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Back in 2013, France's Sylvain Loosli made a big splash in the live poker world thanks to a fourth-place finish in the World Series of Poker Main Event for $2,792,533. Since then, Loosli became a member of Team Winamax together with the likes of Davidi …

It appears that poker players in New Jersey who are eager for a new site to provide more competition in the market will have to keep waiting for PokerStars to finally be let in, as Pala Interactive has decided to put its poker product on the back burner.

While Pala CEO Jim Ryan said that the platform was “by and large ready to go,” he revealed in an interview with CalvinAyre.com's Becky Liggero this week that the company was disinclined to offer poker because it believed PokerStars would soon launch in …

On Saturday, the RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs $675 buy-in Main Event continued with two more starting flights. Day 1b attracted 166 entrants, and after 13 levels of play just 32 remained with RunGood Ambassador Joe Hebda and …

New Jersey's "nigock" was the Garden State's biggest winner over the weekend. His success came in the WSOP.com Sunday $25,000 Guarantee when he outlasted a 217-player field to collect $10,638. "NYR9414" earned $6,222 for his runner-up …

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 …

Emergency rules that allow charities to contract with private companies to hold fundraising poker games expire in July. State Senator Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, says bills he and State Representative Tom Barrett, R-Potterville, introduced would make …

While we've been paying close attention to the maneuverings of online gambling legalization at the state and federal level a somewhat alarming trend has slipped under the radar: The closure of brick & mortar poker rooms across the United States.

This week it was State Representative Nick Miccarelli's turn with HB 695, a reintroduction of an online gambling bill he first floated last year (as HB 2297), that seeks to legalize online poker in Pennsylvania. Get more information on HB 695 and sign …

On Friday, the Niagara Falls Poker Room was buzzing with the start of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge. After close to 13 hours of poker, Grand Island, New york, resident Jerry Calvaneso was crowned champion of the first event on the schedule.

Gaming solutions provider NYX Gaming Group has unveiled a new real-time poker rewards programme for its customers in Italy. The move, which comes shortly after NYX Gaming's acquisition of the Ongame Poker Network, will enable customers in the …

The RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which took place just across the river Omaha, Nebraska, kicked off their headline event on Friday night. Day 1a of the $675 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed Main Event surpassed …

The state of Pennsylvania is looking at legalizing and regulating online poker within its borders at a time when the federal government is considering a nationwide ban on real-money online gambling. To prevent a hairy situation from arising, Keystone …

Back in February, Saied Moradi topped a field of 328 players to win the 2015 RunGoodGear.com Poker Series Main Event at the Downstream Casino Resort, which is located on the outskirts of Joplin, Missouri. As part of a four-way chop, Moradi took home …

German poker pro Cort “thecortster” Kibler-Melby had a rough week at the online poker tables on the Full Tilt software. He has lost more than $400,000 so far this month, after logging nearly 1,000 hands over a handful of unique sessions, according to …

For the past week, the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO), which is in its third season, has been hosting a dozen "featured events" at the Hollywood Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. On Saturday, March 6 at 12:00 p.m. local time, the stop will culminate with a …

Anthony Zinno added his name to the poker history books this week when he emerged victorious from a field of 538 players to win the 2015 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event and $1,015,860. Winning a WPT main event …

If you want to make it in the dog-eat-dog world of poker, you simply must work on your temperament. Being calm, cool, and collected, no matter what happens, is the name of the game. I remember a hand from the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event that …