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SENIOR US officials were listening carefully yesterday to a crucial Senate hearing about military force in Syria – all except Senator John McCain who was busy playing poker on his iPhone. A Washington Post journalist, Melina Mara, photographed the …

US Senator John McCain has been caught playing poker on his iPhone during a Senate hearing on the White House's strike plan against Syria. The Washington Post (WaPo) posted evidence of McCain's fooling around during the Tuesday's Senate Foreign …

During the more than three hour hearing on Tuesday, Sen. John McCain started playing poker on his phone. A photographer for The Washington Post snapped the photo. McCain confessed on Twitter, and said, "Worst of all I lost." Share. Facebook; Twitter.

Senator John McCain, a longtime advocate for forceful military intervention in Syria, was caught playing poker on his smartphone Tuesday as top administration officials testified at one of the most pivotal congressional hearings of the year. McCain is …

Senator John McCain plays poker on his IPhone during a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing where Secretary of State JohnKerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey testify …

The Republican senator, who met with the White House Monday to discuss the conflict, admitted he was playing the poker game during the hearing after the Washington Post posted a photo of him doing so. “Scandal!” McCain tweeted from his personal …

Anyone who's watched more than 30 seconds of C-SPAN knows that Congress can be unbelievably boring, but you'd think a hearing on whether we should bomb another country would hold lawmakers' interest – particularly when that country is Syria and the …

PokerNews is proud to announce that it will be partnering with the Players Poker Championship for official live reporting coverage of the PPC Aruba World Championship. Taking place Oct. 2-9, 2013, the series will play host to eight events. The marquee …

In an interview a year or so ago, he spoke of winning $3m pots there, along with the fact he couldn't buy a house in cash, pretty much because he's a professional poker player and they wouldn't let him, which is mad! He's not new to spending some …

ATLANTIC CITY, America's East Coast rival to Las Vegas, plays host to the latest stop of the “World Poker Tour” from today. By Marbella Slim/ Published 3rd September 2013. WPT Borgata, Poker, Atlantic City The WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship in …

If you have a gaming company with operations in Denmark, chances are you are probably doing quite well on the financial side of things. That is, unless your operations deal solely or mainly in the game of poker. Figures released by the Danish Gambling …

No other nation can boast as big a pot of poker winnings as Norway on the European Poker Tour (EPT). Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) followed the tour to Barcelona, where tour officials at an opening party announced that Norwegian players have won …

Bwin.party has announced that the long-awaited relaunch of its new online poker offering is set to commence around mid-September. Company CEO Norbert Teufelberger confirmed that the rollout will include modifications that cater to recreational players …

The Maryland Live! Casino opened its doors to a brand new poker room this week, seeing hundreds of patrons lining up hours before the official opening time. While the poker room was set to deal the first hand at noon, at least one thousand people were …

The Global Poker Index releases a weekly update on the top 300 tournament poker players in the world and is widely accepted by the poker community to be a fair indication of who's currently the cream of the crop when it comes to world poker. Paul Volpe …

After the successful release of Tamer Saga and Dragon's Call II, PopPace recently revealed plans to launch one of the most popular poker games in the world – Texas HoldEm Poker II. The server will be opened at 10:00pm September 1st GMT-4. PopPace …

How much is it worth to you to get at least eight minutes of screen time in a major motion picture? For pro poker player Dan Blizerian, the price was $1 million, in the form of a loan to producers to make Peter Berg's "Lone Survivor." Now Bilzerian is …

Question: I always seem to do well when I register late for a tournament. It's become a habit, but I'm beginning to question whether I'm making a mistake by skipping early levels. Do you think it's better to start on time or register late? Answer: This …