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It's not because they're rich, either. There are plenty of "grinders" who play poker professionally, but do so by collecting slim margins at mid-limit tables, week after week, day after day, hour by hour. Not every professional sits in Bobby's Room at …

Shannon Shorr, one of the few professional poker players from Alabama, has just been kicked out of the Global Poker Index (GPI) Top 20 rankings; no thanks to the rise of another young player named Samuel Stein. Shorr slipped down the list because of …

Since last Friday, poker pro Isaac Haxton lost $964,478 on Full Tilt Poker, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. The American plays under the screen name “luvtheWNBA”. It took Haxton just 1,243 hands to lose that nearly seven-figure sum. At …

The men were among 34 people accused in April of being part of a scheme by two Russian-American organized-crime enterprises. Prosecutors say the enterprises laundered $100 million from illegal gambling including poker games attended by celebrities …

I recently started a Women's Poker League as I believe it is important that more women give poker a chance, so they can realise how much fun it is. I designed the ladies-only league to be a live game, specifically for personal contact. I did not set up …

With the recent announcements of poker room closings at M Resort in Las Vegas and Revel Casino-Hotel in Atlantic City, one is reminded that the game of poker itself is an interesting spot as many top casino firms wait for the widespread legalization of …

bestbet Jacksonville will play host to the first stop on the Card Player Poker Tour Season II schedule, a 14-event series of no limit hold'em tournaments culminating with the $1,500 buy-in $300,000 guarantee main event. The stop will kick off August 29 …

Wall Street is often called the world's largest casino, but rarely do residents take the description as literally as Steve and Kathy Saraf, amateur poker players whose day jobs involve more quotidian (and, despite their gambling successes, far more …

Licensed by the Lottery and Gaming Authority of Malta, StarGames provides a fun and exciting poker experience via its own in-house developed browser-based software. While StarGames only offers Texas hold'em, Omaha and five-card draw cash games at …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month …

The agreement will enable SHFL to offer its table games such as Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold'em, Casino War, and Fortune Pai Gow Poker to NYX's online casino partners. “We are confident that offering our renowned proprietary table games on …

There's no getting away from the fact that poker is a male-dominated game. In the main event of the 2013 World Series of Poker – the game's world championship – the vast majority of the players were male, with women making up just 4.7pc of the field.

On Wednesday, PokerStars Live Events Specialist Neil Johnson announced changes for Season 10 of the European Poker Tour, which begins on Aug. 26 with EPT Barcelona, on TwoPlusTwo. Among the changes are extended late registration, high-roller …

During that time the Edinburgh poker maestro has amassed the seven-figure small fortune and now plays at tournaments across the world. But it isn't all about black tuxedos, martinis and glamorous girls – as family man Alan has to juggle the demands of …

The 2013 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker, is preparing to ramp up again after the brief post-WSOP layoff. In the coming weeks, millions of dollars and thousands of POY points will be on the line. With no major changes to …

After the big win, Gold appeared on the Game Show Network's High Stakes Poker. Other poker players who have sold their bracelets include Brad Daugherty, Eskimo Clark, T.J. Cloutier and 2008 main event champ Peter Eastgate. Eastgate's was sold for …

First there was Rush Poker on Full Tilt, then Zoom Poker on PokerStars, now Bovada has launched their version of the fast-action game called Zone Poker. Zone Poker allows players to play more hands because there isn't any waiting time. Once a player …