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Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif., hosted the Heartland Poker Tour for the fifth time as Tom West picked up $154K for winning the main event. West, a caterer from Mountain View, Calif., just happened to finish third in this same event …

ELKO — The Wild Bunch Motorcycle Club had its eighth annual memorial poker run on Oct. 17. The Poker Run started at Goldies Bar at high noon that day, and finished at the Tiki Hut Bar. On the way stops were made at the Peacock State Inn in Carlin, The …

The fifth-place finisher in this past summer's $10,000 heads-up no-limit event at the World Series of Poker who was accused of marking cards by some high-profile members of the poker community will finally get his prize money, according to a statement …

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 …

The fantasy sports pro lived through this once before as a full-time online poker player until April 15, 2011 – "Black Friday" among the poker community – when the Department of Justice seized the web domains of the three most prominent online poker …

Talking Stick Resort's Arena Poker Room recently concluded its 10th annual Arizona State Ladies Poker Championship as Christine Burns emerged victorious to take home $11,739 and a watch. The two-day event drew 187 entrants but only 10 made the final …

From November 4-8, the RunGood Poker Series will be at Downstream Casino to host two side events and a $100K GTD Main Event. Not only that, a dozen $2,000 Blaycation Packages will be awarded at the stop – one to each side event winner, and nine to …

The Lake Martin Area United Way invites you to dress in your best superhero costume Thursday evening and help it celebrate Halloween with the Super Hero Poker Walk. The event begins at 5 p.m. and will wrap up at J.R.'s Sportsbar and Grill with the …

Here's a classic live poker gray area. It's heads-up on the river. The first player to act checks, but does so subtly – a little tap of the fingers, say, or declaring the action quietly enough that his opponent doesn't quite hear. The dealer correctly …

6 of Hold'em with Holloway, which told the “chip and a chair” story of Mike Watson at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific. It's called maximizing your potential, and while it may seem self-evident, you'd be surprised at how often tournament …

(PRESS RELEASE) — The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), an Amaya Inc. brand, today announced its schedule for a momentous tenth season. Throughout 2016, the APPT will make multiple visits to each of the leading four poker cities of the Asia-Pacific …

The Ace of Hearts level for $5,000 includes one reserved private table with nine seats, one customized take-home table felt (need three weeks notice), verbal acknowledgment and name and logo displayed in Poker Room. The King of Hearts level for $2,500 …

John Duthie, creator of the EPT, has lashed out of at the selection process of the Poker Hall of Fame, which he says has become a “sort of Madame Tussauds' of US Poker.” Writing in an op-ed for PokerNews.com, Duthie criticized the lack of non-US …

Revenue from Nevada's 69 poker rooms in the month of September was $8.34 million, according to figures released Thursday from Silver State gaming regulators. The amount was a 1.52-percent increase compared to September 2014. There were a …

Leading Russian online poker site Pokerdom has been forced to suspend its Chinese poker games following mysterious software glitches, PokerFuse has reported. Pokerdom has been a leading pioneer of Chinese Poker games, which are wildly popular …

Either the WSOP breaks its association with the Poker Hall of Fame and it remains as it is, becoming a sort of Madame Tussaud's of U.S. poker, or it resolves to change and completely overhaul the nomination and selection process so that it is a true …

Each week, PokerNews brings you insight into the happenings at the major poker sites. Featuring the most popular blog posts, BlogNews Weekly is your one-stop shop for all your poker blog highlights. This week, BlogNews Weekly brings you highlights from …

Much has been written about the 'demise' of the online poker scene since its heyday in 2007, but what does this mean for the search market? Blueclaw's Lauren Garrison analysed the search market for the vertical for iGB and found that there are still …