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In the near future, poker fans around the world are expected to be able to watch poker around the clock via a new poker channel, Poker Central®. While the exact date of when broadcasting will begin has not been communicated yet, Poker Central® CEO …

Today is the fourth anniversary of Black Friday. That was the day – April 15, 2011 – that PokerStars, Full Tilt, and Absolute Poker were indicted by the U.S. Justice Department. PokerStars and Full Tilt left the U.S. market within 24 hours of the news …

Laliberté has been a frequent competitor in the poker world for years, amassing more than $2.5 million in lifetime scores. He was featured on the popular show “High Stakes Poker” on the Game Show Network, playing against the likes of Doyle Brunson.

888poker pro Jessica Dawley is eager to see more women in poker. Dawley, who grew up in Southern Indiana, learned the game from her uncle at the age of six. When she was in high school, she played poker to pay the fees. Later, she joined the US Air …

Like all poker players, Angela Jordison knows that winning a tournament, especially one in the live arena, isn't easy, so when she scored three wins in a row, she knew her place in poker folklore was set. Jordison's trio of wins in the Wildhorse Poker …

While good, aggressive opponents can be extremely difficult to play against, passive players sometimes can be equally as frustrating to lock horns with in both tournament poker and cash games. It often seems like these so-called “calling stations” are …

Former poker pro Alex Jacob won for the third time on Jeopardy Tuesday night, bringing his total winnings to $72,200, but what makes his run so impressive is the dominating fashion in which he is winning. Out of his three wins so far, Jacob has yet to …

New Jersey poker player "mingo14" won $6,200 for a runner-up performance in this tournament. The weekly partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee attracted 277 players to pony up the $200 buy-in for this tournament with "numbnuts" coming …

Last Friday, Alex Jacob, a poker pro with $2,603,701 in career tournament winnings, was a contestant on the long-running television game show Jeopardy! Jacob emerged as that episode's victor, winning $23,200. On Monday and Tuesday, Jacob …

(PRESS RELEASE) — BurnTurn Poker, a poker destination for international players, announced today that it will launch its Bitcoin-Only Online Poker Room on April 17th, 2015. While this is a beta launch for BurnTurn, a full array of poker games will be …

Last weekend, the UK Student Poker Championships (UKSPC) took place in Coventry, with a £30 Main Event attracting a massive field of 801 entrants, smashing the previous record and creating a prize pool of over £24,000. Coming into the final table, it …

For poker players winning a World Series of Poker title before their 22nd birthday has produced five millionaires and helped create a generation of stars. The way the poker boom developed with online poker, the mid-2000s brought us bracelet winners …

For the first time ever the Card Player Poker Tour will make a stop at Casino Royale in Maho Bay, St. Maarten in conjunction with Card Player Cruises for a 22-tournament series set amid the backdrop of the breathtaking Caribbean. The series will begin …

Former poker pro Alex Jacob is having a great run on the TV show Jeopardy this week. He has won nearly $50,000 in his back-to-back wins, the second of which was dominating. Jacob, now a currency trader in Chicago, has $2.6 million in career poker …

“With three states already successfully regulating Internet poker, Pennsylvania lawmakers are recognizing the societal and economic benefits of regulation over prohibition,” the Poker Players Alliance's John Pappas said in a statement this week. “By …

For those who keep a watchful eye on the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Jacob will be a familiar sight, as he was able to make it deep in a number of events back in 2006 and 2007. However, after amassing a poker fortune worth more than $2.5 million …

The Central Oregon bar owner and mother of two has been playing poker for over a decade but rarely gets the chance to play tournaments these days because the nearest spots are over two hours away, so she mostly sticks to pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better …

Women in poker has been a topic bantered about for decades. Can they compete with the men? Time has shown that they clearly can. Are they better at the game than men? Some would say so. Whatever the debate, one thing everyone seems to agree on is …