Poker News

Effective Jan. 12, 2015, WSOP NJ and 888poker NJ, two of the leading licensed online poker sites in New Jersey began to share liquidity across their poker rooms for micro and low-limit cash games and select tournaments. As could be expected, the …

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from January …

Season 8 of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) kicked off earlier this month with the $3,000 buy-in LAPT Bahamas Main Event, which ran in conjunction with the 12th annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and saw Josh Kay best Martin Finger in …

The Australian Poker Hall of Fame recently nominated Van Marcus, Joe Cabret, Michael Guttman, Tino Lechich, David Steicke, and Grant Levy as nominees to potentially join the Hall's 14 prestigious members, according to Poker Asia Pacific. The timing …

Italy's online poker market has been struggling with a constant decline since the government decided to launch a ring-fenced market and separate Italian players from the international player pool in 2007. According to the latest figures released on …

The Sheffield Crown Court condemned World Series of Poker bracelet winner Darren Woods to spend the next 15 months in jail as he was found guilty of a number of frauds against online poker rooms and online payment processors. Woods will also have to …

"The European Poker Awards have set a benchmark of success and the American Poker Awards will follow in its footsteps, featuring a similar structure that employs expert nomination panels and independent juries to decide winners, and best players …

Part of the success of Global Poker Masters' model rests in its GPI pedigree. “The legitimacy of GPI as a player ranking authority has given us a strong foundation to build sports-formatted events like The Masters which emphasize the enormous skill …

As one of the biggest names in poker, it would be easy for PokerStars to rest on its laurels supported by the countless customers across the world. Yet the popular online poker room is kicking off an innovative way to not only promote their brand but …

So in 2008, Las Vegas was a little shaken up when a computer program, Polaris, beat some of its best poker pros at Texas hold 'em. But Polaris was not perfect – it occasionally lost. By rejigging its algorithm, Bowling and his poker research group have …

The Linq closed its poker room Sunday afternoon. The room went dark permanently at 4pm, according to staff and information posted on the Bravo Poker app. The last poker tournament was scheduled for 11:30am Sunday. The Linq poker room announced …

The Vineland High School Baseball Parent Association is holding its first adults only poker tournament fundraiser on Saturday, February 7th. The tournament will start at 7 pm in the poker room of Harrah's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The $100 …

Anyone interested in trying out a little poker can head on over to a small table, complete with a dealer, where they'll be paired up with their friends or dates along with other diners to play in a tournament so fast, it makes a hyper-turbo seem …

The New Jersey online poker scene managed to avoid another loss and reverse its three-month downswing with a positive U-turn in the right direction for December, according to the State's Division of Gaming Enforcement. Although the results weren't as …

There's a move in poker in that is seldom executed, doesn't have a name, is only applicable in one specific situation, and has a rate of success that's near zero. In fact, in my decades of playing poker, I've only seen it work twice. One of those …

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from January …

“Poker has been a challenge problem for artificial intelligence going back over 40 years, and until now, heads-up limit Texas hold 'em poker was unsolved,” says Michael Bowling, lead author and professor in the Faculty of Science, whose findings were …

“To me it's very unfortunate that poker takes place in casinos. It doesn't really belong there,” Engel said. “Poker definitely has a lot of things that are beyond one's control, but it has plenty of things within your control. I don't gamble at all. I …