Brian Hastings was already considered one of the game's top young players. He's played no-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha at some the highest stakes ever seen, once winning over $4 million in one session online. Now he joins the prestigious list of …
On Saturday, many revved up to take part in the Poker Run. At five designated pitstops at various locations in East Sussex and Kent participants drew a playing card to gain the five-card hand needed to play the game and be in with a chance of winning.
Police in Nevada are hunting the gunman who murdered deaf poker player Jonathan Cyril Collins in his car on May 11. The thirty-nine-year-old Collins is a three-time National Deaf Poker Tour (NDPT) champion. He died from a gunshot wound to his chest.
King Kreesa's attempt to win the $300,000 Poker for a second time in wire-to-wire fashion was no bluff as the six-year-old gelding led eight rivals on a merry chase in Saturday's one-mile test on Belmont Park's firm Widener turf. Left alone to set a …
NEW YORK (AP) King Kreesa led all the way to pull a 17-1 upset Saturday in the $300,000 Poker Stakes on the turf at Belmont Park. It was a generous price on a horse that won this race in 2013 using the same tactics. The 6-year-old gelding and jockey …
Since in this “Casino Poker for Beginners” series of articles I have lately talking about types of equipment in use at casino poker tables (chips, buttons, and cards), it seems logical to wrap up that whole line of thought with some tips about the …
In a 2011 interview with Card Player Magazine, after a summer filled with a record three runner-up finishes in World Series of Poker events, Phil Hellmuth was asked how he felt about his then-nine missed opportunities to add to his bracelet count. “Wow …
Ed Miller It's a little presumptuous to call anything the “key” to a game as complex as no-limit hold'em, but I don't think I've overstepped here, because the concept I'm covering in this and a series of future articles is, truly, the key to small …
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI …
With California online poker efforts possibly dead for the remainder of 2015 to basically no one's surprise, the state of Pennsylvania is by far the most likely out of any jurisdiction in America to legalize and regulate the virtual version of the card …
Carlos Portes of Marshalltown wanted to honor Spickert's poker-playing skill and ordered the specialized wreath from Marshalltown's Hy-Vee Floral Shop. Spickert was a renown card player and demonstrator of card and coin tricks, taught personally by the …
Hollywood icon James Woods lives a charmed life, and it appears that extends to the poker table as well. Woods is off to a hot start in the 2015 World Series of Poker, with two cashes and a 7th-place final table appearance in the $3,000 NLHE Shootout …
Sam Greenwood scored the first World Series of Poker gold bracelet of his career and the first one for Canada in 2015, winning Event #22: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $318,977. He topped a field of 1,915 runners in joining brother Max Greenwood, who won …
A fundraiser on Saturday, June 27, including a poker rally, burger, beer, silent auction and prizes will benefit the Mill Bay Marine Rescue Society. It all begins at the Cobblestone Pub at 4 p.m., when participants can purchase tickets and meet their …
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 …
Still missing from the 2015 World Series of Poker, gambling legend Phil Ivey has been playing online poker from Macau and managed to drop $968,000 this past weekend. Ivey played roughly 3,500 hands between Friday and Sunday and lost nearly seven …
The NFL forced Miami Dolphins tight end Jordan Cameron (pictured), along with defensive tackle A.J. Francis and offensive tackle Jason Fox to withdraw from an upcoming poker tournament scheduled to be held at a casino. The league prohibits players from …
LAS VEGAS — A Utah-based clothing company is promising a second chance to a World Series of Poker player that narrowly misses winning a cash prize in the tournament's Main Event. World Series of Poker organizers said Thursday that clothing company …