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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 …

Johnny Knight 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 …

Luck just might have everything to do with it at Martin Resource Management Corporation's sixth annual Bet On It Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament. The tournament, scheduled to start at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 29, will be raising money for American Cancer …

Jonathan Little has made a huge impact on the tournament poker scene over the past eight years. With two World Poker Tour main event titles and more than $5.5 million in career live earnings, his abilities at the table have been demonstrated again and …

Tony “Lazer” Lazar of Plymouth, Minn., earned $48,263 when he won the Ante Up Poker Tour's Spring Poker Classic Main Event on March 16 at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minn. With the win, Lazar grabs the early lead for AUPT Player of the …

J.C. Tran has emerged victorious in the inaugural 2014 World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder $3,500 no-limit hold'em main event. Tran topped a field of 456 entries at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort just outside of his hometown of Sacramento to earn the …

A hugely positive note for online poker in New Jersey this weekend, as a special edition of the Sunday major at Party Poker / Borgata attracted a record-setting 786 players, easily surpassing the $100k guaranteed prize pool.

The Governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval confirmed late last week that he had held informal discussions with governors of other states regarding the formation of interstate online poker compacts. Sandoval stressed, however, that the state is not …

Last year, an Illinois State bill was introduced that would have legalized online poker within the State. Despite having some early success in the State Senate, the Illinois online poker bill died on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives …

It was one thing when a no-name poker player (Bill Byers) was willing to sign on to James Thackston's “I can prove collusion is possible in online poker” argument, but it's another thing entirely for a Poker Hall of Famer and fairly well-respected …

World Poker Store Inc. Announces Business Development in New Hampshire. Email; Printer Friendly; Share: facebook ↓ More. StumbleUpon; LinkedIn; Twitter; Fark; Reddit; del.icio.us; MySpace. smaller Text larger. World Poker Store Inc. Announces …

The longest running tournament in Europe and the second longest running tournament in the world, behind only the World Series of Poker, the Irish Open will crown its newest champion April 18-21 in Dublin, Ireland. There are two years unaccounted for in …

Preflop, final table, heads-up, with the blinds at 100,000 and 200,000 and a 25,000 ante, Lafaye called on the button, Moorman raised to 600,000, and Lafaye called. On the flop Moorman bet 525,000, Lafaye went all-in, and Moorman called.

It is now clear that the decision to start play the Eureka Main Event just a few days before the start of EPT in Vienna was a great success. Although the tour has only been in existence for a relatively short time (since 2011), the number of players it …