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board, which bust Hoffman in second place and left Yeung to be crowned the 2016 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships Main Event champion. Get all the latest PokerNews updates on your social media outlets. Follow us on Twitter and find us both Facebook …

So it's little wonder that Poker Night in America (PNIA) has decided to hire Stapleton for the fourth season of the highly popular show. Stapes will jump into the sidecar. Chris Hanson will do the driving. They begin shooting in April. Does this mean …

For sophomore Yifan “Jimmy” Tang, poker is more than just a way to pass his time — it is a way to further develop his skills and have fun while doing so. Poker has been a substantial part of his life since before he could talk. Strongly influenced by …

Now comes this: a 24-hour poker channel aimed at the nation's 55 million fans. "More people play poker than tennis or golf – combined!" Poker Central CEO Clint Stinchomb said in a recent interview. "Tennis is a micro-niche. Poker is not a micro-niche.

888Poker recently announced that poker player and TV presenter Kara Scott has joined as its newest poker ambassador. Scott, a well-known poker pro and TV presenter was previously a brand ambassador for PartyPoker's Team Party. A very successful …

Online poker players in the U.S. who miss the good ol' days when they could log on and play at PokerStars for real money are excited that a launch date of March 21 in New Jersey has been announced. Granted, it's only one state, but one is certainly …

FORT JENNING — The Global Poker Index lists Fort Jennings as the hometown of Byron Kaverman. But as the native of this western Putnam County town just added ' World's #1 Poker Player' to his CV, Kaverman can call the world his place of business, …

The Hollywood Poker Open Season 4 is well underway, and this coming weekend marks the second Regional Main Event of the season as the tour has rolled into Toledo, Ohio. The $1,115 Main Event kicks off Friday at 11:15 a.m. local time and carries a …

Poker and bingo may seem like completely different games to someone who doesn't play often, but there are actually some remarkable similarities between them. Indeed, if you are skilled at poker, bingo is a great game to try and is just as exciting and …

Chance Kornuth has experienced a worldwide whirlwind of high roller poker tournament success so far in 2016. The 290year-old has made three final tables already this year, each coming in a $25,000 buy-in event and each taking place on a different …

"Inside Poker with Matt Savage" features in-depth and unfiltered conversations between host Matt Savage and industry icons on hot topics within the poker world, as well as poker tips and advice from the pros and "inside-the-ropes" stories from the top …

Online poker regulation will likely go nowhere in California as long as all of the tribes are not on the same page. That's why the addition of the United Auburn Indian Community to a coalition of tribes backing new online poker legislation in the state …

Forgive the card sharp lingo, but Braun is a veteran poker player who has been sponsored by ESPN at the World Series of Poker for several years in Las Vegas. So now he's pulling up a chair and putting in a chip in the contest for one of two City …

The inaugural Global Poker League Draft took place last week Thursday, when the league's 12 franchise managers selected their squads at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Max Pescatori of the Rome Emperors was first on the clock and took …

Hollywood, MD– On Feb.11, Maryland State Police Trooper D. Coppedge responded to the Lifelong Landing Lane for a reported assault. An investigation revealed that James Alton Abell, Jr., 18, of Hollywood had assaulted a male victim. The victim stated …

My first-ever article for PartTimePoker – indeed, my first serious piece as a professional poker writer – was an examination of the ecosystem of players in the online poker environment. There's another, broader ecosystem at work in the poker world, one …

In the high-stakes world of professional poker, Matt Glantz was a relative latecomer. Right out of business school, Glantz went to work at the Philadelphia stock market. He loved it. It wasn't until a decade later that Glantz decided to make a career …

Players around the world, especially in Europe, are gearing up for the start of the sixth season of the Eureka Poker Tour at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, from March 2-8, 2016. This marks the third time the poker tour has opened its season …