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Poker pro Jason Mercier is having one of his best years on the tournament circuit, but his online cash game results haven't been stellar in 2015. According to HighstakesDB, Mercier lost $200,000 in the ring games on PokerStars over the past seven days.

Hackers have found an easy way of becoming online poker stars: peeking at their opponents cards using malware. The malware, known as Odlanor, is programmed to take screenshots of a victim's hand while playing poker through the hugely-popular sites …

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 …

According to the article, Odlaner is hidden within other files (usually poker-related downloads from unverified distributors) and once installed allows the host to take screenshots of the infected person's computer, among other things. The implications …

Members of online gambling sites, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, have been targeted by a new malicious spyware program called Odlanor. The spyware, which takes screenshots of the infected player's virtual poker hand, is designed to allow the malware …

“Internet personality” Guo Meimei, 24, was sentenced to five years by the Beijing Dongcheng People's Court, having been found guilty of running gambling operations, including high stakes poker games, from private flats she rented around Beijing. She …

The following hand is from a 2015 World Series of Poker event. I had been card-dead, playing only two pots that went to the flop in the first three hours of play. If you're getting no playable hands, it's probably a good idea to attempt an intelligent …

Poker-loving Hollywood A-lister Tobey Maguire is currently on the promotion trail for his for upcoming chess biopic Pawn Sacrifice. During a recent interview, the star well-known for his love of Hollywood nosebleed home games spoke about the connection …

The hit reality TV show Big Brother is now down to a final three and still alive in the competition is poker pro Vanessa Rousso. The 17th season of Big Brother began with 17 competitors. There's a $500,000 prize for the last person standing, with $50 …

Preparation and the luck of the draw proved the keys to success for Dwight Bryan and Terrance Phillips aboard their 38-foot cigarette boat, Unexpected. The duo and their six friends won the second annual USVI Stars & Stripes Poker Run, which took place …

But despite the demanding schedule her profession requires, Minkin has never strayed away from her other passion of poker. She burst onto the scene in August of 2013, finishing runner-up in the $1,000 buy-in Arizona State Poker Championship for …

As soon as you buy in, everyone, before skill and variance get involved should be on an equal footing to maintain the games integrity. Ideally both online and live poker should have all of its players start out on an equal footing, but that is not the …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website …

New Jersey's "KINGDONK99" was this week's biggest winner in the Garden State, banking a cool $10,000 after outlasting a field of 237 players in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee. The runner-up in that tournament was …

Getting firm traffic figures for Delaware's online poker operations is a difficult task, as the state network shares a player base with WSOP.com in Nevada. The combined poker room has averaged about 150 cash game players over the past week, according …

Two dealers at three-card poker tables in Genting Group's Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore received jail time on Wednesday for their roles in a cheating scheme. According to a report from The Straits Times, Chinese national Zhang Zhijiu, 40, and …

The Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino & Poker Parlour in Black Hawk, Colorado attracted 721 entrants to its $1,650 Main Event, which created a $1,059,870 prize pool. It marked the ninth consecutive million dollar prize pool at the stop. The …

A local fundraising group will hold a poker run motorcycle ride to benefit the ALS Association. Sandy's Cruisers holds the annual event in memory of Sandy Wright. “She was full of life,” Christine King said of Wright. Sandy Wright was a Redskins fan …