SAN ANTONIO — Poker is a much cleaner game than it was 30 years ago, but that's not to say it's completely void of cheating. Instead of focusing on mechanical devices that hide cards up the sleeves, or strategically placed mirrors that allow a …
In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from October …
Poker star Phil Ivey says he didn't cheat when he won nearly $22 million playing baccarat at casinos in New Jersey and London. Ivey told "60 Minutes Sports" for an interview to be broadcast Tuesday that there's a difference between increasing one's …
Although the Italian online poker industry is struggling to find a way out of the downward spiral it has battled for years, PokerStars continues to increase its market share in the country. According to Agimeg, during the month of August PokerStars …
We are down to 10 players at the Heartland Poker Tour event at the Club One Casino in Fresno, California and sibling rivalry is about to heat up as Aaron Massey (GPI#95), currently ranked inside the Top 100 on the GPI World Poker Rankings, and brother …
Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta fought hard to beat Israel's Radoslaw Jedynak for his second successive victory in to be tied for a five-way lead in the Poker Masters Isle of Man International chess tournament now in progress at the Isle of Man. On what …
The first ever World Poker Tour stop in the Netherlands reached its conclusion late on Sunday as Niels van Leeuwen came out on top of the WPT National Valkenburg Main Event. Van Leeuwen took home €40,000 after beating some very tough competition at …
The first ever World Poker Tour event in the Netherlands got down to 48 players after 14 levels on Day 1a with Tim Verheyen leading the way with 395,000 in chips. Holland Casino Valkenburg is host to this WPT National event, and the first day of poker …
Preflop, with the blinds at 1,000 and 2,000 and a 300 ante, Player A raised to 4,200 from under the gun, Papola called in the small blind, Karim reraised to 16,800 from the big blind, Player A folded, and Papola called. On the flop Papola checked and …
As expected, the Cannes stage of the France Poker Series (FPS) kicked off last Thursday afternoon. They were 198 poker lovers who met in the poker room of Royal Pullman Casino for the first day flight of the FPS Sunfest Cannes Main Event. The battle …
Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta got off to a good start, crushing Kolbus Dietmar of Germany in the first round of Poker Masters Isle of Man International chess tournament here. Seeded 10th in a very strong line-up that …
The final table of the first event of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific was an all-Australian affair. The $1,100 AUD buy-in no-limit hold'em accumulator drew a field of 661 entries with players turning out from around the world. In the end …
“An individual who plays poker regularly and who devotes enough time and efforts to the game to make it a profession should declare his winnings as if they were any other form of professional income,” explained an official. However, this also means …
Seventeen players are still in the hunt for the first World Poker Tour title to be awarded in the Netherlands after the second day of play, including the legendary Marcel Luske, Joep van den Bijgaart, Pim van Wieringen, and Thomas Brader. When the dust …
The leader in the Delaware online poker marketplace is still Delaware Park, which brought in about 61 percent of all poker revenue. Dover Downs and Harrington were far behind, each bringing in less than $10,000 for the month. However, all three racinos …
The Knights of Columbus Council 14406 will have a poker night at 6 p.m. Saturday at Church of the Assumption, 9183 Broadview Road. We're talking Let It Ride, blackjack and Texas hold 'em. Buy-in is $50 with one $25 re-buy and a $25 add-on. Proceeds …
You are at the final table of a mid-stakes regional poker tournament. There are eight players remaining and you are sitting with 614,000 at blinds of 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante. There are two players with over 1 million in chips, but everyone else …
According to HighstakesDB, Antonius dropped nearly $500,000 over the course of the week, which might sound like a ton of money, but it's really just a bump in the road for the poker legend. He's up roughly $1.75 million this year still. He rarely goes …