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For the Bay 101 episode of Season 12 of the World Poker Tour, I did a Raw Deal segment about dress codes at the final table. My feelings are that there should be no dress code for daily poker, but that players should make an effort to dress well for …

INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Delany made the case for Ohio State in the national title game, Nick Saban made the case for Michigan State as an elite defense, and most of ESPN's panel picked the Buckeyes in tonight's Big Ten title game against Ohio State …

Jack McClelland has been one of the most influential poker tournament directors in the game ever since he first earned that title at the 1984 World Series of Poker. After that, he ran the Grand Prix of Poker at the Golden Nugget Casino. He was the …

Derrick Rosenbarger 30-year-old Derrick Rosenbarger has emerged victorious in the 2013 World Poker Tour partypoker.net Montreal $3,850 no-limit hold'em main event, topping a field of 862 entries to win his first major title, the $500,824 CAD ($517,049 …

Preflop, final table, six handed, with the blinds at 300,000 and 600,000 and a 75,000 ante, Farber raised to 1,300,000 from the hijack seat, Lehavot reraised to 3,100,000 from the small blind, and Farber called. On the flop Lehavot bet 2,300,000, and …

The 2013 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,300 no-limit hold'em main event gets underway at noon on Friday, December 6th at the luxurious Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. The unlimited re-entry event will span six days, with …

Florida native Derrick Rosenbarger recorded just his second career live tournament cash this week, winning the Season XII partypoker World Poker Tour Montreal for $500,824. Rosenbarger, whose only other cash came in a $1,000 buy-in event at the 2013 …

Oklahoma police resorted to using an undercover officer to bust a poker game with a pot of around $500, according to NewsOn6.com. The game, which was held at a Tulsa bar, reportedly was shut down and its two organizers were arrested Wednesday.

It's been two weeks since my last "Poker Player Tweets of the Week" column. Did you miss me? I thought so. Anyway, I have a couple of good excuses. For my international readers (I may be making a big leap using "reader" as a plural), last Thursday was …

Poker players and gaming companies around the world are finding themselves increasingly enticed by Bitcoin currency for their financial transactions. For the uninitiated, the easiest way to explain Bitcoin is that it is a relatively new form of virtual …

World No.1 Rafael Nadal has started playing poker and this time at a Charity Event in Prague, the Spaniard is set to face the likes of Brazilian Footballer Ronaldo, Ukrainian Footballer Andriy Shevchenko along with Poker Star Daniel Negreanu. World No …

There are just a few weeks left remaining in 2013, and Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker keeps padding his profits in an effort to further distance himself from his colleagues. The German poker pro is up around $6 million on Full Tilt Poker this year. When …

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But that's exactly what Carnegie Mellon University Professor Larry Pileggi did in winning $71,782 at the Main Event of the Pittsburgh Poker Open, PNR reported. The computer engineering instructor played hooky from his afternoon lecture schedule to …

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 …

An Allentown man accused of cheating at a poker game at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem asked casino security to give him a break, court records say. Casino security caught Darren Bernard Williams, 23, of the 2000 block of Vine Street, adding chips to …

High-stakes poker pro Ola “Odd Oddsen” Amundsgaard, who is up millions this year online, is very irritated by the fact that the game exists in essentially a legal grey area within his country. He wanted to take matters into his own hands and influence …

Switch Poker, the mobile poker room available worldwide to iPhone, iPad and Android users is launching its usual monthly €500 SPPs Race on Dec. 5th. The race will last for 14 days and the 5 players that play the most will share the €500 prize pool!