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After concluding a multi-day “soft play” period with relatively few incidents of note, New Jersey regulators have decided to go ahead with the full launch of regulated online gambling in the state. Six casinos have been issued approvals by the NJ …

You are at the final table of a very small, elite, nose bleed stakes poker tournament. You are eight-handed, but only five people are paid due to the small number of entrants. The blinds are 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante. You have just over 24 big …

We'll (momentarily) set aside thoughts of turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce to focus on something else – a trip back in time for a look at stories from online poker's past. Looking back at This Week in Online Poker History, we revisit a scandal …

The World Series of Poker, owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp., already has an online poker product running in Nevada, and just last week began a trial run for brand new online games in New Jersey, based out of struggling Atlantic City. The games are …

The second day of the 2013 Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic $1,500 Main Event came to a close Sunday night. The returning 46 players from Day 1 were joined by 10 new entrants at the beginning to the day to comprise the Day 2 field. By the day's end, …

The Poker Hand Critic is a brand new series by online pro “gutter23,” one of the top mid-stakes players in the game today. The Poker Hand Critic will break down a hand, street by street, offering up his analysis on all of the action. The following hand …

The event will get underway in Manila on December 13 under the billing of the Asian Poker Tour Resorts World Manila (APT-RWM) Iron Man Poker Challenge. While the $700 buy-in Main Event will be the tournament in which the new record will be attempted, …

It's been over three years since poker pro Tony “bond18” Dunst was hired by the World Poker Tour to provide commentary on poker hands for the show's “Raw Deal” segments as well as the final table live streams. In the 2013 WPT Caribbean $3,500 no-limit …

Nevada and Delaware may have beaten it to the launch of Internet gambling this year, but all eyes in the industry are on New Jersey as it opens the gates to online poker and other casino games. So-called soft play – open to casino personnel and invited …

Via Twitter Between live and online play, Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker has won more than $9 million on the year, which is the most in the poker world in 2013. Another solid week at the online poker tables resulted in profits of around $460,000 for the …

It was a short and sweet Day 4 in the World Poker Tour Caribbean, which saw the final 11 players of a 191-player field return to play down to the final table of six. That meant five players needed to hit the rail, and it took just two levels for that …

The 2013 Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic $1,500 Main Event kicked off Saturday morning at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino, just a short walk away from the world famous Niagara Falls. The no-limit hold'em tournament began with 30,000 in chips with …

Good Rush (Zoom / Blaze / FastForward / Snap etc) players will also use HUD (Heads-Up Display) software like Poker Tracker or Hold'em Manager to get intel on their opposition. If they can pull up past "Rush" history data on a particular opponent, they …

The ninth stop on the 2013/2014 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule wrapped up its $1,675 Main Event on Friday night at the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The tournament attracted 371 entries and created a prize pool of $556,500.

The poker industry is constantly breaking barriers and reaching new heights. Whether it be tournament field sizes, total prize pool money awarded, or an event's price tag, poker is always looking to go bigger, and now it's time for a world-record …

Preflop, final table, five handed, with the blinds at 10,000 and 20,000 and a 3,000 ante, Raghavan raised to 50,000, and Mateos called in the big blind. On the flop Mateos bet 65,000, Raghavan raised to 175,000, Mateos reraised to 410,000, Raghavan …

But for some traditionalists, avoiding the stores and the trampling deaths that occur every year (totally serious here) and staying put instead–having seconds on turkey and dressing, visiting with friends and family, playing games (often it's poker …

Earlier this week, the World Poker Tour Caribbean attracted 191 entries to the Casino Royale in beautiful St. Maarten and created a prize pool of $592,864. On Friday, 32 players returned to battle it out for five more levels of play. At the end of that …