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The Card Player Poker Tour will return to Florida for stop no. 2 on Season II, this time hitting Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida for a tournament series set to take place Dec. 5-16. The 9-tournament series will be highlighted by the …

(London Telegraph) An Italian has been sentenced to two years in prison after using infra-red contact lenses to count cards marked with invisible ink, in a daring poker scam believed to be “the first of its kind in Europe”. The self-styled “player and …

Regulated online poker went live in Nevada on April 30, 2013 with the launch of Ultimate Poker. The first regulated online poker room in the US opened with five deposit options. The most popular option may be cash deposits at any Station Casino cage.

On Thursday, the World Poker Tour announced two more stops on the Alpha8 tour, the company's newly-launched super high-roller series. The two new stops that have been announced are London, England and Johannesburg, South Africa. The event in …

A number of innovative concepts have been developed in online poker over the years. Some of these come from the sites themselves, while others have been created to assist players in maximizing profits. Bad beat jackpots, turbo tournaments, anonymous …

On Friday, Sept. 27,Full Tilt Poker will host a C$1 Million Guarantee Montreal Festival Main Event at Playground Poker Club, but that's not the only news coming that day from the online site. Starting that day running through Sunday, Oct. 6, FTP's …

London, the United Kingdom's capital city, is the place to be in October for poker players. In addition to the UKIPT and European Poker Tour (EPT) festivals that are taking place, there is also an eagerly anticipated training seminar by 3D Poker …

“I used to ride a horse, now I ride horsepower,” Campbell said just after maneuvering her Suzuki King Quad ATV over the finish line at the Ninth Annual Justice McNeeley Poker Run held Sept. 28 in Pine. Campbell, who identified herself as a retired law …

A 13-day poker festival featuring 17 events sponsored by Full Tilt kicked off in Montreal on September 21 that saw the first scheduled event attract 1,605 players and more than double the guaranteed prize pool of CAN $100,000. Held at the Playground …

This week in Las Vegas, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) held the 12th annual AML & Financial Crime Conference at Aria Resort & Casino. Highlighting the conference was a first-hand testimony of online poker money …

25, 2013) — The new poker room at Maryland Live, one of the East Coast's largest, is allowing more local poker pros to find high-stakes games close to home, contributing to the development of a strong poker scene in the state. “Maryland players have …

LAS VEGAS — (PRESS RELEASE) — After a public nomination process on WSOP.com, and a vetting of all nominations by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council, the finalists list eligible for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2013 has been …

In preparation for a pending real-money launch, Infiniti Poker started hosting a week of freeroll cash games that will award the top five winners with a percentage of a Bitcoin on Sept. 20. The competition will close on Sept. 26. The winner will …

MONTREAL — (PRESS RELEASE) — The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival is expected to be one of the largest poker events ever to be held on Canadian soil. The 13-day festival, which began Sept. 21, got off to a record-breaking beginning with the first …

Event 3 of the second season of the “Mega Poker Series” kicks off today in Montenegro with the Poker770.com sponsored Main Event carrying a €700 + €70 buy-in for a starting stack of 77,000 t-chips. By Marbella Slim/ Published 25th September 2013. poker …

It has been a great year for gaming company 888 Holdings, something that has been exemplified by a recent major milestone. According to PokerScout, 888 now has the third largest player traffic of online poker websites. For a long time, the company had …

In a recent article here on PokerNews, we outlined plenty of non-poker activities that players can partake in while down in Aruba. As PPC Commissioner Sandy Swartzbaugh has said, "We've always stated, this isn't just a poker tournament, it's a "Poker …

Winner Poker is now also available on mobile and it is the first poker room in the iPoker network. The app can be downloaded onto any Apple or Android smart-phone or tablet and features the new great design and two great versions of speed poker too.