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Sharpen your math skills at the poker table. Gaze at the stars. There is surely something to intrigue anyone with a curious mind at the fourth annual citywide Philadelphia Science Festival, a nine-day extravaganza that starts Friday. Led by the …

Jesse Sylvia had been playing poker as a successful, yet anonymous cash game grinder since 2008, but his runner-up finish in the 2012 World Series of Poker main event for a $5.3 million payday thrust him into the unfamiliar territory of the poker …

Whether PokerStars should be barred from participating in a California online poker system became a hot topic at Wednesday's hearing in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee, even if everyone involved went to great lengths never to mention …

Thomas Page had no experience in the tech industry or in venture capitalism when he sat down for his first job interview, a meeting with Sequoia Capital's billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz. But he sure knew how to play poker, and that's …

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 …

Basically, it's what bikers call a “poker run.” You visit five places, picking up a playing card at each. When you're done, the five cards make up your poker hand. In the case of Poker & Pints, it's a matter of visiting five south Seattle breweries and …

Soon after Bally's revealed its updated poker room, the World Series of Poker announced the renovated addition to the Boardwalk as its new locale for its national championship. The event is set for May 22-24 in the new Wild Wild West poker room, decked …

A press release issued by The Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the Commerce Club, the Hawaiian Gardens Casino, the Bicycle Casino and The Rational Group laid out the basics of an agreement that will see the group combine forces for an online poker …

The best that a player can do in games of chances like roulette is wager on the bet that have the lowest advantage from the casino and focus on finding the right roulette table. You should lay odds behind your bet once a point is established (more on …

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The Iron Order Motorcycle Club of Crestview's 2nd Annual Poker Run on Saturday benefits the Families First Network of Lakeview. The run starts at Hot Spot Cigars and Coffee, 5155 S. Ferdon Blvd., Crestview, and finishes at Split Oaks Saloon, 892 W …

Season 10 of the European Poker Tour is still going strong with the PokerStars.com and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final about to kick off in Monaco, but the tour is already gearing up for its next season. On Wednesday, the EPT …

Legalizing online poker in the Golden State has proven to be immensely challenging, as there are a lot of groups that would be affected one way or another by the online games. California is home to the nation's top tribal gaming industry, in addition …

Wednesday's California State Assembly committee hearing on internet poker looks to be the most inclusive and thorough of any such meeting ever held at the state or federal level, featuring testimony from 33 witnesses covering a wide range of topics.

That so many out-of-state players are traveling to New Jersey — call it “poker tourism” — is an encouraging sign for the fledgling industry, which so far has been generating less than $2 million per month in tax revenue for the state budget. That …

British journalist and professional poker player Victoria Coren Mitchell made poker history for the second time in her career on Sunday, when she won the European Poker Tour and became the first person ever to win the tournament twice. The first time …

When state-regulated online poker was legalized in New Jersey, it signified much more than the return of Internet gaming to the Garden State. It marked the birth of a new era in Atlantic City, one in which the struggling gambler's haven could reach a …

I learned how to play poker at a very young age. My father taught me the concept of playing the percentage hands. You don't just play every hand and stay through every card, because if you do, you will have a much higher probability of losing. You …