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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, …

Last night at 9:00 p.m., Bloomberg TV aired a secret charity poker game between six of the biggest hedge fund managers in the game, and one takeaway is — everyone's a loser sometimes, even billionaires. Take the clip below, for instance. Legendary …

Macau's casinos may be down on their luck, but at least one part of the gambling industry is thriving. According to "China's Queen of Poker" Celina Lin, poker tournaments have continued to attract prominent players and visitors to the city, despite …

Delaware's trio of poker sites averaged single digits before shared liquidity with Nevada began. A peek at traffic numbers provided by PokerScout.com reveals that the cash game average in Delaware has skyrocketed to 110 players as of this writing.

Hollywood icon Raquel Welch has revealed that she threatened her father with a poker after his cruelty became too much. The 74-year-old actress said that she was "terrified" of her dad Armando, who once held her head under a faucet and made her cut her …

IN deepstack poker tournaments, like the Deepstack Open, you begin with a huge amount of chips compared to the starting blinds. By Marbella Slim/ Published 29th October 2013. poker With so many chips, you can expect players to be playing some strange …

bestbet Jacksonville in conjunction with the JAX Chamber hosted the second annual JAX Chamber Poker Classic to benefit the JAX Chamber Foundation on March 26. The group event attracted 187 Chamber members and their guests along with additional …

There is a lot of discussion being thrown around about qualifications for the Poker Hall of Fame. It seems that everyone has their own opinion of what would make for the best criteria for players to be voted in the HOF. While players, fans, and …

Poker Pro Banned From WSOP After Blackjack Card Counting Maryland gambler Joseph Stiers has a penchant for poker and over the past two years has managed to amass $519,337 in tournament winnings, including victory in 2013 at the $560 WPT …

The Canadian diplomatic representative at the conference, Diana Tan from Foreign Affairs in Ottawa, was equally careful with her words, actually reading from a prepared script. All the government representatives certainly had on their poker faces …

A now-defunct poker chip company's former executive, John Kendall, has been found guilty by a jury in Maine, following a six-day trial on numerous charges related to tax evasion that occurred from late 2007 through 2012. The 66-year-old was the former …

(Riverton, Wyo.) – The cards will fall into the perfect hand this September at the Wind River Hotel and Casino's Autumn River Poker Tournament! Be the lucky player and you could win over $40,000. All you have to do is be the best no limit Texas hold'em …

If you turn back time to the beginning of September, you may recall the sound of the fanfare as the creative minds at Zynga rolled out their new and improved version of Zynga Poker. The hood had been slammed shut, and iOS and Android devices were now …

That's per comments this morning from Amaya CEO David Baazov. In response to an analyst's question regarding New Jersey, Baazov replied: “As it relates to New Jersey I would say that we feel that this is coming […] we would expect to receive and …