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The NFL regular season comes to a close this weekend and DFS players have even more thinking to do than they would on a normal week. The reason for the extra thinking is that this week we have to consider a team's motivation in addition to all of the …

There is one common pet that can teach us a lot about people and the game of poker. Some of might think this would be a dog or cat, while others may take the Phil Hellmuth route and compare poker players to a lion or a eagle. Oddly enough, we can learn …

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website …

The NFL regular season comes to a close this weekend and DFS players have even more thinking to do than they would on a normal week. The reason for the extra thinking is that this week we have to consider a team's motivation in addition to all of the …

After all, there was a time, briefly, around 2005, when televised poker shows were garnering more viewers than baseball. Of course, no one could have expected this to last, and there was much talk even then of poker TV being little more than a fad that …

PokerStars New Jersey is an upcoming online poker site which recently received a license to operate from the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement. It is currently owned by Canadian gaming company Amaya, and it will operate in New Jersey …

While some poker fans speculated that Blom has maybe taken a break from online action, HSDB uncovered that this is not the case. Instead of playing the nosebleed games at PokerStars, Blom has instead been witnessed playing high-stakes pot-limit Omaha …

Led by billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, RAWA still failed to pass muster in 2015. Adelson's December purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal could be his last-ditch attempt to make pearls out of swine bills by influencing decision-makers …

A 12-year-old dispute between the United States and the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda appears to finally be coming to an end. In the early 2000s, the U.S. effectively banned the country's lucrative online gambling industry from doing business …

Prior to leaving the US market –following the passage of UIGEA legislation in late 2006 — no other online poker room could compare to Party Poker when it came to traffic or reputation, and the site is now in the midst of reclaiming its past glory with …

The 34-year-old poker pro, originally from Cranston, Rhode Island, now resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Zinno studied chemical engineering and patent law in the past, but turned his focus towards poker after law school. It appears to have been a good …

CardPlayer.com is the world's oldest and most well respected poker magazine and online poker guide. Since 1988, CardPlayer has provided poker players with poker strategy, poker news, and poker results. Today, CardPlayer.com is the best poker …

Nor could you be said to be “living the dream,” which in the eyes of poker players everywhere is the ideal of wealth and excitement without the need to pursue a conventional job. Going pro has certainly become tougher in recent years, largely because …

The 12th annual North Dakota Texas Hold 'em Championship is being held at the Vegas Motel starting Wednesday night. The event is modeled after the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. North Dakota tournament co-founder Wendy Rupert expects …

Entering the year, there was the hope that online poker would progress at the state level — particularly in California and Pennsylvania. That didn't happen. However, there was also the very real fear that Sith lord Sheldon Adelson could undo what had …

Initially, the website will offer poker, but also has plans to include bingo, blackjack, pull-tab, slots and baccarat games. An arbitrator ruled in November that the venture is not a violation of federal or state law and falls under the Oklahoma Tribal …

Now that 2015 is almost done and dusted, poker players from across the world are gearing up for a new year and the first major tournament in 2016 is the popular PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) that is scheduled to take place in the Caribbean …

Our biggest poker winners round-up for 2014 was an easy one last year, because that was the year that Daniel Colman went on the most mind-bending run in tournament poker history, without apparently breaking into a sweat. Or a smile. The $22,389,481 he …