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Their own tasty 11-day festival of events is taking place at the Golden Prague Poker Room at the Hilton Hotel Casino in the heart of the Czech Republic's capital city. Back for a seventh time, “EPT Prague” opens with Day 1A of the “Eureka Poker Tour …

Jeff Madsen will go into third day of the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic on top of the chip ladder. A total of 144other players will be trying to take his lead when Day 3 gets underway, with 449 having taken to the felt on the first day …

As part of December's activities, Titan Poker newcomers are eligible to participate in three Beginners SNG Freeroll tournaments every hour, giving them an opportunity to build up their bankrolls at absolutely no risk. In addition, players who enjoy sit …

INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Delany made the case for Ohio State in the national title game, Nick Saban made the case for Michigan State as an elite defense, and most of ESPN's panel picked the Buckeyes in tonight's Big Ten title game against Ohio State …

Gary Bodley The Card Player Poker Tour will be focusing on the familiar faces at card rooms and casinos during Season II stops in a new web series. CPPT Local Heroes will highlight the regular, everyday average Joe, who may not be known world wide but …

The first day of the Asian Poker Tour Sydney Main Event is now over with both starting flights having been played at The Star Sydney Casino & Hotel. With a stack of 254,300 chips to his name, Ricky Lim will go into the second day of play as the chip …

For the Bay 101 episode of Season 12 of the World Poker Tour, I did a Raw Deal segment about dress codes at the final table. My feelings are that there should be no dress code for daily poker, but that players should make an effort to dress well for …

INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Delany made the case for Ohio State in the national title game, Nick Saban made the case for Michigan State as an elite defense, and most of ESPN's panel picked the Buckeyes in tonight's Big Ten title game against Ohio State …

Jack McClelland has been one of the most influential poker tournament directors in the game ever since he first earned that title at the 1984 World Series of Poker. After that, he ran the Grand Prix of Poker at the Golden Nugget Casino. He was the …

Derrick Rosenbarger 30-year-old Derrick Rosenbarger has emerged victorious in the 2013 World Poker Tour partypoker.net Montreal $3,850 no-limit hold'em main event, topping a field of 862 entries to win his first major title, the $500,824 CAD ($517,049 …

Preflop, final table, six handed, with the blinds at 300,000 and 600,000 and a 75,000 ante, Farber raised to 1,300,000 from the hijack seat, Lehavot reraised to 3,100,000 from the small blind, and Farber called. On the flop Lehavot bet 2,300,000, and …

The 2013 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,300 no-limit hold'em main event gets underway at noon on Friday, December 6th at the luxurious Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. The unlimited re-entry event will span six days, with …

Florida native Derrick Rosenbarger recorded just his second career live tournament cash this week, winning the Season XII partypoker World Poker Tour Montreal for $500,824. Rosenbarger, whose only other cash came in a $1,000 buy-in event at the 2013 …

Oklahoma police resorted to using an undercover officer to bust a poker game with a pot of around $500, according to NewsOn6.com. The game, which was held at a Tulsa bar, reportedly was shut down and its two organizers were arrested Wednesday.

It's been two weeks since my last "Poker Player Tweets of the Week" column. Did you miss me? I thought so. Anyway, I have a couple of good excuses. For my international readers (I may be making a big leap using "reader" as a plural), last Thursday was …

Poker players and gaming companies around the world are finding themselves increasingly enticed by Bitcoin currency for their financial transactions. For the uninitiated, the easiest way to explain Bitcoin is that it is a relatively new form of virtual …

World No.1 Rafael Nadal has started playing poker and this time at a Charity Event in Prague, the Spaniard is set to face the likes of Brazilian Footballer Ronaldo, Ukrainian Footballer Andriy Shevchenko along with Poker Star Daniel Negreanu. World No …

There are just a few weeks left remaining in 2013, and Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker keeps padding his profits in an effort to further distance himself from his colleagues. The German poker pro is up around $6 million on Full Tilt Poker this year. When …