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A last minute change of plans worked out perfectly for Ian Otobo as it led to him becoming the latest World Poker Tour Deepstacks champion. Otobo and his friend, Carl “Rastafish” Harris, were all set to head to London for the United Kingdom and Ireland …

Tommy Angelo once wrote that in tournaments, “the pain equation is way out of whack.” Dara O'Kearney, long-established MTT beast, cogently argues that blowing off some steam after busting from a tournament is fine. Since you aren't actually playing …

One of the biggest questions we're asked most often is whether there are no deposit online poker options. Some potential online poker players cannot afford to make a deposit or they don't have access payment options listed by a site. In this case, they …

Something told Ryan Dunn he could do this. That one day, his investment in himself would pay off. That this game — professional poker — was somehow in the cards. It wasn't his gut. It wasn't his family. It wasn't even the voice in his head. In …

Ray Bitar, the former Full Tilt Poker CEO who was able to avoid prison time thanks to heart issues, apparently married late last year, according to various media reports. Wedding pictures of Bitar and his wife were circulating the Internet Thursday …

CardPlayer.com is the world's oldest and most well respected poker magazine and online poker guide. Since 1988, CardPlayer has provided poker players with poker strategy, poker news, and poker results. Today, CardPlayer.com is the best poker …

Ante Up Poker Cruises set sail from Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera on Jan. 24 with a fun-filled group of poker players who filled the poker room aboard the Norwegian Jewel for seven nights of cash games, tournaments, free poker classes and great …

Although liquidity on the site declined heavily following an initial marketing blitz, Full Tilt managed to hover around the top 3 online poker sites and networks well into 2014, only briefly falling to sixth (and occasionally seventh place) during the …

There is no reason to four-bet to more than 23,000 with effective stacks of 79,000. Poker legend Doyle Brunson said that the key to no-limit Texas hold 'em is to put a man to a decision for all of his chips. I could argue that the proper four-bet size …

A group of seven meets once a week to play poker. The group thinks one player wins more often than the others because of his seat location at the table. Some players have decided to have the players rotate one seat to the left each week until every …

You may never get the chance to beat longtime Lady Griz coach Robin Selvig at what he does best, which is lead Montana to victories on the basketball court, but you can still experience the thrill of defeating him at one of his most passionate avocations.

Leong came into the final day with the shortest stack among the six remaining players, with the likes of reigning World Series of Poker main event champion Joe McKeehen and 2009 WPT Championship winner Yevgeniy Timoshenko to contend with along the …

His last cash recorded on the Hendon Mob database was in June 2015, at the Binion's Poker Classic Omaha Hi-lo event in Las Vegas, which he won. The case has tragic echoes of that of German pro Johannes Straussman, who went missing in Ljubljana, …

When is a 24/7 poker television network not really a 24/7 poker television network? When it is not actually on television. This has been one of the major criticisms of Poker Central so far in its brief existence, as the “network” has only been …

Whether you follow the goings-on in professional poker with serious dedication or just on a more casual level, you're almost certainly familiar with Daniel Negreanu. A two-time World Series of Poker Player of the Year, an inductee into the Poker Hall …

On February 1, PokerStars was awarded the '2015 Poker Operator of the Year' title at the ninth edition of the International Gaming Awards (IGA), a ceremony held at the Savoy Hotel in London, United Kingdom. This is the fourth consecutive time that the …

Roughly 1,500 hands over the past week on PokerStars resulted in $169,000 in losses for American poker pro Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The losses were the second most in the online poker world during the …

Great action, excellent service and the upscale vibe you've come to expect from a Wynn experience: That's what you'll find when the Card Player Poker Tour kicks off with the Wynn Classic in the Poker Room at Steve Wynn's award-winning resort. Beginning …