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“As has been the case in other jurisdictions, online poker revenues in Nevada have fallen far short of original projections,” Ultimate Gaming Chairman Tom Breitling said in the release. “Moreover, the state-by-state approach to online gaming has …

"As an immediate measure, we intend to implement a limit on the number of times a player can reserve a seat at a given table without playing," a representative from the poker room who claims to be "managing a project to review the seat scripting issues …

During the finale of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table on Tuesday, the WSOP announced Berlin, Germany, as the 2015 location for WSOP Europe. Germany will be the third country to host the festival after England played host from …

Season 3 of the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) will feature eight stops, the first of which kicked off today at the Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg in Indiana. The stop features a dozen events but culminates on Saturday, Nov. 22 with a $1,115 HPO Regional …

The World Series of Poker Main Event recommenced at the Rio casino in Las Vegas this week, after a nearly four-month hiatus so ESPN could broadcast the finals almost live over two nights during the November sweeps. There was a 30-minute delay …

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 …

Hey, "Dog's Playing Poker," you're great and all, but "Dogs Playing Dungeons and Dragons" is the best dog painting in the history of all dog paintings. The end. Created by Johannes Grenzfurthner along with game designer and artist Heather Kelley, this …

Earlier this year, PokerStars and Morongo Band of Mission Indians reached an agreement for the former to serve as the subcontractor to provide an online poker platform for three card clubs — Bicycle Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, and Commerce — if and …

The World Poker Tour crowned its latest champion at the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville, Florida last night. Although he wasn't able to win the event, three-time Super Bowl winner Richard Seymour (GPI No. 8428) did pick up the first major …

This weekend, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be in Blackhawk, Colorado, for their Golden Gates Casino event. Then from Nov. 15-23, the tour will head south for the penultimate stop of the Season 5 — Belle of Baton Rouge Casino in Baton Rouge, …

Sweden's Martin Jacobson became the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Tuesday night at the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio, winning heads-up when his pocket 10s held up against Felix Stephensen's Ace-9 of hearts. Jacobson caught a …

Jorryt Van Hoof came into the final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker main event as the chip leader and held onto the lead in dominating fashion into three-handed play. Unfortunately for the 31-year-old Dutch poker pro, he couldn't hold onto his …

He was the only player of the final nine to have earned more than $1 million in World Series of Poker career earnings at tournaments. But he had never won the top spot, coming in second in some cases, until Tuesday when he won the most watched contest …

LAS VEGAS – William Tonking started playing poker toward the end of his years at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. And throughout his years at the University of South Carolina, where he studied economics, he played poker online. Now, nine years …

The 2014 World Series of Poker main event champion is 27-year-old Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson, who earned his first career bracelet and the $10 million first-place prize. When asked how the money would affect his life, Jacobson stated that the …

Major news for California's push to regulate online poker today as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced their intent to partner with an existing coalition made of of PokerStars, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and California's three …

The World Series Of Poker has crowned a new champion, and another pro has taken it down, according to the Associated Press. Martin Jacobson won a whopping $10 million Tuesday night at The Rio in Las Vegas. He's 27-years-old, and got his start in the …

What's the biggest coinflip you've ever experienced? Billy Pappas came out on the wrong end of a $700,000 coinflip, the difference between fifth and fourth place, early Tuesday morning at the 2014 World Series of Poker main event final table.