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Poker pro Phil Hellmuth, one of the few players able to garner consistent mainstream exposure, has been offered a chance to appear on ABC's “Wife Swap.” However, it doesn't look like it will be happening for poker's most successful player ever at the WSOP.

Before we get into the reasons why poker players are pretty healthy compared to other casino patrons, it is worth noting that the study found that roughly 60 percent of those who said poker was their preferred casino game are male, while 40 percent are …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Oct. 14, 2014 /Nassau News Live/ — The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year competition kicked off its second year starting with the CoCo Poker Open taking place on September 25 – October 6, 2014 at Seminole Casino …

The 31-year-old won £115,083 by clinching the PokerStars UK and Ireland London title at one of the country's biggest poker events, with 1,089 players taking part. It's the biggest win to date for Brett, of Marske, who first caught the poker bug in his …

Phil Ivey, the famous professional poker player, has lost his case against London's Crockford's Casino, which accused him of cheating in order to win millions of dollars. The winner of ten World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelets, Ivey had moved …

PPA Says Online Poker Needs Casino Style Games To Survive During the upcoming lame duck session taking place between November 9th and 26th, Congress is expected to debate the 'Restoration of America´s Wire Act' (RAWA) which if eventually passed …

Genting Malaysia Bhd says its former indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Fox Poker Club Ltd, has been officially struck off the register of U.K. companies. The privately held firm ceased operations on December 10, 2012, said Genting Malaysia in an …

Osmin “Oddie” Dardon will return on day 2 of the Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event with a commanding chip lead over the rest of the field. Dardon amassed a massive stack of 520,000 by the time the tournament clock ran out on day 1c and …

Cash game player traffic in the online poker industry was up last week, but the amount was negligible. PokerScout reported a gain of "less than half a percent." Any gain is better than a loss. However, the miniscule progression forward is likely …

You would never in a million years imagine that he is worth an estimated £100m, and you certainly wouldn't have him pegged as a poker player. Shakerchi is the chip leader as we resume the second, and final day, of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Alpha8 …

“frustrating week poker wise but the main event starts tomorrow.. WE GRINDIN WE GRINDIN.. STILL GRIZZY GRINDIN ZZIZZLE BIZZLE.. I've lost all of my chips making it physically impossible to grind further.. In other news somebody lacerate my kneecaps …

Lock Poker, a US-facing online poker room that takes too long to process payouts and makes empty promises that it will pay its winners at the earliest possible, has witnessed a 15% drop in player traffic to its cash games. According to the available …

You'd be being kind if you said that Doug Lee has a bit of a reputation as a dislikable person who has been known to take advantage of certain spots during poker tournaments. You'd be a little bit more blunt if you said that he had the reputation of an …

Poker players took to the forums to voice bewilderment at the statement, which seemed to expressly contradict the PPA's aims of 2012, when it put its weight behind Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), who was examining the possibility of a …

The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri is having its first Howl-o-Ween Poker Run and Fun event this Saturday, October 18th at Lawless Harley-Davidson. The event will feature a poker run, a costume contest, Halloween trick-or-treating and other fun …

Matt Stout (pictured) is not only one of the most well-known professional poker players on the live tournament circuit, he is also a man who puts the interests of others before his own. Stout is the founder of the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP), a non …

Bullies are a fairly common subspecies of poker player. You can't spend too long at the tables without running into one. They bet and raise with reckless abandon. Playing against them can be scary, like riding a bucking bronco. Let's talk about three …

The Black Widows Motorcycle Club from Broken Bow hosted a Poker Run on October 11 to raise money for Pat Taylor and his family. Pat's parents Jodean and Dick Taylor took the time to speak with KCNI/KBBN and Dick explained that Pat has been …