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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday made his first public comments on a recent military scandal as he condemned the behavior of a senior officer fired last month for allegedly cheating at the poker table. Hagel criticized the bizarre …

After making your deposit, its just a matter of earning enough Switch Poker Points (SPPs) to redeem your tablet. Players who reach 25,000 SPPs get a Novo7 Fire tablet, valued at €100. Players who earn 67,000 SPPs get a Samsung Tab 3 valued at €300.

Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker won $400,000 over the past seven days on Full Tilt Poker, which brings his winnings on the year on the site to $4.19 million, according to HighstakesDB. The German is now the biggest winner on the year in the online poker world.

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — (PRESS RELEASE) — Busting out of a poker tournament is never fun, but when you have a spectacular beach at your doorstep, 24-hour room service, and all-you-can-handle everything, it stings a little less. That's if …

The number of poker tables shrank too, as the poker tournament craze has eased. More recently, slot machine revenue in Nevada fell to $581 million in September from $595 million in April. During the same period, total table game revenue jumped 47% to …

Unibet has announced that it will no longer be offering Relax Gaming's fast-fold offering of Fast Poker and is instead encouraging players who enjoy quick-paced action to join the player pool at MPN's Blaze Poker. The discontinuation of Fast Poker …

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 …

Hedge fund manager and professional poker player Dan Shak will host the annual charity poker event he co-founded on Thursday night in New York City. Phil Hellmuth was scheduled to emcee the event. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with registration, …

In Tuesday's story about a new breed of fit tech entrepreneurs, I introduced you to Andrew Bachman, who cofounded an online marketing company as a Babson undergrad, sold it two years ago for $60 million, and is now on his third start-up. You might be …

Poker pro Mike Sica, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2004, passed away on Wednesday due to lung cancer, according to reports. Sica, nicknamed “Little Man”, was 69. The New Jersey native recorded around $1.2 million in career tournament …

The Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic kicks off on Nov. 18 at Seneca Gaming and Entertainment Niagara Falls and will conclude on Monday Nov. 25 with the final table of a $1,500 buy-in main event. The festival features 14 different events, and PokerNews …

Delaware is the US's second state to launch intrastate online poker as well as online casino services, enabling its residents to play poker, slots, blackjack, roulette, and other casino games online for real money. The first US state to launch real …

The 16 event 2013 Gold Strike Fall Poker Classic series wrapped up November 11th with the $800 no-limit hold'em Main Event. The tournament, hosted by the Gold Strike Casino Resort in Robinsonville MS, drew 277 entrants, generating a prize pool of …

Leeds Marrow, formed in 2004, is the student run branch of Anthony Nolan, a charity that aims to save the lives of people with blood cancer who need blood stem cell treatment or bone marrow transplants. Anthony Nolan has 171 staff and over 400,000 …

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) released rules regarding online poker and casino bonuses. An Advisory Bulletin from David Rebuck, Director of the DGE, was released today. The Advisory Bulletin states that “several casino licensees …

On Tuesday, December 10, the “All In for Weston” charity poker event will take place at 7 p.m. at Chickie's and Pete's Crab House and Sports Bar at 1526 Packer Avenue on South Philadelphia. The $175 tax-deductible buy-in includes food, soft drinks and …

The whole mess stems from Full Tilt falling into hot water with the federal government in April 2011, a day known to the poker world as Black Friday. The site's owners were eventually accused of defrauding players, as the company went insolvent with …

The "Heartland Poker Tour $1,650 no-limit hold'em main event in St. Louis, Missouri ":http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tournaments/4501-2013-heartland-poker-tour-st-louis/1102100/resultsattracted a total of 420 entries, building a prize pool of $604,800.