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There are often situations in no-limit Texas hold 'em where a player polarizes his range, and it's usually a mistake. A range is polarized when the pool of possible hands a player could be holding becomes skewed toward one extreme or another. Avoiding …

The Winning Poker Network (WPN), which along with the Merge network has the lion's share of the offshore US online poker market, has announced its withdrawal from the newly-regulated US states. The company announced that players from New Jersey, …

The action was abundant this week at the high-stakes online poker tables, as many of online poker's best engaged one another in a plethora of games. There was great action at limit deuce-to-seven triple draw, the eight-game mix, no-limit hold'em and …

Season 2 of the Hollywood Poker Open kicks off their latest regional event in Columbus, Ohio on Friday at the Hollywood Casino. The series will run through Sunday, May 25, finishing with the $1,800 HPO Regional Main Event. The winner of the $100,000 …

The 2014 World Series of Poker is less than two weeks away, and for the third consecutive year WSOP.com will be live streaming final table action from the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Anchored by poker commentator David Tuchman, …

Check out the Card Player Poker. It offers free, legal poker play, welcomes U.S. players, and just announced the fourth massive $25,000 prize tournament series – the $25,000 Poker Summit IV. This is a 12-step tournament that will award $25,000 cash in …

Despite the popularity of online gaming and poker across America, the number of states participating in the market is quite scant. Efforts from Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have seen the states introduce online gambling with some success. But very …

Season 5 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues tomorrow with the MSPT FireKeepers Casino $1,100 Main Event in Battle Creek, Michigan. The MSPT has set state records in each of its last three stops, and expectations are high they'll do the same …

You are in the money in a $1,500 poker tournament and guaranteed a $7,500 payday. There are eight players remaining and with 275,000 in chips, you are in seventh place overall. The blinds are 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante, giving you almost 23 big …

During a media call, officials from the World Series of Poker provided a preview of their ambitious plans to merge the live WSOP experience with the online poker experience available at WSOP.com. This year will mark the first WSOP where online play is …

Bringing Suarez aboard should give the company quite an exposure amongst those who love football but may not share the same interest for poker. The football star was presented during a press conference held today in Barcelona where he talked about this …

The list of unregulated poker sites willing to serve customers in regulated American markets just got shorter by one. In an email sent to players today, the Winning Poker Network (WPN) announced that they are suspending the ability of customers from …

By putting together a string of successful cashes on the tournament circuit, Calderaro has transformed himself from a gambler into a bona fide poker pro. Since May of 2012, Calderaro, who now resides in Florida, has made four final tables, including …

Players could use the yellow plastic cut card to trim off as few as 13 cards. Most casinos require cuts be at least a deck-wide. But the dealers at this joint were sloppy. They often failed to cover the back card of the deck, leaving it exposed after …

WSOP AT THE RIO: Today's preview of the 45th Annual World Series of Poker, which runs May 27 through July 14 at the Rio, is expected to feature 65 gold-bracelet events. But more importantly the most money ever awarded in one WSOP event: a whopping …

A poker player from Bergen lost his court case against the state last week, and has been ordered to pay NOK 91,000 in punitive taxes for failing to declare his poker winnings. Such winnings often are tax-free in Norway, as are lottery gains, but not …

The World Series of Poker held its annual preview conference call at 2 p.m. EST today and offered members of the media to ask questions regarding this year's series. WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart and WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel discussed …

Poker star Mike Matusow will see his 2012 autobiography “Check-Raising the Devil” made into a motion picture, Variety reported Monday. Matusow's book details his struggles on and off the felt, which include drug addiction, going to prison and depression.