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Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort will simultaneously play host to the the final 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Global Casino Championship, and the beginning of the following year's 2016-2017 circuit. This year's championship will take place August …

A Queens County grand jury on Tuesday indicted eight individuals, including poker player Jay Sharon, over an alleged illegal sports gambling operation that is accused of booking more than $3.5 million in bets annually. The government said that the …

Most professional poker players use a strict bankroll management system where the amount of money in their bankroll — the money they have available for playing poker that is only used for playing poker — dictates the stakes for which they play, and …

TAYLOR, Mich. – Charges could be filed Monday against three men who were arrested over the weekend in connection with a violent robbery at charity poker room in Taylor. Police Chief Mary Sclabassi said the three suspects were arrested Saturday in …

Online poker is continuing to gain ground in India, as another state in the country is now viewing the game as skill-based and legal. According to Glaws.in, the Indian state of Nagaland has approved a piece of legislation dubbed the “Nagaland …

As a former winning low-stakes online poker pro, I find that my experiences have become more relevant to a larger percentage of the contributing community in recent months. The PokerStars VIP Club changes and rake increases will inevitably force …

Many players attempt to reach the top of the poker world by exhibiting not only a brash confidence in their skills, but also a willingness to put it all on the line. As the greatest poker pros will attest to, you need to have a lot of gamble in you and …

Poker's year-long ambassador took to Twitter this week to express his discontent with many WSOP tournaments this year beginning at 11 a.m., explaining that poker players “have been getting sh-t on because of the media ever since I started playing live …

When we last checked in on Ray Bitar, former CEO of Full Tilt Poker, he had reportedly gotten married to one Jackie Lucas and was looking hale and hearty, looking nothing like the dying man described by both Allen Cunningham and a U.S. judge who …

Momo's Charitable Poker Room in Taylor and its patrons were robbed early Friday morning, Taylor Police said. Witnesses said two white men left after playing at the poker table at the business on Telegraph south of Van Born, then returned around 1 a.m. …

We continue our preview of the Global Poker League franchises this week by taking a closer look at the London Royals and the Moscow Wolverines, two teams that are packed full of talent and will be up there with the favorites to become champions.

A new-look World Poker Tour season-ending event is making it's debut at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida as part of the massive 2016 SHR Poker Showdown tournament festival which kicks off on Thursday, Mar. 21 with the first …

The second point regarding luck sticks out the most for those of us in poker. This eliminated games such as Texas hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, and other popular variants from being accepted as a sport, but the unique format of the IFP's Match Poker is …

One of the brains behind Google's Go-winning software says a similar learning approach makes it as good as a human expert at Texas hold 'em poker. by Will Knight; March 30, 2016. Sponsored by. One of the scientists responsible for AlphaGo, the Google …

"Mark de J. had until recently been active in online poker," the newspaper wrote. "It appears he was playing for large sums of money. On an online poker forum, he offered large sums of money that he wanted to exchange to a different electronic currency.

One of my favorite memories from my years living in Las Vegas had almost nothing to do with poker. I joined a pub trivia team. We did well enough to advance to the city-wide finals. Eleven teams were competing for three cash prizes. Even after the …

Poker streaming on Twitch continues to grow throughout 2016 with many of the top players showcasing their talents. The popularity is primarily attributed to being able to see inside the minds of some of the biggest names in poker in realtime with an …

Poker is — the saying goes — not just a game of cards played by people, but also a game of people played with cards. Successful players well understand this truth, having learned that being able to accumulate and apply information about opponents' …