DESOTO, MO (KTVI) – 145 area motorcyclists fired up their bikes to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The event was Dana's Dream Poker Run on Saturday, July 27th. It's held in memory of Dana Haverstick who died of leukemia at age 25.
Hellmuth won the WSOPE main event last year The World Series of Poker has announced its schedule for the 2013 series in Europe, which will be held, just like last year, near Paris, France. The WSOPE kicks off Friday, Oct. 11 with a brand new event.
Gus Hansen lost $114,498 (according to HighstakesDB) on Thursday, which brings his lifetime losses on Full Tilt Poker to an incredible $10.4 million. The Dane has lost about $3.4 million more than the next worst in the tracking history. Hansen is …
When WPT Alpha8™ premieres on FOX Sports 1 in early 2014, World Poker Tour's brand new series of super high-roller tournaments will introduce two of poker's most popular personalities – Ali Nejad and Olivier Busquet – as the show's commentators …
Since its inception in 2009 the Poker Run has raising almost $80,000. This year it raised over $20,000 which will go towards lifesaving research and patient services, bringing help and hope to patients and their families. The money raised came not only …
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — (PRESS RELEASE) — It looks like August's Beast leaderboard prize is just icing on the cake. Popular online poker site Americas Cardroom today announced that it's giving away an extra $51,000 in celebration of The Beast's 1-year …
Ultimate Poker may only be in its fourth month of operation, but the first and only regulated online poker site in the US celebrated another milestone yesterday. The site dealt its 10 millionth hand of real money poker on Thursday, something which had …
In August 2012, Maxx Dansky was on his way back home to Nashville, Tennessee when he decided to stop off for some poker at Choctaw. After four days of battling it out in the $1,000 CPPT main event, the 25-year-old poker pro emerged victorious, taking …
The World Poker Tour's new super high-roller tournament series, the Alpha8, kicks off this month at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. The event will be televised on FOX Sports 1 next year with two brand new commentators, both of …
There were high expectations for Dan Smith going into the 2013 World Series of Poker. He had made so many final tables in 2012 that he finished either first or second in the rankings of every poker company that tracks tournament results. And he had …
The month of July has ended and the poker world is still waiting on the launch of a World Series of Poker-branded online poker site to hit the Internet in Nevada. Though there hasn't been any new updates since Caesars Entertainment Corp. not long ago …
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Atlantic City's Revel Casino-Hotel is folding its poker room next month. The Press of Atlantic City (http://bit.ly/1clYy0Z ) reports the casino said in a statement the decision to close was made in an effort to further …
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal demonstrates how "crowd wisdom" is improving decision-making in poker. It describes the growth in poker's popularity and how the influx of large numbers of new players is changing and improving the quality of …
After months of announcing new pro hires for his poker training website and advising players that a launch date was coming, IveyPoker.com finally released a play money app on Facebook earlier this month. The website's goal, according to a statement …
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Poker770's MegaPokerSeries (MPS) is one of the most popular, fun and exciting tours on the live European poker circuit and you could be sampling the delights of the MPS when it heads to Montenegro in September. PokerNetwork customers are invited to …
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman The Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III featured more than 200 events during the summer on the Las Vegas Strip. The series culminated with a $5,000 buy-in main event, which drew a tough field of 262 …
SPRINGFIELD – The Thomas J. O'Connor Foundation will hold its fifth Ride Like An Animal Poker Run and Party on Aug. 17 to benefit animals in shelter at Thomas J. O'Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center. This annual event raises critical funds for …