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The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Aussie Millions, World Poker Tour World Championship, World Series of Poker Main Event, and WSOP Europe Main Event will grow from 2013-2014 — PCA (-215 entrants), Aussie Millions (-20), WPT Championship …

On the surface, this seems like a contender for least surprising story of the year, given that both entities are involved in the business of selling poker as a spectator sport, one as a content-producer and the other as a distributor. On the other hand …

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has been around long enough to know how things work. If he says Gonzalo Higuain is a "great player, who Bayern Munich like" there is a clear calculation behind it. It is the beginning of a game of striker poker at the Allianz …

Mike Watson has won the first European Poker Tour main event of 2016. The 31-year-old Canadian poker pro topped a field of 928 players to win the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,300 no-limit hold'em main event. For the win the man known as …

While online poker is legal and regulated online in just three states — New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware — Washington takes it a step further. In 2006, the state passed a law making it a felony to play or operate online poker in the state. The state …

The cash was donated during the second John Law Memorial Trophy tournament – set up in the name of local takeaway owner and first class poker player Cheung Tai “John” Law, who ran the popular Sun Lok Curry House on Beaumont Road, North Ormesby …

A proposal to legalize and regulate online poker rooms was re-introduced last week in the state of Washington's legislature. House Bill 1114 was put on the table by Representatives Sherry Appleton and Vincent Buys. Washington, which previously …

High-stakes poker pro Alex “Kanu7” Millar didn't start off 2016 on the upswing. Just weeks ago, he ended his sponsorship with PokerStars over controversial changes to the site's VIP rewards program. The British grinder lost $113,000 over the past seven …

Poker is one of the greatest games on earth. The combination of skill and luck, the psychological element, and the fact you can make money from it all help with its popularity. But in order for you to make money from poker, you need to learn how to win …

Now the network has announced the return of the event for 2016. Last year's tournament featured a $500,000 buy-in, with Brian Rast claiming the title and the $7,525,000 it came with. POKER PROductions and well-known producer Mori Eskandani produced …

LINCOLN, Neb (AP)– Supporters of legalizing poker in Nebraska have been dealt a bad hand. Lawmakers defeated a bill Thursday that would classify poker as a game of skill, rather than a constitutionally banned game of chance. That classification would …

Last month, officials of Portugal's gambling regulatory body surprised the poker world by announcing that its new online gambling regulations were going to ring fence Portuguese online poker players from the rest of the internet poker world. The …

The 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship continued at the Crown Entertainment Complex on Thursday with the second event on the busy schedule playing down to a final table filled with Australian poker legends and accomplished players. The 2016 …

Poker fans who weren't familiar with the Canadian from his career in the music industry were introduced to Angélil when he made some appearances on World Series of Poker broadcasts on ESPN, including the 2005 WSOP tournament of champions that was …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website …

Lawmakers defeated a bill Thursday that would classify poker as a game of skill, rather than a constitutionally banned game of chance. That classification would allow draw poker and community card games to be licensed and regulated in Nebraska. The …

Old Trafford, the iconic home of Premier League giants Manchester United, is the venue for the fourth leg of the Grand Prix Poker Tour (GPPT) where a £60+£10 ($109) buy-in gives you the shot at a £250,000 guaranteed prize pool. Known as The Theatre of …

“[In the bill] I'm saying poker is not a game of chance; it is a game of skill. It is therefore constitutional under the Nebraska State Constitution. It is the mechanism in which we will regulate and tax poker, but also boost economic development in …