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“Poker princess” Molly Bloom avoided jail time when he was sentenced Friday to a year probation after admitting to being a key player in an illegal $100 million high-stakes gambling ring that catered to A-list celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio and deep …

SPOKANE, Wash. — Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden on Friday filed a federal court lawsuit to stop the Coeur d'Alene Tribe from offering poker at its northern Idaho casino. The tribe planned to begin offering Texas …

The past seven days at the high-stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker were a bit slow, but that doesn't mean that some of the game's best took the week off from moving money around. A number of top pros had solid weeks. Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius ($284 …

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman dubbed the "poker princess" for her role hosting card games for the rich and famous learned Friday that prison isn't in the cards. A Manhattan federal judge said prison would be too harsh a punishment for 36-year-old Molly …

SPOKANE, Wash. — Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden have filed a lawsuit to stop the Coeur d'Alene Tribe from offering poker at its northern Idaho casino. The tribe planned to begin offering Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha …

Season 2 of the Hollywood Poker Open heads to Columbus, Ohio on May 16 for an exciting new tournament series at the Hollywood Casino. The series will run through Sunday, May 25, closing with the $1,800 HPO Regional Main Event which carries a …

(PRESS RELEASE) — Two full days of poker at Pechanga Resort & Casino proved profitable for 60 top players. RiverCard and the Pechanga Poker Room hosted the “Quest for the Cup” tournament April 25 and 26. After the two full days of competition, Dustin …

Nevada's legal online poker sites managed a slight revenue uptick in March, according to figures released yesterday by the State Gaming Control Board. Total revenue for March was $926,000, compared to $824,000 in February. That breaks down to a daily …

Seven women have been nominated for induction into Women in Poker Hall of Fame's 2014 class. "We have an amazing group of qualified women for this year's ballot and the voting process is critical to the success of the Women in Poker Hall of Fame," said …

Carbon Poker is featuring the return of the Carbon Online Poker Series in May, with 80 events boasting a total of $2 million in guarantees. The 15-day series kicks off May 4 and concludes on May 18 with nine different main events with $500,000 in …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

According to a press release from the FBI, World Poker Tour champion Vadim Trincher was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison “for participating in a racketeering conspiracy” in connection with a “Russian-American organized crime enterprise.”.

As Victoria Coren Mitchell left Sanremo with the honor of being the only poker player to ever win two European Poker Tour main events, the issue of women's under-representation in poker was bound to come back. To understand what the poker industry …

The last I had heard of Haseeb “Dog Is Head” Qureshi, he had left the poker world after being involved in the “Girah Scandal” involving the “Portuguese Prodigy” Jose Macedo. Before that, Qureshi was a respected online heads-up no-limit hold'em and …

"The first event was definitely a huge success!" TonyBet Poker owner Tony G told PokerNews about My First Trike, the opening event of the open-face Chinese (OFC) poker series which began Monday at TonyBet. "We hoped for at least 100 players at the …

The Players Poker Championship (PPC) is recognized for hosting poker tournaments throughout the United States and internationally. Whether playing domestically or in exotic locales, the PPC has strived to give both professional and amateur players an …

Nevada said OK to online poker in the summer of 2011, and regulators drafted rules, which were adopted in December 2011, for the fledgling industry in the following months. For many, pretty much all of 2012 and some of 2013 was spent trying to guess …

Poker champions Phil Hellmuth Jr. and Robert Williamson III and Hall of Fame basketball coach Denny Crum welcome a long list of celebrities to their poker party Thursday night at The Olmsted at the Masonic Homes, 3701 Frankfort Ave. Southern Gaming's …