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Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a hand from the high-stakes, big buy-in poker world, break it down and …

April is a great month for live poker players in Europe. The weather starts to get better, the days become longer, and casinos all over the continent are buzzing with great events. With the European Poker Tour Grand Final set to polarize the attention …

There are still two stops left in Season XIII of the World Poker Tour — the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown (April 16-22) and the WPT World Championship (April 25-29) — but the tour is already thinking ahead to Season XIV. Their next season …

OLD FORGE — Police in Lackawanna County say two teenagers were invited to a party earlier this year that involved drugs, drinking, and strip poker. Now the adults who were at that party back in January are facing felony charges. Four adults were …

Imagine that you are not a human being, but a computer designed to play poker perfectly and take the money of puny humans. Now tell me: what would change in the way you play the game? (Pause and think about this before you go to the next para, please.)

How would you like to test your Poker IQ for free and have a a bit of fun at the same time? Our friends at PokerStars have just made this possible launching this week a fun (and free) game, Natural Born Poker Player.

As was the theme for the weekend, the 888poker NJ $10,000 Big Sunday also failed to meet its posted guarantee after attracting just 48 players to generate a $1,120 overlay. New Jersey poker player "jdgambler" took advantage of the smaller-than-usual …

The New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOP) is back for its second-edition, taking place from April 16-26 on partypoker NJ and BorgataPoker.com. The schedule features 35 action-packed online tournaments with a combined $1,000,000 in …

Sunny Spain is about to host the next leg of the 888Live, the live poker tournament series organized by 888poker that aims to make it easier for amateurs and recreational players to discover the thrill of international live poker events. Set to run at …

With over 4,000 machines, table games and an exclusive poker room Choctaw Resort Casino is the closest casino resort to the Dallas metropolitan area. The Choctaw Grand Tower has 330 AAA Four Diamond rooms and an additional 160 well-appointed …

Poker Central, branded as the world's first 24/7 poker network, will be producing a TV show for this summer's $500,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl taking place at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Poker Central will work alongside POKER …

A bill titled the “Restoration of America's Wire Act,” sponsored in Congress by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), would ban all forms of online gambling, including playing poker over the Internet. The bill would change the U.S. Department of Justice's …

Each week, PokerNews brings you insight into the happenings at some of the major poker sites. Featuring the most popular blog posts, BlogNews Weekly is your one-stop shop for all your poker blog highlights. This week, we bring you highlights from …

At first, it appeared that the liquidity sharing compact between WSOP.com in Nevada and Delaware's three 888 powered online poker rooms would breathe new and sustained life into Delaware's fledgling market. On the network's first full day of operation, …

There is one other key thing at play here and it's something that I've been thinking about quite often lately since I started listening to the Thinking Poker Podcast with Nate Meyvis and Andrew Brokos. They regularly talk about a concept called targeting.

Pennsylvania concluded in a study last year that regulated online poker could be worth up to $129 million annually once it reaches maturation. It also found that house-banked online casino games could reach $178 million annually under the same …

The Irish Poker Open is one of the most prestigious and anticipated series on the poker schedule. It's the longest running poker series outside of the World Series of Poker, and the 2015 edition was no exception to the success it's had over the years.

On March 22, 2015, Team Italy took down the first-ever edition of the Global Poker Masters, the "World Cup of Poker" thought and and organized by the Global Poker Index. Seen by many in the industry as a very audacious bet, the competition strongly …