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It never ceases to amaze how closely the world of the entrepreneur and the world of the poker player are intertwined. And, really, why should it come as a surprise? The qualities to succeed in one — determination, resourcefulness, creativity, a grasp …

As one of the rooms with longest presence in the online community, Bwin has made the move from the Ongame to the Party Network, and in the process it inherited the improved Party software together with a big player pool. The software is available as a …

Party Poker has certainly come a long way in regards to their software. In the past it was quite hard to use and users experienced frequent crashes, but the new software is much more user-friendly and solid overall, with easy to navigate lobbies for …

Do you ever get that feeling that you know exactly what you should do in a hand? Call it intuition or whatever else you want. I call it "trusting your gut," and few things are as important in poker. Trusting anything is a tough thing to do in a game …

The slow process of reuniting US-based customers of Full Tilt Poker with their bankrolls took an incremental step forward today. According to the Garden City Group, the company responsible for administering FTP remissions, a second round of payments …

Reputable poker sites have invested in tight security measures, rivaling the sophisticated encryption used by financial institutions for online banking. But the onus lies on players to ensure their computers are protected from malicious types out to …

This Sunday, Card Player Bovada players and new depositors are eligible to play in an exclusive Black Diamond Poker Open freeroll. The tournament, which starts at 3:35 p.m. EST on April 6, will award the top six players at least a $20+$2 tournament …

Despite the game being called Texas hold'em, and a Congressman from Texas (Rep. Joe Barton) with an online poker bill sitting in the U.S. House, Lone Star State Gov. Rick Perry has basically come out in support of a federal ban on Internet gaming, The …

The longest running tournament in Europe and the second longest running tournament in the world, behind only the World Series of Poker, the Irish Open will crown its newest champion April 18-21 in Dublin, Ireland. There are two years unaccounted for in …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

Now, the city is getting ready for yet another chance to become part of the poker history as the live tournament frenzy will return in the Las Vegas of Asia with two major Asia Pacific Poker Tour stops in 2014. The first stop – the APPT8 Macau will …

British online poker pro Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar is up around $4.5 million lifetime playing the nosebleed stakes on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, which makes him one of the biggest winners in history. The 28-year-old started off playing $0.25-$0.50 …

Can you remember the first time you walked into a poker room? The first time you ever sat down in a cash game or a tournament? Can you remember how intimidated you were? How nervous the entire experience was? What it felt like to sit down with that …

On Monday, the first event of the current Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown came to a close with the conclusion of Event 1: $1 Million Guaranteed $560 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em. With 1,966 entries in the field, the tournament was no doubt a massive …

Florida pro Matt Waxman reached a heads-up deal with opponent Yuan Yangshen to close out the World Poker Tour Regional Seminole Hard Rock “Rock 'n' Poker Open” Main Event on Monday. The deal meant Waxman topped a field of 482 players …

The gross win for the gaming companies offering interactive poker for February was $824,000, which exceeded bingo at $490,000. Burnett noted there were only three companies licensed to offer poker to Nevadans — South Point, Caesars Entertainment and …

The Poker Players Alliance, which worked hard to make sure the government realized that players should be paid what was in their respective accounts, as opposed to what they had deposited over the years, will continue to push for all player money to be …

Murder investigation: Poker professional Mehmet Hassan Granger was arrested by Scotland Yard murder squad detectives last Friday at her home in Gillingham, Kent. Yesterday, she appeared in the dock at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, in North …