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The World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic played out at the Bellagio in Las Vegas over the past six days, and a winner has finally been determined. The event attracted 586 entrants, up considerably from the 449 the year before, and created …

The Bellagio in Las Vegas was a busy place on Saturday as two premiere poker events were playing down to winners. The first was the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic, and the other was the WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas, a $100,000 buy-in …

Cates actually sits atop the 2014 leaderboard with over $2.8 million in winnings on Full Tilt Poker; however, that doesn't take into account the $631,288 he's won on PokerStars under the “w00ki3z.” moniker. That puts him up over $3.4 million this year …

Stephen Graner started the final table of the European Poker Tour Prague Main Event with a sizable chip lead and never looked back as the 26 year old American cruised to his first EPT title and biggest score of his career. “I planned and prepared for …

New Jersey's first year of online poker has been quite a roller coaster ride, and bank processing issues for players have continued to be problematic, to say the least. With banks afraid another reinterpretation of the 1961 Wire Act by the Department …

National Spelling Champ Pratyush Buddiga Wins $3.2m Playing Poker In 2002, Pratyush Buddiga won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition aged 13, and in 2011 at the age of 22 had graduated with a bachelor's degree from Duke University.

Poker Player, on the other hand, was an early developing juvenile who won the Grade III $150,000 Bourbon Stakes en route to an eighth-place finish in the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf in 2013. This year, the son of the late Harlan's Holiday has …

MISSISSAUGA – Mississauga resident Shane Smith shouldn't have any trouble covering his holiday tab this year after winning $100,000 in the nightly Poker Lotto draw. The 30-year-old truck driver purchased the winning ticket at West Park Kitchen Food …

Preflop, final table, three handed, with the blinds at 800,000 and 1,600,000 and a 200,000 ante, van Hoof raised to 3,600,000 from the button, Jacobson reraised to 9,200,000 from the small blind, van Hoof went all-in, and Jacobson called.

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 …

New England poker pro Bernard Lee on Dec. 18 donated holiday packages to more than 75 children in the Lawrence, Mass. area as part of The Full House Charity Program, which provides a minimum of $10,000 annually to organizations across New …

Skrill was recently approved as a digital wallet provider for the New Jersey online poker and gambling market, so we asked Hall about his views on some of the issues that have hindered growth and revenues in the Garden State, as well as his overall …

To qualify all you have to do is tweet me @moorman1 a picture of yourself with a copy of my book, Moorman's Book of Poker, in the funniest/craziest place you can think of (e.g. underwater, sky diving, anything crazy or interesting go for it!) along …

Poker pro Phil Ivey had a solid week, winning more than $200,000. Ivey did some serious grinding at $2,000-$4,000 limit Omaha eight-or-better and $1,000-$2,000 deuce-to-seven triple draw. Ivey is still down more than $2 million on 2014 as the year …

Aside from the fact that major players in California's gaming industry don't support the newest online poker bill to hit the Golden State due to the “bad actor” issue, there has been some serious concern about how the bill requires in-person …

The first-ever European Poker Tour (EPT) in Malta boasts an impressive 67-tournament schedule and promises to keep everyone entertained with plenty of special events and cash games available non-stop during the festival. Running March 18-28, 2015, …

“The World Poker Tour has worked hard to expand its footprint throughout Asian territories over the last few years with much success,” said WPT President Adam Pliska. “A big part of this success was based on our strong working partnership with Ourgame, …

PokerStars and their California allies will meet with Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) to talk about his online poker bill (AB 9) and their respective visions for Internet poker in the state. Gatto's bill is similar to a proposed plan for online …