Poker News

The World Series of Poker Circuit, which is in its 11th season, visited the Horseshoe Baltimore for the very first time this week. The 12-ring stop got off to a hot start as Event #2 $365 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry became the largest poker event in …

Card players took home more than $600 during a poker event at Main Street Bar and Grill in Plattsmouth March 1. Big O Poker league hosted the event sponsored by Wickwire Painting. The event drew more than 65 participants from Plattsmouth and the …

In late January, UK & Ireland PokerNews informed you of the new “Babelfish” technology that the MPN believes will revolutionise online poker. Head of Poker for Microgaming, Alex Scott, said in a press release at the time that “a well-known major …

In the United States, there are three states where online poker rooms are licensed to operate: New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada. Delaware and Nevada will soon be sharing player pools — perhaps as soon as March — which should help traffic for players …

SwCPoker, the successor to the world's largest and most used Bitcoin poker network, has relaunched less than three weeks after its predecessor was forced offline by the Nevada Gaming Commission. Seals with Clubs (SWC) unexpectedly went dark on …

Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), 3rd District, seeks to ban states from authorizing online poker. If RAWA were to become law, Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware — the three states that have legalized iGaming — would be forced to give up on their current iGaming …

The European Poker Tour heads to Malta later this month for a first-ever visit to the island country, then next month will conclude another season in Monaco with the Grand Final. If you recall, last year's Grand Final was punctuated by a marathon final …

Niagara Falls may have made headlines last week after extremely low temperatures caused it to freeze, but beginning this Friday, March 6, the place will be heating with great poker action as the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge kicks off at Seneca …

I'm not quite sure anyone truly knew what to expect heading into the 2015 American Poker Conference and American Poker Awards at the end of last week, but the turnout from start to finish was overwhelmingly positive. From the volume of people in …

While Twitch's Poker Partnership Lead Scott Ball was busy in Beverly Hills attending the 2015 American Poker Conference (APC) and accepting an award at the inaugural American Poker Awards (APA) for Poker Innovation of the Year, The Wall Street …

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 …

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 2 – 8.

Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has announced the launch of a new poker venture named Blast Longer, an online and mobile optimized app that aims to be poker's new one stop shop for all last-longer bets.

I'm currently reading Colson Whitehead's book, The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death, published last year. The premise is that a website (Grantland) has offered to stake him into the World Series of Poker Main Event in exchange for a lengthy …

The Sky Poker UK poker Championship Main Event trophy is heading back to Sheffield, just as id did in 2014 when Alex Spencer won it, because in the early hours of Monday 2nd March, Fraser Bellamy emerged victorious in the £1 million guaranteed event.

On Friday night, the first-ever American Poker Awards took place at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills. The event, the brainchild of Global Poker Index CEO Alex Dreyfus, attracted a who's who of poker stars, from players to industry heavyweights. After a …

I was recently playing in a game that was pretty crazy. It was often four or more ways to the flop for a raise and sometimes it was that many for a reraise as well. Pots were big and the players weren't really trying that hard to win them. Instead …

The poker industry had its opportunity to shine this past Friday night at the American Poker Awards in Beverly Hills, CA. The APA was organized by Alex Dreyfus, Global Poker Index CEO. He is currently on a mission to sportify the game of poker and the …