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James Mackey is one of the more accomplished products of the poker boom. Playing with the handle “mig.com,” the Kansas City-native tore up the online tournament schedule on a weekly basis, racking up nearly $4 million on the virtual felt. In 2007 …

Despite some minor drama at the tables during the first day of play, the inaugural World Series of Poker $1,500 dealer's choice event was a success. The field of 419 players created a total prize pool of $565,650. The unique event allowed players to …

tvpoker Earlier this week Lee Davy penned a column at CalvinAyre.com where he offered up his thoughts on the Global Poker Index, and whether the increased stature the ranking system has gained under the leadership of Alexandre Dreyfus was the …

The other 11 months out of the year she says she's going to stick with cash games, reserving most of her tournament play for the World Series, where she says the experience of running well and playing well on poker's biggest stage has been one without …

A poker ride left Pavillion Saturday morning to benefit Kaiden Burk, 14, who was stricken in school three years with seizures. For the past two years, medication has controlled the seizures, but the meds have now become ineffective and Burk is facing …

Sheriff Howard and Rene Robert led the Motorcycle Poker Run and Raffle. The motorcyclists started their run by Chef's Restaurant in Buffalo and made their way to the Southtowns. Proceeds will benefit the Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, help educate …

All arenas of competition reward perseverance and persistence, which is why the ability to overcome challenges while weathering sudden reversals of fortune is also an essential trait in the game of poker. As a 26-year old football star in his native …

Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) has changed its English-only policy at poker room chat rooms and is now allowing players to small-talk in foreign languages as well. The Head of Poker at Microgaming, Alex Scott, said that while the company will continue …

Now awoken, the Bombers and its coach-in-exile, James Hird, but not the athletes, have initiated a game of high-stakes poker. Those moves, in the form of Federal Court proceedings, allege the illegality and hence invalidity of ASADA's investigation.

A bill which would legalize online poker in Pennsylvania was introduced to the legislature yesterday. State Senators Edwin Erickson (R) and Bob Mensch (R) co-sponsored the bill. The new law would make online poker sites, if they obtained a license from …

The Justice Department in 2011 cracked down on the flourishing online poker industry – indicting PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, another online poker company and several company executives with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses.

With two tables left in the $15,000 World Poker Tour Championship in Atlantic City, I was fortunate to find myself at the softer table. The other table was stacked with talented players, but there was only one other longtime professional at mine: Keven …

Lock Poker A Losing Bet Lock Poker hit online poker's rock bottom more than a year ago and last May online poker player Chris Moorman became the latest sponsored pro to distance himself from the beleaguered poker room. Commenting at the time, the UK …

The couple run poker games through a website called "Rochester NY Poker." On the website it lists a game Thursday night in a warehouse where police say the couple was shot. Police say the shooters — two white males — were hiding near the railroad …

Last week we suggested that more rooms would be joining The Hive Network given the network's size, make up of the player base, and quality of the software. We were proven to be correct this week as The Buzz, previously a Terminal Poker Fast-Fold skin, …

This June 18, 2014 photo provided by the World Series of Poker shows pro soccer player Max Kruse playing in the World Series of Poker at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Kruse, a German who was left off his country's World Cup team, placed third in his …

Poker players can start making deposits at the Peppermill Reno Resort Casino Spa and four other properties. Gamers can sign up online at PeppermillReno.com/Ultimate to open an Ultimate Poker account. From there, they can stop by any of the Peppermill …

A total of 967 players turned out for event no. 37 at the 2014 World Series of Poker, building a total prize pool of $1,305,450 for the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event. After the smoke cleared the last player remaining was 27-year-old poker pro Brandon …