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Brad Pitt Loses $25,000 On Single Poker Hand American actor Brad Pitt lost $25,000 on a single hand of poker whilst attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, according to celebrity and entertainment website RadarOnline.com. The 51 year-old star was …

Poker aficionados have been pondering the best strategies ever since the card game was invented. Now along comes the perfect exponent, one who knows all the optimal plays and so always wins in the long run – or so its makers claim. The unbeatable …

The 2015 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open $3 Million Guaranteed Championship Event wrapped up on Friday night at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ. Topping the 989-entry field to win an impressive $712,305 was Philadelphia, …

Online sports betting continued to be the stand out performer in France's regulated igaming sector in the fourth quarter of 2014 with quarterly and annual stakes up 22% and 31% respectively, but online poker stakes for cash games once again fell …

It's been another big week for New Jersey's online poker players. The Garden State Super Series (GSSS) II on partypoker NJ and BorgataPoker.com is now in the books after several big events, including the three main events, wrapped up over the weekend.

The fourth edition of the Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) on PokerStars is in full force with 35 of the 50 events in the books, and 15 more fast-action events to be played from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. This year's edition of the TCOOP includes …

Player options range from building up a deck of Power Cards allowing for special attacks on top of the unique Mythic Poker battle system. The stunning 3D graphics and effects of the remastered version will stand out against any of the games available …

After a successful inaugural event at bestbet Jacksonville — a tournament that attracted 421 entries and saw Brian Arbaugh take home the $102,806 first-place prize — the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues its sixth season at Running Aces Card …

Four NASA suborbital sounding rockets leapt into the night on January 26, from the University of Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range. This time lapse composite image follows all four launches of the small, multi-stage rockets to explore winter's …

When the $1 million BIG ONE for ONE DROP was first announced in 2011, I was excited. The seven-figure buy-in, albeit ridiculous, wasn't what did it for me though; even poker reporters quickly became desensitized to large amounts of money. That is …

It was moving day Wednesday at the 2015 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open. The first few hours of the day were dedicated to bursting the money bubble, and as soon as the final 90 were reached it was a matter of jockeying for position going into the …

The game has also spawned a whole host of top notch professional poker players, with World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winners David Williams, Brock Parker, Justin Bonomo and Scott Seiver spending time playing Magic: The Gathering at quite a high …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has announced the nominees for their first ever GPI American Poker Awards. A nomination panel of approximately 60 poker industry insiders were tasked with submitting two selections in each of the nine categories. Four …

France's live poker community is preparing to celebrate the best moments of 2014, as this year's edition of the France Poker Awards kicks off in Deauville on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The event, which is set to take place at the O2 bar in the Barrière Casino …

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 …

Nevada State Bill 40 has created waves throughout the poker community, with many wondering whether it will affect online and live poker staking within the state's borders if the bill becomes law. The bill was pre-filed on Dec. 20, 2014, and was made …

A vile woman subjected a frail OAP to a terrifying ordeal, stripping off and offering to perform a sex act before beating him with a poker. Twisted Louise McDougall later told police that wheelchair-bound William Watson, 87, had raped her at his home …

Based on the timeline presented in Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer new online poker bill, AB 167, also known as The Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2015, California's online poker industry would be up and running within 635 days of the …