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The Paddy Power Poker Irish Open is now part of the Card Player Poker Tour. With a colorful history spanning more than three decades, the Irish Open is sure to add additional buzz and excitement to the CPPT. The longest running tournament in Europe and …

The Borgata made history this Saturday night when they crowned their first ever 'New Jersey's Next Poker Millionaire' in an online tournament that turned into a televised championship live event played at The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. New Jersey …

Season 5 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will kick of next week at the Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minn. From Feb. 8-16, the horse track/card room hybrid will host a series of satellites culminating with the Main Event beginning on …

The 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion, Australian Joe Hachem doesn't believe in the future of poker anymore. He launched a full-out attack on the new online generation questioning their passion and heart for the game. The Aussie Millions …

During Tuesday's Italian Senate meeting, a controversial amendment was passed involving poker and gambling advertisements on television and radio stations. Introduced to the assembly by a member of Italy's Socialist party, Senator Riccardo Nencini, the …

Carmen Electra deals poker at the Playboy Club at The Palms Resort and Casino Image by: Denise Truscello / WireImage. SOME of the world's top poker players will assemble for the WPT Alpha8 tournament at Emperors Palace next week. Save & Share.

An elderly man reportedly became so addicted to online poker that he defrauded a fast food restaurant owner out of €135,000, Independent.ie reported. Seventy-four-year-old John Carlos, a former school teacher and part-time accountant, admitted in …

Licensed and regulated online poker launched in the state of New Jersey in November of 2013 and has seen a steady growth of new players ever since. The total number of online poker accounts opened in the state has already topped 150,000 and is …

Although online poker suffered its third straight week of declining player traffic, the pace was a mere 0.4% less than that of a week ago. Sit-N-Go action at the Twister Poker tables on the iPoker Network has finally pulled players away from the cash …

Gavin Griffin People in the poker community often come up to me and ask about whatever is on their mind. Some of these questions are good questions, and some are bad beat stories in disguise. I've been through quite a few things in my poker career and …

The complete schedule of the 2014 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final has been announced. From April 23 – May 3 the Monte Carlo bay Hotel & Resort will play host to the 48-event poker festival that will cap off the tenth season of the EPT in …

The 13th stop on the 2013/2014 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule wrapped up its $1,675 Main Event on Monday at Harrah's Tunica in Tunica, MS. The popular tournament stop attracted 577 entries and created a prize pool of $865,500. After three days …

The 2013 Black Diamond Poker Open (BDPO) reached record levels with $1,200,000 in prize money and, this 3rd year of the event is set to see prize money more than double with $3,000,000 up for grabs. Qualifying starts on Tuesday, 11th February.

According to Praveen Dalal, a partner of the firm Perry4law of New Delhi, specialist of data-processing law, the legality of a room of online poker depends on its domain name and its organization mode. That causes a vast confusion within operators and …

Andrew Brokos is a professional poker player, writer, and teacher. He is also an avid hiker and traveler and a passionate advocate for urban public education. You can find dozens of his poker strategy articles at www.thinkingpoker.net/articles and more …

"JCS Enterprises' GeeBo Network makes not only registering for poker tournaments easier, it makes life easier," said Scott Long who, with Christopher Cosenza, is publisher of Ante Up Poker Media LLC, creator of the Ante Up Poker Tour. "By paying for …

Partypoker blogger Lee Davy reached out to the top players in the poker community to compile his list of the top ten poker lies out there. While we aren't going to share all the lies with you, some of the more obvious lies are about poker players being …

After scouring the Internet I have come up with quite the eclectic mix of stories for this week's installment of This Week in Online Poker History. Below you'll find a little bit of everything from a pre-boom online poker grinder who is now “off the …