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More concerning, earlier this month Pokerstars.com, one of the largest online poker cardrooms in the world, announced Shahade as their new Mind Sports Ambassador, to represent the brand as a celebrity through public appearances and sponsored play.

The Western New York Poker Challenge returns to Niagara Falls, New York this week, and PokerNews will be providing live coverage of seven of the 16 events on the schedule. The series runs from March 28 through April 6, highlighted by a two-day $1,100 …

Green Valley Station Casino. Ultimate Poker parent company Station Casinos recently hosted an earnings call that offered a variety of insights into the company's performance to date in the regulated online gambling markets of New Jersey and Nevada.

Graham landed a high-profile Democratic co-sponsor in Dianne Feinstein, who is going against the interests in her own state of California that want to license and regulate online poker. But his only other support comes from Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and …

Entering a somewhat crowded online poker landscape late in 2013, Full Flush Poker has been quick – and smart – to distinguish itself from the pack. Founded on the idea that online poker has become far too much about the professional grinder at …

You play online poker because it's fun… but let's face it, it's a whole lot more fun when you're winning. Of course, how much you win depends on all sorts of things – your experience level relative to competitors, how many people are at a table, flat …

Dear Annie: I have played in a local poker league for 10 years and have built solid friendships with these people. Three years ago, a new crew joined our crowd. At first, they were friendly, but in the past two years, one of them began having home …

The Paddy Power Poker Irish Open is less than one month away and the Card Player Poker Tour is excited to announce a new partnership with the longest running tournament in Europe. With less than 30 days to go until cards are in the air for the four-day …

After getting kicked out of Navy SEAL training for calling his commanding officer a "pussy," the poker millionaire enrolled at the University of South Florida, where he started gambling … a lot. Within a few years, he was clocking millions at the …

His lawyer, Fabiano Cangelosi, told the court his client had asked a friend who works in senior management at the Launceston casino about the laws surrounding poker tournaments. His friend had said it was legal as long as Bowen was not taking a …

Vince Burgio has been a part of the poker scene for over 25 years and has seen many changes during his two and half decades at the felt. He is the owner of a World Series of Poker bracelet from the 1994 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and has published …

Lock Poker has always had its naysayers, but in the past year the site has devolved from just another occasionally maligned online poker room to being nearly unanimously condemned by the entire poker community. With withdrawal times that stretch back …

There are currently two bills on the table that could bring online poker to California and obviously, PokerStars wants in. California has a population of 38 million, roughly 14 times that of Nevada. With a state by state patchwork of online poker …

Multiple sources are reporting the impending introduction of bills seeking to ban many forms of regulated online gambling – including poker – in both the House and Senate. Draft copies of both bills have been circulating. I've posted what I believe to …

“It has become very obvious from the remarks from the gaming commission that they intend to make it impossible to operate a poker room in Michigan,” said Jones to Crain's Detroit. “What I want to do is codify into law what's been going on for the last …

Dragonara Gaming Limited, the operator of the foremost casino in Malta, and Poker Travel Israel, one of the leading international poker group travel operators, have signed a long-term collaboration agreement through which poker and casino players from …

The fourth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa March 21 and will host a series of 31 tournaments through March 30 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold'em $125,000 guarantee main event March 28-30.

“I wanted to give good reason to play poker at school.” This is junior and Club President Miles Quinn's motivation for co-founding Poker Club with junior and Vice President Daniel Thompson on March 21. Poker Club members playing on their first meeting.