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Doctors, a new study reports, may find themselves making better diagnoses and improving patient outcomes if they adopt the risk assessment techniques found in another high-stakes activity: poker. For all the certainty medical science has gained over …

Nevada Online Poker Revenues Fall 14.5% To $792k In April The state of Nevada has just released its casino results for April, showing a 1% contraction in revenues to $852 million, compared to the $854.3 million generated in the same month last year.

The World Poker Tour has announced the schedule for the first half of its upcoming Season XIII, and between June and December of 2014, the WPT will make its way to four continents. Additionally, the WPT and FOX Sports Network continue a broadcasting …

Editor's note: There are more than 1 million apps available for download from Apple's App Store and a similar number of Android apps available on Google Play. Staff writer Brian Nordli weighs in on one of the applications he deems worthy of being the …

The Nuts is a recurring feature that takes a look at the best poker players in the world. This feature aims to produce a list of the best players at the moment. Our panel of 10 is composed of ESPN.com's poker contributors (Bernard Lee and myself …

A new online gambling bill that includes a carveout for online poker is said to be in play at the federal level. That's per Nevada journalist John Ralston, who posted a copy of the bill draft on his site here. Ralston did not offer much additional …

After the success of the poker festival organized one year ago to start the 10th season of the European Poker Tour, PokerStars gets ready to celebrate yet another great milestone in Barcelona, Spain with the 100th EPT taking place right at the start of …

Last week, I suggested that only two of New Jersey's poker operators have managed to remain viable in the state's now collapsing iGaming market. And while both WSOP NJ and PartyPoker NJ have clearly taken positive preliminary steps towards ensuring …

We went all in for $28 on Mike Leah, who I predicted to win the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship in the upcoming Global Poker Index WSOP magazine, but the GipsyTeam had $44 to spend and outbid us by a dollar. There were still some very valuable …

Like many professions, poker is no doubt a boys' club. In fact, only 4% of the players in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker are women. That the same percentage of women among CEOs of the Fortune 500. But the interesting thing about poker is …

Last year's main event champion Ryan Riess is preparing for another summer in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker. The young poker pro from Michigan is looking to continue his maturation process on and off the felt en route to a second bracelet.

Erik Fast: Among the upper echelon of tournament poker players there are some superstar “name” players and there are also plenty of what I'd call “pro's pros.” I'd place you into that category, because despite plenty of big live results over several …

In player traffic news not pertaining to PokerStars, the Equity Poker Network (EPN) has succumbed to pressure from New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware and has announced that it will no longer service those markets. The U.S.-friendly Winning Poker Network …

The 2014 World Series of Poker begins today at the Rio with the first two of 65 tournaments over the next six weeks where a coveted championship bracelet will be awarded. Between changes, players, tournaments and storylines, it's tough to keep track of …

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is arguing that Texas Hold Em poker is no different than golf under Idaho law. In its response to a lawsuit from the state, the tribe says poker is a game of skill in which players can pay fees to enter …

The 45th annual World Series of Poker kicks off on Tuesday, May 27th with the first two individual bracelet on an action-packed 65-event schedule at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. A lot has changed since the inaugural WSOP saw …

The addition of Integer Poker to FFP will allow EPN's flagship online poker room to further expand its European presence, which was elevated earlier this year by their acquisition of Action Poker, now clearly positioned as FFP's European sister site.

Ab heute blickt die Pokerwelt wieder mehrere Wochen nach Las Vegas. Denn im Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino beginnt die 45. Auflage der World Series of Poker (WSOP). Zunächst wird dabei bis zum Montag, den 14. Juli 2014 gepokert, ehe im November der …