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This was his third final table of the year, having finished runner-up in the $1 million guaranteed WPT bestbet Poker Scramble main event less than a month ago in Northern Florida. For that deep run he earned $284,371 and 1,200 POY points. With his win …

“We are thrilled to welcome back the CPPT and host this exciting event for the second year in a row,” said Terry Chiaradio, Director of Poker Operations at Foxwoods Resort Casino. “At Foxwoods, we pride ourselves in establishing partners to best serve …

Poker players will tonight pay tribute to a Teesside takeaway owner who was also a king of the table. Cheung Tai “John” Law came to England as a teenager and became a successful businessman, running the popular Sun Lok Curry House on Beaumont …

888 Poker appears to have recovered from a six week stretch of intermittent connectivity problems that kept their technical team working “around the clock”, while players took to the major poker forums, including CardsChat, to air numerous frustrations …

Betfair has shut down its New Jersey online poker site, ending an unimpressive run for a site that simply never caught on in the Garden State. The close of the poker room won't affect Betfair's more successful online casino business, which continues to …

Since late November, the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) has been taking place at the Sheraton WTC in São Paulo, Brazil. The nine-day series featured 36 events, utilized 200 dealers, catered to 20,000 players, and awarded more than $7 million …

The Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada has long been the home to some of the biggest cash games and tournament action in the world. In fact, Bellagio has awarded more than $449,000,000 in poker tournament payouts in it's history, the …

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 …

It was a perplexing announcement because, as Forbes pointed out, just a month ago Yahoo! began heavily advertising its poker game in conjunction with fantasy football. Yahoo! told Forbes that poker was being shut down as part of “efforts to streamline …

Poker Players Alliance Executive Director John Pappas said the organization isn't ready to take an official position on the new California online poker bill's proposed requirement for players to make their initial registration and deposit, as well as …

"I am not a believer in restrictions, regulations and stuff. If people want to play craps online for money, if that's what they choose to do, I am OK with that." — Daniel Negreanu. Much the poker community is still heavily engaged in a debate about …

Australian poker player Nicholas Polias has been awarded AU$340,000 in damages after fellow players called him a “thief” on Facebook. The judge in the case ruled that plaintiff Polias' reputation had suffered “significant damage” due to the defamatory …

According to a report from telegram.com, James Walsh, 41, admitted to striking 45-year-old Daniel McDonald on the night of Mar. 16, 2012. It was during a poker event at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Southbridge. McDonald died eight days later …

US internet giant Yahoo has revealed that it is to shut down a number of games within its classic games portfolio, with its free-play poker and bingo products among those to be removed from the offering. Yahoo! Poker and Yahoo! Bingo, alongside its …

There was a time when big poker events in Sydney, Australia were exclusive to the casino, but not any more as The Poker Palace regularly hosts great tournaments including popular events like The Chamionships.

On Dec. 1, Betfair officially closed its New Jersey online poker room after failing to penetrate the market. According to US Poker, this move has no affect on its New Jersey casino site or any of its poker operations in the rest of the world. The …

Thanksgiving weekend brought some excitement to New Jersey online poker players with partypoker NJ / BorgataPoker.com doubling up the guarantee and transforming the weekly scheduled $50,000 Guarantee into a supersized $100,000 Guarantee.

Albert Riera, the former Liverpool player, denies he was fired by Italian Serie A club for playing poker this week. It was alleged by some media sources that Riera played truant from Udinese in order to attend a poker tournament in Slovenia. While the …