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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Atlantic City' Trump Taj Mahal casino is closing its money-losing poker room for a makeover and plans to re-open it by summer. Trump Entertainment Resorts CEO Robert Griffin said the room has become unprofitable for the …

Created with the aim of becoming the Nordic's greatest poker festival, the first-ever Kings of Tallinn Poker Festival will take place at the Olimpic Casino Olympia in Tallinn, Estonia, from Feb. 16-22. Built around a 20-event calendar, the festival …

Marcel Luske is stepping away from the poker table to tackle a bet he deems more favorable in that of security and fraud prevention. The former PokerStars pro announced this week his new company Fortified-ID Holdings has developed the world's first and …

Tilt Events (not connected in any way to Amaya Gaming's Full Tilt) organizes poker events in Italy, and bringing the lively and energetic Scott on board will give added credibility to the group, as the country continues to experience substantial gaming …

This week in Inside Gaming we return to the Boardwalk in Atlantic City where a second attempt to sell the closed Revel Atlantic City casino has failed and the famed Trump Taj Mahal poker room is about to deal its last hands.

The ongoing saga of the Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy has claimed another casualty. Effective Sunday, February 15 at 11:59 pm, the poker room at the Trump Taj will shut down, closing one of the more iconic American poker rooms. Allen Kessler shared a …

Poker players, novice or pros, are invited to take part in the Tama-Toledo Eagles Hold 'Em Poker?Tournament this Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Eagles Club, 112 E. 3rd St., Tama. Sign up starts at 1 p.m. and poker action begins at 2 p.m.. Co-chair Bruce Taylor …

Earlier this month, Caesars Entertainment released the official schedule of events for the 2015 World Series of Poker, which will feature 68 bracelet events beginning on May 27. In addition, officials made several changes from past years. First, they …

The Global Poker Masters (GPM) is a new, TV-friendly poker event that will be pitting some of the world's best poker players against each other when it runs in March of this year. It is being organised and run by Alexandre Dreyfus and the Global Poker …

Martin Jacobson won the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event, making him the first Swedish player ever to accomplish the feat. With the biggest win in tournament poker in his pocket, that made Jacobson the obvious choice for Swedish Player of the Year.

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Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

Considered one of Italy's most talented poker players, Sergio Castelluccio has fallen just short of earning one of the huge scores that changes the life of every player. First, in 2012, Castelluccio almost left Monte Carlo with the European Poker Tour …

Ervin Bjerga won the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Running Aces Harness Park after beating a field of 354 runners and collected a prize of $91,941 for it. This marked the end of the second stop of the tour's sixth season. The tour will now visit …

Case in point: the unusual case of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview Poker Classic in Niagara Falls, Canada. It is a fairly short tournament series, consisting of just three events – a $1,100 event, a $2,500 event, and the $5,000 Main Event – over …

The Lucky Hearts Poker Open drew a field of 1,027 entries, beating the $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool asthe money was reached when 100 players remained. Some of the noted players collecting cash included previous WPT winners Jared Jaffee (10th), …

Greece's finance minister — and unlikely new sex symbol — Yanis Varoufakis looks every inch the professional poker player with his untucked shirts, sharp suits and sharper cheekbones. But as he sits down with the eurogroup finance ministers this week …