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Poker's year-long ambassador took to Twitter this week to express his discontent with many WSOP tournaments this year beginning at 11 a.m., explaining that poker players “have been getting sh-t on because of the media ever since I started playing live …

When we last checked in on Ray Bitar, former CEO of Full Tilt Poker, he had reportedly gotten married to one Jackie Lucas and was looking hale and hearty, looking nothing like the dying man described by both Allen Cunningham and a U.S. judge who …

Momo's Charitable Poker Room in Taylor and its patrons were robbed early Friday morning, Taylor Police said. Witnesses said two white men left after playing at the poker table at the business on Telegraph south of Van Born, then returned around 1 a.m. …

We continue our preview of the Global Poker League franchises this week by taking a closer look at the London Royals and the Moscow Wolverines, two teams that are packed full of talent and will be up there with the favorites to become champions.

A new-look World Poker Tour season-ending event is making it's debut at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida as part of the massive 2016 SHR Poker Showdown tournament festival which kicks off on Thursday, Mar. 21 with the first …

The second point regarding luck sticks out the most for those of us in poker. This eliminated games such as Texas hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, and other popular variants from being accepted as a sport, but the unique format of the IFP's Match Poker is …

One of the brains behind Google's Go-winning software says a similar learning approach makes it as good as a human expert at Texas hold 'em poker. by Will Knight; March 30, 2016. Sponsored by. One of the scientists responsible for AlphaGo, the Google …

"Mark de J. had until recently been active in online poker," the newspaper wrote. "It appears he was playing for large sums of money. On an online poker forum, he offered large sums of money that he wanted to exchange to a different electronic currency.

One of my favorite memories from my years living in Las Vegas had almost nothing to do with poker. I joined a pub trivia team. We did well enough to advance to the city-wide finals. Eleven teams were competing for three cash prizes. Even after the …

Poker streaming on Twitch continues to grow throughout 2016 with many of the top players showcasing their talents. The popularity is primarily attributed to being able to see inside the minds of some of the biggest names in poker in realtime with an …

Poker is — the saying goes — not just a game of cards played by people, but also a game of people played with cards. Successful players well understand this truth, having learned that being able to accumulate and apply information about opponents' …

Tennis coach Mark de J. and murdered business man Koen Everink were fighting over De J.'s gambling debt. De J. is suspected in Everink's murder. The tennis coach has thousands of euros in gambling debt, accrued by playing poker. Including 80 thousand …

You are playing in a $3,500 buy-in live poker tournament that drew 409 entrants. Only about 140 players remain, putting you almost 100 spots from the money. The blinds are 800-1,600 with a 200 ante, meaning your stack of 80,000 is worth 50 big blinds.

They say poker is a gamble, but not so long ago, they said that about entrepreneurship too. And if you think about it, the two aren't all too different. Your skill decides your competence; and your decisions decide your victory;this equation hardly has …

There is already stand-alone online poker legislation on the table, and the proposal is also part of a possible budget deal. The state's current urgency with regards to daily fantasy sports legislation could speed up the process of getting online poker …

Since opening in August 2014, Horseshoe has focused increasingly on table games such as poker and blackjack. While the gamblers bet against the casino in most table games, they play against each other in poker and the house collects an administrative …

Poker won't be the only new kids on the block if they are accepted by The SportAccord General Assembly in Lausanne on April 22. The World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) and the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) are also expected to be …

Next month, however, more than 2,000 people will be hoping to play their cards right when the club's Elland Road ground hosts a massive poker tournament. Aimed at grassroots players, the event will boast a mouthwatering prize pool of £175,000 despite …