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Pescatori has four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets to his name, each in a different variant. In 2006, Pescatori won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for a career-best score of $682,389. He won the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha event two years …

The 2016 Marrakech Poker Open Main Event starts tomorrow, Thursday, March 17, at Casino de Marrakech Es Saadi. The PokerNews Live Reporting squad will be on hand fro coverage, and you can check out our reporting section by clicking here. The Main …

This past weekend was the biggest of the year thus far on New Jersey regulated online poker rooms thanks to the conclusion of the fourth-edition of the Garden State Super Series (GSSS) on partypoker NJ and BorgataPoker.com. Ryan "hags021" Hagerty …

Ludovic Geilich has won the 2016 Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Classic $1,600 buy-in no-limit hold'em main event, outlasting a field of 499 entries to win the title, the trophy and the $150,662 first-place prize. The 28-year-old Scottish poker pro from …

Nathan Farnaby, from Hartburn scooped the cash after triumphing in the Grand Prix Poker Tour at Newcastle's St. James' Park. The 25-year old finished fourth in the High Roller to pick up £3,000 and then took part in the £77-entry main event which had a …

Nathan Farnaby, from Hartburn scooped the cash after triumphing in the Grand Prix Poker Tour at Newcastle's St. James' Park. The 25-year old finished fourth in the High Roller to pick up £3,000 and then took part in the £77-entry main event which had a …

Poker software programs and apps have come a long way since the Moneymaker Boom era of online poker. Handy, non-invasive “click & forget” platforms such as the Sit & Go grinder's TableNinja have given way to a plethora of data grabbers and even an …

While both Stars and Full Tilt are licensed to conduct online poker and casino operations in the state, one vertical clearly outperforms the other, with casino accounting for 81% of the revenue generated by the market since its launch in November 2013 …

Go-playing humanity has suffered a decisive defeat: On Tuesday night, Google's artificial neural network AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, the best Homo sapiens had to offer, completing a four-to-one series that felt one-sided from the start. Go joins checkers …

Dusk Till Dawn has done some great work this year for the grass roots poker scene. The Grand Prix Poker Tour seems to be a great success so far. For a $109 buy in, players are able to get a chance to play a multi-day event with the same sort of feel as …

William Luciano won the 2016 Chicago Poker Classic Main Event for $254,892, topping a field of 736 in the $2,000 buy-in event held at Horseshoe Hammond. He drew inspiration from a certain recent World Series of Poker Main Event winner when he was …

Las Vegas-based Poker Central, a 24/7 TV network devoted to all things poker, announced Monday that the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl has reached its 49-player cap. The high-stakes event drew 43 players last year. The $300,000 buy-in event, now in its …

amaya-loss-poker-casino Canadian online gambling operator Amaya Gaming posted a net loss in Q4 2015 thanks to the declining Canadian dollar and the cost of diversifying beyond its flagship online poker operations. Amaya lost C$15.8m in Q4, a dramatic …

Google's AlphaGo beats one of the world's top players in the ancient Chinese board game Go, prompting the question as to whether the program could also beat games of imperfect information like no-limit poker? 10-months ago the quartet of Bjorn Li, Dong …

At every level of the game, poker players suffer losses. In free-play online poker or at a home game, losses may be easier to handle by forgetting, letting go, or learning from the situations. But at higher stakes, where significant money, not to …

The German forward had a decent night at the poker table but on the way home managed to leave €75,000 (£60,000) in the back of the taxi on the way home. Oops! Wolfsburg 's reaction to finding this out? They FINED HIM €25,000 for the trouble, according …

A kid with increasingly expensive demands and a complete unplugging of the old, unregulated online poker world that allowed me to make money in my pajamas put a pretty major dent in my poker time. But it's always there, ready to add another chapter.

Pescatori has four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets to his name, each in a different variant. In 2006, Pescatori won the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for a career-best score of $682,389. He won the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha event two years …