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It took a little while before poker pro Dan Cates got going in 2014, but when he did it happened in a big way. Cates played around 3,600 hands through the first week of March, winning $486,380, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The upswing …

This included tours of the Manx Telecom facility at Douglas, tours of the PokerStars offices in Onchan, a charity poker tournament that supported a number of local charities, and a breakfast briefing presentation to the Junior Chamber of Commerce at …

Under the deal, UltimatePoker.com, the online poker room operated by Station Casinos, Inc.-owned Ultimate Gaming, will become the Internet poker destination for the five casinos in Reno, Sparks and Wendover. “The Peppermill has a pretty active poker …

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes had brokered a revenue-sharing deal with Oklahoma for a PokerTribes.com online poker site. The federal government objected not to the online poker activity itself, but to the nature of the deal between the two parties.

Moorman entered the final table is second chip position behind Michael Rocco. The two start-of-day leaders survived to three-handed play, which is when the hand of the tournament arose. Glenn Lafaye, who started the hand as the chip leader, raised to …

In order to be a poker superstar, you need to do more than win. Winning is paramount – no one wants to idolize a player that always busts before the money or gets stacked in cash games – but personality, charisma, and openness are also important …

The concept behind No-verlay is simple: If a tournament with a guaranteed prize pool at Ultimate Poker NJ hits the guarantee, then all participants receive their buy-in back. The No-verlay promotion concludes Sunday, March 9th. Obviously the promotion …

The Card Player Poker School has teamed up with CarbonPoker to provide students with a free $15 online poker bankroll to practice their skills. At the Card Player Poker School, students can start learning and earning with a comprehensive poker education.

The current cash game numbers for New Jersey poker sites are as follows (numbers represent the most current seven-day peak): PartyPoker/Borgata — 579; WSOP — 342; 888 (All American Poker Network) — 286; and Ultimate Poker — 52. For comparison …

Most of the poker world is in Los Angeles for the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic (LAPC) right now. And even though Southern California is known for its fantastic sunny weather and amazing beaches, that is of no concern to poker players. They are …

The Peppermill Resort Spa Casino today announced a partnership with Ultimate Gaming to offer online poker play at the Peppermill's Reno property as well as the company's other properties, Western Village Inn & Casino in Sparks and three hotel-casinos …

NASA space physicist James Spann sends this picture from Poker Flat, Alaska, where he is attending a scientific conference to study auroras. A solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of March 1st. The impact sparked a polar …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

I recently returned from the Nevada Ladies Poker Championship held at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada. To say it was a lot of fun would be an understatement. I'll get to the poker action below, but first I'd like to share some of the …

Chris Moorman The final table is set in the 2014 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event. A total of 534 players made their way to the Commerce Casino to play in this event, building a total prizepool of $5,126,400. Now …

Since it's inception in 1997 the Card Player Player of the Year award has been a symbol of excellence and consistency in tournament poker. Some of the greatest names in the game have earned the POY title, including Daniel Negreanu (2013, 2004), T.J. …

LONDON, England — (PRESS RELEASE) — The Global Poker Index is proud to announce that former World #1 tennis professional, and poker enthusiast Boris Becker has become the newest voice of support on behalf of the GPI. As the GPI's newest advocate …

The Equity Poker Network (EPN) is aiming to increase action on the virtual felt with the acquisition of Action Poker, a long-standing poker room that has already migrated to the U.S.-facing network. Action Poker has been around since 1999, most …