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Outside the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, poker tournaments usually don't have fields in the thousands. That said, once per year, the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) holds a huge tournament in the United Kingdom called The …

It was a big weekend in New Jersey, with many of the active members in the online poker community in the Garden State scoring big. To start things off, it was Jeremy "Jermz" Danger and Michael "JohnnyDrama" Haberman Jr. agreed to a heads-up deal in the …

The rise of online poker created opportunities never before seen in professional poker. One of those opportunities is rakeback. During the early days of the Poker Boom, some websites started offering rakeback to their players as a way to keep them …

On Monday, Samuel Taylor became the first Main Event winner of the 2015/16 World Series of Poker Circuit season. Taylor, a college student who plays poker to support himself, topped a field of 461 entrants to take down the WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main …

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Online poker does have a strong support base in the New York legislature, but the issue played second fiddle this year to the state's land-based casino expansion efforts, as new gaming licenses were awarded to allow for several new brick-and-mortar …

Earlier this month, the PPC Poker Tour visited Wisconsin for the first time. The 2015 Midwest Poker Classic at Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells, a $350 buy-in $50,000 guaranteed Main Event, attracted 333 entrants and created a prize pool of $85,248 plus …

BIKE BLESSING AT POKER RUN: A poker run and car and bike show will be held Saturday at Cortland Moose Lodge #1012, 6400 state Route 46, Mecca. Proceeds benefit Santa's Hideaway for terminally ill children. Poker run leaves 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a …

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) has become one of the biggest poker events of the year, offering millions in prize money in its Main Event and a host of preliminary tournaments. But on Friday, a host of poker pros and celebrities turned out …

McCOOK, Neb. — The Sinners Sanctified Motorcycle Ministry plans a benefit poker run Saturday, Aug. 29, to benefit Dennis and Cathy Shannon. Dennis has a rare type of skin cancer called cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and will be undergoing many trips to …

Less than a decade ago, mobile gamers barely were a blip on the radar of the online poker marketplace. Thanks to the explosion of the iPad and other mobile devices, online poker sites were forced to rethink their marketing strategies and sites slowly …

Brazil has a long and complicated history when it comes to gambling in general and poker in particular. The latest development, according to an article published on CardsChat*, the country has passed a law banning the playing of online poker in public.

The comparison is important to note, since as Poker Industry Pro points out, many online gaming providers, including Unibet, have already removed themselves from the Portuguese gaming marketplace in preparation for becoming a licensed and regulated …

Alan Curl came into Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls as the chip leader. He stayed among the leaders for most of the day and finished the job in style, winning the tournament with the {a-Spades} {a-Hearts} to claim $64,655 and the MSPT trophy.

Are you ready for a new season of the RunGood Poker Series? This season's tagline is "The Road to the RunGood Cup," which will lead up to the RunGood Championship Main Event in December. In between there are three stops on the 2015 Fall schedule, …

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from August 17 …

Though poker is widespread in Wisconsin, a judge has ruled that the game is illegal in the state if it's not held in tribal casinos, according to a report from Madison-based Isthmus.com. A group of poker players had challenged the legal status of poker …

The 2015 Joe Hachem Poker Challenge has now wrapped at Melbourne's Crown Casino with 12 official events in the books and Australia's Jarred Graham taking down the Main Event for $101,175. Kicking off on Thursday August 6 the Joe Hachem Poker …