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DETROIT – The Michigan Gaming Control Board said Thursday it has issued 161 millionaire party licenses equal to more than 500 event days across the state since emergency rules regulating poker-room charitable gambling were imposed last month.

The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) begins its next tour stop today at the California-Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage where 12 days of exciting poker action will conclude with the final table of the $1,650 Main Event on Monday, Sept. 8.

"Augie," who owns Augie's Bar and Grill in Bangor and organizes the event, said nearly 80 people participated in the 4th annual Augie's Poker Run on Saturday. He said the turnout was down a little bit from last year. He believes poor weather conditions …

Around 15 Norwegian poker players were robbed at gunpoint at a private poker game held at Stromstad in Sweden early on the morning of August 22, Friday. Reportedly, four men wearing masks and holding guns barged into Hogdal Bygdegard, …

Big-time warfare is on at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, with a second annual tournament that guarantees $10 million in prize money to the top finishers, making the casino's ballroom-turned-poker-parlor the world epicenter of …

Well, this is an odd one—but may be of some use to those interested in understanding the psychology going on at their poker table. Researchers at Warwick University in the U.K. have come out with comments that claim there is a parallel between the …

Nevada's three online poker sites took in roughly $985,000 during the month of July, down from June's $1.037 million, according to figures released Thursday by the state. The World Series of Poker ended in mid-July, after starting in late May. The …

Actors, voice-over talent and poker players who turned out to support the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD FOUNDATION's DON LAFONTAINE Voice-Over Lab included POWERS BOOTHE, JOE CIPRIANO, SHARON LAWRENCE, FRED MELAMED, PAUL PAPE …

USPoker.com has reported that a poker room located at Texas Station to the north of Las Vegas will be shut down this week. Although Station Casinos Incorporated, which owns this eight-table poker facility, has an online poker business in Nevada, it has …

The 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 no-limit hold'em main event drew the largest ever field on European soul in the tour's history. A total of 1,496 players turned out to the 100th EPT main event to build a €7,480,000 prize pool. From that …

Along with co-founders Gregg Weisstein and Farbod Shoraka, Daneshgar went to Los Angeles to compete in a two-day poker tournament to win $30,000 – exactly how much the three would need for BloomNation's seed funding. While Daneshgar played …

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 …

Newsweek has published an article on Bitcoin online poker and gambling less than one week after a scathing cover story about online gambling in general. Poker players and gamblers were up in arms over the last story penned by Leah McGrath Goodman, …

Now you may ask what does this have to do with poker? In my opinion positivity is essential to being a successful poker player in the long term. No matter how good you are at this game there are going to be times when things aren't going smoothly and …

The eight-table poker room at Texas Station in North Las Vegas closed for good this week, according to a report from USPoker.com. Despite having online poker in Nevada, Station Casinos Inc. elected to close the room. The casino operator also closed …

Las Vegas has lost another poker room. Texas Station ceased its poker room operations this week. Texas Station, located on the Rancho Strip in North Las Vegas, is owned by Station Casinos. Others casino operations are not affected by this move.

888 Poker, also known as the All-American Poker Network, is one of the premier online poker companies in the United States. 888 Holdings serves as both a backend operator and a standalone provider in the U.S. They provide the backend for WSOP.com …

Online poker market in Delaware has experienced a downfall in terms of revenue compared to that of other States which, month after month, has been increasing. The State of New Jersey generates the highest revenue with its $ 2,146,500 from online poker …