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In addition to the title and the money the 28-year-old pro also earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Mercier's sixth final table finish of the year, having finished runner-up in a $100,000 super high roller at the Bellagio for $1 …

The world-famous Irish Poker Open will pick up where it left off in 2014 and host yet another festival in Dublin next April. Known for being one of the liveliest poker events of the year, the Irish Poker Open 2015 is expected to welcome more players …

Betfair follows Ultimate Gaming out of the market as a result of the wild underachievement of its poker platform; however, unlike Ultimate, which ceased all its operations shortly after leaving New Jersey, the UK-based betting exchange still has a …

If you play poker in brick and mortar card rooms, you have probably heard of the mystical practice of "Chip Chi." Much like the Chinese art of Feng Shui or the Greeks' belief in the power of the Golden Ratio, Chip Chi is often criticized by those who …

You have position on a player if you get to act last in a hand of poker. The best possible position is when you're on the button. The worst position is the 'Small Blind' because they always have to act first. Since the dealer button moves clockwise …

Yahoo Poker has been around in various forms for many years, dating back to at least the late 1990s. However, the site only recently began getting a noticeable marketing push that made some wonder if the company had bigger plans for its Texas Hold'em …

PokerStars and its coalition of partners in California were swift with their response to the new online poker bill introduced in California. The group – made up of Amaya Gaming (owner of PokerStars) and several tribes and cardrooms – said in a public …

Betfair Poker has become the second "casualty" in the New Jersey iGaming market. Betfair decided to shutter their relatively non-existent poker room on December 1 in order to focus on general iGaming. Sources confirmed on Monday that Betfair has …

Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas has distanced his organization from the new Mike Gatto California poker bill, which he described as flawed. In an interview this week with PoketFives, Pappas criticized Bill AB 9, known as the …

In this week's Inside Gaming, a new feature presents Amaya's CEO and how he made the deal that landed his company PokerStars and Full Tilt, California takes another legislative crack at an online poker bill, and sports betting gets sidelined in New …

TonyBet is also organizing its inaugural live OFC Poker event, called the OFC Poker World Championship, which will begin at Prague in Czech Republic on December 8. A TonyBet Poker representative told PokerNews.com that the event “will celebrate the …

This week, Betfair ended its online poker offerings on its Internet gambling platform in New Jersey, according to USPoker.com. Betfair will continue offering other casino games thanks to a partnership with the Golden Nugget Atlantic City. Betfair …

Park City's Josee Nadeau, an internationally-renown visual artist, sketches donors during last year's Waterkeeper Celebrity Poker Night fundraiser. This year's event will be held Dec. 5, at the Montage Deer Valley. (Courtesy of Josee Nadeau).

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7, you can win your way into the $1,100 buy-in Heartland Poker Tour main event aboard the Oasis of the Seas, one of the world's largest cruise ships. The $5,000 package not only includes the main event buy-in and seven nights in an ocean-view stateroom …

5 December 2014, London, UK (Press Release) — The British Poker Awards (www.thebritishpokerawards.com) is set to recognise grassroots poker once more, as five of the country's leading poker groups are in contention for the Best Poker League award.

A new bill that seeks to legalize California online poker in 2015 has been introduced by Assemblyman Mike Gatto this week. Bill AB 9, dubbed the “Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2015,” aims to establish a regulatory framework that would …

Mexico Gambling Bill Would End Haven For US Online Poker Refugees The Mexican Parliament will decide next week whether to pass the country's Gambling and Gaming Bill, a new piece of legislation which seeks to introduce sweeping changes to …