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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Coeur d'Alene Tribe in northern Idaho to halt Texas Hold 'Em tournaments because they violate the state's ban on poker. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill granted the state's motion for an …

Some poker players lose sight of it in the face of a bad beat — or when watching someone else get lucky. Before this year's World Series of Poker Main Event, I was introduced by a mutual friend to Ian Sandler, a hedge fund executive from New York who …

Regulation of online poker has been a hot topic worldwide over the past few years, especially in the United States, where Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson has led an aggressive campaign for a federal ban on virtual poker countrywide. However …

batman-justice-league-casting Despite booking a $2 million win at the EPT Grand Final Super High Roller back in April, outside of the closed world of online poker players, Daniel Colman was a relatively unknown quantity prior to his $15 million win at …

Mexico is seeking to regulate online gaming and Mexico online poker with a new gambling bill due to be presented to the House of Representatives next week. However, while draft bills north of the border have been welcomed with tears of joy by poker …

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 …

“Two poker legends and best friends, Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari, travel to the Big Easy looking for the perfect game — Cards, gumbo, booze, and voodoo… and a recluse named Neighborscheig.” The show is basically the story about two professional …

Three years ago, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté announced the creation of the $1 million buy-in "Big One for One Drop" — the most expensive tournament buy-in in poker history — to be held at the 2012 World Series of Poker. The tournament …

According to an email Mansion Poker sent to all of its UK customers, the poker room has officially decided to close its doors in the UK beginning Sept. 15. Anyone playing from the UK, or anyone who has found this message in their inbox, should cash out …

Zynga has come up with Poker for Mobile, which has been developed from scratch by adding features suggested by the players. Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) released a new version of its hit game Zynga Poker on mobile devices. Poker is being seen as a …

Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) announced that the new Zynga Poker is now available to consumers worldwide on the App Store and Google Play. The new, free-to-play Zynga Poker was developed for mobile from the ground up, blending personalized gameplay, …

The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues its fifth season this weekend at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with their latest $1,100 Main Event, which is expected to be the biggest in state history. That's because the conveniently …

Most of his previous scores this year have come in tough but small field super high roller events including the $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop, but this time around Colman topped a field of 1,499 players in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker …

For poker players around the country, the WSOP represents the Mecca of the game, a pilgrimage to aspire to make perhaps once in a lifetime. But with a prohibitive $10,000 buy-in, it is only available to either the very wealthy or those who can win …

Two of poker's hottest players will compete for a $1.4 million top prize at the final table of the $10 Million guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open on Wednesday. Mike Leah, who has racked up four titles on the live circuit already in 2014, will …

Many of us got our start playing poker in home games or pub games. Many professional poker players still love the game they consider a career enough where they like getting back to their roots and still play poker for fun. While pub poker has been an …

On Monday, the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, which had to put up more than $2.5 million in order to meet its $10 million guarantee, played down from 62 players down to the final 18. At the end of the night, Martin Hanowski topped the counts with …

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