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Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

The 2015 Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) has been running since March 28 and continues through until its finale on April 6. The WCOAP takes place at Aspers in Stratford, which is in a fantastic …

Since the end of March, the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania has been playing host to the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO), which offered 11 HPO-sanctioned "featured" events. On Saturday, the stop will culminate …

That's per comments this morning from Amaya CEO David Baazov. In response to an analyst's question regarding New Jersey, Baazov replied: “As it relates to New Jersey I would say that we feel that this is coming […] we would expect to receive and …

the month of April, you can win your share of $40,000 in daily hand races with the Sportsbook Poker Grand Prix! In order to participate, simply play real money no-limit hold'em, limit hold'em, or pot-limit Omaha cash games. Finish on top of the Grand …

Americas Cardroom joined the Winning Poker Network in 2011 and is best known as the home of the $1,000,000 GTD Million Dollar Sundays, with the next one on Apr. 12th. Americas Cardroom accepts players from the US market and the rest of the world.

Online poker players in Québec, Canada, may soon be losing the ability to play on all the major online poker rooms, including PokerStars, Full Tilt, 888poker, and partypoker. Québec's Finance Minister, Carlos Leitäo, released the province's new budget …

Professional poker player and poker coach Michael "ned_plimpton" Gagliano collected $7,481 for his runner-up performance in this tournament. Gagliano is currently second on the rankings on PocketFives.com where he has accumulated almost $2.4 million …

One of those stories, produced last July at the World Series of Poker, caught the attention of thousands of readers. More than eight months later, the story won't let go. From late May to mid-July, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas hosts …

Rep. Joe Barton While some of his colleagues on Capitol Hill debate banning online poker nationwide, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has indicated that he will introduce another one of his pro-online poker bills in the next month or so, according to …

High-stakes poker player Dan Shak has agreed to pay the federal government $100,000 to settle a dispute over betting on derivatives, according to Bloomberg. Shak admitted to accidentally trading two gold futures contracts 14 seconds into the closing …

If you are on Twitter and you're into poker, check out the top accounts you should follow. These, of course, are subjective. But we're tried to organize them into categories, depending on what you're looking for in your Twitter feed. This isn't meant …

The New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOP) is back this April at BorgataPoker.com. If you played in last year's inaugural NJCOP, you're going to love the second edition with even more guarantees. This time, there's a $1 million at stake …

Lucky The luck factor–how much luck is in poker? Depends on the sample size. In one hand it's huge, but over a million hands it has a tiny effect on your win rate. It also depends on the game, your style, your skill advantage and a host of other things.

The young poker gaming community of Minnesota is rapidly developing; in fact, they introduced a new poker tour recently. Check Shove Poker is organizing its inaugural poker event this week at Minnesota's Running Aces Harness Park. The event will …

Europe's longest-running poker tournament, the Irish Open, returns on April 3 with the 34th installment of arguably the most fun live event of the year. First organized in 1981 by legendary bookmaker Terry Rogers, the Irish Open has grown in size and …

The Silver State kicked off its online poker industry in 2013, and earlier this month began a soft launch phase of online poker liquidity sharing with the state of Delaware, which also had its own intrastate online poker, in an effort to boost poker …

Shawn Busse captured the title, but not the biggest chunk of the money, in the $2,700 Foxwoods Poker Classic Main Event in Mashantucket, CT. He got $95,024 as part of a four-way deal, while Justin Schwartz took $104,000, Busse's fellow bracelet winner …