Poker News

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from August …

Authorities in Virginia reportedly busted an alleged underground poker operation that was making about $2,000 per night. Four men were charged with running the games. Police reportedly staked out the no-limit hold'em game for weeks. According to The …

Right now you could be playing in the "Asian Poker Tour" in Korea, challenging for "World Poker Tour" titles in Cyprus or at the world famous Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, or even heading out to Florida for the "Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open". Closer …

hwy RIDE.jpg. Motorcycle enthusiasts spill onto Kaumualii Highway fronting the Kauai Harley-Davidson/Kawasaki/Yamaha facility during the Poker Run, Sunday benefiting the Lihue Early Learning Center. arlen RIDE.jpg. Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island …

Recently, PokerStars Macau announced details about their new poker room which will be rebranded 'PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams'. I, along with a lot of other people, have been speculating where the new home would be for months and City of …

Things are going well for me in 2013, as I'm playing a lot of poker and also having a chance to do other fun things like play golf and enjoy myself. I'm also getting increasingly involved in hosting poker tournaments for some businesses and other …

England's Tom Alner has recorded a few nice results from the Asia-Pacific region, and more specifically from Macau. On Sunday, Alner won the third installment of the 2013 Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon for HK$823,000 (approximately $106,000) after …

You always have to adapt and consider the personality and playing style of your opponents and try to assess their actual state of mind, which might be the hardest thing in poker. As each street unfolds, I also try to narrow down my opponents' ranges of …

teampro-thumb.JPG I remember playing my first live tournament. It was a $200 freezout in a local casino. I've been playing poker for a year already, but only online. My hands were shaking, and though I knew what I should be doing with my cards, at a …

Chip leader coming into today was Inge Forsma who talked to Lynn Gilmartin during a pause in the bubble play about his remarkable progress. Forsma was the first to admit, when he spoke to the PokerStars Blog yesterday, that he isn't the most patient of …

The American Gaming Association is mulling the option of using the soon-to-be-released movie about online poker, Runner Runner to promote its message about the importance of regulation in the industry. The movie, set to launch on October 4th, will star …

One of the most-anticipated software updates in the history of online poker remains little more than a rumor today, as players continue to wait for the second version of Ultimate Poker's online poker software client. Ultimate Poker software still in …

Nikolai Yakovenko is a poker player, programmer, and creator of the ABC Chinese Poker app. This week, Yakovenko comes on the Strategy with Kristy podcast to discuss open-face Chinese poker strategy. In part one of this interview, Yakovenko goes into …

Kirill Rapoport, 41, and William Barbalat, 42, both made the pleas in a New York court for participating in gambling rings connected to organized crime. It was found that the high stakes poker games were strongly connected to various Russian mafia …

“The Poker Tournament offered the Child Care Council of Suffolk an excellent opportunity to reach out to new supporters and to advocate on behalf of our vital programs and services that support children, families, providers, employers and the public to …

Riders from a number of communities in the North Peace, including here in Fort St. John, revved up their motorcycles to take part in the first annual Peace Region Community to Community Poker Run. Overall, 10 riders from Fort St. John registered this …

On Aug. 1, 2013, the Garden City Group (“GCG”) — the group named the as the Claims Administrator by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York to oversee the repayment of Full Tilt Poker players — issued an update on the …

The American Gaming Association has a plan to use the film "Runner Runner" to promote the need for federal online poker legislation in the U.S. An email sent by AGA CEO and president Geoff Freeman to his colleagues on the AGA board that was obtained …