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A new online poker research study put together by the UNLV Department of Economics is asking respondents to offer up their thoughts on poker and regulations. Are you at least 21 years old? Have you ever played No Limit Texas Hold'em for money either …

The Principality of Andorra, a small country in the eastern Pyrenees Mountains between France in Spain, is closer to offering regulated online poker thanks to the final draft of a bill introducing new laws for live and online gambling. The bill was …

Even the most optimistic poker player can't imagine winning the first ever super high roller event they play. That's exactly what Leonid Markin did on Thursday though, beating a 51-entry field to win the €50,000 buy-in Super High Roller at EPT Prague …

Preflop, final table, eight handed, with the blinds at 300,000 and 600,000 and a 75,000 ante, van Hoof raised to 1,400,000 from early position, and Pappas called in the big blind. On the flop Pappas checked and van Hoof checked. On the turn Pappas bet …

“While this social poker offering is not real-money gaming we anticipate social gaming will be an important growth channel for the company,” he said. “Social players show different consumer behaviours to what we find in real-money gaming, and we see it …

Legalizing online poker in California has been a long, slow grind and borne scant results. In Sacramento online poker has been sheer gridlock for over five years. California legislators, tribal factions, card rooms, and other interest groups have …

A total of 51 entries were made in the 2014 European Poker Tour Prague €50,000 no-limit hold'em super high roller, building a prize pool of €2,448,765 ($3,037,130 USD). Only the top seven finishers made the money, with the biggest slice of the high …

Andrey Zaichenko ended Day 1B of EPT Prague with a massive chip lead. (Neil Stoddart photo). For the third straight day the story at EPT Prague has been the performance of a Russian poker pro. On Friday Andrey Zaichenko dominated the Day 1B action of …

Brian Altman has never cashed on the European Poker Tour before. Barring a disaster of Epic Poker League proportions, that will all change on Sunday. On Saturday, the American poker pro finished Day 2 of the EPT Prague Main Event with the chip lead.

Eureka Prague, one of the chief events of the Czech poker festival with an 1100-euro nomination fee, was launched on 7 December. 1738 players participated in the event, breaking the season's earlier record established by Eureka Vienna with 1432 players.

Carbon Poker has been facing a number of problems in the past two weeks, getting players worried about not only safety and security at the online poker site, but also the integrity of its games. On Nov 23, Carbon Poker's servers crashed when the online …

After two plus weeks of collecting player feedback, Party Poker NJ and BorgataPoker.com have released the official schedule for the second edition of the Garden State Super Series. As was the case for the network's two previous online series, the GSSS …

“People in poker I admire worth a follow @Balsbaugh @TexDolly @MagicAntonio @MikeMcDonald89 @philivey @PhilGalfond @phil_hellmuth solid crew.” And, if you were wondering what some of Kid Poker's so solid crew have been up to this week, here's …

When you are sitting at a poker table involved in a hand, how much time do you take when you check, call, or bet? Do you act more quickly in certain situations, and more slowly in others? Beginning poker players have all sorts of little behaviors that …

888 Poker has gotten into a partnership deal with World Tavern Poker (WTP), which will allow it to attract WTP's registered players in New Jersey to its online poker site. This New Jersey specific deal aims to establish a relationship between online …

Over the past seven days on Full Tilt, pro gambler Phil “Polarizing” Ivey lost roughly $800,000, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Ivey's losses on the year are back up to around $2.5 million. He's down nearly $5.3 million lifetime on the …

Governor of Poker 3 Youda Games has announced the release of Governor of Poker 3: Multiplayer on iOS and Android devices. This newest title in the popular poker franchise is the first game in the series to be built from the ground up for mobile devices …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …