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Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website …

Nevada began a regulated online poker industry in 2013, which was a first in the country. Micon's felony charge will be reduced to a gross misdemeanor once he completes probation, according to the Las Vegas Sun. The poker pro reportedly indicated that …

There is a veritable feast of European destinations on offer for jetsetting poker players this month, including Paris and London, as well as Antwerp and of course Rozvdavov for the 2015 PokerNews Cup. Whether it's your first poker festival experience …

Live poker play can be quite the experience for an player who is mostly accustomed to playing online. I still remember my first foray into the Las Vegas scene in 2006. For someone who had already seen over 1 million hands online, I was in for quite a …

He already has two WPT titles — having won the 2005 L.A. Poker Classic and 2006 Borgata Winter Open — and is now in good shape to add the 2015 WPT UK Main Event to complete his hat trick. Mizrachi didn't enter the fray until during the late …

While the £250,000 guaranteed World Poker Tour UK High Roller and WPT500 UK were busy working their way towards crowning their respective champions, the £2,000+£200 buy-in WPT UK Main Event, featuring a £1 million guaranteed prize pool, kicked …

The World Poker Tour has announced the second-half schedule for Season XIV, which includes a major change. The WPT Championship is out, and the WPT Tournament of Champions – a $15,400 buy-in invitational reserved for Season XIV champions and …

“Nelson is famous for smoking new friends to oblivion and then challenging them to a few hands of high-stakes poker,” Wil S. Hylton writes in this week's piece which delves into Willie's battle with 'Big Pot' as he pursues a new venture as legal pot …

Dwyte Pilgrim may have a difficult time finding another poker player to stake him. According to a fellow poker pro, Pilgrim doesn't pay back loans. Aaron Massey, a successful tournament pro, has accused Pilgrim of refusing to pay back a $7,500 loan …

The first running of the GPI took place in March and was known as the Global Poker Masters. Sporting a new name and a number of other changes at the suggestion of players and fans, the sophomore edition of the GPI World Cup will take place sometime in …

Mian Wei has won the 2015 World Poker Tour UK High Roller event, a title that came with a coveted winner's trophy and £100,000 in cash. Wei was one of 48 players to exchange £5,000+£250 for 50,000 tournament chips and the chance to become a WPT …

For the better part of the past two years, online poker sites across the board have been toning down their promotions and rewards programs that have disproportionately benefited high volume players, eliminating high-stakes games, and placing new …

Buy-ins for the action-packed tournaments range from $230 on up to $2,700 for the headlining championship event. Online poker players in New Jersey can qualify online for as low as $5 for a number of the scheduled tournaments at BorgataPoker.com.

LAS VEGAS (AP) – The former operator of the bitcoin online poker site "Seals with Clubs" was fined $25,000 and placed on up to two years' probation on Tuesday for operating an unlicensed interactive gaming system. Bryan Micon also surrendered 3.0996 in …

Poker champion Daniel Negreanu has written a letter to Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort, the largest casino brand in America, asking Senior Vice President and General Manager Brooks Robinson to add his voice to an ongoing call for the retirement of the …

Unfortunately, the foundation of the poker world is built upon money, and while many pursue it fairly, others deceive and cheat. Oftentimes such swindlers run a ruse for years, either knowingly or unwittingly building a house of cards that inevitably …

(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg will host the first stop of Season 4 for Penn National Gaming's Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) Regional Tournament Series. The 11-day series will run from Thursday, Nov. 12 through Sunday, Nov.

This week, the Pittsburgh Poker Open returns to Rivers Casino for several weeks of tournaments, along with the Poker Night In America cash game TV show, which is broadcast on CBS Sports. The poker series begins Nov. 5 and features 48 events, …