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An unidentified — but, reportedly, very, very famous — 28-year-old poker player left behind $300,000 in cash in a brown-paper bag when he exited a Las Vegas taxi earlier this week, and the cabbie, upon discovering it was not, as he'd suspected, a bag …

Party Poker runs a wide range of qualifiers to help players win free seats to these events. The next tournament is going to be the WPT National London, and those who would like to qualify for the same can do so between February 27 and March 2 at Party …

Poker enthusiasts will soon get a brand new live poker room, but they will lose an existing one too. According to a report at anteupmagazine.com by Jennifer Gay, the Gold Strike Casino in Mississippi will pull down the shutters of its live poker room …

Two Lock Poker players are now reporting withdrawal requests that have reached the one anniversary unpaid, according to a log of Lock Poker withdrawal requests compiled by IHasTehNutz at Two Plus Two. These check withdrawals were initiated in …

From now until the end of December, players on WSOP.com can jump into any sit-n-go on the site and compete rake free. The sit-n-gos, which feature buy-ins from $1 to $55, will not collect any rake or fees for the rest of the month. Players can find …

West Hollyood, CA — (SBWIRE) — 12/23/2013 — Haseeb Qureshi's career as a professional poker player began unexpectedly at 16. Five years later, he was a world-class high stakes player, with sponsorship as a Full Tilt Poker “Red Pro,” and a growing …

When you're a Las Vegas cab driver, you never know who – or what – will end up in your taxi on any given day. So veteran driver Gerardo Gamboa was unfazed when a Bellagio hotel doorman, opening the cab's rear door to help a new customer in, noticed a …

Thunder Valley Casino Resort's Up the Ante Poker Room continues to bring some of the best tournament series to Northern California. Thunder Valley is teaming with the Heartland Poker Tour again with a series that will run Jan. 17-26, capped off by a …

Rounding out the trio of seven-figure winners at the PCA was Vanessa Selbst, who won the $25,000 high roller event for $1.4 million and as a result overtook Kathy Liebert to become the all-time winningest female poker player in the history of live …

One poker player has been the recipient of such Christmas goodwill after a cab driver returned $300,000 – that's right, $300,000 – that they accidently left in his cab earlier this week. The yet unnamed owner of the cash, who the Washington Times …

The new “Poker Tips And Tricks” article created by Minh Tran on the website Vkool.com delivers poker playing tips to become a good poker player quickly. This article is specifically designed for those people who are interested in playing poker and want …

As 2013 ends, I'd like to recap the past couple of months and preview exciting things to come in Mississippi poker. At the IP Biloxi, the WPT Regional just crowned Caufman Talley of Lafayette, La., the champion and sent him home with more than $37K. Capt.

The Bitcoin-only poker Web site Seals with Clubs recently announced that all user passwords were reset after the data center the site had been using permitted unauthorized access to a database server (h/t Ars Technica). As a result, the company says, …

A Christmas gift came 888poker's way when the poker room landed in second place in the worldwide rankings, according to the latest tabulations from PokerScout. It marks the first time 888 has landed in the runner-up position, which was spurred by a 10% …

When Nevada's Ultimate Poker took its first real-money wager it was the first time a poker site sanctioned by a U.S. state was in operation. Both Nevada and Delaware had legal online gaming prior to 2013, while New Jersey authorized the industry in the …

Major live poker tournaments on the horizon (Borgata Winter Open and the WPT Championship) should increase interest. As will the entrance of new operators into the market (Trump brands have yet to come online and several brands – such as Tropicana …

A lot of us never thought we would have seen the day. Just two and a half years ago marked the infamous Black Friday, which essentially shut online poker down in the US. However, times have changed and a number of states took steps to legalize and …

Poker: Quality street ahead of quantity. IT'S A VERY intense time of year – and a game of online poker may be your way of winding down, but if you are one of those who play poker every day, week-in, week-out, maybe a complete break is what you need?