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When the editor of Grantland magazine offered to pay his $10,000 entry fee for a seat at the World Series of Poker in exchange for an essay on his experiences, novelist Colson Whitehead, who has played penny ante poker since college, went all in. He …

The modern poker champion is likely to be a 20-something college student who plays with designer sunglasses, a baseball cap or hoodie and he listens to his iPod as the game progresses. But how does a millennial go from playing games late at night in a …

Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), the social gaming operator, recently launched Zynga Poker Leagues, updating its flagship poker app. This is a new competitive feature designed especially for the purpose of delivering a free-to-play variant of an authentic …

A new, re-edited version of the poker documentary Ultimate Beat: too much to lose is set to be released on June 25th. Over the past several years longtime Ultimate Bet investigator Scott “ElevenGrover” Bell took on the monumental task of creating a …

The 25-year-old poker pro from Paris became just the 14th Frenchman to ever win a WSOP bracelet and he credited his mostly French rail for supporting him throughout his heads-up match with Justin Oliver. “My rail was really helping,” said Milan. “It …

Through the first half of the 2014 World Series of Poker, poker pro Nick Schulman recorded six cashes. Remarkably, all of them were top-20 finishes. The two-time bracelet winner turns 30 this fall, but he already has eight-plus years of experience at …

The Seminole Hard Rock Casino Poker Open (SHRCPO) for 2014 has revised its schedule, allowing players to potentially play in both the EPT Barcelona Main Event and the $10 million championship. Poker aficionados might remember that last year the …

Switch Poker, the poker room designed for Android, iPhone and iPad players has launched a new competition: the €200 World Cup Challenge! How does it work? On June 24, play at heads-up tables with the player JustBadLuck and generate more SPPs …

On this episode of the Thinking Poker Podcast, Nate and Andrew set the location for the meet up in Las Vegas, break down a cash game hand that listener Jason played at Maryland Live! Casino, and talk with Ari Engel about how to travel the circuit …

“It's a good feeling to win the gold bracelet,” Anderson said. “I wouldn't say it completely validates me and what I do for a career. I've had a lot of success, although I will certainly get a lot more recognition from this. It's definitely a good …

Derby Lane spent Memorial Day helping a wonderful local charity as the greyhound track's poker room attracted more than 100 players to a tournament for the Combat Wounded Veterans Challenge, which helps those wounded in action be active.

Unfortunately, many of those familiar faces were at my starting table, and my mountain-town poker game was suddenly playing like a WSOP event in Las Vegas. I had a poor spot at a tough table and was playing very tight. I was paying attention, although …

Chino Hills resident Jeffry Coburn won $815,963 by placing second at a World Series of Poker “Millionaire Maker” No-Limit Hold'em tournament June 4 at Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas. Jonathan Dimming, of Buffalo, N.Y., won the event and pocketed …

I had my first gambling experience when I was about seven or eight years old. My father and my grandfather owned a small hunting camp in the northern Adirondacks, and while I was too young to go up during the hunting season, we often spent summer …

I'm standing in a casino parking lot, being roasted alive by an unrelenting sun — I'm told it's 104 degrees in the shade today, but I wouldn't know since I'm NOWHERE NEAR ANY SHADE — and trying to remember how much I love the World Series of Poker.

Poker pro Darren Elias is having a very solid 2014 World Series of Poker, cashing a total of four times through the middle of June. The performance has been good news for the L.A. native, as he was short changed a bit after a poker tournament at …

Debbie Motycka, a scan coordinator from Orland Park, Illinois, played in the $1,500 no-limit hold'em event on Thursday at the WSOP. While poker has always been a large part of her life, the Illinois native by no means considers herself a professional …

Just days after placing 12th in the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship, Tommy Hang went all the way in the WSOP $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, topping a field of 743 entrants to win his first gold bracelet and the $230,744 first-place …