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Preflop, with the blinds at 2,000 and 4,000 and a 500 ante, Harry Kaczka raised to 8,000 from late position, Ezzie reraised to 21,000 from the button, Player A went all in from the big blind, Kaczka folded, and Ezzie called.

On Aug. 21, the Pittsburgh Poker Open will kick off at Rivers Casino. The 24-event series has guaranteed $100,000, including $50,000 for the main event. Players can compete in a number of no-limit hold'em tournaments with buy-ins ranging from just …

Benefit poker run this Saturday 0 comments. A poker run is being held this Saturday, Aug. 16, starting in front of the Vapor Vault, 900 W. Washington St., Marshfield, and ending in Ava. The run is being held to benefit cancer victim Brianna “Bug” McIntosh.

Poker is ever growing creature that seeks new places it could call home. Asian market may have been somewhat neglected for a period of time, but as of late things have really been changing and there is a very strong shift towards Asia as a rich and …

Amaya Gaming's two Canadian-facing poker rooms, PlayNow and Espace Des Jeux, saw their traffic rocket by 43 percent in recent months, at one point last week almost reaching the level of their seasonal January peak. But no one quite knows why the …

Ireland's Mark Hussey is the man to catch as the 2014 Sky Poker UK 6-Max Poker Championships Main Event reaches its third and penultimate day of play. Only 45 players remain in the hunt for the £110,000 first place prize and bragging rights for the …

This weekend, Poker Night in America returns to Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York for a high-stakes cash game that has attracted not only some of the best poker professionals in the world, but also one of America's most-respected film critics in …

I have a fascination with the history of poker and gambling, and there is no more fascinating period for a gambling connoisseur than the days of the Old West. There were of course the well-known frontier gamblers like Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Bat …

Vialpando told Card Player that the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's free-play online poker product will have real-money offerings for those who are residents of California and 18 years of age or older. You must also be physically within the borders of …

This past weekend, Maryland native Dan “jungleman12” Cates passed the $10-million mark on Full Tilt Poker, which makes him the third biggest winner ever on the site. This is according to data from tracking site HighstakesDB. Cates trails just Patrik …

The European Poker Tour (EPT) has inked a partnership with the Fantasy Poker Manager that is going to bring the game owned by the Global Poker Index to a whole new new level. Although the partnership is not going change the way the popular social …

The list of players scheduled to take part, both pros and celebrities, includes several names that poker fans will undoubtedly want to see. Film critic Richard Roeper will be competing, and viewers will have an opportunity to determine if his skill at …

“Wow just reading through this ridiculous Newsweek article on poker… so many logical fallacies and just random cursory statements that poker=gambling=addiction with no evidentiary support. I have to wonder what Newsweek's financial incentives in this …

bill Having now seen Daniel Colman's reaction after winning the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop tournament (instead of relying on eyewitness accounts) my feelings on his decision to basically shun the press remain the same: He can choose to …

Martin Kozlov, the well-known Australian professional poker player, became the champion of the Sydney Poker Championship of 2014 and took home the first-place prize of $171,080. Prominent poker pros such as Jarred Graham and Daniel Neilson were …

Do sponsored poker players understand their clients? Do they know what to produce? That question has bothered me for a long time, and the itch has started to develop once more, after the news this week that both the PokerStars Latin American Team and …

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 …

For those looking to have a good time Saturday night and help a good cause, the Liberal Elk's Lodge will be the place to be. The Crossroads Theraputic Riding Center will be hosting its annual Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament at the Elks Lodge Saturday …