Next week on Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham, sponsor of one of two bills in Congress seeking to ban online poker, will hold a hearing entitled “Cyber Crime: Modernizing our Legal Framework for the Information Age”, and it could feature some remarks …
One of the new events for the 2015 World Series of Poker was the $1,500 buy-in 50/50 no-limit hold'em tournament. The event featured a unique format where half of the field finished in the money, collecting a minimum of $1,000. It wasn't until the …
The relationship between football and poker has been a long-standing and sometimes confusing one. Though there have been plenty of suggestions as to why footballers are so attracted to the card game, less thought has gone into a consideration of the …
2015 is proving to be a great year for the iBus Media's business-to-business (B2B) portal Poker Affiliate World (PAW) as the site reported a remarkable growth in the second quarter (Q2) of 2015. Between April and June, the affiliate marketplace managed …
Russian President Vladimir Putin is probing and testing in his new-cold-war initiatives. He has annexed Crimea, kidnapped an Estonian counter-intelligence agent, and in a unique expression of chutzpah, challenged America's right to investigate and …
Ji, 52, last week won a tournament at the 46th annual World Series of Poker, the game's most significant and lucrative event, and pocketed $231,102 at The Rio in Las Vegas. In addition to the considerable prize money Ji seized by winning the Pot-Limit …
On Monday in the Rio Convention Center, several professional poker players were in serious contention to eventually match, or surpass, the record for most cashes in a single summer at the World Series of Poker. Mike Leah and Mark Radoja each had nine, …
But a funny thing happened on the way to state-by-state expansion: the online poker arguments have fallen by the wayside – even the PPA, strong supporters of poker carveouts over the years, is now sees comprehensive gambling legalization as the best …
The 26-year-old poker pro from Baltimore, MD also earned 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his second title and fifth final table score of the year, moving him into ninth place in the overall POY standings with 2,488 …
Joe Barton (R-TX) re-introduced his proposal, dubbed “The Internet Poker Freedom Act,” on Thursday, just days after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced his legislation aiming to “restore” America's 1961 Wire Act and ban most forms of Internet gaming.
Online poker players, sports bettors, and all sorts of “digital nomads” have been traipsing the globe since laptops became a thing. However, the question of where to live can be pretty overwhelming for most. The world's first and only relocation …
The 2015 World Series of Poker is playing host to the second running of the $111,111 One Drop High Roller. Registration closed at approximately 9:00 PM local time, and the official numbers were as follows: a total of 135 entries were made in this …
After beating a field of 684 entries, Keven Stammen has been crowned the winner of the Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Championship Event at the M Resort. Stammen beat Joe Serock heads up to take home the $347,052 first-place prize after a tough final …
About ten days into the 2015 World Series of Poker, I have had several deep runs with three WSOP cashes as well as an 18th/329 in the WPT Aria 500, where I made the money but bubbled the July 5th Day 2 restart. I want to share with what I think is …
I started playing poker in college in the late 1970s, a rollicking weekly social gathering punctuated by Rolling Rock (for me) and rolling joints (for everyone else). It began as a 25-cent game, and a couple of years later, after much consideration, we …
It's always a major story at the World Series of Poker when a female player wins an open event, but when that female is an amateur player and tops one of the toughest tournaments on the schedule, the story goes to another level. There have only been 21 …
Hocus is like poker for wizards: you're still going for the best 5-card hand, but there are multiple communities, multiple pots to win, and some crazy spells flying around. At a glance: Hocus is for 2 to 5 players, ages 14 and up, and takes about 30 …
New Jersey Poker Pro Matt Stout will be hosting the second annual Charity Series of Poker event benefiting Three Square at the Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort and Casino a week from Sunday. Set for Sunday, July 5, at 7 p.m. local time, the event will …
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