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On Wednesday, the Poker Players Alliance announced that the federal government and Garden City Group — the firm it hired to process all the Full Tilt Poker claims — are just “weeks away” from finally putting the money into the hands of victims …

Parx, located 20 minutes north of downtown Philadelphia and just a hour and a half from both Atlantic City and New York City, is one of the busiest poker rooms in America, with more than 60 tables, and continues to build its brand by running tournament …

Lock Poker, who in the past had prominently featured its sponsored pros via a tab on the website homepage, quietly removed the tab and has apparently also removed itself from pro sponsorship affiliations. No press releases were issued by Lock, but that …

It was on that date – commonly referred to as Black Friday in the online poker community – that the US government moved to shutter the three largest online poker sites serving the American market: PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute / Ultimate Bet …

Grospellier adds that StarCraft requires loads of creativity to invent new strategies on the fly — as does poker. According to him, top StarCraft players can “easily” make the leap to the high-pressure world of professional poker. And everyone else …

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says that from 2010 through 2013, Ting ran poker games with pots that reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. Authorities say players in the underground network included professional athletes, Hollywood luminaries and …

Since launching nearly two months ago, Party Poker has positioned itself at the forefront of the flourishing New Jersey iGaming market. Preliminary data released by the DGE last week indicates that Party, together with its brick and mortar partner the …

For the second straight year, the Global Poker Index (GPI) will sponsor the European Poker Awards (EPA). The annual award festival will be held in the “Salle des Ambassadeurs” during the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville, on January 29, 2014.

After more than 18 hours on the felt on the final day, Nicholas "Frenzuh" Immekus accumulated every chip in play, defeating Allyn Marshall to cap off a marathon final table. Immekus, who plays under the screen name "Frenzuh" online, pocketed $99,144 …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Saying they have confirmed that one or more people used "a significant number of counterfeit chips" at an Atlantic City poker tournament, state casino regulators on Saturday canceled the tainted match and ordered all prize money …

“I started feeling good with five people to go,” Morris told WSOP.com after his win. “Everyone at the final table was so cool. It really helped out play and made decisions easy.” The huge turnout built a $2,142,000 prize pool, blowing away the event's …

The 2013 British Poker Awards are edging ever closer, with this year's star-studded ceremony set to take place on the 3rd of March at the Hippodrome Casino in London. Votes for the PokerStars.com-sponsored awards have been tallied, so all that remains …

After a full 16 levels for both flights, Day 1 of Event #8 came to a close early Tuesday morning. Chris Kash appropriately cashed in the $2,000 prize for bagging the top stack of 426,000 on Day 1b. Pocketing $1,000 for the second-biggest stack was …

The first event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open has been cancelled after a “substantial amount” of counterfeit chips showed up in players' stacks. The state of New Jersey stepped in and forced the tournament to close, despite the fact that some prize …

As I scrolled through page after page of the custom Google searches that make this column possible week in and week out I quickly noted that this was going to be another good week for online poker stories. So get ready for a little bit of everything …

Saying they have confirmed that one or more people used “a significant number of counterfeit chips” at an Atlantic City poker tournament, state casino regulators on Saturday canceled the tainted match and ordered all prize money frozen until an …

PALA, Calif. — (PRESS RELEASE) — Southern California poker players will have more opportunities to win cash in February at Pala Casino Resort and Spa when the Poker Room hosts a $500 Added All-In or Fold'em Free Roll Plus game at 11 a.m., Saturday, …

It is the item that is at the top of everyone's wish list. That is a statement made from personal experience. Trying to uncover the valued details that an organization needs to report a story about this league is, oftentimes, a tiring expenditure that …