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Global Poker Index CEO Alexandre Dreyfus has long been promising to “sportify” poker, a vague-sounding claim that he has been nonetheless been elaborating on in slow and steady, piecemeal fashion. For many years, the poker industry was seen as a …

The latest round of Full Tilt Poker payments is on its way, which will bring the remission process to 92 percent of completion, according to Garden City Group, the claims administrator hired by the Department of Justice for the case. Garden City Group …

There are live tournaments galore spread across the United Kingdom and Ireland during October, giving poker players ample choice of where to ply their trade at the felt. From low buy-in tournaments to £10,000 buy-ins, there is something for everyone …

In this edition of Poker Jargon Explained, we continue our look at poker variants outside of Texas Hold'em, such as Stud poker. This time we look at Omaha poker. Omaha is the second most popular form of poker in the world and the most popular in Europe.

It was 2004, and she was at the final hand of the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. Annie had beat out some of the best poker players in the world — all men — to get to this point. But she wasn't sure she deserved to be there. In fact …

The eighth stop of Season III of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, Calif. Sept. 21. The series will continue until Oct. 14 and feature a $1,100 no-limit hold'em $500,000 estimated guarantee main event Oct. 10 …

It was 2004, and she was at the final hand of the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. Annie had beat out some of the best poker players in the world — all men — to get to this point. But she wasn't sure she deserved to be there. In fact …

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – More than 150 bikers hit the streets Sunday for the second annual "Pawn Stars" Poker Run benefiting the Epilepsy Foundation of Nevada. The event started at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop, home to the famous reality show, and …

34257_ClubMesrobian_front_of_flyer COMMERCE, CA—Club Mesrobian and Commerce Casino are pleased to announce the 6th Annual Ralph Mosikian Memorial Poker Tournament and Dinner, which will be taking place on Saturday, October 17, 2015.

The life of a professional poker player sounds glamorous, but it's nearly impossible to stay financially afloat. For every Daniel Negreanu story, there are thousands of washouts. And even the truly great players can go on bad runs that can last as long …

Now in its sixth year, the Pink 50 Poker Prance has become a favorite fall event for many customers and friends of Oxford Feed & Lumber. The trail ride, this year on Sunday, October 11, through beautiful Fair Hill benefits breast cancer awareness and …

Online poker tournaments are a staple in any virtual poker room. Depending on the calendar month and where you're located across the globe, the options a poker player has to choose from can differ greatly. This article aims to serve as a guide to help …

It's great news for online poker in India, giving the couple of dozen India-based poker sites virtual license to operate and likely encouraging the startups of many more. Adda52.com is cited by the more recent Scroll story as already claiming some six …

Now available within FlowPlay's social casino Vegas World, 5 Card Draft is a casual game that merges poker gameplay with fantasy sports drafting mechanics. In addition to the launch, FlowPlay also announced findings from a recent survey of Vegas World …

Brian Funes, the man who organized a fatal robbery during a poker tournament in 2011, has been found guilty and sentenced by a judge in Canada. Accompanied by Marcus Alexis, also of Mississauga, Ontario, Funes decided to stage a robbery during an …

Their commercials are everywhere: DraftKings and FanDuel have recently been huge spenders on American television, bigger than household names like Geico, Warner Bros., Ford, you name it. The operators of daily fantasy sports sites have been arguing …

Duke, who has won top honors at the World Series of Poker, gave a bravura presentation a few months ago to the Investment Management Consultants Assoc., or IMCA, in (where else?) Las Vegas. As Financial Planning magazine's Scott Wenger wrote, …

Timothy Wilkinson has won Event #1 of the Pearl River Poker Open, an Ante Up Poker Tour series at Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Miss. Wilkinson of Newman, Ga., earned $1,417 in the $110 no-limit hold'em single-re-entry event, which drew 35 entries.