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Sacramento insiders who believe consensus among the politically influential casino tribes is necessary to get an online poker bill through the state Legislature view the recent meetings between members of the rival coalitions as a positive step in that …

Mobile online poker is a favorite of everyone from the casual fan to the professional player. It allows you to play on the go, hopping on to play for a few minutes or a few hours when you have the time. And the mobile apps now offer so much more than …

Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin will make his debut as a director with “Molly's Game,” a film about the life of former high-stakes poker organizer Molly Bloom, according to a report from Deadline.com. Sorkin was brought on as the screenwriter …

Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a hand from the high-stakes, big buy-in poker world, break it down and …

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is all set to make his directorial debut with Sony Picture's poker drama “Molly's Game”. The movie is based on Molly Bloom's memoir and Sorkin, 54, has been working on the script for the project, since 2014 with Gordon …

The $200,000 World Poker Tour event held at the Solaire Resort and Casino in Manilla, which was won by 22-year-old Fedor Holz on Monday, saw three players leave their respective chip stacks unattended in order to play baccarat, according to a “rumor” …

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rush Street Gaming announced today that it has joined forces with professional poker player Matt Glantz to advise and further develop Rush Street's fast-growing poker portfolio. Full-service poker rooms at SugarHouse Casino …

At the conclusion of what has been the best year in his poker career thus far, Lithuanian poker pro Matas Cimbolas started off the New Year by being designated Lithuania's Poker Player of The Year. Cimbolas' victory came after garnering twenty-six …

If it's true that a good beginning makes a good ending, 2016 is going to be yet another remarkable year for Tonybet Poker, the poker room brought to the community by poker "bad boy" and Lithuania's representative in the European Parliament, Antanas …

The UK-born pro currently resides with his family in the Philippines and as such plays his poker primarily on the Asian Poker Tour (APT). To say he has been a success is an understatement. Razavi has won the APT Player of the Year award for the past …

There's a reason why poker pros make a living playing poker and the rest of us write articles pretending we know what they're thinking. They have knowledge and skills we lack. Knowledge we often ask them to impart. There's a limit on how much they'll …

Where are the best places to play online poker this weekend? If you're into sites that are running some hot promotions – and why wouldn't you be – take a look below. It's your guide to maximizing your time on the virtual felt and grabbing some bonus cash!

Greg Raymer is seeking backers for his 2016 poker play on YouStake, a crowdfunding site for athletes and poker players. The 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, in his YouStake post, stated not having any guaranteed income as his reason for …

On Tuesday the Global Poker League announced the first of its 12 franchises along with a few other tidbits of information on the fledgling poker league. The GPL has revealed that 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker will be …

A recent article, dubbed “Effects of Testosterone Administration on Strategic Gambling in Poker Play”, published by the prestigious journal Nature, laid out evidence that higher testosterone levels could negatively affect a person's ability to win at …

Poker players residing in Nevada and New Jersey are looking forward to the Winter Poker Classic II, which will be played at WSOP.com. The event includes six tournaments, the first of which will be played on Jan 10, Sunday. The Winter Poker Classic II …

The first week of 2016 was set to have an online poker bill in California considered in a hearing, but the proposal unfortunately has been pulled from the hearing's agenda. Lawmakers in the state's Governmental Organization Committee will have a …

But this is where poker is so much different and thereby better than the other casino games. In the other casino games (with a few narrow exceptions that we will ignore here), the house always has an edge. The only way a gambler wins is in the short run.