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You would have to be living under a rock if you didn't know that poker is one of the most popular card games in the world.. In the UK, a lot of poker activity is based around our casino's offering state-of-the-art poker facilities and an environment …

The nine men were whittled down from a field of 6,420 total entries. They are competing for a prize pool of over $60 million, some of which has already been disbursed. McKeehen has already earned $1,194,279 in his career on the poker circuit, per his …

Loni Harwood triumphs in WSOPC National Championship. The lives of poker players featured in several mainstream outlets. Vague cheating allegations surface on Twitter; tweets promptly deleted.

With the addition of a new stop at Hollywood Park Casino, the Card Player Poker Tour now has four stops in the immediate future. In August, the tour will make a stop at bestbet Jacksonville in northern Florida. From there, players can hop aboard the …

The team at Poker SA in Adelaide have announced the 2015 Diamond Series schedule which returns to The Maylands Hotel this October 20th – 25th and features a $2,400 Main Event and a $3,700 High Roller. Not too long ago when you are asked what the …

The Casino Gran Madrid online poker room was a skin that operated on the ring fenced version of the iPoker network only made available to players based in Spain. The closure means there are only five remaining rooms on the network: Betfair …

Partypoker likes when players first try out the poker room and/or its online casino games before actually making a deposit. To that end, new players merely have to register to receive a $25 bonus, with $10 of that to be used on the cash poker tables …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A professional poker player has sued a casino that claimed he won $9.6 million by cheating at baccarat, alleging it knew about defects in the cards and then destroyed evidence. Phil Ivey and his co-defendant, Cheng Yin Sun, filed …

Neymar Jr., the star soccer player from Brazil, became PokerStars' brand ambassador in May 2015, and the first thing he did as the brand ambassador was to host a charity poker tournament as a side event of the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP), which is …

Casino Gran Madrid's online poker room, which happens to be the third biggest in Spain, will be shut down on July 31. The casino says that it is no longer able to “provide an attractive product in a hostile environment.” The poker site, which belongs …

The 25-year-old poker pro from Staten Island, NY earned her second WSOP gold bracelet and the $341,599 first-place prize for the win. En route to the title Harwood topped a tough final table that included the likes of all-time tournament earnings …

Mike Caro, known to many as the Mad Genius of Poker, is one of the most colorful and successful poker players of all time. His teachings are used by players the globe over and during the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet series, Caro will share his skill …

Not knowing how to size your bets properly is one of the most atrocious mistakes you can ever make in a poker tournament. Make your opponents think that you don't know how to bet in a poker tournament, and they will (figuratively speaking, I hope) eat …

Spain Loses Its Third Biggest Poker Site Since Spain regulated online poker in 2011, the market has come to be dominated by PokerStars.es and 888poker which between them account for around 90% of the country's cash game players. The next three …

At the poker house, it's always breakfast time. It was nearly 2 p.m. on a recent afternoon when Chris Brand sleepily schmeared his morning bagel in a kitchen cluttered with cereal boxes and casino chips. It's always lunch time too, as Brand's roommate …

I recently played an interesting hand in a $1,500-buy-in tournament. Everyone started with 15,000 in chips. Blinds started at 50-100 with hour-long levels, meaning there was lots of time to wait for strong hands. I realized that everyone at my table …

ThePokerAcademy.com's lead instructor Rep Porter had one heck of a 2015 World Series of Poker. He is currently seventh on the leaderboard (the standings will be updated after the completion of the WSOP Europe and the final table in November.).

I was there for the first few weeks of the World Series of Poker, and I returned for the Main Event and stayed to the final day, even though I myself was eliminated early on Day 2. These two separate trips and the time off in between made it plain to …