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The 2014 Tasmanian Poker Championships was held over the weekend with Wrest Point Casino in Hobart once again hosting a capacity field for the popular local event. Both opening flights of the $290 Main Event on Friday and Saturday were sold out in …

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — There were some special guests of honor at the No Pet Shall Be Left Behind poker run in Youngstown on Sunday. The four-legged friends are waiting to be adopted or fostered. Animal Charity Humane Society brought them …

In the press release from Thursday (July 31st 2014), Paddy Power Poker revealed information about a data breach that occurred back in 2010. Following the release, the room started contacting certain customers who owned an account back in 2010, …

Notables who turned out for day 1b included six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner T.J. Cloutier, World Poker Tour champion Andy Hwang, WSOP bracelet winner and CPPT Foxwoods runner-up Chris Tryba, two-time WPT champ Tommy Vedes and …

Ivey Poker and the Global Poker Index (GPI) have signed a partnership deal, according to the terms of which they will join forces to not only promote players, but also market the existing poker industry. The GPI, along with The Hendon Mob, is the top …

Significant, albeit largely expected, news from the online gambling industry today as Amaya announced the completion of its acquisition of the Rational Group, parent company to PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The announcement comes at the end of a week …

It's probably not the “worst bad beat ever” like mainstream sports journalism has for some reason labeled it, but the Katz vs. Drinan hand that took place at the 2014 World Series of Poker $1 million buy-in “Big One for One Drop” about a month ago was …

With the World Series of Poker coverage on ESPN underway, and with the launch of a new poker show on CBS Sports Network, Poker Night in America, I thought I would offer up a few thoughts on what players who find themselves in the enviable position of …

Cercle Cadet Poker ROom in France I'm currently reading an excellent book titled “Knights of the Green Cloth: The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers” by Robert K. DeArment, and just as when I read James McManus's “Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker” I find …

Mike Otwell, a regular at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Delaware, is the champion of the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event on the July 28-Aug. 1 Ante Up Poker Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas out of Port Canaveral, Fla. Otwell of …

In a poker run, motorcyclists ride together and stop at several places throughout the ride. At each place they draw a card from a deck of cards; five cards make the poker hand that they play. Money is donated to the Carroll County Ministerial …

Notables in the field throughout the day included Jordan Morgan, fresh of his World Series of Poker bracelet win, six-time WSOP bracelet winner T.J. Cloutier, WSOP bracelet winner Bryan Campanello, World Poker Tour champion Andy Hwang, three-time …

My favorite event at the World Series of Poker is the $5,000 No-Limit Six Max, not only because I won a bracelet taking down that event in 2011, but because I like the way action plays on the smaller tables. At no time during the tournament will you …

There was a long list of prizes for the top hands of poker, the grand reward being a new saddle donated by Greenhawk Equipment and Equestrian. There was also a hearty menu of meals supplied by Joyce Honsell Family Catering. The trail – a three-hour …

The seventh stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma July 17 and will host a series of 81 tournaments through August 4 culminating with a $1,500 no-limit hold'em $500,000 guarantee main …

One man has been arrested and another remains at large in the slaying of a Houston-area man during a robbery at a private poker game. Eric Norris was being held Friday on a murder charge, with bond set at $500,000. Fort Bend County jail records do not …

The nine final-table players in the World Series of Poker's Main Event have been determined. The leader is Jorryt van Hoof, with 38 million in chips, 5 million more than the second-biggest stack. Last in the field is Bruno Politano, with just over 12 …

Three more men arrested in the Paul Phua sports betting case have been released on bail, thanks to the professional poker player community. The bail money was posted by Phil Ivey and Dan Cates. In total, the two men posted $3 million in bail for the …