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Ultimate Poker's Sunday Major touted similar percentage gains, but not without the assistance of a desperation tactic. WSOP's Majors also boasted noteworthy gains; not via the presence of a gimmicky promotion, but by continuing to provide arguably the …

Online poker brand Flop Turn River (FTR) has announced the introduction of an Open Face Chinese Poker (OFC) gaming portal to its website. Customers will now be able to access OFC and Pineapple OFC gaming formats in the FlopTurnRiver.com website …

The 2014 World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open continued on Sunday with Day 2 action at the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino in Florida. The day began with 169 of the original 415 entrants still in contention for the $271,103 top prize, and after a …

In May 2008, he scored his first-ever cash in a big live tournament by winning the PokerStars Latin America Poker Tour in Rio de Janeiro for $222,940. Soon after that, Nuijten found himself becoming one of the most familiar faces on the Dutch poker …

Annual wagers via mobiles and tablets on casino-type gambling and poker games is predicted to hit $62 billion by 2018, reports Juniper research. The main cause of this is expected to be the legalisation of certain online gambling services in the US …

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 …

First, poker isn't growing fast enough to provide a steady influx of new players. Inexperienced players almost always donate to the poker economy initially (though unwillingly, of course), at least during the learning phase. The boom which created …

It was finally his time! After years of grinding the live tournaments and after several frustrating eliminations including a second place finish in the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville Main Event, James Calderaro got his wish and won his first …

Crack open your calendars, poker players. The wait is over. On Tuesday, Caesars Entertainment released the official schedule for the 2014 World Series of Poker. Beginning Tuesday, May 27, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the 45th …

Mike McDonald It's been an incredible eight-month stretch for Canadian poker pro Mike McDonald. The 24-year-old from Waterloo, Ontario has been on a tear since May of 2013, making nine final tables and earning over $5.4 million in tournament earnings.

Calderaro outlasted a field of 415 to win the 2014 World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino for $271,103. The Florida native bested a tough final table that included Shannon Shorr and Keven Stammen, eventually …

With almost two months of operation in the rear-view mirror, we may now be getting an accurate picture of the long-term potential for online poker in New Jersey. That picture is of a market that can handily support two networks. But whether New Jersey …

The Aussie Millions main event, now part of the PokerStars-owned Asia Pacific Poker Tour, boasted a 6 percent increase of attendance and featured one of the most star-studded final tables we've seen in a major. If there's ever a final table that can …

According to WRAL, more than 37,500 pirated DVDs were found inside Lusarsdi's home of Fayetteville, N.C. along with DVD burners and packaging equipment to make bootleg discs. Even more, it was revealed that authorities have had a close watch on …

After a long day at the tables on Monday, a field of 33 was trimmed down to six at the 2014 World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Shannon Shorr is still in contention for his first WPT title and will headline the six-handed final table on Tuesday …

Ultimate Poker Noverlay. Over the next month poker players at Ultimate Poker NJ will be doing the unthinkable; rooting for UP's tournament to reach their guaranteed prize-pool marks, thanks to a new, extremely clever promotion UP has dubbed NO-verlay.

A new poker training site called 1to5 is allowing its members to join the biggest games in the world alongside players such as Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson and more. The training and entertainment site takes showdowns …

Poker players of all levels from across the globe will have the opportunity to play alongside – or even beat – World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker this spring. Penn National Gaming's second season of the Hollywood Poker Open continues with …