Poker News

Poker in Colorado has been fueled recently by various tournaments and cash games throughout the state, most notably the 10th version of the Colorado Poker Championship at Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colo. The CPC ran Aug. 15-Sept.

Last fall, Las Vegas poker player and investor Daniel Shak was hit with a $400,000 penalty and trading ban after he was accused of attempting to manipulate oil markets. But, regulators claim, he didn't learn his lesson. The U.S. Commodity Futures …

The Ohio Valley region boasted an amazing accomplishment over Labor Day weekend, drawing 750-plus players in $1K-plus events at Horseshoe Cincinnati and the Hollywood Poker Classic in Toledo. Jason Newman of the Horseshoe and Ken Lambert of …

A win in the Super High Roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open allowed Jacob Schindler (GPI#12) to cross the $3M mark in career earnings and push his 2014 totals to just under that amount in what has been a career year on the circuit for the …

Ireland was awash with French poker players over the weekend weekend as the Winamax Poker Open rolled into Dublin for the latest instalment of its €550 buy-in Main Event. A grand total of 994 players bought into the event during the two starting …

Basically, the state wants to make charities do more of the work running poker games, instead of relying on partnerships (usually 50-50) with other groups, known as suppliers. Charities say that they need to have partnerships in order to make the games …

Italian players will not get the chance to play at Full Tilt Poker tables anytime soon, as Amaya Gaming has reportedly decided not to bring the poker room to Italy. According to Italian news agency Agimeg, a representative from the room's ownership has …

The ninth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California Sept. 21 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 15 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold'em $500,000 estimated …

Chris Moneymaker Begins Tenure As Hollywood Poker Open Ambassador At the beginning of 2014, the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) announced that the 2003 WSOP Champion Chris Moneymaker would be serving as the tour's ambassador during its third …

SAN ANTONIO — Whenever I talk poker with somebody, I won't end the conversation without asking what their best tip/advice is. The answers are typically to the point and always different, yet in some small way, the tips have a way of adding up and can …

According to Belgium's administration, "an individual who plays poker regularly and who devotes enough time and efforts to the game to make it a profession should declare his winnings as if they were any other form of professional income," the news …

Phil Ivey is without a doubt one of poker's biggest names—a name that can bridge the gap between poker and mainstream sports. The other night, Ivey tweeted about Derek Jeter's last game ever game at Yankee Stadium and the former's comment made it …

He may have been upset with an 8th place finish at the Heartland Poker Tour Los Angeles Main Event, but Jeff Madsen still impressed with a ninth Top 10 finish this season, matching his career-best from 2009. Madsen, who remains of the youngest players …

The Global Poker Index (GPI) is excited to announce launch of the Global Poker Conference 2015 (GPC 2015), a pair of single day conferences held in Beverly Hills and Malta respectively, according to a press release issued by the company this past week.

Last week Caesars Palace hosted the 5th annual C5 US Online Gaming Forum and one of the most important moments occurred just after lunch on day one of the conference in a debate over whether online gambling should be regulated or prohibited at the …

Poker is a game of both skill and luck and in a tournament, the latter speaks first. It is pure random chance that governs at which table you'll start on Day One and who else will be at that table with you—or, to paraphrase Mike McDermott in Rounders …

So, instead of your archetypal football article covering the latest breaking news on Arsenal Insider, we thought we'd take our trio of German poker players and see if they would have the traits to succeed in the world of poker like their peers have …

A record number of horses and riders participated in the Robson Valley Backcountry Horsemen's fourth annual poker ride on Sept. 20th. The last weekend of summer had 69 horse-and-rider pairs participating in the Robson Valley Chapter's fundraiser, held …