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Gary and Mary West's Poker Player continued on the comeback trail with another solid work on Wednesday morning at Fair Grounds Race Course, negotiating five panels in 1:02.60 for trainer Wayne Catalano. The move was the eighth in as many weeks of …

David Rebuck, the Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said his state's players should not expect to have competition from other states in the near-future. While Nevada and Delaware have an interstate poker compact, New Jersey has …

When you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana – you go to Poker Night, where you play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about their time on the job – their successes and failures. When new Detective Stan Jeter leaves …

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 …

On Wednesday, a total of 158 players returned to the tables of Holland Casino in Amsterdam for Day 2 of the 2014 Master Classics of Poker €4,250 Main Event. Registration was still open until the first card was dealt at 14:00 CET, which allowed six late …

Matas Cimbolas came into the final table as the chip leader, but it looked like he was going to have settle for second place. At one point during heads-up play, he was more than 5-1 down in chips, and it looked as thought the 2014 partypoker World …

There's no doubt that online poker isn't what it used to be. Pretty much anyone who was around in the mid-2000s speaks wistfully about those days and how easy it was to find soft games back then. Now, the majority of players even at the low-stakes …

Victoria Coren-Mitchell, the only player in history to win two European Poker Tour titles, announced on her blog that she will be leaving Team PokerStars Pro as a result of PokerStars.com introducing online casino games last week. Coren-Mitchell …

Beginning Saturday, Nov. 29 and lasting through Monday, Dec. 8, the World Poker Tour will be in France for their last WPT National event of the year. The PMU.fr WPT National Paris will host their festival at the Cercle Clichy Montmarte and offers …

A sizable field of 732 players turned out for the 2014 World Poker Tour Montreal $3,500 CAD no-limit hold'em main event. From that sea of players emerged a stacked final table that included the likes of Samuel Chartier, Kevin MacPhee, Mukul Pahuja and …

I read at the poker table. When I attended Tulane Law School, I spent too much time at Harrah's New Orleans and not enough in the classroom. As a compromise I forced myself to study at the table, and ever since then I've developed an ability not only …

New Jersey poker player "Adversity45" rounded out the top three winners by shipping the WSOP.com Sunday $25,000 Guarantee for $7,000. Other notable wins on WSOP.com NJ include Jordan "jluddy12" Ludwick winning the $10,000 GTD Nightly [R&A] on …

The 2014 Master Classics of Poker Main Event began Tuesday in Amsterdam's stunning Holland Casino. The €4,250 Main Event has long been considered one of the top events in Europe and has been won by players as illustrious as Ole Schemion, who …

Each week, PokerNews brings you insight into the happenings at some of the major poker sites. Featuring the most popular blog posts, BlogNews Weekly is your one-stop shop for all your poker blog highlights. In this week's BlogNews report, we're …

One of Nevada's two remaining online poker providers is trying to attract players who had accounts with Ultimate Poker, the third provider that announced its closure last week. Real Gaming, which is affiliated with the South Point, today revealed a …

The 10th edition of the eGaming Review Operator Awards, one of the industry's most prestigious events, awarded PokerStars with the titles of Poker Operator of the Year and Mobile Operator of the Year. During the official ceremony, which was held in …

Poker is one of the most complex games ever invented, yet countless people attempt to master it each and every day. Unfortunately, the road to poker mastery is often long, circuitous, and challenging, causing many to leave the path well short of that …

Thanks to a new deal signed between the Global Poker Index (GPI) and the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer Roger Dubuis, the winners of the GPI's 2014 Player of the Year Awards are now set to take home a prestigious La Monégasque custom-made …