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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 …

It would be no understatement to say that online poker in Portugal is a mess. Plans to license online poker sites and regulate the industry have been floated around for almost two years – during most of which time providing a service to online poker …

After three full days of play the field has been narrowed down to a final table of six, which will resume on Thursday, April 21 at noon Eastern. The final table will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay, with hole cards and commentary. The chip leader …

888poker has continued its strategy in 2016 of working with domestic providers in local markets to build its brand reputation and increase its market presence. The second biggest online poker website in the world recently announced that it has entered …

The Global Poker League has announced a partnership with China-based Sina Sports that will greatly increase its exposure in the Chinese market. Just two weeks into its inaugural season, the GPL's deal with the online sports platform calls for a new …

The state of Michigan is considering legalizing and regulating online casino games, but in the meantime it's giving its online lottery a boost. The Michigan Lottery said that starting this week players are able to use PayPal to fund their accounts, a …