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The young poker gaming community of Minnesota is rapidly developing; in fact, they introduced a new poker tour recently. Check Shove Poker is organizing its inaugural poker event this week at Minnesota's Running Aces Harness Park. The event will …

Europe's longest-running poker tournament, the Irish Open, returns on April 3 with the 34th installment of arguably the most fun live event of the year. First organized in 1981 by legendary bookmaker Terry Rogers, the Irish Open has grown in size and …

The Silver State kicked off its online poker industry in 2013, and earlier this month began a soft launch phase of online poker liquidity sharing with the state of Delaware, which also had its own intrastate online poker, in an effort to boost poker …

Shawn Busse captured the title, but not the biggest chunk of the money, in the $2,700 Foxwoods Poker Classic Main Event in Mashantucket, CT. He got $95,024 as part of a four-way deal, while Justin Schwartz took $104,000, Busse's fellow bracelet winner …

US Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) plans to introduce a bill that would regulate online poker at the federal level, a move that would put him in stark opposition to some Republican colleagues who support a total ban on Internet poker and casino games.

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a retired Tennessee Valley Authority police officer to home detention and probation for his role in providing police protection for an illegal $1 million poker game. U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves ordered Benito D.

Cirque du Soleil majority owner Guy Laliberté has reportedly asked for offers to purchase most of his share of the entertainment company. Laliberté is known well by the poker community for playing in high-stakes cash games and also forging the …

Newsweek is the latest mainstream news source to tackle whether poker is a game of luck or skill. The story comes from Dennie van Dolder, who set out with a research study to prove that poker is not just random luck, as some would have you believe.

Each week, the Talking Poker series will highlight a particular poker term. We'll give you a clear, to-the-point definition of the term and an example of the strategic concept to which it refers, so that you can start using the term and implementing …

Something must be in the water over at Aria Resort & Casino, because another top young poker player scored back-to-back victories in the casino's latest two Aria $25,000 High Roller events this weekend. Byron Kaverman took first place on Friday for …

Chad Willett prevailed over Rich Alsup after a marathon heads-up match in the Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Main Event, banking $96,760 following the grueling three-hour battle. Willett defeated a field of 371 runners for the score, though he nearly …

Importantly, these do not pertain to specific tactics. I have no rules that say things like, “Never open for a raise from early position with a junk hand.” That's because poker is so heavily situation-dependent that there is some time, place, and …

It was actually a couple of state lotteries that spearheaded the effort to get the law re-examined, which gave regulated online poker a road to become regulated at the state level. Just three states—Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware—have regulated …

Maryland-based poker pro Joe Stiers, who has more than $600,000 in career tournament earnings, told the Baltimore Sun that he has been banned from all Caesars properties and venues, including the World Series of Poker, for an unspecified period of time …

British poker veteran Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott is fighting a battle against cancer surrounded by his loved ones at his home in Hull, UK. Although a number of controversial reports about the player's health and conditions appeared on the Internet during …

Nick Weinberg cleared the house with a full-house. That's how the end of the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis $1,080 no-limit hold'em $150,000 guarantee main event came to an end Mar. 29. After 148 players had been sent to the rail over the course of …

Delaware's trio of poker sites averaged single digits before shared liquidity with Nevada began. A peek at traffic numbers provided by PokerScout.com reveals that the cash game average in Delaware has skyrocketed to 110 players as of this writing.

There was no shortage of great poker action and fun at the fifth annual Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship held at the Peppermill in Reno, March 25-29. Jan Fisher and I got to host this event again as part of the Ladies International Poker Series.