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Pierre Neuville's poker career is a story in two parts. The origins of the 72-year-old Belgian board game creator and executive's history with this card game sounds oddly similar to those of players a third of his age. Neuville's reached a peak in his …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Six-time bracelet winner and poker pro Daniel Negreanu seemed headed for a fairy tale ending at the World Series of Poker, but the dream was crushed by the queen of hearts sending him to the sidelines in the chase for the $7.7 million …

Dubbed the biggest and busiest card room in the city of Dublin, the “Fitz” has announced the dates for the 2015 Poker Festival. The action kicks off with a Super Satellite to the main event on Wednesday, Nov. 25 with a buy-in of only €50. Events will …

When Jet showed up at my door in the northern Moscow region of Otradnoye wearing dirty black Vans and with just $400 dollars to his name, I had every reason to doubt that he was a professional poker player. But he was, and is. When we first met, it was …

New York poker pro Patrick Chan added some chips to his stack on day 7 of the 2015 WSOP main event in a hand that was pretty strange for this deep in poker's most prestigious event. Chan busted James Magner after the latter decided to move all in out …

"Full Tilt is making some big changes over the coming weeks and months, to not only bring the fun back to online poker, but also to make the site more exciting," the room's Managing Director Dominic Mansour announced in a long post published on the …

The World Series of Poker has been crowning a champion since 1970 when it was invite-only and the players voted on the ultimate winner. It's now an over-the-top poker showcase involving thousands of players from all kinds of backgrounds. The World …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For nine poker players, the dream is just beginning after outlasting 6,411 others in days of near marathon-length games to advance to the final table of the World Series of Poker's no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event in November.

The poker runs will benefit Happy Feet Equals Learning Feet, a nonprofit organization that provides shoes to selected income eligible students in preschool through 12th grade. Proceeds will buy shoes for children Henderson, Union, Webster and …

Marathon sessions of bluffing, betting and reading opponents for any hints at their cards will soon be over at the World Series of Poker main event, when the last nine players claim at least $1 million each and a spot at the final table in November. As …

The 2015 World Series of Poker main event reached the final 27 players early Tuesday morning with one of the world's most famous players still in contention. Daniel Negreanu ended the day ninth in chips with 8.4 million, but Thomas Kearney leads the …

In a press release today, Mediarex Sports & Entertainment (MSE) – owners of the Global Poker Index (GPI) brand – announced that they'd secured $4.9 million dollars in funding to pursue the development of poker as a spectator sport. Towards this end …

When you live with six guys in a home chosen for its proximity to Maryland Live — a home known as “The Poker House,” where all the residents play cards for a living — you dream about certain scenarios. The scenarios are not hard to figure out. “We …

He is one of the last 69 players left in the competition and is “chipleader”, which means he has the greatest number of chips compared to his opponents. His name is Pierre Neuville and he is aged 72 from Knokke-Heist. He is the only Belgian left in the …

Most of the 27 remaining entrants are experienced players who have already carved a strong reputation on the high-level poker scene. Cannuli wasn't one of them entering this competition but will certainly have served notice in the industry by the time …

It may not have the glitz and glam of Las Vegas but Luton is a special place for poker players. Over the years, dozens of players have won major events there and gone on to become stars of the game, something the winner of the upcoming Genting Poker …

Daniel Negreanu has achieved incredible things in poker. The 40-year-old Poker Hall of Famer leads the all-time live tournament earnings money list with $29,942,773 in cashes over his career. He is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner.

"He's played and interacted with me enough to realize I have potential as a poker player and realize I'm a very depressed and tortured soul. I think his extreme success has gotten to his head. He has made millions upon millions, and the cornerstone of …