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Last Friday, Alex Jacob, a poker pro with $2,603,701 in career tournament winnings, was a contestant on the long-running television game show Jeopardy! Jacob emerged as that episode's victor, winning $23,200. On Monday and Tuesday, Jacob …

(PRESS RELEASE) — BurnTurn Poker, a poker destination for international players, announced today that it will launch its Bitcoin-Only Online Poker Room on April 17th, 2015. While this is a beta launch for BurnTurn, a full array of poker games will be …

Last weekend, the UK Student Poker Championships (UKSPC) took place in Coventry, with a £30 Main Event attracting a massive field of 801 entrants, smashing the previous record and creating a prize pool of over £24,000. Coming into the final table, it …

For poker players winning a World Series of Poker title before their 22nd birthday has produced five millionaires and helped create a generation of stars. The way the poker boom developed with online poker, the mid-2000s brought us bracelet winners …

For the first time ever the Card Player Poker Tour will make a stop at Casino Royale in Maho Bay, St. Maarten in conjunction with Card Player Cruises for a 22-tournament series set amid the backdrop of the breathtaking Caribbean. The series will begin …

Former poker pro Alex Jacob is having a great run on the TV show Jeopardy this week. He has won nearly $50,000 in his back-to-back wins, the second of which was dominating. Jacob, now a currency trader in Chicago, has $2.6 million in career poker …

“With three states already successfully regulating Internet poker, Pennsylvania lawmakers are recognizing the societal and economic benefits of regulation over prohibition,” the Poker Players Alliance's John Pappas said in a statement this week. “By …

For those who keep a watchful eye on the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Jacob will be a familiar sight, as he was able to make it deep in a number of events back in 2006 and 2007. However, after amassing a poker fortune worth more than $2.5 million …

The Central Oregon bar owner and mother of two has been playing poker for over a decade but rarely gets the chance to play tournaments these days because the nearest spots are over two hours away, so she mostly sticks to pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better …

Women in poker has been a topic bantered about for decades. Can they compete with the men? Time has shown that they clearly can. Are they better at the game than men? Some would say so. Whatever the debate, one thing everyone seems to agree on is …

(PRESS RELEASE) — Dover Downs Hotel & Casino is pleased to announce that the Masters Poker Series will take place on April 29th through May 3rd. Professional players including Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier, Lon McEachern and Kenna James will also be …

Mike Gorodinsky is only 29 years of age, but he already has a World Series of Poker bracelet and plays in some of the biggest mixed games in the world. Like many in the poker community, he started playing poker seriously after seeing Chris Moneymaker …

The international 24/7 poker television channel will be launched in 2015 and will be made available to players all over the world right from the first day. This gives poker enthusiasts worldwide the opportunity to view a variety of TV poker shows all …

Many players struggle with frustration in very loose games. The frustration runs so deeply that a number of people are convinced that it's nearly impossible to create a long-term edge in games like these. The thinking goes like this. If players are …

According to the New York Daily News, retired NYPD sergeant Ralph Mastrantonio was convicted Thursday of operating an illegal, underground poker game in Staten Island. He faces up to five years in prison for the poker room dubbed “5th Street”.

Looking over it this week as I sat down to write, I noticed that a bunch of them would merit a paragraph or two, but not a whole article. So I'm decluttering my list by assembling several miscellaneous tips to make your poker-playing more courteous and …

Who is Alex Jacob? In addition to being a poker pro with $2,603,701 in career tournament winnings, he's also the reigning champ on the long-running television game show Jeopardy! On Friday, April 10, Jacob, who was listed as a currency trader from …

The 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner appeared in commercial for the Chrysler 300. It was titled “The Kings & Queens of America” and tries hard to convince viewers that the American dream is still around—and buying a new Chrysler is part …