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Fresh of a successful stop in Tulsa, Okla., the RunGoodGear.com Poker Series is gearing up for its final stop of 2014. The tour heads back to Downstream Casino, located right outside of Joplin, Missouri, where it will again offer its signature player …

Lock Poker's cash game traffic rose 14 percent over the past month, according to industry observer PokerScout.com, despite warnings that the increasingly mistrusted site should be avoided. While the regulated American markets seem to be slowly …

Online poker in California is being hailed as the next big development in the iGaming world, but could the state's hardball tactics hamper its chances of success? Over the past five years, California legislators have been working on an online poker …

An Idaho Coeur d'Alene tribal casino must cease and desist from offering poker, as Texas Hold'em poker tournaments are against the law in Idaho, a federal judge ruled this week. In a case that could have ramifications for the California-based Santa …

There is a long history of the law cracking down on illegal poker games in New York City. Last year, the FBI Eurasian Organized Crime Squad cracked down on an illegal gambling ring connected to Russian organized crime, which resulted in charges against …

Underground poker games have long been a popular subject for the depiction of the popular card game in movies and television shows. In the past, such as in movies like Rounders, these have typically been fictional and sensationalized accounts. Now, two …

There used to be a time when poker and sports were two completely separate worlds that would rarely happen to touch each other. Then, as the game evolved and the mental efforts needed to succeed increased, players realized that if a healthy body is the …

There used to be a time when poker and sports were two completely separate worlds that would rarely happen to touch each other. Then, as the game evolved and the mental efforts needed to succeed increased, players realized that if a healthy body is the …

Betfair currently runs a modestly successful online casino, though their poker room has struggled to generate even a small amount of revenue. Betfair had received permission to host their servers at the Taj Mahal, making them a likely home for the …

Three times each year (April, July and November) the Wildhorse Resort and Casino near Pendleton, Ore., closes its four-table poker room and fills its bingo hall (and sometimes one of its big meeting rooms) with a sea of poker tables. Here are the …

KANSAS STAR CASINO: The poker room leads things off with a $10K first-place guarantee on Sept. 1. It sports a $350 buy-in with a 100-player capacity plus alternates. Make sure you get there early. HARD ROCK CASINO: Starting a couple of days later, …

Though still relatively rare, the number of married couples who play poker professionally seems to be on the rise. Not surprising, because as numbers for women who play the game continue to grow, it would make sense that couples in love would share a …

Although no details have yet emerged to indicate how seriously New Jersey is considering an interstate poker compact with Nevada, any collaboration would not be the first of its kind as the two states already have an agreement in place allowing them to …

I've spent 10 years studying how to overcome mistakes, and in the process I've developed robust methods to help people elevate their poker skills. One of the first things I teach my long-term students is a simple but powerful fact: Every good decision …

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 …

Online poker has been technically illegal in Russia since the Sports Ministry removed poker from the national sports registry in June 2009. By default poker was classified as a form of gambling, and over the next five years the Russian authorities …

The problem resides in the fact that poker players are being judged on a set of standards set prior to the Poker Boom. Poker's landscape has changed dramatically in the last decade and tournament poker is the driving force in the poker economy. Much of …

So the WSOP recently released it's ten nominees for induction into the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame. The process for this appears to be a combination of a fan vote, with some additions where necessary. For example, Bob Hooks is on the list and I can't …