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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 …

Following its successful debut at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York in August, the next tour stop for Poker Night in America (PNA) will be the Peppermill Resort-Spa-Casino in Reno, Nevada from November 15-25. Since PNA will be in the …

Did anyone notice that World Series of Poker: Full House Pro has launched on the Xbox LIVE Arcade this week? We didn't either – but it's definitely there and also for free from Microsoft Studios and Caesars Interactive Entertainment. World Series of …

Mississippi Grind, a new poker-themed movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn, will debut at the Sundance Film Festival next week. The latest cinematic offering focusing on the world of poker will receive its maiden showing at Park City, Utah, …

Today, we switch things up and take a look to morning, when you're looking for a place to eat after an all-night poker tournament that ends just as the sun starts to rise. That's right: we're looking at breakfast, the most important meal (or dinner) of …

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 …

The Asian Poker Tour came to Australia for the first time this weekend as The Star played host to the inaugural APT Sydney Main Event. The player who overcame a very large field of 648 players to claim the $281,685 top prize was Tristan Bain. Just a …

During a media call, officials from the World Series of Poker provided a preview of their ambitious plans to merge the live WSOP experience with the online poker experience available at WSOP.com. This year will mark the first WSOP where online play is …

This is only the second event in this new World Poker Tour series of high-stakes, televised poker tournaments where the minimum buy-in is $100,000 with unlimited re-entries allowed. The first event, held 2 months ago in Florida, attracted just 18 …

In 2009, Lin became the first female poker player to win the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon main event. Three years later she won again, making her the first person ever to place first twice. The second time, she took home more than $110,000 in winnings.

Ultimate Poker has announced several new promotions available in the coming weeks. It all starts with the 20 Million Hand Milestone promotion. Starting with hand number 19 million, which is about 20,000 hands away at the time of this post, the …

Majority of Americans do not oppose online poker. The majority of Americans either support or are neutral on the issue of regulated online poker, according to a recent poll conducted by Online Poker Report. Using Google Consumer Surveys, we asked 1500 …

While few think they should be in every single event, many in the poker community have argued that having a set time limit for players would both speed up the sometimes glacial pace of play that occurs as players start to spend minutes on every …

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 …

Lock Poker left the Revolution Gaming Network without any notice to players today. It launched a proprietary platform that will not be shared by any other sites. The action on Lock Poker has been sparse since the site relaunched hours ago. There may be …

Patrick Clarke, the player that won last year's event for a huge €250,000, became an instant poker legend as he did so after he qualified into the tournament by playing a €4 online satellite! How would you like to become the next Patrick Clarke? Our …

The European Poker Tour (EPT) often features some of the richest grinders in the world staying at some of the plushest hotels on the continent and that combination of cultures has left one player almost €1,000 ($1,097) worse off after an alleged theft.

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, …