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The issue: Five companies with applications for interactive gaming licenses needed deadline extensions because of a backlog of reviews of their systems for online poker play. Regulations impose a six-month limitation on previously approved licenses.

Canadian poker pro Jonathan Driscoll has WSOP, WPT and EPT cashes to his name, but his living is made grinding the games online. PokerUpdate sat down to talk with him about why he chose Betfair Poker as his online home. PU: What made you choose …

The only thought that matters when they raise you on the river, especially in limit poker, is deciding whether they are bluffing. In this spot, we were being offered a hefty price of 8-1 on our money. This means that if he is bluffing more often than …

This past weekend, the World Poker Tour National Series concluded its most recent tournament at the Casino Campione in the province of Como in Italy. The Gioco Digitale WPT National Campione, which featured a single reentry, attracted 488 entries and …

The following is a guest contribution to PokerNews by poker commentator Lon McEachern, who has been commentating the World Series of Poker for thirteen years. McEachern and Norman Chad will be returning to the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas on …

The fascinating thing about poker is that it is more than just a card game. It's a metaphor for life. Some 50 million people enjoy the game. It is played by presidents, celebrities, Supreme Court judges, reality stars, gangsters, grandmothers, men and …

“In recent years, poker has exploded in popularity and players have come to expect it at most major casinos,” general manager Scott Just said in a release. “Adding poker further enhances Rocky Gap Casino Resort as a complete gaming destination.”.

I'm writing from the road this time, in the middle of a long stretch of traveling that started in Panama (for the LAPT), then headed to Montreal, and then eventually on over to Europe for the EPT and WSOPE. I'm also playing on PokerStars a lot while I …

According to the Namibian, a poker player has successfully sued another player after he used a “vulgar word” against him in an argument which stemmed from a poker game. Lance Cotterell took fellow poker player Adriaan Christiaan Byleveldt to court in …

InventHelp, America's leading inventor service company, announces that one of its clients, an inventor from Canada, has designed a portable, home-use table-and-chair set that would provide convenience features for the poker player. This invention is …

If you're reading this, I assume that you've already played open-face Chinese poker (OFC). Perhaps you've even read some of my previous articles on the subject, or have heard me talk about OFC with Kristy Arnett on the Strategy with Kristy Podcast. If …

Ultimate Poker, the first licensed and regulated online poker room in the US, has also become the first US online poker room to part ways with its sponsored professional poker players. Last week, Tom Marchese and Randy Dorfman, both members of Team U, …

Preflop, with the blinds at 3,000 and 6,000 and a 500 ante, Johnston raised to 12,000 from early position, Jeff Fielder called in the cutoff seat, Figueroa reraised to 41,000 from the button, Johnston went all-in, Fielder folded, and Figueroa called.

Home poker games have been a staple in Hollywood for many years. Recently, actor Owen Wilson appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on American television and talked about his own home game in Maui, Hawaii. Sometimes, the game is held at musician Willy …

When Maryland Live! Casino opened the state's very first legal, live poker room in August, players from all over the East Coast flocked to Hanover, Md. in droves. The room launched at noon on Aug. 28, and within an hour every available seat in the 52 …

WATSONVILLE — A poker tournament and dinner this Saturday will serve as a fundraiser to defray costs for a local 2-year-old girl who is battling cancer. On July 30th, just four weeks after her second birthday, Effy Watson was diagnosed with leukemia.

Few states are more enthusiastic for poker than Minnesota. Back in July, Canterbury Park, one of the state's most popular horse tracks and card rooms, announced the creation of the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame, which inducted Lyle Berman as its first …

Jake Cody was an inconspicuous online grinder with precious little live success when he rocked up with his poker buddies to the chic French seaside resort of Deauville. But despite this being his EPT debut, the laid-back 21-year-old from Rochdale …