only league to be a live game, specifically for personal contact. I did not set up …
With the recent announcements of poker room closings at M Resort in Las Vegas and Revel Casino-Hotel in Atlantic City, one is reminded that the game of poker itself is an interesting spot as many top casino firms wait for the widespread legalization of …
bestbet Jacksonville will play host to the first stop on the Card Player Poker Tour Season II schedule, a 14-event series of no limit hold'em tournaments culminating with the $1,500 buy-in $300,000 guarantee main event. The stop will kick off August 29 …
Wall Street is often called the world's largest casino, but rarely do residents take the description as literally as Steve and Kathy Saraf, amateur poker players whose day jobs involve more quotidian (and, despite their gambling successes, far more …
Licensed by the Lottery and Gaming Authority of Malta, StarGames provides a fun and exciting poker experience via its own in-house developed browser-based software. While StarGames only offers Texas hold'em, Omaha and five-card draw cash games at …
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