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There's no doubt that the World Series of Poker Main Event is the world's greatest poker tournament, but with greatness comes great responsibility, and oftentimes immense scrutiny. It's the event that sparked the poker boom with the fairytale emergence …

Garrett Greer is one of the rising stars of the tournament poker circuit, having won more than $2 million since he began to seriously play in 2012. The Newport Beach, California resident has become a recent staple on the World Poker Tour, racking up …

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Carbon Poker sent emails out to affiliates on Friday with bad news. The site decided to stop offering its affiliate program effective June 1. There is a silver lining. Action given by players referred to Carbon Poker before June 1 will continue to …

At launch, the WSOP / 888 Android app was by far the more robust of the two major poker apps in the NJ market. But since, Party / Borgata's offering has received several notable enhancements, whereas the WSOP / 888 app has remained virtually unchanged …

The two facets of New Jersey's online gambling industry continued to move along divergent paths in April, with casinos boasting strong annual growth and poker falling below the $2 million benchmark for the first time since November. Perhaps the most …

Maying a payment Since our April report, it has become clear that Lock Poker is permanently shuttered. We have been warning players about Lock Poker for two years. The scam site went offline on April 17. It ran off with about $15 million in player funds.

New York Seal First reported by Chris Grove of OnlinePokerReport.com, New York State Senator John Bonacic has reintroduced legislation to legalize online poker in the Empire State. Bonacic introduced S 5302, a bill that would amend current New York …

The working week is all but over — unless you work in the poker industry that is — and that means only one thing, it is time for our UK & Ireland PokerNews Roundup. For those of you who have read these before, welcome back, for those of you who are …

Because poker, unlike, say, chess, is a game of imperfect information, game theory algorithms developed by computer scientists can never quite be truly perfect; instead they must approximate a “perfect” poker strategy, which is defined as a strategy …

New York State Senator John Bonacic (R-42) has introduced a bill that would bring regulated online poker to the Empire State. Full text of the bill (S 5302) is available here. You can track the bill's progress here. This marks the second consecutive …

Strange things crop up in a poker game from time to time. But with decades of experience, events that are a complete novelty to a recreational player are old hat to the poker room management, and they have standard procedures in place for handling them.

Further spurring rumors that Carbon Poker might be in trouble was a notice to affiliates indicating that their affiliations would be shutting down as of June 1. The letter also said no new players would be accepted into the affiliates program as of …

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 …

Poker pro Phil Ivey won $280,000 on Full Tilt over the past seven days, according to tracking from HighstakesDB. Ivey was the second-largest winner over the stretch, trailing only Ben “Ben86” Tollerene's $373,000 in winnings at the virtual tables …

bestbet Orange Park will offer Poker 101 seminars on Saturday, May 23 and Saturday, June 20 at 455 Park Ave. beginning at 12 pm noon until 5 pm each day. The classes will cover poker basics such as hand rankings and table etiquette along with an …

American high-stakes regular Daniel 'Jungleman' Cates has confirmed his attendance to the upcoming MPN Poker Tour Tbilisi, as event organized by Adjarabet and the Microgaming Poker Network. Built around a five-event schedule highlighted by a $550 …

The company already offers a 138-branded sportsbook and casino, and describes the launch of its poker offering as the addition of its first “mind sport” to its product portfolio. It has launched download and instant play clients, and will follow this …