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If you've clicked on the webpage link to read this article, then chances are you are seeking advice on how to work through a poker downswing. Play long enough, and you'll find yourself in the middle of one of these. There is a LOT of content on the …

As play moved forward on Day 2 of the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, 888 Poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche found himself in a rather familiar position: building a stack of chips and competing for a WSOP bracelet. In 2014, Nitsche won the …

"We will be the first major online poker brand on the platform and the move underlines our strategic intentions to explore new avenues for our games. This is just one of a number of steps that we're taking to find new audiences and we are excited about …

In my last column, I introduced you to the idea of floating. I described floating as calling in position on the flop in a heads-up situation with the intention of trying to win the pot on a later street with an aggressive action. I also discussed this …

Canadian Poker Company Amaya Inc., also known as Amaya Gaming Group, has been the center of a lot of news recently. With its return to the United States as well as its forays into the growing Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) business, you are sure to hear …

Joe McKeenthan is $7.68 million richer after winning the 2015 World Series of Poker's Main Event on Tuesday night. The champion is a native of North Wales, Pa. according to The 700 Level. More importantly, though, he won it all wearing an old school …

All three men are within sight of the grand prize of $7.68 million and the World Series of Poker championship title, a distinction awarded every year since 1970 when the contest started at Benny Binion's Las Vegas casino as an invite-only affair, where …

The 71-year-old Belgian player who got his start as a board game maker before becoming a vice president of Hasbro's European division is out in seventh place at the World Series of Poker's Main Event. Neuville's chips had a few million chips left when …

Out of the 10 months of 2015 already passed, October ranks 7th in online poker revenue. When analyzing year-over-year totals, we find revenue from Internet poker down 2.8%. October 2014 saw the two New Jersey networks collect $1,967,905.

Friday nights at RunGood Poker Series events are a mere appetizer before the two-course meal served on Saturdays, and it was Hasan Haq emerging with the biggest stack after Day 1b/c at Downstream Casino in Joplin, Missouri. He finished with 211,500 to …

A special reality TV poker documentary is being put together by VAMN-TV and will cover the lives of eight women who will player poker in Macau and Las Vegas. The “Girl Got Game” reality TV show is being produced by Katrina Lim and will take a close …

Garry Kasparov is an author, world's greatest chess player, and as a Russian– he is not a fan of Vladimir Putin. He believes that Putin is “evil”, and discusses how he personally is a supporter of the democracy movement in his new book Winter is Coming:.

Poker stars Emily Jillette, Jon Freidberg, Perry Friedman, Mike Matusow, Jeff Gill, Karina Jett, Arlan Levitan, and Flaminio Malaguti are also scheduled to participate, as well as additional Las Vegas notables including the Sin City Sinners; Dayna …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

For the second time in Season 6, the Mid-States Poker Tour visited Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. The first of three starting flights attracted 126 entrants, but after 16 levels of play just 20 remained with Ross Reichert and his stack of …

The third edition of the World Poker Tour National Paris will be back at Cercle Clichy-Montmartre from Nov. 20-30, 2015, and the €1,200 Main Event will take place Nov. 26-30. With a wealth of the two prior experiences, the Main Event will boast a €500 …

Joe McKeehen doesn't rattle easily. He wears a stoic expression, speaks in a monotone voice, never too high or too low, and watches for those little things. It could be a raised eyebrow, a tapping finger on the green poker table felt, or how quickly …

So our "Best of" section ran in Friday's Showtime section, and each of us writers was encouraged to offer up five picks of our own, forget the fan voting. Two of my choices are gambling-related. I wrote about how Gulfstream Park is my best place to win …