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One of the remaining 26 players in the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis main event will leave Sunday night with the top prize of $38,625. The home stretch of the three-day $1,650 no-limit hold'em $150,000 guarantee main event will begin Sunday at 1pm …

An impressive field of 895 entries turned out for the inaugural running of the European Poker Tour Malta €5,300 no-limit hold'em main event, building a prize pool of €4,340,750 ($4,740,898 USD). In the end it was France's Jean Montury who emerged …

Martin Jacobson was one of the most popular winners of the World Series of Poker Main Event in recent times. So much has been written and said about his near-perfect display at the final table last November, and he was even rewarded with "Tournament …

Tomorrow could cause another issue for the players in the Day 1b field with the Cricket World Cup being played during the same time as the tournament and there is no way to watch the match in the poker room. With the field consisting of a lot of …

Any player worth a pair of deuces will tell you that poker is a game of skill. In the words of Lancey Howard, the unbeatable master in classic film The Cincinnati Kid, it's all about “making the wrong move at the right time” – a snippet of wisdom he …

The world of professional poker and professional wrestling have some interesting parallels. Both have competitors that travel the world performing in the largest venues for their sport. Each has players with larger than life personalities with legions …

Jesse Rockowitz is the zone. Fresh off a runner-up finish in the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder $3,500 main event, Rockowitz, also a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, bagged the chiplead on Day 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis main event.

Patrick Clarke, the player that won last year's event for a huge €250,000, became an instant poker legend as he did so after he qualified into the tournament by playing a €4 online satellite! How would you like to become the next Patrick Clarke? Our …

888poker To Sponsor 2015 World Series of Poker This week, it was announced that online gaming operator 888 will sponsor the 2015 World Series of Poker, as well as the 2015 WSOP Europe, through its online poker brand 888poker. Back in 2006, the …

Anthony Zinno stormed back from seven big blinds to win the World Poker Tour's L.A. Poker Classic Main Event at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.With the victory, Zinno, who won the WPT Fallsview Classic less than three weeks earlier, became the …

The European Poker Awards were held on Wednesday at the Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta, honoring the top performances by European poker players in 2014. The ceremony drew hundreds of individuals who were part of Europe's …

The month of April is going to be a big one for the Card Player Poker Tour. The tour will host two stops, the first at Choctaw Resort Casino in Durant, Oklahoma Apr. 2-12 and the second at Casino Royale in St. Maarten Apr. 24-May 3. Hosting some of the …

I've spent a lot of time studying the question of whether or not setting goals makes sense for poker players, and I think that it does. Longtime psychology professor and author Ed Locke is America's foremost expert on goal setting. Locke defines a goal …

The third stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nev. Mar. 20 and will host a series of 19 tournaments through Mar. 29, culminating with a $1,080 no-limit hold'em $250,000 guarantee main …

Poker pro Ben Tollerene (pictured right) won roughly $232,000 playing online over the past seven days, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The Texan won around $140,000 on Full Tilt under his “Bttech86” screen name, while taking in $92,483 on …

ATLANTIC CITY – The Borgata's lawsuit accusing professional poker player Phil Ivey of cheating his way to a $9.6 million in baccarat winnings can proceed, according to a published report. U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman ruled that the casino's claims …

The Arena Poker Room at Talking Stick Resort recently concluded its fourth annual Winter Poker Classic as 411 players paid the $400 buy-in to generate a prize pool of $139,740. A deal was made between the final six players in which Quezon Raguindin, …

The Crown Royal Poker Room at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino will host the Masters Poker Series on April 29-May 3. The series features nine tournaments, including pot-limit Omaha and HOS (hold'em, Omaha and stud). Celebrities on hand will be Tom …