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Leandro Gaone is not only one of the top members of one of the biggest poker clubs in Belgium, Poker Belgique, but also one of the top poker personalities in the country. He is always busy playing poker and organizing poker events, and PokerNews.fr …

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been home to a number of poker-related courses over the years, and now a handful of lectures from one of them are available to watch for free online as part of the school's OpenCourseWare program.

Online poker ring game players logged on and played at poker sites in greater numbers last week, as the industry experienced its first player traffic increase in more than three months. The rise in cash game player traffic was modest at 1%, but …

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a request by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe to dismiss a lawsuit by Idaho officials seeking to prevent Texas Hold 'Em poker tournaments at the tribe's casino. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also …

It has been estimated that online poker could bring in 5 billion rubles ($146 million) per year to the government. Poker was officially considered a sport in Russia in 2007, protecting its standing. However, the Sports Ministry removed it from the …

Leandro Gaone Explains What Pierre Neuville's Performance at the WSOP Means for Poker in Belgium. Leandro Gaone on Pierre Neuville: "He really treats poker as a sport." Leandro Gaone Announces the Belgium Poker Masters. The event starts on Aug.

“He was kind of a celebrity, I guess,” poker writer Anthony Charter told CBC News. “All across Canada, in every poker room, there was someone in there who knew who he was…He was fun and hard to play against. You never really knew what he was doing.

Online ring game poker traffic declined by 17.0 percent when compared to last year. Can promotions and novelties help traffic in the short and long term? While PokerStars continues to decline in ring game traffic, they still represent almost half of …

When Poker Central first announced the Super High Roller Bowl earlier this year, there were doubts whether they would be able to meet the lofty expectations for the event. By the time that registration was completed on Day 1, 43 players had registered …

Viewing online poker play has evolved almost as much as the actual game over the past decade. Although the fervent ALL-IN, CALL, and BOOM chatbox one-liners are still prevalent within an online poker room's software, railbirds are becoming much more …

The LAPT Peru series played out this week, where Chile's Claudio Moya won the Main Event and Scott Davies of the U.S. captured the High Roller. The Latin American Poker Tour Peru Main Event wrapped up late Tuesday at the Atlantic City casino in Lima, …

A total of 6,420 players entered the 2015 World Series of Poker main event, each receiving 30,000 in chips for their $10,000 entry fee. With his stack, McKeehen currently sits with 32.76 percent of the chips in play, which is even more than the monster …

Poker players in New Jersey turned out in big numbers this weekend, with just about every major tournament with at least a $10,000 prize pool shattering its advertised guarantee for the first time in recent memory. Chances are it was because many …

The LAPT has announced a collaboration w/ BSOP Millions festival for the much anticipated Season 8 Grand Final. The LAPT is headed to Brazil for their Season 8 finale to join forces with the Brazil Series of Poker (BSOP). From November 25 through …

"If you've played poker in any main event in Canada, Overdijk may have been at your table," he wrote. "From Halifax, N.S., to Richmond, B.C., the 54-year-old Overdijk travelled coast to coast playing Canada's biggest tournaments." When reached by phone …

I never personally worked for Bluff Media, but I did get one of my first paid poker gigs from a licensee of the Bluff brand known as Bluff Europe. It wasn't until very recently that I was even made aware that the two companies weren't the same. Up …

The return of legislated online poker in Russia could fund the Russian National Chess team according to various reports. Russian business mogul Vasily Anisimov, who leads an association of State Lotteries in his home country, hopes that proposed …

I'm a small-stakes tournament grinder who came to Las Vegas this year with the intention of playing $400 tournaments at Planet Hollywood all summer. For some odd reason, my friends talked me into selling action and playing the World Series of Poker …