Poker News

Each week, PokerNews brings you insight into the happenings at some of the major poker sites. Featuring the most popular blog posts, BlogNews Weekly is your one-stop shop for all your poker blog highlights. In this week's BlogNews report, we bring you …

After less than four years in the casino business, Maryland has joined the national poker scene. Maryland has been added to the World Series of Poker circuit schedule for the first time ever, thanks to the addition of Horseshoe Casino Baltimore to the …

The privately owned operator of five Northern Nevada casinos today began Internet play within the state's borders in a partnership with Las Vegas-based online gambling operator Ultimate Poker. In a news release, the Peppermill said poker players can …

To find out if ARJEL's president was right when he claimed the industry is declining because "poker is not that popular anymore", and to get the pulse of France's poker community, PokerNews France met with Julien "JunkyBoy" Ferey, a London-based online …

Can you believe that 2014 is almost halfway over? The first half of the year has brought some exciting and memorable hands at Full Tilt Poker, the home to some of the biggest nosebleed online poker games. The Full Tilt Poker blog recently presented a …

After registration closed on Monday for the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship at the 2014 World Series of Poker, one couldn't help but notice the drop in field size and absence of several regulars from the field. This year's edition of the event that …

Boise • Poker can continue for now at the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's casino in Worley after a federal judge ruled Monday that the state violated a gambling compact in a dispute over a game Idaho says is illegal. The state sued last month to shut down the …

The team's success followed that of Louise Holdsworth from Kirriemuir who played in the regional poker final in Aberdeen in February and beat 78 players from across Scotland to win an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas to play in the Vegas 100 …

Day 1 of the World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship drew a field of just 85 runners, a far cry from the 132-player tournament won by British pro Matthew Ashton in 2013. However, late registration will be available for another level on …

After initially promising to air in early 2014, Poker Night in America experienced a slight delay and has announced that its first broadcast will commence next Sunday, June 29 at 10:00 p.m. ET. A new agreement with the CBS Sports Network will bring the …

PORT SALERNO, FL (WPTV) – Local poker buddies will undergo surgery that will save the life of one of the men. Matt Doolin is currently living without both kidneys after both failed and had to be removed. “For the last 20 years I've dealt with kidney …

Robert Mizrachi poses with his second World Series of Poker bracelet, which he won Saturday June 20, 2014, in a $1,500 buy-in Dealer's Choice tournament for a prize of $147,092 at the Rio. By Case Keefer (contact). Monday, June 23, 2014 | 2 a.m. …

The $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event at the 2014 World Series of Poker attracted 992 players, creating a total prize pool of $2,708,160. After four days of play, it was Chicago native Sean Dempsey who came out on top, earning his first career …

On Sunday, one of the most anticipated tournaments of the year kicked off with the start of Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players' Championship. Testing a player's skill across eight disciplines, winning the event has become point of pride and prestige for …

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While it was once considered poker's World Championship, the sheer size of the fields in the modern day Main Event served to water down that title a bit and the poker world began looking at the tournament as a bit of a crapshoot. Even the $10,000 buy …

For the first time ever, the Card Player Poker Tour will make a stop at Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood, California. What will be the tenth stop of Season II will take place from October 17-26 and will feature a $1,100 no-limit hold'em main event …

A total of 136 players turned out to play the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold'em championship, building a prize pool of $1,198,400. By there could be only one player to remain undefeated throughout the event, and 25-year-old …