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Each year the staff at PokerNews picks what we feel are the top stories of the year in the poker world based upon a vote of each of the staff members. For a little more than a week, we've been counting down those stories and today our No. 2 story of …

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently in the process of establishing links among high-roller junkets in Macau, high-stakes poker games, and online sports betting. In July, the FBI conducted a raid on luxury villas at Caesars Palace, a …

PokerUpdate is currently looking for poker players interested in participating in a survey about poker and the poker industry. All players are welcome and the survey will take only a few minutes of your time. This is a great way for you to have your …

Over the years, PokerStars has experienced plenty of changes, from the explosive growth of its early days — fueled by online satellite entries to the World Series of Poker and a man called Chris Moneymaker — to its historic purchase of fallen rival …

My stance on the $500 buy in colossal event at this WSOP isn't a popular one, but I wanted to shed some light on the reasons why it concerns me, and to do that I need to take you on my journey with the WSOP which started back in 1996. In 96', there was …

End 2014 Top 5 in the Global Poker Index- I remained in the top 5 for most of the year, but failing to put up any points at the WSOP APAC saw me fall from the top 10 and finish the year ranked 47th. It will be difficult for me to maintain a high …

An average of 19,000 players is well more than than the rest of the industry's other top ten poker rooms and networks combined. 888poker is holding down 2nd place, with 2,400 ring game players, while the iPoker Network claims 3rd by averaging 2,000 …

Happy 2015 New Year Tweets From The Poker Pros. January 1st, 2015 Author: M. Rhodes. Happy 2015 New Year Tweets From The Poker Pros Here's a selection of some of the best New Year best wishes tweets coming from the pros over the festive period:.

Although Ari Engel is unemployed and homeless, he is not to be pitied as he has earned $5 million during the last decade playing poker. Bluff Magazine has ranked 31-year-old Engle in the 23th place. He is one of the best poker pros in the world. Engel …

The playoffs are upon us in the NFL. But that doesn't mean that NFL Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) is done for the year. All of the major sites are running really awesome playoff contests that span the weekend of games. FanDuel has a $1.75 million …

Instead, the company noted the negative effects of two smaller division that continue to bleed money — the company's moribund social-gaming division and its deep investment in the New Jersey (US) online poker market, neither of which has shown any …

The Beast, which costs nothing to enter for players at WPN's America's Cardroom and True Poker, will see $20,000 added each week from Saturday, January 3rd to Friday, January 30th. Only the top 20 players on The Beast leaderboard each week will split …

Nevada Online Poker Down 3.61% In November Following three straight months of falling revenues, there was a slight relief for Nevada's gambling industry in November, which reported $876.3 million in revenues, a 0.04% improvement over the same month …

Ari Engel is homeless. It's been a decade since he last held a regular job and two years since he gave up his apartment. But don't shed any tears for him. Over the last 10 years or so, Engel has grossed about. $5 million playing poker online and at …

While WSOP.com was still having its software platform rigorously tested by Nevada regulators, Ultimate Poker launched with a simpler, streamlined product which it would develop and improve as time went on, hoping that its first-into-the-market status …

So last year the WSOP decided to try something to inspire more entries in the WSOP main event. Glitz it up and make it look a little sexier. It was the 10th anniversary of the WSOP being held in Las Vegas at the Rio, so it seemed like it was worth a try.

He justifies his career by saying for him, poker is a business, and like all endeavors there will always be winners and losers. He also stresses his belief that poker is only unfair when unskilled players attempt to compete outside of their own abilities.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) – More than 1,400 people from around the country are in Minot this week competing for the right to be called North Dakota's poker champion. The 11th annual North Dakota Texas Hold 'em Championship is being held at the Vegas Motel.