Hundreds of poker players with dreams of World Series of Poker glory have started a marathon toward poker's richest prize — a guaranteed $10 million payday and a place in history among the winners of the main event. The no-limit Texas Hold 'em main …
Iconic poker pro, Phil Ivey has instructed his legal team to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by the Borgata Atlantic City Casino, which claims that he cheated in separate baccarat gaming sessions in 2012. The casino contends that …
That's because Morris, who began playing poker as a prop in California card rooms more than 15 years ago, has another identity. We're not talking about witness protection program stuff here though. Over the last 13 years Morris has become a legend in …
Nelson's Jan Suchanek came agonisingly close to becoming just the second Kiwi to win a World Series of Poker bracelet on Saturday. Suchanek finished runner-up in Event 63 of the 2014 WSOP in Las Vegas, earning himself $US94,618. He began the final …
Poker is a game of strategy. Players take risks, rely on odds and analyze probabilities and variances to increase their winnings. In the poker world, players make calculated risks based on the limited amount of information they have. The same …
With 13 gold WSOP bracelets, he has three more than both Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson, arguably the two most famous poker champions. Hellmuth has appeared on countless television shows, written a New York Times best-seller, and he even starred …
John Lane, coordinator for the Cascumpec Bay Watershed Association and field supervisor Grace Fennessey map out a route for a boat poker run the association is planning for Sunday, July 20. Proceeds from the afternoon of boating fun will help the …
According to research completed by Spain's CODERE Foundation and the Institute of Policy and Governance of the Charles III University in Madrid, 43 percent of the country's online players play on illegal sites. The analysis of the Spanish gambling …
The final day of the $10,000 buy-in seven card stud event at the 2014 World Series of Poker began as a sweat for Phil Hellmuth, who was looking for his record 14th gold bracelet, but once the poker brat hit the rail, the tournament became all about a …
Peter Chi is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, CA. While his professional interests lie mainly in biomedical research and genetics, he is an avid poker player and enjoys …
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 …
Want to play poker with a WSOP main event champions Chris Moneymaker, Ryan Riess, Greg Merson, and Carlos Mortensen and help support a great charity, the Three Square food bank? Many top poker pros will be in attendance July 6th for the first Charity …
Tommy Hang, who has been playing poker professionally for over 10 years, played low-stakes poker till a bad beat jackpot gave his poker bankroll a boost. Now 34 years old, Hang resides at Seattle in Washington. Once he mustered the courage to play …
Shortly after the poker media reported the disappearance of German poker pro Johannes Strassmann in Slovenia, his body was discovered in a Slovenian river. The Slovenian authorities released an official statement, in which they confirmed that the …
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888 Signs Sponsorship Deal With TV Show 'Poker Night in America' Aside from the World Poker Tour and WSOP, poker shows in the USA have all but vanished since Black-Friday dried up interest from the TV networks. The country's nascent online poker …
The 28-year-old — “ancient for poker,” he says — is a new addition to the informal brotherhood of about 150 mostly young men, the majority American, who have flocked to this beach resort on the so-called Riviera Maya to make their fortunes at online …
The $1,500 no-limit hold'em mixed max event at the 2014 World Series of Poker drew a whopping 1,475 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,991,250. In the end, it was Brooklyn, New York pro Jared Jaffee who came away with the victory and the …