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By around 7:20 Tuesday night, only two remained of the 42 players who entered the Big One for One Drop — the three-day, $42 million charitable poker tournament that requires a $1 million buy-in. Dan Colman, a quiet 23-year-old online specialist from …

'Kid Poker' reclaimed the title of all-time leader in tournament earnings after raking in $8.2 million Wednesday with a second-place finish at the Big One for One Drop, a $1 million buy-in charity tournament at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas …

Put your money where you mouth is at the 2014 Outlaw Poker Tournament in Mountainair this Saturday. The Texas Hold'em style game will be held at the Dr. Saul Community Center, and the last player standing will receive half the pot, second place gets …

This week, Party ran its $50K Sunday Major, drawing in 266 runners over last week's 248. At the end of the day, pokermaster24 rose to the top and banked the impressive $10,000 first-place prize. Traffic in both the $5K and the new $10K nightly …

Indian online poker operator Adda52 have partnered Israeli marketing and customer retention software supplier Optimove as it looks to develop a more efficient marketing strategy. The deal will see the India-facing operator gain access to the same …

Just days after hearing the confirmation of the accidental drowning death of poker pro Johannes Strassmann, the poker world was hit with yet another devastating blow. Chad Brown, a poker player who made a name for himself with numerous televised final …

Massachusetts resident Daniel Colman won more than $15 million Tuesday in the Big One for One Drop poker event in Las Vegas. It's the second-largest payout in the series' history, behind only the $18 million paid out in the inaugural Big One event in 2012.

In a local poker room where I sometimes play, there is an inscription on the wall that says: 'It's unlucky to be superstitious.' As this is the 13th installment of Range Rover, it's an auspicious time to take on this subject. Sportspeople tend to be …

LAS VEGAS — A 23-year-old online poker star has beaten the reigning World Series of Poker Player of the Year in a $1 million buy-in charity poker tournament. Massachusetts resident Daniel Colman won more than $15 million Tuesday in the Big One for …

The European Poker Tour's 11th season kicks off in Barcelona in only a few weeks, and it will likely be remembered as the 'sweetest' one ever organized by PokerStars. On Monday, the EPT announced Austrian chocolate distributor Suesswaren Grasel as the …

If New Jersey's iPoker operators don't already feel a sense of urgency to improve their poker products, then I suggest that they look at their calendars. In just 90 days, Amaya Gaming is expected to complete its acquisition of the Rational Group. Given …

Nine players bagged up their chips a little after 4 AM on day 2 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Big One For One Drop $1 million buy-in event, but only eight of them will make the money on day 3. Those who do cash will guarantee themselves at least …

Now the 23-year-old from Holden, Massachusetts is ranked sixth on the all-time money list with $17,988,859, largely as a result of winning the 2014 World Series of Poker $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop. Colman topped a field of 42 players in the …

Chad Brown, 2006 BLUFF Player of the Year, has died in New York following a long battle with a rare form of cancer. He was 52 years old. Born and raised in New York City, Brown first found poker thanks to the Italian cafes scattered throughout the Bronx.

At around 7 p.m. local time in Las Vegas, play was heads-up in the $1 million Big One for One Drop tournament at the 2014 World Series of Poker. One of the players players was Daniel Negreanu, who by lasting until the final two, has secured the top …

The big preliminary event at the 2014 World Series of Poker was the Millionaire Maker, which drew 7,977 entries and creating a $10,768,950, but nobody expected the $1,1500 Monster Stack event to rival it. The tournament, which gave players 15,000 in …

At this summer's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, players can test their skills in 16 modern variants of our 200-year-old national card game. These include badugi, badeucy, seven-card stud, deuce-to-seven triple draw, pot-limit Omaha high-low-split …

Just like in the stories of the old wild west, a poker game in Marshfield 100 years ago, ended in an argument and someone pulling a gun. Luckily, in this scenario, no one died, although it did cost one man his livelihood. The Marshfield Times led into …