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The California horse racing industry has come out in official support of online poker bill AB 2863 in advance of next week's hearing in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee. PokerNews.com has obtained a copy of the letter that nine industry …

Maria Ho, 33, is considered one of the best female poker player in the world. She has raked in $2.6 million in poker earnings and is the first woman to ever serve as a strategic commentator for a poker TV broadcast. Among the many talents that has made …

Learning poker around friends like Faraz Jaka, Ravi Raghavan, and Andy Seth bodes well for the future. Mohsin Charania's home game was a who's who of poker players who would all become successful ones. Charania is one of the many players who …

888poker, the online poker brand of 888, has agreed a deal to become the new host for the online section of the Swedish Poker Championships (Poker-SM). Organised and run by the Svenska Pokerförbunde (Swedish Poker Federation), the Poker-SM …

“Our World Poker Tour Deepstack-San Diego multiple-day final event held in October always surpasses its $200,000 guarantee, with a $504,000 prize pool in 2014 and a $379,000 prize pool last year. Our single-day annual classic likewise never disappoints …

The long-anticipated MMA fight between poker pros JC Alvarado and Olivier Busquet will take place Thursday night in Las Vegas. The live stream of the fight is below. The fight begins at 6 p.m. PST at the Syndicate MMA Gym in Las Vegas. Alvarado, who …

Based off of PokerScout's seven-day moving-average, New Jersey regulated online poker rooms featured a total of 303 ring-game players on March 11, 2016, or a little less than a week before the launch of PokerStars NJ. On this date, players on the WSOP …

Chino Rheem has had many highs and lows in his poker career. The 36-year-old professional player from Los Angeles has accrued millions in live tournament earnings, but he has also been the the center of financial responsibility and debt repayment …

Among the many weighty questions that Russia's government has struggled with in recent months — of war and peace, budget cuts and sanctions — is this one: Is poker a game of skill or chance? The answer is far from trivial. It will go a long way to …

This summer, the Card Player Poker Tour is returning to the Sand Poker Room for the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza, a 90-event series boasting more than $16 million in guaranteed prize pools. The highlight of the series is a four-day, $5,000 buy-in …

Between the blur blur and the shouting, Kay has learned so much about poker that she can fill in for me now. This one time my buddy Alex took a supremely huge bad beat at the worst possible time in the worst possible game against the worst possible …

Everyone at Card Player is pleased to announce that this week, Ocean's 11 Casino joins our popular Card Player Poker Tour. The San Diego Classic, held Apr. 21 to Apr. 24, is the Card Player Poker Tour's first event in San Diego and proves once and for …

Everest Poker recently announced to its French customers that as of May 31, 2016, it will no longer be open for business. The parent company, Betclic Everest Group, who also operates Betclic Poker in addition to Everest, will instead focus its efforts …

The online poker site, which is now owned by the Betclic-Everest Group, has struggled in France over the last few years due to falling player numbers and increasing taxation by the French government. With economic conditions looking unlikely to improve …

Having traveled to more than my fair share of poker tournaments around the globe over the years, including two six-week stints in Vegas to report at the WSOP, I thought I'd share some tips for my fellow Europeans heading to the WSOP this summer.

With 10 players left in the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $3,500 Championship, Cate Hall found herself in a unique position. On one hand, she was looking to become the first female winner of an open WPT main tour event.

You may recognize his name if you've ever been on a psychology lab waiting list. Light teaches both the the Intro to Experimental Psychology Lab and the Psych of Learning Lab. Outside of the lab, Light plays poker (he's been featured on NBC's Poker …

Delaware's online poker operators raked in $37,324 in March, according to Poker Industry PRO ($). Although a small number, the figure represents a peak for the state since May 2015, when it took in $39,245, and it's a 32-percent increase over February …