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First launched back in 2008, the event took place during the Aussie Millions at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and featured a host of poker pros and Australian celebrities, including former cricketer Merv Hughes and AFL footballers Brendan Goddard and …

And yet Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad has become an ambassador for the Venetian Poker Room. For many, me included, Obrestad was the epitome of online poker chic. Playing under the pseudonym “Annette_15” she amassed $2.7m in cashes playing …

On Thursday the Venetian announced Annette Obrestad has been hired to serve as an official ambassador for the property's poker room. Obrestad almost certainly expected this to be an “exciting announcement,” and for the news to be received by a slew of …

2016 marks the 15th anniversary of the world's largest poker site, PokerStars.com. This begs the question: why the name, PokerStars? Why was this brand identity chosen for what would become the world's largest poker site? To find out why, I decided to …

It was an unbelievable way to end an absolutely epic event, with Ari Engel becoming the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event champion inside Crown Poker Room on Sunday. Engel's AU$1.6 million victory came at the end of a hard-fought heads-up battle when …

“Casino VR: Poker” is a play-money game, currently in beta testing, that transplants you into a large fully explorable casino lobby with multiple poker tables to choose from. Players assume avatars that can interact with others in the game, utilizing …

Online poker players and fans watch as state after state expedites bills to legalize daily fantasy sports, while online poker gets shoved to the side. On the other hand, states like New York and Washington jumped into the mix with online poker bills …

Preflop, final table, seven handed, with the blinds at 250,000 and 500,000 and a 50,000 ante, Blumenfield raised to 1,200,000 from early position and Neuville called in middle position. On the flop Blumenfield bet 1,600,000 and Neuville called. On the …

The man who should be the head coach or the very least the assistant responsible for the defence and power play for the Montreal Canadiens is in town. Legendary defenceman Larry Robinson held court January 29 at Playground Poker Club on Route 138 …

A poker dealer who tried skimming tiny amounts of money out of the games he dealt last year has been sentenced in Cleveland, according to a report by Cory Shaffer on Cleveland.com. Randall White, who formerly dealt poker games at Horseshoe Cleveland, …

The German poker pro entered the stacked final in the middle of the pack, but was able to survive to four handed play and then knock Connor Drinan out in a flush-over-flush confrontation. Quoss' nut flush sent the American pro and his queen-high flush …

After a quiet period around the holiday season, the poker scene in the United Kingdom and Ireland has picked up and is back to its brilliant, busy best. Here are the most popular stories from the UK & Ireland PokerNews site from the past seven days.

The 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championships are now scheduled, with event organizers announcing tour dates. PokerStars has partnered with the Aussie Millions for the Main Event once again and over 20 gold ring events are on the schedule. The 2016 …

On Wednesday, California's Assembly passed a bill that would legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports in the state by an overwhelming margin: 62-1. That effort only started in September, when Assemblymember Adam Gray introduced the bill.

It happened in the European Poker Tour's Malta Main Event, a tournament that attracted 651 entrants and had a prize pool of more than 3.1 million euros. On Day 5, just 14 players remained. Blinds were 10,000-20,000 with an ante of 3,000 when Nabil …

FortuneJack Casino recently launched their Bitcoin Poker platform offering freerolls, up to 40% rakeback and more. Players can also purchase Bitcoin directly from the website or use the casino's own cryptocurrency exchange.

… may have any information about Cole are urged to contact their local police force or comment on the “Help us find Richard Cole” Facebook page so the information can be passed on to the Dutch authorities. Want to stay atop all the latest in the …

The 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event (WSOP) champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer sold action to the public on the staking site YouStake for all of his 2016 poker tournaments, sit-and-gos, and ring games. In total, Raymer attemped to raise at least …