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Ultimate Poker may only be in its fourth month of operation, but the first and only regulated online poker site in the US celebrated another milestone yesterday. The site dealt its 10 millionth hand of real money poker on Thursday, something which had …

In August 2012, Maxx Dansky was on his way back home to Nashville, Tennessee when he decided to stop off for some poker at Choctaw. After four days of battling it out in the $1,000 CPPT main event, the 25-year-old poker pro emerged victorious, taking …

The World Poker Tour's new super high-roller tournament series, the Alpha8, kicks off this month at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. The event will be televised on FOX Sports 1 next year with two brand new commentators, both of …

There were high expectations for Dan Smith going into the 2013 World Series of Poker. He had made so many final tables in 2012 that he finished either first or second in the rankings of every poker company that tracks tournament results. And he had …

The month of July has ended and the poker world is still waiting on the launch of a World Series of Poker-branded online poker site to hit the Internet in Nevada. Though there hasn't been any new updates since Caesars Entertainment Corp. not long ago …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Atlantic City's Revel Casino-Hotel is folding its poker room next month. The Press of Atlantic City (http://bit.ly/1clYy0Z ) reports the casino said in a statement the decision to close was made in an effort to further …

After months of announcing new pro hires for his poker training website and advising players that a launch date was coming, IveyPoker.com finally released a play money app on Facebook earlier this month. The website's goal, according to a statement …

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal demonstrates how "crowd wisdom" is improving decision-making in poker. It describes the growth in poker's popularity and how the influx of large numbers of new players is changing and improving the quality of …

Poker770's MegaPokerSeries (MPS) is one of the most popular, fun and exciting tours on the live European poker circuit and you could be sampling the delights of the MPS when it heads to Montenegro in September. PokerNetwork customers are invited to …

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Allyn Jaffrey Shulman The Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III featured more than 200 events during the summer on the Las Vegas Strip. The series culminated with a $5,000 buy-in main event, which drew a tough field of 262 …

SPRINGFIELD – The Thomas J. O'Connor Foundation will hold its fifth Ride Like An Animal Poker Run and Party on Aug. 17 to benefit animals in shelter at Thomas J. O'Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center. This annual event raises critical funds for …

This is a personal blog post about my experience attempting to play for real money at Ultimate Poker. The new Nevada online poker room went live for signups around 12:30am PT this morning. Real money games went live later in the morning. Tournament …

Dozens of players have arrived in the resort for the round-table and online Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour run by PokerStars. Heavyweights expected to hit the felt during the tournament, which runs until Sunday, include Full Tilt Poker …

The cruise schedule is packed with WPT Boot Camp training sessions, freerolls, cash games, SNGs, and tournaments, including a $550 high roller and a $220 Main Event – more than enough to turn you into a slathering poker pirate of the Caribbean!

Many times in the poker world small improvements get overlooked by the poker news media because they are interesting, but not big enough to warrant a full article. Well, the remedy for that is here with this little piece about improvements and new …

Poker is finally returning to American television in early 2014. Todd Anderson co-founder of the heartland Poker Tour is teaming with Nolan Dalla, World Series of Poker Media Director and Rush Street Productions to create Poker Night in America …

QUESTION: I plan on buying a new set of poker chips for our weekly kitchen-table poker game. We currently use a cheap plastic set. Besides a quality upgrade, how many chips do you think I should buy? — Paul M. ANSWER: Casino chips, also known as …