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Elko County Sheriff's Department stopped Straughn Gorman who was driving a motor home between Wells and Elko, Nevada and found $167,000 hidden in various places which they seized along with the motor home, his laptop and mobile phone.

On Friday, August 14, the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) will host its second-ever event, and fifth overall, during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The $300 ($140+$140+$20 to …

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he brought counterfeit chips to an Atlantic City, New Jersey poker tournament in a scheme discovered after he flushed $2.7 million of the chips down a toilet in his hotel room. Christian …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A North Carolina man has admitted bringing millions of dollars in counterfeit poker chips to use in an Atlantic City casino's poker tournament. The scheme was uncovered after the man clogged a pipe by flushing the chips down …

That's what Circuit Court Judge Richard G. Niess upheld on Wednesday, Aug. 12 in Dane County Case Number 2015CV002329, which was filed by poker pro Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon and PPA State Director Steve Verrett. On behalf of poker players across the …

Poker pro Vanessa Selbst just added to her already incredible list of poker accomplishments. The New Jersey native won the $1 million winner-take-all top prize in Poker Central's 2015 Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout, which was an invite-only freeroll.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2015 class of the Poker Hall of Fame. Players can submit the name of the player they feel best fits the Hall of Fame criteria. Controversy recently arose over whether PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg …

The public voting period for the 2015 Poker Hall of Fame class will be ending this Saturday, at which time the World Series of Poker (which administers the Hall of Fame) will cut off outside input and begin whittling down the field to a set of …

Jason Somerville is set to spin-off his ever-popular Twitch TV series, Run it UP, into a six-day live poker festival that will include tournaments, seminars and player parties. Run it UP Reno (RUI Reno) will take place at the Peppermill Casino Reno …

PokerStars expanded into, and created, brand new markets where there were very few poker players. Prior to 2003 there was very little poker played in much of continental Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia. We have all benefitted from the …

New Jersey's "Gustavo" was this week's biggest winner in the Garden State, banking an even $10,000 after outlasting a field of 237 players in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee. The runner-up in this tournament was "ratboy33", cashing …

Poker's biggest marketing failures in all their glory. Winning Poker Network's $1 million guaranteed tournaments go under the microscope. Steve Wynn is having as much luck in Boston as he did in Atlantic City. And more.

The colorful and beloved poker personality coined a new term this week – “upstuck” – to describe a poker player who is down from their peak net-win in a cash game session, but still overall in the black. Laak is mostly known for his high-octane …

Huffington Post recently republished the opinions of Jeff Meyerson, former poker player and software engineer, regarding the advisability of learning how to play poker with the intention of making a career out of it. Meyerson had expressed his opinions …

The last stop took place atTurlock Poker Room & Casino in Turlock, California, and another large turnout of support took place. Fans, poker players, and media members from around the Central Valley region flocked to the room, hoping to get the chance …

Supporting this theory is that according to Poker Industry Pro via PokerScout.com, liquidity on the combined network is slightly lower now (10%) than the summation of individual site traffic was this time last year. Traffic on Party/Borgata has dipped …

It has been predicted that the world's most-played online poker site, Amaya Gaming's PokerStars, will get a license in New Jersey this fall. In addition to bringing more states into partnership with New Jersey's online gaming industry, there have been …

Living Poker Hall of Fame members and a blue ribbon media panel will then cast votes on the final list of nominees to determine the class of 2015. The enshrinement ceremony will take place in November as part of the main event final table festivities.