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The Amateur Poker Association and Tour's annual World Championship of Amateur Poker will return for a seventh year this April as 16 bracelet event festival descends on Aspers Casino in Stratford. With the 2014 WCOAP being held in partnership with …

A letter to support a ban on online poker being pushed by attorney generals from three states at the behest of Las Vegas Sands chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson already has 10 signatures, and the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is making an aggressive …

Preflop, final table, seven handed, with the blinds at 30,000 and 60,000 and a 5,000 ante, Daniel Gamez raised to 130,000 from late position, Srinivasan called in the small blind, and Baron called in the big blind. On the flop Srinivasan checked, Baron …

Christian Lusardi, 42, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, flushed $2.7 million worth of counterfeit poker chips down the toilet in a room at Harrah's Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey state police said. He was arrested over the weekend …

Headlining the day was the exciting conclusion to the six-max event. After a total of 373 entries, the field was whittled down to the final 43 on Day 1. Many notables returned to the felt for the second day, but it was ultimately Matt Affleck who was …

"We are very pleased that the New Jersey State Police Casino Gaming Bureau has apprehended a suspect in connection with the counterfeit chip activity that compromised Event 1 of the Borgata Poker Open," Borgata senior vice president Joe Lupo told the …

A Birmingham poker ace, who ranks royal love rat James Hewitt and Sir Mark Thatcher among friends, has vanished from his luxury Costa del Sol home amid a major cash probe. Broker “Sir” Nigel Goldman – he boasts of paying for the peerage – is being …

Wow, it's been a while since I've written a Poker Player Tweets of the Week column! My last piece came on Dec. 13, or a whopping six weeks ago. Where have I been? Or a better question: Does anyone care? I'll preserve the multitude of excuses I could …

Aaron Tatkowski, Jr., 15, of Toledo screws studs into his motorcycle before he and his father, Aaron Tatkowski, Sr., make the yacht club's annual poker run. During a poker run, riders hit five to seven stops, draw a card, and at the end, hope to have …

In 2013 one group of five young German poker professionals absolutely dominated the world of high roller poker tournaments. Philipp Gruissem, Tobias Reinkemeier, Igor Kurganov, Max Altergott and Fabian Quoss cashed for a combined total of $14 million …

January saw the Hollywood Casino attract 440 players to Ohio Poker Championship Main Event, an outstanding event hosted by 2003 world champ Chris Moneymaker. The event chopped four ways with a $42K first prize going to Iverson “Cotton” Snuffer of …

Just one month after New Jersey opened real-money online poker to its residents and visitors, the numbers are coming in and they're pretty impressive. More than 125K people signed up to create an online account within the state. There were around 50K …

Ten years ago, Chicagoland's first major tournament, the Chicago Poker Championship, launched at Harrah's East Chicago. Thomas Doyle won the main event. The next year, Doyle did it again, and remains the only Chicagoland player to win back-to-back …

The game of poker has scored yet another goal in Holland in a match against the state's punitive Gambling Act. In 2010 poker player and tournament organizer, Steve van Zadelhoff won a case in court stating that poker is not a game of chance, but a game …

Borgata staff then checked the chips being used in the Borgata Winter Poker Open and found 160 of the counterfeit poker chips among the genuine casino chips. The compromise forced officials to cancel Event 1 of the tournament, while dozens of …

On Wednesday, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) had reported that the Department of Justice completed its audit of Garden City Group (GCG) petitions and approved the release of $82 million in funds to approximately 30,000 players. On Friday afternoon …

An Iowa lawmaker has come out in favor of online poker legislation less than two weeks after a state gaming association president indicated the likelihood that the Hawkeye State would not be considering such a proposal in 2014. Sen. Brian Schoenjahn …

Earlier this week, the 2014 Merit Poker Winterfest and the 2014 Isle Poker Classic concluded, crowning two winners for nearly $150,000 each. The Isle Poker Classic $1,090 Main Event took place at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park in Pompano Beach, …