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Allyn Jaffrey Shulman The Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III featured more than 200 events during the summer on the Las Vegas Strip. The series culminated with a $5,000 buy-in main event, which drew a tough field of 262 …

SPRINGFIELD – The Thomas J. O'Connor Foundation will hold its fifth Ride Like An Animal Poker Run and Party on Aug. 17 to benefit animals in shelter at Thomas J. O'Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center. This annual event raises critical funds for …

This is a personal blog post about my experience attempting to play for real money at Ultimate Poker. The new Nevada online poker room went live for signups around 12:30am PT this morning. Real money games went live later in the morning. Tournament …

Dozens of players have arrived in the resort for the round-table and online Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour run by PokerStars. Heavyweights expected to hit the felt during the tournament, which runs until Sunday, include Full Tilt Poker …

The cruise schedule is packed with WPT Boot Camp training sessions, freerolls, cash games, SNGs, and tournaments, including a $550 high roller and a $220 Main Event – more than enough to turn you into a slathering poker pirate of the Caribbean!

Many times in the poker world small improvements get overlooked by the poker news media because they are interesting, but not big enough to warrant a full article. Well, the remedy for that is here with this little piece about improvements and new …

Poker is finally returning to American television in early 2014. Todd Anderson co-founder of the heartland Poker Tour is teaming with Nolan Dalla, World Series of Poker Media Director and Rush Street Productions to create Poker Night in America …

QUESTION: I plan on buying a new set of poker chips for our weekly kitchen-table poker game. We currently use a cheap plastic set. Besides a quality upgrade, how many chips do you think I should buy? — Paul M. ANSWER: Casino chips, also known as …

Jackpots and other such promos aren't what draws me to a poker table, but I understand the allure of a shot at free money. And if that is you're cup of tea, you might want to get down to Casino del Sol before the end of Wednesday. Nearly $50,000 is up …

“After careful consideration and in an effort to further improve the overall operating performance of Revel Casino-Hotel, management has made the decision to close our poker room operations effective August 2013,” announced a statement on Tuesday .

Ultimate Poker launched on April 30 as Nevada's first licensed and regulated online poker room. It then spent the next two and a half months following a trial period of strict guidelines laid down by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The site received …

PLYMOUTH – The Frogs for Freedom Poker Run will be held Sunday, Aug. 25, from the VFW Post 1822, 22 Seven Hills Road, Plymouth. Registration is at 9:30 a.m., kickstands up at 10:30 a.m. and cookout at 2 p.m. Registration is $20, which includes event …

During Day 1a of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Queenstown Snowfest Main Event, acclaimed Australian tournament director Danny McDonagh revealed three new Full Tilt Poker ambassadors for the ANZPT. McDonagh announced that …

Previous articles in the series have focussed on high stakes tournament and cash game players, but in this latest edition we speak to Dave Hulmes who is attempting to change the game for recreational players by creating a brand new pub poker league.

Police in Chiba, Japan have arrested nine people suspected of distributing a malicious Android dating app that harvested personal information from people's phones. Among the arrested, and the group's suspected kingpin, was professional poker player and …

Choctaw Casino The Card Player Poker Tour has pulled into Durant, Oklahoma at the Choctaw Casino for a 54-event series that kicked off July 18. The series will conclude with a $1,500+$120 no-limit hold'em main event that begins on Aug. 1 and features a …

This is the first in a weekly series that will recap what is happening at all of the US facing poker sites. This first installment will only look at the major rooms with more being added each week. I will look at withdrawal times, deposits, promotions …

This spoof poker news site is like The Onion …only for poker. One of my favourite recent posts from them is “A Day in the Life of Phil Hellmuth”, an exclusive copy of big Phil's day planner, with such gems on the schedule as, “6:00pm – 6:25pm: Quiet …