Three times each year (April, July and November) the Wildhorse Resort and Casino near Pendleton, Ore., closes its four-table poker room and fills its bingo hall (and sometimes one of its big meeting rooms) with a sea of poker tables. Here are the …
KANSAS STAR CASINO: The poker room leads things off with a $10K first-place guarantee on Sept. 1. It sports a $350 buy-in with a 100-player capacity plus alternates. Make sure you get there early. HARD ROCK CASINO: Starting a couple of days later, …
Though still relatively rare, the number of married couples who play poker professionally seems to be on the rise. Not surprising, because as numbers for women who play the game continue to grow, it would make sense that couples in love would share a …
Although no details have yet emerged to indicate how seriously New Jersey is considering an interstate poker compact with Nevada, any collaboration would not be the first of its kind as the two states already have an agreement in place allowing them to …
I've spent 10 years studying how to overcome mistakes, and in the process I've developed robust methods to help people elevate their poker skills. One of the first things I teach my long-term students is a simple but powerful fact: Every good decision …
Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …
Online poker has been technically illegal in Russia since the Sports Ministry removed poker from the national sports registry in June 2009. By default poker was classified as a form of gambling, and over the next five years the Russian authorities …
The problem resides in the fact that poker players are being judged on a set of standards set prior to the Poker Boom. Poker's landscape has changed dramatically in the last decade and tournament poker is the driving force in the poker economy. Much of …
So the WSOP recently released it's ten nominees for induction into the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame. The process for this appears to be a combination of a fan vote, with some additions where necessary. For example, Bob Hooks is on the list and I can't …
Anyone who knows anything about poker history can see there are serious flaws with the list of people in the Poker Hall of Fame after a cursory glance. Wild Bill Hickok is in, yet his contemporaries, Doc Holliday, Alice “Poker Alice” Ivers, George …
The World Series of Poker announced their 10 hand-picked finalists for the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Leading the group is first-timer and likely shoe-in Daniel Negreanu, who turned 40 this year, and he is accompanied by four other first-time …
For those who continue to play at Lock Poker and may be unaware of the risk involved, the PPA issued a statement about two months ago warning of the danger of depositing, perhaps winning or earning a deposit bonus, and never being paid. Here is that …
Welcome to the second edition of Hold'em with Holloway, my weekly strategy article here on PokerNews. Last week I highlighted the importance of making reads and trusting them. This week I'm going to shift gears a bit and talk about playing in poker …
A proposed bill in Singapore contains language that could mean jail time for poker players caught grinding on an unauthorized site, news.asiaone.com reported. The bill was introduced this week and is incredibly far-reaching. The most striking component …
The list of 10 nominees for the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame was announced by the World Series of Poker on Tuesday. The finalists, which were nominated by the public for the sixth straight year, include five returning candidates and five first-timers, with …
Ultimate Poker Predicting A Brighter Future The USA's first regulated online poker site, UltimatePoker.com, may currently be suffering from disappointing traffic numbers but the gaming operators' new chief marketing officer, Tom Kobrin, is predicting a …
The finalists for the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame have been named. This year's class consists of five repeat nominees and five new candidates. Daniel Negreanu headlines the list of nominees. Joining him are Humberto Brenes, Jennifer Harman, Bruno Fitoussi, …
URBANA — Champaign County Board members defeated a proposal to levy a $25 poker run license fee Tuesday night. The fee was voted down in a show of hands at the board's committee of the whole meeting. A new state law allows counties to license …