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Players receive five playing cards at five stops to make a poker hand, starting at registration from 1 to 2 p.m. at Red Fez Club Pavilion. From there, boaters will pick up cards at Commodore Yacht Club, Lake Wylie Marina and north Sandbar before …

Season XII of the World Poker Tour continued on Friday with Day 1b of the Legends of Poker. Leading the 81 survivors in the second flight was Chris Richter, who bagged 176,500 in chips. Right behind him was Parviz Sayyad, who finished the day with …

YOU'RE playing in a six-handed €0.25/€0.50 No-Limit Hold'em Anonymous cash game on BetVictor Poker. By Marbella Slim/ Published 1st September 2013. ace, poker, betting The appearance of an ace could scare off your opponent. You've just been dealt …

Finding quality poker strategy books is rare, especially in this day and age when it seems everything that can be written about poker has already been committed to print. That said, I have been impressed with both Secrets of Professional Tournament …

Playing online poker can be a grind. It's often difficult for players to find time to eat healthy or exercise when sitting in front of a computer. Five-minute breaks in tournaments don't allow much time for cooking healthy meals, and multi-tabling at …

The 2013 River Poker Series held at the WinStar Casino in Thackerville, OK kicked off this month and has been running for the past two weeks. On Wednesday, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em "No Juice" event began with a $300,000 guarantee. The event …

The Iron Brotherhood Motorcycle Club presents their second annual poker run to benefit the Sheridan Senior Center meal program. The poker run will be Aug. 31. Registration is from 9:30-10 a.m. at Little Goose Liquors. The run will begin at 10 a.m.. The …

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 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has been going on over the past couple weeks, but the main draw for pros across the world was the $10 million guarantee championship event, the largest ever prize pool guarantee for a live tournament. The $5,000 …

On Wednesday afternoon, Maryland Live, the largest casino in the state of Maryland, opened its brand-new 52-table poker room. The move was a long time in the making, as state officials, as well as voters, had to authorize such a space. The referendum …

Loyal print readers might want to check out a longer online version of today's story about Churchill Downs Inc. considering adding 50 jobs in Louisville for its Internet gambling efforts. The most interesting part not in the print version is one …

For the 12th straight year the World Poker Tour has made it's way to the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA as part of the casino's 30-event Legends of Poker series. On Thursday, Aug. 29th the WPT Legends of Poker $3,700 no-limit hold'em main event …

I hear a lot of people talking about poker as a 'solved game' or say that it's 'impossible to win online anymore'. Every year I hear about how the games are so tough. It's absolute rubbish. What I see instead is a lot of theoretical disasters, repeated …

Cards were officially in the air at 12 pm Eastern Standard Time at bestbet Jacksonville, in Jacksonille, Florida, kicking off Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour. “The players get very excited here when we have a major event,” said Jesse Hollander, …

Ultimate Poker is celebrating the release of their brand new software upgrade with a $100 deposit bonus. Simply deposit $100 or more between now and Sep. 8 and receive an additional $100 after clearing 1,000 XP by Dec. 31, 2013. Players can deposit at …

What do you want from a live poker tournament? Have a think about what would make the perfect live event for you. Would it be a friendly atmosphere with plenty of banter? Would it be being surrounded by like-minded people who are there to win, but also …

Just under a week after this massive event got underway, the huge field has been narrowed down to one player: Blair Hinkle. The 27-year-old poker professional from Kansas City, Missouri emerged victorious, taking home the title, the $1,745,245 first …

The 2013 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker, saw some big changes near the top of it's leader board as a result of some massive tournaments which wrapped up this week in Florida. Here is a look at the events that made the …