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Graham's lack of email use is surprising since he is one of the lawmakers spearheading Sheldon Adelson-backed efforts to ban online poker nationwide via a proposal to augment some of the language in a 1961 federal bill called the Wire Act. Doing so …

The RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs $675 Main Event proved to be a tremendous success. The 426 entries not only crushed the $100,000 guarantee by creating a prize pool of $251,340, it also became the largest event in the tour's …

Donald McArthur came into Day 2 of Hollywood Poker Open Tunica Regional Main Event as the big chip leader with 370,000, nearly double second-place Mark Kehrees. He put that stack to good use, making short work of his remaining competitors to wrap up …

Toronto, Canada's Xiaohu Chen stormed the Niagara Falls Poker Room this weekend and took down the second event of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge in the early morning hours Sunday. Final Table Results …

Following a very successful stop in Toledo, Ohio, last month, the Hollywood Poker Open was down in Tunica, Mississippi, at the Hollywood Casino & Hotel Tunica for the next HPO Regional Main Event. Following 14 grueling levels on Day 1, just six players …

The decision to abandon its poker platform in New Jersey is likely due to Pala recognizing that its brand is relatively unknown on the east coast. Competing against nationally renowned brands like Caesars' World Series of Poker and 888poker, attracting …

CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) — On Sunday, animal lovers got to put their money where their mouths are, literally. Angels for Animals held a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament at the agency's Andrews Hall. Nearly 100 players were expected to take part in the …

Back in 2013, France's Sylvain Loosli made a big splash in the live poker world thanks to a fourth-place finish in the World Series of Poker Main Event for $2,792,533. Since then, Loosli became a member of Team Winamax together with the likes of Davidi …

It appears that poker players in New Jersey who are eager for a new site to provide more competition in the market will have to keep waiting for PokerStars to finally be let in, as Pala Interactive has decided to put its poker product on the back burner.

While Pala CEO Jim Ryan said that the platform was “by and large ready to go,” he revealed in an interview with CalvinAyre.com's Becky Liggero this week that the company was disinclined to offer poker because it believed PokerStars would soon launch in …

On Saturday, the RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs $675 buy-in Main Event continued with two more starting flights. Day 1b attracted 166 entrants, and after 13 levels of play just 32 remained with RunGood Ambassador Joe Hebda and …

New Jersey's "nigock" was the Garden State's biggest winner over the weekend. His success came in the WSOP.com Sunday $25,000 Guarantee when he outlasted a 217-player field to collect $10,638. "NYR9414" earned $6,222 for his runner-up …

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 …

While we've been paying close attention to the maneuverings of online gambling legalization at the state and federal level a somewhat alarming trend has slipped under the radar: The closure of brick & mortar poker rooms across the United States.

Emergency rules that allow charities to contract with private companies to hold fundraising poker games expire in July. State Senator Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, says bills he and State Representative Tom Barrett, R-Potterville, introduced would make …

This week it was State Representative Nick Miccarelli's turn with HB 695, a reintroduction of an online gambling bill he first floated last year (as HB 2297), that seeks to legalize online poker in Pennsylvania. Get more information on HB 695 and sign …

On Friday, the Niagara Falls Poker Room was buzzing with the start of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge. After close to 13 hours of poker, Grand Island, New york, resident Jerry Calvaneso was crowned champion of the first event on the schedule.

Gaming solutions provider NYX Gaming Group has unveiled a new real-time poker rewards programme for its customers in Italy. The move, which comes shortly after NYX Gaming's acquisition of the Ongame Poker Network, will enable customers in the …