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The poker player was moved to challenge state law after the Department of Justice contacted him to warn him to stop offering small-stakes poker tournaments at his bar in Madison. This, in the city that spawned WSOP 14-bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth himself.

The 2015 PokerStars APPT Manila wrapped up this week, and the tournament stop reportedly had some high-stakes cash game action as well, featuring some of poker's heaviest hitters. One of them was Dan “jungleman” Cates, who took to Twitter on …

The 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5,250 buy-in no-limit hold'em main event is set to begin at noon on Saturday, August 15th. This year the tournament sports a $5 million guarantee and for the first time in it's young history will not allow re …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

When a North Carolina man tried flushing his $2.7 million worth of fake poker chips down the toilet, they unsurprisingly clogged the piping at Harrah's Casino Hotel, according to an Associated Press report. The flushed chips helped authorities to …

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 …

After a year-long hiatus, the tour returns for a 10-tournament series through Aug. 24 with a $1,500 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee main event to cap off the action. “It's been over a year since our last Card Player Poker Tour event and we are very …

Elko County Sheriff's Department stopped Straughn Gorman who was driving a motor home between Wells and Elko, Nevada and found $167,000 hidden in various places which they seized along with the motor home, his laptop and mobile phone.

On Friday, August 14, the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) will host its second-ever event, and fifth overall, during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The $300 ($140+$140+$20 to …

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he brought counterfeit chips to an Atlantic City, New Jersey poker tournament in a scheme discovered after he flushed $2.7 million of the chips down a toilet in his hotel room. Christian …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A North Carolina man has admitted bringing millions of dollars in counterfeit poker chips to use in an Atlantic City casino's poker tournament. The scheme was uncovered after the man clogged a pipe by flushing the chips down …

That's what Circuit Court Judge Richard G. Niess upheld on Wednesday, Aug. 12 in Dane County Case Number 2015CV002329, which was filed by poker pro Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon and PPA State Director Steve Verrett. On behalf of poker players across the …

Poker pro Vanessa Selbst just added to her already incredible list of poker accomplishments. The New Jersey native won the $1 million winner-take-all top prize in Poker Central's 2015 Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout, which was an invite-only freeroll.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2015 class of the Poker Hall of Fame. Players can submit the name of the player they feel best fits the Hall of Fame criteria. Controversy recently arose over whether PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg …

The public voting period for the 2015 Poker Hall of Fame class will be ending this Saturday, at which time the World Series of Poker (which administers the Hall of Fame) will cut off outside input and begin whittling down the field to a set of …

Jason Somerville is set to spin-off his ever-popular Twitch TV series, Run it UP, into a six-day live poker festival that will include tournaments, seminars and player parties. Run it UP Reno (RUI Reno) will take place at the Peppermill Casino Reno …

PokerStars expanded into, and created, brand new markets where there were very few poker players. Prior to 2003 there was very little poker played in much of continental Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia. We have all benefitted from the …

New Jersey's "Gustavo" was this week's biggest winner in the Garden State, banking an even $10,000 after outlasting a field of 237 players in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee. The runner-up in this tournament was "ratboy33", cashing …