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Already the highest earning female tournament player but some margin, Selbst has now also taken the lead in yet another category: World Series of Poker gold bracelets. The 29-year-old pro topped a field of 131 players in the 2014 WSOP $25,000 buy-in …

In late March I attended the World Poker Tour's Canadian Spring Championship at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec, just outside of Montreal. The moment I got off the plane, I realized that Canadians have loose definition of “spring”; it …

“In the next few weeks I intend to introduce Senate Bill 1386, legislation that would authorize Interactive Gaming in the form of online poker,” Erickson wrote in a co-sponsorship memoranda released yesterday. “A recent study from the Legislative …

The rules from the Michigan Gaming Control Board put greater restrictions on games such as poker and blackjack that charities operate in bars around the state as a way of raising money. One of the biggest changes would restrict operations at any …

An insane poker hand played just yesterday at the PokerStars Canada Cup $3,300 main event at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec has the poker world buzzing. It went down when the action was four-handed at the final table. Robert Notkin …

The 2014 World Series of Poker kicked off with the traditional $5,000 casino employees event, which drew 876 players and created a total prize pool of $394,200. After three days of play, Roland Reparejo, a 55-year-old, semi-retired poker dealer …

The first open bracelet event of the 2014 World Series of Poker will awarded on Friday, May 30th to either Vanessa Selbst or Jason Mo. A total of 131 players posted the $25,000 buy-in in the mixed-max no-limit hold'em event, but now only these two …

Shannon Shorr With over $5.4 million in live tournament earnings to date and long regarded as one of the best players to fall short of a World Series of Poker bracelet, Alabama-native Shannon Shorr was recently honored for being among the top ten …

Starting on June 5, 2014, the WPT will make 20 stops across four continents in less than seven months, giving a chance to every poker professional and amateur alike to compete at a high level and show off his or her reading skills. Coming off a very …

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 …

An appeals court ruled on the situation Tuesday, as Magic City Casino's parent company, West Flagler Associates, is eligible to obtain a summer gaming permit that would lead to poker tables. “Because of a loophole in state law, West Flagler is required …

As US online poker players watch the feds, regulators, and legislators duke it out in the Battle of the Online Gaming Wars, a new twist has come in the form of one of the first unregulated Internet gambling operators making a major move on its US presence.

Another round of Full Tilt Poker repayments is scheduled for mid-June, the Garden City Group announced on its website on Wednesday. “GCG has been informed that the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section has approved a …

Doctors, a new study reports, may find themselves making better diagnoses and improving patient outcomes if they adopt the risk assessment techniques found in another high-stakes activity: poker. For all the certainty medical science has gained over …

Nevada Online Poker Revenues Fall 14.5% To $792k In April The state of Nevada has just released its casino results for April, showing a 1% contraction in revenues to $852 million, compared to the $854.3 million generated in the same month last year.

The World Poker Tour has announced the schedule for the first half of its upcoming Season XIII, and between June and December of 2014, the WPT will make its way to four continents. Additionally, the WPT and FOX Sports Network continue a broadcasting …

Editor's note: There are more than 1 million apps available for download from Apple's App Store and a similar number of Android apps available on Google Play. Staff writer Brian Nordli weighs in on one of the applications he deems worthy of being the …

The Nuts is a recurring feature that takes a look at the best poker players in the world. This feature aims to produce a list of the best players at the moment. Our panel of 10 is composed of ESPN.com's poker contributors (Bernard Lee and myself …