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Advance registration is open for the Butte County Sheriff's Mounted Posse poker ride, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. This year, parking will be located at the Loafer Creek parking area, off Highway 162 east of in Oroville. Early registration is $25 for each …

It appeared to be a win-win situation for the poker industry. As it turns out, sharing player pools has been about as useful to Delaware as a winter coat in Hawaii. The state's online poker operators generated a mere $24,523 last month, a 21.5 …

Join BOA Editionson Wednesday, October 21, as New York Times-bestselling author James McManus visits Rochester to discuss his new book, The Education of a Poker Player. Held in collaboration with Rochester Arts & Lectures, the program will feature an …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced last week that it is in the process of reviewing its own online poker regulations in order to make sure they are “sufficient to ensure online poker is crime free, fair and open and children and vulnerable …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) is the go-to site for the ranking of live poker tournament players thanks to its unique points scoring system that attempts give an accurate overview of who are the best players in the world at present. However, for many …

The WSOP.com will soon host the Fall Poker Festival for poker players located in Nevada and New Jersey. The event will be hosted separately in the two states as New Jersey has not yet signed a liquidity sharing pact similar to the one signed by …

The route has been set for Saturday's rolling Poker Run & Burger Bash benefiting the Rusk County Boys & Girls Club – Kilgore Unit. All vehicles are invited to attend the Oct. 17 event, which begins with a two-hour registration window from 9 a.m. to 11 …

After 28 players decided to buy-in directly to Day 2 of the Card Player Poker Tour Big Poker Oktober $1,100 no-limit hold'em main event at the Bicycle Casino, there was a total of 521 players in the tournament. That made for a total prize pool of $586 …

For years, poker players and some lawmakers have pushed for legalization statewide, but to no avail. The Poker Gaming Act of 2013, had it passed, would have allowed existing parimutuel facilities, bingo halls, and tribal entities to apply for licenses …

The legal battle between Phil Ivey and the Borgata casino in Atlantic City took another turn last week as the casino filed court documents to try to get the poker pro's counter-suit dismissed. The casino sued Ivey last year, and Ivey's legal team …

A ruling in June 2014 went against the tribe, but eventually the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in April that the electronic poker room is legal. The reasoning is that the state must criminalize a gambling activity in order to prevent it …

Some of Ireland's prominent poker players voiced their concerns about the future of the Irish Open as the main event's buy-in, prize pool and attendance was falling year-on-year and one such player, Dara “Doke” O'Kearney, wrote his thoughts and …

The recent push to “level the playing field” by online poker providers PokerStars and partypoker is now being backed by the UK's iGaming governing body, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). Following a spate of incidents involving bots and collusion in …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) national regulatory body has announced that it is to launch a review into the use of third-party software in online poker. Confirmed in a statement by the regulator, the review will include a number of stages, the …

With Intertops Poker's blackjack jackpots players can win up to $1,000. According to the popular online poker room, there are three special online blackjack titles that can provide high rewards. With two or more natural blackjacks the player wins an …

His name may be Fast, but it was hardly a short road to victory for Germany's Dietrich Fast in the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe €550 no-limit hold'em Oktoberfest event. A total of 2,144 entries were made in this huge tournament which began four …

"Each player with both a gaming and poker account will now have one main account that consolidates all comp earnings across the Seminole casinos," says Jason Newman, director of poker marketing for Seminole Gaming. Players will receive $1 per hour …

The WSOP.com Fall Poker Festival runs from October 25-November 1, marking the start of another glorious year for the World Series of Poker and the second for this event series. This online tournament series is open to players in New Jersey and Nevada …