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Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a hand from the high-stakes, big buy-in poker world, break it down and …

Hollywood Park For the first time ever, the Card Player Poker Tour will make a stop at Hollywood Park Casino near Los Angeles International Airport. The casino is under new management and has undergone significant upgrades and improvements. What will …

For tournament players there is a useful idea worth knowing about that is often referred to as the “ten-to-one rule.” I'm not sure exactly where the idea originated, but I first learned of its existence through the Harrington On Hold'em book series by …

PANAMA CITY BEACH– The Thunder Angels are hosting their 9th annnual Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Poker Run this Saturday, October 18th, and Paris joined them live on Thursday to find out all the details. The Tickled Pink Breast Cancer …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission started legal action against Sweden on Thursday for failing to change its rules on online betting and poker games which it said breach EU law on the free movement of services. The European Union's …

Amit Makhija As the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino Main Event heads to its final day, Amit Makhija headlines a talent-filled final table that includes 2012 WPT Legends of Poker Main Event Champion Josh Hale. Makhija has just shy of $2.9 million …

George Danzer had an amazing 2014 World Series of Poker. The German member of Team PokerStars Pro cashed in 10 WSOP events, made five final tables, earned $867,649, and won three gold bracelets. The road was long, the days were filled with …

SHOUT OUT: Tickets are going fast for a pair of major events — one a poker tourney this Friday and another a beefsteak dinner next month featuring current and former New York Giants — to benefit the family of little Lily LaRue Anderson, who has an …

The Cercle Cadet poker club in Paris, formerly the Concorde Club, was raided by the French National Judicial Police this week. Fourteen people were taken into custody in the wee hours of Tuesday, including Cercle Cadet's president, Serge Kasparian, and …

Poker pro Phil Hellmuth, one of the few players able to garner consistent mainstream exposure, has been offered a chance to appear on ABC's “Wife Swap.” However, it doesn't look like it will be happening for poker's most successful player ever at the WSOP.

Before we get into the reasons why poker players are pretty healthy compared to other casino patrons, it is worth noting that the study found that roughly 60 percent of those who said poker was their preferred casino game are male, while 40 percent are …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Oct. 14, 2014 /Nassau News Live/ — The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year competition kicked off its second year starting with the CoCo Poker Open taking place on September 25 – October 6, 2014 at Seminole Casino …

The 31-year-old won £115,083 by clinching the PokerStars UK and Ireland London title at one of the country's biggest poker events, with 1,089 players taking part. It's the biggest win to date for Brett, of Marske, who first caught the poker bug in his …

Phil Ivey, the famous professional poker player, has lost his case against London's Crockford's Casino, which accused him of cheating in order to win millions of dollars. The winner of ten World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelets, Ivey had moved …

PPA Says Online Poker Needs Casino Style Games To Survive During the upcoming lame duck session taking place between November 9th and 26th, Congress is expected to debate the 'Restoration of America´s Wire Act' (RAWA) which if eventually passed …

Genting Malaysia Bhd says its former indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Fox Poker Club Ltd, has been officially struck off the register of U.K. companies. The privately held firm ceased operations on December 10, 2012, said Genting Malaysia in an …

Osmin “Oddie” Dardon will return on day 2 of the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event with a commanding chip lead over the rest of the field. Dardon amassed a massive stack of 520,000 by the time the tournament clock ran out on day 1c and …

Cash game player traffic in the online poker industry was up last week, but the amount was negligible. PokerScout reported a gain of "less than half a percent." Any gain is better than a loss. However, the miniscule progression forward is likely …