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This month saw the return of the Carbon Online Poker Series which will run until May 18th. A total of 80 events will fill the series, with up to $2 million in prize money guaranteed to participants. The nine main events which make up the Carbon Online …

And the latest award for giving poker players a bad name goes to… Tony “The Hitman” Hakki! The stockbroker-turned-poker player (not a real hitman) from the UK won a legal battle in the Appeal Court recently, exempting him from having to pay child …

The poker industry will celebrate the career accomplishments of two new inductees at this year's Women in Poker Hall of Fame Luncheon Celebration sponsored by bestbet Jacksonville and hosted by Golden Nugget Casino on Wednesday, June 25th, …

According to a report published on Thursday by Portugal's web portal SIC, Macedo decided leave his poker glory behind, jump on a new business adventure and organize a cleaning service that gives students the possibility to earn some money by cleaning …

Chip leader Jess Snyder Day 1a at the Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville main event has come to a close and at the end of play tonight there were 15 players that advanced from a field of 80 entries. Those survivors will return for day 2 on …

In a recent Wall Street Journal the lead story states: “The U.S. and Europe imposed sanctions on a slate of new Russian government officials and business entities.” To continue my poker analogy: In a game being played with $100 chips, Mr. Obama has …

Party Poker has announced that it will implement a new concept for cash games, but several regular players are unhappy as they feel that the online poker room is doing too much to protect its recreational players. The brand new feature will give those …

Famed cross-country skier and poker enthusiast Petter Northug totaled his car last weekend after hitting a guardrail and admitted to being intoxicated while driving. The Norwegian, who finished in the money in the 2010 WSOP Main Event and cashed for …

The World Series of Poker gets underway in a matter of weeks, with events starting at the end of May. It's easily the biggest single event in the poker industry, live and online. This year's Series will be the first with a real-money poker site live on …

The MPN, formerly called the Microgaming Poker Network, has created the MPNPT, which is set to make its debut in London on May 29. Aspers Casino in Stratford is the venue for the inaugural event, which sees seven action-packed events being played over …

The last seven days of action on Full Tilt Poker for Gus Hansen resulted in losses of around $335,000, according to HighstakesDB. With that performance the Gus Hansen screen name has dropped to an all-time worst of $17.8 million in lifetime losses on …

A 206-page report released Wednesday by Pennsylvania's General Assembly's Legislative Budget and Finance Committee revealed how lucrative online poker could be in the state, should it authorize the activity sometime in the coming years. The study of …

I played an interesting cash-game hand recently, and in the end, I listened to my gut and won the hand. We were playing nine-handed, $2-$5 no-limit Texas hold 'em. I had 7s 2c in the big blind. I had been playing tighter than normal, and I had an …

The sixth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at bestbet Jacksonville May 1 and will host a series of 12 tournaments through May 12 culminating with a $1,500 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee main event May 9-12. Here is a look …

An article that appeared in The Press of Atlantic City, purportedly written by poker legend Dewey Tomko and one Bill Byers, entitled “Poker Pros: Test Gambling Sites for Cheating” is a fraud. The article, which had a largely anti-online poker slant …

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 …

The poker industry will celebrate the career accomplishments of two new inductees at this year's Women in Poker Hall of Fame Luncheon Celebration sponsored by bestbet Casino Jacksonville and hosted by Golden Nugget Casino on Wednesday, June 25, …

Karen, Annette, and George (not their real names) meet every Friday morning to play poker, laugh and engage in what they call "jolly good folly." This threesome is part of what I have fondly dubbed my "high school dweeb group." There were eight of us …