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In an earlier column I discussed how shooting pool can improve your poker game by getting you in the habit of considering several options before you choose any of them. That particular feature of the game, however, is really a consequence of something …

Between 2005 and 2007, the defendants were accused of spreading weekly poker tournaments in a bar in Bussum, a small town to the southeast of Amsterdam. The events cost €10 to enter (around $11 at today's exchange rates) and accommodated a …

The first leg of Season 7 of the Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) begins on Wednesday, March 9, at Casino Gran Madrid in Spain to welcome yet another edition of the country's live poker series sponsored by PokerStars. Built around a 16-event schedule, the …

Asian news outlets are also reporting that Alibaba Sports has entered into a partnership to offer “Match Poker” with China's Oceans Sports and Entertainment. Ocean Sports has ties with the International Poker Federation (IFP) and have plans to recruit …

The final table has been set in the PokerStars.net Eureka Poker Tour Rozvadov €1,100 Main Event, with Argentinian sensation Ivan "Negriin" Luca dealing the final blow and grabbing a dominating lead for Tuesday's last day of action. Interestingly enough …

The timing couldn't be much better for Poker Central. Savage, a well-respected tournament director of the WPT and poker ambassador, recently won the Industry Person of the Year award at the American Poker Awards. He's also up for Poker Hall of Fame …

Tonybet Poker has introduced a new rakeback system that rewards players with up to 80-percent rakeback on rake generated at its hold'em and pot-limit Omaha tables. But, this is is a rakeback system completely different to any we have seen before.

One man waited in the car while a second held a gun to a poker partygoer's head and counted down: “Five, four, three, two, one.” On Monday, both men — Toursean Carnail-Lavan Pressley and Jemantae Kayon Perkins, both 23 and of Detroit — were …

The Amsterdam's appeals court said that it is illegal for individuals to host poker games because they amount to gambling, according to a report from Dutchnews.nl. The ruling stems from a nearly decade-old case involving two men who fell into hot water …

In a poker context, this makes perfect sense. While you're mulling over the hand from 15 minutes ago that knocked out all of the profits you had accumulated over the previous six hours, the game is still going on. You can't focus on all the things …

The World Poker Tour has wrapped up with the L.A. Poker Classic and will now continue it's California Swing in San Jose at the Bay 101 Casino. The series is highlighted by the unique $7,500 World Poker Tour Shooting Star no-limit hold'em main event …

Gambling is illegal in mainland China. Outside the two national lotteries and freewheeling city of Macau, anyone looking to scratch their betting itch had better do so in hiding. That's why Alibaba's recent deal to bring poker to China raised a few …

If you play poker long enough, odds are that at one time or another a situation will arise that may cause you a bit of embarrassment. Attempting that stone-cold bluff and getting called, misreading your hand and betting big on what turns out to be a …

Vortex has been quite a popular brand for mechanical keyboards and enjoyed a lot of success with their original Poker and Poker 2. What makes the keyboards really stand out is the fact that they're 60% keyboards, which are keyboards that don't have a …

Last week, 888 Poker announced that they are changing their reward program and doing away with rakeback on their site. The new 888 Poker Club will rather reward players based on achievements and moving up levels rather than on how much rake they …

Poker is a game of chance and the organiser of a poker tournament can be prosecuted for breaking gambling laws, Amsterdam's appeal court has ruled in a case which stretches back nearly 10 years. Officially, the Netherlands regards poker as a gambling …

German poker players Pius Heinz and Dietrich Fast hit a nice run of form that sees them take down the Eureka Super High Roller and World Poker Tour L.A Poker Classic Main Event respectively. Dietrich Fast is the latest poker player to capture a seven …

Gambling is illegal in mainland China. Outside the two national lotteries and freewheeling city of Macau, anyone looking to scratch their betting itch had better do so in hiding. That's why Alibaba's recent deal to bring poker to China raised a few …