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The turnout Sunday afternoon at the Rio was sparse for the $10,000 buy-in tournament's standards, but still at least 10 times larger than the 104 total entrants when O'Dea debuted in the event. The 66-year-old Irish professional poker player has …

The 2015 World Series of Poker featured a new event that partnered with their online poker platform WSOP.com to award the first ever bracelet for an online poker tournament. A total of 905 entrants put up the $1,000 buy-in, creating a total prize pool …

You never know who you'll see walking around the World Series of Poker during Main Event time. For instance, last year Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul was spotted on the rail sweating his buddy. On Sunday, during Day 1a of the Main Event, another …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The bluffing and betting began this afternoon for thousands of poker players in Las Vegas risking $10,000 each in hopes of winning several million dollars and being crowned the next champion of the World Series of Poker's Main Event.

The $1,111 Little One For One Drop event at the 2015 World Series of Poker was a huge success, drawing a massive field of 4,555 entries and creating a total prize pool of $4,099,500. While the charity raised a lot of money, those who played had their …

Registration for the 15th Annual Mike Beasley Memorial Foundation Poker Run on Smith Lake will be held Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., and Saturday, July 18, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Beasley family's boat dock …

Poker players have the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em Main Event. Starting Sunday in Las Vegas, several thousand players — among them pros, amateurs, celebrities — will risk $10,000 each for the chance at several million dollars, one …

While the Las Vegas strip was alive with July 4 celebrations, Saturday was a relatively quiet day at the 2015 World Series of Poker with no new events on the schedule. There was two bracelets awarded, one event that hit the hard stop with just three …

64 at the World Series of Poker — the WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold'em — brought together 905 players from over a dozen jurisdictions for what will likely be remembered as the most ambitious and unequivocally successful leap of faith undertaken by a …

“An important part of our business philosophy has been to listen to what our customers want, and the addition of a poker room is one of most often heard requests, Taylor said. “We're thrilled to increase the number of table games we currently offer …

Barber isn't a professional poker player, but has instead opted to pursue a PhD in economics at the University of California at Santa Cruz in order to teach. That being said, he has put together one of the more impressive runs at the WSOP. This was his …

LAS VEGAS (AP) Olympians have their gold. Actors have their Oscars. Poker players have the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold `em Main Event. Starting Sunday in Las Vegas, several thousand players – among them pros, amateurs, celebrities – will …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Olympians have their gold. Actors have their Oscars. Poker players have the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em Main Event. Starting Sunday in Las Vegas, several thousand players — among them pros, amateurs, celebrities …

Following the introduction of new credit card codes by PartMasterCard and Visa to help financial institutions differentiate between legal online gambling operations and offshore ones, a number of online poker rooms in New Jersey have reported on a …

In recent weeks, online tournament fields in New Jersey experienced a downswing as the weather got warmer and players started to head to Nevada for the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This week, however, we witnessed some bigger prize pools thanks to …

Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a Democrat from Glendale, said Thursday that he's cancelling the first hearing on his proposal, which was scheduled for next week. Gatto says there's no agreement among Internet-poker operators, racetracks, card rooms, Indian …

TwinRiverLogo_Color Before the autumn leaves begin to fall from the New England trees, Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island will likely deal the state's first hand of legal poker. According to a recent press release, Twin River will be opening a …

"It's such a good place," Scott said of poker in Florida. "I have no need to travel to play poker, except I would never want to miss the WSOP. We have big tournaments, and quite frankly I'm a full-time real estate broker, and that's how I make my …