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Kelly Minkin was one of eight remaining women as the dinner break approached on Day 4 of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event. She already locked up a cash of at least $24,622 and she picked a bonus by winning a $500 last longer bet with other …

In the years since Black Friday, the poker landscape has changed considerably. Progress has been made on the legislation front, but things have been slow. Perhaps what poker needs is a champion like Jeff Platt. Winning the Main Event of the World …

The World Series of Poker is the top event on the poker calendar, attracting about 90,000 poker players to Las Vegas for the summer. The series of tournaments, which began in May and will end for the summer July 14, takes place at the Rio, where …

We are still waiting for New Jersey to join Nevada and Delaware in the Multi State Poker Network so that WSOP.com players from both the Silver State and Garden State can compete in one festival. But until that time, players will be seated at tables …

LAS VEGAS (AP) Poker pro Phil Hellmuth's chances at a second World Series of Poker championship have been vanquished as the field in the No-limit Texas Hold `em main event has shrunk to 237 players from nearly 1,200 on Friday evening. The field …

From a field of 6,420 entries now only 237 remain in the 2015 World Series of Poker main event. One of them will be poker's next world champion. The chip leader at the end of day 4 is Joseph McKeehen. The poker pro from North Wales, PA bagged up …

While thousands of bikes fill Sioux Falls, a collection of them took part in a poker run to remember a Sioux Falls man that was killed on a motorcycle last year. It was a better than expected turnout at the event for Jason Rollings. The bikers paid for …

WELLSVILLE A local bar will be participating in a poker run this Saturday for a special cause. My Bar, located on Main Street in Wellsville, will hold a benefit poker run in conjunction with the Columbiana Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) from 1-5 …

Phil Hellmuth had a chance this year in the main event, but the 14-time bracelet winner fell by the wayside at around 5:30 p.m. local time on Saturday in 417th place. According to the WSOP live updates, Hellmuth's last hand began with him betting 20 …

For the second time ever the Card Player Poker Tour will stop at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California, this time as part of Season III. Play begins Oct. 16 with a $160 no-limit hold'em $15,000 guarantee and a $230 no-limit hold'em $25,000 …

One of the remaining players during about the mid-point in play on Saturday on the fourth day of the 2015 World Series of Poker main event was high-stakes poker pro and bracelet winner Phil Laak. By making the top 1,000 yesterday, Laak recorded his …

Walk by any table during the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event, and chances are you'll see a player or two sipping a brew. Double that toward the end of the night when players celebrate the bag and tag early. Nathan Hall is a man accustomed to …

Champions are fearless, resolved, focused. With everything on the line, the greatest heroes consistently conjure victory out of seemingly hopeless situations. At the poker table, the willingness to risk it all is confounded by the uncertainty of what …

Swedish poker player Martin Jacobsen was among 6,420 entries into the series' premiere event but last year's winner was knocked out on Tuesday. The leader at the end of Wednesday, reported cardplayer.com, was Amar Anand from Shrewbury, Mass., who …

When players went to dinner in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event, they were 51 spots away from the money. For 1,000 people, a cash of at least $15,000 would be just an hour away. For 51 unfortunate players, almost three full days of action in …

In April, Christian Lusardi, the North Carolina man who allegedly introduced counterfeit chips into a poker tournament at the Borgata in Atlantic City early last year, was sentenced to five years in prison in a separate case involving pirated DVDs.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The crowd of would-be World Series of Poker champions has narrowed to nearly 1,800 players, each hoping some of the $60.3 million prize pool ends up in their bank accounts. The last 1,000 players will win at least $15,000. The final …

It's been a decade since poker pro Mike Matusow made the final table in the World Series of Poker main event, but a return could be on the horizon. Matusow sat with one of the larger stacks in the Rio Convention Center on Friday during day 3 of the …