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Last month the list of 10 nominees for the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame was released by the World Series of Poker, and now after the 21 living Hall of Fame members and a 20-member media panel have cast their votes, two finalists have been chosen.

The tenth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 17 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 26 culminating with a $340 no-limit hold'em $100,000 guarantee main event Oct.

The Poker Hall of Fame says it will honor Daniel Negreanu and retired poker executive Jack McClelland next month in Las Vegas. The hall's governing council announced Thursday that the induction will be at Binion's Gambling Hall on Nov. 9. That's a day …

The ongoing battle between French authorities and part of the national gambling industry has a new victim, as PokerStars has decided to cancel the next leg of the French Poker Series (FPS), an event set to kick off in Paris on November 21. The festival …

The Open Face Chinese (OFC) Poker Live World Championship, the first event of its kind in poker tournament history, will be played at Prague in the Czech Republic from December 8 to December 10, 2014. The event will comprise a €1,000 buy-in Main …

The Philadelphia SugarHouse Casino is about to become the premium destination for poker players in the City of Brotherly Love. While many states in the US are focused on bringing poker and other casino games online, brick-and-mortar locations scattered …

Let's Sportify poker. This is the rallying cry of Alex Dreyfus, one of poker's best known entrepreneurs who also happens to be one of the game's biggest cheerleaders. Dreyfus, who first appeared on the poker scene as the owner of Chili Poker, is …

Dan Smith (GPI#1) continues to dominate the GPI World Poker Rankings. Smith is spending his 9th straight week atop the poker rankings. He is currently the only player sitting with more than 4,000 points. The news, however, isn't as good for Daniel …

Although we had to wait a little longer than expected to find the new champion of Barcelona's World Poker Tour National, poker pro and international business student Edu Garcia Freixa finally managed to leave Casino Barcelona with the Main Event's …

The news is good for online high-stakes pro Ola “Odd Oddsen” Amundsgaard, who has been fighting for poker players' rights in Norway for quite some time. Last year, Amundsgaard played a politician in heads-up battle to highlight the fact that poker is a …

The Czech Poker Festival 2014, the 6th edition of the International Poker Championship of the Czech Republic, will take place in the second half of November 2014. The traditional host will be Smíchovské Card Casino Prague and newly opened Kings Casino …

Social gaming company Zynga is taking fan feedback into account and will offer the older version of its popular poker game on mobile. After months of live testing, the new mobile version of Zynga Poker launched in September. But a significant …

The top ten online poker rooms and networks experienced substantial shifting last week, giving the global rankings of PokerScout a completely different look. The biggest mover was Adjarabet, catapulting five notches into fourth place. On the strength …

Poker is on its way to Philadelphia, and SugarHouse Casino General Manager Wendy Hamilton can't contain her excitement. “It's going to be a game changer,” Hamilton told CBS Philly, as the local media came out in droves to film the arrival of 24 poker …

UK poker player Darren Woods, the former 888.com sponsored pro and 2011 WSOP bracelet winner, is currently on trial in Sheffield Crown Court, facing 12 charges of fraud. The charges relate to his online poker activity on multiple accounts between 2007 …

Full Tilt (formerly Full Tilt Poker) was acquired by PokerStars' parent company in 2012 and relaunched with just the three sponsored players, down from dozens and dozens that represented the site when it was under prior ownership. Rational Group, the …

The tenth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 17 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 26 culminating with a $340 no-limit hold'em $100,000 guarantee main event Oct.

Scott Davies (GPI#354) won his first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet after defeating rising UK star Jack Salter (GPI#69) heads-up for the title in the Main Event at WSOP Asia-Pacific, presented at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia …