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Derlachter began playing poker in Las Vegas in the late 1940s. Though he has never played for a living, he has always loved poker as a pastime. Derlachter was once involved with the Las Vegas casino industry by serving as the Executive Vice President …

Poker is often labeled as a gambling activity under the Illegal Gambling Business Act, or under laws in the various states. Right now there is no clear precedent declaring whether poker falls under the umbrella of gambling or if it should be considered …

The Horseshoe Cincinnati announced today that the upcoming World Series of Poker Circuit series, scheduled to run from March 19 – 30, has been cancelled. Shannon Mortland, Caesars' Director of Public Relations for the Ohio Region, said in a press …

Net, a subscription-based online poker site that serves 35 states, is giving players a chance to sail aboard an Ante Up Poker Cruise. The top 20% of players in the March 29 Ante Up Poker Cruise Main Event tournament will win a package for two for the Nov.

SealsWithClubs The largest Bitcoin-only online poker room has closed its doors. SealsWithClubs notified players on Friday that it could no longer operate its current software platform, which was powered by a modified version of Poker Mavens.

A day of furious action at Mid-States Poker Tour Wisconsin State Poker Championship at Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells ended with 33 players out of 197 surviving the 14 40-minute levels. Will Stone bagged the heftiest stack with 292,500, but the native …

I first became interested in poker several years ago, and like most beginning players, I started off reading books and playing whenever I got the chance. It wasn't long before I figured out that poker is an immensely complex game that isn't easily …

Happy Friday igaming execs! HSBC goes beyond the call of duty this week as it closes down bookmakers' accounts, we look into the Intertain-Gamesys deal in more detail and the Guardian continues to impress with its betting ad (non)sense (sorry).

At the poker table, most of our opponents either do not know or do not agree with what we take to be strategic gospel, and even those who do frequently make mistakes due to nothing more than a lack of discipline or a poor psychological state.

The Bitcoin poker site Seals with Clubs suddenly ended operations early Friday, and urged all players to withdraw funds as soon as possible. Seals With Clubs — which had been the most popular eCurrency poker site on the internet — had been offline …

BRAMPTON – Poker player Vsevolod Malamud was standing outside the Rozz Banquet Hall having a smoke with a friend in April 2011 when two “gentlemen” hurried up to the door. One of the two pulled out a big, silver gun and started waving it in their faces.

From March 6-15, Seneca Poker Niagara Falls will play host to the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge, a series of tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $50-$1,000. At the low end, the series will run a $50 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament, one …

The latest illustration of the disparity between online casinos and online poker in N.J. came from a report called “U.S. Internet Gambling In Focus: 2014 and 2015.” The graph below illustrates the growth of online casinos vs. that of online poker rooms …

California's push for online poker expanded today with introduction of a new bill by two powerful politicians. State Sen. Isadore Hall and Assemblyman Adam Gray have announced the introduction of parallel bills in the Senate (SB 278) and Assembly (AB …

EPT Deauville Exit A Further Blow To French Poker Since regulation in 2010, France's poker industry has been blighted by plummeting quarterly poker revenues, which have been compounded further in recent times by the President of the country's online …

New online poker bills were introduced in the California legislature Thursday by State Sen. Isadore Hall and Assemblyman Adam Gray. Senate Bill 278 is the first online poker bill to be introduced in the state senate this session, making the identical …

The $3,500 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Championship will take place starting Thursday, April 16, 2015. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., announced that the Seminole Hard Rock Poker …

The Grand Casino Brussels Viage is hosting a bwin.be World Poker Tour National event for the sixth time and more than 200 players are already registered for the €1,100+€100 Main Event in the Belgian capital. Yesterday evening there was a €170 Satellite …