Live poker tournaments may be allowed in Norway next year, which would permit the staging of a 2015 Norwegian Poker Championship. The country currently has stringent gambling regulations that include fines and possible jail time for operating poker …
Ivey added over $3.5 million to his career earnings in overcoming a final table that included Team PokerStars Pros Isaac Haxton and Daniel Negreanu, ex-Full Tilt Professional Tom Dwan, Mike "Timex" McDonald, and Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel. This is …
… on whether your basement poker game is a federal crime. View Larger · poker case photo. Justice Department lawyers say in their brief to the Supreme Court, "Courts have long held that poker contains a sufficient element of chance to constitute …
The stars of the poker world will descend on London's famous Hippodrome Casino on March 3rd to find out who will be crowned Poker Personality of the Year at The British Poker Awards (www.thebritishpokerawards.com). This especially interesting category …
The Garden City Group (GCG), the firm responsible for overseeing the repayment of money owed to Full Tilt Poker players in the U.S., has posted a new announcement on its website regarding the remission process. According to a Feb. 13 update, the GCG is …
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Some of the most recognisable faces on the UK poker scene are hoping to parlay their 2013 successes at The British Poker Awards (www.thebritishpokerawards.com) at London's Hippodrome Casino on March 3rd where one will emerge with the title …
Players in New Jersey and Nevada can win seats into the World Series of Poker via the online poker room at WSOP.com. The best chance for players to win a berth into the $10,000 tourney is through the weekly $215 WSOP Main Event Seat Satellite.
Day 1B chipleader Brad St. Vincent is still alive and well, finishing the day third in chips with 979,000. Perhaps the most recognizable name still in the field, 2012 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Chris Tryba, bagged up 438,000 at the end of …
Despite the Aussie Millions taking away from some of the online action over the past week or so, poker pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom managed to add another $400,000 to his earnings on the year. He is now up around $2.2 million, according to HighstakesDB.
Toby Mathews started Day 2 third in chips, and was very short during three-handed play, but thanks to a few coin flips and a bit of persistence he is the winner of the Hollywood Poker Open Tunica Regional Championship. Mathews reached heads-up play …
Preflop, final table, six-handed, with the blinds at 50,000 and 100,000 and a 15,000 ante, Jaffee raised to 225,000, Merulla reraised to 595,000 from the button, Jattin reraised to 1,125,000 from the big blind, Jaffee went all-in, Merulla called and …
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Another solid week for Viktor “Isildur1” Blom resulted in him padding his profits on the year to $1.8 million, according to data from HighstakesDB. Blom's latest profits came at the pot-limit Omaha and the limit deuce-to-seven triple draw tables. He …
In late November, I attended the World Poker Tour's Caribbean event on the island of St. Maarten. I intended for the trip to be a sun-filled vacation and assumed that I would bust out early, as usual. Instead, I hit one of the best streaks of luck in …
Poker and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) have often had a complimentary relationship, something that has continued with the announcement of a partnership deal between Attack Poker and Bellator MMA. The deal was made public late last week and sees Las …
The third stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino February 8 and will host a series of 11 tournaments through February 17, culminating with a $1,650 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee main event February …
Other notables who finished the day with big stacks include Vinny Pahuja (146,800), former card Player tournament reporter and current poker pro Jameson Singer (119,600), Chris Tryba (114,500), 2012 WSOP main event finalist Michael Esposito (98,000) …