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Bwin.Party Suffers H1 Poker Losses, Outlines Shake-up Plan Online gambling company Bwin.party has released its H1 interim results ending 31st June, revealing a 7% fall in revenue to €317.1 million from the €342.5 million generated in H1 2013. While the …

The $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open easily surpassed the guarantee by nearly $2 million, and champion Blair Hinkle walked away with nearly $1.75 million after besting Justin Bonomo in an epic heads-up match. The success in the first go-around at …

A benefit poker run for the Angel Stevens family is planned for 1 p.m. Sept. 20. The run will start and finish at the Red Eye Bar, 5013 N. Cliff Ave., hitting five different towns along the way. Registration is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Raffle tickets …

Despite synchronising nicely with the conclusion of the EPT Barcelona, few “international” players headed to the Holland Casino in Rotterdam this weekend, leaving mostly Dutch players to battle out the €1,080 buy-in Main Event of the Rotterdam Poker …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves during a rally at the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif., in June 2012. Musk has five states bidding up subsidy packages to land a coveted plant for a $5 billion factory to make batteries for a new generation of Tesla electric cars.

Nevada's online poker sites had a record-breaking month in June. It was the first time they had ever surpassed the $1 million mark in revenues, and was fueled mostly by the presence of tens of thousands of poker players in Las Vegas for the World …

The recent debut of the “quantum reload” concept at the recent World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event serves as the latest in a series of stark reminders that the poker market continues to mature, and that trying to keep the game's major events new …

"Sorry, but congratulations." I must have heard some combination of the words "sorry" and "congratulations" 100 times in the two days after I was knocked out of the World Series of Poker Main Event last month. Thank you, but hold the "sorry." I had a …

Tesla Motors has five states bidding to attract a $5 billion factory that will make batteries for a new generation of electric cars. The winner is expected to offer publicly financed incentives exceeding a half-billion dollars. And the package could be …

Seminole Hard Rock In 2013, the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida stunned poker players by easily surpassing their $10 million guarantee in the $5,300 buy-in Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, drawing 2,384 players. Much to the delight of the field, …

On Saturday, the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackersville, Oklahoma, saw Day 1b of the River Poker Series Main Event take place with a total of 455 entrants putting up the $2,500 entry fee. By the time play concluded, only 46 would survive to …

The final 16 players of the 2014 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker returned to the Bicycle Casino on Thursday looking to reach one of the WPT's most prestigious final tables. When the day ended, Massoud Eskandari led a group of lesser-known players at …

The South Dakota Army National Guard's 727th Transportation Company and the group Disabled American Veterans held their 10th annual charity poker run. Every dollar raised goes towards the purchase of vans used to take veterans to and from their …

After three days of action at the Bicycle Casino in California, a field of 593 entries has been whittled down to 16 at the season-opening World Poker Tour Legends of Poker. Tyler Kenney leads with the way a stack of 2,955,000 going into Day 4 and is …

Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, the online poker and casino giant, and owner of the Bwin.com and PartyPoker brands continues to report on growing losses. The company said this week that its operating losses in the past six months ending June 30th …

During the apex of the Poker Boom a new poker book was released by Ed Miller, "Small Stakes Hold' em" which went against many of the tried and true concepts that Limit Holdem players had been employing for years. Miller became a bit of an overnight …

Sujay Dalal ended Day 1B of the $10 Million guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event as the chip leader with 302,200 and received a $5,000 bonus for ending as the leader. He was followed closely by Joe Kuether and Marvin Rettenmaier at …

On Friday, Day 1a of the River Poker Series Main Event kicked off at WinStar World Casino and Resort. This $2,500,000 guaranteed prize pool event saw a grand total of 366 entires on its first starting flight. The field played down to the top 10 percent …