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A new bill that seeks to legalize California online poker in 2015 has been introduced by Assemblyman Mike Gatto this week. Bill AB 9, dubbed the “Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2015,” aims to establish a regulatory framework that would …

Mexico Gambling Bill Would End Haven For US Online Poker Refugees The Mexican Parliament will decide next week whether to pass the country's Gambling and Gaming Bill, a new piece of legislation which seeks to introduce sweeping changes to …

Only card rooms or Native American casinos would be allowed to operate online poker sites, essentially freezing the horse racing industry out of the game. In addition, there is a bad actor clause in the new legislation, one that would likely be used …

Most of my game theory studies have been for poker, where I could either only approximate solutions to real-life games (and then usually deviate from them) or else find exact solutions to toy games (that I would never actually be playing for money …

Poker pro Phil “Polarizing” Ivey continued his upswing over the past week on Full Tilt Poker, winning roughly $137,000, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. Ivey took most of the week off, but logged on Wednesday and put a nice dent into his …

This was his third final table of the year, having finished runner-up in the $1 million guaranteed WPT bestbet Poker Scramble main event less than a month ago in Northern Florida. For that deep run he earned $284,371 and 1,200 POY points. With his win …

“We are thrilled to welcome back the CPPT and host this exciting event for the second year in a row,” said Terry Chiaradio, Director of Poker Operations at Foxwoods Resort Casino. “At Foxwoods, we pride ourselves in establishing partners to best serve …

Poker players will tonight pay tribute to a Teesside takeaway owner who was also a king of the table. Cheung Tai “John” Law came to England as a teenager and became a successful businessman, running the popular Sun Lok Curry House on Beaumont …

888 Poker appears to have recovered from a six week stretch of intermittent connectivity problems that kept their technical team working “around the clock”, while players took to the major poker forums, including CardsChat, to air numerous frustrations …

Betfair has shut down its New Jersey online poker site, ending an unimpressive run for a site that simply never caught on in the Garden State. The close of the poker room won't affect Betfair's more successful online casino business, which continues to …

Since late November, the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) has been taking place at the Sheraton WTC in São Paulo, Brazil. The nine-day series featured 36 events, utilized 200 dealers, catered to 20,000 players, and awarded more than $7 million …

The Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada has long been the home to some of the biggest cash games and tournament action in the world. In fact, Bellagio has awarded more than $449,000,000 in poker tournament payouts in it's history, the …

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

It was a perplexing announcement because, as Forbes pointed out, just a month ago Yahoo! began heavily advertising its poker game in conjunction with fantasy football. Yahoo! told Forbes that poker was being shut down as part of “efforts to streamline …

Poker Players Alliance Executive Director John Pappas said the organization isn't ready to take an official position on the new California online poker bill's proposed requirement for players to make their initial registration and deposit, as well as …

"I am not a believer in restrictions, regulations and stuff. If people want to play craps online for money, if that's what they choose to do, I am OK with that." — Daniel Negreanu. Much the poker community is still heavily engaged in a debate about …

Australian poker player Nicholas Polias has been awarded AU$340,000 in damages after fellow players called him a “thief” on Facebook. The judge in the case ruled that plaintiff Polias' reputation had suffered “significant damage” due to the defamatory …

According to a report from telegram.com, James Walsh, 41, admitted to striking 45-year-old Daniel McDonald on the night of Mar. 16, 2012. It was during a poker event at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Southbridge. McDonald died eight days later …