Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, speaks during a celebration, sponsored by MGM Resorts, recognizing the achievements of about 500 high school students at MGM Grand Thursday, May 31, 2012. The event highlighted the …
US state of Nevada has completed six months of licensed and regulated online poker. While the competition between Nevada's only licensed online poker rooms, WSOP.com and Ultimate Poker, is getting intense, player traffic continues to increase at both …
Poker with Jimmy, a poker tournament to raise money to benefit children battling pediatric cancer, is set for Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Springetts Fire Company, 3013 E. Market St., York, Pa. Penn State York THON's group, along with Jimmy Clark, a Penn …
Next week on Monday, Nov. 4 and Tuesday, Nov. 5, the 2013 World Series of Poker will come to a conclusion as the Main Event final table takes place. The nine remaining players, led by JC Tran, will be front and center under the bright lights on the …
You make the call — call, raise or fold? The blinds are 50-100, and you're dealt As Jd. It's heads-up (just you and one opponent), and the final board reads Js 10h 7s Jc 10s. With 13,000 in your stack, you bet 1,000 into a 1,400 pot. Your opponent …
After five days of poker that included two starting flights, a winner of the Season XII bwin WPT Grand Prix de Paris has been crowned. In the end, it was Mohsin Charania who was able to overcome a large chip disadvantage to clinch the title and the …
Day 2 of the 2013 bwin World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris took place on Sunday, and at the end of play it was a familiar face leading the remaining competitors. Defending champion Matt Salsberg found himself bagging up the chip lead following another …
Fall is under way and with it comes exciting promotions and a few more tournaments in Mississippi poker. I'll start at the north end of the state in Tunica. Gold Strike has moved its annual winter tournament to an earlier time slot, running Oct. 31-Nov …
For the first time ever, the UK and Ireland Poker Tour is holding an event in the Isle of Man, where the Rational Group's HQ is based. The UKIPT schedule of events is taking place in the historic Villa Marina venue, located on the sea front promenade …
The Heartland Poker Tour returns to River City Casino on Nov. 1-11. This has become a twice-a-year stop for the tour, but new for this stop is the addition of the 200-room hotel on site. Special room rates are available so contact the poker room for …
This month I interviewed a couple that lives in the New Orleans area and has been making their living off of the poker scene for quite some time. It's rare to find couples whose daily lives consist of poker. Morgan Bowers and Jeff Sager hit up Harrah's …
This Poker Race, which started initially with total prizes of $5000, is split into two 14 day Races every month and is used by a number of preferred Affiliate partners to both help increase the visibility of the RedKings Brand and reward their players …
The original Ultimate Poker was unmemorable to say the least. It served its purpose though. It got U.S. players back in the game. The first software package did not have any VIP program and had numerous bugs. Many of these were fixed when the second …
After a successful opening flight of the Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) Main Event, Day 1b was sure to attract more numbers and a quality group of known players. In the end 110 players took to the felt and the day finished with 92 surviving, with …
The iPOPS tournament series is returning for an exciting fifth edition at Betfair Poker from Nov. 16 through Dec. 1, 2013. This exciting series features 16 events with a total of $1,250,000 in tournament guarantees! This event series is split between …
Next week on Monday, Nov. 4 and Tuesday, Nov. 5, the 2013 World Series of Poker will come to a conclusion as the Main Event final table takes place. The nine remaining players, led by JC Tran, will be front and center under the bright lights on the …
The online poker industry saw a 2% rise in cash game player traffic last week, following a decline of 1% from the week before. PokerScout attributes much of the increase to PokerStars, who experienced a rise of 3% on its cash tables due to the …
A Barrington poker party apparently got a bit out of hand very early last Sunday morning, Oct. 27. Barrington police were called to a home near Anchorage Way and Melrose Avenue about 5:20 am after a report of yelling and screaming. They stopped a …