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Playground Poker Club and PokerStars are thrilled to introduce a new series on the global poker calendar, the PokerStars Canada Cup, which is slated to run May 16-28, 2014. The Main Event will be a five-day, $3,300 tournament with three starting …

Karen, Annette, and George (not their real names) meet every Friday morning to play poker, laugh and engage in what they call "jolly good folly." This threesome is part of what I have fondly dubbed my "high school dweeb group." There were eight of us …

“I've been playing poker for more than 20 years and I've never won a tournament, until now,” said Casiday, who won the $15,777 top prize. “This feels so good, but I'm really tired and I need to get something to eat.” The champion explained that the …

Tell-all poker book: The Poker Princess, Molly Bloom, is going to write a book about the high-stakes poker game she ran that included the likes of actor Tobey Maguire. It's called: “Molly's Game: High Stakes, Hollywood's Elite, Hotshot Bankers, My Life …

Following the approval of expanded land-based casino gambling by New York voters last November and an online poker bill introduced in March, lawmakers now have a new option to take under consideration in the form of a second Internet poker bill …

The New Zealand Poker Open 2014 (NZPO) gives appointment to poker fans from May 29 to June 2. The great poker event will be held in the poker room of Skycity Auckland's. Various interesting programs will be displayed there. The Main Event of NZ $ 770 …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

As a tribe moved to open a poker room in Idaho despite a state ban on poker, the governor and the attorney general filed a lawsuit to try to put a stop to it all. Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden filed a lawsuit in U.S …

When the World Series of Poker began in 1970, it was a pretty modest affair — seven veterans of the game competing for just the honor, no prize money. Today, more than 6,000 players pay the $10,000 entrance fee for the No-Limit Texas Hold 'em …

The poker room now features daily $35 poker tournaments beginning at 11:15 a.m., “a great opportunity to gain tournament experience,” said Peter McGuire, poker room manager. “The relaxed atmosphere and low investment are attracting the casual poker …

Bizarre rumblings on the TwoPlusTwo poker forums, where some players have accused the Equity Poker Network of banning them for being “too good” at poker. One forum poster claimed that he had recently been frozen out from his PokerHost account, …

In 2011, novelist Colson Whitehead took a gig covering the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Whitehead, a casual but curious poker player, had just finished penning his sixth novel, Zone One, and was looking for his next project. His payment was his …

The sixth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at bestbet Jacksonville May 1 and will host a series of 12 tournaments through May 12 culminating with a $1,500 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee main event May 9-12. Here is a look …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has upheld a $60,000 judgment against a long-time poker player for infringing on the trademark of a Nevada company that makes books and videos about gambling. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit …

LAS VEGAS (AP) – A federal appeals court panel has upheld a $60,000 judgment against a long-time poker player for infringing on the trademark of a Nevada company that makes books and videos about gambling. The Las Vegas Sun …

Fresh off the win of his first major at the 2014 WPT LA Poker Classic, Moorman gives us a glimpse into his extremely aggressive preflop play. After trying to pick off a potential steal attempt from Terry with a three-bet, Moorman doubled down …

The Inferential Poker Engine Suit (IPE) strives to bring a new level of poker training experience, as it offers its users full interactivity throughout the course. We bring you the review of Volume I of what is going to be a six-volume series, covering …

The watershed moment for Texas hold'em and its oldest and most prestigious tournament, the World Series of Poker, can be traced back to 2003, when online qualifier and self-described poker amateur Chris Moneymaker – his real name – became World …