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Poker used to be cool. From Wild Bill Hickok getting shot up over aces and eights to Paul Newman and Robert Shaw eyefucking each other in The Sting, it has always held a place in American culture as the game you'd find grown-ass men playing in the …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

Poker media powerhouse All In's charitable organization, All In Cause, will host a three-day charity event on Super Bowl Weekend in Paradise Valley, Arizona that includes a charity poker tournament that is set to host some of the biggest names in …

Cody, who has already won events at World Series of Poker, the European Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour, promises to be at the TCOOP tables looking for his first success in the series. "I haven't won one yet but will be giving it my best shot …

The 'All-in Kitchen' pop-up is a collaboration between PokerStars and Jones & Son restaurant, taking temporary residence under the railway arches of Haggerston, for the 2015 UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT). Diners choose dishes from a poker-themed …

“You can be a professional poker player but you cannot be a professional coin flipper,” Tyson says. “You can lose a poker hand on purpose, but you cannot lose a coin flip on purpose. You can have the worst hand sitting there but be the best poker …

Ultimate Poker was the talk of the town for two years running, but it would take a miracle for the company to become one of the big stories of 2015. Ultimate was one of the biggest stories of 2013 thanks to the historic launch of Ultimate Poker. The …

Nearly a year ago I received an exclusive from D&B Publishing regarding an upcoming book by Chris "Moorman1" Moorman, who had the distinction of being the first player to win more than $10 million playing online tournaments. Poker strategy books hit …

The biggest online poker tournament in New Jersey over the weekend was the GSSS #13 High – $100,000 GTD NLH. With 472 entrants, this $200 buy-in tournament did not quite reach its $100,000 guarantee, leaving some overlay for the players to feast on.

Former World Poker Tour Player of the Year Faraz Jaka (GPI No. 42) has earned over $4.5M in his eight years on the live tournament circuit. He's earned a pair of significant victories on tour, has totaled seven six-figure scores including a $755,000 …

Deception is a key principle in poker, and being able to deceive others is an important skill when it comes to being a winning poker player. At the tables, players frequently find themselves in situations where they will represent hands other than what …

If you've been keeping an eye on poker news, you know about what Phil Ivey has been up to. The professional poker player, who has amassed millions throughout his career, recently took a London casino to court. But while Ivey isn't making himself any …

I'd just taken a seat in a $5/$10 no-limit hold'em game, and although I'd witnessed fewer than a single orbit's worth of play, it seemed like I'd found a good one. The player on my right had been involved in four of the six pots I had seen, generally …

Season II of the World Poker Tour Alpha8 concluded at the same venue where it all began – the Seminole Hard Rock in Florida. The event was small with just a half dozen players ponying up the $100,000 buy-in, but those players were some of the biggest …

“You can be a professional poker player; you cannot be a professional coin flipper,” Larson told the Lincoln Journal Star. “You can lose a poker game on purpose; you can't lose a coin flip on purpose. You can have the worst hand in poker but be the …

In late December Noah Schwartz finished fourth from a field of 55 entries in the largest ever World Poker Tour Alpha8 super high roller event for $539,550. Roughly a month later Schwartz topped the tour's smallest ever field of only six entrants to win …

The RunGood Poker Series will visit Downstream Casino & Resort in Quapaw, Oklahoma from Feb. 4-8 for five days of poker, five side events, and a $100K guaranteed $675 buy-in Main Event, which will also award the winner a $10,000 seat into the 2015 …

It's no secret that Florida Panthers star goaltender Roberto Luongo knows his way around the poker table. Luongo has long voiced the fact that he loves to play the game and manages to take some time to hang out at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas …