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In January 2013, Laurent Polito won the World Poker Tour National Paris for €74,500, and a little over a year later he captured his second WPTN title by taking down the 2014 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Cannes for €86,000. Amazingly, Polito took …

“It hasn't even set in yet,” Bazeley told WSOP.com. “I've been working so hard to get a win and been so close. Poker, you can get close and you still get paid well, but you don't get that fully satisfied feeling until you win. Hopefully when this sets …

The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) recently kicked off Season XI at the Iowa-Prairie Meadows Racetrack Casino Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. The $1,650 Main Event attracted 176 entries and created a prize pool of $255,720. In the end, Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) …

“In general, poker has, since 2006, become steadily less profitable for Nevada casinos. The win per table has fallen dramatically to early 1990s levels. The large number of tables, however, indicates that it is still an amenity that many choose to …

Some poker players in Mexico are hopeful that this delay could give them a chance to speak up about why the bill's segregated player base and high tax rate could be less than optimal for players, operators, and the government. The former President of …

“Enjoyed my time w @Jimmiejohnson, maybe best #NASCAR driver ever w a record 6 NASCAR Championships! We talked about the concept of DESIRE.. Crazy Vegas weekend between: clubbing, #NASCAR, #UFCPettis, my boys @westcoastbill …

Recent happenings at what was considered one of the more reliable and trustworthy offshore online poker rooms, Carbon Poker, is simply furthering the case for regulated online poker in the United States. Anyone calling for a ban of online gambling in …

Anyone associated with poker in Australia or Macau in the last decade knows Danny McDonagh. The long-time Tournament Director for the Crown Casino in Melbourne, McDonagh is now the President of the APPT and Commissioner of the ANZPT.

A common theme in $2-$5 live no-limit hold'em games is that most players don't three-bet preflop very much. Mostly, of course, people are three-betting with the most premium hands: A-A, K-K, Q-Q, and A-K. Since these hands are dealt so rarely—and you …

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 December …

It was my duty to keep track of all the wins and losses, and chart with accuracy my success with the game. I was playing in weekly live tournaments and had accounts in all of the Internet poker rooms that have since been shut down by the federal …

Unibet Poker are now two weeks into their first Milestone Hands promotion, where they have so far given away almost €50,000. However, tonight will see the 100 millionth hand dealt on the new software, where one lucky player will have the opportunity to …

As you have probably read by now, considering you are perusing this website, California Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D – Los Angeles) introduced Assembly Bill 9 this week in yet another attempt to legalize and regulate online poker in the most populous …

The World Poker Tour Alpha8 traveled to St. Kitts this week for their latest $100,000 buy-in poker event. After attracting 15 entries and generating a prize pool of $1,455,000, the title went to Team PokerStars Pro and two-time World Series of Poker …

There are very few poker fans in the world that know the story of Australian Legend of Poker, Joseph Hachem. The former chiropractor turned poker player is a former World Champion and the only Aussie to win both the WSOP Main Event and a WPT title.

In addition to the title and the money the 28-year-old pro also earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Mercier's sixth final table finish of the year, having finished runner-up in a $100,000 super high roller at the Bellagio for $1 …

The world-famous Irish Poker Open will pick up where it left off in 2014 and host yet another festival in Dublin next April. Known for being one of the liveliest poker events of the year, the Irish Poker Open 2015 is expected to welcome more players …

Betfair follows Ultimate Gaming out of the market as a result of the wild underachievement of its poker platform; however, unlike Ultimate, which ceased all its operations shortly after leaving New Jersey, the UK-based betting exchange still has a …