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Last week, the Poker Players Alliance announced that it had spoken with the federal government and found out that $82 million worth of repayments had been approved. The feds hired Garden City Group — the claims administrator in the Full Tilt Poker …

On Friday, one week after the Borgata Winter Poker Open $2 Million Guarantee was suspended because tournament officials found a large number of counterfeit chips, the alleged culprit was arrested at an undisclosed motel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In 2011, I was living in Madrid, where the EPT Grand Final took place, along with the Women's Event, of course. I wasn't able to qualify for the event, but I have a poker blog and was very active at that time. It happened that PokerStars was looking …

If approved, the bill would be a boon for online poker, potentially bringing millions of new players to New Jersey poker sites. As of Jan. 12, users had created 155,374 accounts with New Jersey gambling sites, though officials say many users have …

Reports from various players at online poker forum 2 + 2 indicate that the Merge Gaming Network is no longer allowing players from regulated states such as New Jersey and Delaware to log onto network skins that include Carbon Poker. A thread entitled …

The Poker Hand Critic is a new series by online pro “gutter23,” one of the top mid-stakes players in the game today. The Poker Hand Critic will break down a hand, street by street, offering up his analysis on all of the action. The following hand comes …

The grand final of the poker tournament France Poker Series of Deauville ended on Sunday with the victory of Niels Van Leeuwen. It was necessary to wait six hours to have a winner between the 8 last players, for a gain included between €21,000 and …

A senior citizen on a fixed income claims that a losing streak at horse racing and poker was the catalyst that caused him to rob a Florida bank with a loaded shotgun last week. John A. Dougherty, 73, disguised his face by wearing black underwear when …

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from January 27 …

Maryland Live! Casino announced it's first-ever $1 Million Live Poker Classic tournament series, which is set to take place from March 10-14, 2014. Maryland Live! opened in 2012 at the Arundel Mills Mall, halfway between Baltimore and Washington.

With a wealth of experience thanks to its six years of existence in the industry of live poker in Ireland, the European Deepstack Poker Championship (EDPC) is going to come back for its seventh season with new changes. Like during its previous season …

A number of media sources have reported that the Merge Poker Network has suspended the accounts of a number of New Jersey and Delaware based online poker players and customer support has told them that they have withdrawn all services to these …

According to reports, the situation began when casino officials at Harrah's Resort and Casino in Atlantic City discovered that someone had flushed 2.7 million worth of counterfeit poker chips down the toilet in a hotel room. The Borgata was then …

Christian Lusardi, 42, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, flushed $2.7 million worth of counterfeit poker chips down the toilet in a room at Harrah's Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey state police said. He was arrested over the weekend …

Poker player Edwin Ting (more than $80,000 in career tournament earnings) was sentenced in New York on Tuesday to five months in prison for his role in the high-stakes gambling ring that was busted by the feds in April of last year. He was among nearly …

The Amateur Poker Association and Tour's annual World Championship of Amateur Poker will return for a seventh year this April as 16 bracelet event festival descends on Aspers Casino in Stratford. With the 2014 WCOAP being held in partnership with …

A letter to support a ban on online poker being pushed by attorney generals from three states at the behest of Las Vegas Sands chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson already has 10 signatures, and the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is making an aggressive …

Preflop, final table, seven handed, with the blinds at 30,000 and 60,000 and a 5,000 ante, Daniel Gamez raised to 130,000 from late position, Srinivasan called in the small blind, and Baron called in the big blind. On the flop Srinivasan checked, Baron …