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John Hennigan has won the 2014 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship, arguably the most prestigious tournament in poker. For topping the elite field of 102 players in the eight-game mix event he earned his third gold bracelet, the …

The 38-year-old poker pro was the chip leader with eight remaining in the eight-game mix at around 5 p.m. local time on Friday in Las Vegas. It was a great chance for Ivey to capture his 10th career WSOP bracelet, as many regard him as the best all …

In two days, the Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event will begin at the M Resort in Las Vegas. The $2,500 buy-in tournament with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool will run from June 27 through June 29, and many of poker's top talents are expected to …

WSOP player John Hennigan has a moment of frustration on his way to winning the Poker Players Championship final table of professional poker players at the Rio on Thursday, June 26, 2014. By Case Keefer (contact). Friday, June 27, 2014 | 3 a.m. …

I have seen this phenomenon with dozens of struggling poker players since the explosive growth of online casinos in the early 2000s, as droves of mathematically inclined enthusiasts joined the tables and began looking at poker through the lenses of …

Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati is hosting another stop in the World Series of Poker Circuit Tour next year. Here's the official announcement: Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati will again play host to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Tour next March.

More than 40 people have paid $1 million apiece to play in an unusual poker tournament this weekend. Its buy-in is 100 times that of the World Series of Poker's Main Event. Its first prize could approach $20 million. And all but a handful of players …

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 …

Less than 24 hours after Full Tilt Poker introduced its new Jackpot Sit-and-Go tournaments on June 24, a 23-year-old student from Moscow, Russia, has 15,000 reasons to celebrate. "VSA24", also known as Alisa, was the first player of the new tournament …

The Hollywood Poker Open main event championship kicks off Friday at noon at the M Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas. The $2,500 buy-in event features a $500,000 guarantee, but if 2013's prize pool of $1,423,062 is any indication, that number is …

CONNECT 2 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Denkai Animal Sanctuary in Grover is seeking sponsors to donate items toward door prizes, drawings, and a silent auction for its Denkai Pony Poker Run in August. Contributions are tax-deductible.

AcedPIC Aced Poker, a member of the Merge Gaming Network, will close its doors on July 1, 2014. All players will be moved to sister site Carbon Poker, which operates on the same network. Aced players will automatically download the new platform the …

CANTON, Ohio — A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting his role in the January home-invasion robbery of a professional poker player. Police in Canton said 25-year-old Christopher Lucius and another man broke into the home …

Greg Merson won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2012. For his efforts, he received a fancy bracelet and a life-changing payout of $8.53 million. The University of Maryland dropout-turned-poker pro hasn't taken his winnings into retirement …

Combination of new and old standouts advance to $50,000 buy-in final table. Image. Steve Marcus. Poker players compete in the $50,000 World Series of Poker's Players' Championship at the Rio Wednesday, June 25, 2014. The final table will begin on …

According to a note sent by Slovenian police to the national media on Tuesday afternoon, German poker pro Johannes Strassmann disappeared in Slovenia's capital city of Ljubljana on Saturday, June 21 and is reported missing. Strassmann, who went to …

Around 150 people attended the 2014 Women in Poker Hall of Fame Gala Luncheon on Wednesday, June 25 at the Golden Nugget Convention Center in Las Vegas. The event celebrated the inductions of Allyn Shulman and Deborah Giardina into the Hall of …

When Melissa Burr arrived in Vegas for the 2014 World Series of Poker, she had no idea that in a matter of weeks, she would be playing for $1.5 million in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. By the end of day two of the tournament, however, her …