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A huge crowd of performance marketing professionals gathered at a contemporary London bar yesterday to enjoy a drink in the sun, before taking part in an eagerly anticipated poker tournament. The private bash, arranged by affilinet and hosted by its …

A massive $10 million guaranteed poker tournament will begin soon in Florida. The event will be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The tournament series which this event is a part of began Thursday, August 8, with a $350 no …

The Poker TDA (Tournament Directors Association) has released a draft of tournament rule changes agreed on at the most recent Poker TDA Summit, including a new Rule No. 2 that reinforces the responsibilities players have when entering a poker …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month …

Image from Shutterstock. A federal appeals court has reinstated the conviction of a man who ran an underground poker club, saying his business is illegal under federal law even if the game involves more skill than luck. The New York-based 2nd U.S …

On Wednesday, the Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Festival, a 60-event series, continued with the €2,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship, an eight-handed event with the option for a single re-entry. There were 35 players who entered the …

The company was boosted by two months of operations by Fertitta Interactive, the company's real-money online poker subsidiary that operates under the Ultimate Poker brand. Station Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Marc Falcone told …

The CEO of MGM Entertainment, Jim Murren, said this week that he believes it is likely that the states of Nevada and New Jersey, both of which have enacted legislation allowing for Internet-based wagering, will soon enter into an interstate online …

Another year is set to go by without California legalizing online poker. The legislative session in the Golden State ends in about a month, and the odds are stacked against the issue. Though, a person close to the legislative efforts told Card Player …

Players in the UK and Ireland Poker Tournament will battle it out over four days in the Villa Marina entertainment complex in a competition which has prize money totalling half a million pounds. Major sponsors for the tournament are Pokerstars who are …

An anti-gambling law drafted to crack down on organized crime was appropriately used to prosecute a man who ran a twice-weekly poker club from the back room of his Staten Island bicycle shop, a federal appeals court held yesterday in reinstating a …

The home of football giants Manchester United is the venue for a special two-day poker tournament that starts this Friday. The affordable £250 buy-in should attract a bumper crowd through the doors of the famous Old Trafford ground. Among the many …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Poker may be a game of skill, but that does not protect a man who hosted games of "Texas Hold 'Em" from being prosecuted under an anti-gambling law, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of …

The PokerNews Mid-States Poker Tour is excited to announce a new tournament format: Keep It or Cash It (KICI). The new format will be implemented for the first time at Downstream Casino Resort in Quapaw, Okla., Aug. 30-Sept. 8, 2013. This format is not …

A while back a federal judge in New York decided that poker wasn't illegal gambling under federal law, and we discussed it here, and so I feel a certain sense of responsibility to all of the Dealbreaker readers who quit their jobs to start poker rooms.

But they're also expecting them to visit the complex's restaurants, hotels and shops during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, a series of 33 tournaments that will begin Thursday and run through Aug. 29. "There'll be a few thousand people coming to …

The M Resort, an off-the-Strip casino in Las Vegas, has closed its 14-table poker room to make way for a slot machine tournament area, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday. Slot tournaments at the casino were previously held in a …

Dennis Bowen works on a poker table at BBO Poker Tables in Pittsburg, Calif., on Friday, May 31, 2013. While the tables themselves are made in China, the custom finishing and upholstery work is done at the company's Pittsburg warehouse. The company …