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Hellmuth is currently fifth in chips of six players remaining in the 2014 WSOP Asia Pacific $2,200 AUD six-max no-limit hold'em event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. This is the 'Poker Brat's' 108th cash and 51st final table finish in a …

According to an interview conducted on Swedish Radio News, Skatterverket spokesperson Dag Hardyson stated that the tax organization was actively investigating players by presenting screen names of poker grinders to various known offshore tax havens.

Like many other stops on the “Tour”, the dates and venue have been specifically chosen to coincide with a regional tour – in this case the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) – meaning that there will be in excess of forty poker tournaments played over eleven …

The Season 3 of the HPO schedule features eight stops, including a new one at the Hollywood Casino Toledo from Feb. 5-16. Each stop will include a Main Event as well as qualifiers for the season-ending championship at the M Resort Casino Spa in Las …

When you are short-stacked in a no-limit hold'em tournament — say, down to less than 10 big blinds — your options are necessarily limited. In a lot of cases, you really only have one “move” left that is available to use, and that's an all-in raise or …

Overall, the online regulars are discontented with the addition of the new format claiming that it will kill their games – the classic Sit & Go's – and poker in general as an environment where skill prevails in the long run. For Daniel Negreanu though …

So far this year, the poker pro is down more than $2.4 million. The 10-time bracelet winner is still facing a lawsuit from Atlantic City's Borgata casino over $9.6 million he won there in 2012. The big loser over the past seven days online was SanIker …

Eventually, and as a result of the Crockfords incident going public, Atlantic City's Borgata casino sued Ivey for $9.6 million, saying that the poker pro also edge sorted against them in 2012. In the Borgata case, the casino is trying to recoup the …

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) hasn't decided to monumentally shift their position on online poker legislation. Unfortunately, this was not the messaging received by the poker community following a PokerNews.com article published Thursday morning …

Thumbnail image for al-martinez-sketch.jpg When old men get together over poker and a few beers they no longer talk only about babes and politics. They also talk about their bladders and their prostate glands. On this night they hit three out of four.

The ninth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California Sept. 21 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 15 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold'em $500,000 estimated …

If you're fairly new to poker, there's a good chance you might place too much emphasis on poker tells. Beginning poker players often think that winning poker is about being able to “soul read” your opponent by picking up on small gestures, expressions, …

The Poker Players Alliance will be fighting to stop any legislation to prohibit online gambling from passing in the lame-duck session of Congress, even if it contains a carve out for poker. "I think the way the industry is developing, our best-case …

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 …

(Newser) – A London judge ruled yesterday that a professional poker player used a croupier "as his innocent agent or tool" to cheat a London casino out of $12.4 million, Bloomberg reports. Phil Ivey—described on the World Series of Poker website as …

Charles Coppolani, the president of French gambling regulator ARJEL, has agreed to sit down with a delegation of poker players to discuss the future of the country's online poker industry. The meeting will be held on Oct. 22 and comes as Coppolani's …

London (AFP) – A professional US poker player on Wednesday lost his case against a London casino that accused him of sneaky tactics after he won £7.7 million (9.8 million euros, $12.4 million). Crockfords Casino said the player, Phil Ivey, used a …

A different version of this question was put before a British court after American poker pro Phil Ivey sued a London casino. In 2012, Ivey was accused of cheating at Punto Banco, a form of baccarat, by Crockfords, which withheld Ivey's $12.4 million …