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By her own admission, world-famous professional poker player Vanessa Selbst has a reputation for aggressively playing by feel, ignoring the odds and intimidating opponents as a “crazy bettor.” But the Montclair native and Brooklyn resident still …

It's a $2-$5 cash game in Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker. With so many visitors in town from all over the world, games can be unpredictable during WSOP time. But my opponent in this hand is playing to an archetype I'm very familiar with—he …

TORONTO, Ontario — (PRESS RELEASE) — Two sportscasters, a hockey player and a professional poker player walk into a bar. This isn't the set up for a joke; it was the set up for a $50,000 charity poker tournament that took place on Saturday, August 1 …

In the coming months the Card Player Poker Tour will touch down coast-to-coast in the United States and take a dip in international waters. In August, the tour will make a stop at bestbet Jacksonville in northern Florida. From there, players can hop …

Revenues from poker soared to £1.9 million ($2.95 million), a 12 percent increase year-on-year quarterly growth. Following the decision to develop its own software, Unibet poker revenues dropped off from $21 million in 2013 to just $13 million in 2014, …

We have a solid owner, an arena and we sold 13,000 season tickets," the six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner said. "Vegas has 2.2 million people. It's a sports town. We've been starving for a professional franchise of any kind for many years.

It's been nearly a decade since Amit Makhija established himself as an emerging force in the poker world, and since then he's cemented himself as one of the top players in the game. With $2.6 million in live tournament earnings, $3 million in online …

Borgata Poker is offering an excellent promotion during the month of August for online poker tournament players. From now through August 31, play in selected tournaments on BorgataPoker.com and earn valuable Tournament Leaderboard points to earn …

In a past McKinsey Quarterly, the authors used an easy-to-understand metaphor to explain brand relevance. They described it as “poker ante”—the small payment needed to play a hand of poker. In other words, relevance is the minimum you need to compete, …

When you've played poker for years, it's easy to forget that technical poker speak may as well be a different language. Many players just picked up a deck of cards for the first time and are wondering what the hell a reverse implied range merge against …

New Jersey's "Moose4Life" was this week's biggest winner in the Garden State, scoring a cool $10,000 after outlasting a field of 268 players in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee. Michael "JohnnyDrama" Haberman Jr grabbed second …

While it's not something you tend to actively think about when you're creating lineups, Daily Fantasy Sports – especially in tournament form – can be very much like poker in that you are trying to predict what your opponents will do in order to assist …

Efforts to legalize and regulate online poker in Pennsylvania are still very much alive, State Rep. John Payne (R-Dauphin County), author of one of several I-gaming bills in the Keystone State, told Card Player on Friday. “Nothing is further from the …

There are a plethora of poker tournaments that take place all around the world. Occasionally, a big series might visit your hometown. Such was the case for me in August 2014, when the World Series of Poker Circuit series visited West Palm Beach …

Cash game traffic at Full Tilt is down 20% since it overhauled its lobby to eradicate "bum hunting" and create a healthier poker ecology. Prior to the changes, traffic tracking site PokerScout showed Full Tilt's seven-day average at 1,000 players, but …

Two Wisconsin men, Mark Kroon and Steve Verrett, are fighting for poker legalization in their state. In Wisconsin, tribal casinos enjoy exemptions, but it is illegal for residents to play real money poker even in the comforts of their home. Mark Kroon …

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 …

Ludovic Geilich hitting a rich vein of form was one of the highlights of the past week, form that has seen him soar up both the United Kingdom and worldwide online poker rankings. The Glaswegian, famed for his loose-aggressive approach to the game, …