Over the last 10 years or so, Engel has grossed about $5 million playing poker. The son of an Orthodox rabbi, Engel, 31, has become one of the world's best professional poker players — ranked No. 23 worldwide by the poker magazine Bluff — and …
She continued candidly: “The most I've won in one night is $28,000 playing blackjack and when I'm in Vegas I love playing poker and I just lose my mind but not to the point where I think I've got a problem. I don't get up in the middle of the night and …
Carbon Poker is featuring the return of the Carbon Online Poker Series in February, with 76 events boasting a total of $2 million in guarantees. The 15-day series kicks off Feb. 8 and concludes on Feb. 22 with five different main events with $480,000 …
Minutello started dealing poker in Florida before he turned 21 and got his first managerial job just three years later at a three-table room on a day-cruise boat. He moved to Las Vegas to work as a dealer and floor person at the Mirage. From there, he …
In November, Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson outlasted nearly 6,700 players to take the lion's share of the $62,820,200 prize pool. The main event in 2014 did increase by more than 500 players compared to 2013, and the guarantee might have played a …
MANILA – The operator of the world's most popular online poker sites has launched its second live poker room in Asia at the City of Dreams Manila. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp said PokerStars …
A Deerfield business owner is much richer following a recent trip to an Indiana casino. The Highland Park News reports that Deerfield resident Mike Puccio, owner of Bur Oak Landscaping Co., won the Heartland Poker Tour's tournament December 15 at …
Another Bitcoin-based online poker startup is set to test the market on February 1st, 2015, when a new European site called BitNPlay will open its doors. As with most new BTC-based poker sites, this one will come with a twist: An opportunity for …
Today's professional poker player lives online, a drastic change compared to just 10 years ago when most preferred brick-and-mortar tables. Not only do experienced sharks possess a superior skillset than the amateur, they are also now equipped with …
When you've played poker for years, it's easy to forget that technical poker speak may as well be a different language. Many players just picked up a deck of cards for the first time and are wondering what the hell a reverse implied range merge against …
The year's end has always been a time of reflection. Along with the traditional acts of giving thanks for what we have before gifting one another even more, the winter months also become a time for families to mourn members who are no longer there …
Spain has been crowned champion of Poker Stars' 10th World Cup of Poker, a competition that was remarkable for being the first WCP played entirely in play money. It was also the first to be conducted entirely online. PokerStars' decision to go play …
Poker wins can be classed by the most total victories, and of course the most total money. For the professionals, it's the latter they crave. Over the past 12 months live poker has seen gigantic pots taken by everyone from household names to near …
While these jurisdictions met with the UK government's strict regulatory standards, many were jurisdictions that were tax havens for online poker and gambling companies, offering hugely competitive tax breaks, which meant that even the UK's best known …
The tournament was halted as soon as the rogue chips were spotted, and suspicion soon fell on Lusardi when he was caught attempting to flush T2.7 million in poker chips down the toilet of his hotel room at the nearby Harrah's Resort, the act of a …
Then came the tweet that rocked the poker world and sent the Twittersphere reeling in horror, and somehow we knew that life would never quite be the same again. It was from Phil Hellmuth: “I am dressed up as a baby on the set of 'Poker Night in America!
It's no secret that player traffic at online poker sites has been struggling. The latest traffic numbers provided by PokerScout reveal that cash game traffic is 19% off of last year's pace. As 2014 prepares to make its exit in a few days and 2015 will …
Online poker tends to be the main focus for us (and many of our readers), but land-based casinos still play a prominent role in the game. The biggest tournaments in the world are played on real felt, and the biggest stars make their names playing in …
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