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Robert Mizrachi poses with his second World Series of Poker bracelet, which he won Saturday June 20, 2014, in a $1,500 buy-in Dealer's Choice tournament for a prize of $147,092 at the Rio. By Case Keefer (contact). Monday, June 23, 2014 | 2 a.m. …

The $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event at the 2014 World Series of Poker attracted 992 players, creating a total prize pool of $2,708,160. After four days of play, it was Chicago native Sean Dempsey who came out on top, earning his first career …

On Sunday, one of the most anticipated tournaments of the year kicked off with the start of Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players' Championship. Testing a player's skill across eight disciplines, winning the event has become point of pride and prestige for …

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While it was once considered poker's World Championship, the sheer size of the fields in the modern day Main Event served to water down that title a bit and the poker world began looking at the tournament as a bit of a crapshoot. Even the $10,000 buy …

For the first time ever, the Card Player Poker Tour will make a stop at Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood, California. What will be the tenth stop of Season II will take place from October 17-26 and will feature a $1,100 no-limit hold'em main event …

A total of 136 players turned out to play the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold'em championship, building a prize pool of $1,198,400. By there could be only one player to remain undefeated throughout the event, and 25-year-old …

James Mackey is one of the more accomplished products of the poker boom. Playing with the handle “mig.com,” the Kansas City-native tore up the online tournament schedule on a weekly basis, racking up nearly $4 million on the virtual felt. In 2007 …

Despite some minor drama at the tables during the first day of play, the inaugural World Series of Poker $1,500 dealer's choice event was a success. The field of 419 players created a total prize pool of $565,650. The unique event allowed players to …

tvpoker Earlier this week Lee Davy penned a column at CalvinAyre.com where he offered up his thoughts on the Global Poker Index, and whether the increased stature the ranking system has gained under the leadership of Alexandre Dreyfus was the …

The other 11 months out of the year she says she's going to stick with cash games, reserving most of her tournament play for the World Series, where she says the experience of running well and playing well on poker's biggest stage has been one without …

A poker ride left Pavillion Saturday morning to benefit Kaiden Burk, 14, who was stricken in school three years with seizures. For the past two years, medication has controlled the seizures, but the meds have now become ineffective and Burk is facing …

Sheriff Howard and Rene Robert led the Motorcycle Poker Run and Raffle. The motorcyclists started their run by Chef's Restaurant in Buffalo and made their way to the Southtowns. Proceeds will benefit the Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, help educate …

All arenas of competition reward perseverance and persistence, which is why the ability to overcome challenges while weathering sudden reversals of fortune is also an essential trait in the game of poker. As a 26-year old football star in his native …

Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) has changed its English-only policy at poker room chat rooms and is now allowing players to small-talk in foreign languages as well. The Head of Poker at Microgaming, Alex Scott, said that while the company will continue …

Now awoken, the Bombers and its coach-in-exile, James Hird, but not the athletes, have initiated a game of high-stakes poker. Those moves, in the form of Federal Court proceedings, allege the illegality and hence invalidity of ASADA's investigation.

A bill which would legalize online poker in Pennsylvania was introduced to the legislature yesterday. State Senators Edwin Erickson (R) and Bob Mensch (R) co-sponsored the bill. The new law would make online poker sites, if they obtained a license from …

The Justice Department in 2011 cracked down on the flourishing online poker industry – indicting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, another online poker company and several company executives with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses.