Poker is ever growing creature that seeks new places it could call home. Asian market may have been somewhat neglected for a period of time, but as of late things have really been changing and there is a very strong shift towards Asia as a rich and …
Ireland's Mark Hussey is the man to catch as the 2014 Sky Poker UK 6-Max Poker Championships Main Event reaches its third and penultimate day of play. Only 45 players remain in the hunt for the £110,000 first place prize and bragging rights for the …
Amaya Gaming's two Canadian-facing poker rooms, PlayNow and Espace Des Jeux, saw their traffic rocket by 43 percent in recent months, at one point last week almost reaching the level of their seasonal January peak. But no one quite knows why the …
This weekend, Poker Night in America returns to Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York for a high-stakes cash game that has attracted not only some of the best poker professionals in the world, but also one of America's most-respected film critics in …
I have a fascination with the history of poker and gambling, and there is no more fascinating period for a gambling connoisseur than the days of the Old West. There were of course the well-known frontier gamblers like Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Bat …
Vialpando told Card Player that the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's free-play online poker product will have real-money offerings for those who are residents of California and 18 years of age or older. You must also be physically within the borders of …
This past weekend, Maryland native Dan “jungleman12” Cates passed the $10-million mark on Full Tilt Poker, which makes him the third biggest winner ever on the site. This is according to data from tracking site HighstakesDB. Cates trails just Patrik …
The European Poker Tour (EPT) has inked a partnership with the Fantasy Poker Manager that is going to bring the game owned by the Global Poker Index to a whole new new level. Although the partnership is not going change the way the popular social …
The list of players scheduled to take part, both pros and celebrities, includes several names that poker fans will undoubtedly want to see. Film critic Richard Roeper will be competing, and viewers will have an opportunity to determine if his skill at …
“Wow just reading through this ridiculous Newsweek article on poker… so many logical fallacies and just random cursory statements that poker=gambling=addiction with no evidentiary support. I have to wonder what Newsweek's financial incentives in this …
bill Having now seen Daniel Colman's reaction after winning the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop tournament (instead of relying on eyewitness accounts) my feelings on his decision to basically shun the press remain the same: He can choose to …
Martin Kozlov, the well-known Australian professional poker player, became the champion of the Sydney Poker Championship of 2014 and took home the first-place prize of $171,080. Prominent poker pros such as Jarred Graham and Daniel Neilson were …
Do sponsored poker players understand their clients? Do they know what to produce? That question has bothered me for a long time, and the itch has started to develop once more, after the news this week that both the PokerStars Latin American Team and …
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 …
For those looking to have a good time Saturday night and help a good cause, the Liberal Elk's Lodge will be the place to be. The Crossroads Theraputic Riding Center will be hosting its annual Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament at the Elks Lodge Saturday …
Those who've played in a casino poker tournament know that there are recurring characters who always seem to pop up. In fact, all of your potential opponents can pretty much be boiled down to a roster of seven. Don't believe it? Maybe you will when …
The high-stakes action, which was mostly led by players from Germany, Ireland and Russia, is now expected to grow even further as TonyBet Poker prepares the launch of new exciting €500 and €1,000 per point tables – which are going to bring the OFC …
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