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A: If you flop a “backdoor flush draw” it means you need the turn and river to deliver two perfect cards in the same suit to complete your hand. Let's say you have the Jack-Ten of Hearts and the flop is Queen of Hearts-Four of Clubs-Three of Spades.

The American Gaming Association (AGA) gave a thumbs up to yesterday's Senate subcommittee hearing on online gambling and took the opportunity to reiterate the need for online poker legislation at the federal level that would include strengthening laws …

Daniel's vision fades. AS author of the chapter on Triple Draw Lowball in the poker bible, Super System 2, it seemed only fitting that Daniel Negreanu had a shot at taking the gold bracelet in WSOP Event #57, the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball tourney.

World Poker Tour®, the world's leading purveyor of high-quality, high-stakes televised poker tournaments is launching WPT Alpha8™, an all-new, global series of super high-roller poker tournaments broadcast on FOX Sports 1, premiering in March 2014.

"The Rational Group intends to expand our product offering to include casino style games on Full Tilt Poker. While adding new games, we remain committed to building our leadership in poker with PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker and continuing to deliver …

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama has vetoed a resolution of the previous City Council authorizing the operation of a poker room in the Crown Regency Hotel in Fuente Osmeña. However, the impact of the veto is debatable. Mayor Rama did not state the …

The 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III main event wrapped up early Thursday morning in Las Vegas, and it was Allyn Jaffrey Shulman with all the chips. She claimed a top prize of $293,966, which brings her lifetime earnings …

When Magic: The Gathering champion-turned-poker pro Jon “Jonny Magic” Finkel took Las Vegas for millions, the rest of us figured it out: Magic—the fantasy card-trading game—ain't child's play. It's a serious endeavor requiring mental dexterity, odds …

Sacramento-based J.C. Tran has a shot at winning poker's most prestigious prize after emerging Monday as the chip leader among nine remaining men in the World Series of Poker's main event. "It was unreal. It felt amazing," said Tran, 36. "I've just …

The Winning Poker network that hosts American facing poker rooms Americas Cardroom, BlackChipPoker & TruePoker among others, quietly launched its newly designed poker client today. Previously named Yahatay, the network is quickly becoming the …

I mention this by way of inviting every reader of the Chestnut Hill Local to Woodmere this coming Saturday, July 20, from 2 to 5 p.m., for an opening of “The Poker Game” and “Its Circle”, an exhibition on view through Oct. 26 that interprets a special …

Participating in a conference call hosted by the Poker Players Alliance, Barton, who introduced the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2013 last week, indicated that he didn't believe there will ever be a point where enough states pursue regulation to make …

If you're over 16 and you know what the "flop" and "the river" are, you're on your way to winning BONA Foundation's first Texas Hold'Em Poker Tournament. But you'll only win bragging rights with all winnings donated to the foundation in the winner's name.

Officers say they found poker tables, chips, cards and ongoing poker games where the organizer accepted cash for poker chips in an apparent for-profit gambling operation. Several people were playing in the games and were cited and released on …

An Israeli will be one of nine card sharks competing for an $8.3-million pot in November, after making the final table of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas early Tuesday. And with nearly $30 million in chips, Amir Lehavot is sitting pretty in …

They're probably busy learning the game on the bus or train, or they're getting in a few hands of high stakes poker on the airplane. New players and the top female players in the world are all catching PokerStars Mobile fever. It's happening everywhere.

MONTREAL, July 17, 2013 /CNW/ – One of the largest poker events ever to be held on Canadian soil is coming to Montreal this fall. Full Tilt Poker has announced details of the first ever Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival, which features 13 days of non …

Headquartered in Melbourne, Poker Deluxe hosts poker events in all major Australian cities for a number of purposes, including fundraising. Poker Deluxe founder and Managing Director Paul Walvisch said the company was delighted that the milestone had …