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Seminole Hard Rock “Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open” (RRPO) returns to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Nov. 19 – Dec. 2, 2015 carrying a $3,500 buy-in $2 Million guaranteed RRPO Championship. Held in the resort's ballrooms, the series …

A total of 362 players returned to DTD on Sunday for the second and final day's play and all of them were in the money thanks to the Grand Prix Poker Tour's policy of having Day 2 players walk away with a cash to their name. Twelve hours after play …

The ninth stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 16. The series will continue until Oct. 25 and feature a $500 no-limit hold'em $150,000 guarantee main event Oct. 22-25. Ninety …

DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said in 2012 what many in the poker community believe today regarding the skill-based elements of the card game and how its decision making relates to daily fantasy sports (DFS). During a Reddit.com “Ask Me Anything” …

In 2012, the lead author of this article and colleagues found that the level of contributions clubs made to actual community purposes was low as a proportion of poker machine revenue. It ranged from 1.3% in NSW to 6.6% in the Australian Capital Territory.

Anxious home mortgagees will now be waiting for two weeks to see whether the three major Australian retail banks will follow the lead set last week by Westpac to increase the interest rates on home loans, or if whether the Reserve Bank will act as …

During the 2008 financial crisis, Sequoia Capital coined a phrase that neatly encapsulated the pain felt by its fellow venture capitalists and technology companies: “RIP Good Times.” Michael Moritz, the firm's chairman and a British honorary knight …

Xi Jinping arrives in the UK. The Chinese president's first state visit to the UK will last four nights, with the main meetings starting tomorrow, including UK prime minister David Cameron, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, and Queen Elizabeth II to …

Xi Jinping in the UK. The Chinese president will be visiting for four days, meeting with UK prime minister David Cameron, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, and Queen Elizabeth II to discuss the potential for economic partnerships. The countries are …

American poker pro Shannon Shorr was also at the final table, and he knocked Lee out in fifth place en route to a third-place finish for $27,989 and 280 Card Player Player of the Year points. Shorr's elimination set up a final showdown between Boatman …

An Australian poker player by the name of Col Thomas was recently charged with murder after investigations revealed a complex love triangle turned deadly. After being arrested and charged with the murder of George Anagnostellis, Thomas appeared in …

The ninth stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 16. The series will continue until Oct. 25 and feature a $500 no-limit hold'em $150,000 guarantee main event Oct. 22-25. Ninety …

In my last two “Casino Poker for Beginners” articles, I introduced you to the poker room personnel you're likely to meet. These people are paid to be there. Who pays them? You do, directly or indirectly. The “indirectly” part is what they get in pay …

After five days of action, it was L.A. poker pro Osmin “Oddie” Dardon who came out on top, pocketing $155,535 for defeating a final table that included the likes of Lily Kiletto (second place), Duey Duong (third place) and Xuan Nguyen (seventh place).

Just as football has the NFL, soccer has the MLS, and golf has the PGA, poker could soon have a professional league of its own. Alexandre Dreyfus, the poker-industry impresario behind the Global Poker Index player ranking, plans to start a poker league …

Chattaway had a fantastic set of results during the 2015 World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) and PokerStars and it is here where he had yet another four-figure score last week. Chattaway finished fourth in The Big $162 on Monday night for …

You may recognize Adam Friedman from ESPN's coverage of the 2005 World Series of Poker main event. The then fresh-faced 23-year-old was playing in his first major event and rode a combination of natural talent and some fortunate naiveté to a 43rd-place …

Xantopoulos' victory came just under a week after Makarios Avramidis took down the kickoff event of this year's WSOP Europe festival, the €2,200 no-limit hold'em six-max event. Avramidis was the first player from Greece to win a WSOP gold bracelet event.