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Following the break, it was announced that two local players have been inducted into the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame. The 2015 inductees include Minneapolis' Jim Meehan, a 2003 World Series of Poker bracelet winner who boats $1,410,092 in career …

Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess Grandmaster and often called the greatest chess player of all time. He is also the author of Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped. On the Federalist Radio Hour …

Pagano then pulled a poker chip out of his pocket to show everybody at the press conference, drawing laughs from everyone, but driving home his message. “All in,” Pagano said. He really had poker chips in his pocket? “Damn right.” His final press …

Swedish poker pro Mikael Thuritz was the king of the online poker world over the past seven days. The long-time high-stakes grinder took in $318,000 after 10 unique sessions since last Friday, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The winnings …

Ever since PokerStars announced it would be making changes to its VIP program, the poker community at large has suddenly become very interested in the “poker economy” and the “poker ecosystem.” This is something very few people have spent much time …

Poker Central, an over the top online network, has picked up its first cable provider. While it's not with one of the major providers like Comcast, Cox or Time Warner, it has has signed an agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative, the …

Portugal's regulated online poker market will not be open to international liquidity, as the country plans to follow France's example and segregate the players active on the soon-to-be-launched dot-pt poker rooms. The plan became public on Dec. 1 …

LINCOLN, R.I. — Thursday brought the debut of poker at Twin River Casino. The move comes as the betting house has more and more competition. The poker games began just after noon. Within an hour, about 130 people were playing or waiting to play at …

Genting Poker Series 2016 has released its schedule, and one good thing about it is that the organizers have decreased the buy-ins, indicating the fact that they are want to attract more recreational poker players to the series. The Genting Poker …

Rhode Island's Twin River Casino opened up a 16-table poker room on Thursday, after beginning to flirt with the idea earlier this year. It's the state's only poker room. The games offered are Texas hold'em and seven-card stud, and the room is open from …

The feds have busted an alleged conspiracy in San Diego County to launder millions in profits from high-stakes poker games, according to a report from NBC San Diego. Seven Mile Casino and the Black Jack Palomar Casino were raided Wednesday by …

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 Genting Poker Series (GPS) posted details of the 2016 tour during the season-ending Sheffield Main Event and it is sure to divide the opinions of the tour's regulars. When the Poker Operations Manager for Genting, Kevin Proctor, spoke to PokerNews …

Rivalries matter in poker. None take on the tone of a Tupac versus Biggie rivalry, but poker players do enjoy comparing stats and performances. Rankings have always been a part of poker in the Internet age, and the Global Poker Index has taken it to a …

Iron Poker started its life as a spin-off site from the popular Titan Poker. Initially intended for the German and Canadian markets, the site has grown thanks to being part of the iPoker Network. The iPoker Network is presently the fourth largest …

The Genting Poker Series posted details of the 2016 tour during the season-ending Sheffield Main Event and it is sure to divide the opinions of the tour's regulars. When the Poker Operations Manager for Genting, Kevin Proctor, spoke to UK & Ireland …

A Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss a bill that would ban regulated online poker nationwide was mostly unfavorable to the virtual version of the card game, but that probably didn't come as a surprise to anyone. In the first hearing on RAWA …

After what was approximately a two-month process of qualifying online poker games — 47 to be exact — Breban, a junior majoring in mathematics, was flown to Arizona with the promise of a free trip and no personal expectation of winning. He started out …