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Of course, it got me thinking about Norman and poker. To introduce my topic, I will describe two different no-limit hold'em hands that arrive at the same situation. A player is in the big blind. Three players limp, the small blind folds, and he checks …

Poker Pro Polias Awarded $340k After False Theft Claims Before you accuse someone of stealing your money, first make sure you have explored all other options, including the possibility the dough may be stuffed inside a soft toy in your shared hotel room.

After a long, grueling day, and with the casino getting ready to close, Ruben Visser beat 2011 Master Classics of Poker Main Event winner David Boyaciyan to prevent the latter from becoming the first two-time champion in the event's history. With just …

While many poker players in the U.S. are spending today recovering from a Thanksgiving holiday that featured too much delicious food and a full day of NFL football, Black Friday sales have begun. As many are aware, Black Friday has two meanings for U.S …

Recently there has been a lot of talk about bringing recreational players back into the mix, and this has led to the implementation of policies that will cut into the margins (some of them already very thin) of the online grinders. For an online poker …

Gaming revenue generated by the US state of Nevada fell for the third consecutive month in October to $913.2m, with the state's regulated real-money online poker market contributing its lowest ever monthly total. Nevada's the three licensed online …

Jacobson, a culinary school graduate, had gotten “fairly close” to leaving poker behind to open up a restaurant serving healthy fast food. He ultimately decided to shelve plans to trade cards for calories, a stellar choice after what transpired at the …

Martin Jacobson, the professional poker player who won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 Main Event, recently shared the secrets of his poker success with Card Player. Even before he won the WSOP 2014 Main Event, Jacobson was one of the best …

Gus Hansen reemerged on the Full Tilt software after being inactive on the site since September and lost $132,000 over the last four days, according to data from HighstakesDB. Hansen, and others, were involved in some big action at deuce-to-seven …

PokerNews.com offers seven interesting strategies to learn poker, a game that is easy to learn, but very difficult to master. First, players need to invest some time everyday just to think about their game. They should mentally assess their progress …

The penultimate day of the 2014 Master Classics of Poker €4,250 Main Event saw 36 players return to the tables in Amsterdam's Holland Casino with Clyde Tjauw Foe in the lead, slightly ahead of David Yan. When the dust had settled after a furious day of …

Gary and Mary West's Poker Player continued on the comeback trail with another solid work on Wednesday morning at Fair Grounds Race Course, negotiating five panels in 1:02.60 for trainer Wayne Catalano. The move was the eighth in as many weeks of …

David Rebuck, the Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said his state's players should not expect to have competition from other states in the near-future. While Nevada and Delaware have an interstate poker compact, New Jersey has …

When you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana – you go to Poker Night, where you play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about their time on the job – their successes and failures. When new Detective Stan Jeter leaves …

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 …

On Wednesday, a total of 158 players returned to the tables of Holland Casino in Amsterdam for Day 2 of the 2014 Master Classics of Poker €4,250 Main Event. Registration was still open until the first card was dealt at 14:00 CET, which allowed six late …

Matas Cimbolas came into the final table as the chip leader, but it looked like he was going to have settle for second place. At one point during heads-up play, he was more than 5-1 down in chips, and it looked as thought the 2014 partypoker World …

There's no doubt that online poker isn't what it used to be. Pretty much anyone who was around in the mid-2000s speaks wistfully about those days and how easy it was to find soft games back then. Now, the majority of players even at the low-stakes …