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On Saturday, the Hollywood Poker Open continued its encouraging second season of operation at the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia. When the registration information was tallied up midway through the 11-level marathon, a total …

117 players made their way to the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Saturday afternoon the second of the two starting days and after 10, one hour levels of play, only 27 remained. That leaves 39 players still alive heading into the final day. Ron Pease …

Joseph Elia won the second event of the 2014 Western New York Poker Challenge late Saturday night. Elia navigated a field of 112 entries, including an extremely tough final table, to claim the $14,364 top prize. After emerging as one of the leaders …

Oleksii Khoroshenin The 2014 PokerStars European Poker Tour Vienna €5,300 no-limit hold'em main event attracted a record field of 910 players, building a €4,413,500 ($6,087,982 USD) prize pool, by far the largest in the event's history. In the end it …

With Colorado and Washington recently legalizing marijuana, I thought it would be fitting to discuss pot control – in poker. I recently played a $1,675 World Series of Poker Circuit event in my hometown of West Palm Beach, Fla. Halfway through Day One, …

COEUR d'ALENE — The Idaho Constitution outlaws poker, but the Coeur d'Alene Tribe is going all in. “Poker is basically played all around the state every night in people's homes, at family reunions, at nursing homes and in family rooms,” said Helo …

A new bill in the New York Senate – S 6913 – seeks to regulate intrastate online poker for those within the borders of the Empire State. The bill was introduced by State Sen. John Bonacic (R – 42nd) and comes days after Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep.

Cards got in the air at noon local time and after 10 hour long levels, only 12 remain. Damon Shulenberger bagged the most chips at the day's end, bagging and tagging 142,100 in chips. Shulenberger quietly amassed the chip lead and then further extended …

Seneca Poker Room regular Art Demmerley finished in ninth place, and Dean Metzger was eliminated a short while later in eighth. Joe Ciffa's rocky run ended in seventh when he tangled against Hawthorne in a massive pot. On a board of {3-Clubs} …

“If you want to have online gambling, then come to the Congress. … If you want to have a poker exception, offer an amendment and see if it will pass,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who introduced the bill today along with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah.

Just two stops remain in Season 2 of the Hollywood Poker Open Regional Tournament Series. The tour touched down in Charles Town, West Virginia last Thursday and will run through Sunday, March 30. The featured event will be the $1,800 HPO Regional …

Since I last updated I've done quite a bit of traveling around the US and Canada following the World Poker Tour. I've benefited from having a bunch of my best friends along the ride with me, and we've had a hell of a good time. My lifelong friend Zack …

The 160-foot ship is now sailing twice a day from the Port of Palm Beach to the three-mile international zone with gambling enthusiasts who want, among other things, to challenge poker champ Jamie Gold or wager on sports — Vegas-style. But before the …

The Rational Group has appointed Dominic Mansour as Managing Director of Full Tilt Poker, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Full Tilt brand and business. Mansour is an experienced gaming industry executive who most recently served as …

Nobody ever quits poker. Sure, many players threaten to leave the beautiful game behind but time and time again they come running back to the tournament circuit or allure of online cash games before anybody noticed they even left. The latest supposed …

The fourth champion of Season II on the Card Player Poker Tour will emerge shortly from the field of the $1,100 no-limit hold'em $125,000 guarantee main event at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nevada. The 31-tournament series kicked off March 21 …

The European Poker Tour (EPT) of Vienna is a real success. More than 900 players were registered in the Main Event at the end of the two departure days. The 341 incomers of the Day 1A were joined by 559 players at the beginning of the Day 1B, making …

With Colorado and Washington recently legalizing marijuana, I thought it would be fitting to discuss pot control — in poker. I recently played a $1,675 World Series of Poker Circuit event in my hometown of West Palm Beach, Fla. Halfway through Day One …