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Snap Poker has been available to alpha and beta testers since September and although early reports suggested Snap Poker would only be available to some new accounts at launch, my own personal 888poker account has access to the new format.

Jake Cody was an inconspicuous online grinder with precious little live success when he rocked up with his poker buddies to the chic French seaside resort of Deauville. But despite this being his EPT debut, the laid-back 21-year-old from Rochdale …

The doors of Poker's celebrated “Hall Of Fame” will creak open next month to admit two new members to its illustrious body of Greats. From this year's nominees, Tom McEvoy and Scotty Nguyen (baby!) have been judged to be those most worthy of a place in …

The Players Poker Championship (PPC) Poker Tour, which recently saw Robin Kazemieh defeat Joe Ebanks to win the 2013 PPC Aruba World Championship $2,500 Main Event, has announced that they will be headed back to The Silks Poker Room at …

This Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. ET, Bloomberg Television's Trish Regan will host “Poker Night on Wall Street” — a $50,000 buy-in single-table tournament — at Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The game will feature six Wall Street heavyweights …

It's the same with poker! Getting a bad beat or a river suck-out is as much a part of a poker player's life as that flat tyre and we need to learn to deal with this. Experienced poker players understand this really well. They look at the long-term …

MONTREAL, Oct. 22, 2013 /CNW/ – Amaya Gaming Group Inc. ("Amaya" or the "Corporation") (TSX: AYA), an entertainment solutions provider for the regulated gaming industry, today announced that it has entered into an agreement (the "Agreement") to …

More than 300 poker players turned out for comedian and actor Brad Garrett's 2013 Maximum Hope Charity Poker Tournament, his sixth-annual event, at MGM Grand on Saturday to raise funds for his foundation named after his two children, Max and Hope.

Representing poker monsters: keeping up a table image. WITH the right table image and against the right opponent (one who'll recognise your alleged strength) you can represent a strong hand to steal the pot. By Marbella Slim/ Published 22nd October 2013.

The determination and desire to win that Kevin "Phwap" Boudreau displayed on the poker table is also highly evident in the young poker pro's efforts in attempting to overcome a brain hemorrhage suffered just four months ago. While competing at the WSOP …

I believe online poker coming to NJ is an absolute necessity in the movement to get the online game back in America on a federal level. NV is a start, but more states need to fall in line. Right now, I'm not sure other states see the true potential …

Most professional poker players play both live and online, and so going back and forth between the live and virtual felt has challenges but also presents a lot of benefits. One thing I'm realizing as summer ends and we start to move into the cooler …

Back in Sept., 10 finalists eligible for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame were presented to 37 voting individuals — the 19 living Hall of Fame members and an 18-person media panel. Two men were selected for the Class of 2013 in 1983 World Series …

Football and poker may well require different skill-sets, but some attributes are needed for both; calmness under pressure, a steady eye and a calculated approach. Whether footballers are picking up poker tips from their dressing room card games or …

FOR just $0.50 + $0.05 and a couple of matchsticks (to prop your eyes open — it's a late start for UK players), you can buy-in up to 4 times into MTOPS Event #45, the $1,000 GTD Stud Hi, running on Full Tilt Poker tonight-ish. By Marbella Slim …

Runner, Runner, the new poker film from writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien, is a heavily flawed film. But like the duo's 1998 Rounders, this latest poker flick represents a touchstone of the game's cultural standing. If the original Matt Damon …

The Hialeah Park poker room was flush with customers in its first full month, with pretty much a full house. The new poker room outearned its south Broward and Miami-Dade competitors, with $692,417 in September revenue. That's well ahead of nearby …

Q: If a Stud Hi player talks about being “rolled up” what is meant by that comment? A: In the rare event that the first three cards you are dealt in a game of Seven Card Stud turns out to be three-of-a-kind (trips) you are said to have “rolled up”. It …