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Despite the case, poker players shouldn't worry about Florida poker games not being straight. The August tournament was the first major card-room irregularity since poker became legal in the Sunshine State in 1996. Florida has nearly 30 poker rooms.

The inaugural Unibet Poker UK Tour took place at Brighton's Rendezvous Casino this weekend and attracted 245 players to its £220 buy-in event, surpassing the £40,000 guarantee by £9,000. Claiming the lion's share of the prize pool, and the coveted …

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. — Authorities say a New York man charged with killing his wife of 51 years admitted using a camping tool and fire poker to beat her inside their apartment. The Leader-Herald of Gloversville reports a detective testified during a …

California, New York and Pennsylvania are all considering online poker this year, but the state with by far the best chances of enacting legislation is Pennsylvania. The state appeared on the verge of passing a bill last year, but the proposal was put …

Australian Football League (AFL) club Richmond becomes the seventh Victorian club that traded a bookmaker sponsorship for a responsible gambling commercial hook-up. AFL club rejects sports betting deal, keeps poker machines The Tigers has signed a …

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 70-year-old New York man charged with killing his wife of 51 years admitted to using a camping tool and a fire poker to beat her inside their upstate apartment. The Leader-Herald of Gloversville reports …

While it is true that online gaming operators as a whole have reason to celebrate the market increases, those operators that focus on online poker continue to struggle. The DGOJ reported that Spanish gross gaming revenues from online poker declined by …

Anna Khait is the 26-year-old professional poker player competing on Survivor: Kaoh Rong – Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty. She's a member of the Beauty Tribe. Anna claims she can be charming and plans to “play up my innocent side so I could trick some …

Valentine's Day weekend brought out the love of poker by players on New Jersey-regulated poker rooms with all major tournaments exceeding their guarantees. This was not the case the weekend before, due to players choosing to watch Super Bowl 50 or …

Perkins, a film producer and hedge fund manager, is known for making massive prop bets with some in the poker community. Card Player recently interviewed him about a bet with Antonio Esfandiari that got the three-time WSOP bracelet winner disqualified …

The heart and soul of poker has always been the fact that it is a social game. My first memories of poker are sitting around the kitchen table with my buddies in high school on Friday nights, drinking soda and playing for quarters. In a time before …

It's ironic that DFS, arguably still in its early stages, is making a professional wagerer's case for justifying its status as a skill-based activity — just like online poker did near its beginning. (I wonder how long it will take the DFS industry to …

One of the most ambitious attempts to push poker further into the mainstream consciousness officially kicked off with the Global Poker League draft lottery, which determined the drafting order for the 12 franchises. After 10 minutes of drama as the …

The agreement obliges the supplier to work closely with the brand in order to replace current offerings and deliver a top notch quality desktop and mobile poker platform in the next three years. The information was published on Playtech's website and …

DiVito says that once players are knocked out at the actual event downstairs, you can still stick around and participate as long as you like, by playing poker games on the side or simply enjoying the event. And Devito also explained how the funds will …

Whispers of partner discontent with existing platforms in regulated U.S. markets have been swirling for some time now, although Full Tilt would be far from a perfect substitute for operators in New Jersey's online poker market. And then there's …

During Tuesday's Draft Order Selection Show, the Global Poker League (GPL) announced a new development to its program. Originally slated as a league of 12 franchises with five players each, the GPL has added a sixth player to each team and the draft …

The silver lining is that Rubio also cemented his position that poker is different because it has a “level of skill.” It was revealed last fall that the Senator from Florida was open to an online poker carve-out for the Adelson-backed legislation …