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The poker room at Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip is will close for remodeling at 10am on Sunday, January 25, 2015. The poker room is expected to reopen on or about May 15, 2015. The new poker room's size will be smaller. Vegas Chatter reports that there …

Amid the California online poker legislation talk and the return of Andy Beal to the Bellagio, a small story with the potential for huge industry-wide ramifications has quietly been gaining steam: Nevada Senate Bill SB40. SB 40 is designed to prevent …

January 22, 2015 — Claude Purches, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, participates in a poker game at the World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal). Nikki Boertman. January 22, 2015 …

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder listens to a question at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced late last week that state and local police will no longer be able to seize property without warrants or criminal …

The bill appears to remove two of the largest stumbling blocks to consensus by (i) removing bad actor provisions and (ii) allowing race tracks to take part in online poker. But it's unclear what the base of support the bill enjoys. For example, the …

Preflop, final table, seven handed, with the blinds at 30,000 and 60,000 and a 10,000 ante, Robl raised to 140,000 from under the gun, Sippl called in the small blind, and Kenney called in the big blind. On the flop Sippl checked, Kenney checked, Robl …

California Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer reintroduced his online poker legislation with significant changes on the two issues that derailed passage of the bill last year — the so-called bad actor clause and exclusion of horse racing tracks. AB 167 …

A poker strategy book written by someone as talented and well-known as Chris Moorman is rare although there is no dearth of poker strategy books in the market. D&B Publishing has revealed that the poker world will soon receive a poker strategy book …

Bobby Moak, the representative of Mississippi, is trying again for online poker legalization in the state. On January 12, he introduced the Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2015, also known as House Bill 306, and referred it to the committees …

California Assemblyman Mike Gatto told PokerNews that he heard with near unanimity from interested parties that an in-person registration requirement for online poker was likely to hurt development of the industry, and that part of being a responsible …

Last year, PokerNews told you about "Legal Poker In Wisconsin", a grassroots effort by poker players to get a judge to issue a declaratory judgment defining the legality of live poker in the Badger State by naming it a game of skill. In preparation for …

Four months after his sponsorship with Full Tilt ended, high-stakes poker regular Gus Hansen opened up an interview with Denmark's Pokernyhederne to discuss the past and future of poker. In Copenhagen to participate in the Copenhagen Bridge …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has made another round of announcements about the Global Poker Masters (GPM), coming closer to finalizing the rosters for each nation and clearing up exactly how the final spots will be filled. Each of the eight countries …

One of the staples on Las Vegas' summer tournament series schedule – Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino Las Vegas' Grand Poker Series – will be an Ante Up Poker Tour series in 2015. "On behalf of the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, I am proud to …

The Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2015 is the second online poker bill proposed in the state in as many months, and looks to be a bit more palatable to California's gaming interests as a whole than the measure volleyed by Assemblyman Mike …

Without giving too much of the plot away, Mississippi Grind is an American comedy-drama film about a debt-ridden poker player on a losing streak hoping to change his luck by teaming up with a younger player. The older poker player, Gerry, is played by …

Poker used to be cool. From Wild Bill Hickok getting shot up over aces and eights to Paul Newman and Robert Shaw eyefucking each other in The Sting, it has always held a place in American culture as the game you'd find grown-ass men playing in the …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …