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Runner Runner, starring Affleck and Justin Timberlake and written by Rounders scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien, is the first full-length feature film centered on online poker. The plot is (very) loosely based on the Ultimate Bet cheating …

Poker is not just a game of money in which players are attracted by the lure of profits. Since last year, the World Poker Tour offers to its regulars to play differently and support a good cause with the World Poker Tour Association Foundation. Each …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month …

The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event is about to come to a close, but before it does we thought we'd share some of the best photos of the week with you from the Playground Poker Club. You can still check out the action here on the PokerNews-hosted …

The introduction of legalized online poker in Nevada, coupled with the growth of online poker sites such as Seals With Clubs that deal in Bitcoin, have piqued my interest, and I've finally begun to waddle my way back to the computer. I'm finding it …

After just under nine hours of play on Day 5, the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event is complete, and the winner of the largest tournament in Playground Poker Club history is Henri Balcazar. After three-handed deal with Mike Linster and Eric Despres, …

The World Poker Tour announced on Thursday that it will be returning to Mainland China to host a National Series tournament for a second straight year. Starting on Nov. 5, 2013, at the MGM Grand Sanya Resort, the WPT® National China Tournament will …

Recently there seem to be a lot of debate over the first card off the deck rule and how it affects the social aspect of the game off the table. Thankfully I won't be joining in that debate but rather share the outcomes & benefits my friends and I have …

FLINTSTONE — The Rocky Gap Casino near Cumberland is demonstrating its poker tables for Maryland gambling regulators. General Manager Scott Just says the controlled demonstration for the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency is set for …

Generally if you reach seventh street playing Razz you are committed to seeing a showdown come what may. By Marbella Slim/ Published 3rd October 2013. Poker Don't be fooled if your oppenent re-raises you [GETTY]. Your opponent could have paired up …

While all three proposals would permit only Internet poker, the substantive differences among the proposals on other issues have prevented the sponsors from reaching agreement on a single bill that all can support. Among the areas of major disagreement …

You'd need to clone yourself (and your bank balance) twenty times over to take advantage of even half of the wonderful live and online poker tournament offerings packed tighter than a Courtney Stodden t-shirt into this month! By Marbella Slim …

After six hours of Day 4 action, the nine-handed official final table of the Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event has been set. Vinny Pahuja, who started the day as the chip leader, remains ahead of the pack with 10.91 million. Pahuja already has nearly …

The World Series of Poker released the candidates for the 2013 Poker Hall of Fame Class last week. Over the next ten days BLUFF will make the case for each of the nominees in a series of stories on the 2013 HOF ballot. The series continues by making …

In their third iteration of shutdown poker, House Republicans eagerly seized on a new approach: to demand the removal of all subsidies for members of Congress and their staffs for health insurance. They framed this as treating Congress just like other …

The state of Iowa has decided not to pursue any charges against a high-ranking U.S. military official for allegedly using fake poker chips at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, even though such an act would be considered a felony in the state, according to the …

According to state's Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Maryland Live! brought in an additional $20 million more last month than it did in August of 2012 and $17.7 million of that came from table games. The poker room alone brought in $350,000 in their …

On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, the Garden City Group (“GCG”) — the group named as the Claims Administrator by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York to oversee the repayment of Full Tilt Poker players — issued an update on their …