Poker News

The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT), one of the longest-running brands in poker, will be hosting a new stop on its popular tour with a nationally-televised event at Indigo Sky Casino in northeast Oklahoma. The new stop paces a record year for HPT. The …

People who think that poker has nothing to do with the money will have no interest at all to know that the winner of EPT London this week will take home £560,980. They won't care that the top 87 players of a field of 604 will earn a return on their £5 …

The EPT has also partnered with the regional Eureka Poker Tour for the second time, meaning there will be a €1,100 Eureka Main Event along with 47 other tournaments and a variety of cash games of all disciplines. Other events on the schedule include a …

Commenting on my previous column, reader Jordan Pine remarked, “I read somewhere the thesis that America won the Cold War because the Soviets were playing chess but we were playing poker. They read the 'board,' we read the people.” The analogy …

Club One Casino in Fresno, CA played host to the latest stop on the Heartland Poker Tour, attracting a field of 246 entries and generating a prize pool of $354,930. Hometown player James Jeff emerged victorious to earn the $85,184 first-place prize and …

FIVE Card Stud is a fast game in which you can see up to a hundred hands an hour online. By Marbella Slim/ Published 9th October 2013. poker, online poker, five card stud, online hold 'em, omaha, Online five card stud has to be played carefully while …

A Redlands cigar lounge will hold a charity ride and poker tournament Saturday for the family of Sheriff's Department Detective Jeremiah MacKay, who was killed eight months ago during a gun battle with rouge ex-cop Christopher Dorner. Erik Haynes …

Apart from being cold, Norway is a country known for its economic prowess and progressive attitude to most things. Most aspects of gaming, however, have long been illegal in the northern European country, with lotteries and sports the only types of …

The online poker industry saw a rise in player traffic of 5% last week, the largest weekly increase since the "Road to 100 Billion" promotion at PokerStars in June. All but one of the top ten poker rooms and networks on PokerScout's ranking of global …

Parking. Shops. Tenpin bowling. Nandos!! And the Genting Club Casino, which from tonight is hosting the 6th Leg of the Genting Poker Series. The opening event at 8 p.m. is a £30 + £3 Rebuy Satellite with 10 Main Event Seats guaranteed. Day 1A of the …

The 21-year-old PokerStars Qualifier (who describes himself as “semi-professional”) is the third Scottish player in a row to take down a UKIPT Main Event, following on from Ludovic Geilich (UKIPT Marbella) and Alan Gold (UKIPT Galway). Bull, who plays …

If you ever dreamt of sitting at a table with a poker legend, then Konami has a way to make those wishes come true. The California-based gaming company will release an app for mobile devices and tablets later this week which gives players the chance to …

Last month, the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council released the 10 finalists eligible for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2013. Up to two players on the list will be voted into the 2013 class. The inductees will be determined by 37 …

The World Poker Tour announced the remainder of its Season XII schedule on Monday. The record-setting season will close out next year with seven Main Tour stops and nine additional WPT® Regional and WPT® National events located around the globe.

Success in poker comes through various factors. One of these–the most substantial in my opinion–concerns the psychological aspects: ability to read the opponents, presence at the table, and mindset. They are all just as important to have as they are …

With the UKIPT and European Poker Tour festivals taking place in London, it was no surprise to see a reduced number of British and Irish players in the fields of this week's Sunday Majors. Although a number of our players secured big pay days, it seems …

WHILE we are all waiting for biotech boffins to come up with a brain pill to turn us into Limitless-style geniuses at the poker table, maybe we can use artificial intelligence to improve our game in the mean time? By Marbella Slim/ Published 8th …

CUMBERLAND – Rocky Gap Casino Resort announced Monday, Oct. 7 it received approval from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to offer poker. There now are three poker tables with eight seats each in the hotel lobby offering texas hold'em …