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Poker saved my life back then. Had I not fallen in love with the game, I could have easily fallen back into alcohol's clutches. When you drop an old mate like booze, a gap opens up in your life. Actually, gap is the wrong word. A chasm opens up. It's …

Harnam Matharu was having a great day at the tables of the Fallsview Poker Classic last week. The 22 year old joined over 600 players at the tables and clearly played one of the best days of his poker career, breezing past the majority of participants …

Preflop, final table, four handed, with the blinds at 12,000 and 24,000 and a 3,000 ante, Polk raised to 55,000 from the button, and Ivey called in the big blind. On the flop Ivey checked and Polk checked. On the turn Ivey bet 75,000 and Polk called …

Online poker players who enjoy basic poker tournaments at affordable buy-ins may want to click their way over to Full Tilt. Beginning on February 15 and running eight days through the 22nd, Full Tilt has announced a "classic" tournament schedule that …

Most poker players dream of winning the PokerStars Sunday Million on just once. On Feb. 8, United Kingdom's Rob "robtinnion" Tinnion won the weekly flagship event for a second time in five months when he outlasted a 6,579 player-field for a huge …

Phil Hellmuth needs little introduction to poker fans. The 13-time WSOP champ has won over $18 million in live tournament earnings, and holds the record for the most WSOP cashes and final tables. But what many don't know is that as good of a poker play …

Brian Altman has won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open held in the Sunshine State. The event attracted 1,027 poker players, who generated much more than the guaranteed prize of $3,000,000. Among the participants were widely …

It's almost the weekend and that means that it is time for the latest edition of the UK & Ireland PokerNews Round-Up, your one-stop shop for all things poker hailing from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The week got off to a fantastic start with the …

Jonathan Little is not only an excellent tournament poker player, but also the writer of book series such as Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games and Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker. Little is now involved in another book-writing …

The Hollywood Poker Open (HPO), which is in its third season, kicked off last week at Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio. The stop has hosted several "featured events," and already there have been some big winners including Benjamin Smith (Event #1), …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Atlantic City' Trump Taj Mahal casino is closing its money-losing poker room for a makeover and plans to re-open it by summer. Trump Entertainment Resorts CEO Robert Griffin said the room has become unprofitable for the …

Created with the aim of becoming the Nordic's greatest poker festival, the first-ever Kings of Tallinn Poker Festival will take place at the Olimpic Casino Olympia in Tallinn, Estonia, from Feb. 16-22. Built around a 20-event calendar, the festival …

Marcel Luske is stepping away from the poker table to tackle a bet he deems more favorable in that of security and fraud prevention. The former PokerStars pro announced this week his new company Fortified-ID Holdings has developed the world's first and …

Tilt Events (not connected in any way to Amaya Gaming's Full Tilt) organizes poker events in Italy, and bringing the lively and energetic Scott on board will give added credibility to the group, as the country continues to experience substantial gaming …

This week in Inside Gaming we return to the Boardwalk in Atlantic City where a second attempt to sell the closed Revel Atlantic City casino has failed and the famed Trump Taj Mahal poker room is about to deal its last hands.

The ongoing saga of the Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy has claimed another casualty. Effective Sunday, February 15 at 11:59 pm, the poker room at the Trump Taj will shut down, closing one of the more iconic American poker rooms. Allen Kessler shared a …

Poker players, novice or pros, are invited to take part in the Tama-Toledo Eagles Hold 'Em Poker?Tournament this Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Eagles Club, 112 E. 3rd St., Tama. Sign up starts at 1 p.m. and poker action begins at 2 p.m.. Co-chair Bruce Taylor …

Earlier this month, Caesars Entertainment released the official schedule of events for the 2015 World Series of Poker, which will feature 68 bracelet events beginning on May 27. In addition, officials made several changes from past years. First, they …