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Matas Cimbolas came into the final table as the chip leader, but it looked like he was going to have settle for second place. At one point during heads-up play, he was more than 5-1 down in chips, and it looked as thought the 2014 partypoker World …

There's no doubt that online poker isn't what it used to be. Pretty much anyone who was around in the mid-2000s speaks wistfully about those days and how easy it was to find soft games back then. Now, the majority of players even at the low-stakes …

Victoria Coren-Mitchell, the only player in history to win two European Poker Tour titles, announced on her blog that she will be leaving Team PokerStars Pro as a result of PokerStars.com introducing online casino games last week. Coren-Mitchell …

Beginning Saturday, Nov. 29 and lasting through Monday, Dec. 8, the World Poker Tour will be in France for their last WPT National event of the year. The PMU.fr WPT National Paris will host their festival at the Cercle Clichy Montmarte and offers …

A sizable field of 732 players turned out for the 2014 World Poker Tour Montreal $3,500 CAD no-limit hold'em main event. From that sea of players emerged a stacked final table that included the likes of Samuel Chartier, Kevin MacPhee, Mukul Pahuja and …

I read at the poker table. When I attended Tulane Law School, I spent too much time at Harrah's New Orleans and not enough in the classroom. As a compromise I forced myself to study at the table, and ever since then I've developed an ability not only …

New Jersey poker player "Adversity45" rounded out the top three winners by shipping the WSOP.com Sunday $25,000 Guarantee for $7,000. Other notable wins on WSOP.com NJ include Jordan "jluddy12" Ludwick winning the $10,000 GTD Nightly [R&A] on …

The 2014 Master Classics of Poker Main Event began Tuesday in Amsterdam's stunning Holland Casino. The €4,250 Main Event has long been considered one of the top events in Europe and has been won by players as illustrious as Ole Schemion, who …

Each week, PokerNews brings you insight into the happenings at some of the major poker sites. Featuring the most popular blog posts, BlogNews Weekly is your one-stop shop for all your poker blog highlights. In this week's BlogNews report, we're …

One of Nevada's two remaining online poker providers is trying to attract players who had accounts with Ultimate Poker, the third provider that announced its closure last week. Real Gaming, which is affiliated with the South Point, today revealed a …

The 10th edition of the eGaming Review Operator Awards, one of the industry's most prestigious events, awarded PokerStars with the titles of Poker Operator of the Year and Mobile Operator of the Year. During the official ceremony, which was held in …

Thanks to a new deal signed between the Global Poker Index (GPI) and the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer Roger Dubuis, the winners of the GPI's 2014 Player of the Year Awards are now set to take home a prestigious La Monégasque custom-made …

Poker is one of the most complex games ever invented, yet countless people attempt to master it each and every day. Unfortunately, the road to poker mastery is often long, circuitous, and challenging, causing many to leave the path well short of that …

This holiday season, Switch Poker, the mobile poker room available worldwide to iPhone, iPad and Android users, will kick off the first of three promotions for their €1,000 XMAS Competition. Between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, Switch Poker will hold a SPP Race …

The Coin Poker Network allows platform partners to benefit from shared Bitcoin-only player liquidity. Coingaming, which specialises in the provision of bitcoin crypto currency solutions for the igaming sector, says the offering is a direct result of …

“While online poker is still new in regulated environments and faces some challenges, we remain dedicated to delivering innovative products and are confident in the success of online poker in the Nevada market,” said Lawrence Vaughan, co-founder of …

n the past several years online poker has become more popular especially with the televised poker events such as Celebrity Poker. It is convenient to play poker online from home. There have been many new sites added and with so many choices it can be …

Most people are familiar with the concepts of “leveled” thinking in poker. The level of thinking you are on represents the amount of strategizing and counter-strategizing going on between you and your opponents. As a quick summary of the concept, the …