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You play online poker because it's fun… but let's face it, it's a whole lot more fun when you're winning. Of course, how much you win depends on all sorts of things – your experience level relative to competitors, how many people are at a table, flat …

The Paddy Power Poker Irish Open is less than one month away and the Card Player Poker Tour is excited to announce a new partnership with the longest running tournament in Europe. With less than 30 days to go until cards are in the air for the four-day …

After getting kicked out of Navy SEAL training for calling his commanding officer a "pussy," the poker millionaire enrolled at the University of South Florida, where he started gambling … a lot. Within a few years, he was clocking millions at the …

His lawyer, Fabiano Cangelosi, told the court his client had asked a friend who works in senior management at the Launceston casino about the laws surrounding poker tournaments. His friend had said it was legal as long as Bowen was not taking a …

Vince Burgio has been a part of the poker scene for over 25 years and has seen many changes during his two and half decades at the felt. He is the owner of a World Series of Poker bracelet from the 1994 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and has published …

Lock Poker has always had its naysayers, but in the past year the site has devolved from just another occasionally maligned online poker room to being nearly unanimously condemned by the entire poker community. With withdrawal times that stretch back …

There are currently two bills on the table that could bring online poker to California and obviously, PokerStars wants in. California has a population of 38 million, roughly 14 times that of Nevada. With a state by state patchwork of online poker …

Multiple sources are reporting the impending introduction of bills seeking to ban many forms of regulated online gambling – including poker – in both the House and Senate. Draft copies of both bills have been circulating. I've posted what I believe to …

“It has become very obvious from the remarks from the gaming commission that they intend to make it impossible to operate a poker room in Michigan,” said Jones to Crain's Detroit. “What I want to do is codify into law what's been going on for the last …

Dragonara Gaming Limited, the operator of the foremost casino in Malta, and Poker Travel Israel, one of the leading international poker group travel operators, have signed a long-term collaboration agreement through which poker and casino players from …

The fourth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa March 21 and will host a series of 31 tournaments through March 30 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold'em $125,000 guarantee main event March 28-30.

“I wanted to give good reason to play poker at school.” This is junior and Club President Miles Quinn's motivation for co-founding Poker Club with junior and Vice President Daniel Thompson on March 21. Poker Club members playing on their first meeting.

At any rate, a player of this mentality looks at first glance as if he is a good player, but in fact, he is giving up one of the tools that should be in the arsenal of every good poker player — the check. I still remember a hand that was played by T …

LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts International Chairman Jim Murren wants the American Gaming Association (AGA) to dial down its lobbying and advocacy efforts on behalf of legalizing Internet poker because the activity is fracturing the membership of the …

Though much of the media attention is usually focused on the large poker rooms of Northern California, there are many other rooms that have incredible action and great promotions. No matter where you live in NorCal, you can enjoy a professionally run …

Increasingly, a large slice of that pie is taken up by online gambling, with poker to the fore. It's an area of rapid growth: according to Christiansen Capital Advisors, worldwide revenue from online poker grew from $82.7 million in 2001 to $2.4 …

If those numbers are correct, once you combine them with his earnings in tournaments (around $1.9 million pre-taxes) it's possible to question whether Blom has actually made much money from playing the game of poker. In other words, if you grind $1-$2 …

Licensed French gaming operators mypok and JOAOnline have finalised an agreement to merge their respective online poker offerings under the brand myjoapok.fr. The merger was approved by French regulator L'Autorité de regulation des jeux en ligne …