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The World Poker Tour rakes in the dollars but sometimes it also rakes in the dollars for charity under the auspices of the WPT foundation. That's the case next month as the Pala Casino Spa & Resort hosts the WPT Foundation Pala Poker Open from Sept.

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 …

With this in mind, it should be of little surprise that the online poker room recently introduced its own version of lottery-style games aptly named Jackpot Sit & Gos. Unlike many new features introduced at PKR Poker in the past, lottery-style sit-and …

Businessman and high-stakes poker play Dan Bilzerian is known for showing off his wealth and status on social media. On Thursday, his online persona was the subject of an in-depth article by Vice.com that makes the claim that Bilzerian “is a …

Houston-based poker player Mina Greco is coming off a final table at the World Poker Tour main event at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. The $175,673 score for fifth place is the largest to date for 38-year-old long-time poker player. She had …

Poker pro Phil Ivey is using an unusual defense to allegations he and a partner cheated Atlantic City's Borgata casino out of $9.6 million at cards, claiming the casino uses free liquor served by scantily clad waitresses to distract gamblers. Both …

He goes by “Butters.'' Whenever he is playing poker, which is probably right now, Tom Kearney goes by the screen name he borrowed years ago from a “South Park” character, Butters Stotch, as cards became both his life and life's work. Kearney, 29, grew …

This year's ATV poker run is set for this Saturday. Aug. 29. The eighth annual event starts and finishes at 10101 Jellyby Rd. at Rocksprings Road in North Augusta. Registration runs from 10 a.m. until noon. Participants will make their way along the 42 …

One of the biggest mistakes that beginning poker players make during poker tournaments is sizing their bets. They tend to bet according to how strong or weak their hand is and quickly become predictable. While there's many schools of thought regarding …

The RunGood Poker Series' new season will begin at Iowa's Horseshoe Casino, located at Council Bluffs. The series runs under the slogan, “The Road to the RunGood Cup.” The series will stop at Iowa from August 16 to August 30, and the stop will start …

California has made several attempts to legalize online poker, but has always failed. Despite its failures, the state is slowly but surely moving towards legalization. In 2015, a bill finally made it to assembly, but there is hardly any chance of it …

But one Spanish man came up with a rather unique way to get the money to pay off the money he owed to a poker club. The unnamed gentleman concocted a fake kidnapping plot with the express intent to extort money out of his own parents, money that …

Poker rooms in Nevada had $15,840,000 in revenue in June, which was a 4.46-percent increase compared to the same month in 2014. There were 70 poker rooms across the state with a combined 761 cash game tables. Nevada poker rooms took in $119.9 …

On Wednesday, Paddy Power and Betfair, two leading online gaming companies, agreed to an agreement in principle to join forces, according to a press release. The new company would be called Paddy Power Betfair. Paddy Power shareholders would own …

New Jersey's "Jonuzi" was this week's biggest winner in the Garden State, banking a cool $10,000 after outlasting a field of 263 players in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee. Second place in this tournament belonged to "Shelnewm8", …

Depositing into your Ladbrokes account has never been easier as punters at The Poker Palace will be able to deposit in person using the cash-in feature. All you will have to do is loggin to your account on your smart phone or tablet, get a deposit code …

Wisconsin-based poker pro Mark Kroon was recently part of a collective effort by poker players in the state to get poker classified as a game of skill like darts and pool and considered legal in the eyes of the law. Unfortunately, a judge ruled earlier …

After winning a Latin American Poker Tour title in Chile a year-and-a-half ago then finishing second of 4,555 in the 2015 World Series of Poker $1,111 Little One for One Drop, the Argentinian Mario Lopez on Monday added another title and big score by …