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Delaware's trio of poker sites averaged single digits before shared liquidity with Nevada began. A peek at traffic numbers provided by PokerScout.com reveals that the cash game average in Delaware has skyrocketed to 110 players as of this writing.

There was no shortage of great poker action and fun at the fifth annual Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship held at the Peppermill in Reno, March 25-29. Jan Fisher and I got to host this event again as part of the Ladies International Poker Series.

And while that may be clear to anyone who studies the game, talking to non-poker players reveals a variety of opinions, ranging from thinking that poker is no different from playing the lottery to those who, strangely enough, don't understand just how …

When it comes to Internet poker traffic, there's only one undisputed leader: PokerStars. According to current figures from PokerScout, PokerStars has averaged over 18,000 real money cash game players at any given time over the past week, with a peak of …

The Spring Poker Series will take place April 12-19 on WSOP.com, and eight events will be held with buy-ins ranging from $10-$200. The kickoff event, which will take place on Sunday, April 12, will be a $200 no-limit hold'em reentry tournament with a …

One of the remaining 26 players in the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis main event will leave Sunday night with the top prize of $38,625. The home stretch of the three-day $1,650 no-limit hold'em $150,000 guarantee main event will begin Sunday at 1pm …

An impressive field of 895 entries turned out for the inaugural running of the European Poker Tour Malta €5,300 no-limit hold'em main event, building a prize pool of €4,340,750 ($4,740,898 USD). In the end it was France's Jean Montury who emerged …

Martin Jacobson was one of the most popular winners of the World Series of Poker Main Event in recent times. So much has been written and said about his near-perfect display at the final table last November, and he was even rewarded with "Tournament …

Tomorrow could cause another issue for the players in the Day 1b field with the Cricket World Cup being played during the same time as the tournament and there is no way to watch the match in the poker room. With the field consisting of a lot of …

Any player worth a pair of deuces will tell you that poker is a game of skill. In the words of Lancey Howard, the unbeatable master in classic film The Cincinnati Kid, it's all about “making the wrong move at the right time” – a snippet of wisdom he …

The world of professional poker and professional wrestling have some interesting parallels. Both have competitors that travel the world performing in the largest venues for their sport. Each has players with larger than life personalities with legions …

Jesse Rockowitz is the zone. Fresh off a runner-up finish in the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder $3,500 main event, Rockowitz, also a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, bagged the chiplead on Day 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis main event.

Patrick Clarke, the player that won last year's event for a huge €250,000, became an instant poker legend as he did so after he qualified into the tournament by playing a €4 online satellite! How would you like to become the next Patrick Clarke? Our …

888poker To Sponsor 2015 World Series of Poker This week, it was announced that online gaming operator 888 will sponsor the 2015 World Series of Poker, as well as the 2015 WSOP Europe, through its online poker brand 888poker. Back in 2006, the …

Anthony Zinno stormed back from seven big blinds to win the World Poker Tour's L.A. Poker Classic Main Event at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.With the victory, Zinno, who won the WPT Fallsview Classic less than three weeks earlier, became the …

The European Poker Awards were held on Wednesday at the Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta, honoring the top performances by European poker players in 2014. The ceremony drew hundreds of individuals who were part of Europe's …

The month of April is going to be a big one for the Card Player Poker Tour. The tour will host two stops, the first at Choctaw Resort Casino in Durant, Oklahoma Apr. 2-12 and the second at Casino Royale in St. Maarten Apr. 24-May 3. Hosting some of the …

I've spent a lot of time studying the question of whether or not setting goals makes sense for poker players, and I think that it does. Longtime psychology professor and author Ed Locke is America's foremost expert on goal setting. Locke defines a goal …