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In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from August …

The game of poker is well known for attracting players from many walks of life. Tennis is one of a number of sports that has spawned some solid poker players, with some of the most accomplished tennis pros finding a new life at the poker table. This …

This year Team 888poker will be at its strongest and should bring some exciting content and opportunities to our continuously growing poker room. Good luck to Tran and the rest of our Team.” Tran said in a statement: “I am extremely excited to work …

On Sunday, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guarantee Championship Event continued with Day 2 action in Hollywood, Florida. Leading the remaining 100 players is professional Justin Bonomo, who bagged 2.722 million chips. Bonomo …

bestbet Jacksonville Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour will begin Aug. 29 at bestbet Jacksonville in Florida and satellites are up running for entry into the $1,500 buy in $300,000 guarantee main event Sep. 6. $185 satellites will run at 12:30 pm …

More bad news for US-friendly online poker network Revolution Gaming, which saw its roster of skins depleted by one as Red Star Poker announced their plans to move to the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN). Revolution has been generally plagued by …

On Aug. 26, 2013, Season 10 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour will kick off with the first stop in Barcelona, Spain. Since its inception in 2004, when the famed tour opened its doors in the same city as it will this year, the EPT has grown to …

Ryan Riess is a 23-year old professional poker player from East Lansing, Michigan. He also happens to be fifth in chips heading into the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, which is set to resume on Nov. 4 in the Penn & Teller Theater at the …

Check out Card Player Poker. It offers free, legal poker play, welcomes U.S. players, and just announced a massive $25,000 prize tournament series- the $25,000 Summit. This is a 12-step tournament that will award $25,000 cash in the Step 12 – $25,000 …

HERE's an exercise (popularised by Annette Obrestad) for you to try if you want to demonstrate, as a new player, the real importance of position at the poker table. By Marbella Slim/ Published 25th August 2013. online poker, exercise This exercise can …

Day 1c, the third and final starting day of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guarantee Championship Event, is in the books, and leading Saturday's flight is Jesse Chinni with 377,500 chips. Chinni only has two cashes in 2013, including one …

Jason Young won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet back in 2008, but has since stepped away from the game to open a restaurant named The Turn in New Jersey. He is also now a father of one with his girlfriend. Young opted to head down to Florida for …

A group of motorcyclists calling themselves Santa's Bad Elves connected with Santa's Hideaway Hollow on Saturday for the seventh annual Santa's Poker Run. The ride raises money so terminally ill children can spend one last Christmas any time of the …

The project was the brainchild of Anish Patel, who enlisted Calvin Innes to illustrate the project. Patel, who hails from the UK, recently sat down with PokerNews for an in-depth discussion on poker's first mainstream comic book, which will launch in …

For poker players, the hand you use doesn't really matter. Some players riffle chips with one hand and look at their cards with the other, while others will interchange, using both their dominant and non-dominant hands. The only problem that can arise …

“I remember my brother Carson was watching it on TV, but I didn't really like it at first,” Pope admitted. “I guess it was because I really didn't understand it. I was so bad at poker that everyone wanted to play with me. That's when my competitive …

They are the stars of a new film about the murky world of unauthorised online poker that could cast an unwelcome spotlight on a fledgling legal market that Sin City's biggest players are betting on. Timberlake is set to walk the red carpet with other …

The Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, which used to be called a Hard Rock, hosts the Big Poker Championship on Sept. 6-8. The $400 buy-in will get you 50K chips, 45-minute blinds and there will be $20K added to the prize pool. Winner of the …