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The World Poker Tour crowned its latest champion at the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville, Florida last night. Although he wasn't able to win the event, three-time Super Bowl winner Richard Seymour (GPI No. 8428) did pick up the first major …

This weekend, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be in Blackhawk, Colorado, for their Golden Gates Casino event. Then from Nov. 15-23, the tour will head south for the penultimate stop of the Season 5 — Belle of Baton Rouge Casino in Baton Rouge, …

Sweden's Martin Jacobson became the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Tuesday night at the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio, winning heads-up when his pocket 10s held up against Felix Stephensen's Ace-9 of hearts. Jacobson caught a …

Jorryt Van Hoof came into the final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker main event as the chip leader and held onto the lead in dominating fashion into three-handed play. Unfortunately for the 31-year-old Dutch poker pro, he couldn't hold onto his …

He was the only player of the final nine to have earned more than $1 million in World Series of Poker career earnings at tournaments. But he had never won the top spot, coming in second in some cases, until Tuesday when he won the most watched contest …

LAS VEGAS – William Tonking started playing poker toward the end of his years at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. And throughout his years at the University of South Carolina, where he studied economics, he played poker online. Now, nine years …

The 2014 World Series of Poker main event champion is 27-year-old Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson, who earned his first career bracelet and the $10 million first-place prize. When asked how the money would affect his life, Jacobson stated that the …

Major news for California's push to regulate online poker today as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced their intent to partner with an existing coalition made of of PokerStars, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and California's three …

The World Series Of Poker has crowned a new champion, and another pro has taken it down, according to the Associated Press. Martin Jacobson won a whopping $10 million Tuesday night at The Rio in Las Vegas. He's 27-years-old, and got his start in the …

What's the biggest coinflip you've ever experienced? Billy Pappas came out on the wrong end of a $700,000 coinflip, the difference between fifth and fourth place, early Tuesday morning at the 2014 World Series of Poker main event final table.

There will be no chants of "USA" when the final three players vying for the World Series of Poker's $10 million top prize return to a Las Vegas stage Tuesday night. The last players standing — all European — survived nearly 12 hours of no-limit Texas …

When we look back at poker in 2014, we may first think about Daniel Colman bursting onto the high profile poker scene with an incredible year along with all the new poker superstars in the making on this week's World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event …

Billy Pappas, the last true amateur of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event and one of the best foosball players in the world, was eliminated early this morning in fifth place, taking home $2,143,794. It's a damn shame, because Billy was living …

The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event has been on hiatus since July 14 when this year's November Nine was determined. Those nine players, who hailed from six different nations, basked in the poker's spotlight for the past few months, but in this …

After finishing in ninth place at the 2013 World Series of Poker main event, the last thing Mark Newhouse wanted to do was bust in ninth again. In fact, he even told the ESPN crew that he'd rather finish tenth than ninth again. Unfortunately for the 29 …

LAS VEGAS — After four months of waiting, the final table has arrived. Who will win the $10 million and the most coveted bracelet in the game? Watch the action unfold on ESPN2 on Monday night starting at 8 p.m. ET and follow along right here until the …

American businessman W. Clement Stone may not be a name with which poker players are familiar. In fact, it is a name that I myself only ran across recently after searching the internet for the source of an inspirational quote I had heard some time ago.

Moments after the final hand in the World Series of Poker Main Event over the summer, eight of the nine finalists congregated around the table to celebrate. The ninth, 29-year-old Mark Newhouse, was off to the side granting ESPN an immediate interview.