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C4COP, along with the American Gaming Association and Poker Players Alliance, are working toward spreading online poker legislation across the U.S. They are waging a battle against the deep pockets of Sheldon Adelson and his Coalition to Stop Internet …

The Players Poker Championship (PPC) Poker Tour, which has tripled in size for Season 2, has added another event to their schedule. From July 29-August 3, 2014, the PPC is headed to Ocala Poker and Jai-Alai for the 2014 PPC Ocala Poker Summer …

Last weekend I covered the final two days of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XII World Championship at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City. It was the first major poker tournament I had ever been to, much less covered as a journalist.

The judge reportedly said: “On the facts found, I do not consider that it can be said that Mr. Hakki had a sufficient organisation in his poker playing to make it amount to a trade (or a business), let alone a profession or a vocation.” Hakki, in his …

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin (19) can't make a catch while defended by Chicago Bears cornerback Zack Bowman (38) in the second half of NFL Football action at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois on Monday, December 9, 2013.

A professional poker player who "declines to support his children" has won a legal fight after arguing that his winnings are not "earnings from gainful employment". A professional poker player has won a court ruling after arguing his winnings are not …

Der zweite Starttag beim € 10.600 Main Event der PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo ist gespielt. 427 Teilnehmer an Tag 1B schraubten die Gesamtzahl auf 641 hoch und das bedeutet eine deutliche Steigerung gegenüber dem Vorjahr.

The end of Florida's 60-day legislative session always resembles a complicated card game, a poker-bridge blend with legislation traded back and forth amid hidden agendas and the high stakes of a $75 billion budget. Gov. Rick Scott just threw down a …

The 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller kicked off the final stop of Season 10 in grand fashion, and now after three days of intense play a winner has emerged in Monaco. Daniel Colman …

A letter sent Friday by the Poker Players Alliance to Lock Poker requesting that the site begin a dialogue and answer questions regarding their payment processing procedures and whether players can expect outstanding payment has not been particularly …

For the first time in the World Poker Tour's 12-year history the climactic season-ending WPT Championship was not held at the Bellagio but made the move to the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event changed it's buy-in from $25,000 to $15,000 …

The last three years have featured some perilous moments for the poker industry, which continues to fight its way back towards the way things were pre-Black Friday. Without the sponsorship dollars that flowed freely from online poker sites at the peak …

A Poker Player's Tells Are In The Hands As Much As The Face. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Slepian about how poker players communicate the value of their hands through non-verbal signals. (This story originally aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on April …

According to a PokerStars representative, PokerStars would be the front-facing brand and will not stick to just providing an online poker gaming software platform and online gambling services. Neither the coalition nor the Rational Group has released …

In his first-ever interview as France's gambling regulator (ARJEL) president, Charles Coppolani said that "France's online poker market may have simply reached its peak," explaining that one of the main reasons behind the decline of online poker in the …

The WPT Championship Moved To Borgata This Year The World Poker Tour Championship attracted a field of 328 entries, just shy of what the Borgata needed to meet the $5 million guarantee. As a result, the Atlantic City property had to dip into the rake …

For the first time in the World Poker Tour's 12-year history the climactic season-ending WPT Championship was not held at the Bellagio but made the move to the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event changed it's buy-in from $25,000 to $15,000 …

Stacked Black Logo Hi-Res 300 We've all gotten the unwearable poker shirt from Grandma at Christmas that she found at her local department store – usually featuring some variation of flames or quad aces or both. It was a nice thought from her, but …