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The Global Poker Index (GPI) is preparing for the first edition of the American Poker Awards, scheduled to be held at California in Los Angeles on February 27, 2015. Alex Dreyfus, the founder of the GPI, said that the American Poker Awards is an …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has been a point of interest ever since it was first created in conjunction with the Epic Poker League (remember that?). After the league folded, the ranking system remained, and it has been one of the higher-profile ways …

The 1% of players referenced presumably contribute far more than 1% in total online poker revenue to WSOP. Restricting them will have a serious impact on the site's bottom line, potentially leading to less lucrative promotional offers and further …

The participation on the second starting day of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour National Cyprus €2,000 Main Event was slightly lower than expected and the screens showed a total of 63 entries after nine 45-minute levels. Eleven of those would be …

He's back! Andy Beal was spotted late Friday night and early Saturday morning playing heads-up limit hold'em with blinds of $50,000/$100,000 in Bobby's Room at Bellagio against Todd Brunson. According to poker pro Kyle Loman, who was live tweeting the …

Paying full-price for you dinner? Boring! A new pop-up lets you play poker to determine your bill. Time Out's own high-roller Guy Parsons went to try his hand. 'A bit of a gamble' isn't usually considered an endorsement for a restaurant, but there's a …

The poker room at Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip is will close for remodeling at 10am on Sunday, January 25, 2015. The poker room is expected to reopen on or about May 15, 2015. The new poker room's size will be smaller. Vegas Chatter reports that there …

Amid the California online poker legislation talk and the return of Andy Beal to the Bellagio, a small story with the potential for huge industry-wide ramifications has quietly been gaining steam: Nevada Senate Bill SB40. SB 40 is designed to prevent …

January 22, 2015 — Claude Purches, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, participates in a poker game at the World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal). Nikki Boertman. January 22, 2015 …

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder listens to a question at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced late last week that state and local police will no longer be able to seize property without warrants or criminal …

The bill appears to remove two of the largest stumbling blocks to consensus by (i) removing bad actor provisions and (ii) allowing race tracks to take part in online poker. But it's unclear what the base of support the bill enjoys. For example, the …

Preflop, final table, seven handed, with the blinds at 30,000 and 60,000 and a 10,000 ante, Robl raised to 140,000 from under the gun, Sippl called in the small blind, and Kenney called in the big blind. On the flop Sippl checked, Kenney checked, Robl …

California Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer reintroduced his online poker legislation with significant changes on the two issues that derailed passage of the bill last year — the so-called bad actor clause and exclusion of horse racing tracks. AB 167 …

Bobby Moak, the representative of Mississippi, is trying again for online poker legalization in the state. On January 12, he introduced the Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2015, also known as House Bill 306, and referred it to the committees …

A poker strategy book written by someone as talented and well-known as Chris Moorman is rare although there is no dearth of poker strategy books in the market. D&B Publishing has revealed that the poker world will soon receive a poker strategy book …

California Assemblyman Mike Gatto told PokerNews that he heard with near unanimity from interested parties that an in-person registration requirement for online poker was likely to hurt development of the industry, and that part of being a responsible …

Last year, PokerNews told you about "Legal Poker In Wisconsin", a grassroots effort by poker players to get a judge to issue a declaratory judgment defining the legality of live poker in the Badger State by naming it a game of skill. In preparation for …

Four months after his sponsorship with Full Tilt ended, high-stakes poker regular Gus Hansen opened up an interview with Denmark's Pokernyhederne to discuss the past and future of poker. In Copenhagen to participate in the Copenhagen Bridge …