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Season 5 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues on Friday with Day 1a of a $200,000 guarantee $1,100 buy-in Main Event from Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana, and the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to bring you the action all …

Season 5 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues on Friday with Day 1a of a $200,000 guarantee $1,100 buy-in Main Event from Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana, and the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand to bring you the action all …

According to the post on the PokerStars Blog, two social media measuring systems – yes those exist – were used to calculate the influence poker players held over their followers. FollowerWonk was used to determine the influence a profile has on Twitter …

If you've ever missed out on a pot because your three-of-a-kind lost to a gut-shot straight on the river, Connor Drinan is playing a super tiny violin for you. The poor guy just endured perhaps the most catastrophic beat ever. No, it wasn't just some …

Global Poker Index And Ivey Poker Team-Up IveyPoker has just announced a strategic partnership deal with the Global Poker Index (GPI) designed to promote its players and the poker industry as a whole throughout the world. The arrangement aims to take …

Earlier this year, promoters for Poker Night in America, which taped in March and again this month at Maryland Live! in Hanover, Md., were happy to include Annapolis-based poker pro Christian Harder's name on a press releases and to invite him to play.

MONTREAL – Amaya Gaming Group Inc. (TSX:AYA) says its shareholders have approved a financing that's key to its proposed acquisition of the world's largest online poker company, operator of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Amaya said Wednesday it has …

As is tradition at the famous Oklahoma poker room, the tournament series also featured two very popular non-open events – a seniors and a ladies tournament. Rickie Merritt topped the 303-player field in the $100 seniors event for $6,517 and Nelda …

The online poker industry saw a 1% decline in player traffic last week, the second week in a row that cash game action failed to reach levels of the week before. One poker room that stands out among the rest in the latest tabulations is the New Jersey …

The Phuas were still in the hands of federal immigration officials, despite poker pros Phil Ivey and Andrew Robl posting bail for them. They were being detained for possible deportation. “We are gratified that our clients are free, and they're looking …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

The tournament, which was a part of a 10-day poker festival organized by the Beijing Sports Competitions Administration Centre, a division of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports, also set a new PokerStars record for its largest live tournament …

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Lawyers in Las Vegas are asking immigration authorities to release a wealthy Malaysian businessman who was charged in a World Cup betting scheme and remains in custody even after his poker star friends posted his bail. Fifty-year-old …

What we have here is the World Series of Poker's Big One for One Drop, a head-to-head showdown which features a $1 million buy-in. (For non-poker types, that means you have to pay $1 million just to play.) The winner gets almost $16 million, which is …

Chris Moorman, the professional tournament poker player from UK, is now busy writing a poker strategy book, which he plans to release in November. Moorman, who plays under the moniker “Moorman1,” has earned a huge sum of $11,274,978 playing …

The seventh stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma July 17 and will host a series of 81 tournaments through August 4 culminating with a $1,500 no-limit hold'em $500,000 guarantee main …

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino The highly anticipated Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open kicks-off on Thursday, Aug. 14 with a $350 buy-in Deep Stack no-limit hold'em event featuring a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Included in the series will be …

Whereas lawmakers and financial institutions measure the success of an online poker industry in terms of revenue, players look to liquidity as the benchmark by which they judge a market's worth. In my talks with New Jersey poker players, the majority …