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Cash game player traffic saw a 1% uptick in action last week, the third consecutive week that online poker players the world over logged on in greater numbers than the week before. The industry was hit hard by the shutdown of Ultimate Poker (UP …

So, while poker theory says that it's better to be the bettor than the caller, if your fold equity is nearly zero, the advantages of betting mostly disappear. If the player was bluffing, the most likely card he'd hold would be the A Heart Suit but you …

The poker player and gaming industry professional found himself €107,500 richer in the wee hours of 9 November, when he came head-to-head with Bulgaria's ultimately victorious Antoan Katsarov as the duo fought for the top spot at the Battle for Malta …

Chris Moneymaker, who won the 2003 World Series of Poker, visits Lawrenceburg, Ind., this week to play in the regional 10-day tournament at Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg as part of the Hollywood Poker Open national tour. The tournament started …

In the trend of big console game launches this month, Ubisoft continues it with the impending launch of Far Cry 4. But to buck another trend, Ubisoft chose to launch not the usual companion app which gives tips and tricks to the game – but a quirky …

In the early morning hours of Monday, Nov. 17, Phil Hellmuth topped a field of 254 entrants to win the Pittsburgh Poker Open $1,000 buy-in Main Event for more than $54,000. The 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner claimed his first victory …

It brought back the bitter taste I had in my mouth when he came up on the stage after the One Drop win and actually said, 'Congratulations, welcome to the poker world kid.' Never met him apart from that, but I am sure he's an overall nice guy, just …

Looking for your next big-time poker experience? The Playground Poker Fall Classic, featuring the World Poker Tour Montreal, runs now through Nov. 27. The Fall Classic includes events ranging from $150 all the way up to $10,400, only at Playground …

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from November …

Bob Ciaffone Bluffing is the part of poker that attracts the most attention and interest from those who are not really poker players themselves, but know what a bluff is. For poker aficionados, bluffing, of course, is also of great interest. Running a …

Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino The brand new Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino, located just outside Phoenix, Arizona, is rewarding their poker players with the Super 49 Ticket Giveaway, a promotion that will send a lucky pair of players to Super Bowl XLIX in …

Over the weekend, the World Poker Tour Emperors Palace Poker Classic — a tournament that attracted 166 players and created a prize pool of $475,836 — played out in South Africa. After three days of play, poker pro Dylan Wilkerson emerged victorious …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has finally released some details about the first-ever American Poker Awards (APA), a ceremony set to take place on Feb. 27, at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Created to bring together all the top names of the …

Monthly regulated online poker revenues were reported once again in New Jersey, and they dipped below $2 million in the month of October for the first time since its inception in November 2013. According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement …

Andoni Larrabe was the first player from Spain to make the World Series of Poker main event final table since Carlos Mortensen won it all back in 2001, but the 22-year-old poker player couldn't do better than sixth place when all was said and done …

The patent claims at issue related to management of online poker. Defendant challenged the validity based on lack of patentable subject matter under Section 101 in light of the recent Alice decision, alleging the claims related to the abstract idea of …

Poker pros Phil Ivey and Alex Kostritsyn had quite the heads-up battle last week, as seven of their pots were above $100,000, two of which were well above $230,000. Even though it wasn't their largest in the hundreds of hands they played against one …

The most dangerous opponent at the table is the one you underestimate. With a calm, stoic demeanor, it would be easy to underestimate poker pro Darren Elias. The 27-year-old phenom is almost robotic at the poker table, taking great care with each …