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Vince Burgio has been a part of the poker scene for over 25 years and has seen many changes during his two and half decades at the felt. He is the owner of a World Series of Poker bracelet from the 1994 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and has published …

Lock Poker has always had its naysayers, but in the past year the site has devolved from just another occasionally maligned online poker room to being nearly unanimously condemned by the entire poker community. With withdrawal times that stretch back …

There are currently two bills on the table that could bring online poker to California and obviously, PokerStars wants in. California has a population of 38 million, roughly 14 times that of Nevada. With a state by state patchwork of online poker …

Multiple sources are reporting the impending introduction of bills seeking to ban many forms of regulated online gambling – including poker – in both the House and Senate. Draft copies of both bills have been circulating. I've posted what I believe to …

“It has become very obvious from the remarks from the gaming commission that they intend to make it impossible to operate a poker room in Michigan,” said Jones to Crain's Detroit. “What I want to do is codify into law what's been going on for the last …

Dragonara Gaming Limited, the operator of the foremost casino in Malta, and Poker Travel Israel, one of the leading international poker group travel operators, have signed a long-term collaboration agreement through which poker and casino players from …

The fourth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa March 21 and will host a series of 31 tournaments through March 30 culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold'em $125,000 guarantee main event March 28-30.

“I wanted to give good reason to play poker at school.” This is junior and Club President Miles Quinn's motivation for co-founding Poker Club with junior and Vice President Daniel Thompson on March 21. Poker Club members playing on their first meeting.

At any rate, a player of this mentality looks at first glance as if he is a good player, but in fact, he is giving up one of the tools that should be in the arsenal of every good poker player — the check. I still remember a hand that was played by T …

LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts International Chairman Jim Murren wants the American Gaming Association (AGA) to dial down its lobbying and advocacy efforts on behalf of legalizing Internet poker because the activity is fracturing the membership of the …

Though much of the media attention is usually focused on the large poker rooms of Northern California, there are many other rooms that have incredible action and great promotions. No matter where you live in NorCal, you can enjoy a professionally run …

Increasingly, a large slice of that pie is taken up by online gambling, with poker to the fore. It's an area of rapid growth: according to Christiansen Capital Advisors, worldwide revenue from online poker grew from $82.7 million in 2001 to $2.4 …

If those numbers are correct, once you combine them with his earnings in tournaments (around $1.9 million pre-taxes) it's possible to question whether Blom has actually made much money from playing the game of poker. In other words, if you grind $1-$2 …

Licensed French gaming operators mypok and JOAOnline have finalised an agreement to merge their respective online poker offerings under the brand myjoapok.fr. The merger was approved by French regulator L'Autorité de regulation des jeux en ligne …

If you spend enough time traveling the tournament circuit, you gradually gain a sense that poker has evolved differently across the globe. Many of the online players I know are so convinced of this that they consider checking their opponent's location …

GIBRALTAR — (PRESS RELEASE) — Team 888poker ambassador, Justin 'JC' Tran, has won his 2nd World Poker Tour title at the 2014 WPT Rolling Thunder. Located in his home city of Sacramento, California, the $3,500 buy-in No Limit Holdem event drew …

After five days of play, the biggest Eureka tournament to date has come to its natural end – with one player holding all the chips and others probably regretting their missed opportunities or bemoaning their bad luck. That one player standing with his …

After forging the nation's first interstate agreement last month, Delaware Governor Jack Markell and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval are aiming for the new online poker scheme to be up and running in just a few months. Previously, the end of 2014 had …