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At the poker house, it's always breakfast time. It was nearly 2 p.m. on a recent afternoon when Chris Brand sleepily schmeared his morning bagel in a kitchen cluttered with cereal boxes and casino chips. It's always lunch time too, as Brand's roommate …

I recently played an interesting hand in a $1,500-buy-in tournament. Everyone started with 15,000 in chips. Blinds started at 50-100 with hour-long levels, meaning there was lots of time to wait for strong hands. I realized that everyone at my table …

ThePokerAcademy.com's lead instructor Rep Porter had one heck of a 2015 World Series of Poker. He is currently seventh on the leaderboard (the standings will be updated after the completion of the WSOP Europe and the final table in November.).

I was there for the first few weeks of the World Series of Poker, and I returned for the Main Event and stayed to the final day, even though I myself was eliminated early on Day 2. These two separate trips and the time off in between made it plain to …

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 …

From a field 122 players in the 2015 World Series of Poker National Championship only seven now remain with a chance to capture the gold bracelet and the $341,599 first-place prize. Among them is none other than than six-time WSOP bracelet winner and …

A trip to Rattlesnake Island is one of the many prizes that will be offered during the after-party for Saturday's RVI Lakeshore Roar Poker Run. Those who do not participate in the poker run can still come to the after-party, which begins at 3 p.m …

By some accounts, the global online poker market has shrunk more than 20 percent since 2012, a year after the American market was largely closed off from online poker in an event known as Black Friday. Though the global online poker market is nearing …

Last weekend, Lead Pro Blake Bohn captured his second Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) title when he topped a field of 410 entrants to win the MSPT Meskwaki in Tama, Iowa for $101,229. Not only did Bohn vault to the top of the Season 6 Player of the Year …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 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, visit the official GPI website …

The removal of 7-Card-Stud, 5-Card-Draw, and other less popular poker variants. Limiting players to 16 tables, and just six tables of the same game/stakes. The elimination of specific table selection options. Players now only have control over the …

The seventh month of 2015 is almost over and August is approaching faster than NASA's New Horizons probe did en route to the dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, Pluto. August is traditionally a quiet month in the online poker world thanks to it being the …

Neymar Jr Raises $100K At Charity Poker Event In May, PokerStars signed Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar Jr as a brand ambassador, and in his first official engagement representing the site the 23 year-old hosted a charity poker event on the sidelines …

During the past few months, New Jersey has displayed steady growth in its online gaming revenue figures, but all games haven't contributed equally to the revenue figures. Online poker has not contributed to overall online gambling revenue figures as …

(PRESS RELEASE) — The Crown Royal Poker Room will play host to the annual Delaware Poker Championship V tournament as part of Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 5 beginning at 11:15 a.m. The field will walk away with a guaranteed prize of at …

For most players, busting a poker tournament is an emotional experience. It's the point where players — no matter how well they played — must accept the fact that their tournament life is over. Sometimes it doesn't hurt much (maybe you were short for …

Playboy Poker has announced that it will soon pull down its shutters, adding that Monday would be its last day in existence. The online poker room is shutting down for the second time in its history. The original Playboy Poker, which was powered by …

AMERICAN CANYON — The sound of players shuffling and stacking poker chips filled the card room at Napa Valley Casino like a symphony of chirping crickets Saturday, but this was no ordinary poker game. Among the 100 tournament participants at the …