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IF YOU have gone cold turkey on the poker front the last couple of days, you must be raring for action – and Sky Poker have got plenty for you to take aim at. By Marbella Slim/ Published 27th December 2013. KICK-OFF: Sky Poker's UK Online Poker Series …

The French government has rejected a call by the country's leading gaming regulator to allow French online poker player pools to join forces with gaming pools of fellow European countries in order to increase liquidity. ARJEL, the gaming regulator of …

For Rosenkrantz, the poker story began in the early Aughties when he was a film student at Boston University. Like college kids for generations, he played a few friendly hands, but he noticed a new phenomenon. He said, "Somebody would go off on their …

The World Series of Poker Main Event is the most watched televised poker tournament in the world. There's been much debate about whether delaying the final table until November has improved or diminished the broadcast. I'm indifferent on the matter …

… 2013 11:44 CST@OPreport · Tweet. Race for market share in NJ. With the first full month of regulated online gambling in New Jersey complete, a definitive picture of the early winners has already emerged – at least when it comes to online poker in NJ.

As disappointing as it was to see Michigan begin to stamp out charity poker rooms or Illinois stop gambling expansion yet again, the most disheartening domestic gambling news came from Texas, which failed to consider two separate bills that would have …

An unidentified — but, reportedly, very, very famous — 28-year-old poker player left behind $300,000 in cash in a brown-paper bag when he exited a Las Vegas taxi earlier this week, and the cabbie, upon discovering it was not, as he'd suspected, a bag …

Poker enthusiasts will soon get a brand new live poker room, but they will lose an existing one too. According to a report at anteupmagazine.com by Jennifer Gay, the Gold Strike Casino in Mississippi will pull down the shutters of its live poker room …

Party Poker runs a wide range of qualifiers to help players win free seats to these events. The next tournament is going to be the WPT National London, and those who would like to qualify for the same can do so between February 27 and March 2 at Party …

Two Lock Poker players are now reporting withdrawal requests that have reached the one anniversary unpaid, according to a log of Lock Poker withdrawal requests compiled by IHasTehNutz at Two Plus Two. These check withdrawals were initiated in …

From now until the end of December, players on WSOP.com can jump into any sit-n-go on the site and compete rake free. The sit-n-gos, which feature buy-ins from $1 to $55, will not collect any rake or fees for the rest of the month. Players can find …

West Hollyood, CA — (SBWIRE) — 12/23/2013 — Haseeb Qureshi's career as a professional poker player began unexpectedly at 16. Five years later, he was a world-class high stakes player, with sponsorship as a Full Tilt Poker “Red Pro,” and a growing …

When you're a Las Vegas cab driver, you never know who – or what – will end up in your taxi on any given day. So veteran driver Gerardo Gamboa was unfazed when a Bellagio hotel doorman, opening the cab's rear door to help a new customer in, noticed a …

Thunder Valley Casino Resort's Up the Ante Poker Room continues to bring some of the best tournament series to Northern California. Thunder Valley is teaming with the Heartland Poker Tour again with a series that will run Jan. 17-26, capped off by a …

Rounding out the trio of seven-figure winners at the PCA was Vanessa Selbst, who won the $25,000 high roller event for $1.4 million and as a result overtook Kathy Liebert to become the all-time winningest female poker player in the history of live …

One poker player has been the recipient of such Christmas goodwill after a cab driver returned $300,000 – that's right, $300,000 – that they accidently left in his cab earlier this week. The yet unnamed owner of the cash, who the Washington Times …

The new “Poker Tips And Tricks” article created by Minh Tran on the website Vkool.com delivers poker playing tips to become a good poker player quickly. This article is specifically designed for those people who are interested in playing poker and want …

As 2013 ends, I'd like to recap the past couple of months and preview exciting things to come in Mississippi poker. At the IP Biloxi, the WPT Regional just crowned Caufman Talley of Lafayette, La., the champion and sent him home with more than $37K. Capt.