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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A professional poker player has sued a casino that claimed he won $9.6 million by cheating at baccarat, alleging it knew about defects in the cards and then destroyed evidence. Phil Ivey and his co-defendant, Cheng Yin Sun, filed …

Casino Gran Madrid's online poker room, which happens to be the third biggest in Spain, will be shut down on July 31. The casino says that it is no longer able to “provide an attractive product in a hostile environment.” The poker site, which belongs …

The 25-year-old poker pro from Staten Island, NY earned her second WSOP gold bracelet and the $341,599 first-place prize for the win. En route to the title Harwood topped a tough final table that included the likes of all-time tournament earnings …

Mike Caro, known to many as the Mad Genius of Poker, is one of the most colorful and successful poker players of all time. His teachings are used by players the globe over and during the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet series, Caro will share his skill …

Not knowing how to size your bets properly is one of the most atrocious mistakes you can ever make in a poker tournament. Make your opponents think that you don't know how to bet in a poker tournament, and they will (figuratively speaking, I hope) eat …

Spain Loses Its Third Biggest Poker Site Since Spain regulated online poker in 2011, the market has come to be dominated by PokerStars.es and 888poker which between them account for around 90% of the country's cash game players. The next three …

At the poker house, it's always breakfast time. It was nearly 2 p.m. on a recent afternoon when Chris Brand sleepily schmeared his morning bagel in a kitchen cluttered with cereal boxes and casino chips. It's always lunch time too, as Brand's roommate …

I recently played an interesting hand in a $1,500-buy-in tournament. Everyone started with 15,000 in chips. Blinds started at 50-100 with hour-long levels, meaning there was lots of time to wait for strong hands. I realized that everyone at my table …

ThePokerAcademy.com's lead instructor Rep Porter had one heck of a 2015 World Series of Poker. He is currently seventh on the leaderboard (the standings will be updated after the completion of the WSOP Europe and the final table in November.).

I was there for the first few weeks of the World Series of Poker, and I returned for the Main Event and stayed to the final day, even though I myself was eliminated early on Day 2. These two separate trips and the time off in between made it plain to …

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 …

From a field 122 players in the 2015 World Series of Poker National Championship only seven now remain with a chance to capture the gold bracelet and the $341,599 first-place prize. Among them is none other than than six-time WSOP bracelet winner and …

A trip to Rattlesnake Island is one of the many prizes that will be offered during the after-party for Saturday's RVI Lakeshore Roar Poker Run. Those who do not participate in the poker run can still come to the after-party, which begins at 3 p.m …

By some accounts, the global online poker market has shrunk more than 20 percent since 2012, a year after the American market was largely closed off from online poker in an event known as Black Friday. Though the global online poker market is nearing …

Last weekend, Lead Pro Blake Bohn captured his second Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) title when he topped a field of 410 entrants to win the MSPT Meskwaki in Tama, Iowa for $101,229. Not only did Bohn vault to the top of the Season 6 Player of the Year …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website …

The removal of 7-Card-Stud, 5-Card-Draw, and other less popular poker variants. Limiting players to 16 tables, and just six tables of the same game/stakes. The elimination of specific table selection options. Players now only have control over the …

The seventh month of 2015 is almost over and August is approaching faster than NASA's New Horizons probe did en route to the dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, Pluto. August is traditionally a quiet month in the online poker world thanks to it being the …