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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 …

In a former life, I played poker competitively. I considered it an art form —combining strategy with an in-depth understanding of human behavior. I was good, too; at one point I was ranked in the top 1000 in the world online. Pursuing the perfect hand …

Currently, there are four regulated poker rooms at which to play in New Jersey. That is, until PokerStars eventually joins the mix. But until that time – whenever it may be – take a look at what's available and grab some bonus cash if you happen to be …

Players may buy into the championship, qualify through satellite events, or enter for a chance to win a $2,500 entry in the Coco Poker Open main event by registering online at the casino's website beginning on September 1. One winner will be selected …

This time around, the win went to French poker pro former WSOP November Niner Sylvain Loosli, who earned €1,224,000 ($1,419,840), the second largest score of his career. Loosli had previously banked $2,792,533 for his fourth-place finish in the 2013 …

The popular EPT Barcelona, aka the European Poker Tour, got underway late last week and, in what's becoming something of a tradition for the event, records have already fallen. However, while PokerStars and the EPT are used to pushing the boundaries …

The new season of the RunGood Poker Series – which is using the tagline "The Road to the RunGood Cup" – kicks off tomorrow at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa (which is just across the river from Omaha, Nebraska). The stop, which runs from …

Poker is perhaps one of the most misunderstood games in the world. Even those that play the game on a regular basis can develop a series of beliefs about the game that are based on either misinformation or mere superstition. Today we will take a look …

Only 13 places paid at the 2015 New Zealand Poker Championships and I was one card away from getting knocked out in 15th place. I had been navigating a short stack and was all-in with AQ against my opponents pocket tens, and when the board ran out …

Two Florida natives headline the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville $1,500 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee final table. TK Miles and Darryll Fish are easily the most experienced players of the final nine and are ready to take home a title …

The remaining top ten poker sites ran the gamut of player traffic variance, as #2 ranked 888poker dropped 100 players from 2,100 to 2,000, 7th-ranked Winamax.fr lost half that many from 1,000 to 950, and the 4th place iPoker Network picked up 50 …

That's pretty good exposure for the company and the game of poker. Granted, he later posted a seemingly random selfie that got more than 700,000 likes. With 30.3 million followers on Instagram, Neymar Jr is the second-most followed man on there …