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Yesterday was the calm before the storm. A quieter Day 1b at the Macau Poker Cup could only mean one thing for the third and final flight of the Red Dragon Main Event. We'd already seen 361 players enter over the first two flights, but Sunday smashed …

The government will no longer issue new or additional licenses for poker, pachinko, or similar amusement machines on Saipan after April 2, 2015, slowly ridding the island of these gambling machines that sprung up within or near residential and school …

This past weekend, the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) was at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan for the latest $1,650 Main Event. The tournament attracted 407 players and created a prize pool of $583,080. The last time the HPT visited …

The PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room was again a hive of activity on Saturday as players took their seats on Day 1b of the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon for a shot at a share of the guaranteed HK$5,000,0000 prize pool. A slightly smaller field of 148 was …

For the past five years, online poker in California has been doomed by gaming interests in the state, both commercial and tribal, being unable to come to a consensus on all the provisions in a bill. It's an immensely complex issue that will create …

Five card stud ruled the day when the East Slope Back Country Horsemen (ESBCH) hosted their annual Poker Ride at Swift Dam. The seven-mile trail meandered through forest, across the north and middle forks of Birch Creek, over rock outcrops and past …

PokerStars became the very first licensed online poker site in Bulgaria on Friday as it officially launched its PokerStars.bg website. The poker room was already awarded a license to operate in Bulgaria by the State Gambling Commission in February, and …

PokerStars became the first online poker site to launch in Bulgaria's new online gambling regime. The site was handed an online poker license by Bulgaria's State Gambling Commission in February this year, and the wheels were thus set in motion for the …

It looks like the final chapter is being written in the Full Tilt poker saga. The ordeal is coming to an end for U.S. players as the Garden City Group has announced that September 3 is the final day that players will be able to file for refunds from …

California Just yesterday it was reported at 4flush that one of two online poker bills in the state of California was withdrawn from consideration for the current legislative session. The bill was one created by California State Senator Lou Correa and …

From November 10-11, Jorryt van Hoof will return to Las Vegas to as the chip leader of the 2014 World Series of Poker November Nine. Just eight players stand between him and a $10 million first-place prize, but no matter the outcome, the Dutchman has …

sealofCalifornia For all intents and purposes the proposed California online poker bills are officially dead according to one of the sponsors and a coalition of tribes in California. With time running out on the legislative session there was little …

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will continue its fifth season this weekend at the Grand Falls Casino in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Starting on Saturday, Aug. 9, the series will kick off a weeklong schedule qualifiers before culminating on a $1,100 …

After Full Tilt Poker introduced the $50 Jackpot Sit-and-Gos, it did not take long for three players to find themselves with the lucky chance to split the maximum $100,000 top prize. Since the new Jackpot Sit-and-Gos were just introduced on June 24 …

It's been a busy week for Alex Dreyfus and the Global Poker Index (GPI). On Wednesday, Aug. 6, the GPI and the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced an expansion of their already existing partnership. Dreyfus also revealed that the GPI inked a strategic …

Frenchman Alex “Alexonmoon” Luneau has returned to the online poker tables in a huge way. So far in August, he is up roughly $1.2 million, according to tracking site HighstakesDB. Luneau, who has opted out of having his long-term online results tracked …

Russian Poker Tour Rolls Into Occupied Cyprus The latest stop on the Russian Poker Tour (RPT) was held in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus, a self-declared state recognized only by Turkey since the 1974 invasion of the Mediterranean island.

It was probably not the finest moment of the former Premier of Tasmania Paul Lennon's career when he was hurled out of the Crown Casino in Melbourne earlier this week after becoming “tired and emotional” at a poker game. According to witnesses, the …