Poker News

Starting on June 5, 2014, the WPT will make 20 stops across four continents in less than seven months, giving a chance to every poker professional and amateur alike to compete at a high level and show off his or her reading skills. Coming off a very …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

An appeals court ruled on the situation Tuesday, as Magic City Casino's parent company, West Flagler Associates, is eligible to obtain a summer gaming permit that would lead to poker tables. “Because of a loophole in state law, West Flagler is required …

As US online poker players watch the feds, regulators, and legislators duke it out in the Battle of the Online Gaming Wars, a new twist has come in the form of one of the first unregulated Internet gambling operators making a major move on its US presence.

Another round of Full Tilt Poker repayments is scheduled for mid-June, the Garden City Group announced on its website on Wednesday. “GCG has been informed that the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section has approved a …

Doctors, a new study reports, may find themselves making better diagnoses and improving patient outcomes if they adopt the risk assessment techniques found in another high-stakes activity: poker. For all the certainty medical science has gained over …

Nevada Online Poker Revenues Fall 14.5% To $792k In April The state of Nevada has just released its casino results for April, showing a 1% contraction in revenues to $852 million, compared to the $854.3 million generated in the same month last year.

The World Poker Tour has announced the schedule for the first half of its upcoming Season XIII, and between June and December of 2014, the WPT will make its way to four continents. Additionally, the WPT and FOX Sports Network continue a broadcasting …

Editor's note: There are more than 1 million apps available for download from Apple's App Store and a similar number of Android apps available on Google Play. Staff writer Brian Nordli weighs in on one of the applications he deems worthy of being the …

The Nuts is a recurring feature that takes a look at the best poker players in the world. This feature aims to produce a list of the best players at the moment. Our panel of 10 is composed of ESPN.com's poker contributors (Bernard Lee and myself …

A new online gambling bill that includes a carveout for online poker is said to be in play at the federal level. That's per Nevada journalist John Ralston, who posted a copy of the bill draft on his site here. Ralston did not offer much additional …

After the success of the poker festival organized one year ago to start the 10th season of the European Poker Tour, PokerStars gets ready to celebrate yet another great milestone in Barcelona, Spain with the 100th EPT taking place right at the start of …

Last week, I suggested that only two of New Jersey's poker operators have managed to remain viable in the state's now collapsing iGaming market. And while both WSOP NJ and PartyPoker NJ have clearly taken positive preliminary steps towards ensuring …

We went all in for $28 on Mike Leah, who I predicted to win the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship in the upcoming Global Poker Index WSOP magazine, but the GipsyTeam had $44 to spend and outbid us by a dollar. There were still some very valuable …

Like many professions, poker is no doubt a boys' club. In fact, only 4% of the players in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker are women. That the same percentage of women among CEOs of the Fortune 500. But the interesting thing about poker is …

Last year's main event champion Ryan Riess is preparing for another summer in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker. The young poker pro from Michigan is looking to continue his maturation process on and off the felt en route to a second bracelet.

Erik Fast: Among the upper echelon of tournament poker players there are some superstar “name” players and there are also plenty of what I'd call “pro's pros.” I'd place you into that category, because despite plenty of big live results over several …

In player traffic news not pertaining to PokerStars, the Equity Poker Network (EPN) has succumbed to pressure from New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware and has announced that it will no longer service those markets. The U.S.-friendly Winning Poker Network …