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Some veterans are hoping to change the lives of Purple Heart recipients who are down on their luck. Danielson resident Brent Walker, an Army veteran who served in Iraq, is organizing the Purple Heart Poker Run to raise money for Purple Heart recipients …

One of our favorite interviews of 2015 was with poker superstar Jennifer Harman, who discussed, among many topics, her fourth nomination to the Poker Hall of Fame and her passionate involvement with NevadaSPCA. Harman was subsequently inducted …

(PRESS RELEASE) — The PokerStars.com-sponsored Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), an Amaya Inc. brand, today released the schedules for the 2016 Macau Millions and Macau Poker Cup (MPC) 24, which both take place at the 'PokerStars LIVE Macau' …

End 2015 in the Top 10 of the Global Poker Index- I didn't put in enough volume especially in the second half of the year to contend for a top 10 spot, finishing a respectable #39 in a very competitive field. My goals of playing less events certainly …

Card Player has been given access to the course, and is reviewing it, session by session to give our readers some insight into how The Poker Academy can take your game to the next level. See the session 1 review here. That's right. Between January and …

Vince Van Patten, known as the jack-of-all-trades co-anchor of the World Poker Tour alongside Mike Sexton, is currently gearing up for his latest project, a movie focused on the Los Angeles gambling scene. The 58-year-old former tennis pro, who was …

The current seven-day average of cash game players at the world's most popular poker site sits at 17,000, according to PokerScout. That's an increase from 14,500 when December began. Five more top ten poker sites experienced a boost in player traffic …

The PokerNews Top 10 Stories of 2015 is presented by PLO QuickPro, the fastest way to learn PLO. As far as the poker world is concerned, the 2015 calendar year has come to a close. In PokerNews tradition, our staff has scrolled through the archives and …

I will open my game up more to the power of the three-bet, poker speak for making the hero re-raise. It has a way of injecting instant strength to both your hand and your table image. Opponents usually react to a three-bettor with much more caution. I …

Currently, there are three states operating licensed, regulated online poker sites (Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey), with more on the horizon in the coming years. Pennsylvania could well be the next state ready to join in the fun, possibly as soon as …

An avid poker player, he quit his plush, handsomely rewarding investment banking job and took to playing poker professionally, for a living. A little known, yet growing sport in India, poker is now turning into the next big wave in the young sports …

The possibility for California online poker in 2015 began with a sense of optimism for regulation in the Golden State. Despite the numerous divisions of the state's various gambling stakeholders, whose inability to see eye-to-eye had led to an impasse …

RIVERSIDE CASINO AND RESORT: The popular Cold Turkey Poker Showdown ran over Thanksgiving weekend as Terry Bender won the main event, a $375 tourney that drew 102 players. Bender earned $10,099. Event 2, a $250 bounty tournament, had 91 …

(PRESS RELEASE) — On Dec. 23, top New England professional poker player and media personality Bernard Lee donated holiday packages to more than 50 children in the Milford, Massachusetts area as part of The Full House Charity Program, which has …

KidPoker's live tournament results at the Hendon Mob database were searched by more poker players and fans than any other pro player in 2015, a total of 106,378 times as of this writing. A distant second is Phil Ivey with 79,125 clicks, too far off the …

Online poker has undergone a number of epistemic shifts over the last few years and 2015 saw yet more winds of change blow through the industry. As with all industries, evolution is a must for those that want to survive. Fortunately, online poker has …

It was an interesting year for Nevada online poker, specifically for WSOP.com, the Silver State's only remaining working online site. It was a year of innovation, growth, and yes, even some disappointment. In 2014, Nevada's other online poker site …

Most recently, Eyster topped a large field of 639 players at Bellagio for the 2015 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic main event title, along with $1,587,382, the largest score of his career. Here's a look at the five biggest hands that propelled …