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RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs continued on Saturday with the second and third Day 1 flights at the Horseshoe, which drew 125 and 78 runners, respectively, pushing the total to 283 after registration ended. Day 1b chip leader Shawn Meyer finished …

He was one of the strongest players in the early days of online poker and played poker for a living for roughly 15 years. He was known for having a hyper-aggressive playing style and relying heavily on instinct. He also would not shy away from speaking …

Italian online poker figures have been hard to come by in recent years. The national regulatory body (AAMS) had stopped releasing statistics for two years, with numbers only now available on a section of the AAMS website that is only accessible by …

We, the Helderberg American Legion Riders Post 977 of Altamont, are holding our Third Annual Poker Run to raise money for area organizations that support our veterans in need. We invite all motorcycle enthusiasts to join us this Saturday, Aug. 29, for …

While the EPT Barcelona rolls on and the WPT Legends of Poker gets set to kick off, another, smaller tournament series is going on here in Montreal, or rather just outside of Montreal at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake. Montreal, with its low …

Mark Kroon, a professional poker player from Wisconsin, is one of the several poker players who are lobbying for poker legalization. He had tried to convince the law that poker is a skill-based game, just like pool or darts, but a judge ruled that …

As is the case in many states in the US, with online poker in New York it depends who you ask. New York law states basically that games of chance are illegal. Traditionally, New York has held online poker to be in this category. Others would disagree …

The World Series of Poker Circuit's international schedule has expanded. From October 29 – November 9, the WSOP Circuit will stop at the King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for thirteen ring events. Conveniently scheduled to take place right …

Today I want to explore the idea of semibluffing. I would define semibluffing as betting when you think your hand is weaker than the average holding your opponent may have in a situation. When you are semibluffing, you are relying on the “two ways to …

FriendShip Food Stores teams with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) for the sixth annual poker run on Saturday, August 29, at Margaritaville in Sandusky, OH. Automobiles and motorcycle enthusiasts are encouraged to enjoy the great ride to …

Tour-sponsored pro Ryan Tepen bagged the biggest stack with 176,500. Tepen has accumulated more than $688,000 in cashes over a live poker career stretching back to 2008. His home tour has been kind to him as he finished 10th at a different RunGood …

Online poker sites still accepting US players for real money are thin on the ground. The good news is that some of the best US poker sites continue to operate, and while some sites do not accept United States online poker players, by using an …

TOLEDO – It's 2 p.m. on a Wednesday, I have about $575 of fake poker chips staring at me, and I'm looking at a queen-nine offsuit. I go all in — only to be called by four other players, all representing media outlets in Northwest Ohio and Southeast …

Former NFL player and Edison High School alumnus Ickey Woods will be in Fresno next week to promote his upcoming celebrity poker tournament at Club One Casino on Oct. 10. Woods is expected to visit with patients and staff at Valley Children's Hospital …

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 …

Poker rooms across the state of Nevada collected $11,458,000 in rake in July, which was a 0.59-percent uptick year-over-year, according to figures released late this week by Silver State gaming regulators. There were 68 poker rooms with a combined 743 …

Brazilian online poker players can probably relax if they were worried about the possibility of facing punishment for playing Internet poker while out in public. Despite a rash of stories earlier in the month about a change to Brazilian law, it seems …

Over the past four weeks on PokerStars, online poker pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has turned in one of his best upswings in his career. The Swede is up more than $2.2 million, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Blom was actually a slight loser …