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The Associated Press is all over the Sundance Film Festival, from its premieres to the Hollywood glitz. Here's a sampling what they've seen and heard: Celebrities sound off on the fest. From Kevin Bacon to Lily Tomlin, stars say they can't get enough …

The World Series of Poker announced on Tuesday that it has altered the payout structure of its flagship $10,000 Main Event. The world's most prestigious poker tournament will no longer feature a $10 million guarantee top prize, instead guaranteeing 1 …

Denmark's Thorsten Facius first live tournament cash came by win, according to The Hendon Mob, as he outlasted a field of 113 players to win the 888 Poker on Ice Live Austria Main Event for €13,000 ($15,014) at the Casino Austria Seefeld, located in …

To prepare for their roles as expert gamblers, the two went out on the town with a "poker czar" a few times before they were "thrown to the wolves with genuine, 14-hour a day sitting at a table grinding killers," said Mendelsohn. "They see us coming …

On a quiet weeknight among the stately manors of Great Falls, ten men sat around a table in the basement of a private home last November playing high stakes poker. Suddenly, masked and heavily armed SWAT team officers from the Fairfax County Police …

New Jersey poker player Oliver Dent is eagerly anticipating the return of PokerStars and Full Tilt, especially after yesterday's connection issues on partypoker NJ and BorgataPoker.com where many players were disconnected from tournaments, including …

Brooklyn Decker took a break from promoting her new Sundance movie in Park City for a charity poker tournament on Sunday. The actress was spotted at the Cards for Humanity Celebrity Game Night with James Marsden, Kellan Lutz and Peter Sarsgaard to …

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn ventured deep into the heart of America to film the gambling drama "Mississippi Grind," a gritty, 70s-style road trip movie about two near-strangers travelling from Dubuque, Iowa to New Orleans.

Mississippi Grind, a new poker-themed movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn, will debut at the Sundance Film Festival next week. The latest cinematic offering focusing on the world of poker will receive its maiden showing at Park City, Utah, …

According to the Journal Star, Senator Larson is expected to introduce a bill later this week that would legalize poker. The bill would define poker, at least draw and hold'em, as a game of skill, and in theory would bypass wording in the state …

Back in November, the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) kicked off the first of its eight stops in Season 3 by visiting the Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg. That Main Event attracted a record-setting HPO field of 207 players and saw Jesse McEuen emerge …

The Borgata hosted its debut World Poker Tour event in 2003, early in the tour's second season. They'd quickly become a staple on the WPT, and eventually one of the tour's cornerstones over the next 11 years. Not only has Borgata hosted a WPT event …

Women have been underrepresented at poker tables since the game first caught on in the 19th century, and nowhere is this more evident than at poker's grandest spectacle, the World Series of Poker. Even in 2014 women make up only 5% of the field of …

There's a new player in the world of poker, and he doesn't wear a baseball cap or sunglasses. This new player is Cepheus, a computer program developed by Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science alumnus Michael Bowling. According to a …

PokerScout.com reports that at present almost 45% of cash game action on Full Tilt takes place on Rush Poker tables. That presumably includes Adrenaline Rush, an even faster version of Rush Poker that Full Tilt unleashed one year ago. Adrenaline Rush …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) is preparing for the first edition of the American Poker Awards, scheduled to be held at California in Los Angeles on February 27, 2015. Alex Dreyfus, the founder of the GPI, said that the American Poker Awards is an …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has been a point of interest ever since it was first created in conjunction with the Epic Poker League (remember that?). After the league folded, the ranking system remained, and it has been one of the higher-profile ways …

The 1% of players referenced presumably contribute far more than 1% in total online poker revenue to WSOP. Restricting them will have a serious impact on the site's bottom line, potentially leading to less lucrative promotional offers and further …