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He took third place in another elite $1 million entry tournament, winning $4.4 million. Einhorn, a billionaire, says poker is for fun, and investing is the tougher sport. “The investing world is a little bit more multidimensional than poker,” Einhorn …

I've been to the casino few enough times to count on two hands, and I've done nothing but play the same game every single time — $10 per hand Pai Gow poker. It's a simple game in which everyone including the dealer gets seven cards to make a five-card …

In the 2006 World Series of Poker, he placed 18th, good for $660,000. He took third place in another elite $1 million entry tournament, winning $4.4 million. Einhorn, a billionaire, says poker is for fun, and investing is the tougher sport. "The …

Not Everyone Can Become A Poker Pro According To Dutch Boyd Dutch Boyd knows more than most about the highs and lows of playing poker for a living, as the 3-times WSOP bracelet may have earned $2,477,293 from live tournaments since 2002, but he …

The Golden Nugget has recruited Sam Minutello as the manager of its live poker room, a facility with 13 poker tables in downtown Las Vegas. Minutello, who has 20 years of experience in the poker world, began his career at the age of 21 as a poker dealer.

I recently attended a player forum for the WPT where they covered various aspects relating to tournament poker, from proposed payout schedules, multi-entry tourneys, and even the GPI as a viable system to reward their player of the year awards. Overall …

JTA — Ari Engel, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, has become one of the world's best professional poker players over the last few years. Engel says poker is a game of skill, not chance. We convinced him to share his top five tips for becoming a better …

For the third time in as many seasons, the Card Player Poker Tour will return to Reno, Nevada for a stop at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Nestled amid the backdrop of the Sierra Nevadas and the Truckee Valley, action will get underway with a $120 no …

As we continue to countdown the biggest poker stories of 2014, let us not forget that poker is a game played by mortals. Poker players are first and foremost people: fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, colleagues and friends. With this in mind I'd …

Over the last 10 years or so, Engel has grossed about $5 million playing poker. The son of an Orthodox rabbi, Engel, 31, has become one of the world's best professional poker players — ranked No. 23 worldwide by the poker magazine Bluff — and …

She continued candidly: “The most I've won in one night is $28,000 playing blackjack and when I'm in Vegas I love playing poker and I just lose my mind but not to the point where I think I've got a problem. I don't get up in the middle of the night and …

Carbon Poker is featuring the return of the Carbon Online Poker Series in February, with 76 events boasting a total of $2 million in guarantees. The 15-day series kicks off Feb. 8 and concludes on Feb. 22 with five different main events with $480,000 …

Minutello started dealing poker in Florida before he turned 21 and got his first managerial job just three years later at a three-table room on a day-cruise boat. He moved to Las Vegas to work as a dealer and floor person at the Mirage. From there, he …

In November, Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson outlasted nearly 6,700 players to take the lion's share of the $62,820,200 prize pool. The main event in 2014 did increase by more than 500 players compared to 2013, and the guarantee might have played a …

MANILA – The operator of the world's most popular online poker sites has launched its second live poker room in Asia at the City of Dreams Manila. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp said PokerStars …

A Deerfield business owner is much richer following a recent trip to an Indiana casino. The Highland Park News reports that Deerfield resident Mike Puccio, owner of Bur Oak Landscaping Co., won the Heartland Poker Tour's tournament December 15 at …

Another Bitcoin-based online poker startup is set to test the market on February 1st, 2015, when a new European site called BitNPlay will open its doors. As with most new BTC-based poker sites, this one will come with a twist: An opportunity for …

Today's professional poker player lives online, a drastic change compared to just 10 years ago when most preferred brick-and-mortar tables. Not only do experienced sharks possess a superior skillset than the amateur, they are also now equipped with …