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The Lucky Hearts Poker Open drew a field of 1,027 entries, beating the $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool asthe money was reached when 100 players remained. Some of the noted players collecting cash included previous WPT winners Jared Jaffee (10th), …

Greece's finance minister — and unlikely new sex symbol — Yanis Varoufakis looks every inch the professional poker player with his untucked shirts, sharp suits and sharper cheekbones. But as he sits down with the eurogroup finance ministers this week …

He was feeling good about life and ended up playing a few hands of poker with some of the guys.” The insider continued, “What turned into one hand of poker turned into two – then, about five hands in, Brad decided to make it really interesting. He told …

When it comes to poker on TV, the World Poker Tour (WPT) has graced airwaves for well over a decade. On Sunday, Feb. 15, the tour will premiere the first of 35 episodes from Season XIII on FOX Sports Networks (FSN). "Very few television series have the …

The tournament not only produced the weekend's biggest winner, but it also provided some value for players that finished in the money with it just failing to hit its guarantee with 235 players participating. "EasyGrinder" finished on top of this …

If you polled one hundred online poker players, there's a good chance the vast majority of them would name PokerStars as online poker's best site. Earlier this month, PokerStars received official recognition when it won the award for Online Poker …

For the sixth year in a row, Poker.se has named a Swedish Poker Player of The Year, and it comes as no surprise that this year it was 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Martin Jacobson. Jacobson won with 80 percent of reader votes on …

Poker fans will have to wait no longer for new episodes of the World Poker Tour. The premiere of WPT Season XIII runs Sunday on FOX Sports Networks with a total of 35 hours of poker set to be broadcast over the duration of the season. Returning to the …

Each week, PokerNews brings you insight into the happenings at some of the major poker sites. Featuring the most popular blog posts, BlogNews Weekly is your one-stop shop for all your poker blog highlights. This week, we bring you the highlights from …

Now, the tour turns its attention to the state next door for the Wisconsin State Poker Championship, a $1,100 buy-in $200,000 guaranteed Main Event that will take place at Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells from Feb. 14-22. "This is the fifth time the …

Online poker site 888, which has been offering games in regulated U.S. markets, has been approached by U.K. bookmaking powerhouse William Hill about a possible merger, according to reporting Tuesday from Reuters. William Hill reportedly would be …

“Our poker views are starting to change, so there could be a day in the relatively near future where we could consider a moderate-sized poker room at the facility, which would make a lot of people happy,” Twin River Worldwide Holdings Chairman John E.

Spain's regulated online gaming market generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of €65.6m during the final quarter of 2014, with strong growth in casino and sports betting offsetting declines in poker and bingo. Fourth quarter revenue was up 6 per cent …

The first stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut Jan. 31 and will host a series of 13 tournaments through Feb. 9 culminating with a $1,650 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee main event Feb …

It was a roller coaster day for Saied Moradi as he would move up and down the chip counts several times. The ride was worth it in the end though, as Moradi would emerge victorious in the 2015 RunGoodGear.com Poker Series Main Event at the Downstream …

A regular in the Northeast card rooms and dubbed a 'hometown hero' by those who frequent the poker room at Foxwoods, Paradis took home $81,528 and the title of CPPT champion. Paradis ended day 2 as the chip leader, but did not hold that spot …

This is the idea behind going "all in" at a crucial stage of a poker tournament. Let us say there is a medium sized stack of chips against a large stack of chips late in a poker tournament. If the medium stack pushes "all in," and 100% commits their …

Troubling reports of "black market" ticket scalping have come out of Niagara Falls at the Fallsview Poker Classic on Monday. The series, which culminates this week with a $5,000 World Poker Tour Main Event, began Saturday with a $1,100 buy-in no-limit …