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While Simon may have been best known for his work as the writer, director and executive producer of The Simpsons, for which he won seven Emmys, he was also longtime poker player, amassing $356,600 in live tournament winnings since 1995, according …

When the Paradise Cafe was raided by the Warren Police Department late last year, authorities seized more than $36,000, four electronic gambling machines, two poker tables, eight $1,000 poker chips from MGM Grand casino, seven televisions, three …

Over the years Simon quietly amassed quite the list of poker accomplishments. He won three no-limit hold'em tournaments, totaling more than $100,000. Combined with a deep run in the 2011 World Series of Poker main event, Simon collected $344,000 in …

The Latin American Poker Tour Chile Main Event concluded Tuesday at the Enjoy Viña del Mar Casino, and the scene was a familiar one. That's because Oscar Alache of Chile, winner of the LAPT Peru Grand Final last October, was the winner once again.

The UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Season 5 will include five stops between the UK, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Spain during 2015, PokerStars announced on Monday. The newly-released UKIPT Season 5 official schedule features events in …

The Seventh Annual Chicago Poker Classic (CPC), which consists of 10 official events, kicked off late last week at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Event #1: $360 No-Limit Hold'em featured six starting flights and attracted 2,296 entrants …

Mike Sexton, voice of the World Poker Tour, took to his blog last week to criticize the World Series of Poker for some of the things that he thinks poker's richest and most popular annual tournament series does wrong. Sexton won his bracelet in 1989 …

After the list of the nominees for the European Poker Awards (EPA) became public, a big part of the poker crowd could not help not to notice that this year's edition of the EPA is not going to include any online poker-related award. Built around 13 …

On Monday, Event 5: $50 No-Limit Hold'em kicked off at the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge. The Niagara Falls Poker Room was abuzz all day long as two starting flights played out and a combined field of 249 entries was generated. After Day 1a …

On Friday, Feb. 27, the inaugural American Poker Awards took place at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills. The event was the brainchild of Global Poker Index CEO Alex Dreyfus, and it was comprised of a conference and night of festivities, and the entire …

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — A 22-year-old man visiting from Houston is now behind bars, accused of robbing a Marysville bank a day after losing everything he had playing poker at a nearby casino. The robbery occurred at the Homestreet Bank at 1238 State …

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. —A woman is accused of stabbing her husband with a fire poker during an argument Sunday night. Richland County Sheriff's deputies were called to the house on Heyward Brockington Road at about 9:45 p.m. Sunday for a …

Rick Snyder's administration says charity poker rooms have run amok and need tighter oversight. Both sides are awaiting a ruling from the Court of Appeals. The gambling board has said it has no intention of shutting down licensing when the emergency …

“The event will have a similar setup to the American Poker Awards,” explained Dreyfus. “But this will be the first time the European Poker Awards has been held outside France and hopefully going to Malta while its inaugural EPT event is taking place …

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 March 9th …

Yet it is still a step forward in the process of what I'd call a high-stakes poker game between a team that is viewed by many as one of the best in the NFL in using negotiating leverage to its advantage and a player who has been known to do the same in …

The second stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at the Wynn in Las Vegas Feb. 25 and will host a series of 14 tournaments through Mar. 15 culminating with a $2,100 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee main event Mar. 15-18. Here …

It's again time for some great poker in Spain, as the sixth season of the Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) is set to begin on Monday, March 9, at the Casino Gran Madrid in the country's capital city. With a calendar that includes a good number of side …