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Its time for tidying up the guest suites over at the Microgaming Poker Network, where the forward-looking network and its Head of Poker, Alex Scott, have announced a comprehensive updating of the network's sit-'n-go (SNG) offerings that's scheduled to …

Balance is a critical concept in high-level poker. Played at the top level, poker is, in large part, a game of information. You want to tease out as much information about your opponents' hands as possible while hiding as much information about yours …

PKR has agreed a deal for Microgaming to become its exclusive casino and poker games provider. Under the agreement, PKR will join forces with the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) and use Microgaming games to relaunch its own casino brand and …

Late last month, California Assemblyman Adam Gray filed amendments to his AB 431 online poker legislation that would offer state racetracks up to $60m in annual payments in exchange for giving up the opportunity to be an active participant in the state …

“It's a strange one,” former Chelsea assistant Clarke told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast. “I think John is playing a little game of poker with the club. “He's trying to force another deal for himself. “I was at the game against Manchester United …

Purses would receive 95.4 percent of the taxes generated by online poker each fiscal year. The retirement fund for California jockeys would receive 2.3 percent. Pensions for general racing employees would also receive 2.3 percent of the funds supplied …

Reddick won $217,792 for topping a huge field of 3,268 entries in the $1 Million Deep Stack event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. It was about three times his previous biggest cash. The event carried a $450 buy-in, so the total prize pool of $1,307 …

Five poker players conned one of the largest casinos in the UK out of £33,600 by swapping cards under the table to build winning hands. The Turkish gang distracted the croupier during a series of games of three-card poker at the Grosvenor Victoria …

"While playing live, Max noticed there was no easy-to-use poker app with precise information on correct shoving ranges," the app states. "Even top pros can't remember every shoving range and a small mistake can cost your tournament life. Drawing on his …

The poker industry of New Jersey continues to be lacking by way of earning revenues but the online casino side tends to pick up the slack. For January, the online casino gaming revenues were up 34.6%, earning just below $12.5m. Online poker earned …

Despite the objections of some players that explanations about the poker “ecosystem” are nothing but vague hand-waving, nearly everyone can agree on two basic facts: that poker has been on the decline for many years, and that, to be sustainable, it …

Unlike chess, poker will never be solved. What I mean is that in chess, there is always a right move or a wrong move as all possible information is laid before you. Poker, on the other hand, is a game of incomplete information because you don't know …

In one of the more stunning moments during the FRONTLINE episode, FanDuel CFO Matt King (who appeared regularly throughout the hour-long program) asserted that poker is not a game of skill. Because it's so shocking, I've included the full answer King …

There may yet be hope for ending the long stalemate between California tribes and racetracks on Internet poker. PokerNews.com has received a copy of language Assemblyman Adam Gray has floated to industry stakeholders to fill out his shell bill AB 431 …

A FanDuel executive believes poker is more a game of chance than skill, but adds that the same doesn't apply to daily fantasy sports (DFS). Matt King, chief financial officer at DFS site FanDuel, told Walt Bogdanich of PBS's Frontline program that …

This March, the World Poker Tour will roll in San Jose for the 20th yearly running of the Bay 101 Shooting Star, the largest poker tournament in Northern California. It's almost unheard of to see a tournament last two decades, but the annual series has …

British poker pro Alex “Kanu7” Millar was down $720,000 on 2016 going into this week, but he was able to take a chunk out of those losses by winning $160,000 over the past seven days, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. His profits were the …

With Draft Day of the first-ever Global Poker League (GPL) season just around the corner, Mediarex Entertainment has just released the official list of draftable players. The list consists of 203 players that the 12 franchise managers will be able to …