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Preflop, final table, six handed, with the blinds at 300,000 and 600,000 and a 75,000 ante, Farber raised to 1,300,000 from the hijack seat, Lehavot reraised to 3,100,000 from the small blind, and Farber called. On the flop Lehavot bet 2,300,000, and …

The 2013 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,300 no-limit hold'em main event gets underway at noon on Friday, December 6th at the luxurious Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. The unlimited re-entry event will span six days, with …

Florida native Derrick Rosenbarger recorded just his second career live tournament cash this week, winning the Season XII partypoker World Poker Tour Montreal for $500,824. Rosenbarger, whose only other cash came in a $1,000 buy-in event at the 2013 …

Oklahoma police resorted to using an undercover officer to bust a poker game with a pot of around $500, according to NewsOn6.com. The game, which was held at a Tulsa bar, reportedly was shut down and its two organizers were arrested Wednesday.

Poker players and gaming companies around the world are finding themselves increasingly enticed by Bitcoin currency for their financial transactions. For the uninitiated, the easiest way to explain Bitcoin is that it is a relatively new form of virtual …

It's been two weeks since my last "Poker Player Tweets of the Week" column. Did you miss me? I thought so. Anyway, I have a couple of good excuses. For my international readers (I may be making a big leap using "reader" as a plural), last Thursday was …

World No.1 Rafael Nadal has started playing poker and this time at a Charity Event in Prague, the Spaniard is set to face the likes of Brazilian Footballer Ronaldo, Ukrainian Footballer Andriy Shevchenko along with Poker Star Daniel Negreanu. World No …

There are just a few weeks left remaining in 2013, and Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker keeps padding his profits in an effort to further distance himself from his colleagues. The German poker pro is up around $6 million on Full Tilt Poker this year. When …

(PRESS RELEASE) — Experience the thrills of the action from anywhere, whenever you like as Mobile Poker is now available from bet365 Poker. With no need to download any software, all the excitement is just a tap of the screen away. Play on bet365's …

But that's exactly what Carnegie Mellon University Professor Larry Pileggi did in winning $71,782 at the Main Event of the Pittsburgh Poker Open, PNR reported. The computer engineering instructor played hooky from his afternoon lecture schedule to …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

An Allentown man accused of cheating at a poker game at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem asked casino security to give him a break, court records say. Casino security caught Darren Bernard Williams, 23, of the 2000 block of Vine Street, adding chips to …

High-stakes poker pro Ola “Odd Oddsen” Amundsgaard, who is up millions this year online, is very irritated by the fact that the game exists in essentially a legal grey area within his country. He wanted to take matters into his own hands and influence …

Switch Poker, the mobile poker room available worldwide to iPhone, iPad and Android users is launching its usual monthly €500 SPPs Race on Dec. 5th. The race will last for 14 days and the 5 players that play the most will share the €500 prize pool!

Joe Barton's H.R. 2666, the “Internet Poker Freedom Act.” The Congressman from Texas has been spearheading efforts on Capitol for several years now and has remained dedicated to the online poker caused in the U.S.. A list of those who will testify has …

A few days later I learned of a free iOS and Android app called Bravo Poker Live, by Genesis Gaming Solutions, which shows how many people are waiting for tables at some of the most prominent casinos in Northern California, including Graton, Cache …

ST. LOUS, MO (KTVI)– The World Series of Poker tournament is headed to St. Louis this spring and downtown businesses are gearing up. The Lumiere Place Casino and Hotel in downtown St. Louis will make it a hot ticket for players. From March 20-31st the …

Full Flush launched last month as a skin on the Equity Poker Network (EPN) along with fellow skins IntegerPoker, GearPoker, PokerHiro and Heritage Sports. Just a couple days after the Nov. 8 real-money launch, the 5Dimes Group also became part of the …